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Your daily walk

We have just added some temporary signage around Sea Mills offering some heritage information for those out on daily walks during lockdown. (PLEASE NOTE that the temporary signage has been in place since April and some of it is now missing – please take the online version of the walk with you to enjoy the walk). Dip in and out of the trail or do the whole thing while socially distancing. Alternatively, enjoy the “walk” from the comfort of your own home by following it and reading the information online or via an experimental virtual tour which will be added to. You can also use the website to follow the directions.

The walk starts at Mead Way and ends on the Rec. We will be adding some more information about the things that you pass on the walk as we compile it. We have also added some more information to the virtual museum visit so that you can continue to enjoy the museum even if you are self isolating. For those going out, the museum is closed at the moment but much of it can be seen from the from the outside and all the audio clips are available as part of the virtual visit.

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Is this Remembrance Day at Sea Mills School 1932?

As we go through the project we are collecting lots of old photographs. Some come with names and dates but others don’t. We will post some of them on this site, let us know if you recognise a friend, relative or even yourself – or if you can help us date a photograph.

We would love to know more about this photograph, it’s marked Sea Mills School 1932 on the back but we have not been able to identify any of the people in it so far. If you look closely in in the bigger versions it looks like the children are wearing poppies and the teacher on the right is wearing his medals. Eagle-eyed helpers on facebook have also noticed that two of the children in the front row are wearing Brownie uniform and there is a scout at in the back row. The first Poppy Appeal was in 1921, we are also wondering what the straps are that most of the children are wearing? If these are gas masks then this would make the date later. It’s been suggested that they might be sashes to signify something. Let us know, if you think you know!

Read more about the history of the Poppy Appeal on the British Legion website.

Photograph 1. Sea Mills School 1932

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Thanks also to Mike Butt who has helped us make this colourised version. Click on the picture of a slightly bigger version)

After appealing for information about this photo we have identified the child on the back row standing next to the teacher. He is Desmond John White, born in 1923 and he lived at 17 Trym Side. He was also in the St. Edyths choir. Thank you to his son, Philip for identifying him. Read more about his family and their contribution to WW1 & WW2