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| Bristol, Avon |
| Bristol is the largest city in south-west England with a population of about 420,000 (2008). Its commercial port was in the city centre but is now on the Severn estuary to the west of the city, although there are still docks etc at the original site. The city centre was badly damaged during World War 2. |
| A nice early postcard of the river. |
| The two images above and that on the left below were provided by a friend from Philadelphia who was born and bred in Bristol. The postcards are all unused and thus undated. |
| A couple of early 20th Century views of the Clifton Suspension Bridge. |
| Two postcards showing the Old Dutch House, which was destroyed by German bombs on the night of 24 November 1940. Click on this link for more information. |
| An unused postcard of Christmas Steps. |
| This postcard of Bristol High Street was mailed in 1906. (Z) |
| The boat seems to have been added to this postcard of the Clifton Suspension Bridge. |
| An excellent old postcard of Portway. |
| Bristol Cathedral. |
| Another view of the Clifton Suspension Bridge. |
| On the left, the church of St Mary Redcliffe, and on the right another view of the Suspension Bridge. |
| An early 20th Century view of Bristol Hippodrome. (Z) |
| A very busy Castle Street in the late 1920s. |
| College Green in the 1930s. |
| No date for this view of Black Boy Hill in Clifton. |
| A view of Bristol from Brandon Hill - sorry about the poor quality of the image ! |
| A 1936 postcard of the Bridge and High Street. |
| The Old Drawbridge. |
| The Bridge and High Street. |
| Bristol's GWR Station - presumably Temple Meads. |
| The Horse Fair. |
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| And Did You Know.......that the film actor Archibald Leach, better know as Cary Grant, was born at 15 Hughenden Road, Horfield in 1904 ? |
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