Maurice Fells

Bristol from the Post and Press

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bristol is a city with a colourful and fascinating history; a city that traditionally prospered from the vices of the wine, slave and tobacco trades. In their stead Bristol has become a thriving national centre for the financial and business services, aerospace and advanced engineering, ICT media and creative industries. Author and journalist Maurice Fells tells the story of this great and vibrant city by delving into the archives of the Bristol Evening Post (now Bristol Post) and its sister morning paper, the Western Daily Press.Maurice Fells tells of how Queen Victoria knighted the city's first Lord Mayor on the pavement in the centre of Bristol. Going through the decades, the dramatic effect of the Bristol Blitz, when the centre of the city was wiped out in just one night, is recalled. Royal visits are documented, including the day Queen Elizabeth II unexpectedly called at a pub to shelter from a snowstorm. Thousands of Bristolians saw the maiden flight of Concorde 002, which had been built at Filton on the outskirts of the city. A year later they lined the banks of the River Avon to see the rotting hulk of Brunel's SS Great Britain pass under his Clifton Suspension Bridge on the last leg of an 8,000-mile journey from the Falkland Islands to its original berth to be restored.All these events, and many more, have helped to make Bristol one of Britain's great cities, noted for its spirit of adventure and discovery, and all are recorded in this fascinating new book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amberley Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 163mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781445671208
• ISBN-10: 1445671204
• Artikelnr.: 48669537

Autorenporträt

MAURICE FELLS is a born and bred Bristolian with a passionate interest in the cityâ (TM)s history, and a prolific author of books about Bristol. He worked as a journalist in both the print and broadcast mediums, and held key editorial posts in regional television, radio and newspapers. He now freelances, with features on local history appearing in the Western Daily Press and Bristol Post. He is often asked by BBC West and ITV West to take part in programmes about regional history. He has also written features about the regeneration of Bristol City Docks for national newspapers.