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18 photos of bygone Knowle and Totterdown

By Bristol24/7  Friday Jan 29, 2016

Totterdown and Knowle are the subjects of our latest delve into the Bristol Record Office shelves. Can you see your home from a century ago? Or even it being built?

 

1. View of a new houses being built

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2. Wells Road, looking south

 

3. Wells Road

Early 20th century: 43207/25/4

 


4. Wells Road

 

5. Wells Road

 

6. Wells Road

 

7. The George, Knowle

Early 20th century: 43207/25/9

 

8. Knowle Tennis Courts

Early 20th century: 43207/25/10

 

9. Knowle May Fair

May 21, 1908: 43207/25/11

 

10. Knowle

 

11. Quarry Lane, Knowle

Early 20th century: 43207/25/13

 

12. Totterdown, as viewed from Victoria Park

 

13. Bushy Park Tram Terminus, Totterdown

 

14. Wells Road, Totterdown

Wells Road, Totterdown  early 20th century: 43207/25/16

 

15. Wells Road, Totterdown

Early 20th century: 43207/25/17

 

16. Totterdown

Early 20th century:  43207/25/18

 

17. Totterdown

 

18. Bath Road, Totterdown

 

Read more: 27 photos of historic Bristol pubs

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