Archives

Desert Island Doc: A charter for chocolate

Our staff and invited guests introduce their favourite documents from the Bristol Archives collections. For this edition, Graham Tratt, Archivist has chosen Walter Churchman’s letters patent, 1729.

Desert Island Doc: In the air at Goram Fair

Our staff and invited guests introduce their favourite documents from the Bristol Archives collections. For this edition, Dave Williams, Archives Assistant has chosen a photograph of Acrobats at Goram Fair, Blaise Estate in the late 1950s.

Desert Island Doc: Blood for supper

Our staff and invited guests introduce their favourite documents from the Bristol Archives collections. For this edition, Sarah Taylor, Archives Assistant has chosen a log book of the trade ship Aid on a voyage to the Mediterranean, 1867.