Memories of Old Bath

[bobspud]

You'll probably know the Porter Butt and King William pretty well then

not for many years but yes both were rather good. There was also the yuppie bar just up the road from them. Many night was spent staggering back up the hill to the lodge

[barrydidit]

Staff think I'm mad.

How odd..

[scooterscot]

Try the Boston Tea party on Alfred st. the next time you're in town. Lovely spot for some brunch. I drive over now and again. Staff think I'm mad.

Home

[stek]

That’s wer tha keeps t’coal...

[BR14]

i had a bath once, can't remember though.................

[OwlHoot]

Had a contract in Bath a few years ago, and the B&B where I stayed was literally two doors down from the clientco office and I could see my desk from the window of my room in the B&B!

But this was in winter and after it snowed, the snow seemed to hang around for a good couple of weeks, and once or twice it was actually quite challenging just walking the fifty feet or so up the steep hill from my B&B to the office

[darmstadt]

Bollocks is Britain’s first language

[Pip in a Poke]

The college was where I was studying with ICL. They had a side deal on with them. I can just about remember the end of the old Southgate as it was pulled down just as we moved down.

You'll probably know the Porter Butt and King William pretty well then

[bobspud]

Ah well, I had a summer job at Bailbrook College working in the canteen.

They used to train air traffic controllers from the middle east. Long since closed now though.

And, no. Not that Southgate. The one that went up in 1975. I can still remember the original Southgate Street that predates that

The college was where I was studying with ICL. They had a side deal on with them. I can just about remember the end of the old Southgate as it was pulled down just as we moved down.

[Pip in a Poke]

I'm guessing you don't mean the Southgate that is there now one of my first memories of bath was staying at the Bailbrook house hotel while working for ICL twenty odd years ago. We went on a drinking spree with the protestors that were making a fuss over the a46 bypass. great fun. Have always liked Bath its a nice calm place to be.

Ah well, I had a summer job at Bailbrook College working in the canteen.

They used to train air traffic controllers from the middle east. Long since closed now though.

And, no. Not that Southgate. The one that went up in 1975. I can still remember the original Southgate Street that predates that

[bobspud]

I'm guessing you don't mean the Southgate that is there now one of my first memories of bath was staying at the Bailbrook house hotel while working for ICL twenty odd years ago. We went on a drinking spree with the protestors that were making a fuss over the a46 bypass. great fun. Have always liked Bath its a nice calm place to be.

[Pip in a Poke]

Went to uni there. Remember various stuff, none of those tho.

Not the Beau Street Baths?

Not the Beau Nash Cinema?

Not the Merry Friar?

Were you living under a stone or did you never leave Claverton Down?

[xoggoth]

Went to uni there. Remember various stuff, none of those tho.

[barrydidit]

Here's mine

[Pip in a Poke]

Memories of Old Bath

I'm particularly drawn to the reference to Marchant's Passage as I spent many a night in Marchant's Passage when I didn't have any money left for my bus fare home.

The entrance to Eric Snook's was the most comfortable, ISTR.

I'll never forget going into the Southgate branch of Boots when it first opened and being completely overwhelmed by the sheer size of it. You couldn't see from one side to the other. There were tales of old ladies disappearing in there and never being heard of again. My old grandmother refused to enter the shop for fear of getting lost and opted to use the smaller Guildhall branch instead.

Then there was John Menzies. Does anyone remember perusing magazines you were never going to buy? You were never alone. I always remember a long line of gentlemen thumbing through copies of railway modeller and such like. Periodically the manageress would do a sweep and tell everyone to put their periodicals down unless they were going to pay for them and telling them to clear off.

Fascinating stuff....