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Gillian W Roberts
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Archivist. Building Historian.
Records ancient and modern.
Posting on archives, architecture, archaeology & art.
Arts & Crafts. Vernacular.
Draw, sing, write, knit.
Dysgu Cymraeg.
Owner of a lazy dog.
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Reposted by Gillian W Roberts
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2/ The history of Bristol's post-war public housing is superbly recounted by Pete Insole in this fully illustrated story map:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6edb...
Chapter 10.2
Re-planning Bristol - The Post-war City Part 2 - New homes for all
storymaps.arcgis.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Reposted by Gillian W Roberts
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Pete and his team have produced a range of superb resources. You'll know 'Know Your Place' but, ICYMI, this too (and much else) ...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/54f2...
Chapter 9
Bristol Homes for Heroes
storymaps.arcgis.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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More recce’s…
Handsome shop, delicate window openings stone dressing & string course, pale brick, majolica-like tiles. Sister Dora statue, in 1875, when the town was hit by smallpox, she opened an epidemic infirmary treating thousands of patients. Lloyds Bank, handsome corner building in classical style.
March 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Oh, isn’t that lovely - the house, and the chaps who remembered her!
March 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Aah! I am rubbish at the geography down there. Solid Gog, I’m afraid! Thank you for the link, I’ll have a nosey!
March 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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That’s a fabulous story, thank you. And Cheriton - not far from my husband’s stomping ground. When I was at NRAS I listed some estt pprs for Kirton - that’s Cheriton, isn’t it? Long way from Devon!
March 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM