Census! Come and see our new display

Sea Mills 100 is joining the Sea Mills and Coombe Dingle Community Showcase on 29 March.

Over the last few months a group of Sea Mills 100 volunteers have been starting to research the first residents of Sea Mills who were recorded on the 1921 census.

This is particularly exciting because when we did our last batch of research in 2019 the information from that census was not yet available and we had to rely on other, often less detailed sources.

In 1921 two streets had been built, the first part of Sylvan Way and the whole of Woodleaze. So far we have looked at 11 of the first households to move into Sea Mills. There are two chances to see the early results of our research during the community event on 29th March.

There are lots of activities throughout the day. Those specifically involving Sea Mills 100 are:

11am – 1pm – Sea Mills Library, meet the team and get tips about historical and family research and see the census display

11am – 1pm – Community Trail, get your trail map stamped at the Museum on the Square. (Museum open 10 – 5pm)

2pm – 4pm – Census display as part of the Community Showcase at Sea Mills Methodist Church.

SS Great Britain talk at Sea Mills Community Club

Have you visited the restored SS Great Britain in dry dock in Bristol? Perhaps you remember it being floated along the Avon, past Sea Mills on the way to its final home in 1970?

Sea Mills 100 has teamed up with Sea Mills Community Club to bring you an event which includes a talk about the SS Great Britain. 

SS Great Britain – From launch to re-launch will be presented by former Sea Mills Headteacher, Ian Caskie. 
The club opens at 10am, with the talk at 11am. There will be free refreshments. 

Entry to the talk is free for residents of Sea Mills and Coombe Dingle. Visitors welcome, suggested donation £3

There will also be time for a chat or to share memories or even photographs if you have them. 

Tuesday 6th June 2023
10:00 – 12.30 (talk at 11am)
Sea Mills Methodist Church
140 Shirehampton Road
Sea Mills, 
Bristol BS9 2DY

If you would like to know more about the SS Great Britain’s return, read our blog post which includes some lovely photographs from local resident Tim Wallis.

crowds watch from the river bank of the Avon as the rusty hulk of the SS Great Britain goes by