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Bristol West Indian Cricket Club

This story is in the Life Gallery in M Shed

Patrick Morrison has been an active member of Bristol West Indian Cricket Club since 1974. He enjoys the opportunity to meet other people who love cricket and share a similar background. 'I can relax in the Jamaican culture. I can talk to other Jamaicans in patois.'

For Patrick, it's a family affair: his three brothers played for the club and his mum and sisters made the tea. He met his wife there and his son now plays for the First XI. Not that the club is exclusively African-Caribbean. The teams are the most integrated in the west of England, with players who are Asian, African-Caribbean and English. Like Patrick, it's the love of cricket that brings them to the club.  He says, 'I have always lived in Bristol since coming to the UK. I had a chance to move away with my work but I didn't want to move... the cricket club was a big part of that decision.

Club Secretary, Joan Field-Thorne, does not play cricket but has always been made to feel very welcome. Having no family in the UK, except an elderly aunt, Joan was looking for a 'sense of belonging'. She says, 'the club became like a family to me; it is a place where people are accepted.' Although she didn't join to play cricket, it is the cricket, she says, which binds them together. The members of the club are united by a common sense of purpose, and by the same sense of belonging she feels.
Horace Batchelor infra draw

In the 1950's and
1960's Keynsham became a household name due to the radio ads of Horace
Batchelor, the self-styled 'football pools king'.  Millions of Radio Luxembourg listeners across
Europe heard the local betting expert spelling out the town's name letter by
letter - 'K-E-Y-N-S-H-A-M' - as he invited listeners to order their betting
tips by post.

Using his unique
'infra draw' tip system, Batchelor forecast which matches would be drawn in the
pools, and this is the random selection machine that he used.

It is based on
electromechanical telecoms machinery, and the face includes a telephone dial,
selection switches and lighted displays for "Home Team", "Away
Team" and for the number of goals scored.
Great Western Paddle Steamer

A half-hull model (1835) can be viewed in the People Gallery

#### a 1:64 scale model (1966) can be viewed in the People Gallery

The s.s. Great Western was the first steamship purpose built to make regular transatlantic crossings, and it ushered in the era of the transatlantic ocean liner. Critics argued that the Great Western was too big. However the ship's size was crucial to its success, since the fuel efficiency of larger ships made them suitable for transatlantic crossing.

When the directors of the Great Western Railway decided in 1835 to build a steamship to 'extend' their railway to New York, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Thomas Guppy a marine engineers and businessman, and Captain Claxton RN who was Quay Warden of Bristol Docks, were appointed to make a tour of British Ports to gather information.

The Great Western Steamship Company (1833 - 1846), formed by Brunel and Guppy, began work on the Great Western in 1836. This was to be Brunel's first steamship. It was built by William Patterson Shipbuilders in William Patterson's Wapping yard. It was completed in 1838. Brunel, Guppy, Claxton and Patterson formed the construction committee for the Great Western and the Great Britain after it.

Although a paddle steamer built of oak and using traditional methods, the Great Western was unusual for her size,  being 236 ft long and 59.8 ft wide across the paddle boxes. She weighed 1320 tons, two and a half times the weight of any ship built before it in Bristol. She was launched at Bristol on 27 July 1837 and sailed to London for the installation of the engines which were built by Maudslay, Sons & Field.

Brunel was seriously injured when, On 31 March 1838, fire broke out in the engine room during the return to Bristol for the start of the Great Western's maiden voyage to New York. In the confusion caused by the fire, Brunel fell 20 feet and had to be put ashore at Canvey Island (Corlett, 1975).
Bristol Bus Boycott

Until the mid-1960s, racial discrimination in Britain was legal. Bristol Omnibus Company, backed by some of its white workforce, openly opposed the employment of black workers as bus drivers and conductors. This state of affairs was challenged in 1963 when local black campaigners exposed what was going on and organised a bus boycott inspired by the American civil rights movement. While local support was patchy, the dispute captured international press attention and, after four months, the Bristol Omnibus Company eventually agreed to hire black workers.
John Grimshaw

This person is on display in the Contributing Wrap in the People Gallery

(1945 - )

John
Grimshaw is a civil engineer and founder of Sustrans. Earlier in his career,
John held rallies to attract support for the creation of cycle paths but
realised they had no impact on local government. He therefore decided with
other enthusiasts to build cycle paths.  John
leased the old railway from Bristol to Bath for £1 per year and with the
support of Avon County Council built the cycle path in 1977.

John
has incrementally supported the development of cycling routes across the South
West from Bathamption to Devizes, used by both cyclists and pedestrians. John
also made links with the National Trust and Job Creation Scheme.

He
was asked by the Countryside Commission to buy the York to Selby railway line, and
agreed before setting up the charity Sustrans to manage the project. This was
their first large project outside Bristol. Later John was invited by the
Lothian cycling group to build a mile long cycle path in Pilton, which they
achieved in one week with help from Bristol volunteers. They later tackled
routes all over Lothian and were asked by the government to study the use of
disused railways in Scotland.  They have
also supported initiatives in schools.

Sustrans
change to a membership organisation was facilitated by Carol Freeman and quickly
reached 10,000 members.  In 1995 with
National Lottery funding the National Cycle Network was set up as a Sustrans
initiative to cover all of the UK.

John
has campaigned for sustainable, environmentally-friendly urban planning that
supports communities, cyclists and pedestrians. Throughout his career, he has
championed cycling and walking projects that make a real difference to the
opportunities and quality of life for local people across the country.
Foster's Almshouses

This is on display in the Welfare section of Places Gallery

Also I will that my said execturors of my goodes finde an honest prest  to syng dayly in the chapell of myn Almesshouse set in Stepestret in the parissh of St Mighell in Bristowe

Will of John Foster, merchant of Bristol, 6 August 1492

Wealthy merchant John Foster founded Foster's Almshouse at the top of Christmas Steps in 1483 to provide accommodation for Bristol's poor, elderly and disadvantaged.

Foster stipulated that the residents of the almshouse were to be English, unmarried and over the age of 50. Later, in 1553, accommodation at the almshouse was increased when Dr George Owen, physician to King Henry VIII, made provisions for an additional ten "poor persons" to live there.

Bristol Corporation managed Foster's Almshouse until it was taken over by the newly created Bristol Municipal Charities in 1835. They commissioned architects Foster and Woods to remodel it creating the buildings that can still be seen today.

The remodelled almshouse drew much praise and visitors often stop to admire it at the top of Christmas Steps. The building continued to function as an almshouse up until 2006, when the property was sold and converted into residential apartments. The almshouse moved to a new modern building in North Bristol.

Bristology

We Three Kings

Foster's Almshouse had a chapel dedicated to the Three Kings of Cologne. The Christmas Steps adjacent to the chapel still contain the stone seats where the residents collected alms at certain times of the religious year.
Sarah Siddons

Actress Sarah Siddons is said still to appear at the Bristol Theatre Royal, over 200 years after her last performance there. Her ghost is reputed to haunt the wings of the stage.

Whether or not this is true, Siddons made a tremendous impact on Bristol theatre-goers in the 1770s. The beautiful and vivacious actress was infamous for moving even the hardest hearts to tears, the highest accolade an actor or actress of tragedy could aspire to.

Siddons had fled to Bristol and Bath in 1779 after scathing London reviews, in order to practice her craft before chancing her reputation further in the capital. During this time the theatres in Bristol and Bath operated under single company, playing the two venues on alternate nights. The performers constantly travelled back and forth between the two by means of a special stage coach designed for the purpose by the manager. Of this period Siddons would recall

'Hard labour indeed it was; for after the rehearsal at Bath on a Monday morning, I had to go and act at Bristol in the evening of the same day, and reaching Bath again after a drive of twelve miles, long after midnight, I was obliged to represent some fatigueing [sic] part there on the Tuesday evening.'

She followed this tiring pattern for 3 years, performing up to 30 roles a season (admittedly at a very handsome wage of £3 a week). She was said to have  greatly improved during this engagement and returned to the London stage to great acclaim in 1782.
Hackney Carriages

This info is on display int he moving by public vehicle section in Places Gallery

The taxicab or hackney carriage is a vehicle which is allowed to ply the streets looking for passengers to pick up and although these were originally horse drawn they are now motorised.  In order to operate they must be licensed by the local authority and this was also the case earlier in their history as Edward Follwell Snr. and Edward Follwell Jnr were to find when they fell foul of the regulations in 1881.

The first horse-drawn hackney carriages plied their trade in Bristol in 1722, operating from the yards of some of the principal inns rather than from stands on the street. New regulations in 1749 gave local authorities the power to regulate the trade and the first regulated hackney carriage, or "coach No 1", appeared on a stand at the Exchange in 1783. By 1787, there were 20 vehicles in the city. Regulations were established to govern hours of service and a schedule of fares. There are also penalties for drivers refusing to go within a 10-mile journey.

In August 1881, hackney carriage drivers Edward Follwell Snr (of Brunswick Square, Bristol) and his son, Edward Follwell Jnr (of Upper York Street,, Bristol) broke the law. Having the same name, they used a single licence to cover both their carriages. Mr Follwell Jnr was fined 10s and both drivers were ordered to apply for licenses in their own names.

Today there are over 700 taxi drivers registered in the Bristol area.
Princes Wharf

The Wharf was created in 1872 to provide railway access to the quayside but despite the presence of four surviving landmark cranes there is little evidence of its previous working life. The wharf was partly demolished in 1888 to make way for the Corporation granary that was during World War 2, and afterwards two large state-of-the-art general cargo sheds, 'L' and 'M', were built here. They were used from 1952 onwards and business boomed. During the 1960s Princes Wharf was a hive of noise, bustle and activity with towering cranes winching crates of cargo from vessels docked at the quayside. Anything from barrels of Guinness to pallets of timber, paper-pulp, beef and linen were hoisted onto awaiting lorries, railway wagons, barges or forklift trucks, either for temporary storage at the adjoining transit sheds or for distribution around the country. Unfortunately by the late 1960s the port was in decline and the City Docks were closed to commercial shipping in 1975.
Hat from the Gang Show

Young people wearing pork-pie hats sang a medley from the film "The Blues Brothers" as the opening number in the 2009 Gang Show. This was the 37th show held since it started as a Scout and Guide celebration in 1971. For many youngsters, it's their first opportunity to sing and dance in public. The event takes place annually in Bristol and in many towns across the UK.
W.D. & H.O. Wills Tobacco

Information on Wills' East Street Factory is on display in the 'places of work - factories and offices' display in the Places Gallery. The East Street and Hartcliffe factories can also be seen in photographs in the Bedminster and Hartcliffe neighbourhood sections, respectively, in the Places Gallery

Portraits of long-serving Wills employees William Masters Davies and Miss Ellen Williams are on display in the Life Gallery.

The
Wills family pioneered canteens for the workers, free medical care, sports facilities
and paid holidays in their tobacco factories. The company was co-founded by
Henry Overton Wills in 1786 under the name, ‘Wills, Watkins & Co.’ One of
its first tobacco brands was ‘Bristol’, made at the London factory from 1871 to
1974. ‘Three Castles’ and ‘Gold Flake’ followed in 1878 and ‘Woodbine’ ten
years later. ‘Embassy’ was introduced in 1914 and re-launched in 1962 with
coupons.

The
Wills family are also known for their progressive employment culture. By 1891,
all employees with at least one year's service were allowed at least one week's
paid holiday, which was not widespread in the UK until the 1930s. Workers also
enjoyed a range of welfare benefits including a company doctor, a sickness
benefit scheme and very generous pensions. By the 1880s, subsidised meals were commonplace.

The
business had factories and offices in Bristol, Swindon, Dublin, Newcastle and
Glasgow. In Hartcliffe, they built largest cigarette factory in Europe. It was
designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in 1974, but closed in 1990. The
large factory and warehouse buildings remain prominent buildings in Bristol,
although much of the existing land and buildings have been converted to other
uses. The Wills Memorial Tower on Park Street and the Tobacco Factories of East Street and North Street in Bedminster
are architectural legacies of the Wills family and the city’s history in the
tobacco trade.

In
1901, W.D. & H.O. Wills merged with seven other British tobacco companies
to form the Imperial Tobacco Company. Imperial remains one of the world's largest
tobacco companies. The last member of the Wills family to serve the company was
Christopher, the great, great grandson of H.O. Wills I. He retired as sales
research manager in 1969.

In
1988, Imperial Tobacco withdrew the Wills brand in the United Kingdom except
for the popular Woodbine and ‘Capstan Full-Strength’ brands, which still carry
the name.

Anecdote

A visitor worked at Wills Tobacco in the cigar section for 10 years in the 1970's.She made cigars and was also a guide who showed people around the factory. If they fulfilled their weekly quota they received a bonus. At the end of the day the floor was swept and any fallen tobacco was used the following day -nothing was wasted
Bedminster

**Bedminster** is a Bristol neighbourhood. It lies on the south side of the city, and was in Somersetuntil 1831. It is also the name of a council ward, which includes the central part of the district and some other areas.

The eastern part of Bedminster is known as Windmill Hill. To the south of Bedminster is high ground known as Bedminster Down.

originally Bedminster was a medieval market town.
Rosa Hui

This person is on display in the Contributing Wrap in the People Gallery

(1944- )

Rosa was born in China, the seventh of ten children. The
family escaped Communism and settled in Hong Kong. Educated in an Italian
convent she became proficient in multiple languages, often acting as an
interpreter for her father in his business.

She moved to Bristol to train as a nurse, but the sight
of blood quickly put an end to this. Resisting the urge to return home, she
went back to studying and found employment as a shorthand typist. Slowly working
her way up, she juggled a jet set business career as an International Trade
Consultant with family life as a single parent.

During a career break, she agreed to help out with a
small project that supported Chinese women in distress and hardship. In time,
it became a group in its own right, battling through social taboos and peer
pressure, as well as several bouts of pneumonia and a brain haemorrhage.

Rosa initially took on the Chinese women’s project on a
temporary basis whilst her own project was delayed due to the Tiananmen Square
Protests and has often been quoted that the past 24 years were the longest
three months of her life.

She was recognised for her work in the community, when
she became a Deputy Lieutenant in 2006 and received an MBE in 2009. Despite her
advancing years, she continues to advocate on behalf of the Chinese community
and has greatly expanded their exposure on a national basis in recent times.
William Friese-Greene

(1855–1921) and early cinema

Bristol-born William Friese-Greene was a prolific inventor who registered over 70 patents during his lifetime. He was interested in a huge range of subjects but seldom developed his ideas into reality. His despairing wife wanted to ‘keep him off further experimenting until he is properly remunerated’. He is sometimes credited with being the first person to make a moving film, but most experts dispute this. Even so, he should be remembered as one of the pioneers experimenting with the idea.
John Cabot

## **Synopsis**

Explorer and navigator John Cabot was born Giovanni Caboto in Italy around 1450. By 1495, he had moved to Bristol, England, with his family. He made a voyage in 1497 on the ship *Matthew* and claimed land in Canada—mistaking it for Asia—for King Henry VII of England.which he got sponsored from. John cabot explored and discovered the north americas.

## **Early Years**

Italian sailor and explorer John Cabot was born Giovanni Caboto around 1450. In 1497, Cabot traveled by sea to Canada, where he made a claim to land for England, mistaking the North American land for Asia.

Cabot was the son of a spice merchant, Giulio Caboto, in Genoa. At age 11, his family moved to Venice, where he learned sailing and navigation from Italian seamen and merchants. In 1474, John Cabot married a girl named Mattea and eventually became the father of three sons: Ludovico, Sancto and Sebastiano. Sebastiano would later follow in his father’s footsteps, becoming an explorer in his own right.

In 1476, Cabot officially became a Venetian citizen and began conducting trade in the eastern Mediterranean. Records indicate that he got into financial trouble and left Venice as a debtor in November 1488. During this time, Cabot became inspired by the discoveries of Bartolomeu Dias and Christopher Columbus. Like Columbus, Cabot believed that sailing west from Europe was the shorter route to Asia. Hearing of opportunities in England, Cabot traveled there and met with King Henry VII, who gave him a grant to "seeke out, discover, and finde" new lands for England.

## **North American Voyages**

In early May of 1497, Cabot left Bristol, England, on the *Matthew*, a fast and able ship weighing 50 tons, with a crew of 18 men. Cabot and his crew sailed west and north under Cabot's belief that the route to Asia would be shorter from northern Europe than Columbus's voyage along the trade winds. On June 24, 1497, 50 days into the voyage, Cabot landed on the east coast of North America, though the precise location of this landing is subject to controversy. Some historians believe that Cabot landed at Cape Breton Island or mainland Nova Scotia. Others believe he may have landed at Newfoundland, Labrador or even Maine.

Though the *Matthew'*s logs are incomplete, it is believed that John Cabot went ashore with a small party and claimed the land for the King of England. The ship sailed for England in July 1497 and arrived in Bristol on August 6, 1497. Cabot was soon rewarded with a pension of £20 and the gratitude of King Henry VII. In February 1498, he was given permission to make a new voyage to North America.He also found nNewfundland

## Anecdotes

Some Bristolians believe that America was named after Cabot's son's Father-in-law, and Bristols then dock master, Robert Ap Merick not after Amerigo Vespucci as is widely believed. This seems incredibly unlikely. -JS

Today, it’s difficult to avoid John Cabot, from paintings, statues of the explorer, Cabot Tower, a replica of Cabot's ship The Matthew, a large shopping centre Cabot Circus, high-tech school, University, marketing agency and there are even golf courses named after the explorer.
Blackbeard

Although not much is known about him, Blackbeard was a notorious English pirate who operated in the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American Colonies; it is presumed that as the expansion of the Atlantic Slave Trade made Bristol an important trading port and the second-largest city in England, he was born and raised there. He was formally known as Edward Teach (sometimes Edward Thatch) and the cognomen "Blackbeard" was derived from his long dark beard and fearsome appearance. He is often described as a tall man with broad shoulders who dressed in dark clothing, long dark boots and a silk or velvet colourful long coat; late described to have his beard held in pigtails with small colourful ribbons. It is said that he hide fuses under his hat to scare off his enemies. He was about 35-40 years old when he died on November 22nd 1718 so it is assumed that he was born about 1680.

As he was found on his death with a letter from the Chief Justice and Secretary of the Province of Carolina, Tobias Knight, in his possession and communicated with merchants, it is assumed that he could write and read which lead one author to theorise that Blackbeard was born into a wealthy family.

In May 1718, he formed an alliance of pirates and blockaded the port of Charleston, South Carolina (Aka Charles Town). All boacts were prevented from entering and leaving the port, as it had no guard ship. After successfully ransoming its inhabitants for medical suppliex by threatening to kill the prisoners of the nine ships captured, he then ran *Queen Anne's Revenge* aground on a sandbar near Beaufort, North Carolina. He parted company with Bonnet and settled in Bath Town, where he accepted a royal pardon but soon enough returned to the sea.

Despite being greatly romanticised after his death as a fierce and blood-thirsty pirate, there is no indication that he killed anyone; he was a shrewd and calculating leader, who often didn't use force but relied upon his reputation to get the desired responses from those he captured and robbed.
Chimney pot

This object is on display in the Features section of Places Gallery

Chimney pots began to be mass-produced after the industrial revolution. Pots like this 'Patent Smokure' of about 1900, made by Haskins Pottery in Warmley, were designed to solve the problem of chimneys that failed to create enough draught for the fire to burn well. Herbert Haskins, who controlled the Tower Pottery at Warmley from 1891, patented many innovations and developments but particularly in the design of chimney pots.
Vampirossauro

**Vampirossauro** é o primeiro episódio da série Desnecessauro

## Sinopse

Coitadossauro vê um filme com Desnecessauro, mas desnecessauro finge ser um vampiro

## Enredo

Coitadossauro assiste um filme de terror, onde um vampiro pergunta o que o humano vai fazer quando descobriu que ele é um vampiro, e ele responde que quer que um vampiro o morda para também ser vampiro, vendo isso desnecessauro saca e enfia duas banana em seus dentes (provavelmente as cuspiu primeiro), coitadossauro fica assustado, e desnecessauro tenta morde-lo e acaba conguindo, que de alguma forma faz com que ele termine com as 'presas', e ele fica tranquilo com isso

## Personagens

* Coitadossauro ***(primeira aparição)***
* Desnecessauro ***(primeira aparição)***
* Vampiro ***(única aparição)***
* Humano ***(única aparição)***

## Itens

* Banana
* Tv

## Curiosidades

* No episódio não é explicado como coitadossauro enfia duas banana em seus dentes, quando desnecessauro o morde mas pode ser entretanto ele cuspiu as bananas na boca dele ou talvez ele cuspiu as bananas que estavam em sua boca na do coitadossauro
St. Paul's

During the days of the Bristol slave trade, **St Paul's** was the location of choice for the wealthy slave-trading merchants. This is reflected in the Georgian architecture.

In the 1870s, Brooks Dye Works opened on the edge of St Paul's and became a major local employer, leading to the construction of terraced houses. Together with migration to Bristol, both from overseas and within Britain, this led to St Paul's becoming a densely populated suburb by the Victorian era.
The area was bomb damaged during World War II. Rebuilding and investment were focused on new housing estates such as Hartcliffe and Southmead rather than St Paul's, and this contributed to a decline in the quality of the area. During the large-scale immigration of the 1950s, many people moved from Jamaica and settled in St Paul's.
'The grim reaper'. Banksy

Banksy painted the Grim Reaper onto the Thekla, a ship and nightclub venue, around 12 years ago but exposure to the elements was causing ongoing deterioration, with the tag having disappeared completely.

While the Thekla was in dry dock in August 2014, DHP Family removed the Grim Reaper from just above the waterline on the ship’s steel hull and arranged to loan the valuable artwork to us on a long term basis.

After being cut from the Thekla, the painting was moved to our storage facilities and assessed for conservation. The conservation work was carried out by IFACS on Park Street who helped to investigate what had occurred to the work after being partially submerged in the harbour water. The piece was examined for rust and deposits and the spray-paint was tested so cleaning could be carried out without compromising the image.

You can now see 'The grim reaper' on display outside the 'Life' gallery at the MShed museum in Bristol.
Medieval Conduits

Thsi info is in the Services display in Places Gallery

In medieval Bristol, fresh clean water was a valuable commodity and waterborne diseases were rife. For most the only way to get water was to travel to polluted rivers or distant springs and wells.

The town's religious establishments however, appreciated the importance of fresh water and built an underground network of conduits (channels) to carry water from the surrounding hills.

Fortunately for the people of medieval Bristol, the religious orders were generous with their water supply and in 1376, the monks of the Carmelite friary added a small branch pipe to their main conduit, known as St John's Conduit. This branch pipe provided parishioners with fresh water brought down from springs at the top of Park Street. The monks also employed local 'plomere' (lead worker) Hugh White to maintain it. Hugh was paid £10 for the rest of his life in exchange for maintaining and clearing the wooden pipes but lost a whole years payment if the water supply failed for more than 6 days.

St John's Conduit still pipes fresh water from springs at the top of Park Street. Modern pipe markers follow its route to the Church of St John on the Wall in Nelson Street, where it now surfaces.
Balloon Fiesta

This display is in the People Gallery

Bristol International Balloon Fiesta has become Europe’s largest hot-air-ballooning event. As one regular visitor commented:

‘It gives pride to people as well as the fun and enjoyment of it all … My grandmother was very proud of Cameron Balloons and the whole thing being based in Bristol.’

Maria-Patricia, 2009

The professionals agree that Bristol and ballooning are uniquely joined.

‘Bristol is a crazy place for ballooning. There’s an international airport, the sea, one of the largest tidal rivers in the world, but the pioneers of modern ballooning are here.’

Ian Martin, Flying Enterprises, Bristol, 2009

‘Balloons make people smile … every year it is still a magical thrill to see them take to the skies.’

Susan, 2009
Walking for Leisure

This info is on display the Park Life ICT in the Places Gallery

In the 1700s, promenading was one of few pastimes considered suitable for wealthy women who would put on their best clothes to stroll across areas like the Downs. They hoped to see, and to be seen by, friends and admirers. Rambling in the countryside became popular in the 1800s as a way of escaping the grimy city.  Walking organisations have been active in Bristol since 1934.  Today, the Bristol Ramblers devise walks to encourage local people to enjoy their city.
Roy Hackett

This person is on display in the Contributing Wrap, he is also mentioned in the Bristol Bus Boycott display in the Challenging section in the People Gallery.

(1928 - 2022)

Roy
was born in Jamaica and travelled to England to find work in 1952.  He first settled in Toxteth, Liverpool, which
had a large African-Caribbean community, and then worked across the country
including the atomic power station at Hinkley Point, near Bridgewater in
1957.  He also worked for St. Anne’s
Board Mil, Bristol, where he became the foreman of 52 white employees, which
was unusual for the time.

When
Roy moved to Bristol, he faced overt racism when looking for accommodation.  He met signs on the windows of houses with
rooms to rent stating *“*No Blacks, No
Gipsies, No Irish and No Dogs*”* and owners
would frequently slam doors in his face. Eventually, Roy found a room to rent in
St. Paul’s before his sweetheart joined him from Jamaica in 1958 and they married
in 1959.

Roy
was a founder member of the Commonwealth Co-ordinated Committee (CCC), later
renamed West Indian West Indian Parents’ and Friends’ Association (WIPFA), which
was set up to voice concerns to local authorities and to create a network of
support.  The association has had many
successes over the years including the setting up and running of the of the St.
Paul’s Carnival (originally known as the St Paul’s Festival) which has become
one of the biggest events in Bristol’s cultural calendar.

Roy was a leading organiser of the 1963 Bristol Bus Boycott,
a successful black led campaign to overturn the bar to the employment of Black
and Asian bus drivers and conductors by the Bristol Omnibus company. With the
support of local MP and cabinet minister Tony Benn, the campaign paved the way
for the Race Relations Act of 1965.

Roy was also the oldest
member of the Bristol Race Equality Council (1965 -2005), which was the first
of its kind in the country.  He chaired the
committee of the legendary Bamboo Club, which hosted international music
artistes like ‘Bob Marley and the Wailers’ and Jimmy Cliff.

Roy is still very active as
a volunteer in Bristol including membership of the St Werburgh’s Community
Centre management group. The Jamaican High Commissioner awarded him for his
outstanding contribution to his community and in 1993 he received Maundy Money from
the Queen at Bristol Cathedral.

He died on 3rd August 2022.
Beryl Cook

Beryl painted many social scenes in Bristol with a specific style showed her great fondness for the city. She tended to represent people as larger than life characatures, often enjoying company of friends / acquaintances and their surroundings. Her work can be seen in Places Gallery and Life Gallery.

**Life Gallery**: 'Jazz in the Winter', 1998. Oil on Panel.

The artist and her husband enjoyed the Jazz at Bristol Old Duke in King Street on Friday nights. "Here I've painted that lIttle old man I saw dancing drunkenly there one night...."

**Places Gallery**: 'The Ferry', 2001. Oil on Panel

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Kate Malone

Kate Malone is a ceramic artist from Bristol. She obtained a first class honours degree in Ceramics from Bristol Polytechnic (now UWE). She specialises in large scale works - examples of her work can be found at MShed and Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. (see image on right).

She now lives in London and in 2015 she is a judge on a BBC2 programme called 'The Great British Pottery Challenge' (like the Great British Bake Off but with clay).
Chris Chalkley

This person is on display in the Contributing Wrap in the People Gallery

(1967 - )

Chris became the founder and chair of the People's
Republic of Stokes Croft (PRSC) on 22 September 2007. Originally a china wholesaler
who had settled in Stokes Croft, he formed PRSC along with some local residents
to address what they felt was a lack of resources invested in the area. Their
plan included regeneration of Stokes Croft by promotion of street art,
galleries, independent local businesses and art studios, including outdoor
gallery spaces and exhibitions. Chris has also worked with the council to
develop an apprenticeship through the Future Jobs Fund with graffiti artist,
FLX, Felix Braun.

Chris considers this community-driven experiment as a
template. “It started as an idea. It has the possibility of being a rallying
point of social change within the area. We should have a place for taggers
[people who make graffiti], for local people who want to make murals and for
political discussion”. PRSC has had some success in getting local people involved in how their area is
developed and improving the appearance of formerly derelict buildings.

However not all residents of Stokes Croft agree with Chris’
approach. They believe that some of PRSC’s supporters do not stay long in the
area and may be detached from the wider community.  In 2010, Chris was accused of criminal damage for painting a sign on the
front of the 5102 building. The sign read, “Welcome to Stokes Croft, Cultural
Quarter, Conservation area, Outdoor Gallery”. The court ordered him to pay £200
in damages and £750 in other costs.

Although Chris is considered
to be a controversial figure, he has developed a sense of local pride and
community in an area that has faced neglect and civil unrest. In 2011, a poster
commemorating the Stokes Croft riots around the imminent arrival of a Tesco
Metro was created by renowned artist Banksy, with some of the proceeds of its
sale going towards the PRSC. Chris is optimistic about the future of Stokes
Croft and its aim to preserve and enhance the
historic character of the area. He is succeeding in his aim of taking the art
“out of the galleries and displaying it in the streets for all to enjoy.” As
Chris states, Stokes Croft is an “epicentre for eccentricity, social change
[and] local skills.”
Henry the Horse

Henry the Horse is a wooden model horse that dates from the early 20th century. Its exact origin is unknown but it is thought that it entered the museum collection from the Fuller Carriage works. The model was most likely a display model for the reigns. It is currently on display in the Places Gallery in M Shed

Henry is so awesome and sooo cool and sooooo handsome. i love you henry.
The Building of the Sewers

This info is on display in the Services section in Places Gallery

In the early 1800s Bristol stank.

The tidal rivers and medieval drains that had previously removed Bristol's waste could no longer cope with the growing population. The Floating Harbour, completed in 1809, added to the problem by eliminated tides in a stretch of the River Frome effectively making it an open sewer.

Several attempts were made to improve the situation. The Dock Company, charged with running the port and an effective sewage system, was taken to court in the 1820s. Forced into action, they commissioned William Shadwell Mylne to come up with a plan, but this did little to solve the problem.  Following cholera and typhoid outbreaks, Engineer James Green was commissioned to improve sanitation in 1848 but it wasn't until the 1850s that real improvements began to be made.

The City created a Local Board of Health in the form of a Sanitary Committee, in 1851.  Working in conjunction with the Bristol Waterworks Company, under the supervision of civil engineer Frederick Ashmead, the Sanitary Committee began to install an impressive system of main drainage that would significantly improve public health.

By 1874, 43 miles of sewers carried sewage to the tidal Avon below the Cumberland Basin. This creation of a sewage system was a major achievement - the hidden public health infrastructure radically transforming the living conditions of Bristolians throughout the city.
Wildlife

This info is on display in the Park section of Places Gallery

Bristol has a wealth of urban wildlife. Its parks and open spaces let the city's wildlife thrive whilst allowing people to increase their enjoyment and understanding of their local natural inhabitants.
Hedgehogs can be found all over cities and can be found at cemeteries, on railway and wasteland and in both public and private gardens. Many people encourage them into gardens because they eat slugs, snails and insects.
Places to work cabinet

This is a Case in the Places Gallery in M Shed

 Used as a backdrop to the Places to Work display case is a map depicting a birds eye view of Bristol. This map shows an angled aerial view of Bristol from the south. Possibly observed from a hot air balloon. The print was originally produced by J Lavars, printers and publishers based in Bristol and operating from 1857 -1904! although research suggests they may have been operating much earlier. I'm unsure of the relationship between J Lavars and Edward C Lavars ( brothers / father son )

Web searches on both names attribute Edward C Lavars as the artist on other prints / images.

**Information**:

Birds Eye View of Bristol

Chromolithograph by Edward C Lavars 1887

copyright Bristol Museum & Art Gallery M3336

**Further Information**

Research of the Historical Directories of Special Collections Online (University of Leicester) revealed more information as to the type and location of J Lavars business.

Entry: Slaters (Issac) directory of N&S Wales 1880 (part 2 Shropshire, Monmouth, Bristol & Chester) pg322

Lavars, John. Lithographer, Engraver, Printer & Map Publisher. 51 Broad Street, Bristol. House: Broomcroft,

Apsley Park, Clifton.

**Also**

Bristol Post Office Directory & Gazateer 1859 ( above right image - tap to expand)

John Lavars, 17 /18 Bridge Street.
St Bartholomew's Hospital

This info is on display in the Welfare section of Places Gallery

St Bartholomew's Hospital was established in the late 1200s by John de la Warre. It was a place where travellers could shelter, and the poor, elderly and sick could be cared for.

The impoverished hospital was built on a small scale. By the 1300s it seems to have had a guesthouse, refectory and kitchen, bakehouse, granary, separate dormitories for men and women and a burial ground.

Men and women were resident at the hospital, headed by a secular chaplain Master, and staffed by priests and monks.  During the 1300s a succession of female Prioresses ran the hospital, until it was decided in 1386, that only male priests should be in charge.

It was closed in 1532 shortly before the Dissolution of the Monasteries, when the Grammar School was established on the site.
Bristol and West Tower

The
Bristol West Building Society's headquarters on Broad Quay was the city's
tallest building when it opened in 1968 the building was 17 storeys 61 metres
tall and was built and designed by Alec West and partners .It was hailed as one
of the architectural wonders of Bristol at the time but taste changed and by
1980 it was considered one of the ugliest. The tower was transformed into a
luxury hotel the Radisson Blue in 2006 and was reclad with 1350 blue glass
panels. THB Burrough a well-known architect was impressed by the building.
Henry Ricketts

This display is in the People Gallery in M Shed

Henry Ricketts (about 1783–1859), glass-bottle maker

Henry Ricketts was a Bristol glass-maker who devised an innovative bottle-mould in 1821. His three-part mould enabled bottles to be blown to exactly the same size and capacity every time. It revolutionised production and energised the local industry. Ricketts set up his own bottle-making company which continued until 1923.
Bristol Boxkite

The first
powered flight by the Wright brothers in America in 1903 opened the door to
aviation, and in little over 100 years we almost take flight for granted. When
Sir George White introduced Bristol people to flying machines in 1910, it would
have been an astounding event and for most of those who saw it, their first
experience of aeroplanes.

Sir George
was a consummate businessman who appreciated the value of promotion and having
announced his intention to start making aircraft earlier in the year, this was
his opportunity to show the new design off. On Friday evening, 11 November
1910, in heavy rain, one of the Bristol Biplanes (better known as the Boxkite)
was wheeled out of its temporary shed on Durdham Downs. It made three short test
flights in a straight line, the last with a passenger (we don’t know who)
before the French pilot M. Jullerot took it for a flight around the whole
ground for a few minutes. It was then put away for the night.

Early on
Saturday morning, Jullerot took Mr Stanley White for a ten minute flight before
the wind put paid to further excursions that morning. In the afternoon another
Frenchman Maurice Tetard took the controls and, in front of a large crowd, took
off at 3pm to fly a couple of circuits of the Downs and over the Avon Gorge.
Here the wind made the aircraft difficult to control, and the weather
conditions worsened, so further flights were abandoned. There was no flying on
Sunday or Monday, although a number of distinguished visitors saw the machines
in their sheds.

And that was
it, Bristol’s first experience of flying - a total of six flights lasting no
more than 30 minutes in total over four days (a bit like the average Balloon
Fiesta, really!). Nevertheless, the event attracted thousands of onlookers.

Demonstrations
like this all over Britain resulted in the Boxkite coming to the attention of
the War Office, and, after trials, four were ordered – among the first aircraft
to join Britain’s armed forces. Others were exported to Russia, South Africa,
Australia, German, Spain and other countries. Altogether 76 were built. It laid
the foundation for a hugely successful aviation industry in the city.

In 1964 three
replica Boxkites were built for the film Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying
Machines. One of these was afterwards presented to Bristol City Museum and it
has been displayed in the front hall almost ever since. No original Boxkites
survived.
Dr Elizabeth Blackwell

(1821-1910)

A true pioneer for, she dedicated her whole life to campaigning tirelessly for reforms to the medical professiona and the admission of women in to the sphere of medical practice. After managing to gain admission to study medicine in the United States, in 1849 Bristol-born Blackwell became the first woman to earn the degree of Doctor of Medicine. She successfully set up medical practices there despite great hostility from the male establishment, became the first female doctor enrolled on the British Medical Register, and helped establish the British National Health Society and the London School of Medicine for Women.
Cary Grant

Cary Grant was actually called Archibald Leach when he was born in Bristol in 1904. He went to Bishop Rd Primary School in Bishopton and Fairfield Grammar School in Montpelier.

Whilst at school he started working at the Bristol Hippodrome and this is where he got the acting bug by becoming involved with the Bob Pender comedytroupe. He eventually went to the USA with this troupe in 1920 and continued to dance, sing and juggle.

He became involved with Paramount Studios and in 1931 he changed his name to Cary Grant as the studios said he needed a better name. He starred in many films including North by Northwest and The Philadelphia Story.

When he was 9 years old, Cary was told by his father that his mother had died. In fact she had been admitted to Bristol Insane Asylum. In 1935 his father died and this is when he discovered the truth. He bought his mother a house in Westbury Park and returned to Bristol regularly to visit her.

There is now a bronze sculpture of Cary Grant in Millenium Square,Bristol and a smaller resin figure can be seen in Life Gallery.

Anecdote

Apparently Cary Grants mother could never quite comprehend his fame and fortune and on his visits to her she would give him food items like tins of baked beans to take back with him.
European Green Capital 2015

After three previous attempts to secure the prestigous title Bristol was awarded it finally in 2015. It is the first city in the UK to have won the status European Green Capital .

The correlating display can be found in the First Floor landing at the entry to the People Gallery. It celebrates ten Bristol residents who were prime movers in making Bristol a greener place.

Organisations instrumental to with a vision of how places could be better are Sustrans, a sustainable transport charity/ The Centre for Sustainable Energy, Children's Scrapstore and Hartcliffe Health & Environment Action Group ( HHEAG ). The BBC Natural History Unit helps make Bristol a hub of Natural History Filmmaking.
St. Augustine's Abbey

The goode lorde primere fundator and Chanon of the Monastery of Seint Augustines be Bristowe began the fundacion of the same in the yere of our Lord MCXL

Abbot John Newland, 1481-1515

St Augustine's Abbey, founded in 1140 by the wealthy and powerful nobleman Robert Fitzharding, was the richest and most important religious house in medieval Bristol.

The abbey was situated on the opposite side of the River Frome to the medieval town on Robert's lands at Billeswick. It was established as a place of piety and worship for a highly respected religious order of Augustinian canons (monks), also known as the 'Black Cannons' after the long black cassocks and hoods they wore.

When the canons outgrew their existing buildings, Robert, King Henry II and other wealthy patrons funded a grand abbey-church and other buildings. These were built to the west of the original site and included the chapter and gatehouse that survive today. By 1170 the new church building was complete enough to be dedicated by the Bishops of Worcester, Exeter, Llandaff and St Asaph.

Robert continued to support the abbey throughout his life and granted it generous estates to help fund it. A few years before his death Robert became a cannon at St Augustine's Abbey and was buried there.

The abbey was in use until 1539 when it was dissolved by King Henry VIII. Later, elements of it became part of the new Bristol Cathedral.