NEWS RELEASE
PR 1707
For Immediate
Release
27 April 2004
Come and meet
Major Davis
VISITORS to the
Roman Baths over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend can discover what
life was like in Bath in 1900 from the Victorian excavator of the
baths – Major Charles Davis.
The Major – played by actor Andrew
Ashmore – will be having conversations with visitors during
Saturday, Sunday and Monday and people can stop him and ask about
life in Victorian times and hear about his discovery of the Roman
Baths.
Helen Mansfield, Museums Education
Manager, said: “Bath & North East Somerset Council is delighted to
welcome Andrew back to the Roman Baths for the May Day Bank Holiday
weekend.
“Andrew has assumed the part of
Major Davis many times. He has done an incredible amount of research
into the part and is very knowledgeable about the Roman Baths.
If you’re visiting this weekend make
sure you look out for him!”
Major Charles Davis was Bath’s city
surveyor and architect in late 19th century and worried by a leak
from the medieval King’s Bath in 1878, decided to explore the ground
around it and in doing so found Roman remains.
During the 1880s and 1890s further
explorations revealed more part of the Roman Baths creating one of
the world’s most famous heritage attractions.
The Roman Baths is open 9am-5pm
(last exit 6pm) during the Bank Holiday weekend.
For more details log on to
www.romanbaths.co.uk or
Tel: 01225 477867. Entry is free to residents of Bath & North East
Somerset.
Notes to Editors:
Photographs of Major Davis
interacting with visitors at the Roman Baths are available by
calling Angela Payne on Tel: 01225 477737.
For more
information, contact:
Helen Mansfield,
Museums Education Manager, on Tel: 01225 477757 or e-mail
helen_mansfield@bathnes.gov.uk
Patricia Dunlop, Commercial
Marketing Manager - Heritage Services, on Tel: 01225 477759 or
e-mail patricia_dunlop@bathnes.gov.uk
Stephen Clews, Curator of the Roman
Baths, on Tel: 01225 477774, or e-mail stephen_clews@bathnes.gov.uk
For comment,
contact:
Cllr Nicole
O’Flaherty, Executive Member for Tourism, Leisure and Culture, on
Tel:
Issued by: Bath
& North East Somerset Press Office, tel 01225 477827 or 477283,
email: pressoffice@bathnes.gov.uk |
