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July 2021 No. 17
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INSIDE English star made in Bath Page 5 A twist in the Tufa Field story Page 7 Meet the guitar man Page 9 Widcombe Arts Trail August details Page 10 What’s on including horse racing Page 16
When prickly pineapples grew in Bath Page 20 Book reviews Page 22
Bath weddings are back as some Covid rules are lifted - more on page 5 Marta and David on their wedding day pictured by photographer Beata Cosgrove of Bear Flat
15 ‘easy wins’ as liveable areas are finally named By Stephen Sumner, local Democracy Reporter. Low traffic neighbourhoods are set to be a permanent feature in Bath and with residents’ help they will be successful, according to a top councillor. Richard Samuel, who holds the purse strings of Bath and North East Somerset Council, has promised funding for years to
come for the schemes aimed at reducing the dominance of cars in residential areas. Responding to fears about displaced traffic, Councillor Sarah Warren said new routines will bed in over “weeks or even months” and the administration will need to “hold our nerve”. The council is starting with 15 Continued on page 3
Female footie gets a dramatic Bear Flat boost By Harry Mottram. With the Euro Football competition under way and international women’s football also on the TV this month there’s been a boost for female football in Bath with the announcement of an injection of cash into the game. Bath City FC Community Sports Foundation has been awarded £8,000 from The National League Trust as part of a pilot programme funded by the Wembley National Stadium Trust. The charity is linking up with Bath College, Bath University, GLL, Hayesfield Girls School and Somerset FA to increase the number playing the game with female-only sessions to give women and girls aged 11 and over new opportunities to play football. And this month there’s a chance to see a play in Bear Flat which rolls back the years to an era when women’s football was bigger than the male game. Thousands turned out to watch the likes of Dick Kerr’s Ladies square up to St Helen’s in front of 53,000 at Goodison Park in 1920 as the men’s game had been decimated by the First World War Continued on page 3
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