Bath Chronicle, The back issues from September 2008:
Youngsters inspired by UK school games
Sep 01, 2008 ... More than 1,500 young athletes gathered for the closing ceremonyof the UK School Games at the University of Bath yesterday. Following the event in Bath and Bristol over the weekend, theOlympic hopefuls were left fired up for London 2012 after getting ataste of a multi-sport ...
The lion, the witch and the wardrobe
Sep 03, 2008 ... Anyone sceptical about the magic of CS Lewis's Narnia should headfor the Mission Theatre to experience the potency of what hecreated. This production is absolutely spellbinding for both adults andchildren, as the rapt attention of the first-night audiencetestified. Sheer ...
Peace of mind for five years ; The motoring world is changing, of that there is no doubt. Car buyers in the private sector are drifting downmarket, buying smaller and cheaper in a bid to avoid spending more than they have to on insurance, fuel and maintenance bills.
Sep 04, 2008 ... The motoring world is changing, of that there is no doubt. Carbuyers in the private sector are drifting downmarket, buying smallerand cheaper in a bid to avoid spending more than they have to oninsurance, fuel and maintenance bills. So sweeping has been the change in mindset among ...
Next stage up for string of NY awards
Sep 04, 2008 ... Members of a Bath theatre group will be waiting anxiously todiscover if they have won awards on the other side of the Atlantictomorrow. The Next Stage Theatre Company staged a successful run of SirAlan Ayckbourn's Intimate Exchanges in New York last month. And it is up for a ...
Gunman jailed for two years
Sep 04, 2008 ... A gunman who yelled at a woman and her boyfriend "I'm going toblow your head off" as he wielded an air rifle, has been jailed fortwo and a half years. Duane Smith shouted the threat at four-months pregnant KerryStephens and her partner, Matthew Burt, as they went for a walk ...
As duchess film premieres... Star admits to being 'terrified'
Sep 04, 2008 ... Actress Keira Knightley has admitted that playing Georgiana,Duchess of Devonshire, in a new film was "terrifying". The British star plays the infamous 18th-century socialite in TheDuchess, which also stars Ralph Fiennes, Dominic Cooper and HayleyAtwell. Knightley and Fiennes ...
Promoters pull plug on heavy metal Festival
Sep 04, 2008 ... A heavy metal music festival starring a Eurovision Song Contest-winning act at Bath Racecourse later this month has been cancelled. The promoters of the Black Swan Festival have issued an outspokenstatement calling off the event scheduled for September 27,describing the process of ...
Robber's pounds1/4m payback order
Sep 04, 2008 ... A violent armed robber who made more than pounds1 million fromcrime, has been ordered to pay back less than a quarter of his ill-gotten gains. Vivian Gilling, who is serving an 18-year jail term for robberyand burglary, was found to have profited from his terrifying two-year ...
City's role in the movies put on the map
Sep 04, 2008 ... In a city with history dripping from every pore, it's no wonderBath is a magnet for film-makers and TV crews. But how many of us realise the city was playing host to movie-makers as long ago as 1931? Now, with the help of a new movie map, devotees of the big andsmall screens ...
Toddlers and teens at club
Sep 04, 2008 ... St Luke's Church at Wellsway hosted a holiday club on the themeof champions of the world. Some 170 children, from toddlers to teenagers, enjoyed stories,drama, crafts, singing, dancing and sports. One of the organisers, Ann Hatton, said: "We transformed thechurch into ...
Anne picks up first prize
Sep 04, 2008 ... An amateur photographer has beaten 25 people to win a new camera. Anne Islam, of Twerton, took part in a photography competition,run by The Bath Chronicle, with the prize a camera donated byWalters of Bath in the Podium. Out of the 25 people who took part, eight were ...
Your starter for 10 - which city pub quiz has raised pounds20,000 for good causes?
Sep 04, 2008 ... A pub quiz in Bath has helped raise thousands of pounds forcharity since it began three years ago. The quiz at St James' Wine Vaults has raised pounds20,000, whichhas been divided between several charities. One of the main causes to have benefited from the money isDorothy ...
Couple's phone anguish
Sep 04, 2008 ... A couple with special needs from Bath were left stranded for morethan a week without a phone line after BT cut them off. Esme, 22, and Guy, 25, who are engaged and have asked that theChronicle does not use their surnames, both have Down's Syndrome andmoved into their house in ...
Veg show marks 100 years of using the plot
Sep 04, 2008 ... Plot-holders from across Bath met on Sunday to celebrate 100years of allotments in the city. The Bath and North East Somerset Allotment Association Grand Produce Show was held to mark the centenary. The event at Larkhall's New Oriel Hall saw veteran vegetablegrowers and ...
Public's chance to see behind closed doors
Sep 04, 2008 ... Eight historic buildings in the Bath area open to the public forfree next week. Heritage Open Days, from Thursday, September 11, to Sunday,September 14, is co-ordinated by Bath and North East SomersetCouncil which runs two of the buildings - No 4 The Circus, and StJohn's ...
This silence is golden
Sep 04, 2008 ... A painting with special links to the Bath area has been boughtfor a city art gallery. The Art Fund, an independent charity, has helped the council-runVictoria Art Gallery to acquire a painting by Sir Howard Hodgkin. The artist's work Silence is the first of his paintings to ...
Food lovers urged to follow the bear as landmark pub reopens
Sep 04, 2008 ... One of Bath's most distinctive pubs is to reopen - with foodcooked by a chef who has worked with some of the biggest names inthe culinary world. The Bear on Bear Flat closed in January, sparking a hunt by ownerPunch Taverns for a new licensee for the landmark venue. Now the ...
Plenty to do at hall
Sep 04, 2008 ... Larkhall: New activities are getting under way at the New OrielHall. There is a one-day workshop on Indian head massage on Saturday.To book a place or find out more, call Michele Broom on Bath 463314. A new weekly Scottish dancing class begins on Wednesday,September 17 at ...
Fundraisers get in the running for cancer
Sep 04, 2008 ... People in Bath are being invited to take part in two runs toraise money for the charity Cancer Research UK. Entries have opened for Run 10k at Longleat on Sunday, October12, with information on the website www.run10k.org/local. People can also enter a Run 10k event at Bowood ...
Let's not become the generation that dropped the baton
Sep 04, 2008 ... Amid the euphoria over the British medal successes in Beijing,there was disappointment over one or two failures that could bedescribed as avoidable mistakes rather than inability, such asfailure to hand on batons correctly in the relays. Interdependence in these events is key to ...
Good health is hot topic
Sep 04, 2008 ... Members of the public are being invited to take part in a debateabout local health and social care. The 'Healthy Conversation' event, organised by the Adult Health,Social Care and Housing Partnership, is taking place on Wednesday,September 17 at the Forum, St James' Parade, ...
Staff shortage shuts care home
Sep 04, 2008 ... An old people's home on the outskirts of Bath will definitelyclose next month because of staff shortages. The governors of Warrington Homes Ltd have confirmed theirdecision to shut Waterhouse Residential Home in Monkton Combe. Twenty-eight pensioners will need to move to new ...
Painting the light fantastic wins watercolour artist pounds15,000
Sep 04, 2008 ... A Bath artist who once drew a personal portrait of internetpioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee has become the 21st winner of the annualSunday Times Watercolour Competition. Jennifer McRae won pounds15,000 and will have her winningwatercolour exhibited at the Bankside Gallery, London, ...
Expert team on the case
Sep 04, 2008 ... Bath and North East Somerset Primary Care Trust has broughttogether a team of specialist healthcare professionals to make iteasier for people affected by conditions such as multiple sclerosis,motor neurone disease and Parkinson's disease to get the help theyneed. The new team can ...
Going with Flo makes a difference
Sep 04, 2008 ... A Timsbury care home that was close to failing following a snapinspection in February has been given a clean bill of health on areturn visit. A team from the Government-backed Commission for Social Carepraised the transformation of The Laurels in South Road, which isowned by the ...
Rugby player hit publican up to 15 times
Sep 04, 2008 ... A drunken rugby player who gripped the manager of a Bath pub in aheadlock and punched him in the face up to 15 times, has been sparedjail. Drinker-turned-teetotaller Jay Richards and a group of hisfriends had been turned away from the Hobgoblin pub in St James'sParade because ...
Yobs jailed for racist attack on shop owner
Sep 04, 2008 ... A pair of drunken yobs who launched a violent racist attack on akebab shop boss after being asked to clean up their mess have beenjailed. Nathan Doyle and Grant Thomas left their victim with fractures tohis cheekbone, eye socket and nose during the gang attack. Passing ...
Zero tolerance to wastage
Sep 04, 2008 ... People in the Bath area are being challenged to slim their wastelines at the end of this month. Councils in the former Avon have joined forces to promote ZeroWaste Challenge Week, from September 29 to October 5. The aim is for people to see how little they can throw away ...
All aboard for RUH appeal
Sep 04, 2008 ... An open-air screening of one of the Pirates Of The Caribbeantrilogy of films takes place next week. The showing of The Curse Of The Black Pearl will raise money forthe Forever Friends Appeal on Friday, September 12. It takes place at Lansdown Cricket Club at Combe Park - next ...
82-year-old puts best foot forward for charity
Sep 04, 2008 ... Grateful 82-year-old Albert Turner has completed a 16-mile walkfor charity. Mr Turner decided to put his best foot forward to say thank-youto the Royal United Hospital, where he was treated for a heartattack last year. Mr Turner and his 75-year-old wife Rose walked along the ...
Top World Heritage watchdogs preparing for crucial visit to city
Sep 04, 2008 ... Government and council officials are fixing a date for international heritage watchdogs to visit Bath. The international cultural body Unesco's world heritage committeedecided earlier in the summer to send a delegation to Bath becauseof its concern over the impact of two major ...
Mayor invites people to join him for a coffee morning
Sep 04, 2008 ... Mayor of Bath Cllr Tim Ball is calling for the people of the cityto join the World's Biggest Coffee Morning to raise money for acancer charity. Macmillan Cancer Support is staging the national event on Friday,September 26 and aims to raise pounds8.5 million for people affectedby ...
Ramadan
Sep 04, 2008 ... Muslims in Bath have begun to observe Ramadan. The city's Imam and director of the Bath Islamic Society, RashadAzami, said the month of fasting and abstinence was "eagerly awaitedby the Muslim community". "It brings abundant goodness to observing people and thecommunity at ...
Rugby player's anguish over daughter's battle
Sep 04, 2008 ... Rugby player Kevin Maggs has spoken movingly about his daughter'sbattle with leukaemia. The former Bath and Ireland centre, who still lives near thecity, had been playing for Bristol Rugby for six months when hisdaughter, Jessica, was diagnosed with the disease on New Year's ...
VIP guest
Sep 04, 2008 ... Former Zimbabwean test cricketer Henry Olonga is the guestspeaker at the Men United breakfast on Saturday. Olonga, who became the youngest player to represent Zimbabwe onhis international debut back in 1995, will be talking about thepersonal cost of protest. He wore a black ...
Praying for retail success
Sep 04, 2008 ... Church-goers will this weekend be praying for the success of apounds360 million retail development. As the SouthGate development changes the face of the city centre,a Bath church group will be completing a prayer walk to supportthose involved. In recent years members of ...
Once upon a time at the church fete
Sep 04, 2008 ... You may bump into a Gruffalo or Cruella De Vil at the church fetein Bitton on Saturday. The fete will be opened at 2pm by the vicar of St Mary's, the RevPaul Denyer. It takes place as usual on the Glebe field by the church, and thetheme this year is storybook characters, and ...
Support is at hand for welfare claimants
Sep 04, 2008 ... The current debate in the media about the reform of the currentsystem of welfare benefits and tax credits may be unsettling forcurrent claimants. The present system is extremely complicated. It can be anightmare for claimants to find their way through the maze ofdifferent ...
Bath rugby - streets ahead
Sep 04, 2008 ... Next time Bath is in need of a new street name how about 'AllezAllez Alley' in ...
My questions for the Bath city board
Sep 04, 2008 ... Yet again the chairman of Bath City talks of moving from TwertonPark. How many times have the supporters and shareholders alike toldGeoff Todd and the board that we don't want to move? If we did move would Mr Todd like to tell the supporters whereany of the money from the ...
'Gasometer' and bus plan prove local council is failing us
Sep 04, 2008 ... Like some skulking vulture perched there among the picturesquebackground of Beechen Cliff, the council's ghastly mistake of the'gasometer' now sits there in permanent reminder of just how awfulthe Bath and North East Somerset council decisions can be. Who, when viewing this ugly ...
More praise for Bath's super pigs project
Sep 04, 2008 ... We would just like to thank all those who made, and placed thepigs in and around Bath. We had a lovely time taking our granddaughters on ...
Restaurant licence review meeting delayed
Sep 04, 2008 ... A meeting to review the licence of a Bath restaurant has beenpostponed. Opa, in North Parade, which partially succeeded in extending itsopening hours earlier this month, is facing an official review ofits licence after Bath and North East Somerset Council receivedcomplaints about ...
Park-and-ride protest: Is it just nimbyism?
Sep 04, 2008 ... I wonder if the correct reply to the impassioned and emotivemulti-signature letter on August 28, 2008 regarding the long awaitedand essential park-and-ride facility to the east of Bath should bethe ...
It's time for some bold decisions on transport
Sep 04, 2008 ... Last week's Chronicle contained a good deal about transport andin particular the council's proposals for a rapid transit link. Anyone who lives, works or tries to do business in Bath knowsthat transport is a major issue. If something isn't done the citywill become gridlocked, the ...
Bath has let its standards of excellence fall down
Sep 04, 2008 ... I read with interest the letters and web comments in The BathChronicle recently regarding the state of the city. I too am appalled with the levels of rubbish, anti-socialbehaviour, uncared for streets, public toilets and general apathywhich seems to prevail within the city with ...
In search of my Bath love from 1962
Sep 04, 2008 ... I am trying to get in touch with a woman I met in Bath in 1961/62. We met in a dance hall while I was on leave from the Royal Navy.All I remember of this lass was that she was a nurse and Irish. Ialso remember that we fell in love. Could you perhaps publish this love (lost) ...
We should applaud TeamBath's fantastic ongoing success
Sep 04, 2008 ... I am puzzled by the resentment shown towards the success ofTeamBath expressed in your sports pages in recent weeks,particularly by Bath City's Adie Britton. From a neutral's point of view, the TeamBath story is fantastic. It is a story of a club formed out of a nucleus of ...
pounds1m refurbishment lies in store for the scala
Sep 04, 2008 ... A retail chain is launching a pounds1 million revamp of a busyBath store as part of a makeover being introduced across thecountry. Work is due to start later this month on The Co-operative's storein Oldfield Park. The refurbishment comes shortly after the chain re-opened ...
Cheers for Southgate
Sep 04, 2008 ... Well done to everyone connected to the new SouthGate development.As it raises its beautiful head above the barricades we can all seethat it's going to be lovely. Well done to the ...
Bob's wake was a great send-off
Sep 04, 2008 ... Last Friday we had the honour of hosting Bob Phillips' wake andwe would like to thank everybody who came for an absolutelywonderful day. We saw people we haven't seen for years and we spent the dayeating, drinking and telling stories about the great Bob's manyhilarious ...
Roll call for voters
Sep 04, 2008 ... B&nes: People are being urged to fill in a form to ensure theyhave a vote. All households in Bath and north east Somerset have been sent aform from the council's electoral registration office. This lists all the people currently on the electoral register forthat ...
Bid launched to boost town's feel-good factor
Sep 04, 2008 ... A campaign is being launched to make people feel good aboutliving in Keynsham. A free fun day will kick off the Keep It Local: Keep It Keynshaminitiative next week. The campaign will highlight the facilities, activities,organisations and businesses in the town, which is at a ...
Publisher shows way to go
Sep 04, 2008 ... A Bath-based publisher is branching into the events market. Magazine firm Merricks Media, which has headquarters in LowerBristol Road, is running its first show at Bristol's Ashton Gatenext month. Brand New You Live on October 26 is the first of five showsacross the country ...
Arthritis info
Sep 04, 2008 ... Bath: The Arthritis Research Campaign is hosting a freeinformation afternoon at The Royal Hospital for Rheumatic Diseaseson Friday, September 12 from 1.30pm to 4.30pm. The speakers will be Professor David Blake, Professor of Bone andJoint Medicine at the University of Bath, senior ...
Anthony's scents of occasion
Sep 04, 2008 ... Most of us love the smell of a bakery but for deaf-blind AnthonyMitchell, its tempting aromas are particularly welcome. Now Anthony, aged 44, who is supported by RNID, the nationalcharity for deaf and hard of hearing people, has spent a day makingdoughnuts and bread at Sainsbury's ...
Drugs hidden
Sep 04, 2008 ... Bath:a drug supplier who was caught with pounds1,500 worth ofcocaine taped to his testicles is to be sentenced later this month. The bundle of class A drugs was found concealed on PatrickLawanson's private parts after police found him asleep in a car inBath's Royal Victoria Park ...
Law firm merger hailed as 'very much a positive'
Sep 04, 2008 ... A leading legal practice in Bath has effectively taken overOxford's oldest law firm. Withy King has merged with Marshall and Galpin, which has beentrading in the Thames valley for more than 200 years and employsaround 100 people. The new company will operate under the name ...
Fire station open day proves a blazing success with all
Sep 04, 2008 ... Hundreds of families were given a lesson in fire safety as BathFire Station opened its doors to the public. Visitors were shown a range of explosive situations to highlightthe vital role played by the city's fire crews. Officers showed the dangers of cooking with oil in ...
Vanessa seizes the day for a magical performance
Sep 04, 2008 ... One of the most talked about plays of recent years finallyarrives in Bath next week with Vanessa Redgrave as its only star. Vanessa Redgrave comes to Bath - one of only two venues in theUK outside London to be chosen - to give her acclaimed soloperformance in The Year Of Magical ...
Comedy takes inspiration from Hull
Sep 04, 2008 ... If you go to just about any theatre in the country you will findthat John Godber's play Bouncers - voted by the National Theatre asone of the greatest plays of the 20th century - has been performedthere at least once. The play has been a phenomenal success since it was ...
Gripping times
Sep 04, 2008 ... Members of Bath's Argyle Players have announced that they will beperforming JB ...
Ian is back on stage after an absence of 20 years
Sep 04, 2008 ... He's acted with Sir Lawrence Olivier, has advised on details ofoperatic productions all over the world and written operas thathave been performed all over Europe. Now Ian Burton, 66, who has lived in Bath for the past 40 years,is joining the city's Next Stage Theatre Company to ...
Praise for city pupils' SATs success
Sep 04, 2008 ... League tables show that schools in Bath have produced some of thebest SATs results in the country. For key stage one exams, which are taken by Year 2 pupils, Bathand North East Somerset was ranked eighth for maths, 11th forreading and 12th for writing, out of 154 local ...
Mark's dancing challenge
Sep 04, 2008 ... Team Bath swimmer Mark Foster will be one of the participants ina new series of BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing. The veteran sportsman, left, who trains at the University ofBath, will join models Jodie Kidd and ...