City has lost charm and its facilities

I have just purchased the local paper merely to air my views on what I hoped would be a memorable revisit to Bath having spent many regular holidays in the once beautiful city. I found the city still to be beautiful in parts but lacking the fundamentals of necessities... toilets. An unimaginable nightmare situation with our small children. I was very grateful to several restaurants who allowed us to make desperate use of their facilities. One wonders, do the council help to pay for businesses who grant this kind and generous gesture? A police station, having witnessed a blatant shoplifter we sought a policeman, but albeit we experienced two parking tickets by eager and plentiful traffic wardens, an officer of the law was invisible. Also the closure of so many of our favourite shops - how sad. That together with the confusing traffic layout, that resulted in a fine on our return home and dramatic rise (no pun intended) of the gigantic, bland university blocks, oh dear, Bath is sadly not one of our favourite destinations anymore. Gail Hodges Milton Way West Drayton