GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20171 minOur Little GypsyOne of the most recently uncovered graves at Arnos Vale Cemetery caught our attention and inspired us to write a poem which we also...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20174 minWhat 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...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20174 minBristol Tramways & Carriage CompanyThe Bristol Tramways Company was formed on 9 August 1875 by Sir George White and it operated until 11 April 1941 when a Luftwaffe bomb ...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20173 minThe 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...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 201716 minRed Cross Auxiliary HospitalsOne of the many important services that the Red Cross provided during the First World War was auxiliary hospitals and convalescent homes...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20175 minWilliam Pullin - A Merciful ViewIn 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...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20171 minBristol 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...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20174 minExhausting, 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...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20174 minDorothy 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...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20174 minWomen’s Land Army & Women’s Forestry CorpsThe 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 ...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20171 minPoor - Rich - Together at Arnos ValeA poem inspired by a trip to Arnos Vale. Poor: "Blessed are the poor in spirit" Temporary Limestone markers will be cleared for trees and...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20172 minDilution & 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 ...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20171 minUnited 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...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20173 minBristol Clippies, Detectives & the Tramway RiotsWomen were first used as conductors or "clippies" (as they were nicknamed) on the trams during World War One. They began work in ...
GVHeritage GroupAug 9, 20174 minMunitions - Necessity v NostalgiaWomen in Industry - Here to Stay? Before the war, working class women were mainly involved in domestic service, ‘sweated’ labour and...