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21 photos of Bristol from above

By Freya Spear  Monday Jun 6, 2016

As Bristol International Balloon Fiesta drifts closer this weekend we delve into the records for an areal perspective of the city and its most recognisable locations.

Photographed from a tethered balloon for postcards and kept in the archives of the Bristol Office Record, the images show what Bristol used to look like from the sky.

 

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1. St Augstine’s Bridge, now The Fountains

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2. Market Street, Bristol

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3. Victoria Street and Temple Church

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4. Bristol city centre, circa 1923

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5. Bristol General Hospital, Bathurst Basin

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6. Bristol city centre

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7. Bedminster and Hotwells

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8. Cabot Tower, Brandon Hill

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9. Floating Harbour where it meets the Avon, with Clifton Suspension Bridge in the background  

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10. Aerial view of city docks at what is now the fountains

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11. Queen Square and the Floating Harbour

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12. Clifton Down, circa 1928

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13. Clifton Suspension Bridge, 1910

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14. Clifton and Clifton Suspension Bridge

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15. Clifton College

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16. Clifton, 1910

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17. Clifton

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18. Clifton Down

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19. Clifton Down

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20. Whitehall Road, Easton

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21. Wills Hall, Stoke Bishop

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