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WLA WW2
My mother's name was Gladys Letton, she lived in Eden Grove, Horfield, she was in the WLA. Is there anyone out there that would remember her?? A great web site, thanks for any help. Carol.

Last edited: 21/05/2008 08:57 by Carol Underwood

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Lost Places
My great-grandparents lived in a place called Western Square, Clifton. Anyone have any memories of this place?? Their name was Simms. I was told that there was a pub and a sweet shop there and maybe only 6 large houses, any help please. Thankyou, Carol.

Last edited: 21/05/2008 08:58 by Carol Underwood

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Year: 1940s Templemeads Station
My father was working on Templemeads Station around the time it was bombed, I have the feeling it was a Saturday night in the summer of 1942. I was about four years old and we were lodging in a house by the Avon with a cellar and several storeys as my mother had decided that Bristol was safer than London.
Unfortunately the raids started almost as soon as we arrived. We had to spend our nights in the Anderson shelter in the garden but my father decided we would be safer at the railway station with him where he was moving troop trains at night.(!). Fortunately as it later happened he was injured on the line the night before the bombing and had to stay at home so we went back into the Anderson in the garden. In the morning, although I did not know it, Templemeads was destroyed with great loss of life.
I have other memories which may be of interest to Bristol readers such as a vivid view from the steps of the house of a dogfight overhead. I don't think I was supposed to have come up from the cellar but my mother had gone to a standpipe for water. My mother, after about a week, decided Bristol was not safer than London after all and we went to Clevedon. Does anyone remember the shop that displayed wedding dresses in its window despite many surrounding buildings being destroyed? I remember I was put through to the front of the crowd that gathered in front of the window. I do hope this will jog someone's memory and they can help fill in some dates and blanks for me. I would like to pass some wartime memories for my grandchildren. Thank you Anne

Last edited: 14/08/2007 16:07 by Anne Cross

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Year: 1860s Lost places of Bristol
Can anyone help me with some 'lost places' in Bristol?
I'm trying to locate where Navarino Place was...and also St-Augustine-the-Less church.
My Gtx3 grandfather died at no.6 Navarino Place in 1857 and many members of my family were christened/married at the above church. I'm trying to piece together their lives and what it would have been like for them working in Bristol at that time.

Posted: 12/06/2007 12:54 by Kate Spurrier

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Bristol, Bridge 1901 (ref: 47883x)

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Can anyone tell me if this photo is taken looking towards Victoria Street or towards High Street? In the 1860's my ancesters had a business "W & F Boucher, Tea Dealers" at 1 Bridge Parade, Bristol which was just at the end of the bridge on the Victoria Street side, before the crossroads. Could the building in the photograph, advertising Lloyds Tea, be their business? Hoping someone can help!

Posted: 24/01/2007 17:15 by Margaret Martin

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