A collection of individual, personal
digital stories made in Bristol, UK

Theme > Local History

  • 2:26
    Still from Caves
    Caves
    Heath Bunting
    Heath believes the cave network underneath the Avon Gorge is a wonderful place to experience living outdoors.
  • 2:35
    Still from Female Priest
    Female Priest
    Anne Farmer
    For the last 10 years Anne Farmer passed a Church of England training college almost daily but she never dreamed for a second that…
  • 2:30
    Still from Painter
    Painter
    Barrington Tabb
    For the last 40 years Bristol artist Barrington Tabb has been painting Bristol cityscapes. In all weathers, Barrington can be found…
  • 2:28
    Still from Prefabs
    Prefabs
    Doreen Hancock
    Doreen Hancock loves her house and garden but is fighting to stay there as developers move in.
  • 3:59
    Still from Mining in Bedminster
    Mining in Bedminster
    Christine Hodgson, Doreen…
    A look at what used to be in and under what is now an area of houses and shops.
  • 3:20
    Still from My Childhood Memories
    My Childhood Memories
    Colin Griffin
    Colin remembers misbehaving in Bedminster in the 1930s.
  • 4:03
    Still from Gardener’s World meets Time Team
    Gardener’s World…
    Roy Gallop
    Roy finds more than he bargained for when he digs up his veg in this four minute film of a south Bristol allotment-site situated on…
  • 3:11
    Still from Dean Lane Pit - 100 year commemoration
    Dean Lane Pit - 100…
    Southville Heritage…
    In 2006 Local residents celebrated the 100th anniversary of Dame Emily Park, built on an old coal mine.
  • 2:07
    Still from Bristol, Slavery and I
    Bristol, Slavery and I
    Marius Aznar
    A look at Bristol’s historic links with slavery through Spanish eyes.
  • 0:45
    Still from What’s Going On?
    What’s Going On?
    Charlie Williams
    A look at how violence against and amongst young black men has developed since African people began living in Britain.
  • 1:20
    Still from The Black History Lesson
    The Black History…
    Zack Henry
    Zack asks his history teacher an awkward question, and sets of on a quest for information of his own.
  • 2:54
    Still from Bernice’s story
    Bernice’s story
    Bernice
    Life for black children in school, in the 1950s and now.