I know as family historians and genealogists, we tend to live a little bit in the past but I think this is going a little too far! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8698298.stm I do appreciate the logic behind the plan but . . . . . -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk

If this is "central" Bristol then I have to agree with them. In fact you can't really go faster than 20mph these days because there is just so much traffic. The suburbs are a different matter. When our ancestors first had cars I doubt they would have gone much faster than that and there weren't many people around...the roads just weren't made for cars and comfort in those days. Perhaps we could go back to Rickshaws (like NY) provided they were only around the central area and not going up and down the 7 hills of Bristol. I certainly found traffic was so slow when I was there in December and I think I could have walked faster. So, going back to Mid-Victorian times - how would our ancestors have got around Bristol? I imagine they just shopped within a short distance of their homes. My family lived in and around Bedminster/Totterdown at least from 1877. Prior to that my great grandfather boarded in Horfield - he moved in from Street, Somerset presumably for an apprenticeship as a Print Compositor. At some time between 1901 and 1911 they bought a house at 21 Longfield Road and the extended family lived there until 1972. I imagine that as he had lived in the area in 1877 he already knew the area so that's why he moved back there. Can anyone tell me when the area around Horfield was built? Their house was near Gloucestershire County Cricket ground and my great aunt always went to see the games. The houses are typical Victorian terraced homes with small front "areas" and back gardens. Right up to the death of my great aunt nothing in the house ever changed - there was always the aspidistra in a huge green put, the beautiful musical box which my great aunt sadly sold to a man who came knocking. That really upset me as I had told her I was happy to buy it off her, it was a really beautiful one with at least 10 tunes and in immaculate condition. A lovely little Davenport with a secret drawer that held all the family documents - births, marriage, death certificates, Wills and her father's bible with all the names and dates of birth and death in. What happened to all that? She wasn't married and everything went to her niece who was known for throwing everything out. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charani" <familyhunter@family-hunter.co.uk> To: "B+D List" <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:52 PM Subject: [B&D] Back to the future, Bristol style? >I know as family historians and genealogists, we tend to live a little > bit in the past but I think this is going a little too far! > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8698298.stm > > I do appreciate the logic behind the plan but . . . . . > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM > Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM > http://wsom-opc.org.uk > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >