John Rennie was a Scottish civil engineer – a young East Lothian farmer’s son – and born in 1761. He made … More
Tag: Bath Somerset
A penny for your thoughts?
B&NES has big plans for making historic Sydney Gardens more ’21st century’ friendly. That’s if the council is successful in … More
Brush up on industry
Yesterday – Saturday, September 24th – l popped along to the seventh Industrial Heritage Exhibition – held at Bath City … More
Consultation favours skateboard facility for Alice Park.
A park and ride site east of Bath isn’t the only facility being pushed for at this end of the … More
Majority back new West of England Mayor-led Authority
The people of B&NES seem to have given their support to the idea of a Mayor-led West of England Authority … More
Maintaining council standards – Can you help?
Bath & North East Somerset Council is looking to recruit two independent local volunteers to help promote and maintain high … More
Stubbs and the Wild
It’s no good – the temptation to use the expression ‘roaring success’ to describe the Holburne Museum’s new summer/autumn exhibition … More
It’s been repaired, but who saw the fountain damaged?
At last!! I passed by the Laura Place Fountain today and found local stonemason Nick Shinn hard at work preparing … More
A crane escort for last of the Sparrow brothers.
The funeral cortege of Bath businessman and last-surviving Sparrow brother, Gordon Sparrow, makes its way to Haycombe Cemetery, Bath today … More
Roman Baths spread the word.
Following an increase in international visitors in the past few years, the Roman Baths and Fashion Museum have introduced … More
Make our tourist pay towards city upkeep?
Bath shares with Venice the honour of being one of the only two European cities to enjoy World Heritage status and … More
Counting the cost of history.
When he was Mayor of Bath – and a councillor with B&NES – Bryan Chalker helped rescue one of the last remaining … More
Bath Abbey – messages from the past.
Tower tours at Bath Abbey have always been very popular with the general public but research work that has just … More
Car park work completed..but there’s more
Work to improve the durability of the car park at Bath’s Holburne Museum has been completed – and the car park … More
Beware of bogus tree surgeons
Members of the public are urged to be vigilant of rogue tree surgeons after numerous reports of cold-call tradesmen operating … More
Christmas in Bath
Another Christmas Market shot for Wednesday, December 9th.
Bath City Forum to meet for first time.
The new Bath City Forum will meet for the first time on Tuesday October 13, at The Guildhall in Bath. … More
(Almost) No service is sacred in B&NES economy drive.
As a service provider, it seems almost nothing is safe and untouchable when it comes to economies forced on the … More