This is from a piece by Ian Jack who remembered the opening of its predecessor 53 years ago. What has been lost? Odd little things: a quiet pice of shoreline a view, a further erosion of Fife’s separateness – which could be argued is for the good. The argument against the car is a bigger … Continue reading
This is not, as most people assume, the Clifton Suspension Bridge, but the ancient bridge crossing the Avon – now the Floating Harbour – in the centre of Bristol. This is from The Annals of Bristol by John Latimer: William Vick, wine merchant of Queen Square, died 3 January 1754. His will included several gifts, … Continue reading
This book, formerly published as ‘Death and the Bridge – The Georgian Rebuilding of Bristol Bridge’ is now published on kindle, with a lovely new cover. It’s about the old city, local politics, and one of my favourite dead people, James Bridges,a lovely, talented man who was treated badly by the leaders of Bristol. … Continue reading
Scotland’s Forth Road Bridge, which crosses the Firth of Forth, near Edinburgh, is hopefully going onto the World Heritage listings but any mention of it is a potential minefield for newsreaders, as a letter in yesterday’s paper, by Thom Cross of Carluke, explained: “The auld railway bridge (iconic) is the first Forth bridge but the … Continue reading
