The Local Look February 2016

Reference Number: PP/2324/16/2
Level of Description: Item
Title: The Local Look February 2016
Creator(s) & Administrative History: Vowles, James: Author
James and Jodie Vowles: Publisher

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Date: 2016
Extent: Pages: 70
Description: A local commumity magazine serving the Bathampton, Batheaston, Bathford, Fairfield Park, Lansdown and Larkhall areas and the nearby villages. This issue includes the following articles: Church of St. John the Baptist, Batheaston (a short history of the the church and the recent proposed repair project for the church roof) by Lucinda Rowan-Mayberry, Rob Mimmack and Revd Isobel Rathbone, pp. 8-9; Obituaries of Dave Crookes of Larkhall (d.7/12/2015) and Andy Moon of Batheaston (d.12/12/2015), pp. 30-31; Tales of old Bailbrook (an account of why local MP Mavis Tate raised in Parliament the issue of Bailbrook's lack of a Post Office in the 1930s) by Dave Pearce, pp. 34-35; Our roads, then and now (a short history of roads in and around Bathampton, Batheaston and Bathford in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries) by David Howells, pp. 44-45; Local Look Notes and Queries 17 (Ghostsigns on Bath pubs, in particular, chequerboard patterns) by Kirsten Elliott, pp. 48-49
Subject: Churches
Members of Parliament
Obituaries
Post Offices
Restoration
Turnpike roads