Bristol 1911-1939

Photographs of Bristol Between the Wars 1920s - 1930s These black & white images bring back to life the city between the wars.

In the 1920s & 1930's Bristol was experiencing a period of tremendous change, both in the way that it looked and the way in which its citizens lived their lives. These selection of rare archive photographs of Bristol, some of which are published for the first time, shows us fascinating glimpses of the city at that time, a place of historic traditions coming to terms with its role as a modern British city.

See some of the old streets and buildings that were soon to disappear in the Blitz. The working port of Bristol in 1934, where imports included grain from North America and Oil from Persia. Memories of Bristol's first cinema the Bio, opened in Counterslip in 1908, and by 1920 there were about 35 picture houses in the city.

Festivities to mark Bristol - Brighton week in 1933, including an air Pageant at Bristol airport where locals enjoyed aerobatic joy rides, the Pageant of Bristol procession winding its way from Queen Square to the Zoo and night scenes of 'the Tramways Centre' with its illuminations.

The celebration of the Silver Jubilee of George V in 1935 and the Coronation of George VI in 1937, where people of Bristol flocked to the fun-fair on the Downs and celebrated with great relish at street parties bedecked with flags and banners.

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items are from between 17 Nov 2007 & 18 Dec 2007.