Local
School children celebrate their own Olympic ceremony on the lawn
with Bath MP Don Foster, a silver Bath medallist Ben Rushgrove and
tv BBC Points West cameras! Even the rain didn't dampen their
spirits! July 1st 20112
The sun shone, the crescent was car free
and care free and packed with children, parents, residents and
tourists and how it should be! Below are some of the great shots
from the glorious day! Many more photos on Facebook
Bath is the only UK city to have World heritage
Site status. To mark the special anniversary, 100 children from St
Andrews, Oldfield Junior and St John’s Catholic Primary Schools
filmed their very own aerial “art attack” using the World Heritage
Symbol. Their film will feature as part of the 2012 People’s Archive
on the forthcoming QUEST Cultural Olympiad project website due to
launch in May.
The Ermine Street Guard provided Roman military re-enactments and
erected a Roman camp in front of the Royal Crescent. No.1 Royal
Crescent was brought to life with costumed Georgian servants showing
how a household in the 18th century was run. Join Mr Adams, the
Butler, revealed secrets of the Dining Room, whilst below stairs,
Annie the Cook prepared delicious authentic dishes. 500 visitors
enjoyed watching and having a go at carving Bath stone, with local
sculptor Laurence Tindall and letter carver Iain Cotton.
In the early 1980s Her late Majesty The Queen
Mother arrived by helicopter on the Lawn
Left: In 1977 HRH Princess Anne, now HRH The
Princess Royal, arrived by helicopter on the
Lawn.
Right: In Spring 1992 journalists and
politicians invaded the lawn and demonstrators
gathered outside the Royal Crescent Hotel for
the meeting of European finance ministers, which
included the then Chancellor Norman Lamont.
On January 25th 2012 the BBC cooking series broadcast a show set
in Bath and featuring, The Royal Crescent Hotel, The Jane Austen
Society and filmed on the HaHa and Crescent.
Summer Serenade
Following the Shakespeare on the Lawn the Serenade Strings
accompanied by Bell'aria and Good Fridays performed on the lawn.l
Shakespeare on the Lawn
On June 11th and 12th 2010 The Garden Players presented Much Ado
About Nothing on the lawn. They gave three sell out performances and
raised some £15,000 for Children with Leukaemia and the Child
Bereavement Charity. Amanda Ashton and Serenade Strings also
Chris and Denise Rodgers of Good Fridays also performed at the
weekend event.
In July 2010 Friends of St Andrew's held an end of year picnic
for the families from the primary school on the HaHa
More on this events to come
To celebrate their wedding on 16th July, 2005
the Society was happy to meet Bath couple
Nicholas Wylde and Lucy Coad's request to cut
their cake in front of their 70 guests on the
Ha-ha. The sun shone and the happy couple
celebrated against the backdrop of the Crescent.
