The Stories
This is an online collection of 201 digital stories made in Bristol, England. The most recent story was made in July 2008.
Everybody has a story to tell, and through technology people can now relate these stories to a wider audience using their own voice and images. Many of these stories are about peoples’ experiences of Bristol, what brought us here, and what it is like to live and work here.
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Aikaterini Gegisian
The Boat that Moves Me
Alan Osbourne
Dinosaur in my garden
Amanda Headley-White
Bedminster, Bedminster, Bedminster
Amanda Price
The Floating Woman
Amir Ahamed
Mr. Amir Ahamed’s story
Angus and Francis
The Bedminster Dragon
Anna and Ahmet
This is a story of Friendship
Anna Farthing
Paul Robeson: To be Afrikan or Not To Be
Anna Farthing
Paul Robeson: Young Man / Ol’ Man
Anna Farthing
Paul Robeson: The Roles we Play
Anna Farthing
Paul Robeson: My Name is Paul
Anna Farthing
Paul Robeson: Desert Island Disc
Anon
A Journey from Somalia to Horfield
Anon, Zimbabwe
Immigration Story
Ariel Rumeo
Bristol Has Changed My Life.
Beth Trimmer
Roses from a Stranger
Catalina Sanroman
Bristol Uncovered
Catharine Lake
Discovering Snuff Mills
Chandra K Prasad
Coming to Bristol
Charlie Williams
What’s Going On?
Cheryl Martin and Knowle West Media Centre
Through the eye of my digital camera
Christine Hodgson, Doreen Cripps and Betty Morris
Mining in Bedminster
Colin Dean
Long Stay Hospitals like Stoke Park - My Investigation
Colin Griffin
My Childhood Memories
Dave and Adam
Kingsfield Past and Present (Teacher Style…)
Dave and Adam
Kingsfield Past and Present
Denise Britt and Knowle West Media Centre
My journey after the knock at the door
Derrick Anderson
Daily Commuting
Ella Bissett Jonshon
Lost in Transition
Forward
A Zimbabwean living in Bristol
Grant
Dr Loo and the Unexpected Beginning
Grant
The Adventures of Dr Loo - Invasion of Cirencester
Gurdial Kaur
Mrs Gurdial Kaur’s story
Hannah Godfrey
The Ribbon Project
Harriet Brennan
Lunch in Bristol (Almoço em Bristol)
Heather Barham
A Sum of Many Parts
Helen, Jade, Zoe, Dave and Adam
Kingsfield Bristol Stories (The Making of…)
Ian Kerr and Ruth Jacobs
How America got its name
Ingrid Jones
Blaise Castle and Me
Jane Bradley
A Bristol Tour 2006
Jehenelle Blackwood
Young, Gifted and Talented
John Derrick
A Tale of Two Giants
John Derrick
Silt - a story of dock mud
Julian Rush
The Returning Tourist
Kanta Nandwari
Mrs Kanta Nandwari’s story
Karron Chaplin and Knowle West Media Centre
Life Changes
Kevin Parsons
From Hartcliffe to Henbury
Laura Hamilton
My Holiday Adventure
Lawrence Westland
A Remarkable Corner of Bristol
Lesley Belgium and Knowle West Media Centre
Fowl Play
Lia Yau
How Do We Know Each Other?
Liz Milner
St Augustine’s Parade
Lloyd Wilson
The successful drummer
Maia and Candice
A Pig Named George
Maithreyi Nandakumar
Bristol Princess..?
Marius Aznar
Bristol, Slavery and I
Mark Adams
Controlled Creativity
Martin Rieser
The Meridian Phoenix
Martin Rieser
Jacobs Wells Road
Mike
Reflections as seen through the Eyes of a Pensioner
Miriam Casal Madinabeita
Paul Robeson: Aim High
Miriam Casal Madinabeita
Paul Robeson: Those Were the Days
Misfits Theatre Company
Misfits in rehearsal for Forgotten
Mr. Harindar Singh
Mr. Harindar Singh’s story
Nicky Davies
History Repeats Itself
Oli and Rachel
A Roman Adventure
Paige and Millissa
Hartcliffe Ways
Paul Matson
The Demon Barber of Bedminster
Penny Evans
Putting Places in Place
Penny Lepisz
Stoke Park Hospital - The Heydays
Penny Lepisz
Stoke Park Hospital - The Latter Years
Pete Williams
My Family and the Great Engineer
Princess Campbell
Life over the Atlantic
Ralph Juergen Colmar
Wedding Threads
Reethah Desai
A Mosquito in Easton
Roy Gallop
Gardener’s World meets Time Team
Sadie Smith
Paul Robeson: Inspiration
Sadie Smith
Paul Robeson: Paul Speaks My Language
Sally
One Week in January - the Walk To Work story
Samantha Parker
Despite My Fears
Sandra Gil Cueco
Bristol, more than an English City
Sarwat Siddiqui
M32, A Sentimental Journey
Southville Heritage Project
Dean Lane Pit - 100 year commemoration
Stephen Russell
An Ordinary Day in St Pauls
Tajinder Dhami
The Curse of the Kohinoor diamond
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