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The Bath Dispensaries: Health-care for the Poor before the NHS

This book by Michael Whitfield takes a look at the Dispensary movement in Bath until the arrival of the NHS in 1948.

Nature’ s Favourite Child - Thomas Robins and the Art of the Georgian Garden

Michael Rowe reviews Dr Cathryn Spence's colourfully illustrated book on Thomas Robbins looks at his drawings of 18th Century gardens, both in Bath and in the wider landscape.

Architect of Obsession: John Wood and the Creation of Georgian Bath

Penny Gay reviews this latest book on the architect John Wood the Elder.

Roman Bath - A New History and Archeology - by Peter Davenport

A review by Michael Rowe of a book on Roman Bath by the leading archaeologist of this period, Peter Davenport.

Bath Quays Waterside, The Archaeology of Industry, Commerce and the Lives of the Poor in Bath’s Lost Quayside District

Mike Chapman reviews Cai Mason's book on the archaeology of the lost Bath quayside district.

No Swinging on Sundays

Michael Rowe reviews Kirsten Elliot's book on bath pleasure gardens.

Then and Now In Bath's Chelsea Road Area

John Daniels is a hoarder of memories and records of the Chelsea Road area in which he grew up. Like many of his generation he has experienced many changes that he would like to record. We are as much shaped by the area we grew up in as we are by our families and education. The history of change in a particular area has some lessons for us all including those who no longer live there.

PIERONI’S FOUNTAIN An Italian Immigrant’s Search for Respectability in Victorian Bath

Nigel Pollard reviews this book by Colin Fisher on the fountain that sat in front of the Roman Baths, sadly now relegated to a spot on Bog Island

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