Saving Britain's Past Bath

An episode of BBC2's Saving Britain's Past, focusing on the sack of Bath.

[@danieljamesmead]

I grew up in Bath and I'm really interested in finding out about this period in the 60's and 70's. All of the parts of the city that were re-built then all share the same deadness in their sense of place. You can feel the lifelessness whenever you're close. I felt that as a child in the 80's/90's when I had no idea about this building 'revolution'. There were just small pockets of Bath that I didn't like passing or visiting, they felt empty, that all correspond with 60/70's architecture. It's amazing how architecture can change you perception of a street, and that the loss of buildings that had stood there for hundreds of years can suck the life away with it.

[@ingridlinbohm7682]

The Poet Laureate John Betjeman was shocked at the 60s Architectural nihilism intended for Bath and campaigned against the Brutalist town planners.

[@rpfigueiredo]

Brilliant