Take a stroll through 1960s Bristol in time warp photos from the past
Rarely-seen images capture scenes from the city 60 years ago
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It’s time to journey back through the decades to some familiar, and not so familiar, scenes in and around Bristol 60 years ago in our collection of photos from the 1960s, unearthed from the archives.
Some places have changed very little, while others look rather different today, like the original Bristol Hippodrome on St Augustine's Parade, still with its fancy brickwork and globe feature on top, pictured around 1960.
There were a lot of old buildings coming down and new, modern-style replacements going up, while others, like the former United Free Methodist Church on Gloucester Road, were given a new lease of life - in this case as a furniture sales room.
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At Clifton, the suspension bridge was given a fresh coat of paint by workers suspended high above the water in cradles, and without a hard hat between them. Nearby on The Downs, students gathered around to hear a speaker at the regular Sunday Speakers - it was stopped in the 1960s after hecklers started getting too rowdy. The Arch House looked in need a makeover, but is still easily recognisable.
Back in those days, Ashton Gate still had a railway station serving the community as well as the football ground, home of Bristol City FC, with some trains still running on steam. Coughing out a lot of dirty-looking smoke, the Bristol mud scraper BD6, designed by Brunel to remove mud from lock and basin sides so it could be dredged, was in the final days of almost 80 years of service.
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Central Bristol seen from the air in 1961
(Image: Mirrorpix)1 of 16Carwardines Coffee Shop, Corn Street, Shannon Court, Bristol in 1965
(Image: Mirrorpix)2 of 16New high rise living at Barton Hill Flats, Bristol, in 1963, as old buildings nearby are demolished
(Image: Mirrorpix)3 of 16The Archway and footpath from Victoria Square to Boyce's Avenue, Clifton, Bristol, around 1965
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