Is it worth visiting BATH, UK? Using a 1940s TOURIST GUIDE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- With a 1940s Wardlock Red Tourist Guide we explore the regency city of Bath. The guide contains all sorts of information about the main tourists spots in Bath and we wanted to see if much has changed in the last 80 years.
We take a detailed look at some of the incredible buildings which Bath is famous for including The Circus, Royal Crescent, and Roman Baths, but we also find the lost and hidden gems in the city, including ghost signs, a secret garden and track down the address from which the first ever postage stamp in the world, the Penny Black, was sent on 2nd May 1840.
Is there a link to Cornwall? Yes, indeeed! We learn of two famous Cornishmen, Ralph Allen and Dr William Oliver who were instrumental in the development and success of this truly great English city.
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Superb !! Brilliant overview of Bath with tantalising information and content. Really good selection of places to film. Do come back 👍😄.
Excellent video CWT, I'm lucky enough to have Bath as my local city, I live about 6 miles away, but I must admit I feel ashamed that I've never really explored it! I guess when it's on your doorstep you tend to take these things for granted, but your sterling work has spurred me to get off my backside, buy a guide book and get stuck in. Thank you.
😂🤣😂 we have inspired a local! Sarah :)
To Bath the Cornish come, and enjoy the Sally Lunn. The Circus is grand, Greek columns they stand. At Pultenay Weir waters run. 🙂🏛🌳
Very good! Sarah :)
As much as I really enjoy your video’s of Cornwall it has been lovely to look at Bath for a change. Your books bring the past to life and a wonderfully relaxed view of the past intertwined with the present. Well done Sarah on another brilliant edit - looking forward to the next episode. Thank you.
Oh thank you! Sarah :)
No apostrophe in plurals!!!
Hello Sarah & Andrew, Bath is one of the most regal Cities I have visited, although as you pointed out the rear of the “Royal Crescent” properties leaves much to be desired, they are quite an eye saw as my sister and I found out when exploring the gardens, I have to agree with Andrew “The Circle” is much more impressive with its beautiful architecture, I have really enjoyed tracing my steps with you from all those years ago, how time flies it seems like only yesterday that I was admiring the City of ‘Bath’ thank you 🙏 and take care until next time 🥰🤗
We enjoyed exploring somewhere new and interesting! Glad you enjoyed it too, Sarah :)
Hi Sarah and Andrew, thanks for another nostalgic (for me) walk around Bath. I have learned something new, and that is the existence of the gravel walk and the Georgian Garden. Somewhere I never knew about during my time in Bath (actually I never visited the Roman Baths either until after I had moved away!!).
I can help with the 'Penny Black' story. The building that you searched for in Broad Street was in fact the original post office in Bath (1822-1854), then it was moved to the building on the corner, which you also showed in the video (I was sad to see that this too has now closed, as I often went in there). This being the case, the first penny black stamp would have been sent from the Broad Street building.
I remember it in later years as the Bath Postal Museum. It had an amazing collection of information and artifacts. It remained in existence for 44 years at this, and other locations, until the lease expired in 2023. Wikipedia has all the details under 'Bath Postal Museum'. Thanks again for all the time and hard work you put into this channel - Robert 👏
We read the closure notice in the window of the old Post Office, a sign of the times! Sarah :)
nice to see you linking Cornish peoples to your travels
It would be lovely to make a link everywhere we wander! Sarah :)
Danke für eure tolle Berichterstattungen über Bath. Ich war begeistert, leider hatten wir bei unserer Tour Bath nur oberflächlich gesehen. Auf nach Bath, bald! Ich wünsche euch eine gute Zeit und bleibt gesund! Liebe Grüße von Stubsi 🫶🏻🇩🇪😘🇨🇰❤️
Bath haben wir oft besucht, wenn wir in England unseren Urlaub verbracht haben. Eine wundervolle Stadt! Gruß Konrad, Germany.
Good morning both. We did a xmas market trip to Bath stayed a weekend. Daughter and I. Took the kids on a tour bus all around the curved beautiful buildings. It was dark so being nosey buggers we were looking in through the windows and OMG. They were stunning in side. Beautiful spiral staircases it was a treat. Lol. 😊 to see inside. The told us John Cleese lives in o e of the homes. Anyway lovely video as usual. Thank you so much ❤ 😊
Wow! That’s a good tip! You have made me curious now, Sarah 😂
Lovely to see these highlights of Bath close up, with your usual enjoyable commentary. It seems you can't walk 20 ft in that city without coming across a plaque noting a famous person. Sir Frederick Leighton was a painter during the Pre-Rafaelite period, thus I have framed prints of two of his paintings on my walls. At University, in Art History class, I learned a little trick for identifying the capitals of columns; Doric are plain, Ionic look like a curled scroll has been draped over the top, and Corinthian have acanthus leaves. That's not to say some architects haven't created mash-ups of the styles. Neo-Classical and Neo-Classical Revival civic buildings and grand homes can be found across the U.S., though few have such a grand pedigree as those in Bath. It was nice to have a change of scenery, but I'm sure the doggies will be overjoyed to see you return home. :)
We live close to Bath, one of the best things we did was take a walking tour, you learn so much like the Royal Crescent and the Circus are the sun and the moon, the middle of the circus is the same diameter as Stonehenge, there are loads of different bits of information, great video guys
Fantastic titbits of info, thank you! Sarah :)
One of my favourite cities in the UK. So historic and photogenic ❤ looking forward to seeing where else you go on your road trip! 😊
Thank you! Sarah :)
I enjoyed that guys.
I always love visiting Bath....never get tired of it, and always find more of interest each visit.
The famous Bath Oliver biscuit (now recently lost) came from here (Dr William Oliver) and the Chocolate Oliver - Yummy.
I remember being told on an open deck bus tour of the City, that Georgian Bath is 20 foot higher than Bath (sitting by the banks of the Avon) used to be located.....Imagine that raising an entire city! Today, we cant even fix a pothole.
It was exciting to explore somewhere new and learn more about this beautiful city, and we read about the Bath Oliver. Apparently Bath Buns were making Dr Oliver’s patients overweight so he invented a biscuit. Adding chocolate sounds yummy! Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails its really thick, quality dark chocolate too!
Huntley & Palmer make them, but they seem to be out of stock. I hope they haven't stopped making these too.
Forgot to add a wonderful walkabout.as.always...Thank you for posting!
Our pleasure! Sarah :)
On my wish list of places to visit. Been so close, so often. Thanks for sharing your visit.
Loved you're walk around Bath. I live a few miles away and just take it all for granted. One day when im not working i need to walk around the circus and see i t for myself. Love the crescent views.
😂 we thought it was so beautiful! Sarah :)
Thank you so much, loved every minute of the two Bath videos. I lived in Bath for 12 years of my childhood and you brought back wonderful memories, especially of number 13 The Circus, which was my dentist!!! I now live in and love Cornwall like you!
Ouch!!! 😂🤣😂 Sarah :)
bath abbey now has an interactive bit underneath the abbey which make it worth the money
That sounds interesting! I think we made the right decision, as I think we would have wanted more time to take it all in! Sarah :)
We both (my wife and I) enjoyed looking at Bath with you, but we would like to say that we enjoy your vlogs additionally because it's like going for a walk with good friends. Thank you.
Wow, thank you! We appreciate your lovely comment, Sarah :)
We visited Bath at Christmas to visit the Christmas Market. Bath Abbey opens its doors for a free Christmas Shopper's carol service. We were lucky enough to join in with this after the doors opened, and we got caught up with the surge entering the Abbey. It was lovely to be able to sit down and rest our feet and sing some Carol's whilst taking in the amazing interior of the Abbey.
Bath is such a beautiful City and your review was very entertaining. Great to see you both going places outside beautiful Cornwall. All the best Bob
Our pleasure! Sarah :)
Oh I would love to see the inside of that house. Please try to visit when it open. Love old history.
We would live to visit too. Unfortunately it is over 4 hours away! 😕 Sarah
Hi…..if you had to leave Cornwall, you couldn’t have gone anywhere better. Beautiful city. Great vlog thanks 😊
Thanks! 😃
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Lovely to learn a little of the history of Bath, thanks Sarah and Andrew. Kate from Somerset. P.S: our heart is in Cornwall though 🥰
Although I grew up very close to Bath and still visit often, I loved watching your videos about the city. I’ll be looking at those columns on the houses on the Circus next time I visit. Did you know that Bath buns and Sally Lunn buns are different? Both are yummy.
Thank you, We were not aware of the difference, do you know how? Sarah :)
A Bath bun is a sweet roll topped with crushed sugar after baking and often has dried fruit in it. The Sally Lunn is like a giant tea cake. The Bath Bun is attributed to doctor William Oliver in the 18th century. He also invented the Bath Oliver biscuit for his rheumatic patients who found the bun too fattening. We know that Jane Austin ate them as she mentions them in one of her letters.
You could have tried Bath Chaps on your visit. Pork tongue rolled in pork cheek, baked and then rolled in breadcrumbs. Delicious apparently!!!
Great video. We love Bath and went at least once every year from 1985. Ran the Bath Half Marathon most years until my body gave up! Unfortunately, not been there for the past 10 years.
Loving the videos. 👍👌
A superbly presented video documentary. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! Sarah :)
Thank you for another great video. Bath is a lovely place. Missing our wonderful Kernow though.
Thank you! There are loads of videos about Cornwall on our channel, over 300 in fact, so if our exploration of our beautiful country is not for you, perhaps our back catalogue will offer a Cornwall fix for you. Sarah
Hi, I'll continue to watch your tour videos, please keep up the good work. I've been watching the back catalogue too. They are all great, but Cornwall is special to me. @@CornishWalkingTrails
Once again very intresting, Bath is so beautiful.
Thank you! Bath is a wonderful city to explore! Sarah :)
Wow , love Bath . Another fabulous video. Thank you 🙏
Lovely walk through one of my favorite cities in the UK! Hello from Virginia 😊
Glad you enjoyed it! Sarah :)
You did another superb vid guys, finding little gems of interest that many would miss,,,,,Brian&Jane
Brilliant video of bath and the history looking forward to where you go next time
Very interesting video again 🙂 Bath is beautiful and there is so much history there. I love the curved waterfall in the river. Did you see the haha in the lawn in front of the Crescent? It is not easily spotted from above. I was made aware of it by my host/friend when I visited in 2016 🙂 Torunn 🥰
We did see the haha! We wondered if it was to keep the common folk out! Sarah :)
@CornishWalkingTrails According to my friend then and now also Google: The point of the ha-ha was to give the viewer of the garden the illusion of an unbroken, continuous rolling lawn, whilst providing boundaries for grazing livestock.😊
Absolutely brilliant video Sarah and Andrew! It was like I was walking around with you and you were guiding me.
I just love Bath.
This was a joy to watch and really informative in an engaging way.
‘Loved the free garden- I did not know about that! I had a cinnamon butter Sally Lunn bun too. It was really delicious. I hope you had a good trip back to Cornwall.
Thank you! We enjoyed roaming around a city for a change! Sarah :)
Another resident of the Circus- Nicholas Cage . He loved the area so much he bought Midford Castle just south of the city
A lot of treats in store! How about Sham Castle first?
Not sure why you are diluting your brand, but you do these walks so well.
Great video!
Hi guys the abbey isnt that good i certainly dont remember paying.
I didnt go into the baths only the restaurant above. Tried thd water its yuk blooming orrible lol.
You guys loved it too i saw.
Bath is huge we dragged a 5 year old around fiund massive park gof her to play.
We found a small play area on the side of the bridge walk you taken its such a great place to visit.
Please go back and film again.
Maybe see you in Cornwall one trip when were down in our Padstow...
Kev the brinklow kayaker
Suggested alternate title for this video: Big Buns and Nice Knockers 🤣
😂🤣😂 you’v just made my day, same sense of humour! 😅
😂😂😂 might boost the views! Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails 😂🤣 I was feeling miserable 😖 like the weather, cheered me up no end, love ciarankeast cheeky smile 😊
@@CornishWalkingTrails Sarah, have been wracking my brain for that certain move, just remembered “The Callander Girls” fabulous movie 🎥
When Herschel discovered Uranus, how did he know it was Uranus and not some other planet? Just wondering... 🙄🤔
First!!
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You mentioned Bath Buns, these should not be confused with Sally Lunns as they are quite different! We prefer these! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_bun#:~:text=The%20original%2018th%2Dcentury%20recipe,Oliver%20in%20the%2018th%20century.
I'm so glad you enjoyed your Sally Lunn! We made the mistake of taking a couple of these back to Cornwall to have for our tea...a great mistake, they were horribly stale! I'm sure they are much better fresh.
Did you know that during WWII the Germans tried to blow up The Circus? Fortunately, the bomb landed in the grass at the centre, so none of the beautiful buildings were destroyed, there was some damage but nothing that could not be repaired.
The Binal Cafe, was the original Post Office, there used to be a very good Pist Office Museum in Bath, but I think it has closed now.
That’s interesting! We were not aware there was a difference! You learn something every day. Sarah :)
I will come back and support you when you are back as per your title “ CORNISH Walking Trails” thank you for all your wonderful videos of Cornwall so far 🫶❤️
Many thanks for your feedback.
TH-cam is a free platform. It is free for you to watch or not, as you wish. We are creatively free to make videos of our choosing.
To my knowledge you are not a patron or TH-cam member, if you are then by all means email us.
In previous videos we have signposted that we are making vlogs outside of the County, so you should have been aware. The people that have watched this video have enjoyed our trip around Bath.
After more than 7 years on TH-cam, we have a huge, free back catalogue of over 300 hundred videos about Cornwall. Perhaps you can find something that will satisfy you.
Or maybe you would prefer to find a channel that is exclusively, and wholly about Cornwall and absolutely nothing else. Also, there are plenty of webcams on the internet showing Cornish harbours, etc.
Sarcasm and shouting our name at us though, is just upsetting. It bewilders me how you can be rude about something that is free for you to watch. Please be aware that if we receive any more comments in a similar vein, I will report you and block you from commenting.
Sarah
@@CornishWalkingTrails I understand and agree with you, please do not take offence I mean no harm, I love you both and all yout viddod
S of Cornwall, and shall waif patently for your return. Love and light. Harvey