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Know your South Bristol

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Our Know Your South Bristol event provided yet more fascinating stories to add to the Know Your Past website and make a real contribution to Bristol’s historical archives. Know Your South Bristol was… Read More →

Research at Arnos Vale Cemetery

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As with the previous Know Your Bristol events, the memories shared at Know Your Arnos Vale not only contributed to the Know Your Place archives but have also been a valuable resource for… Read More →

Exploring the history of Kings Weston

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Another fantastic turnout for our most recent Know Your Bristol event contributed to a hugely successful day promoting and expanding the history and local archives of Kings Weston and the surrounding area. Watched… Read More →

PhD students discuss Know your Bristol

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The Know Your Bristol events serve both to enhance the Know Your Place archive, building up a comprehensive and personal history of Bristol, and as a source of research and information for students… Read More →

The importance of the stories and memories shared…

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Once contributed at the Know Your Bristol events, memories, stories and images of objects are included in the Know Your Place project run by Bristol City Council. The stories become part of the… Read More →

Memories of Bristol Zoo and Arnos Vale Cemetery

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Following on from our successful Know Your Bristol event at Hillfields, members of the public were invited to share their memories of Bristol Zoo and Arnos Vale Cemetery. A visit from the Lord… Read More →

Know your Hillfields

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“But I really don’t know why you’d be interested in my memories” said an elderly gentleman to me at Hillfields library the other week. I was there for the pilot of Know your… Read More →