SS Great Britain

Old pictures of Bristol

Recently I scanned in some old slides for a colleague of work. Most were family photos but there was a handful of pictures of Bristol in decades gone by. He has very kindly agreed to let me publish these pictures, so here they are. The Centre in 1955, compared with modern view The Centre inContinue reading “Old pictures of Bristol”

Yesterday I visited the SS Great Britain with Hannah and her parents. None of us had been before, and we were treated to a sunny Spring day. The SS Great Britain was the first iron steamship with a propeller rather than paddles, and was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The SS Great Britain is aContinue reading “SS Great Britain”