It’s that faithful old fountain in Laura Place grabbing my attention again today but – while l still live in hope of its full restoration or replacement with something more spectacular – it is another […]
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Pulling the plug for winter shut down.
The Laura Place fountain – just recently – would have been equally at home in the approach road to the ‘Emerald City’ in the Land of Oz – so green was its contents. Though its […]
Let it snow!
Am hearing Northumberland Place – one of the narrow lane ‘echoes’ of Bath’s medieval past – is not going to be left out of the Christmas cheer this year. There’s the promise of snow machines […]
A helping hand for Bath’s heritage.
The scaffolding that has been fronting Hales the Chemist in Bath’s Argyle Street will be coming down in the next few days. It has been supporting members of the Cliveden Conservation team who have been […]
Guildhall buddleia and the new monolith.
A quick round up as we head into the weekend. Network Rail contractors have completed repairs to the decking of the cast-iron footbridge across the main rail line passing through Sydney Gardens. However, the […]
Bath’s empty basin.
Seems the Laura Place fountain has developed pump problems again. The basin has been drained and the fountain out of action for several weeks. A spokesperson for B&NES has confirmed it is a mechanical fault. […]
Autumn turn off.
When do you know that summer is officially over. Forget the Autumn Equinox and just look out for those very polite workmen from Zeta Services who are employed by B&NES to clean out the fountain […]
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 to lay newly carved stone on this damaged and neglected structure. Nick told me the […]
Painter pitches in Bath’s ‘ash tray’
I never know what l am going to confront when l am out on my bike in Bath. Coming up Great Pulteney Street this morning (Wednesday, March 16th) l found a man with an easel standing […]
Towpath and trees.
Out in Bath this Wednesday (August 12th) and found a B&NES sponsored survey starting on the path up to the Kennet and Avon Canal from the Grosvenor Bridge access point off the London Road. The […]
