Richard Hendy Archives - Bristol History

Richard Hendy pictured in uniform of the Australian Army

Richard Hendy, mariner, 1926-2024

Sailors
12 December 2024

12 January 2025

In mid-December 2024 I learned the sad news of the death of my friend Richard Hendy. Our friendship alas goes back less than two years, a very short time in his long life. We...

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A bunch of bananas being offered to a girl from a sailor on a boat at Bristol Harbour

The Life & Sea-faring Times of Richard Hendy, Mariner

Long Reads, Sailors
27 January 2024

05 February 2024

Richard Hendy is a Bristol man who spent much of his life at sea, starting as a galley boy (aged 14) in Atlantic Convoys (oil tankers) with the Norwegian Merchant Fleet. After the war...

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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.

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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.