Friends of Clifton Centre and LibraryIllustrated talk by Ronald Hutton, Professor of History at Bristol University The most famous prehistoric monument in the world, Stonehenge has been celebrated for over nine centuries. Its profile in our own nation has never been higher, because of the controversy over the proposed road tunnel beside it, and the major exhibition now at the […]
The Story Walk begins at Clifton Library. The walk is easy and mainly level. Running time approx 1½ hours Walk with Clare through Clifton and hear snippets of history and slices of fiction as you look at familiar streets with fresh new eyes. Clare was delighted to be asked to create a brand new […]
The Story Walk begins at Clifton Library. The walk is easy and mainly level. Running time approx 1½ hours Walk with Clare through Clifton and hear snippets of history and slices of fiction as you look at familiar streets with fresh new eyes. Clare was delighted to be asked to create a brand new […]
A talk by Sheila Rowbotham: After the Great Western Cotton Works opened in Barton Hill in 1838 employees resisted their harsh working conditions through the courts and through spontaneous strikes. They were not unionised until 1889, when mainly women workers mobilised through ‘new unionism’ which reached out beyond the craft unions. Sustained support came from […]
Clifton Crafters Bring along that 'UFO' (Un-finished Object). We all have craft ideas we have started and now they are lurking in a drawer unloved - dig them out and come and share a morning of knitting, crochet, tapestry, cross stich, rag rugs or whatever you would love to resurrect or mend! No skill needed […]
Evacuation, bombing, civil defence, riots in the streets, demonstrations at Temple Meads. Bristol had it all in World War Two. Two programmes and home movie archive bring to life the stories of some of the woman and children caught up in the war when it arrived in the city in the winter of 1940. This […]
FOCCAL Monthly Book Group Led by Beri Hare. We shall be reading and discussing a book each month over tea and coffee.For the first meeting of the group we will discuss a gentle short novel, 'Mothering Sunday' by Graham Swift. We will also allow time to discuss how we would like to choose subsequent books […]
Clifton Crafters - cancelled this week 28 September - see you on 5th October Bring along that ‘UFO’ (Un-finished Object). We all have craft ideas we have started and now they are lurking in a drawer unloved – dig them out and come and share a morning of knitting, crochet, tapestry, cross stich, rag rugs […]
Film Friday: Phantom of the Open The first of our new season of Film Fridays is 'an uproarious comedy' in which the 'actor Mark Rylance brings a mix of sorrow and optimism to his portrayal of Flitcroft, the shipyard crane operator who, encouraged by his wife, Jean (Sally Hawkins), to finally follow his dreams, enters […]
An Illustrated talk by Livingstone St. Ives, a Cornish gallery based in St. Ives and Clifton An illustrated talk by one of the curators of Livingstone St. Ives, a Cornish gallery based in St. Ives and Clifton. The session will consider the ways in which we look at and understand contemporary art and explore ways […]