history

• Features / music

  Bringing back memories of Barton Hill through music and spoken word

  Barton Hill History Group and musicians Charlie + Jake have come together to create a unique project

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• News / m shed

  £35,000 needed to restore M Shed cranes

  The work is needed to prevent the landmarks becoming 'industrial relics'

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• Features / Barton Hill

  New film celebrates Single Parent Action Network

  Single parents in Bristol set up the network, which went on to support more than 1,000 groups

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• Features / ss Great Britain

  How science saved the SS Great Britain

  Nicola Grahamslaw discusses the role of engineering in history conservation

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• News / slave trade

  Call for Truth & Reparatory Justice Commission on transatlantic slave trade

  Cleo Lake is calling for Bristol's mayor to lobby the Government

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• News / Heritage

  Helping Bristol to better understand who we are

  Stories will be linked to community history groups across the city

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• News / Crime

  Grave of enslaved young African vandalised in Henbury churchyard

  The mayor has urged the public to refrain from 'tit for tat' attacks

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• News / Edward Colston

  Mayor to launch commission to research Bristol’s ‘true history’

  Marvin Rees says better understanding of the past will help us shape the future

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