 SATURDAY 18TH - SATURDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER 2010 ................................................................................................................................. EXHIBITION William Sweetland (1822
-1910) One Hundred Years On The
Exhibition included a multitude of SWEETLAND'S
talents including architecture,
wood carving, furniture making, musical talents and inventions, organ building, art and stone masonry. Artefacts on displat included Sweetland's 1883 Oil of Broad Street Bath and his much beloved hat! Sir Isaac Pitman
Pioneer
of shorthand, Sir Isaac Pitman provided one of the most used
systems of shorthand in the world.
A former school teacher, Pitman lived in Bath and continued to work in the city for most of his life. William Harbutt (Inventor of Plasticine) 2009 - James May's
garden in plasticine won Gold at
Chelsea
William Friese-Greene
(Pioneer
of Moving Pictures)
Bath based photographer
and inventor - an acquaintance of Sweetland
Ralph
Allen
Renowned for his development
of the postal
service
Bath's status as a Heritage City owes much to Ralph Allen. His beautiful Bath Stone Buildings stand
proudly in the heart of Bath
Edwin Long R.A.
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Peter Brown's
BATH
ACCOMPANIED WALKS
Walk 1. Tuesday 21 September 10.30am Bath – City of Celebrities
Walk 2. Thursday 23 September 10.30am Bath – City of Music During the Sweetland
Music Festival week what better than to follow
Kirsten Elliott and Andrew Swift
and more....
Who are Bath's 21st Century celebrities? How can our celebrities inspire
others?
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