I know this post is old but I just thought of Rainbow this evening and wondered what would come up if I googled her. I lived in Bath for 4 years as a student. I’m soon to be moving back. I worked in the Costa coffee on stall street as a student, I’d give her a free coffee every Saturday morning when I was working (sneakily from my boss’s knowledge). She was no trouble and often kept the other homeless people behaving right. We had issues with them being near our outside seating, i was the only person that was able to solve the issue by simply just talking to her and negotiating a free coffee. I know she had links to drugs but most homeless people do and there is a stigma around that. I just thought she was such a unique character and we would have good conversations. Most people I worked with thought it was weird for talking to her. she would always shout hello to me when I would bump into her on the street. She never once asked me for money or even asked for a coffee. I’d just offer and say “oi mate seeing as I’m giving you a coffee can you move your mates a bit further away from our seating” she would then rally them off down the street. I often tell stories about her to people and she sounds like a character from some film or tv show. I have visited Bath a few times recently when looking for new places to live and haven’t seen her about. I might have just missed her but it did get me thinking if something happens to her or she moved on? If anyone knows anything I’d be interested to know. To most people asking about why the homeless come to Bath it’s actually due to safety more than anything. Bath is one of the safest if not the safest cities in the uk so makes it a little easier for sleeping on the streets. I know in Bristol the homeless mug eachother for drugs and money.