Bristol Collection (page 5)

Winston Churchill, arrives at Filton Airfield, Bristol 1948

Making aircraft parts for planes like the Bristol Btitannia, Comet, and Concord at Parnall s, Lodge Causeway. 1957

Bristol Evening Post - linotype machines in the 1950s

SS Edendale entering Bristol docks. Circa 1950

Bristolians stringing up flags and bunting to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953

A victim of the blitz in Stafford Street, Bedminster, salvages some of the familys belongings from the ruins of their home. 29th November 1940

Haymarket - Horsefair roundabout, taken from St James Tower. The Lewiss Store is seen here under construction 27th February 1955

The construction of the first Severn Bridge 1961-66 opened by Queen Elizabethh 11 in 1966. Circa 1963

Folk singer Fred Wedlock with DJ Noel Edmonds. With gold record. Circa 1981

Redcliffe School, Guinea Street (from St Mary Redcliffe) Possibly Redcliffe Parade Bristol 1950s

Aust ferry, loading at Beachley 1950s Aust Ferry or Beachley Ferry was a ferry service that operated across the River Severn between Aust and Beachley both in Gloucestershire

The Bishop of Malmesbury bids farewell to one of the Church Army Crusaders teams which toured seaside resorts in the 1950s. Circa 1955

Bristol children playing cricket in the street in Barton Hill during the war. Circa June 1943

Young people queuing up to play pitch and putt at Ashton Court in 1958

The construction of the first Severn Bridge 1961-1966 opened by Queen Elizabeth 11 in 1966. Circa 1964

Bristol, Firefighters in King Street during the Bristol Blitz. 1940 / 41
Bristol, Firefighters in King Street during the Bristol Blitz. 1940/41

Bristol Speedway, the Bristol Bulldogs perform at the Knowle Stadium in the 1950s

Queen Elizabeth II in Bristol 1956

Residents of aCheriton Place, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol. recover clothing and belongings from the remains of their homes following an air raid. Circa March 1941

Clifton College, Bristol, in 1955. The statue the pupils are passing, erected to his memory in 1931, is that of old boy Earl Haig, who, as a Field Marshall

1950s, shows a massed pipe band of the Gurkhas entertaining visitors to the Goram Fair at Blaise Castle

Union Street, Bristol, pictured here in the early 1960s, has seen many changes over the past fifty years. Looking downhill

SS Great Britain (SS GB) being towed from Falklands to Bristol in 1970

The SS Great Britain around Horseshoe Bend in the River Avon, 5th July 1970

1951 Bristol Rovers Geoff Bradford in action against Leyton Orient at St James Park the old south stand in the background. 13th January 1951

Historical pageant on The Downs as the country celebrated the Festival of Britain in 1951. Dressed as Cavaliers, 17th century costume

1964, shows Bristol City Docks (Floating Harbour) workers making their way home on bicycles after a busy shift. The tall, concrete buildings - tobacco-bond warehouses - seen here in the background

Residents of Stafford Street, Bedminster, Bristol pick their way through the rubble following the previous nights heavy raid on the city January 1941

1957, shows the old Civic Restaurant on College Green. Communal eating places, known as British Restaurants, were established during the Second World War to provide people with nutritious meals at

the BD6, a steam operated dredger built in 1843, at work in the 1950s. Remaining in use until 1961, this drag boat pulled itself across the harbour by means of cables attached to bollards on the quay

1968, shows us what St Philips Bridge and the Courages brewery site looked like before any re-building commenced. The large, classical looking building

Ashton Swing Bridge, Bristol in its post war hey-day. The upper deck, with its control room, carried motor traffic and the lower the docks railway

Traffic in Redcliffe - including horse drawn transport - was in the late 1940s. Redcliffe Wharf (which still awaits re-development) was then being used by the Corporations Transport Dept

Hare Krishna trio. Three Hare Krishna devotees spreading the word in Broadmead, Bristol, in 1971. The historic Greyhound Hotel in the background later closed its doors

Floating Harbour and Redcliffe Wharf, Bristol in the early 1960s Now up for development, this working wharf still had its own crane

Tower Hill, Bristol Circa 1920, Tower Hill, which runs from Castle Street to Passage Street. Both sides, except for the Central Health Clinic (1937) were cleared of buildings in the 1960s and 70s

The Lily Pond at Kings Weston, opposite the stables, 1960s. In the background is Bewys Cross, an ancient stone said to have once lain on the banks of the river

Bristol Post war, 1950 Rebuilding work on Old King Street

1950s, shows children enjoying themselves (just as they still do) on the slider below the Observatory on Clifton Downs, Bristol. Circa 1955

Bristol Bridge Circa 1960

Campbells Paddle Steamers, Glen Usk aground at Horseshoe Bend River Avon, Shirehampton, Bristol August 1959

Avonmouth Severnside in the 1970s - shows just how much things have changed in just one generation. Much of the heavy, polluting industry has now disappeared to be replaced by extensive warehousing

Princess Victoria Street Clifton Circa 1975

A concert in Central Hall - Old Market, Bristol. In the late 1980s the main, horseshoe shaped hall, was demolished and the building converted into flats and apartments. Circa 1985

Bristol Colston Hall was reopened by the Duke of Gloucester in 1951, the same year as the Festival of Britain

1951 Bristol City v Bristol Rovers derby at Ashton Gate 15th September 1951

Demolition work taking place in Marlborough Street in the late 1950s. By 1958 Bristol had a new, central, bus station on the site

Bristol Evening Post Offices in Silver Street 1930s

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