History of the Museum Building and Use: 1. The Tennis Court

October 14, 2024

The first of a series of articles tracing the fascinating and varied history of the building the Museum now occupies. 1. The Tennis Court
It is the 12th of February 1763 and a letter is published in the Bath Chronicle & Weekly Gazette:
“Tennis is an excellent Exercise. There is scarce a little village in France without a Tennis-Court. Would not the Company here employ one with great Advantage to the Proprietor?”

The Cryséde shop, 2 Quiet Street

August 7, 2024

“Cryséde is Synonymous to Beauty” Recently I went to an exhibition at the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro about the history of Cryséde textiles, and was fascinated to learn that one of their first dress … Read more...

Costing the Earth-a personal reflection

August 1, 2024

The current exhibition at the Museum made me reflect on the changes I’ve seen since arriving at Bath Spa Station for an interview at the new Bath University of Technology in 1967. The buildings were … Read more...

Bath Anglers’ Riverside Picnic c.1907

April 30, 2024

Sometimes you make a chance discovery while researching something un-related. I came across this fabulous photograph by local amateur photographer George Love Dafnis when looking on Bath In Time https://bathintime.co.uk/  (there are thousands of his … Read more...