A wide-ranging compendium of Bristol's history, events and personalities, all lovingly recorded by one of Bristol's amateur historians.
The panorama stretches from coal-mining in Kingswood to the Rip Van Winkle pin factory in Staple Hill that stood untouched for 40 years after it closed, from the days when St Werburgh's was a favourite spot for Victorian picnickers to experiments on the Downs to perfect a kit-drawn carriage.