The Kingswood History Society

Bristol has more than its fair share of these quirky buildings, some built of probably foolish purpose. The audience took great delight in knowing and not knowing where some of the places were in the Bristol area. Peter showed a variety of such buildings to identify. An easy one to start with, Blaise Castle. Built in 1766 for £3000. Do you know that it is mentioned in the Jane Austen novel Northanger Abbey? We then moved on to cover The…

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  47 members had a great day out at this Museum near Dudley. Fantastic range of different activities from coal mining, brick making to trip on the canal and into the caverns. A great array of different buildings and shops from various periods to rummage around in and bring back past memories. There was even a fairground and a trip on the ghost train was fun. We had a great chat with one of the staff who was a West…

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