GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20172 minThe Coming of the LightA poem inspired by research into the establishment of the Bristol Gas Light Company and the changes it brought to the city. ‘The Coming...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20171 minThe Underfall & The OverflowA poem inspired by the Floating Harbour and Bristol's history of flooding. ‘Underfall & Overflow’ We came to build A city on the water...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20171 minA Good Man Dies - Off Duty Officer HillA poem inspired by the grave of a police officer murdered in Old Market whilst trying to intervene over the ill-treatment of a donkey. A...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20173 minImperial Tobacco Company answers King George V's callFrom 'Bristol's Own: The 12th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment' 1914 - Alert Appreciation of Orders - Who stands if freedom fall? All...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20172 minGuess the link between Arnos Vale & Bristol Gas Light CompanyDid you know that the first person buried at Arnos Vale was Mary Breillat, wife of the man who had brought gas street-lighting to...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20171 minIf you think the Suspension Bridge is good, take a look at this...Everyone knows about Brunel's Suspension Bridge which was opened to the public in 1864 but few know about Brunel's Swivel Bridge which...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20171 minSoldiers' Corner - Arnos ValeWhilst we were doing our first Sounding the City project at Arnos Vale we found Soldiers Corner, which contains 240 graves of men who...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20171 minOur Great GrandmothersDuring our earlier Sounding the City project we started to look into Bristol's First World War history, mostly with a focus on the young...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20171 minSlavery & TraffickingA group of us decided to look into slavery in Bristol because along with London and Liverpool it was a major slaving port. We then...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20171 minBristol Floating HarbourWe formed a group that was especially interested in photography to make an initial research trip whilst a second group did online...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20174 min'Ship sinks, pay stops' - why we were inspired...When we spoke to the Bristol Merchant Navy Association, Hon Treasurer Hank told us several things that shocked us but that also inspired...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20171 minMerchant Navy FleetThrough the Bristol Merchant Navy Association, which is based on the Harbourside in Bristol, we made contact with Hank. As well as being...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20173 minBristol Gas Light Company 1818 - 1949At a meeting in the Commercial Rooms on 15 December 1815 it was resolved to form a gaslight company for Bristol. An Act of Parliament...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20172 minWhat's that SMELL??!!! The creation of the Underfall...After the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia the Bristol Channel has the second greatest tidal range of any in the world - it can be as much as...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20172 minDon't talk to me of heroes...The starting point for our project was to meet with the men of the Merchant Navy Association (Bristol & District) who shared their...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20171 minBristol Old VicOur group visited the Bristol Records Office for a whole morning on a research trip. The guide answered all of our questions and showed...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20171 minBaptist MillsAs we followed the path of the Frome as it arrives into Bristol from Eastville Park, along the M32 to the unassuming Junction 3 we came...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20171 minBristol Gas LampsOne group of twelve of us decided the piece should be a video, featuring a new song, a choir recording, written and spoken text and...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20171 minArnos Vale CemeteryWe took three visits to Arnos Vale. On the first one we were given a tour by the regular guide and took notes, pictures and some videos....
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 201746 minAccoutrer to Zythepsarist - who are they?We started to wonder what it would have been like when it was possible to bring light into dark work places in the city - people and...