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Railway loading fruit on the famous Strawberry Line along the Cheddar Valley in the early 1960s
A mock funeral, complete with coffin, for the last passenger train on the Wells to Cheddar Valley line in 1963
Bristol. Crowds pack the Centre for the unveiling of the Cenotaph, a copy of the London Memorial, in June 1932 War Memorial
Residents of a bombed-out road in Henleaze recover clothing and belongings from the remains of their homes following an air raid. Circa March 1941
King George v and Queen Mary visit Bristol in June 1925
The Mardyke ferry waiting for a familiar tug, the Sea Gem, to pass. Moored at the Hotwell is HMS Flying Fox, a naval training ship, a fixture here from the 1920s until 1973
The SS Great Britain squeezes in to the Cumberland Basin Lock 5th July 1970
The pitch at Eastville Stadium, Bristol, completely flooded in 1974
Church destroyed in Wadham Street, Weston Super Mare during the air raid of the 28th June 1942
HRH Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh opens the Severn Bridge in September 1966
Taken from Dolphin Street, looking to Bridge Street, Bristol(Margrates Bank Hotel to the left). Peter Street is off to the left (by Closs & Co Ltd)
Football, the crowd at Bristol Rovers v Newcastle United FA Cup 6th round replay, 28th February 1951. It was estimated that 100, 000 people descended on Eastville to snap up 30, 000 tickets
Pensioners playing chequers in a moment of relaxation at the Church Army recreation centre in Farfax Street in 1956
Bristol dockers leader and Labour politician Ernest Bevin with Bristol University Chancellor (and Tory politician) Winston Churchill after receiving an honorary degree in 1946
Construction of the first Severn Bridge 1961-1963 opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1966. Circa 1963
Bristol. Frys Building, 1960s
Parade of 3rd and 4th Gloucesters at Headquarters, Old Market Street, Bristol prior to their departure to the Western Front, January 1915
Crowds waiting for Princess Royal to Central Hall, in Old Market, Bristol 1924
The corner of Bridge Street and Mary-le-Port Street, Bristol, just after vacation by G H Hodder who moved to 18/20 Mary-le-Port Street
Excavation at Temple Church, Bristol in 1971. It was bombed during the war but the famous leaning tower still survives
Despite heavy bombing in the city centre the Post Office building remained largely undamaged, although its garage and canteen which were situated in the annexe were struck by incendiaries on July
Womens Land Army girls with a tractor probably taken on farms in North Somerset during the Second World War. Circa June 1942
SS Great Britain project director Commander Joe Blake, Circa 1972
A girl has rescued a dolls house from the destruction of a house as salvage workers sift through the wreckage of homes destroyed in Newfoundland Road, Bristol during the blitz. 25th November 1940
The Redcliffe Bascule bridge operator at the controls in 1950 Bristol
The Bristol University pedal car race at Hengrove Park in 1967
Bristol Evening Post delivery vans, Silver Street, Bristol in 1930s
Easton Road, Bristol the morning after a large air raid on the city. The bus in the foreground was from the Lawrence Hill depot and was destroyed by a bomb. Victor T
Dads Army, the Home Guard, pictures taken in Bristol and Somerset between 1940 and 1942
An aerial view showing the St Mary Le Port area of Bristol before the Blitz Circa June 1939
Bristols brand new fleet of snow blower bought after the terrible winter of 1962 - 63 and never really needed since. Circa 1964
Bristol, Broadmead, Lewiss Store, illuminated for Christmas 1970
Nick Gregson with his disco at the Southmead Youth Centre, Bristol in the 1961
The Queen Mother at Badminton Horse Trials, 1970 with winner Richard Meade, and his horse The Poacher
Its a Knockout with legendary host Eddie Waring, staged as part of the Bristol 600 Exhibition on the Downs in 1973
Bristol Rovers 1950-51 back row l to r Jack Pitt, Peter Sampson, Ray Warren, Bert Hoyle, Geoff Fox, Harry Bamford, front row l to r George Petherbridge, Bill Roost, Vic Lambden, Geoff Bradford
A delayed action photo taken on Gloucester Road, Bristol during the blackouts caused by the three day week during the miners dispute of 1974
Chew Magna Reservoir dries to a trickle during the 1976 drought
The old lead works in Canons Marsh, Bristol Circa 1950
Bristol crowds go wild celebrating Victory in Europe VE Day. 8th May 1945
Bristol mud scraper BD6, designed by Brunel to remove mud from lock and basin sides so it could be dredged. She was in service from 1843 to 1961 when this picture was taken
With many homes in Bristol in ruins, following the blitz. Squatters were a familiar sight after the war, as seen here a family living in an abandoned building - Somerset circa June 1946
Archie Powell, the former ships cook who rose to be a newspaper executive and spent 72 years with the Western Daily Press. Circa 1960
Trying to break the ice on a frozen floating harbour, Bristol, in the bitterly cold winter of 1970
Castle Street, Bristol the morning reveals the destruction from the previous nights heavy air raid on the city 25th November 1940
Almondsbury residents with their few remaining possessions following the bombing raid on the nearby RAF Filton and the Bristol Aircraft Factory. 25th September 1940
Aerial view of Bristol Airport in 1960s
Farmer Harold Robert Mapstone with Mr Green and Jack Humphreys on hay wagon Glastonbury 1945
