history

• News / Centenary of Women's Suffrage

  Blue Plaque to commemorate Bristol’s pioneering suffrage women

  The new plaque will be unveiled by MP Thangam Debbonaire

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• Features / Bristol Open Doors 2018

  The app developers revealing the past

  1831 RIOT! is a free app that brings the Queen Square riot of 1831 to life

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• Features / st Pauls carnival

  ‘We looked forward to Carnival more than Christmas’

  Adrian Stone recounts his memories of St Paul's Carnival and the cultural roots that ground him

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• Features / st Pauls carnival

  Celebrating 50 years of St Paul’s Carnival

  A look back at Carnival's beginnings in 1968

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• Features / Audio tour

  ‘The history of a place is part of who you are, whether you know it or not’

  Bristol's first audio map allows visitors and locals to learn about the city's rich history

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• News / history

  New lease of life for fire damaged historic church in Bristol

  St Michael on the Mount Without Church will be transformed into a museum and events venue

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• News / suffragettes

  Blue plaque for Bristol’s suffrage pioneers

  ‘They never gave up in the face of discouragement, apathy and hostility’

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• Features / history

  Saving Bristol’s heritage

  Emma Brown from Bristol Heritage Forum is an enthusiastic amateur historian

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