The lock-keeper at Saltford was standing on the bank of the River Avon on the afternoon of Saturday 27th Feb 1875, when his attention was attracted by an object floating down with the stream. A glance showed him that was the body of a human being, and carefully watched the corpse as it was carried along by the river, waiting for an opportunity to bring it to the bank.

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Western Daily Press - Tuesday 02 March 1875

Bristol Mercury - Saturday 06 March 1875

Western Daily Press - Wednesday 10 March 1875

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One of the most remarkable graves in Brighton’s historic St Nicholas Churchyard is that of Phoebe Hessel. The stone, its letters now almost rubbed away with age, tells her exciting life story: ‘Here lies Phoebe Hessel, born in Stepney in the year 1713. She served for many Years as a private Soldier in the 5th Regt. of foot in different parts of Europe and in the Year 1745 fought under the command of the DUKE of CUMBERLAND at the Battle of Fontenoy where she received a Bayonet wound in the arm…’

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Hampshire Chronicle - Monday 12 November 1792

Hampshire Chronicle - Monday 15 April 1793

www.eastendtalking.org.uk

Berkshire Chronicle: Saturday 05 May 1855

London Star: Thursday 27 December 1821

Brighton Gazette: Thursday 16 May 1867

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Bristol Mercury - Wednesday 17 August 1898

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June 28th and 29th 1942, Weston-Super-Mare saw two nights of ‘horror’ which saw more than 100 people killed, hundreds more injured and many landmarks levelled by 52 high-explosive bombs and more than 10,000 savage incendiary devices.

This episode is all about the event and the people who made a difference.

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Western Daily Press - Tuesday 30 June 1942

Western Daily Press - Thursday 02 July 1942

Western Daily Press - Wednesday 15 July 1942

Western Daily Press - Saturday 24 October 1942

Weston Mercury

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Well known to the police, John Notley was described as being of a restless, wandering disposition. Rough with his hands and lacking respect for anyone. After fleeing Bristol following a terrible betrayal to his family, he is apprehended in Bournmouth and that's when he starts his Fatal journey.

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Ancestry.com

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Western Daily Press - Saturday 20 April 1895

Clifton and Redland Free Press - Friday 02 September 1898

Bristol Times and Mirror - Tuesday 25 May 1909

Swindon Advertiser and North Wilts Chronicle - Friday 28 May 1909

CE, 9, 11 Aug. 1920; CWN, 14 Aug. 1920; Thomas Barry’s WS 430, 7-9 (BMH); Seámus O’Mahony’s WS 730, 6-7 (BMH); David O’Callaghan’s WS 950, 8 (BMH).

‘The Irish Rebellion in the 6th Division Area’, Irish Sword, 27 (Spring 2010), 137; Abbott (2000), 110; Duane (2012), 146.

Londonderry Sentinel - Tuesday 10 August 1920

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On the morning of 4th February 1954, a Bristol Britannia took off from Filton on a test flight, with Captain Arthur John Pegg, nicknamed Bill, aged 47, at the controls. They were also trying to impress representatives from Dutch airline KLM into buying some. What happened within a few minutes of take off would become major news.

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Dundee Courier - Friday 05 February 1954

Bradford Observer - Friday 05 February 1954

The Sphere - Saturday 13 February 1954

The Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

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The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire against an alliance of French, British, Ottoman and Sardinian troops. The war broke out in the autumn of 1853. We talk about the soldier's from Bristol who took part in this historic event, thomas Tudor and Anthony Wilder, as well as hear first hand accounts of that fatal charge.

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Bristol Times and Mirror - Thursday 10 March 1892

Bristol Mercury - Friday 19 October 1894

Ancestry.com

In Search of the Light Brigade. By Lawrence W. Crider

The Charge of the Light Brigade. Lord Tredegar Interviewed

"Earl Cardigan's Cavalry Horses", The Era, London: Frederick Ledger (852), 21 January 1855

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They were, apparently, a quiet family who 'kept themselves to themselves'; an unremarkable pair, the wife invariably cheerful and often to be heard singing as she worked around the house. There seems to have been a particular bond between mother and son. In fact they were described as being 'wonderfully devoted', their relationship more like brother and sister. George tended to call her 'Gin' rather than 'Mother'. The father though, was another matter...

"I was quarrelling with my father and she threatened my mother. I saw him creeping up behind me with a hatchet and there was a struggle. Everything seemed black and a red mist was before my eyes. When this cleared, I found my father dead".

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Shields Daily News - Friday 01 February 1924

Western Morning News - Monday 04 February 1924

Western Daily Press - Saturday 16 February 1924

Birmingham Daily Gazette - Monday 18 February 1924

Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 21 March 1924

Daily Mirror - Saturday 31 May 1924

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During the final years of working at Speedwell Colliery, an act of bravery took place which at the time touched the hearts of thousands of local people.

It all started at about 8 p.m. on the night of Sunday August 21st 1932, when Jack Emery aged 43, a colliery fireman who was the overman of the mine’s No.5 District, met up with two of his friends who also worked at the mine, Isaac Kendall, 48 married to Mary Jefferies, and Frank Plummer at the station at about 10.45 pm, where he instructed them to clear up any dirt in the district’s bottom level, before moving up the coal face to the top level, clearing away anything else they might find as they went.

What happened next would have repercussions for years to come.

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Annual Report of the Inspector of Mines 1936: Public Record Office POWE 7/66.

Industrial Archaeology of the Bristol Region, (Newton Abbot, 1969). Cossons, Neil & Buchanan, Angus,

Collieries of Kingswood and South Gloucestershire, Cornwell, John,

Western Daily Press - Friday 16 September 1932

Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer - Friday 26 August 1932

Western Daily Press - Saturday 27 August 1932

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