Are these cranes around the back of the A Bond, or something else? archives.bristol.gov.uk/records/43207/… pic.twitter.com/5nIWJkC0Y2
@martr101 @theunderfall Yup. In fact, I think they used to part-own it? I noticed there’s an information board down by the Campbell Buoy outside the gate these days. pic.twitter.com/dvooR9HQUe
(Info courtesy Maurice Fells’ _The A-Z of Curious Bristol_, hand-delivered by the author on Sunday—turns out he has quicker checkout-to-delivery than Amazon Prime if you happen to live around the corner 😂 )
The Britannia Buildings, Hotwell Road. It was once P&A Campbell’s local headquarters, and was named after one of their paddle steamers. There are some pictures of the PS Britannia (launched May, 1896) here: paddlesteamers.org/musings/megora… pic.twitter.com/hmIiZOVwF9