Elsewhere on Bath Newseum l have drawn attention to the state of the stone balustrade on the Grand Parade side of Pulteney Bridge. It’s weed-infested – as this view through the bridge cafe window shows […]
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Tag: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Rail reconstruction gets underway through Bath in 2017.
A new word has entered our local vocabulary in the last couple of years. It’s ‘t-pod’ and it is a shortened and slightly trendy way of saying – ‘temporary period of disruption’ – used by Network […]
Losing steam?
Things are getting a little behind as far as the electrification of the Great Western main rail line to London is concerned. The Virtual Museum maintains a healthy interest in this major engineering project because […]
Digging gets underway in Sydney Gardens
With the electrification of the Great Western Line from London to Bristol and beyond underway – and likely to affect Bath in the summer of 2016 – Network Rail have moved into Sydney Gardens to […]
It’s electrifying – but gently does it!
Well there is real hope now that Network Rail will be proceeding as gently as possible when its electrification construction programme – for the main London to Bristol line – passes through the Bath area […]
Art and the rail engineer
Brunel’s Great Western Railway certainly opened up Bath in terms of transport and trade but this engineering marvel came in handy when the city needed to promote its recently discovered Roman baths and its spa […]
Lights and locomotives in Sydney Gardens
The Virtual Museum of Bath hears Sydney Gardens might be getting public lighting at last. Looks like they will be set in the ground and powered by the sun. Very green and sensible – bearing […]
Bath mosaic gets Bristol showing
Just for a change l am about to promote an event at a museum which is not within Bath and North East Somerset. However, you are going to have to go as far as the […]
Victorian take on Shakespeare’s ‘Dream’
On National Museum Night May 18 the Museum of Bath at Work is staging excerpts from a performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream – in Victorian costume. Shakespeare In The Green Park’s Production of […]
Bikes, bus-shelters and Brunel.
Great to see all the work coming to an end around the Guildhall where extended paving and a new crossing point has been installed to make life safer and more pleasant for pedestrians. There will […]
