A magazine produced by and for the City of Bath Mayor's Honorary Guides. Contents of this edition are as follows:
The Bath Sword by Terry Mitchell (the original Bath sword kept at Oriel College, Oxford), p. 2
Life in Bath 1770-1799 - From the Bath Chronicle by Donald Straughan (a selection of printed abstracts taken from the 'Bath Georgian Newspaper' Project and a description of the project), pp. 2-8
Shum's Court by Audrey Woods (a short article on Shum's Court and the Shum family and a map)
The Gainsborough building and Abbey Church House by June Ward (plans for the redevelopment of these two buildings by the Bath Spa Company Limited. Includes historic plans, maps and illustatrations of the site), pp. 11-18
Quirky Bath by Myra Barnes (the Grove Street building inscribed with the year 5792, a date calculated by Bishop James Ussher 1581-1656 to be that of the creation of the earth and the Coat of Arms above No. 8 the chemist shop said to be that of Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, who visited the shop), pp. 19-20
Local authority housing in Bath: the early years: 1890-1914 by Malcolm Hitchcock (focuses particularly on Lampard's Buildings and the Dolemeads schemes with copies of sketches and photographs of both), pp. 22-28 and appendix
Travel by Post Chaise by Audrey Woods ( a history of this mode of transport with illustrations of a Post Chaise, a postboy in 1805 and an 1841 toll ticket for Kelston Gate, pp. 29-34
The Bath 'overflow' (a short article on the possible causes of Bath's expansion and population growth in the Georgian period) by David Clark, pp. 35-36
Water and waste in Marlborough Lane & Marlborough Buildings by Audrey Woods, pp. 37-40; Changes at the Costume Museum by Patricia Mackenzie (comment on the redisplay of exhibits carried out in 2007), pp. 41-43
Claverton parish by Audrey Woods (a short history of the village and Claverton Down), pp. 44-48
More fiesty females by Audrey Woods (short histories of women who lived in Bath: Jane Austen 1775-1817, Selina, Countess of Huntingdon 1707-1791, Elizabeth Linley 1754-1792, Sarah Grand 1854-1942), pp. 50-54
Subject
Costume Customs and traditions Newspapers Post chaise Social housing Waste disposal Water supply
