21st C
Reading the latest edition of the Bath Chronicle I loved this headline:
"TODDLER STUCK IN CAKE TIN!
20 MONTH OLD CHILD NEEDED HELP FROM THE FIRE BRIGADE AFTER HE GOT A CAKE TIN STUCK AROUND HIS NECK. Avon Fire and Rescue were called to St Saviours Road in Larkhall last week. The boy had been playing with the tin, putting it on his head, when the removeable bottom came free and the circular tin became stuck around his neck. Firefighters had to use small cutting equipment to free the tin. "
I had a delightful short break in Weymouth last week as far as sunny weather is concerned but oh the hotel room! The size of a dog-kennel. I have never before seen such a tiny space in any hotel. I had paid a supplement for a sea view but the window was a narrow slit so high up in the wall you had to stand up to see out of it. Made a fuss and the duty manager handled the situation with tact. In spite of claiming that the hotel was fully booked (it was) he managed to locate an adequate double room with an excellent sea view for me in the sister hotel attached.
Weymouth old town harbour and seaside is delightful, but the hotels I have experienced are awful. With such a pretty unspoilt esplanade with enticing sea views it is such a pity no-one has yet opened a hotel on the front worthy of the town.
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LIVING WITH MRS THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH IN THE CIRCUS, BATH, 18TH /21ST C By VIVIENNE RAE-ELLIS The following is a work in progress, to be published here in instalments. The manuscript has not been submitted to any publisher. References and bibliography will be published following the final chapter. 1) go to the Manuscript below right.. 2) Start from the top entry.. 3) Read down through the manuscript
The Circus
About Me
- Vivienne Rae-Ellis FRGS
- I am an ex-pat Tasmanian author who has lived in England since 1987. I have had eleven books published in seventeen editions by publishers who include Faber&Faber, Heinemann, Hamish Hamilton, Robert Hale, University Of Melbourne, University of Yale, Angus Robertson and the Australian Institute Of Aboriginal Studies. Subjects include biographies of three famous Australians: Trucanini, the last Aboriginal Tasmanian to live and die on the island; Louisa Anne Meredith, Australia's first resident female author, and George Augustus Robinson, Chief Protector of the Aborigines in the 1830's. Published work includes books for adults and for children based on the history of Australia; the paranormal;and Public Libraries.