The cuttings from the Local Look (a monthly community magazine serving the Bathampton, Batheaston, Bathford, Fairfield Park, Lansdown and Larkhall areas and the nearby villages) are all contained in one file in alphabetical order but do not state which individual monthly magazine each cutting was taken from , therefore they cannot be dated exactly. The file includes the following cuttings: My memories of Alice Park by Kathleen Gerrish (nee Tate); The annuual Bathampton Choir outing circa 1912 by Gill Silversides; Hot air! Ballooning and Bath by James Vowles; Batheaston: a photographic look into the past by Steve Beesley; Memories of my life in Batheaston by Ruth Davies; Horsing around in Batheaston by Pete Rawlings; My memories of Batheaston by Betty Rich (Betty's childhood memories of growing up in Batheaston and the surrounding area); Bathford - was in ancient times called Forde by David Howells for the Batheaston Society (a look at how Batheaston has changed betwen 1952 and 2012); Bathford Baptist Chapel: the end of an era by David Howells; Memories of the past (four photographs of the Fairfield Park Home Guard) by Gordon Banks; The sad story of why Bath has no cliff railway (a short history of the landslides that occurred at Hedgemead and the proposal to build a cliff railway there) by Kirsten Elliott; Queen Anne in Kingsdown (a short history of the stretch of the 'The Great Road to Bath' from Kingsdown to Bathford in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries) by Wendy Cooper; Wednesday 9th May: Larkhall History Society, How did the Bath Blitz affect Larkhall (relates to a forthcoming meeting to be held at St. Mark's School but includes a photograph of the ruins of The Folly Pub at Larkhall destroyed by enemy action in 1942 by Brian Vowles of the Bath Blitz Memorial Project; Angela Shelden nee Lewis's memories of the Bath Blitz in 1942; The mystery of Lark Hall (a short history of the Larkhall Inn) by Kirsten Elliott; Brian Lucas's memories of his Larkhall childhood; Exploring Larkhall (a walking tour of Larkhall's historic buildings) by Kirsten Elliott; The bells and bellringers of St. Stephen's Church; from Saint Swithin's to Saint Saviour's (a walking tour of the area) by Kirsten Elliott; Sally in the woods...Where did the name originate?; The Sally in the Wood Road --Again! by David Howells; Douglas Sealy (1891-1922): tragic mariner by Ron Russell; The Green Roofs walk--Snow Hill (a walking tour of the area) by Kirsten Elliott; Memories from the past: Caroline Davey's childhood memories of living in Tadwick near Bath; Vases at last (the restoration of Walcot Methodist Church, London Road) by Mike Renton; Local advertisements 100 years ago by Gill Silversides; Digging up the Past (items from the nineteenth century found in Larkhall gardens) by Gill Silversides; What a difference a century makes (a description of the annual floral carnival and fete that took place on Kensington Meadows in connection with the Cooperative Society as reported in the 'Bath Chronicle' in July 1912.; Memories of Ron and Joan Rich; Life in the firing line (memories of Bathford resident Roger Millbank); 100 year old entertainment (entertainment on offer for men and women in the Batheaston area in 1913) by Gill Silversides; Unsolved mystery in Monkton Farleigh (short history of a snuffbox dating from the 1730s relating to Admiral Vernon who took Portobello, South America from the Spanish in 1739 and which was found in 2013? by June Gale of Monkton Farleigh); Kit Townsend's memories of Lambridge Riding School in the 40s and 50s; 'Wartime Secrets': Beneath Bathford Hill...(a brief account of the Monkton Farleigh Ammunition Depot); Picture from the past series (Batheaston Junior School 1962, St. Saviour's Infants School 1969-70, Larkhall playgroup 1973/74, 1976 Reception Class from St. Saviours School, 51st Guide Pack at Victoria Hall, Larkhall early 1980s, Swainswick School June 1984, 1992 Batheaston White Lion (Sunday Division 2 Runners Up, Bathampton School) 1992
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Aerial bombardment Bell ringing Bells Balloons Horse Riding Inns Landslides Memoirs Mines Naval personnel Nonconformist chapels Personal narratives Photographs Roads Second World War (1939-1945)
