EAW000736 ENGLAND (1946). The Wills Memorial Building, Museum and Art Gallery and environs, Bristol, from the south, 1946
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Title | [EAW000736] The Wills Memorial Building, Museum and Art Gallery and environs, Bristol, from the south, 1946 |
Reference | EAW000736 |
Date | 9-May-1946 |
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Place name | BRISTOL |
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Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 358085, 173263 |
Longitude / Latitude | -2.6033353553629, 51.456304150537 |
National Grid Reference | ST581733 |
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Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. |
Frank |
Sunday 11th of August 2024 10:43:58 AM |
Bombed and roofless Bristol Museum - now (in 2024) this building is Browns Restaurant. After repairs to this war damage, the ground-floor of the building became the University refectory before Browns took it on while the University retained use of the first-floor. Incidentally, the replacement roof that was installed was of corrugated asbestos and that 'eyesore' remains today. Because of this bomb damage, the Museum moved into Bristol Art Gallery next-door (to the East) to become the combined Bristol Museum & Art Gallery (BMAG). Wills Hall - at the rear of BMAG also suffered bad damage (not evident in this photo). Some of the shrapnel damage was deliberately left unrepaired and can be seen today at BMAG - particularly the large, Chinese bronze bell, still in Wills Hall.
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Frank |
Sunday 11th of August 2024 10:41:51 AM |
The Royal Fort, where the Physics Dept of Bristol University was based. |
hilary |
Tuesday 29th of December 2015 02:18:59 PM |
Bristol Grammar School for Boys. |
hilary |
Tuesday 29th of December 2015 02:17:51 PM |