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Bath farmers market is being moved (for this saturday) to Kelston for one week only,fingers crossed.

Due to the roof at Bath Green Park station needs some attention.

This is actually the second or third week the farmers market hasn't been held at Green Park (it definitely wasn't there last week, can't remember about the week before that), and sadly, from what I've heard, it is likely there will be several more weeks of absences.

I don't know what work is needed to the roof, but I've yet to see any action taking place there, so there doesn't seem to be any rush on the part of the owners (who I believe are Sainsburys). Sainsburys have also said, rather ominously, that due to expansion of their business, they "need" the parking spaces that the market occupy each Saturday morning, so the market returning can't be assumed.

Bath and North East Somerset Council own Green Park Station, and have leased it out to Sainsburys on a long lease. Ethical Property manage the station. Here are a couple of relevant links:

https://www.greenparkstation.co.uk/

https://www.bathecho.co.uk/news/business/mp-sainsburys-goodwill-bath-farmers-market-94261/

Not sure where to put this posting,so here goes.

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/over-20-panes-glass-fall-7060345

We can be reassured that it is not as bad as last time when the whole lot came down

This was in connection with the redesigning of Bath city centre by the Luftwaffe in 1941...

If major work is required, as seems probable, one might hope that solar panels could be installed as part of the project.

Several suppliers offer semi transparent PV modules  that are ideal for glass roofs.

April 1942, wasn't it?

1941 was what my ex-father in law told me and its too late to ask him now because he died in 1990. He lived in Bath right through the war and they certainly got a lot of "visits from across the Channel"

Was Green Park's windscreen ever glazed? Especially given the current use of the station, it would make sense to do so as it would improve the environment in there. Ditto selectively blocking the vents in the roof.

Mark

More information and a photo here.

Mark

https://www.bathecho.co.uk/news/es/firefighters-tackle-blaze-green-park-station-101838/

That's a shame. Not good for the traders either.

Unfortunate news that a fire occurred this morning at the former Green Park station in Bath which is used nowadays as a community space. Arson is being looked into as a possible cause of the fire which damaged the roof and wall. Let us hope that repairs can be made before too long.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-65365675

Dave

both local news programmes are on at the same time on Sunday evening at 18:50pm

BBC1 might be late due to FA cup going into extra time and possible penaltys

both local news programmes are on at the same time on Sunday evening at 18:50pm

BBC1 might be late due to FA cup going into extra time and possible penaltys

Took a look at the exterior today and was more than a bit shocked at the damage to the roof.

Mark

(https://i.postimg.cc/8c6DQVpS/green-park-station-fire-exterior-1600.jpg)

It probably fairly common knowledge on the forum that the station roof was fire damaged shortly after renovations on it were completed.  More happily, it looks like work to repair the damage is to be undertaken.  Here's what BBC has on it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-66997236