A special ceremony has been held to mark the centenary of the planting of the ‘Peace Oak’ in Bath’s Sydney Gardens. Councillor Manda Rigby, the Deputy Mayor of Bath officially unveiled a new stone plaque […]
Tag: Sydney Gardens
Lost for words
It’s not often you will find me lost for words but this morning l was speechless with fury. Despite Somerset Live (aka Bath Live/ Bath Chronicle – it’s all very confusing l know) and Bath […]
Roman through Sydney Gardens
I wonder if you knew that Sydney Gardens – created as a Georgian pleasure park – also has an earlier history as a Roman burial ground. A free event called The Deathly Secrets of […]
Just your imagination.
This morning, Bath’s annual Forest of the Imagination week-end event was being being put together – in and around the Holburne Museum and within Sydney gardens. This year’s lay-out is designed by a collective of […]
Peace tree remembered.
There’s one tree – on the west lawn – in Sydney Gardens that has a special connection with the end of the Great War. It’s a ‘Peace Oak’ planted in July 1919 by the then […]
Let’s tidy up our park-side railway.
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
