With the continuing redevelopment of large areas of central Bristol, many of our former industrial buildings vanished almost daily. In this article, Julian Lea-Jones gives an account of one such local industry, the Temple Back Alum works that closed in the 1980s. Alum (the common name for Aluminium Sulphate) is an essential but unnoticeable product widely used by many industries.
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Steve Poole’s Roadshow- But is it Real History?
Steve Poole recounts his experience working with a Bristol-based company, Available Light, put a six-week series together for HTV under a working title of The History Trail. Rather than preparing a script and offering its viewers an ‘expert’ whose authoritative voice sets the agenda, the team went in and asked people who lived there what they wanted them to investigate.