Matt Gibson (@gothick)

Hotwells, Bristol

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October 2021

@Setapp Say, is there any way of getting Setapp working again when it gets into this state where things (including the menus) aren’t loading? Thanks! pic.twitter.com/Xwl525gRJT

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@Kavey Staghorn sumac, I think. There’s a few of them round here and they all look extra-amazing for a week or two in October.

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“Some folk, of course, who talk glibly about the simple life when it is safely out of reach, betray themselves in camp by for ever peering about for the artificial excitements of civilisation which they miss.”
— Algernon Blackwood, The Camp of the Dog, 1908. 190-fucking-8.

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NickHowes13 A fine panorama of College Green 1931-2, with Canons Marsh GWR and Deanery Road viaduct cutting over College Street pic.twitter.com/4VYO0Sg0l3

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“But hear me out, Jenkins. What if the lion rampant was *itself* holding an escutcheon with a lion rampant on it, and *that* lion…” “I’m going to have to stop you there, my lord.” pic.twitter.com/XzGh0z1A0m

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@DonellaSpells I have no idea what you mean, he said, his voice slightly muffled by the stack of musty-smelling research materials on Victorian ritual magicians.

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Little blog post about this and another interesting old book I’m currently reading: gothick.org.uk/2021/10/16/whe…

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Interesting little tidbit about the (replica) Bristol Cross that stands in Berkeley Square, from a bit of family history I’m reading… archives.bristol.gov.uk/records/Pamphl… pic.twitter.com/4Uyk9dnmuw

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mshedbristol Docks Heritage Weekend continues today with plenty to explore at M Shed, @theunderfall @SSGreatBritain βš“ Donations very welcome. 😊 bristolmuseums.org.uk/m-shed/whats-o… pic.twitter.com/mDT4UQQJb2

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@4r7hr Yes. Yes it was. Had to reset my brain overnight to finish it off.

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danoliver My life. pic.twitter.com/Zb7kxD66Rv

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TragicAllyHere If you’re having a bad day, please remember this inspirational quote I got in a pack of stickers from China pic.twitter.com/ogO6U503Pj

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It’s always DNS.

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dbfamilylaw @gothick @SaveRedlandLibr Reputedly, the first package tour, London to New York, offered by Brunel: Paddington to Temple Mead, overnight at this then hotel, then on SS Great Britain from Bristol to NY. All designed and engineered by Brunel

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Earlier, north of the river, there were attempts to put a bridge across the Avon close to Hotwells, and plans for an underground system. Sound familiar? :D (Source: The Bristol Port Railway & Pier, Colin Maggs, Oakwood Press, 1975) pic.twitter.com/8HQ4V4Svne

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Hotwells, looking across the river from near the Clifton Bridge station. Samuel Loxton, c. 1910 pic.twitter.com/DZwTCYU9g9

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Brunel House faΓ§ade, present day and 1880s. Apparently after failing as a hotel (built for Brunel) it was a popular Turkish Baths for a time. victorianturkishbath.org/2history/atozh… pic.twitter.com/9zpOiyuQZJ

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@danbarker I change my mind from month to month, and year to year. This springs to mind today. youtube.com/watch?v=y82uMw…

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yumhoneyblood 𝕀π•₯’𝕀 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖, ‘𝐴 π‘†π‘œπ‘’π‘£π‘’π‘›π‘–π‘Ÿ π‘œπ‘“ π‘Ž π‘‡π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘π‘™π‘’ π‘Œπ‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿ’… Stream it now via link in bio or head to @Bandcamp to own the treasure. Ty to my team at @Believemusic_UK @iceblinkluckyyy, @hannahcampbell_x and @jjhusk01 - Intelligent, caring and hardest working bunch pic.twitter.com/v9Azmjkv4P

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