Kingswood Archives - Bristol History

The Fantastical Kingswood Park: Then and Now

Kingswood, My family history
28 September 2024

28 September 2024

I cannot say that a visit to Kingswood Park is my first memory, but one Sunday, 9 May 1943 would easily make the top five. I was just over a month short of my...

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Zahringer’s of Kingswood

Kingswood
22 April 2023

27 August 2023

This is old news, but I’m sad to see that Zahringer’s in Kingswood closed in 2022. When I lived in Kingswood from 1937-1966, Mum and Dad always took our clocks and watches there to...

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About Me

DP LIndegaard

I have been researching the social history of the West Country for 45 years. During this time I have collated information on a wide range of people living and working in the West Country including miners, ethnic minorities, petty criminals, sailors, tommies, benefactors, brassmakers and many more. The thing that I find amazing is that ordinary people always lived extraordinary lives. I hope you like my blog that brings together my lifetime of research.

Favourite Quote

Death may our souls divide From these abodes of day But love shall keep us near his side Through all the gloomy way.

The epitaph on the gravestone of James Pillinger - the sight of which started me of on my journey of discovery 49 years ago!

Favourite Quote

A man (or woman) is not dead while his name is still spoken.

Terry Pratchett

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I have been doing social history research on the working class in Bristol and the West Country for over 45 years. My new website collates my life's work.