Video Blog 2: Bristol Record Office
Know Your Bristol On The Move are looking for volunteers to help with the research around the Vaughan Collection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yNqv4jc5zg
Risky Histories
Writing the history of activism is a risky business, not least when activists themselves are at the forefront of constructing their own historical legacy, recording their experiences not for the sake nostalgia, but through… Read More
Family History Day at SPAN
Together, we have been researching the history of women’s work in the local area. As part of the Know Your Bristol project, a group of women from Single Parent Action Network have been… Read More
Knowle West TV: Workshop 1
In this first workshop we’ll be hearing from Peter Lewis about the history of Knowle West TV and then explore the paper archive in order to select footage for digitisation, using these criteria:… Read More
Vaughan Postcard Research Mornings
Come down to Bristol Records Office on Tuesday Mornings to help research the Vaughan Postcard Collection and upload your findings to the Know Your Place map.
Video Blog 1: SPAN at M-Shed
The SPAN project team are making an exhibition about the history of women’s work in the local area. To get an idea of what makes a good exhibition, the group went to visit… Read More
Knowle West TV
We’re getting excited about the first workshop in the Knowle West strand of the project. On Monday, 17 March, we’re meeting at… Read More
Uncovering Bristol’s past – two case studies from the Vaughan postcard collection
I’m going to present a couple of postcards which have already been researched and uploaded onto Know Your Place to illustrate some the different ways that you can go about your research. This… Read More
World War One layers added to Know Your Place
Two new layers have been added to Know Your Place that cover all the known sites in Bristol that have a relationship to the First World War. A lot of this information is… Read More