history

• Features / Sea Mills

  70-year-old long lost photo album reunited with family

  The mystery album was discovered in a loft in north Bristol

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• News / bbc

  Hours of footage of bygone Bristol released by BBC

  From a pornography protest in Redland to a self-help programme in Knowle West

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• News / Bristol Harbour

  Brunel’s Great Western to be recreated in working dry dock

  The vessel will be “a world-class maritime attraction"

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• Features / Sea Mills

  Bristol diary unlocks wartime double agent’s secret

  A Sea Mills connection to a Second World War spy has been unearthed

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• Features / Jubilee

  Looking back on a lifetime of street parties in Bristol

  Jubilee veterans have taken part in a new exhibition

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• News / Bristol Zoo Gardens

  Delve into the historical archives of the fifth oldest zoo in the world

  A chance to look at old Bristol Zoo relics and records not seen by the public for decades

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• Features / things you probably didn't know

  The little-known link between Bristol and Dublin

  Bristol has a thousand-year-old connection with the Irish capital

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• Books / history

  Retracing the steps of Bristol’s industrial past

  From sugar to shoes, the remnants of Bristolian industry are hidden in plain sight 

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