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When is a bus not a bus?

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When we first talked about the Know your Bus strand of this project, all of us had visions of an old double decker bus. Kitted out with our gear and decorated with the… Read More →

Revisiting value

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My first post on the Know your Bristol project focused on memory and its value.  So it’s quite fitting that, nearly two years later, I’m returning to the same thoughts about what we… Read More →

Moving forward

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Keeping quiet about good news is not one of my strengths.  So I’m greatly relieved to be able to officially announce that our latest grant application, Know your Bristol On the Move, has… Read More →

Sharing stories

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A few weeks ago, some of our Know your Bristol team went to a Research for Community Heritage Showcase, organised by the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Connected Communities Programme. Admittedly, it would… Read More →

Know your Success!

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We are delighted to announce that Know your Bristol has just been awarded the University of Bristol Engagement Award 2012/13, in the Group category. This award is given annually to a group who… Read More →

Connected Communities showcase

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In March, the Know your Bristol team was invited to take part in the AHRC’s Connected Communities Showcase. This event featured many of the projects funded by the Connected Communities programme in the… Read More →

Stories from the War – Avonmouth and Shirehampton

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It’s been nearly a hundred years since the start of the First World War but the history and heritage of it is still with us – something that was clearly shown at our… Read More →

Knowing our Bristol

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How well do you know your neighbourhood? This has been the question at the heart of Know your Bristol as it aims to celebrate memories of Bristol as seen through the eyes of… Read More →

Know your Bristol at M Shed

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Our final Know Your Bristol event, held at M Shed, once again brought to our historians and experts some fascinating and remarkable objects and stories. Surrounded by the history of Bristol, including some… Read More →

Poster girls, 60 years on

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Whilst the Know Your Bristol events have been fantastic at gathering memories and objects of Bristol’s past, they have also proved to be popular social events for local communities, bringing old friends together,… Read More →