Bath Chronicle, The back issues from November 2008:
Boys' ride on the wild side assists charity
Nov 06, 2008 ... A group of Bath schoolboys has raised more than pounds1,500 forcharity after completing an 84-mile bike ride. The five 16-year-olds from Prior Park College took part in thechallenge to support Bath Opportunity Pre-school, a charity thathelps disabled children. Archie Pearson, ...
Remembering the fallen
Nov 06, 2008 ... War veterans who gave their lives fighting for their country willbe honoured at the weekend in remembrance ceremonies across Bath andnorth east Somerset. The main service will take place at the War Memorial in RoyalVictoria Park with a wreath-laying ceremony from 11am. It ...
Young artists get brush with fame at gallery
Nov 06, 2008 ... Secondary school students have been given the opportunity to showtheir work in a professional setting at an exhibition in Bath. The Bath and North East Somerset Council-backed event runs at theChapel Row Gallery, on Chapel Rown until next Wednesday. The exhibition is the second ...
D-Day drama unfolds on stage for pupils
Nov 06, 2008 ... The Second World War will be brought to life during a productionat a Bath school. The Pegasus Bridge Show is set during the opening minutes of D-Day, when a small party of British servicemen crashlanded intoNormandy to seize two bridges. The two-hour production, which has ...
Teenagers get into the picture for arts project
Nov 06, 2008 ... A classic twist on an old seaside favourite has been createdthrough a community arts project in Bath. Young people from the city took part in a half-term event tocreate life- sized character portraits - with the faces missing sopeople could pose behind them. All the boards ...
Mayor's show nets pounds1,000
Nov 06, 2008 ... More than pounds1,000 has been raised for charity by the biggest-ever Mayor of Bath's Art Show. Over three days 221 local artists exhibited their work at theGuildhall, beating last year's numbers by more than 100. It was the sixth year the exhibition has been organised and ...
Pop star backs studio project with show date
Nov 06, 2008 ... An '80s pop star turned innovative music producer will beperforming at a special needs school in Bath next week. Founding member of Human League and Heaven 17 Martyn Ware firststarted working with Three Ways School three years ago when he heardabout its plans for a multi-sensory ...
Making an exhibition to boost good cause
Nov 06, 2008 ... The Bath Cats and Dogs Home is holding an Art for Animalsexhibition to help raise funds for the hundreds of animals in itscare. The event, which is the second of its kind, is being held in thenewly-refurbished John Hobhouse meeting room at Claverton home fromFriday to Sunday, ...
Jamie brings country life to city kids
Nov 06, 2008 ... Since he was two, Jamie Feilden has been obsessed with farms. Now he intends to pass on his passion for agriculture to futuregenerations of schoolchildren. The 28-year-old from Warleigh, near Bathford, is in the processof setting up a charity which will fund youngsters from ...
Blackspot's own 'guardian angel'
Nov 06, 2008 ... A city centre block of flats plagued by yobs high on drugs orfuelled by drink now has its own police officer. Police and community safety officer Kimberley Beer has "adopted"Rosewell Court off Monmouth Street as part of a drive to cut crimeand give tenants back their peace of ...
Bronzeon view in abbey
Nov 06, 2008 ... A sculpture of a First World War veteran has been unveiled atBath Abbey. The bust of Harry Patch was made by Alan Dun, who also helpedcreate and design an army of 100 fibreglass pigs to celebrate Bath'slegendary founding father King Bladud. The artist, who lives in Limpley ...
Servicemen get a warm homecoming
Nov 06, 2008 ... An RAF firefighter who has returned from a four-month stint inAfghanistan has commended his service colleagues for their work inthe country. Sam Burns, 19, returned from Helmand Province to his home atSwainswick on Monday. During his time in Afghanistan, the former Beechen ...
Neighbourhood teamwork pays off in fight against crime
Nov 06, 2008 ... Police in Bath say a scheme that sees them working more closelytogether with different agencies is proving a success. They have been trying to reduce the fear of crime through theinitiative which creates new partnerships with council services, thebusiness community and volunteer ...
Cast your vote for city's top cops
Nov 06, 2008 ... People are being urged to cast a vote in the second annualCommunity Policing Awards for the Avon and Somerset force area. The awards are designed to recognise the contribution thatindividual neighbourhood beat managers, police community supportofficers (PCSOs), volunteer special ...
Oh brother, pantsman's back
Nov 06, 2008 ... An aspiring young filmmaker from Box, who uses his youngerbrother as inspiration, has had his third movie shown at a nationalfestival. Josh Jackson, who is just 16 but has already been making filmsfor five years, saw his Pantsman Returns shown on the big screen atthe Co-operative ...
Florence marks 100th milestone
Nov 06, 2008 ... The year she was born saw the formation of the Boy Scout movementand the beginning of the British suffragette campaign. And now Bath pensioner Florence Walton has celebrated her 100thbirthday. Born in the Stapleton Road area of Bristol, Mrs Walton haswitnessed the sinking of ...
Tributes flood in for Bath philanthropist
Nov 06, 2008 ... A respected humanitarian who founded three charities has diedafter suffering a suspected heart attack while on an evening strollnear his home in Batheaston. Former soldier Richard Carr- Gomm, aged 86, who dedicated hislife to alleviating loneliness among vulnerable members of ...
'Noisy' Bath restaurant survives licence threat
Nov 06, 2008 ... A Greek restaurant which was blamed by neighbours for late-nightdisturbances is to be allowed to stay open until the early hours ofthe morning. Opa, in North Parade, which partially succeeded in extending itsopening hours in August, had its licence reviewed by councillorslast ...
Firefighters hot foot it for a good cause
Nov 06, 2008 ... Firefighters left their engines at the station this weekend andraced through Bath on foot. The crews took part in a fundraising fun run to raise money forThe Firefighters Charity, which helps injured crew members andfamilies through times of hardship. The annual event was set ...
Second library wrestling bout planned
Nov 06, 2008 ... A second wrestling bout is to be held at Bath's central library. Council chiefs courted controversy in August when they organiseda wrestling event at the Podium library to mark the National Year ofReading. A former librarian accused Bath and North East Somerset Councilof ...
Pledge to reduce food waste
Nov 06, 2008 ... A woman from Southdown has won a pounds50 voucher with a pledgeto reduce the amount of food she ends up throwing away. Dawn Head won the prize as part of Bath and North East SomersetCouncil's support for the national Love Food, Hate Waste campaign. Dozens of local residents ...
Champions cut council hot air
Nov 06, 2008 ... It's a place that some people have always associated with toomuch hot air. But now efforts are under way to cut energy wastage at theGuildhall and other council offices in the Bath area. An army of 45 energy champions has been appointed to reduce theamount of heat, light and ...
Pensioner meeting calls for action on poverty
Nov 06, 2008 ... The closure of post offices and the rising cost of fuel are acouple of the key issues affecting elderly people in the area,according to a meeting of pensioners. At the annual meeting of Bath and North East Somerset Action forPensioners, more than 100 members discussed the problems ...
Dance school founder Laura Slade dies
Nov 06, 2008 ... A Bath woman whose dance school entertained the city during thewar years has died at the age of 86. Laura Slade, nee Stark, was born in the 1920s and grew up in hermother Ellen's guesthouse, surrounded by the stars of the stage. Her home on New King Street was a haven for ...
Shedding a light on history of Christianity
Nov 06, 2008 ... A spectacular son et lumiere event will be staged in Keynsham forfour nights later this month. Monks, Ministers and Mayhem is the title of the extravaganza atthe parish church of St John's. Using the latest technology to combine sound and light to maximumeffect, the ...
Connie passes away a day after reaching 101
Nov 06, 2008 ... A centenarian who put her longevity down to virtually nevereating anything from a tin has died a day after her 101st birthday. Constance Avent, who lived in Weston for half a century, moved toBath during the Second World War, when dockyard personnel from hernative Kent were ...
Bath theatre group's West End date
Nov 06, 2008 ... An ambitious Bath theatre group is to perform on the West Endstage. The Next Stage Theatre Company will be making its debut inLondon's theatreland next May with a trilogy of sexually explicitplays about homosexuality. The group will be in London on the very day that its ...
Church international event broadens horizons
Nov 06, 2008 ... People from all over the world have been invited to take part inInternational Month at St Philip and St James' Church in Odd Down. The church, which supports various projects in countries acrossthe globe, has invited its partners from India, Palestine and Ugandato take part in the ...
Design firms join forces
Nov 06, 2008 ... Two Bath design agencies have teamed up to take up new premisesin the city centre. DWP PR and Designbull have joined forces to launch new offices inQueen Square as they both expand. DWP boss David Pippett has lived and worked in Bath for more thana decade and launched his own ...
Villagers fear tragedy as lost lorry drivers seek a way out
Nov 06, 2008 ... Angry villagers have spoken out about sat-nav directionsstranding foreign lorries in narrow country roads at Colerne. Over the past year residents have seen an increase in the numberof European lorries taking wrong turns through the village. The vehicles are then forced to turn ...
Loco gets back on track after 35-year break
Nov 06, 2008 ... A diesel locomotive had its first outing for 35 years at Bittonstation at the weekend. The unit, which will now run alongside steam locos, has beenbrought back into service at the Avon Valley Railway. Staff at the attraction, which is run almost entirely byvolunteers, believe ...
Auction of pigs raises pounds217k for tunnels project
Nov 06, 2008 ... Organisers of a public arts project which was the talking pointof the city this summer have spoken of their delight after raisingpounds217,000 for charity. The King Bladud's Pigs in Bath project came to an end earlierthis month as the 105 life-size models, which could be seen all ...
Playing field coach park plan angers councillors
Nov 06, 2008 ... Councillors have responded angrily to plans to use a children'splaying fields car park as a temporary coach park. Bath and North East Somerset Council says that Odd Down playingfields, alongside Bloomfield Road, and Wellsway will be used toaccommodate up to 60 coaches during the ...
Funding for tunnel path secured
Nov 06, 2008 ... Work is likely to begin early next year on a new cycle andfootpath through old railway tunnels to the south of Bath. Bath and North East Somerset Council has signalled its formalagreement to help with the funding of the Two Tunnels Project, whichwill link the city with ...
MPs slam new homes targets
Nov 06, 2008 ... A Government campaign to drive up the number of new homes beingbuilt has been slammed by two separate damning reports today. Ministers want three million new homes built across the countryby the year 2020 - with 21,300 of them in the Bath area. But MPs say an urgent rethink is ...
Party treat for youngsters
Nov 06, 2008 ... Youngsters from Bath's Hopscotch Nursery dressed in spookycostumes on Friday to celebrate Hallowe'en. Witches, vampires and spiders were among the costumes worn by thechildren at the nursery in Wellsway to mark the festival. More than 50 people went to the fancy dress party ...
Bath player's Olympic netball bid
Nov 06, 2008 ... More than 600,000 people have backed a campaign launched by aninternational Bath sportswoman to have netball included in theOlympic Games. TeamBath goalkeeper Eboni Beckford-Chambers, who has also playedthree times for England, started the campaign with a Facebook groupcalled ...
Support for organ scheme
Nov 06, 2008 ... Bath: A lecturer at the University of Bath has spoken out insupport of an "opt out" organ donation system. Dr John Troyer believes presumed consent, where unless statedotherwise a person's organs are used after they die, would be thebest way to tackle the growing waiting list for ...
Homes blacklisted by 999 chiefs over fears of attack on crews
Nov 06, 2008 ... Ambulance bosses have drawn up a blacklist of more than 300 homesin the West Country where crews will not go without a police escortfor fear of violence. Great Western Ambulance Service (GWAS) has compiled the list drawing on staff experiences at previous incidents, with 58 ...
Delighted police report the quietest Hallowe'en for years
Nov 06, 2008 ... Police across the Avon and Somerset force area say they had areal treat last week - their quietest Hallowe'en in years. Officers across the force reported that the streets wereunusually quiet on what is traditionally one of the busiestnights on the policing calendar. By ...
New dental surgery for Twerton
Nov 06, 2008 ... A new dental surgery has opened in Twerton offering NHS servicefor 5,000 patients. Two full time dentists will be working at the surgery at theexisting St Michael's GP Practice in Walwyn Close as part of a widerpounds1 million move by Bath and North East Somerset Primary ...
Bank raid gang jailed
Nov 06, 2008 ... The seven surviving members of an armed robbery gang who broughtterror to a Bath street were today jailed for a total of 71 years. The gang grabbed pounds500,000 from security vans - including onein Moorland Road - before their leader was shot dead by the FlyingSquad. Mark ...
Public to have say on review of gynaecological cancer services
Nov 06, 2008 ... People with experience of cancer are being asked for their viewson where patients should be treated. The latest stage in a long-running saga over the future ofgynaecological cancer services is about to begin. The Government wants patients with complicated conditions to ...
Trip warning over slippers
Nov 06, 2008 ... Corsham: Of all the hazards in the household, the innocent fluffyslipper is not often thought of as the most dangerous. But figures show that 30,000 over-75s suffer from falls everyyear, with ill-fitting or worn out slippers being a main culprit. Wiltshire County Council is ...
Choir breaks into song
Nov 06, 2008 ... The Royal United Hospital's newly-formed choir will be performingthis Saturday at St Stephen's Church, Lansdown Road. A Night of Magical Music, also featuring Opera Piccola, will beraising money for the Forever Friends Appeal and City of Bath LionsClub. Opera Piccola, which ...
Comic's a tonic for patients
Nov 06, 2008 ... Laughter really is the best medicine for a group of patients inBath. Members of the Positive Living Support Group were entertained bycomedienne Rose Lunt. The group, which has been running for 12 years in associationwith an NHS pain management programme, meets monthly and ...
Our financial condition is improving, says Min
Nov 06, 2008 ... Managers at Bath's oldest hospital say they are making goodprogress in clawing back a loss of pounds650,000. The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases - known as theMin - has insisted it will soon be back in the black after adisastrous financial year. The RNHRD Trust ...
Sister act tackle charity ride
Nov 06, 2008 ... Two sisters will be relying on pedal power to take them on a 300-mile journey in the Far East. Ann Canning and her sister Mary Mohamad are to cycle from Saigonin Vietnam to Cambodia to raise money for the charity Coeliac UK. The self-styled Coeliac Sisters both suffer from the ...
Bath's universities buck trend and pull in science students
Nov 06, 2008 ... The city's two universities have bucked the national trend byreporting an increase in the number of science students. The latest figures from Bath Spa University show a rise of 25 percent in recruitment to subjects within its School of Science and theEnvironment since ...
Natalie 'living a dream' by studying in city
Nov 06, 2008 ... Since the age of 17 Canadian student Natalie Gauthier hasstruggled with an auto-immune disease and a blood clotting disorder. But she put her problems aside to study for an MSc in Death andSociety at the University of Bath. Her uplifting story was one of many at the ...
MP attacks tourism funding cut
Nov 06, 2008 ... Cutting funding to market the UK to overseas visitors ahead ofthe Olympic Games has been branded 'appalling' by Bath MP DonFoster. Investment in tourism in the run-up to 2012 would net "hugefinancial rewards" not only for the industry but also the Exchequer,he said. Mr ...
Bath spa graduate enjoying wall-to-wall career success
Nov 06, 2008 ... A fashion and textiles graduate from Bath Spa University has wona national competition to find the brightest young talent ininterior design. Anna Hill beat thousands of hopefuls to win the One to Watchcompetition, judged by leading designers Sir Terence Conran andPhilippe ...
Choir to return to city with spectacular show
Nov 06, 2008 ... Fans from all over the UK will be travelling to see a Bath choirperform at the weekend after its members enjoyed TV fame earlierthis year. The City of Bath Male Choir, which now has a national profilefollowing its appearances on BBC1's Last Choir Standing, will beperforming at ...
Villagers not for tennis as fresh battle to keep green space looms
Nov 06, 2008 ... People living close to the University of Bath have spoken outagainst plans to build tennis courts on a cherished green space. The university's draft masterplan proposes development on StJohn's Field, which campaigners wanted to be officially adopted as avillage green. Now ...
Having a ball for charity
Nov 06, 2008 ... Guests celebrated Hallowe'en in style at a charity ball raisingmoney for a disabled children's respite centre. Organisers have hailed the Unusually Good Hallowe'en Ball, forthe charity-run Beaumonds home at Englishcombe Lane, a success. Held at the Pavilion, the aim of the ...
Lest we forget - authors pay tribute to our war heroes
Nov 06, 2008 ... Next Tuesday the thoughts of many people will turn to war andpeace, remembering those who died in past conflicts and those thatare still with us. Over the years thousands upon thousands of books have beenwritten about these events and more are added to the list each ...
Highs and lows of bruton
Nov 06, 2008 ... In these days of increasing concern about vehicle emissions andglobal warming, letting the train take the strain can be one way ofappeasing that guilty conscience. Residents of Keynsham and Bath, Bradford on Avon and Trowbridgeare particularly fortunate in that respect, with what ...
Directions
Nov 06, 2008 ... Distance: 5 miles Time: 3 hours Start: Bruton Station (GR 688348) Maps: OS Landranger 183 or OS Explorer 142 Terrain: moderate hillsides; muddy in places Contact: via vilewalks@yahoo.co.uk Getting there: Follow the A36 south from Bath before ...
. . . A trip to see London's Christmas lights
Nov 06, 2008 ... The 49th big switch-on of the UK's most spectacular and iconicOxford Street Christmas Lights will be at House of Fraser onWednesday November 12, when tens of thousands will gather for theunveiling of Christmas in London's West End. This year's lights will be switched on by the ...
Lecture will dispel theory that Bath artist was Jack the ripper
Nov 06, 2008 ... Matthew Sturgis, whose brother runs Bath's Holburne Museum, isgiving a lecture about local artist Walter Sickert at the BRLSI inQueen Square Bath on Wednesday at 7.30pm. During the evening he will discredit Patricia Cornwell's theorythat Sickert was Jack the Ripper. The ...
Where to go
Nov 06, 2008 ... A new website that lists activities in the Bath area is nowonline at www.bathfestivals.org.uk The site is run by the Cultural Forum, an independent group oforganisations behind many of the festivals and events in Bath, incooperation with Bath and North East Somerset ...
Ace return for chaudry
Nov 06, 2008 ... Tennis Former TeamBath tennis player James Chaudry made asuccessful return to the University of Bath by winning the boys'singles title at the Ariel Under-18 Grand Prix, held at the SportsTraining Village. James, who is now 17 and has a world junior ranking of 171, wasseeded two ...
Perfect start carries on
Nov 06, 2008 ... Netball TeamBath made it three wins from three as they ran outconvincing 62-36 victors at Leeds Carnegie. Leeds were the only other team with a 100 per cent record in theCo-operative Superleague going into Sunday's game. But TeamBath were quickly in the ascendancy and never ...
Shrubsole scoops top accolade
Nov 06, 2008 ... Cricket Bath teenager Anya Shrubsole has been awarded the 2008Eversheds Most Promising Young Women's Cricketer Award by TheCricket Society. The 16-year old medium-fast bowler, who made her internationaldebut this summer against South Africa, got her international careeroff to a ...
Trump hoping to strike it rich
Nov 06, 2008 ... Snooker Judd Trump will be looking to add more big names to hiscollection of scalps when he competes in the first-ever BahrainChampionship this week. The 19-year-old, who is based at Keynsham Snooker Centre, saw offtwo-time world champion Mark Williams to qualify for the ...