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.
Fireside chatter: Are there still coal men?
26 March 2022A historical misprint from a Bristol newspaper
26 March 2022More of the Peters family story
27 February 2022Death may our souls divide From these abodes of day But love shall keep us near his side Through all the gloomy way.
The epitaph on the gravestone of James Pillinger - the sight of which started me of on my journey of discovery 49 years ago!A man (or woman) is not dead while his name is still spoken.
Terry Pratchetta bit late, but well done Bristol Rovers!
Wanton Wenches/Incorrigible Rogues Chapt.3 The Bristol First Fleeters. Now posted. Anyone out there related to these 'Founders of a Nation'? https://www.bristolhistory.co.uk/2022/05/04/wanton-wenches-
Prof. Colin Pillinger FRS, 9.5.1943-7.5.2014. My baby brother, lead scientist Beagle 2 Mars would have been 79 today. If only...
Another Bristol Life: 'Uncle Norman'. Norman Mounter, was park keeper at Perrett Park, Knowle, but aged 19 was a POW of the Chinese in Korea, 'The Forgotten War. https://www.bristolhistory.co.uk/2022/02/20/uncle-norman-