sabine72 Posted 18 August , 2006 Share Posted 18 August , 2006 Hello, I know most of you want to visite the battlefields, and I am going to leave them for a few days Is there anything on ww1 in the area of bath, I'll be staying there from 24/08/2006 until 29/08/2006. nice shops where I can find postcards or museums to visite ? sabine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 18 August , 2006 Share Posted 18 August , 2006 They have just done up the Roman Baths - costs millions but it looked Very nice on the TV! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le_Treport Posted 18 August , 2006 Share Posted 18 August , 2006 Will you have a car? If so, you are not too far from the Fovant Badges. Nearby Salisbury Plain saw lots of activity, but not sure if anything remains. There are also the tunnels at Corsham, which were used in WW1 and WW2 for - well lots of things! They are not open to the public though, I fear! I will Google and see if I find anything..... Best I can find is here I can't think of much in Bath (my parents in law live there), but I am sure someone else will know better than I! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le_Treport Posted 18 August , 2006 Share Posted 18 August , 2006 They have just done up the Roman Baths - costs millions but it looked Very nice on the TV! Don't, I repeat, Don't get the locals started on the cost of this!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabine72 Posted 18 August , 2006 Author Share Posted 18 August , 2006 Hello, Thank you, yes we have a car and are staying in beckington. sabine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshdoc Posted 18 August , 2006 Share Posted 18 August , 2006 Sabine, theres bu**er all in bath in particular parking places!, go to Salisbury plain and get shot at by tanks and go to stonehenge. Gareth (ps had a few drinkies tonight) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 19 August , 2006 Share Posted 19 August , 2006 Hi Sabine, welcome to the BANE's of our life (Bath and North East Somerset) much easier when it was Avon!! In Bath, Beckington near Frome you are around 5 miles from Farleigh Castle (medieval) and the Kennet and Avon canal, picturesque villages of Castle Combe (Dr Doolittle the original) is 25 miles, Lacock (abbey and Fox Talbot photo museum and film set) 20 miles, the M4 approx 22 miles. Salisbury the home of the Wiltshire Regt museum the Wardrobe at http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/main.php3 and around 50 miles away is Gloucester museum of the Glorious Glosters cant find web site but address Gloucestershire Regt Museum Custom House Gloucester Docks Gloucester Gloucestershire GL1 2HE of course, Salisbury plain is covered with various camps, Larkhall, Bulford, Tilshead Tidworth, has a big military cemetery,Devizes was the recruiting centre for the Army in Wiltshire tho not much history, . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 19 August , 2006 Share Posted 19 August , 2006 See http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/i...1&hl=Fovant for WWI sites of interest in Wiltshire. One needs to know where to look for the old WWI camps at Longbridge Deverill (Sand Hill), Codford and Sutton Veny, but the latter two villages have substantial Commonwealth War Graves; soldiers from these camps used to visit Bath. You might be able to glimpse the WWI balloon hangars at Rollestone (west of Larkhill Camp). Longleat House was a hospital in WWI. Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabine72 Posted 19 August , 2006 Author Share Posted 19 August , 2006 hello, Thank you all for the info, cann't wait to leave belgium sabine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta Posted 19 August , 2006 Share Posted 19 August , 2006 Enjoy your trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 19 August , 2006 Share Posted 19 August , 2006 R.A.F Upavon, home of No1 flying school, perched on top of a hill. Get on the plain at the right time and you can see tanks, helicopters on manouevers. watch for the red flags flying tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGWR Posted 19 August , 2006 Share Posted 19 August , 2006 If you can wangle it.... the beautiful village of Mells is not too far away from Bath. http://www.sassoonery.demon.co.uk/mells2.htm Regards, AGWR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMoorhouse Posted 20 August , 2006 Share Posted 20 August , 2006 Don't, I repeat, Don't get the locals started on the cost of this!!!!! As a Bath resident I agree with this wholeheartedly! Sabine, I would really recommend that you visit Mells if you can for WW1 History - especially the village Church that has Sasoon's grave as well as many of the Asquith family. There is not a lot of direct WW1 interest in the city - if you go into the Guildhall building - outside the council chamber you will see the memorial to the two son's of the Mayor who served and died with the Somerset Light Infantry. There is a larger memorial at the entrance to Victoria Park - which lists the names of all killed in both World Wars. In Bath Abbey there are a few regimental flags including that of the 7th Somerset Light Infantry. I hope you enjoy your stay in this beautiful city. pm me if you want any more general info to help with your stay. Regards, Brendon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabine72 Posted 22 August , 2006 Author Share Posted 22 August , 2006 hello, thank you for giving me so many good idea's to visite places I hope the weather will be ok sabine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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