Black Bristolians of the 18th & 19th Centuries
In the mid-1950s, at the impressionable age of 18, I remember reading “The Sun is My Undoing” by Marguerite Steen, a popular historical novelist of the time, which alluded to a “Bristol slave market”....
“The DUTCHMEN” – brassmakers of Bristol, Warmley, Keynsham, Bath & District.
“What is the origin of copper wire?” Answer: “Two Dutchmen fighting over a penny.” (Joke, told to me by a Danish cousin.) I have a particularly interest in the “Dutchmen” – who were recruited...
Black Bristolians – Addendum
Some additional Black Bristolians that I found after completing the book. Includes Pero, who is now immortalised in the name of the bridge across the Bristol floating harbour. Click the link below to download:...
Bristol History – Celebrating the lives of ordinary people
This is the people’s history of Bristol. Not the famous people because their stories are covered elsewhere. What I am interested in are the stories of the working class, the poor, the people trying...
About Me
I have been researching the social history of the West Country for 45 years. During this time I have collated information on a wide range of people living and working in the West Country including miners, ethnic minorities, petty criminals, sailors, tommies, benefactors, brassmakers and many more. The thing that I find amazing is that ordinary people always lived extraordinary lives. I hope you like my blog that brings together my lifetime of research.
