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Old Bristol Adverts |
The Changing Face of Bristol over the
past 100 years including 3000 free to
view photographs on-line
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Adverts of the Social - Sporting &
Industrial Life of Bristol
Much of the Social, industrial and
political history of a town can be
gleaned from the local newspaper
adverts. They provide a fascinating
insight into life at the time. Read
about the historic events of the day and
compare some of the prices in the
adverts - you might just be amused and
amazed!
The adverts provide us with a rich
primary source for many diverse subjects
such as cultural, economic and transport
history. Recurrent themes amongst the
adverts are property adverts for
tenancies of farms, sale of house and
tenders to build schools or farm
buildings. New businesses announced
their commencement in the local press,
while established ones promoted new
products or services.
Adverts provide a rich flavour of the
goods and services open to the
inhabitants of a town. Adverts were
placed for meetings of creditors to
bankrupt businesses and these often took
place in a local inn. Newspaper adverts
are also rich in information on cultural
history: adverts for balls, dancing
masters, the meetings of circulating
libraries, theatre programmes, race
meetings announcements, school courses
on offer and more.
Newspapers are a vital source for all
aspects of transport history when they
provide details of the times of coaches
to various destinations, the times and
routes of ferries, and the opening, and
closing, of long gone railway lines.
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items are from between 20 Nov 2007 & 01 Nov 2009.