At 5 am on Sunday morning, April 26th, 1942, 31 men, women and children were huddled together in a public air raid shelter at Roseberry Road in Twerton. Above them enemy bombers were laying waste […]
Tag: war memorial
Sarah’s poppies.
With the Centenary of the end of World War l being acknowledged this year, a Bath resident has decided to combine her hobby of knitting – and love for her community – to remember all […]
In loving memory.
While l am pleased B&NES have managed to get the Laura Place foumntain working again, regular followers of Bath Newseum will know l am criticial of this pathetic celebration of the ‘waters of Bath.’ While […]
Memorial mystery solved
I wasn’t too sure about what was going on regarding Bath’s War Memorial which is sited at the town entrance to Royal Victoria Park. It looked like one of the panels is missing? The answer […]
Museum of Bath @ Work receives Pitman Press memorial for safe keeping
A memorial plaque which was removed from the former Bath Press building on the Lower Bristol Road when the business closed has been presented to the Museum of Bath at Work. The solid wood plaque, […]
New national ‘word’ memorial goes on line
Across the UK, 3,000 people are together creating a unique war memorial made only of words – and it’s all part of a national World War 1 commemoration project jointly led by Professor Kate Pullinger […]
