A while back l pointed out how vegetation was beginning to take hold on the retaining wall of the Great Western Railway cut through Sydney Gardens. This was constructed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and his […]
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Bath, April 26th.
Bath doesn’t rate very well in the litter stakes with our streets way down the list for cleanliness – often covered in cigarette stubs, urban gull droppings – and whatever the birds have managed to […]
Bath’s turf wear
Two years of necessary disruption around Bath Abbey as the multi-million pound Footprint Project gets underway but l can’t resist pointing out how the hoarding has had a knock-on effect on the increased wear and […]
Rail closure over Easter.
Easter problems ahead on our railway link with Bristol it seems. Bath & North East Somerset Council is asking visitors and commuters to the city to be patient while works are carried out to improve […]
Rails-way station
I am naturally curious. Don’t know whether it’s journalistic training – or that l came ‘ready-wired’ for being nosey – but l like to explore unusual avenues in search of stories for Bath Newseum. Our […]
The Bath Briefing
Want to know how many Bath Spa undergraduates cycle to classes or how many people crammed into Bath last year for the Christmas Market? Then you should have been amongst the audience at yesterday’s Transport […]
Buddleia versus Brunel.
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 […]
Brunel’s footbridge still due to be restored.
Brunel’s cast iron footbridge over the main line to London – cutting through Bath’s Sydney Gardens – is now open again. There’s also news on whether or not the historic structure will be restored. Network […]
It’s amaze-ing!
Hands up if you haven’t yet heard of the “Sydney Gardens Parks for People Heritage Lottery Fund Project.” Yeh l know it’s a grand-sounding title, but it’s an ambitious scheme to restore one of Bath’s […]
We’ve bought a ruin!
Apart from their Christian names, l know nothing about Wendy and Tom – the new owners of a patch of land created from the spoil dug out to build the canal that lies above it. […]
