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    The Coming of the Light
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 2 min

    The Coming of the Light

    A poem inspired by research into the establishment of the Bristol Gas Light Company and the changes it brought to the city. ‘The Coming...
    The Underfall & The Overflow
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    The Underfall & The Overflow

    A poem inspired by the Floating Harbour and Bristol's history of flooding. ‘Underfall & Overflow’ We came to build A city on the water...
    A Good Man Dies - Off Duty Officer Hill
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    A Good Man Dies - Off Duty Officer Hill

    A 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...
    Imperial Tobacco Company answers King George V's call
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 3 min

    Imperial Tobacco Company answers King George V's call

    From 'Bristol's Own: The 12th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment' 1914 - Alert Appreciation of Orders - Who stands if freedom fall? All...
    Guess the link between Arnos Vale & Bristol Gas Light Company
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 2 min

    Guess the link between Arnos Vale & Bristol Gas Light Company

    Did you know that the first person buried at Arnos Vale was Mary Breillat, wife of the man who had brought gas street-lighting to...
    If you think the Suspension Bridge is good, take a look at this...
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    If 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...
    Soldiers' Corner - Arnos Vale
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    Soldiers' Corner - Arnos Vale

    Whilst we were doing our first Sounding the City project at Arnos Vale we found Soldiers Corner, which contains 240 graves of men who...
    Our Great Grandmothers
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    Our Great Grandmothers

    During our earlier Sounding the City project we started to look into Bristol's First World War history, mostly with a focus on the young...
    Slavery & Trafficking
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    Slavery & Trafficking

    A group of us decided to look into slavery in Bristol because along with London and Liverpool it was a major slaving port. We then...
    Bristol Floating Harbour
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    Bristol Floating Harbour

    We formed a group that was especially interested in photography to make an initial research trip whilst a second group did online...
    'Ship sinks, pay stops' - why we were inspired...
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 4 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...
    Merchant Navy Fleet
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    Merchant Navy Fleet

    Through the Bristol Merchant Navy Association, which is based on the Harbourside in Bristol, we made contact with Hank.  As well as being...
    Bristol Gas Light Company 1818 - 1949
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 3 min

    Bristol Gas Light Company 1818 - 1949

    At a meeting in the Commercial Rooms on 15 December 1815 it was resolved to form a gaslight company for Bristol. An Act of Parliament...
    What's that SMELL??!!!  The creation of the Underfall...
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 2 min

    What'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...
    Don't talk to me of heroes...
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 2 min

    Don'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...
    Bristol Old Vic
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    Bristol Old Vic

    Our group visited the Bristol Records Office for a whole morning on a research trip. The guide answered all of our questions and showed...
    Baptist Mills
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    Baptist Mills

    As 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...
    Bristol Gas Lamps
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    Bristol Gas Lamps

    One group of twelve of us decided the piece should be a video, featuring a new song, a choir recording, written and spoken text and...
    Arnos Vale Cemetery
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    Arnos Vale Cemetery

    We 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....
    Accoutrer to Zythepsarist - who are they?
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 46 min

    Accoutrer 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...
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