history

• Behind the Headlines / Colonialism

  Deconstructing Bristol’s colonial history

  A closer look at the interactive app that maps the city's links to the transatlantic slave trade

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• Features / Bristol

  An eclectic array of adverts for Bristol businesses from 1947

  From tobacco to rubber, trucks to coal, and fur-backed gloves to world-famous sherries

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• News / history

  Series of talks to explore hidden histories of Bedminster and Southville

  Bristol Radical History Group are behind the events

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• News / conservation

  Bristol City Council conservation team extend protection of historic area

  New boundaries would preserve a unique village heritage

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• Features / Sea Mills

  70-year-old long lost photo album reunited with family

  The mystery album was discovered in a loft in north Bristol

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• News / bbc

  Hours of footage of bygone Bristol released by BBC

  From a pornography protest in Redland to a self-help programme in Knowle West

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• News / Bristol Harbour

  Brunel’s Great Western to be recreated in working dry dock

  The vessel will be “a world-class maritime attraction"

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• Features / Sea Mills

  Bristol diary unlocks wartime double agent’s secret

  A Sea Mills connection to a Second World War spy has been unearthed

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