Tuesday morning finds me fulfilling my duties as a member of the Mayor of Bath’s Corps of Honorary Guides and pleased today to be able to take my group of Italian, Spanish and Israeli visitors […]
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Tag: Assembly Rooms
That chandelier moment!
Twice a year the very expensive Georgian crystal glass chandeliers at the Assembly Rooms are lowered towards the floor for cleaning and maintenance. They are amongst the most important to have survived from the 18th […]
Wedding awards for Bath venues.
Two of Bath’s historic venues have been recognised in the UK Wedding Awards 2017. The Assembly Rooms was named Best City Wedding Venue, while the Roman Baths and Pump Room won Best Historic Wedding Venue. […]
In search of Bath chairs.
The return – after conservation work – of at least one of the original sedan chairs to its usual resting place in Bath’s Assembly Rooms has prompted some of you to set me looking for […]
Welcome home number 68!
Good to see that at least one of the two genuine sedan chairs – that were on display at Bath’s historic Assembly Rooms – has returned to the building after a long absence. This late […]
Wedding car with a difference.
Former Bath Mayor Bryan Chalker’s venerable East German Trabant car saw service on 14 May as a wedding limousine, transporting Katrin Hudewenz and her father (both from East Germany) from Maybrick Road, Oldfield Park, to […]
Go Georgian for World Heritage Day
Visit Bath’s Assembly Rooms today and you might just bump into Captain Wade – the ‘Master of Ceremonies’ who organised events at this historic centre of entertainment. There’s an opportunity to have a go at Georgian […]
Fashion’s top 100 in Bath
Considering it is owned and run by the local authority – which isn’t exactly flush for extra cash at present – Bath’s Fashion Museum has just carried out an impressive refurbishment and re-modelling of what is one of the […]
A little light cleaning
It’s cleaning time in the ballroom at Bath’s Assembly Rooms. These are some of the most important chandeliers to have survived from the 18th century. Mounted on pulleys they are lowered twice a year for […]
Looking into Bath’s heritage future.
Everything from traffic and bad architecture to waterways and pollution were under discussion today during a ‘workshop’ held at Bath Assembly Rooms to help B&NES formulate a World Heritage Management Plan for the next six […]
