[o] lonesome goes (bristol 5)
‘lonesome goes’, kingsway, st georges, bristol 5
originally uploaded by james koch
[o] lonesome goes (bristol 5)‘lonesome goes’, kingsway, st georges, bristol 5 originally uploaded by james koch
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[o] light balloons (bristol 5)‘light balloons’, air balloon rd, st georges, bristol 5 originally uploaded by james koch
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[o] church (bristol 5)‘church’, church rd, st. georges, bristol 5 originally uploaded by james koch
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::: stapleton rd – potted historyonce a gateway community and the main route from bristol to gloucester staged the siege of the old city wall by cromwell’s infantry in the 1600s and in the 1700s experienced growth around the coal mines supplying fuel to the growing brass, copper, glass, sugar, pottery and distilling industries stapleton road had a turnpike gate erected to collect a toll from travellers to pay for repair to the roads : the miners staged a rebellion and burned down the gates outside what is now the three blackbirds baptist mills (on the edge of stapleton road) is viewed by many as the birthplace of the industrial revolution at the beginning of the nineteenth century, 70 % of the local population were migrants who had moved to the area in search of work the river frome was central to the growth of industry along stapleton road to the annoyance of the church of england, most spiritual practice was within non-conformist churches a wesleyan chapel was erected in 1837 only to be demolished in 1971 for the construction of the m32 roundabout in the late 1880s, stapleton road was a shopping centre reputed to be one of the most varied shopping thoroughfares in the city today, stapleton road is still a community of migrants and entrepreneurs making it one of the most interesting and diverse shopping streets in bristol |
[o] climbing the wall (bristol 5)‘climbing the wall’, stapleton rd, bristol 5 originally uploaded by james koch
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[o] disconboggan (bristol 5)‘disconboggan’, stapleton rd, bs5 originally uploaded by james koch
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[o] door to door (bs5)‘door to door’. air balloon rd, st. george, bs5 making my way through the rows and the uniform. who lived, who lives, who will live? |