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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...
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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....
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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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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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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