bathvoice July 2022 No. 29
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INSIDE Sports News Page 6 Memories of the workhouse Page 9 Local History: The Lost Garden Page 11 Bath twinning Page 12
Come into the garden and new cafe at the city farm There’s a new era at Bath City Farm with opening of the cafe last month meaning there’s also somewhere to go for a coffee or a cup of tea. The photo by Ian Jeffery is of Helen Fisher of the farm next the
blossoming cottage garden. Fruit, flowers and vegetables from the garden are on sale at the farm shop - and they include sweetcorn, squash, runner beans, sunflowers, herbs, perennials and wild flowers
Bath City Farm is based at Kelston View in Whiteway and is a non-profit urban farm, building a healthy community rooted in nature, food, farming and each other. More on page 4.
Concerns at: ‘sky rocketing pitch fees’ What’s On Page 16-17
By Harry Mottram. Bath’s MP Wera Hobhouse has taken up the concerns of residents in Quarry Rock Gardens who live in the park homes site part of the Wydecrest Parks group.
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A plan to link pitch fee increases to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has not yet been implemented by the Government. At present the fees are linked to the Retail Price Index (RPI)
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which is generally higher than the CPI. With increasing inflation and interest rates the concerns drawn to the MP’s attention by local Continued on page 3
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