BRISTOL AS IT WAS - AROUND NEWFOUNDLAND ROAD
Автор: historymandave
Загружено: 2021-08-18
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MY MOTHERS FAMILY LIVED AT 84 WELLINGTON ROAD FOR 80 YEARS. WELLINGTON ROAD RUNS PARALLEL WITH NEWFOUNDLAND ROAD, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE MAIN ROADS OUT OF EAST BRISTOL. ALONG NEWFOUNDLAND ROAD WAS A MYRIAD OF SHOPS AND PUBS THAT SERVED THE STREETS ALONG IT'S ROUTE WHICH WAS HOME TO HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES. THE AREA HAD A GREAT COMMUNITY SPIRIT. IT WAS ALL TO END IN THE 1960s WHEN THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO BUILD A MOTORWAY THROUGH THE AREA. STREETS AND STREET OF HOUSES WERE ACQUIRED, MANY BY CPO AND BULLDOZED. THE COMMUNITY WAS SPREAD FAR AND WIDE ACROSS BRISTOL AND DECADES OF HISTORY WAS LOST IN THE DUST. NOT MUCH IS LEFT OF OLD NEWFOUNDLAND ROAD OR WELLINGTON ROAD ALTHOUGH BOTH ROADS STILL EXIST ALONGSIDE OF THE ALL CONQUERING M32 MOTORWAY.
THIS VIDEO WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST I HAVE PUT TOGETHER AS THERE ARE VIRTUALLY NO PICTURES OF MANY OF THE STREETS. I HAVE INCLUDED FAMILY PICTURES FOR WELLINGTON ROAD AND ST AGNES ROAD WHICH GIVE A GLIMPSE OF FAMILY LIFE IN THE PAST.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CHURCH LABELLED ST SIMON IS IN FACT ST CLEMENTS AT THE CORNER OF HOULTON STREET AND NEWFOUNDLAND ROAD WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN 1941.
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