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    Our Little Gypsy
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    Our Little Gypsy

    One of the most recently uncovered graves at Arnos Vale Cemetery caught our attention and inspired us to write a poem which we also...
    What was St Judes like in the 1800s?
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 4 min

    What was St Judes like in the 1800s?

    This district with its thickly clustering old houses, and rookeries, its dank courts and blind alleys, its 'dark entries' and back-yard...
    Bristol Tramways & Carriage Company
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 4 min

    Bristol Tramways & Carriage Company

    The Bristol Tramways Company was formed on 9 August 1875 by Sir George White and it operated until 11 April 1941 when a Luftwaffe bomb ...
    The Union of Women - 1 in 5!
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 3 min

    The Union of Women - 1 in 5!

    British labour leaders maintained an anti-war stance up until the point that the government declared war on Germany. By the end of...
    Red Cross Auxiliary Hospitals
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 16 min

    Red Cross Auxiliary Hospitals

    One of the many important services that the Red Cross provided during the First World War was auxiliary hospitals and convalescent homes...
    William Pullin - A Merciful View
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 5 min

    William Pullin - A Merciful View

    In memory of Bristol policeman PC Richard Hill - Murdered in the Line of Duty This tablet was erected as a mark of esteem by his brother...
    Bristol Old Vic - Silver Proprietors Tickets (Ticket 37 1766)
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    Bristol Old Vic - Silver Proprietors Tickets (Ticket 37 1766)

    When the building of a new theatre on King Street was proposed in the 1760s, 50 supporters pledged £50 towards the construction. As a...
    Exhausting, Dangerous & Horrific (and not just on the front line)
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 4 min

    Exhausting, Dangerous & Horrific (and not just on the front line)

    Following the outbreak of war on 4 August 1914, the British Red Cross formed the Joint War Committee with the Order of St John. Working...
    Dorothy at the Front!
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 4 min

    Dorothy at the Front!

    Pressure from women for their own uniformed service to assist the war effort began in August 1914. After a War Office investigation...
    Women’s Land Army & Women’s Forestry Corps
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 4 min

    Women’s Land Army & Women’s Forestry Corps

    The efforts of the Women’s Land Army in the First World War have been largely forgotten, and the fact that the organisation left so few ...
    Poor - Rich - Together at Arnos Vale
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    Poor - Rich - Together at Arnos Vale

    A poem inspired by a trip to Arnos Vale. Poor: "Blessed are the poor in spirit" Temporary Limestone markers will be cleared for trees and...
    Dilution & Substitution - curse or blessing?
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 2 min

    Dilution & Substitution - curse or blessing?

    In 1915 the historian G.D.H. Cole described 'dilution' as 'the introduction of the less skilled worker to undertake the whole or part ...
    United We Stand!
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 1 min

    United We Stand!

    Bristol Women's Defence Relief Corps Across the country, women volunteered to help in the war effort. New branches of the armed services...
    Bristol Clippies, Detectives & the Tramway Riots
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 3 min

    Bristol Clippies, Detectives & the Tramway Riots

    Women were first used as conductors or "clippies" (as they were nicknamed) on the trams during World War One.  They began work in ...
    Munitions - Necessity v Nostalgia
    GVHeritage Group
    • Aug 9, 2017
    • 4 min

    Munitions - Necessity v Nostalgia

    Women in Industry - Here to Stay? Before the war, working class women were mainly involved in domestic service, ‘sweated’ labour and...
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