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Saturday 19 September at the Pavilion, 1 Hannover Quay, Harbourside, Bristol, 10.00am-1.00pm and on the Avon from 2.30pm
This year the Bristol Threatened History Society is participating in the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the opening of Bristol’s Floating Harbour by holding this one-day event. This opening was the culmination of the development of a long series of harbour and port facilities going back to the days when Bristol was a flourishing Saxon maritime town with contacts in Ireland, Scandinavia and France.
Our speakers will describe the ongoing attempts by Bristol’s merchants to keep up with national and international changes in port facilities, bringing it all bang up to date by looking at the problems of the 21st century.
The day will be rounded off by a fascinating afternoon on the river looking at the harbour from the inside out.
Details are below. You can also download the information as a PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file (122kB) by clicking here. (The document has been checked for viruses with an up-to-date virus checker and none was found).
To book a place, either download the document or print out this page and return the form and a cheque payable to Bristol Threatened History Society to Mike Ponsford at the address shown.
BRISTOL HARBOUR 200
Provisional Programme
10.00 Introduction
10.15 Bristol’s medieval harbour Bob Jones (City Archaeologist)
11.00 Bristol’s Floating Harbour- the first 200 years Peter Malpass (Professor of Housing and Urban Studies at University of the West of England)
11.45-12.15 Coffee
12.15 The new harbours at Portbury and Avonmouth Patrick Kearon (Director of Public Affairs, The Bristol Port Company)
1.00 Lunch (make own arrangements)
2.30 onwards Guided boat trips on the Redshank and Bahgeera led by Peter Malpass and Andy King, authors of Bristol’s Floating Harbour – the first 200 years
Tickets available at £16.00 (including boat trip) from Mike Ponsford at 12 Seymour Road, Bishopston, Bristol, BS7 9HR by completing this form, contacting m.ponsford@ipresent.co.uk or on (0117) 985 8109.
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