Flashback Collection (page 2)

Launch of the Miranda Guiness, last ship to be built at the Charles Hill Bristol Shipyard, 1976

The Drawbridge Hotel on the Centre, Bristol. Circa 1920

Little Paradise, off East Street, Bedminster, demolished in 1961

linotype machines at the Bristol Evening Post presses 1970s

Brislington, in the days when it was regarded as one of the prettiest villages in Somerset, Circa 1910

Bristol Bridge in the 1960s, Fairfax House to the left, and the ruins of St Peters Church Circa 1965

Bristol Times, The Globe Cinema, Lawrence Hill, 1932 Schoolchildren entering the cinema

Bedminsters first cinema 1910, East Street Picturedrome, Bedminster, Bristol

Second hand clothes shop in Milk Street, now nearby Radiant House, Horsefair, Bristol. Circa 1954

Bristol Blitz War time pictures of destruction visited on the city by German bombers. 12th April 1941 Between 24 November 1940 and 11 April 1941 there were six major bombing raids on Bristol

Remains of the Tivoli cinema in Weston Super Mare after the air raid of the 28th June 1942

The SS Great Britain squeezes in to the Cumberland Basin Lock 5th July 1970

The pitch at Eastville Stadium, Bristol, completely flooded in 1974

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

The Bristol University pedal car race at Hengrove Park in 1967

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

An aerial view showing the St Mary Le Port area of Bristol before the Blitz Circa June 1939

Its a Knockout with legendary host Eddie Waring, staged as part of the Bristol 600 Exhibition on the Downs in 1973

Trying to break the ice on a frozen floating harbour, Bristol, in the bitterly cold winter of 1970

Aerial view of Bristol Airport in 1960s

Farmer Harold Robert Mapstone with Mr Green and Jack Humphreys on hay wagon Glastonbury 1945

Kings TID Tug "Sea Gem"pictured in 1961 in Bristol Harbour
Kings TID Tug " Sea Gem" pictured in 1961 in Bristol Harbour

The old George Courage brewery in Bristol, viewed from what is now the citys Castle Park. 1950s

Bristol Zoo, children gathered around the bear pit 1st June 1965

Holms Sand and Gravel Company at the Bathurst Basin, opposite the General Hospital, Bristol. The sand companies were the last dockside industry to disappear from the Floating Harbour in the 1980s

Bedminster Bridge and a newly re-constructed Redcliffe Hill l 1960s. The right hand site of the hill, with its many old familiar shops and businesses, still awaits demolition

Residents of Catherine Mead Street, Bedminster, celebrate the Coronation in 1953

The Beatles at Bristols Colston Hall. November 15th 1963 as part of The Beatles autumn tour. Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney

Cary Grant. The Hollywood actor Cary Grant (real name Archie Leach) was often in Bristol, the city of his birth, to see his mother, who was in a nursing home

Bristol Evening Post Cartoonist Bob Bennett "Uncle Bob"1935
Bristol Evening Post Cartoonist Bob Bennett " Uncle Bob" 1935

Redcliffe Hill and Bedminster Bridge, Bristol, in the late 1950s. The George and Dragon pub, on the corner of Commercial Road

Cars queue as a local train crosses the level crossing at Warmley in 1960

Empire Theatre - Old Market, Bristol For The Empire Theatre in Old Market, where Hollywood actor Cary Grant had his first job in show business

Some local Land Army girls learning to drive a Fordson tractor at the start of the last war, in 1939. As you can see, there was not much concern for health and safety in those days

The legendary summer of 1976 was so hot that the swing bridge at the Cumberland Basin, Bristol expanded and stuck. This picture shows the desperate attempts that were made to cool down the structure

Castle Park, Bristol opposite the Prudential building, in 1959. The area where the cars are parked, off Wine Street, had been cleared of Blitzed shops and buildings

Alan Dicks gives tactical advice to the Bristol City players before an Ashton Gate game. Joe Royle (No 9 on the right), Donnie Gillis (front, head down), next to him is Ray Cashley and behind him

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

Bristol Speedway at Knowle Stadium, 1950

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

Police with helmets and gas masks 1939 Bristol

The Ritz Cinema, Brislington, Bristol 1970

Cannon Street Bristol 1976

The Bristol Bulldog dirt-track speedway team in the 1950 s. At the back, wearing the helmet, is the team captain, Billy Hole

Clevedon Branch Line Taken just a year before its closure, in October 1966, passengers on the Clevedon-Yatton branch line

Williams hardware shop, Sandy Park Road, Brislington, Bristol Circa 1920

The City of Lincoln Lancaster (which now forms part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight), closely followed by XL 317 Vulcan flying over Lincoln, with Lincoln Cathedral clearly visible

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Step into the past with these captivating flashbacks. 📸✨ From the exhilarating victory of Roger Millward and Hull KR over Hull FC at Wembley Rugby in 1980 to the bustling scenes at Bristol Maternity Hospital in the 1970s, each snapshot takes us on a journey through time. Witness the vibrant hullabaloo of fish being unloaded from side winding trawlers at Hull St. Andrews Dock in 1954, or immerse yourself in the smoky ambiance of bottle ovens and kilns during Bristol's industrial era. Travel back to Hotwell Road around the turn of the century in 1900, where life unfolds amidst gaslit streets and horse-drawn carriages. Experience a moment frozen in time during blackouts caused by war on Gloucester Road, Bristol, captured through delayed action photography. Marvel at Princess Elizabeth's official visit to Wills' department store (now HorseWorld) as she embarks on her journey towards becoming Queen. Explore Willis Ludlow store nestled on Carr Lane and Waterhouse Lane—a true relic of history. Feel King Roscoe's electrifying presence as he graces Glastonbury Festival with his performance in 1990. Witness Chew Magna Reservoir dwindling to a mere trickle during the relentless drought of 1976. Finally, step inside Maggs and Co department Store on Queen Road circa 1950—where shopping dreams come true. These flashbacks encapsulate moments that shaped our past; they are windows into an era long gone but not forgotten.