The St Luke’s Steps

by the St Luke's Heritage Group for Futures Past

St Luke's Steps

The St Luke’s Steps are an iconic emblem of this part of Totterdown and over the past 160 years, hundreds of thousands have ascended or descended this historic stairway. As we have got to know some of the bygone personalities of the neighbourhood, we begin to imagine their daily journeys down to work or school or to the shops and pubs, or maybe, in their Sunday best heading off to chapel.

Sometimes we can even begin to imagine their ghostly presence….

Ghosts of Bygone Residents - an installation 16-24 November 2024