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Jessica Hope visits Glenside Hospital Museum to discover how the Bristol Lunatic Asylum underwent significant change during the First World...
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The beloved Bristol landmark is 150 years old this year, and to celebrate, we took a look back through the...
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Jessica Hope explores the stories of those who once sailed on Brunel’s ss Great Britain and discovers what it was really like to be a passenger When the ss Great Britain was launched in 1843, it was hailed as one of the most significant innovations in maritime history. The ship...
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It’s 20 years since round-the-world solo yachtsman Tony Bullimore survived six days trapped in freezing waters under his capsized boat....
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A £19million industrial heritage museum is soon to open in Bristol – telling the story of more than a century...
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To mark its 130th anniversary, Jessica Hope delves into the history of the Bristol Dogs and Cats Home By the late Victorian period, the number of stray dogs and cats wandering around Bristol had become a great concern to much of the public. Worried about their welfare, a group of...
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The most famous Bristol attraction you’ve probably never heard of, and what’s changed there during 2017 How much remains today...
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Andrew Swift has been out hunting for signs of the city’s commercial history. Those faded advertisements for long-forgotten businesses –...
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Local author Jane Duffus has a new book out this month, cataloguing more than 250 fabulous females from Bristol’s past. Here, we’re introduced to a few of the suffragettes who impacted on the city’s history… This year is a big one for women in Britain. Because 100 years ago, after decades of...
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Jessica Hope discovers the extraordinary mind behind one of history’s greatest engineers following the opening of Bristol’s newest museum, Being...
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Ray Newman remembers the bygone medieval beginnings of a local landmark It’s a defining image of our capital city: Old...
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Andrew Swift detangles the mystery of the manor above the motorway and its much-debated future Perched high above the M32, like something out of a Gothic fantasy, the Dower House is one of Bristol’s most instantly recognisable buildings, even if many of the motorists who drive past every day have...