Various: Author Bath and North East Somerset Council's Print Services: Publisher
Bath
Dartmouth Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath BA2 1AS
Date
2017
Extent
Pages: 39
Description
A magazine produced by and for the City of Bath Mayor's Honorary Guides. Contents of this edition are as follows: The Kennet & Avon Canal: past, present and future (a short history from its beginnings up to 2016) by Ian Herve, pp. 6-10; Philately pioneers: Henry and Alfred Smith by Ken Tatum, pp. 11-13; Theatre Royal Bath Productions Ltd.. The financial heart of Theatre Royal, Bath (how the theatre was turned around in the 1990s from a reasonably profitable venture to a major commercial success with the appointment of Danny Moar as director) by Stephen Ross, pp. 13-15; Medical sensitivities: a black smallpox victim (a black servant of Burwell Starke visiting from America who was treated for but died of smallpox in 1797 in the Bath Infirmary and Dispensary situated in Lower Borough Walls), pp. 15-18; History of 'the Bloom' (a short history of 'Bath in Bloom') by Matt Soan, pp. 18-19; King Edward's School (a very short history of its early days + a list of some notable alumni) by Karen King, pp. 19-21; My Mayor's Guide walk: a history of theatre in Bath by Ken Tatum, pp. 21-23; 50 year anniversary for University of Bath: a cause for celebration (a history of the origins of the University of Bath) by Peter Redfern, pp. 23-26; Music and dancing at Moles: the Giroux sisters at 14 George Street (the dancing school run by the Giroux sisters at that address in the 1820s/1830s), pp. 26-28; the Reverend Joseph Townsend: physician and advocate of social reform by David Workman, pp. 28-31; Chapel of St. John of Beverley for the deaf and dumb (a short history of the school for the deaf and dumb that opened in 1843 at 8-9 Walcot Parade) by Audrey Woods, pp. 31-32; Moses Pickwick 1782-1869 (lived in Bath and ran a coaching business in the first half of the nineteenth century) by Julie Hayward, pp. 32-34; The silver makers of Bath by Duncan Campbell, pp. 35-37
