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I was just about starting to feel better—the antibiotics seemed to have kicked in for my dental issues, and it had been some days since I'd left the house, and I was at last starting to get itchy feet. So, a wander. But where? Well, there were a few industrial bits near Winterstoke Road in the Ashton/Ashton Vale areas of Bristol that needed walking. I knew they were likely to be quite, well, unattractive, frankly. So why not do them while I wasn't feeling exactly 100% myself? Maybe it would fit my mood. Hopefully you're also in the mood for a bit of post-industrial wasteland, for that's what some of this feels like...
Then, at the last minute, I thought again about the Bristol International Exhibition—I've got a book about it on the way now—and that gave me another goal, which could just about be said to be in the same direction, and I decided to walk significantly further than my normal 1-mile limit and try recreating another historical photo...
Sadly I don't know much about the Ashton area; it's just on the edges of my mile and I rarely have cause to go there. It's brimming with history, I'm sure: the whole South Bristol area rapidly developed from farmland to coal mines to factories to its current interesting mixture of suburbs and industrial work over the last few hundred years. As a more working class area less attention was paid to it by historians, at least historically-speaking, than the Georgian heights of Clifton, and much of it has been knocked down and reinvented rather than listed and preserved. I see here and there some of this lack is being addressed, but I'm afraid I'll be very light on the history myself on this wander, as most of my usual sources aren't throwing up their normal reams of information as when I point them at Clifton, Hotwells or the old city.
Here's the BBC report. This was posted on a telephone junction box in the "Daveside" area, the little strip of Festival Way that's used as a skate park in between the old railway depot and the White City allotments.
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Text Recognition Tags: RiP SKATER- BOY Speer Astrworth wes shot dd on the pontiy troli oursida poroed on a parmbar 217, fo ot hum panpiag randa n ha car ecnde, Ashwent had stchn r pist at peple in te M Whes otde pertbary Sandred the copa vabully engged ith him & te id the sir pial in duar a amade, al dhe afficeatfaruda vapeifical ary m t igh efis teg Aalwedia does dieeda lantal illing Spee sd wa 29 ywars ol asato alested at dowing. te sffint win dprnmte det aliemal hth-sad on a at copoerad (PC) W t r j amed repose won aweof tis& he porta holstd i letal s t padori alhiy, they'e pafeial whe was the radt why na wait t o, atwodk ad or allad avass gat 20 rchis ft dowaon& seeettinng afar milm ikrwn ths road in pa el, btitapoevs iss aterchn don's lon hi bundie arm ef snk, nak yu thik tht people luallpere fer elationte ee ndaal sls hatir awe e on wha nie dity lo e tg lse Se waa shelebar uM onl fard koe lesk wtut t e d n I& th d adal Owturid ptn k da taerthatte ahin buar Boh RiP SKATER- BOY Speer Astrworth wes shot dd on the pontiy troli oursida poroed on a parmbar 217, fo ot hum panpiag randa n ha car ecnde, Ashwent had stchn r pist at peple in te M Whes otde pertbary Sandred the copa vabully engged ith him & te id the sir pial in duar a amade, al dhe afficeatfaruda vapeifical ary m t igh efis teg Aalwedia does dieeda lantal illing Spee sd wa 29 ywars ol asato alested at dowing. te sffint win dprnmte det aliemal hth-sad on a at copoerad (PC) W t r j amed repose won aweof tis& he porta holstd i letal s t padori alhiy, they'e pafeial whe was the radt why na wait t o, atwodk ad or allad avass gat 20 rchis ft dowaon& seeettinng afar milm ikrwn ths road in pa el, btitapoevs iss aterchn don's lon hi bundie arm ef snk, nak yu thik tht people luallpere fer elationte ee ndaal sls hatir awe e on wha nie dity lo e tg lse Se waa shelebar uM onl fard koe lesk wtut t e d n I& th d adal Owturid ptn k da taerthatte ahin buar Boh
I mostly went out to hang out with my friends Sarah and Vik in Bedminster, but along the way I thought I'd take a closer look at something a little nearer home: the last crossing point of the Rownham Ferry.
And here's the picture that inspired this little local visit today. A week or so back I was browsing the boxes of books at Rachel's and Michael's Antiques on Princess VIctoria Street, and flipping through their collection of Reece Winstone books. Winstone's famous Bristol As It Was series are an amazing documentary source created by a man who loved both photography and Bristol and effectively became Bristol's foremost documentary photographer for decades. A lot more of Bristol's history is visible today because of him.
In the Bristol As It Was 1939 - 1914 book I saw this picture of the Rownham Ferry. Unfortunately the book was a first edition and priced at £20, so I ordered a cheaper edition from an independent dealer in Stockport when I got home! (Let's consider that as me leaving the rare first edition for the true connoisseurs, rather than just being cheap.)
Here we see the ferry just five days before its closure on the last day of 1932. Looking closely, it seems to be perhaps operating as a reaction ferry, with the boat tethered to a static line across the river, and the ferryman using the rudder to turn the boat and use the power of the flowing water to shuttle the boat from side to side. Clever!
Photo © Reece Winstone Archive. (I recommend buying the books if you like old photos of Bristol. They're amazing!)
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Text Recognition Tags: (63) 26 December 1932 : Rownham Ferry, Hotwells, discontinued 5 days later. There was a river crossing here since Norman days and carried the Abbot of St. Augustine's on his way to Abbot's Leigh. Before the 1870's when Cumberland Basin was re-designed, the crossing was further down- stream. Dangerous at high tide, it was merely a bridge of boats at low tide. (63) 26 December 1932 : Rownham Ferry, Hotwells, discontinued 5 days later. There was a river crossing here since Norman days and carried the Abbot of St. Augustine's on his way to Abbot's Leigh. Before the 1870's when Cumberland Basin was re-designed, the crossing was further down- stream. Dangerous at high tide, it was merely a bridge of boats at low tide.
Easter Monday Gardens and Flowers
18 Apr 2022
I didn't really set out with a theme of flowers and gardens in mind for this walk. I just fancied heading up to Clifton Village to get lunch. As it turned out, though, Spring was springing, so a minor theme emerged as I started off with the graveyard flowers of Hope Chapel and wandered up to see the beginnings of the new wildflower garden at Clifton Hill Meadow.
I first heard of Clerihews in the Times crossword: The Clerihew is:
a whimsical, four-line biographical poem invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley.
The reason it's relevant to this plaque on a house just around the corner from mine is that the very first Clerihew was written about Sir Humphry Davy:
Sir Humphry Davy
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium.
(Sir Humphry is indeed credited with having been the first to isolate sodium, six years after moving out of this house...)
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I've been pretty awful at reading so far this year, apparently averaging about one book per month. That's a far cry from 2019, say, where I got through 41 books in the year. Today's wander was prompted by my rubbish reading, as I needed to go hand back some books to the library, because I'd managed to renew them so many times that I hit the limit on renewals. Oops. Several of them were still unread.
So, off to the Central Library for me, tail between my legs. On the way there I did my best to recreate a historical photo of Dowry Square; while I was in the area I walked under the adjacent Norman arch and poked around behind the Cathedral, and I also had a little diversion to the city centre and came back along the south side of the river, hitting some trouble with the lock gates as I finally crossed the harbour back towards home.
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Text Recognition Tags: Abbot's Gatehouse Bristol Cathedral originated as a monastery founded in the 1140s by Robert Fitzharding (later Lord Berkeley) This archway formed the entrance to the abbey's residential buildings One of the finest examples of Romanesque architecture in the west country, the arch was carefully preserved when, in the fifteenth century, the two-storey gatehouse was constructed over it. The medieval statues on the gatehouse depict key individuals in the history of the abbey, which was disbanded in 1539. Bristol Cathedral was founded in 1542 and the gatehouse today contains its administrative offices. Bristol Cathedral Entrance to the cathedral is via the North Porch through the arch and to the right SHAND 200 ACER B HODERN Abbot's Gatehouse Bristol Cathedral originated as a monastery founded in the 1140s by Robert Fitzharding ( later Lord Berkeley ) This archway formed the entrance to the abbey's residential buildings One of the finest examples of Romanesque architecture in the west country , the arch was carefully preserved when , in the fifteenth century , the two - storey gatehouse was constructed over it . The medieval statues on the gatehouse depict key individuals in the history of the abbey , which was disbanded in 1539 . Bristol Cathedral was founded in 1542 and the gatehouse today contains its administrative offices . Bristol Cathedral Entrance to the cathedral is via the North Porch through the arch and to the right SHAND 200 ACER B HODERN
A bit more detail if you fancy it.
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Text Recognition Tags: THE CORN EXCHANGE CLOCK The clock on this building with an extra minute hand recalls early Victorian days, when Bristol was in two minds about the correct time. Although today we take Greenwich Mean Time or British Summertime for granted before 1880 no standard time existed in the British Isles. Every city had its own local time, reckoned by the sun and signed by church bells. Bristol lies 2 degrees, 36 minutes west of the Greenwich Meridian and so the sun reaches its noon nearly peak 11 minutes later than in Greenwich. Before the growth of railways, most people expected to spend their lives close to home. Travel by stagecoach or ship was slow and uncomfortable. Timetables were vague. For Bristolians a change came in June 1841, when the first through train from London pulled into Temple Meads Station. Brunel's Great Western Railway began to tempt people to travel, now they could go to London in hours rather than days. The Railways ran on London time (Greenwich Mean Time). If you wanted to catch a train at noon from Temple Meads you had to remember that it would pull out at 11:49 Bristol Time. To help Bristolians catch their trains, Bristol Corporation arranged for the main public clock on the Corn Exchange to show both local and Greenwich Mean Time (Railway Time) with two minute hands. Other clocks in Bristol adopted the same compromise, In September 1852 Bristol adopted GMT and Bristol time became the same as Lond THE CORN EXCHANGE CLOCK The clock on this building with an extra minute hand recalls early Victorian days , when Bristol was in two minds about the correct time . Although today we take Greenwich Mean Time or British Summertime for granted before 1880 no standard time existed in the British Isles . Every city had its own local time , reckoned by the sun and signed by church bells . Bristol lies 2 degrees , 36 minutes west of the Greenwich Meridian and so the sun reaches its noon nearly peak 11 minutes later than in Greenwich . Before the growth of railways , most people expected to spend their lives close to home . Travel by stagecoach or ship was slow and uncomfortable . Timetables were vague . For Bristolians a change came in June 1841 , when the first through train from London pulled into Temple Meads Station . Brunel's Great Western Railway began to tempt people to travel , now they could go to London in hours rather than days . The Railways ran on London time ( Greenwich Mean Time ) . If you wanted to catch a train at noon from Temple Meads you had to remember that it would pull out at 11:49 Bristol Time . To help Bristolians catch their trains , Bristol Corporation arranged for the main public clock on the Corn Exchange to show both local and Greenwich Mean Time ( Railway Time ) with two minute hands . Other clocks in Bristol adopted the same compromise , In September 1852 Bristol adopted GMT and Bristol time became the same as Lond
This was on the gate of the rather nice garden at the end of Frayne Road, near the toll house.
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Nipping Up the Zig Zag to the Shops
19 Aug 2023
It's been a long while since I did one of these walks.
I'm thinking of finishing up the project by walking one or two last bits of road, thus being able to declare with all honesty that I've done my best to walk every public road within my mile (and quite a few alleyways besides.) As a prelude, and just because I felt like it, I decided to drag out the camera and GPS on this little wander to the local shops.
More notices, including a couple of newcomers to the local businesses: Hopewell, an estate agency, has opened up just down Hopechapel Hill in the place of The Landmark Practice (an environmental consultancy firm that seem to have moved out to Long Ashton) and HappyBack, who I'd noticed appearing down on the Hotwell Road a month or two ago.
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Text Recognition Tags: SAVE JACOBS WELLS your We W ty WS Na à Order w a gratyf Lauan ya wld worldcat HERE THE PETI Cale wwwwww CHBUEC C www d Dabe 17 TANTO F www. 0-100 Your journey is our journey and we are here to help you every step of the way Wend fpwith vir Ourica apteert papper mating nything t neces or Sc ng vs Shack and petere p FM 2 yan unteers Needed 0/0 70-23 DAN HappyBack Find Ho D Highly experienced Physiotherapy. Osteopathy and H® Massage specialists, helping you to get your happy back! W Lifeskills Lifeskills Learning for Living Py Acad Marg back. people to join our amazing toomer volunteers Oxime ww We are your new neighbours! pelare a prsity independent state aguny tinging together every best o ort, medium Alongtam ss and mes for sale across the city ravis A NEW Ma # HOPEWELL Come and say hello at our new offic orated at Hope Chcel House Hone Chapel Hill BSB IND 0117 911 8663 CERED ww are acest (10-only) og for new SANT FREE PEER SUPPORT GROUP TUESDAYS ONLINE 6.30-8.30pm 24ury Facilitated by LGBTQIA people Safe, nonjudgemental, confidential space to discuss mental wellbeing with other LGSTOLA+people Trinity Lunch Club Thursdays 10am-3:30pm Morning Coffee Armchair Excises 3 Course Home Cooked Lunch CET ARTIN Quiz Activities Tea & Biscuits For more information Call 07458 300 210 or email tes@holytrinityhotwells.org Holy Trinity Church serving the communities of Hotwells, Cliftonwood, Saike Island, Harboursie holytrinityhotwells.org Alexander May Having a baby? 42- AU You and your birth partner weinstela Calm Births Hypnobirthing FREE TASTER SESSION, online with Dolanan Monday th September OXO 7.30pm P By placeb www.dealbws.com We are devastated by the fire at the Underfall Yard. fre The fee has destroyed the heart of the Yard where most of the boat building activity takes place and tenant's businesses and boats have. been ruined. Thankfully no one was killed and no on was injured, but a lot of people in the Underfall Yard community have been impacted our staff, our tenants, our volunteers and our neighbours on Avon Crescent and Nova Scotia Place. Our hearts are with them and we are supporting our tenants as best we can. P DARO l HIER UNDERFALL YARD TRUST The Underfall Yard Trust was formed i the 1990's to bring the Underfall Yard out of dereliction, to look after the historio buildings, to shine a light on Bristoll's engineering harbour heritage and to promote traditional marine skills. In light of the devastation at the Yard, those aims remain as relevant now as they were then, SE We absolutely are committed to rebuilding the Underfall Yard and continuing the charity's work, If you would like to support the Trust, please see our JustGiving page, scan the QR code or alternatively, there is a donation box located on the Café till. https://www.justgiving.com/theunderfallyardtrust SAVE JACOBS WELLS your We W ty WS Na à Order w a gratyf Lauan ya wld worldcat HERE THE PETI Cale wwwwww CHBUEC C www d Dabe 17 TANTO F www . 0-100 Your journey is our journey and we are here to help you every step of the way Wend fpwith vir Ourica apteert papper mating nything t neces or Sc ng vs Shack and petere p FM 2 yan unteers Needed 0/0 70-23 DAN HappyBack Find Ho D Highly experienced Physiotherapy . Osteopathy and H® Massage specialists , helping you to get your happy back ! W Lifeskills Lifeskills Learning for Living Py Acad Marg back . people to join our amazing toomer volunteers Oxime ww We are your new neighbours ! pelare a prsity independent state aguny tinging together every best o ort , medium Alongtam ss and mes for sale across the city ravis A NEW Ma # HOPEWELL Come and say hello at our new offic orated at Hope Chcel House Hone Chapel Hill BSB IND 0117 911 8663 CERED ww are acest ( 10 - only ) og for new SANT FREE PEER SUPPORT GROUP TUESDAYS ONLINE 6.30-8.30pm 24ury Facilitated by LGBTQIA people Safe , nonjudgemental , confidential space to discuss mental wellbeing with other LGSTOLA + people Trinity Lunch Club Thursdays 10 am-3:30pm Morning Coffee Armchair Excises 3 Course Home Cooked Lunch CET ARTIN Quiz Activities Tea & Biscuits For more information Call 07458 300 210 or email tes@holytrinityhotwells.org Holy Trinity Church serving the communities of Hotwells , Cliftonwood , Saike Island , Harboursie holytrinityhotwells.org Alexander May Having a baby ? 42 AU You and your birth partner weinstela Calm Births Hypnobirthing FREE TASTER SESSION , online with Dolanan Monday th September OXO 7.30pm P By placeb www.dealbws.com We are devastated by the fire at the Underfall Yard . fre The fee has destroyed the heart of the Yard where most of the boat building activity takes place and tenant's businesses and boats have . been ruined . Thankfully no one was killed and no on was injured , but a lot of people in the Underfall Yard community have been impacted our staff , our tenants , our volunteers and our neighbours on Avon Crescent and Nova Scotia Place . Our hearts are with them and we are supporting our tenants as best we can . P DARO l HIER UNDERFALL YARD TRUST The Underfall Yard Trust was formed i the 1990's to bring the Underfall Yard out of dereliction , to look after the historio buildings , to shine a light on Bristoll's engineering harbour heritage and to promote traditional marine skills . In light of the devastation at the Yard , those aims remain as relevant now as they were then , SE We absolutely are committed to rebuilding the Underfall Yard and continuing the charity's work , If you would like to support the Trust , please see our JustGiving page , scan the QR code or alternatively , there is a donation box located on the Café till . https://www.justgiving.com/theunderfallyardtrust