THIS WEBSITE WAS FIRST CREATED OCT 2001 BY PAUL TOWNSEND LOCAL HISTORIAN Copyright 2009 'www.gertlushonline.co.uk'. All Rights Reserved (photograph copyright see bottom of this page) The social history of Bristol is brought to life with striking visual impact in these photograph albums. Over 4000 free to view historic images of buildings, people, fashions, customs, families, children, shops, warehouses, factories, streets, pubs, schools, churches etc, now long forgotten or barely remembered, flattened by concrete or bulldozed out of sight are now collated in a readily accessible reference source. This will be most valuable for social, regional and urban historians, geographers and all those with an interest in the past as seen through photographic evidence. Please feel free to add your own comments to the website guestbook or forum. This non commercial 'hobby' site, has been evolving and expanding on line since 2001 and is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. Apple Mac Store Bristol’s Lost Pubs is a record of Bristol’s pubs and publicans from the mid-eighteenth century up until the middle of the twentieth century, the information on these pages has been gleaned from trade directories and census returns. The Bristol & Avon Family History Society was formed in 1975 to encourage the study of family history and genealogy in Bristol and what was then the County of Avon. It aimed to provide contacts between members, and to assist one another with problems encountered during research work. Bitton Families - explore this genealogy site, where you can search our database of transcriptions and extractions for your ancestors from Bitton and nearby areas in Gloucestershire (GLS), Somerset (SOM) and Other Parishes. Genealogical Records & Directories database for Bristol Does your family have a criminal past? Search for your Blacksheep Ancestors it's Free Gert Lush - The Bristol Dialect - Click on this link Hear the FULL A Sense of Place BBC programme from Rob Wicks about the Bristol accent. (Dur 30 minutes) Real 28k/56k and enhanced for broadband. To listen to this sound file you will need to have speakers and a program called RealPlayer installed on your computer. RealPlayer is FREE to download. Archive Video & Sound Files about Bristol Archive selected video and film clips about Bristol & The West Country. To listen to these sound files you will need to have speakers and a program called RealPlayer installed on your computer. RealPlayer is FREE to download. Links to other recommended Bristol Websites Daze Gone By Reflections of a Bygone Age All images are scanned from old postcards & original photographs not owned by me, most are loaned to me by visitors to this website,  high resolution images are not possible. I get frequent requests for high resolution scanned images of my images for advertising or publication. I regret to have to decline most requests. But you can copy the images from the website if you wish. Please link any images that you use to my website. Please note that the local historians of this website are not experts so if you require information not found here, you could leave a request message along with a contact email address in our guestbook or forum. You never know, one of our many visitors may have the information you require and can then contact you directly. Please help me to improve this website:  Always interested in local information, websites, stories, images old and new, events and attractions. Please use the email to send us your information. If we publish your submission on the site we will include a credit to you (if you wish). Thank you for visiting www.gertlushonline.co.uk we hope you enjoy your stay, please let us know what you think of the site. Links to this site on the world wide web http://twitter.com/brizzlebuff Bristol Information Genealogical and Historical Facts, Information, Memories & Curiosities. Bristol Centre BS1 Bristol, Old Market Arnos Vale Ashley Down Ashton Vale Avonmouth Baptist Mills Barrs CourtSG Barton Hill, Bristol Bedminster Bedminster Down Bishopston Bishopsworth BittonSG Blaise Hamlet Bower Ashton Bradley StokeSG Brentry Brislington Broadmead Broomhill Cabot Cadbury Heath SG Canons Marsh Castle Park, Bristol Clay Hill Clifton Combe Dingle Cotham Crew's Hole Crofts End Dings, Bristol DownendSG Eastville Easton Emersons GreenSG FiltonSG Filwood Park Fishponds FrenchaySG Golden Hill Hanham Hartcliffe Henbury Hengrove Henleaze Hillfields Horfield Hotwells Keynsham Kingsdown KingswoodSG Knowle Knowle West Lawrence Weston Leigh WoodsNS Lockleaze Lodge Hill Longwell GreenSG Mayfield Park Monks Park Montpelier Newtown North CommonSG Oldland CommonSG PatchwaySG PortisheadNS Redcliffe, Bristol Redfield Redland Rose Green Sea Mills Shirehampton Sneyd Park Southmead Southville Speedwell Spike Island St Andrews St Annes St George St Pauls St Philips Marsh St Werburghs Staple HillSG Stapleton Stockwood Stoke Bishop Stokes Croft Totterdown Two Mile Hill Upper Knowle Victoria Park WarmleySG Westbury on Trym Westbury Park, Bristol Whitchurch Whitehall WickSG WillsbridgeSG Windmill Hill Withywood Yate The following areas and towns make up the city of Bristol and its outskirts. It includes some adjoining areas of South Gloucestershire, marked SG, and North Somerset, marked NS. Bristol Industrial Strange but True Music & Arts Bristol Brewery Pountneys Pottery WD & HO Wills Douglas Motorcycles Mardons Bristol Bristol 1819-1910 Bristol 1911-1939 Bristol at War Bristol 1946-1960 Bristol 1961-2007 Old Bristol Adverts Bristol Aviation Old Somerset Old Gloucestershire Crime & Punishment Bristol Offbeat Old Bristol Shops Bristol Cinema Archives Printing & Paper Factories Old Trades Arnos Vale Cemetery Bristol 1920s Chocolate Historic Pubs Boot Trade Coal Mining Farming Sporting Bristol The Great Flood Churches Railways Shipping Bristol Docks Bristol Police Vintage Cars Vintage Motorcycles Vintage Trucks Trams & Buses Victorian Cellars History Offbeat Pirate & Slave Ships Powerboat Racing Social History High Street BS1 Milk Street BS1 Union Street BS1 Castle Street BS1 Bridge Street BS1 Castle Green BS1 College Street BS1 Ellbroad Street BS1 Dolphin Street BS1 Old City BS1 Tower Hill BS1 Wine Street BS1 Peter Street BS1 Mary-le-Port BS1 Broad Weir BS1 Fairfax Street BS1 St James Barton BS1 Rosemary Street BS1 Philadelphia Street BS1 Baldwin Street BS1 Temple BS1 King Street BS1 Welsh Back BS1 Queen Square BS1 Castle Park BS1 College Green BS1 Park Street BS1 Redcliffe Back BS1 Redcliffe Hill BS1 Redcliffe Street BS1 Broadmead BS1 Barr's Street BS1 Old King Street BS1 Castle Park Archives Frogmore Street BS1 Lewin's Mead BS1 Bristol: Then & Now Listed Buildings Reece Winstone Archives Bristol: Quirky Bristol Photographs Victorian Urinals Bristol: Outbuildings Bristol: Doorways Bristol: Signage Bristol: Deserted Bristol: Panoramas 20th Century Bristol 21st Century Bristol Bristol: Aerial Shots Bristol: Rarely Seen Bristol: Long Established Bristol: No Longer Bristol Black project Greenbank Cemetery Greenbank Chocolate Search the website photographic database The Kingswood Index A personal name index showing the sources where more information can be found: There are several thousand names with biographical details of Kingswood people who lived in the area of the forest and coalfield. The period covered is heavily weighted towards 1600-1850 but contains some entries from before and some after. Bristol Burials Bristol Record Office The Bristol Record Office is at Smeaton Road, Hotwells, Bristol. The telephone number for enquiries is 0117 922 4224. Click here to e-mail Enquiries to the Bristol Record Office. Gloucestershire Record Office The Record Office is in Clarence Row, Gloucester. The website features a very useful on-line wills index. A list of locations of parish records for the whole of Gloucestershire (including places such as Clifton and Fishponds which are now within Bristol) can be found on the GENUKI site. The Somerset Archive and Record Service The Somerset Record Office is in Obridge Road, Taunton. A list of locations of parish records for the whole of Somerset (including locations such as Brislington and Bedminster which are now within Bristol) can be found at the above website. Bristol Central Library The Bristol Central Library holds 1841 - 1891 census records on microform for the whole of our area, and the 1901 census on a less wide coverage. It also holds microfiche copies of the GRO records of births, marriages and deaths from 1837, and many other resources of use to the family historians. Bristol Register Office Here are details of location, opening hours, etc, and also a list of the registers destroyed by bomb damage in the Second World War. General Register Office This is the government body which keeps the records of births, marriages and deaths. It has details on how to order certificates by post or online. Bath Record Office The Bath Record Office holds microfiche copies of pre 1900 parish registers for whole of North East Somerset. Also Bath voters lists, street directories, wills, apprenticeships, and non-conformist church records. Create a Free Slideshow Bristol Times is a collection of articles drawn from the archives of the Bristol Times supplement of the Bristol Evening Post. Informative and entertaining, each extract recalls an aspect of the city's lively, and sometimes turbulent, history. John Latimer historian suggests that by the 1830's the population of Bristol was about twelve times greater than it had been in the mediaeval times. However, the land available for burial had not increased significantly. The parish churchyards together with a few small private and denominational burial grounds were insufficient and many of them were no longer fit for purpose and clearly a health hazard. In 1848 the Public Health Act required the closure of most of the inner city churchyards by 1854 and alternative provision became necessary. Living Easton. Community organisation site with extensive historical information. www.flickr.com brizzle born and bred's London at War photoset Bristol Children who were emigrated to Canada from 1871 - 1912 Some were orphans, some were deserted and some were sent by parents who were unable to provide for them. The children started their journey from the Workhouses, Industrial Schools, Reformatories and Ragged Schools in Bristol and also the Bristol Emigration Home for Girls. Some had brothers and sisters, others were on their own; all were emigrated without family or friends to start a new life in Canada. Large list of 1200 children. The file is in PDF format you may view and search the data but you may not print or copy it. gert lush online Google Earth search for keywords i.e place names, streets, buildings, pubs, people, districts, suburbs etc.