Bath Life – issue 438

Lily James and Emily Beecham star in the next Bath-filmed TV hit

Bath on screen

STARRING ROLE

Hot on the tails of smash hit Bridgerton, Bath is set for another starring role. The Pursuit of Love, adapted from the classic Nancy Mitford novel by Emily Mortimer with Lily James (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Rebecca) and Emily Beecham (Little Joe, Cruella) in the lead roles will be primarily filmed aro nd ath and ristol. rom Open ook and oonage Pict res, the romantic comedy drama abo t two very di erent women’s o rneys to happiness will première on BBC One. Between world wars, two women h nt for love – one, anny, goes the traditional ro te of marriage and a steady life while the other, inda, seeks advent re. For more: www.bbc.co.uk

History

FROZEN IN TIME

The team at Longleat has made a magical discovery. A collection of historic photographs has been ncovered showing wo nded irst orld ar soldiers playing in the snow. n the images from , yo can see soldiers skating and tobogganing on Half Mile Pond, the large lake next to ongleat o se. n one image yo see ady athleen hynne, da ghter of the fifth ar ess of ath and secretary of the hospital, skating on the ice with one of the o cers. he severely cold weather of late an ary and early ebr ary led to ongleat’s lakes free ing over. he ice on alf ile Pond was over a foot thick and patients, sta and members of the hynne family went skating, says ongleat c rator, Dr ames ord. iolet, fifth archioness of ath noted that this was only the second time she had seen the lakes free e thick eno gh to skate on, he added. ongleat was one of the first stately homes to become a hospital, opening its doors only three months after the war began. It remained so ntil an ary , and o ered care to , soldiers. For more: www.longleat.co.uk

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CLOCKWISE: Longleat’s dining room transformed into a relief hospital; soldiers push a makeshift toboggan; Lady Kathleen and Mr Hughes skating on the frozen lake; Half Mile Pond

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