Guidelines, no. 68

Reference Number
PP/2307/7
Level of Description
Item
Title
Guidelines, no. 68
Creator(s) & Administrative History
Various: Author
Date
2009
Extent
Pages: 80
Description
A magazine printed by and for the City of Bath Mayor's Corps of Honorary Guides. Contents of this edition include:

Duchess de Berry (1798-1870) 11 Laura Place by Audrey Woods, p. 3

An Heraldic Tour of Bath by Roland Symons (based on one of the Special Walks given in the summer of 2009), pp. 4-6

Dictionary Johnson, by Bill Haxworth (an article on Dr Samuel Johnson and the Dictionary he devised), pp. 7-10

For your convenience: water supplies, drains and loos since Roman times by Kim Jordan and Andrew Butterworth (based on one of the Special Walks given in the summer of 2009), pp. 10-25

Walcot and Paragon by Audrey Woods and Margaret Burrows (short histories of some of the historic buildings standing on these two streets), pp. 25-29

Milsom Street: the first sixty-five years by David Keeling, pp. 29-39; Lady Luxborough (1699-1756) Orange Grove by Audrey Woods (a short account of her life), p. 40

Did you see? by Bill Haxworth (Earth from the Air-an account of the images exhibited around the centre of Bath in 2009), pp. 44-46

Bath's links with Charles Darwin by Gill Carter, pp. 46-48

A walk round Bath arranged for the Bath Preservation Trust and guided by Trevor Osborne, pp. 48-49 (photographs on p. 42)

Hot air ballooning is for the birds by Malcolm Hitchcock (Malcolm's account of his Hot Air Balloon ride over Bath), pp.50-51

Weston by Gill Cope and Eddie McGaul (a short history of this village in Bath based on a guided walk given by two former guides) pp. 51-54

Juliana Popjoy (1714-1777) Saw Close by Audrey Woods, pp. 55

Railway posters - exhibition at the Victoria Art Gallery by Collin Carr, pp. 56-57 (photographs on p. 41)

Bath City Council housebuilding - a guided tour using public buses by Malcolm Hitchcock, pp. 58-62

A rival to Pulteney Bridge by Roland Adamson (a short article on the Kramerbrucke "Merchants Bridge" in Erfert, Germany, a bridge with shops upon it), p. 63

The Guildhall Sunshine Recorder and the Empire Hotel by Malcolm Hitchcock, p. 63

Field Marshall the Rt. Hon. George Wade P. C. (1673-1748) MP for Bath 1722-1748 by Bob Hussey, pp. 64-70

The monument to General Sir Henry Johnson Bt. GCB by Roland Symons (a short history of General Johnson whose monument is situated in Bath Abbey), pp. 71-72

The rape of Bath Street, pp. 72-75 by Bruce Croft (an article originally written for the Bath Chronicle

What does Bath mean to you? by Bill Haxworth, pp. 75-77
Subject
Balloons
Bridges
Council housing
Dictionaries
Drainage
Geologists
Heraldry
Local railways
Memoirs
Memorials
Military personnel
Naturalists
Public health
Sanitation
Sewers
Shopping
Toilets
Water supply
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