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Chilcott's Jewellers, 47 Park Street
2006 - 2020
Jewellery, murder, gin!
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Chatterton House
Redcliffe Way 1954 - 2019
Thomas Chatterton (20 November 1752 – 24 August 1770) was an English poet whose precocious talents ended in suicide at age 17. He was an influence on Romantic artists of the period such as Shelley, Keats, Wordsworth and Coleridge.
Harbourside/City Centre 1969 - 2019
The statue of Neptune cast in lead by the Bristol founder Joseph Rendell was first erected in Temple Street in 1723 and moved on many occasions. Relocated to St Augustines Reach in 1949 with a couple of small moves in recent years.
Bristol Harbourside 1891 - 2019
A scene showing an empty harbourside being built or rebuilt in 1891. In the background, the Church of St Augustine the Less (now the Bristol Marriott Royal) along with the familiar buildings on the right being Park Street. facebook.com/groups/bristolt…
Harbourside and CWS (Co-op) Building
Unknown Date 2019
Dominating this picture towards the Centre was the Co-op Wholesale Society (CWS) building, erected in 1906. The clock on its domed tower was visible for a considerable distance. Demolished in 1973. facebook.com/groups/bristolt…
Bristol City Centre. 1974 - 2017
Love those vertical chicken coups or hate them? Personally I like the fountains but miss the greenery.
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Temple Church, Victoria Street 1918 - 2018
Temple Church was founded in the mid-12th century by Robert of Gloucester and the Knights Templar.
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Guinea Street 1942 -2019
Historic site, Guinea Street. A guinea is a gold coin, named after the West African coast, known as the Guinea coast, from which so much gold came from.
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Queen Square 1880ish - 2019
Bisected by a dual carriageway in the 1930s, vehicles and buses crossed the square every day, and over 30% of the buildings around it were vacant.
In 1999, money from Lottery funding allowed Queen Square to be restored to its 1817 layout.
Prince Street 1977 - 2019
The Shakespeare, originally built in 1725 by the Bristol builder John Strahan as a pair of attached Georgian-style houses. It was converted into a public house in 1777 at which time it supplied refreshment to dock workers at the adjoining port.
Redcliffe Wharf 1950's - 2019
Captioned as 'Preparing a garden for the blind at Redcliffe' this odd photograph captures post war Redcliffe complete with the old lead shot tower on Redcliffe Hill. For more info visit facebook.com/groups/bristolt… or head over to maps.bristol.gov.uk/kyp/?edi…
King Street 1940 - 2019
The street lies just south of the old town wall and was laid out in 1650 to develop the Town Marsh. The area was bombed on November 24th 1940, during World War II and lost some buildings as shown in this comparison.
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George's Brewery from Bristol Bridge 1953 - 2015
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Freeling House, Redcliffe 1954 - 2019
Prewett Street didn't appear until the 1950's when a radical overhaul of the area took place. Thanks to
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Cumberland Basin 2014 - 2019
I didn't take the THEN photo but I was there at the time. It was my Birthday and I had awoken early as I knew the tides were going to flood quite badly. For more info visit: facebook.com/groups/bristolt…
Redcliffe Parade 1953 - 2019
These eighteenth century houses above Redcliffe Caves were owned by wealthy merchants and others during the eighteenth century. For more information visit: facebook.com/groups/bristolt…
Temple Meads Unknown - 2019
Several advertisements feature in this photograph taken at Bristol Temple Meads Station during the Second World War. Visit our Facebook site for more information at facebook.com/groups/bristolt…
