One of Bath’s biggest industrial names of the recent past looks likely to be properly acknowledged in the near future. The city’s ‘heritage champion’ Bryan Chalker tells me: ” A further two families have pledged […]
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Bath’s Titanic survivor makes her mark.
Once a ‘Heritage Champion’ always a heritage champion it seems – even though ex councillor and mayor Bryan Chalker no longer holds the B&NES title. But in this case he’s happy to leave the welfare […]
Sunshine, and a blue sky lift.
Found myself pedalling hard up Widcombe Hill this morning on my way to meet a local historian called Alistair at the historic Church of St Thomas a Becket alongside the wonderful Georgian Widcombe Manor. Squeaking […]
Taking a jab at our memorial jib.
Sad to hear the old steam-driven crane – down at the Crest Riverside development – has attracted the attention of vandals. It was installed there as a memorial to Stothert and Pitt – the Bath […]
New life for ‘famous’ Bath car.
Former Bath Mayor and Heritage Champion, Bryan Chalker’s rare 1973 East German Trabant 2-stroke car has just undergone a major mechanical and body re-build and complete re-spray at Larkhall Garage and Spraytec. The overall results […]
A new coat of paint for Samson.
Meet Samson. He’s an old steam crane that many of you are used to passing on your way to and from Crest Nicholson’s residential redevelopment of a former riverside industrial site in Bath. However this […]
A (paint) brush with the past.
Seems the residents – down at Bath Riverside – are starting to take a keen interest in the re-painting job a bunch of dedicated volunteers are gradually carrying out upon an old Stothert and Pitt […]
Riverside crane is a painting marathon.
The volunteers busy painting a crane at Bath Riverside are making good progress on what has now been described as a ‘painting marathon.’ They are helping to brighten up a ‘city treasure’ under the direction of Bryan […]
Industrial Heritage Day
The seventh annual Bath Industrial Heritage Day is being held at Bath City Football Club in Twerton today – Saturday, September 24th. It’s free admission for all and the exhibition is open from 10 […]
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 […]
