Week ending 29.08.26
Week ending 29.08.26
Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Parry's Lane
No finer hostel - Wills Hall was opened by Rt Hon. Winston Churchill in December 1929, on his appointment as third chancellor of Bristol University. During the celebrations, he signed a declaration that there was "no finer hostel .. among the universities of the British Empire", adding "on trust" as he didn't consider he possessed the knowledge for such a definitive statement.
Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Cote Road
Heartfree and Constant - are two of the protagonists in 'The Provoked Wife', by playwright and, later, architect John Vanbrugh, first performed in 1697. It's suggested that redevelopment of Cote House was either carried out by Vanbrugh himself, or influenced by Vanbrugh's design for the nearby Kings Weston House.
Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Rylestone Grove
Pilgrimage of grace - The ruins of Norton Tower stands above the village of Rylestone in North Yorkshire. The Norton family, once lords of the manor, lost their lands after rising against Henry VIII's religious reforms in the 1536 Pilgrimage of Grace.
Bristol Clifton Goldney Avenue
Duke and duchess - the Goldney family, who built Goldney Hall, financed Woode Roger's privateers, who circumnavigated the globe and rescued the castaway Alexander Selkirk in 1709. His ships were named Duke and Duchess.
Bristol Clifton Regent Street
Functionality over form - The KX100 telephone kiosk, introduced by BT in 1985 (following the 'Tell Sid' privatisation) as the iconic red telephone boxes were considered flawed - due to cost, among other reasons. The replacements were widely criticised as putting function before form.
Bristol Ashton Gate Winterstoke Road
Ashton great seam - This coal seam was worked by South Liberty Colliery at a depth of 1400'.
Bristol Ashton Gate Ashton Road
Chris Garland AG8 - In 1982 the Ashton Gate Eight professional footballers were pressured by Bristol City FC to wave their contracts (long term and, for those days, relatively lucrative) in order to save the club from bankruptcy. Chris Garland was born in Ashton Gate and played for Bristol City before moving to Chelsea and then Leicester City. He was also capped for England. He returned as a player to Bristol City just as the club entered a period of near terminal decline, successively relegated from 1st to 4th divisions.
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