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