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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

Sherborne WW2 Home guard. Circa 1941

German U boat that was captured and shown off in Bristol city docks in 1918 1st December 1918

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

The old Royal Mail sorting office in Small Street, Bristol, before the move to a brand new building at Temple Meads in 1969. The mail is now sorted at Filton. Circa 1965

1940 maintenance on the Clifton Suspension bridge

Bristolians in 1939 seen here being issued with gas masks in the build up to the Second World War. By September 1939 some 38 million gas masks had been given out to the civil population

1975 crowds at the pool, know as Tropicana at Weston-super-Mare

Roundabouts on The Horsefair, Bristol 1880

The Echo, seen being launched here in 1957 from Charles Hills shipyard in the Floating Harbour, was built for the Bristol Steam Navigation Company (later Bristol Seaway)

Bristol Speedway at Knowle Stadium, 1950

Men in full swimming costumes were among those enjoying the Shepton Mallet Lido in the 1950s

Princess Margaret inspecting cadets at BRNC Dartmouth during a visit in April 1951. Her Royal Highess arrived by train at Kingswear where she was met by Earl Fortescue for the barge trip over

A demonstration of 3. 7 Anti-Aircraft Gun on the Downs, Bristol. Circa 1940
A demonstration of 3.7 Anti-Aircraft Gun on the Downs, Bristol. Circa 1940

Vandyck Cinema, Fishponds Road, Bristol -1961 showing the film The Greengage Summer ub

Tropicana swiming pool at Weston-super-Mare 1986

Princess Alexandra stops to chat to schoolchildren during her visit to Bristol 19th May 1973

Georges Brewery, Bristol decorated for Silver Jubilee of George V and Queen Mary May 1935

Broadmead in 1964 Pictured here in the early 1960s, Broadmead was a bustling place
Broadmead in 1964.. Pictured here in the early 1960s, Broadmead was a bustling place with retailers fighting to take up any premises which fell vacant

Cyclist negotiate a busy Bristol Tramway Centre June 1939

Cars waiting for the severn river ferry the Severn Princess that ran from Beachley to Aust as the new Severn River crossing bridge nears completion in the background. Circa 1966

Land Army Girls stooking the corn, At the start of the Second World War many West Country farmers were still using horses and antiquated equipment. Circa 1940

Police with helmets and gas masks 1939 Bristol

MP Margaret Thatcher visits Bristol fish market, 23 Feb 1976

Bristol Castle Street, showing British Home Stores. Circa 1935

Row of bombed damaged houses, Furneaux Road, Beacon Park 1941

College Green, Queen Victorias Statue, and Council House, Bristol Circa 1950

The Bristol Brabazon aeroplane is rolled out of its hangar, minus engines at Filton for the aircrafts naming ceremony Circa June1947

King Square, just below Kingsdown, Bristol, in 1954. The square looks a bit sparse, but at least some of the fine Georgian houses surrounding it had survived the ravages of war

The Salvation Army Citadel, which once dominated the centre of Cardiff, has been reduced to rubble, as the latest phase in the citys Hayes redevelopment plan gets under way

Ken Dodds success with his song Tears is reflected in this silver disc, presented to him at the London Palladium to mark sales of over 250, 000 of the song

This tram was smashed to pieces in one of the last major wartime raids on Bristol in 1941. The Bedminster tram depot was hit, resulting in the loss of 20 vehicles. 26th April 1941

Corn Street, Bristol, 27th January 1940

The Centre in Bristol 1895

Butler and co Chemists No. 42 Old Market, Bristol 1957

Bristol Coronation Illuminations June 1953

The Bristol Queen paddle steamer seen here closes to the Clifton Suspension Bridge Circa 1950s

The Crown Restaurant (now a pub) in St Nicholas Market, Bristol in the 1950s. Before the opening of St Philips fruit and vegetable market in the 1970s this was where the shop keepers would come

COLLEGE GREEN IN 1950 As Bristols new Council House was nearing completion in the late 1940s it was decided that the public view of the building would be vastly improved by lowering College Green by

Bygones Snow Scene - Frozen Dawlish fountain 1963

Policeman directing traffic in Bristol Old Market January 1940

The Ritz Cinema, Brislington, Bristol 1970

Queen Elizabeth 11 and the Duke of Edinburgh visit St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol in 1956

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