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To give you an idea of the scale of the 1914 Exhibition site, here’s a postcard, also from Bristol Archives, showing the impact it had on the Bristol environment. archives.bristol.gov.uk/records/43207/…. @KYPBristol of course has others… maps.bristol.gov.uk/kyp/?edition=b… pic.twitter.com/N9ie8ldwOr
I’d also like to say that I’m most fascinated by some of the parts of the exhibition that may or may not have happened (it was a provisional plan, after all.) Oh to have visited the Tubs of Joy or the House of Nonsense (now the site of the Paxton Drive flats!) #bristol
You’ll also find a few images tagged on the map. These show some postcards I’ve collected of images of the Exhibition (and Clifton Bridge Station) since it first piqued my interest.
Kudos also to the original 1914 draughtsperson and surveyor who made a characterful plan of a giant site that, when overlayed with no adjustment at all on the modern world, lines up extraordinarily well with modern landmarks. I was impressed.
Thanks @bristolarchives for giving me permission to photograph their original plan, digitise it (it took a while!), reorient it northwards and overlay it on modern @openstreetmap mapping Enormous thanks also Clive Burlton, author of _Bristol’s Lost City_ bristolbooks.org/shop/bristols-…
I’m fascinated by the 1914 #Bristol International Exhibition, the great “White City” that lives on in the name of the local White City Allotments. I made a website that shows you @bristolarchives’ plan of the Exhibition in a modern context: exhibition.gothick.org.uk #history pic.twitter.com/ItCwHPOP6Z