Bath Half Marathon

A few more Snaps from last Sundays Race

Some of the men take a quick break behind a wall

Fancy a drinkThanks very much!

Easter Egg Hunt

Cheeky runner in the Bath Half Marathon today.

Cheeky runner in the Bath Half Marathon today.

STONEY LITTLETON LONG BARROW

Stoney Littleton Long Barrow is just outside Wellow and one of the best known in the area, it was built between 4000 and 2500BC.
Within the barrow are three side chambers and an end chamber, human bones were recovered during excavations carried out in 1816.
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Picture Copyright Sam Farr /The Bath Chronicle

Combe Hay Post Office Closed

With all the Post Office closures, its time to remember our Post Office which sadly closed in 1983, its now about twice the size and a private house, this view is now the end of the kitchen for my next door neighbours.

We had England’s oldest sub post mistress in Elsie Hillier, she was 102 when she retired very frail but with a mind as sharp as a tack.
Towards the end she ran the Post Office from her living room, you went in and sat by the fire while she sold you stamps from her arm chair.

Her Post Office was robbed a number of times, I remember a Post office official telling me they were in a quandary, if they left her open she was an easy target for robbers and if they took the post office away they would be attacked as heartless, if only the Post Office were so caring today!

More Pictures of Elsie on my web site HERE

Bad weather in Combe Hay!

We haven’t had the promised bad weather here at Combe Hay yet.
But at a few minutes past one the sky opened for two minutes with this hail storm.
It was captured with my Fuji digital compact and by the time I picked up my SLR it was all over.

Eddie Cochran

On Saturday, April 16, 1960, at about 11:50 pm, 21-year-old Rock Star Eddie Cochran was a traffic accident while travelling through Chippenham, he died next day in St Martins Hospital Bath.

When I was waiting for Wendy to see the dietician at St Martins Hospital today, I thought I would wander over to the Eddie Cochran memorial in the grounds.
To my surprise it had been moved from its original site a new spot behind the chapel.
It makes little difference as the old memorial site was just as far from the ward he died in.

In our Bath Hospital Radio Days we often visited the late Bea Beadle, Bea lived most of her life between two wards at St Martins Hospital.
She was a victim of polio and never left her bed, but vividly remembered the night Eddie Cochran was brought into the ward next to her bed.
Sam and Wendy visiting Bea on our wedding day 29/8/70

More about Eddie Cochran Here

Bath Busker

We always have a good selection of buskers in Bath.
This Gentleman is a totally original one man band playing the violin while the machine at his feet plays the guitar!
You can see and hear him playing on YouTube Here

Lost Cat

Sign on parking meter in Bath.
Gives you a warm fuzzy feeling!

Sam captured by the police!

Police officer captures Sam on one
of the Avon and Somerset Police
head mounted video cameras.

Picture Copyright Sam Farr / The Bath Chronicle

You can be on a Magazine Cover!

Just go to www.magmypic.com
upload a picture and choose a magazine.

Transferring old cine film to DVD or Video

Old Friend Brian Seers has closed his shop Avon Audio Visual in Lower Borough Walls and has moved it to 3a Upper Lambridge Street, Larkhall Bath.
It’s one of those shops the stocks all the little thing that large photographic dealers don’t bother with.
They also specialise in transferring all your old cine film to DVD or Video, I think they are the only local company to do it on the premises reducing the risk of your precious cine films being lost in transit.
The Hire department has a large range of equipment ranging from flip charts to 16mm sound projectors and they buy and sell DVDs and computer games.

www.avonaudiovisual.co.uk

Top Dog!

Ines with the latest resident in the village!

Pouring game

The warm weather tempts Lottie outside
for her favourite pouring game!

Landing Lights!

I hope not it’s the lights at
Twerton Park Football Ground!