Churches, public houses and places of work were where most people found a social life and sports activities such as football and cricket. Bedminster Cricket Club exists to this day. 

The Bristol Blitz during of 1940/41 was fierce.  The raid of 24 November lasted over six hours. 148 bombers dropped 1,540 tonnes of high explosives and over 12,000 incendiary bombs down on the city. Within an hour over 70 fires were raging.

The joy spilled onto East St as generations came together to mark the special and unforgettable occasion.

by the First ResidentsBS3 Heritage Group for Futures Past Less than a hundred years since its establishment, our community of streets came under its greatest threat. The outbreak of war with Hitler’s Germany in 1939 was only two years old before its impact moved across from the battlefields of Western Europe to the streets of Bristol, in what became known as the Bristol Blitz. Image copyright David Facey Collection, Bristol Archives 41969/1/52 At its height between January

Just next to the old Bristol General Hospital (built in 1859 and now being developed for luxury accommodation) is Bathhurst Basin....