“Synthetic box balls in sombre grey coffin-like pots.’ That’s how one Bath Newseum regular describes the planting at Bath’s re-modelled Saw Close – the open area in front of the Theatre Royal. Wishing to […]
Tag: Theatre Royal
Weird goings-on in the wings!
What an honour – as a former bit-part player in amateur dramaticals – to be asked to tread the professional boards of Bath’s Theatre Royal. In 1989 l got to play the bad old Sheriff […]
Staging a graduation.
As Bath Abbey gets down to the start of its multi-million Footprint Project to stabilise the church floor and improve facilities – some of its regular annual users have had to look elsewhere for accommodation. […]
Shame about the Saw Close.
Am l alone in being very disappointed by the recently ‘re-imagined’ Saw Close – an historic open space which lies just inside what was the old city wall. As part of a recent redevelopment – […]
Watch your step!
Bath’s Saw Close has a long and not always noble history. It was where timber was sawn up for our city’s Georgian building boom – trees dragged in over ditches with a man up top […]
S’now what to do with your rubbish!
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – from Bath’s Theatre Royal – have joined Bath & North East Somerset Council’s campaign to encourage residents to make full use of the wide range of recycling collection […]
New role for the Saw Close.
Newly erected cycle parking and wooden benches is a very obvious clue to the way B&NES views the new-look Saw Close. While no date has been given for the opening of the food outlets, boutique […]
Line of Bath’s Roman wall confirmed.
As a member of the Mayor of Bath’s Guild of Honorary Guides, l have been telling groups of tourists for several years that the old city wall ran up through the middle of the Saw […]
Bath’s new roof-top light box!
Bath isn’t exactly blessed with much in the way of contemporary architecture. The extension to the Holburne Museum and the Thermae Bath Spa are the only two ‘combinations’ that have managed to battle their way through […]
Digging up Bath’s past.
A couple more ‘discoveries’ from the excavations Cotswold Archaeology are carrying out in conjunction with Deeley Freed Estates – the developers of the Saw Close site – which will see the building of a casino, […]
