There were still plenty of large and small (such as missing houses along the terraces in roads such as Newfoundland Street) bombsites when I was still going to school in Bristol in the first part of 1968. I know that by the end of the 1970s I hardly recognised a lot of the City Centre when I had cause to visit. I have recently bought a DVD of the first series of "Shoestring" which was filmed in 1979 and which I loved to watch at the time because it was filmed in Bristol (and area). Brought back some happy memories! Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 9:31 AM Subject: [B&S] When Bristol rebuilds -- English City The Growth and Future of Bristol (was A selection of some of the books ...) On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:05:04 +0100, Karen Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a book called 'English City. The Growth and the Future of > Bristol' which was published in 1945 by J S Fry & Sons. What makes it of > particular interest, I think, is that in addition to a potted history > the book outlines the plans for post-war Bristol's development, looking > at what was being done elsewhere in Europe and the USA. I don't know > Bristol that well and so can't say how much, if any, of those plans came > to fruition. It it's interesting anyway. Hi Karen and Listers, It took me a while to locate my copy of this interesting book on my bookshelves. There is a section entitled 'When Bristol rebuilds' with drawings of how Bristol would look in the future. Among my first memories of the city are bomb sites. I can't remember when the bomb sites disappeared as they were always there in my early life, but Ian reckons they were still some bomb sites in the late 1960s when he first became acquainted with Bristol. Josephine ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:52:14 +0100, Polly Rubery <[email protected]> wrote: > I have recently bought a DVD of the first series of "Shoestring" which > was filmed in 1979 and whichI loved to watch at the time because it was > filmed in Bristol (and area). Brought back some happymemories! Hi Polly and Listers, There are two novels about Shoestring by Paul Ableman. The first, published in 1979, is called Shoestring. The cover includes the words The Private Eye who became the Private Ear for Radio West. The second is Shoestring's Finest Hour, which was published in 1980. Josephine