Well if your husband, wife, father, mother, son or daughter was taking part in today’s Centenary Remembrance Day Parade through Bath then click on the link below. Bath Newseum was proud to stand with hundreds […]
Tag: First World War
Albert’s Peal.
Of the Bath men – who were sent to the trenches during the First World War – one of them was a well-known local bellringer. Private Albert Seers was in the Dorset Regiment and had […]
Women at war
The First World War was a conflict on a scale never experienced before and one in which a regular army would not be big enough. What did you do in the war daddy? – is […]
Does bell ringing appeal?
The bell ringers of Bath Abbey – and elsewhere around our local churches – are recruiting and with a very special bell ringing anniversary in mind. During the First World War, 1,400 bell ringers died […]
When Bath ‘bobbies’ went to war.
Seems Bath Newseum is not the only online website – dealing with history and heritage – you guys check out. However, one of my followers – Roger Houghton – has drawn my attention to the […]
A ‘hospital’ peep at Christmas past.
The festive season is giving Bath’s unique Medical Museum a chance to take its visitors on a trip to Christmas past. Volunteers have helped set up a special festive exhibition at the old Chapel […]
Wall of names finally reveals its story
The mystery of the names – inscribed on the side wall of the old and derelict school building in Bath’s Broad Street – has finally been solved. It was built in 1754 to house King […]
Bath and the Battle of the Somme
With July lst marking the first day of the terrible ‘Battle of the Somme’ – during the First World War – local author and historian Andrew Swift has given Bath Newseum access to an extract […]
Planning for Peace – a Bath that never was.
Here’s a picture of a public building Bath is still waiting to see built. It’s a new concert hall and was part of a whole raft of redevelopment being planned for the city during the […]
Wartime letters to Bath Mayor links with past.
Poignant wartime letters written to the Mayor of Bath have been uncovered during a major cataloguing project carried out by Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Archive Service. This 18-month project, funded by the National […]
