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Eastville Workhouse from the air in 1967. Bristol Pictorial Survey #737.
Eastville from the air in 1967. Bristol Pictorial Survey #2188.
The front of Eastville Workhouse by Samuel Loxton (1887-1922).
Eastville Workhouse at twilight. A transparency probably taken in the late 60s. Photographer unknown.The view from Argyle Road, January 2015.
The feared address: 100 Fishponds Road.
The original entrance to Eastville Workhouse on Fishponds Road.
Rosemary Green burial ground photographed from Rosemary Lane.
Rosemary Green burial ground photographed from the Greenbank View end.
A map of Eastville Workhouse from 1900.
A map of Eastville Workhouse from 1880.
The front of Stapleton Workhouse by Samuel Loxton (1887-1922).
Fishponds Asylum Laundry. Artist and date unknown. Bristol Pictorial Survey #3449.
Fishponds Asylum. Artist and date unknown. Bristol Pictorial Survey #3057.
A map of Stapleton Workhouse and Asylum from 1900.
A map of Stapleton Workhouse and Asylum from 1880.
A cartoon The Bristol Magpie October 13 1904.
A cartoon lampooning William Booth of the Salvation army. Bristol Magpie December 1890.
A hand flyer front, probably from 1888, complaining about the amount of alcohol being drunk at the rate payer’s expense in Bristol’s workhouses.
A hand flyer back, probably from 1888, complaining about the amount of alcohol being drunk at the rate payer’s expense in Bristol’s workhouses.
2 Comments
Marilyn Briggs
Don’t quite understand the Charles Booth cartoon but it should be William Booth, he and Catherine were founders of the Salvation Army. Charles Booth was a social reformer who mapped out areas of London.
Marilyn Briggs
Don’t quite understand the Charles Booth cartoon but it should be William Booth, he and Catherine were founders of the Salvation Army. Charles Booth was a social reformer who mapped out areas of London.
Roger
Well spotted, it has been corrected.