Know Your Place: West of England Legacy Exhibition
There is a Know Your Place: West of England Legacy Exhibition which Jane Marley, Museums and Heritage Officer, South Gloucestershire Council is touring round museums and libraries in South Gloucestershire for the next 3 ½ years. Jane is still in the process of organising this but the display is currently at Kingswood Heritage Museum until 28th November 2017. For information about the museum and opening times see here: http://www.kingswoodmuseum.org.uk/.
Here is an image of the interactive Kiosk and banner at the museum.
Information about this project can be found on the project website: www.kypwest.org.uk
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Spotlight on archives from South Gloucestershire
New accessions of archives relating to South Gloucestershire
Over the last six months Gloucestershire Archives' staff processed and added details to the online catalogue for the following collections:
- Account books relating to a firm of builders in Marshfield, 1786-1871 (D14383, gift)
- Marshfield Reading Room, minutes and accounts, 1887-1947 (D14390, gift)
- Deeds and related papers of property known as "The Stores", 2 High Street, Winterbourne, 1837-1974 (D14408, gift)
- St Michael's C of E Primary School, Winterbourne: Celebrating 200 years, 1813-2013 (pamphlet examining the history of the School, including memories and archive photographs, and photographs of staff, pupils (by year) and the current premises) (S372/1, gift)
- 133 scanned images and photographs of Filton factory site and air field, head office of the Bristol Aeroplane Company Ltd, 20th cent (copies created in 2012 to support a proposal from South Gloucestershire Council for a reminiscence project to research and publish the history of Old and New Filton House (the original offices of the Bristol Aeroplane Company)) (D14448, gift)
- Additional material concerning the Filton Community History HLF funded project: administration files, minutes of meetings, and results of research, including projects undertaken by pupils at Shield Road and Charborough Road Schools, 1999-2001 (D13476, deposited by Filton Community History Group)
- Deeds relating to property in Castle Street, Thornbury, 1863 (D14454, gift)
- Sandoe Luce Panes of Thornbury, estate agents and auctioneers: records of predecessor firms including sales particulars from Luce, Young and Alway, Moses Smith and Luce, Luce, Howes and Williams, and associated firms, 1873, 1890, 1900-1961, relating to properties in South Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire and Somerset; valuation notebook number 132, 1953-1958; newscuttings of auction advertisements, 1900-1938, 1947-1950 (D4855, gift) . These records are a useful resource for anyone wishing to research the 20th century history of South Gloucestershire, for both local and landscape historians, and those interested in social history. Coverage is particularly good for about 1915-1928, a time when many larger estates were being broken up and sold off after the First World War, and for the 1950s, when more and more private individuals were buying, building and selling their own homes.
Focus on Filton
Filton Community History and Aerospace Bristol
Gloucestershire Archives preserve 69 oral history interviews taken by Filton Community History Group as part of the BAC 100:2010 project. (Bristol Aeroplane Company)
The BAC 100:2010 project took place in 2010/11. Click the photo above to visit the website.
Gloucestershire Archives staff downloaded and transferred 4 of these interviews (appropriate permissions in place) so they can be used in the Bristol Aerospace Centre’s exhibition space. The oral history stations are in each era of the museum with a transcript next to each station. The stations will be a permanent feature and the archivist Zoe Watson, hopes to add more people, or change the people from time to time, to keep the social history elements of the exhibition fresh.
Gloucestershire Heritage Hub partners wish our colleagues at Aerospace Bristol every success with their forthcoming opening.
