Sappho Archives - Bristol History

Faces of 39 Voietnamese people who died in a trafficking incident in Essex in 2019.

Connections – Sappho and Jonathan Dove’s Odyssey

Ethnic minorities, Immigrants
02 February 2024

02 February 2024

I told my son, “I’d like to go to a concert one of these days.” He pounced at once. My Dad would have said, “like a dog on a rabbit.” He, my son, is...

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Sappho a steamship belonging to Bristol Steam Navigation Company

The Master of the last Sappho

Sailors
01 February 2024

05 February 2024

“The Master of the last Sappho” is a sequel to “Sappho and her sisters” about the little steamships with the fancy classical (recycled) names which belonged to the Bristol Steam Navigation Company. In a...

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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.

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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!

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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.