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 […]
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Tag: Sydney Gardens
The people’s park.
A 21st century pleasure garden for all the community. That’s what Keith Rowe – Project Manager for the Sydney Gardens restoration and improvement scheme – promised today in an interview with Bath Newseum. The project […]
Another unhappy ending.
Sad to see another well-established business announcing closure. This bargain bookshop has been trading at the Bog Island end of Pierrepont Street for around 35 years. Ironically – for Good Buy Books – it’s good […]
Bring back the park keeper.
It’s good to know that the supporters of a revamped Sydney Gardens can look forward to a new year in which their dreams can begin to come true – thanks to Heritage Lottery funding. However, […]
Hey Bath! – love you.
Winter Solstice – December 21st – seems a good place to reflect on what is past and what is to come. Bath Newseum has never set out to rival the local newspapers – and ad […]
Mourning the loss of a park keeper.
Unfortunately this is what happens when you decide to ‘save’ money and dispense with the services of a park keeper. A man who is around during the day – who both sees and discourages this […]
Sydney Gardens wins HLF funding!
Bath’s Sydney Gardens has been saved from dereliction. The UK’s only surviving Georgian Pleasure Garden – and one of the oldest parks in the city – will be restored thanks to National Lottery players, following […]
Historic canal under attack.
Always the same isn’t it? The week a vital member of staff takes a holiday, his services are suddenly urgently needed! Bit of a shock greeting narrow boat crews and towpath users on the K […]
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 […]
What future for the meadows?
Whitehall cut-backs in local government funding – and the increased demands on social services from us all living longer – have left B&NES a bit short of cash. I suppose looking after needy kids and […]
