25-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
I got into hot water and jazz at Bath's 1960s Roman Rendezvous
Amanda Hart, director of archaeology at the Roman baths in Bath, need not go back to Seneca to find evidence of music at the baths (Singing in the bath: summer gigs bring noise back to Bath's Roman attraction, 20 July).
In 1963, as part of the Bath festival, a Roman Rendezvous was held in the evenings at the great bath, when a jazz group played. There was dancing, food on offer, and – best of all – swimming in the bath.
I was doing my teacher training at Newton Park (now Bath Spa University) and this event was the festival highlight for me, as I sat up to my neck in very hot water, chatting to friends and revelling in the music, the fun – and the thought that I was following in the footsteps of well-to-do Romans!Barbara Penrose Leicester
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