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23 members of Bristol's Fire Services who lost their lives as a result of enemy air raids during WWII.
Frampton Cotterell Parish
Frampton Cotterell is a village within the green belt to the northeast of Bristol. This website is designed to provide information to anyone interested in the village and results from a millennium project granted by Age Concern England.
History of Bower Ashton and its near neighbours
Burwalls, Burgh Walls or Bower Walls Iron Age Fort
St. Johns Chapel
Wellington Cottage
Christy Brothers
Family History Society: Long Ashton Parish
Totterdown Old Police Station
A stunning house with many nooks and crannies. Need to know more about it though. If you have any information or photos please feel free to contact me.
This is what I have so far:
"The police station was built in 1882 by Charles King of Bitton, probably as the result of the recent growth of new housing in Totterdown and Knowle. The existing Bedminster and Bridewell stations were too distant to cover this new population. It cost the Justices of the Peace a princely sum of £637 plus the cost of the land purchased from a Mr H.J.Summers (who gave his name to the nearby Summers Hill [sic - it's actually 'Summer' Hill]). The original specification required a residence for a sergeant and with two cells attached; these are still in existence as part of a now private residence. The building was to be fitted with three flushed water-closet pans - one for each prisoner and one for the resident sergeant, at a cost of 35s each - a luxury not many of the surrounding houses enjoyed.
The original front door is still used, and was specified to be of two inches thick deal [fir or pine wood], with a strong mortice lock and two barrel bolts. The cell doors similarly were to be two inches thick but these were also be [sic] covered with thin sheet iron, and provided with a servery hatch ('at a cost of 30s for each door - more or less'). The police station was not popular with the officers in charge as the site was seen to be inconvenient with a troublesome prisoner. The building was sold in 1898 for £805, after much haggling and later the new larger police station in Calcott Road, Knowle was constructed, which is also still in existence."
Tasty Totterdown
There's a tasty treat in store for Totterdown residents in September, as a new community cookbook is launched with a good old-fashioned street party.
BBC Points West Archive
BBC Points West Archive on Demand gives you access to clips from the BBC's regional news archive in Bristol. During November and December 2005, selected video and film clips about Somerset were added to these pages.
Ellusive graffiti artist Banksy
Ellusive graffiti artist Banksy is from Bristol - find out more about him and his work here. If you spot a new Banksy in the city then please email us on bristol@bbc.co.uk
An animated life Aardman
As the Aardman team continue work on the latest Wallace and Gromit project, we meet one of the company's lead animators, Bristolian Ian Whitlock and find out more about the duo's Oscar-winning films and the dark world of 3D animation.
Stunning images of the Severn and River Avon from Bristol photographer Mike Gove, including this one of the Severn Bridge.
Blaise Castle Estate
An historic park of dramatic scenery and ancient monuments, with tales of giant's footprints and a robber's caves.
Points West People's Archive
The People's Archive looks at how life once was here in the West. We've glimpses of life in the 40s when the milkman served your pint straight from the churn, as well as synchronised swimming at the 1955 Jubilee celebrations in Swindon!
Taking a stroll in Easter Compton and Aust, photographer Mike Gove brings us a variety of different views of the area adjacent to the River Severn.
The changing face of Portishead
The North Somerset town of Portishead has gone through massive change in the past ten years and has been quoted as one of the fastest growing towns in the UK, with housing development growing around 40%
Docks: Coal Tunnel
See inside the coal tunnel which runs underneath Bristol Docks. The 800 metre tunnel runs underneath the mouth of the River Avon.
Cabot Tower: Top view
A view from the top of Cabot Tower overlooking Bristol.
Bristol scenes
North Somerset resident Roger Fry has sent us these great images of Bristol, including this one of apartments at Bristol Docks.
Views of the M4 on opening day 1972
In 1972, the opening of the M4 was big news in the West. London was, for the first time by road, less than two hours away. The BBC produced a documentary which you can watch on the right of this page. We've got some memorable pictures here.
Underground at Combe Down
A massive project has been taking place underneath Combe Down in Bath... the old limestone mines were being filled with bubbly concrete to keep them from caving in. Our reporter Ian Parker took a trip down the shaft to see what was going on.
Tyntesfield's movie stardom
Film fans in the West may recognise the silent star of a new movie starring Jurassic Park veteran Sam Neill. The National Trust's Tyntesfield estate in North Somerset was the location for Angel, a new film from French director François Ozon.
The Bristol girl who became an American legend
Most Bristolians will probably never have heard of Elizabeth Blackwell. But this remarkable woman, born in Bristol in 1821, has played an incredible role in the history of modern medicine.
There were some tricky moments as salvage experts brought the ss Great Britain back from the Falkland Islands in July 1970. With only inches to spare, the ship was returned to the Jefferies Dock from where she was launched back in 1843.
Revolting riots in Queen Square
The site of some of the bloodiest rioting England has ever seen and enough civil unrest to put the government in fear of revolution, took place in Bristol in 1831.
Join the party as Morph hits 30
One of television's best-loved animated characters celebrated his 30th birthday in 2007 - we take a look back at his career.
Exploring the Georgian House
Another of Bristol's often-overlooked museums can be found just off of Park Street, in the centre of the city, and is of particular interest for those finding out more about the city's links with slavery.
Downend crash remembered 50 years on
Fifty years ago - at just before midday on Wednesday, 6 November 1957 - a patch of woodland alongside Overndale Road, Downend, was torn apart in a terrible air disaster.
Diary of the Great War
A Bristol actor has recorded extracts from his grandfather's World War I diary, to coincide with Remembrance Sunday - and you can listen to it here on bbc.co.uk/bristol
Cary Grant: 1986
When Cary Grant died in November 1986, Points West paid its own tribute to Archie Leach, the tailor’s boy who went on to dominate Hollywood for some 40 years. Points West’s very own ‘matinee idol’ Chris Vacher traced Grant’s Bristol connection...
British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
It's a fairly new addition to the city's attractions, but the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum is already gaining a reputation as a must-see venue for tourists to Bristol.
Bristol's most famous pirate
Bristol's shipfaring links include some of history's shadier characters. We take a closer look at one such blackhearted Bristolian, the notorious pirate, Blackbeard.
30 years of palliative care
St Peter’s Hospice celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2008, but the idea to create a hospice for Bristol actually dates back almost four decades.
St Mary Redcliffe: in pictures
The grandeur of St Mary Redcliffe has been admired through the ages. On a visit to Bristol in 1574 Queen Elizabeth 1 is said to have described it as "the fairest, goodliest and most famous parish church in England."
St James Priory: in pictures
St James Priory is a surviving remnant of a 12th century Benedictine Priory founded by Robert of Gloucester, illegitimate son of King Henry 1.
Risen from the ashes
St Paul's Church in Southville was all but destroyed by incendiary bombs on the night of Good Friday, 21 April 1941. Remarkably, 300 people sheltering in the crypt below escaped unhurt.
Bristol Harbour Festival
See more pictures of this year's Harbour Festival
Balloon Fiesta photos
Check out pictures from the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
KINGSWOOD BOYS REFORMATORY SCHOOL, BRISTOL
Founded in September 1852 by Mary Carpenter and Russell Scott. Certified 4th October 1854 for 150 boys. Re-certified July 1892 for 120 boys.
Initially the boys were in a former Wesleyan College, and later in a purpose-designed building. It became an Approved School from 1933.
Auxiliary Home - Fairlawn, Montague Hill, Bristol certified 9th June 1903 for 20 boys.
website of the Fishponds Local History Society
A selection of materials on the history of Bristol and the surrounding area, including Fishponds and east Bristol.
Bristol Delftware Factories History
Histories of early Bristol potteries
Three Centuries of Ceramic Art in Bristol
The Story of Bristol Pottery and Porcelain
A Right Proper Pair of Bristols
Learn to talk proper Bristol - not sure? - Well help is at hand with our updated second edition of A Dictionary of Bristle. This online sampler is just a very small selection of the contents of the second edition of A Dictionary of Bristle. Like what you see, or even just curious as to what more there could be?
Living Easton
This Web site is a community resource containing information on Living Easton's activities, and details of materials available to Living Easton Members.
The history of John Lewis Cribbs Causeway
Until 1981, the John Lewis Partnership had no presence in the West Country. So, when the Lewis's Ltd premises in the heart of Bristol's shopping area came up for sale in 1980, the management had no hesitation in snapping it up.
Cameron - more than a balloon company
Cameron Balloons Ltd. is the world's largest manufacturer of hot-air balloons - welcome to our website. Here you can browse more than one hundred pages of information - and not just about our ballooning products.
Sugar Refiners & Sugarbakers
A database of some of those involved in the sugar refining industry, mainly in the UK, 16-20C. Additional information may be available from the original sources, or from the compiler, who will also be pleased to receive further contributions to the database.
Bugler Coaches Limited is this year celebrating 50 years
From the firm's humble beginning with one vehicle in 1947 the Company now operates a large fleet of coaches and buses from it's purpose built depot at Burnett Business Park, Keynsham.
Bristol Hippodrome its history
Rare archive photographs of Bristol Hippodrome Theatre, Bristol BS1
The redevelopment of Bristol's City Centre, and it's famous 'Floating Harbour', prompted concerns about the discovery of EROW from World War Two. The city was one of the Luftwaffe's nightly targets for almost four years, and subsequent works in the City had unearthed large hauls of unexploded material.
The Workhouse
The Workhouse often conjures up the grim world of Oliver Twist, but its story is a fascinating mix of social history, politics, economics and architecture.
This site, www.workhouses.org.uk, is dedicated to the workhouse — its buildings, inmates, staff and administrators, even its poets...
Rare Old Bristol & Gloucester Maps
Searchable Index of old maps
About Bristol is a series of pictorial tours
About Bristol's photographic tours include the old city, the city centre, historic churches, architecture, and Bristol's maritime connections. There are Landmarks familiar to Bristol's visitors and objects easily missed, and Bristol Suburbs helps to place the ancient port within its modern context.
Friends of Troopers Hill East Bristol
The Friends of Troopers Hill have various documents relating to Troopers Hill; many are available to download on this site through links on the appropriate pages. We also have a collection of books. This page is designed to bring the information together in one place to make it easy for you to see what we have.
Memories of childhood after the Great War 1
Memories of childhood after the Great War 2
Memories of childhood at Croft's End, St. George, Bristol
Shopping in Bristol between the wars
Shops and vendors in Bristol between the wars
Winter times 1921-22
Gas lamps, tramcars and Christmas, Winter 1921-22
Memories of the Bristol Avon in the 1920s and 1930s
Paintress in Pountney's Pottery, Fishponds, Bristol in the 1930s
Springtime in Gloucestershire in the 1930s
Wartime journey to Wick with a Christmas pudding
Bitton Families
Please 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.
People's Republic of Stokes Croft
Stokes Croft is the most interesting and culturally diverse area in Bristol, boasting more honesty, beauty and truth than any other part of the City. It is precisely because Stokes Croft has been neglected, that people of all backgrounds and circumstance have learned to co-exist in an enclave of tolerance that few from outside this magical area can begin to understand.
Hanham Surgery East Bristol Our history
In the beginning the residents of Hanham were seen by Dr Perrott who came once a week from Kingswood in his pony and trap, which he left tied up outside the premises of a wet fish shop (Cartwrights fish mongers). This was opposite Aston house (now a travel agent) near the Maypole Public House. He used the front room of Mrs Hooper's house at 2 Laburnum road.
In pics: Bristol's New Cabot Circus opens 2008
See the huge theatrical event that launched the opening of this multi million pound development.
From 'incarceration to caring'
Originally built to house naval prisoners of war during the American War of Independence, the group of buildings known as Blackberry Hill Hospital in Fishponds, has had a chequered history.
Hartcliffe Factory: 1970s
In 1974, WD and HO Wills opened Europe’s largest cigarette manufacturing plant on land at Hartcliffe near Bristol. The factory lasted all of 16 years and closed in 1990 as the tobacco industry felt the squeeze. Points West saw the factory open.
Christmas Steps: Ghosts, myths and fish ‘n’ chips
Christmas Steps is one of the oldest and most charming parts of Bristol, but how much do you really know about it?
Step inside - doors are open in Bristol
Historic buildings, stately homes and even sewage treatment works are just some of the places opening their doors to the public this September.
It's a boat's life
A Bristol restaurant, that started life as a timber barge in 1924, is the subject of a new exhibition of photos coming to the city in October. The Glass Boat, now one of the city's most established eateries, began its working life as the Yew Mead barge, hauling timber. After years of labour it slowly started to break up in the Severn Estuary mud.
Restored tomb of Indian reformer
A ceremony has taken place in Bristol to unveil the newly restored grade II listed tomb of the man often referred to as the 'Father of Modern India', Rajah Rammohun Roy.
Amongst the gravestones
Two guided tours of Arnos Vale in August will give visitors the chance to find out more about the history and wildlife of Bristol’s famous cemetery.
Apprentice mourns Concorde's retirement
Where did the years go? As a 17-year-old apprentice Aircraft Electrician I spent around two years working on the build and test of Concorde 002.
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Memories of Bristol over the past 100 years including 3000 photographs on-line
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