Red-nosed Romans proclaim Comic Relief to Bath
January 2009
Bath and North East Somerset’s statues of Roman Emperors on the
terrace at the Roman Baths will be sporting red noses from Friday
30 January in the six week run up to Comic Relief on Friday 13
March.
Stephen Clews, Manager of the Roman Baths and Pump Room
commented: "Here at Bath & North East Somerset Council we are
more than happy to help Comic Relief raise awareness of this year's
Red Nose Day campaign by displaying the new noses on the Roman
statues at the Roman Baths. With three different noses this year we
had a joke about having the Emperors and generals "picking their
right noses" in public, but I think it's important to show local
people that even the Romans had a sense of humour and I'd urge
everyone to get involved with the campaign!"
Comic Relief this year explains: “Red Nose Day 2009 is going
back to its roots and is simply asking the people of Bath to ‘Do
Something Funny for Money’. The mission is easy, just make sure
that everyone is laughing and raising money to change the lives of
disadvantaged people across the UK and Africa”.
“However, it wouldn’t be Red Nose Day without a host of
recognisable faces showing their support. Forget the glitz of
A-List parties, the Roman statues of the famous Baths will be
sporting their very own Red Noses, to encourage all visitors to
cast aside their inhibitions and get ready for something funny in
order to build on the success of RND 07”.
Since Red Nose Day 2007, more than £670,000 has been spent in
the West helping 43 local projects including Bath Mind.
The Roman Baths is open to the public daily, 9.30am – 4.30pm,
www.romanbaths.co.uk
ENDS
For more information contact: Stephen Clews, Manager of the
Roman Baths & Pump Room, Bath & North East Somerset
Council, on 01225 477774, stephen_clews@bathnes.gov.uk
For more images contact: Maggie Bone, Museums Publicity Officer,
Bath & North East Somerset Council, 01225 477736, maggie_bone@bathnes.gov.uk
Contacts at Comic Relief:
Francesca Carpanini: f.carpanini@comicrelief.com
or call 029 2032 3685
Heather Davies: h.davies@comicrelief.com or
call 029 2032 3506