EPW048324 ENGLAND (1935). The residential area at Redland and Bishopston, Bristol, 1935

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Title [EPW048324] The residential area at Redland and Bishopston, Bristol, 1935
Reference EPW048324
Date July-1935
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Place name BRISTOL
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 358633, 175070
Longitude / Latitude -2.595659278743, 51.47259315122
National Grid Reference ST586751

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The location of my third and final set of "digs" in Bristol and the best, sharing the accommodation with several other students, courtesy of the Waller family, from September 1964 until June 1965.

John Swain
Sunday 14th of May 2017 09:42:16 AM
Tyne Road, the location of my second set of lodgings in 1963/64 whilst at Bristol University.

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Sunday 14th of May 2017 09:19:22 AM
Redland Station, 08/09/2007

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Thursday 17th of September 2015 08:53:01 PM
Redland Station opened on April 12, 1897, on the Bristol Temple Meads-Avonmouth-Severn Beach line. Initially, 11 men were employed at the station but this was reduced to six at the time of this photograph. From December 1964 Redland became an unstaffed halt after 2pm and was totally unstaffed from July 17, 1967.

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Sunday 14th of May 2017 09:50:28 AM

Geoff
Monday 21st of July 2014 04:09:06 PM
St. Alban's Road

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Sunday 2nd of June 2013 11:06:02 AM
Redland Court Road

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Built between 1732 and 1735 for John Cossins. It is Grade II* Listed and is on the site of an Elizabethan House. Now Redland High School

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Saturday 1st of June 2013 03:11:19 PM
Kersteman Road

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Beauchamp Road

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Claremont Avenue

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Claremont Road

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Tramway junction, and possible terminus for one route

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Station Road - leading to Montpelier Station

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Salisbury Road

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Cranbrook Road

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Railway to Montpelier and Ashley Hill Junction

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Saturday 1st of June 2013 02:24:45 PM
Railway to Clifton Down and Avonmouth. Before 1923 this was a joint line operated by the Great Western and Midland railways. My father recalled seeing the green engines of the Great Western with their copper and brass contrasting with the red engines of the Midland at Clifton Down station

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Saturday 1st of June 2013 02:23:48 PM
Cheltenham Road. A tramway route

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Eastfield Road

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User Comment Contributions

Field Marshall The Right Honourable The Viscount Slim (1891 - 1970) was born in Bishopston. He led the 14th Army in Burma against the Japanese in World War II - it was known as The Forgotten Army - and was later Governor of Australia (1953-1960). His book 'Defeat into Victory' (1956 and later editions) has to be one of the most readable and impressive records of war in the east. Viscount Slim was an outstanding field commander of the British Army

MB
Sunday 14th of May 2017 09:37:45 AM
In John Keegan's book, "Churchill's Generals", Abacus 1999, William Slim is recorded as being born at 72, Belmont Road, Bishopston, August 6, 1891. He attended King Edward's School, Birmingham, in September 1908, before enrolling in Birmingham University OTC (1912).

After a distinguished military career from 1914 until 1949, he was appointed Chief of the Imperial General Staff shortly before his promotion to Field Marshal on January 4, 1949.

"Defeat into Victory" was a publishing sensation in 1956 when the first edition sold out within days. It was written by a modest man who attributed his success to others. He claimed that he had the good fortune to lead an exceptionally able team-the entire 14th Army.

Field Marshal Lord Slim was surely one of Bristol's finest!

John Swain
Sunday 14th of May 2017 09:37:45 AM