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Bitton Bus Terminus: 1909: Courtesy Paul Townsend
Frere Alms Houses, Bitton: photo courtesy Peter Davies
Wesleyan Methodist Bitton Outing

Swinford and Kelston Round Hill: photo courtesy BRO
Bitton High St, ing’s Arms Bristol United Beers; van of S.K: photo BRO
The Old Vicarage, Bitton: courtesy BRO

Upton School Heads Photo courtesy Joyce Cooper
Swineford: photo courtesy BRO
Circa 1900 painting by Muriel King-Smith, showing Golden Valley Mills, Bitton

The Pines Express revived September 2012

Photo courtesy Peter Davies
Queens Head, Willsbridge Hill; 1900: Queens Head, Willsbridge Hill
North St, Oldland Common: photo courtesy BRO

Bitton High Street: 1880-9120: photo courtesy Bristol Records Office
Union Inn, Oldland Common, front elevation of inn with patrons outside. Winchcombe & Son horsedrawn waggon: 1900s: BRO
Bitton High St/Church Lane: 1880-9120: photo courtesy Bristol Records Office

The Grange and St Mary’s Bitton: photo courtesy BRO
Bitton High Street: 1880-9120: photo courtesy Bristol Records Office
Bitton High St: 1880-9120: photo courtesy Bristol Records Office

Oldland Common photo courtesy John RT Hopes
The White Hart Bitton: 1880-1920: photo courtesy BRO
Bitton Paper Mill: photo courtesy BRO

Bitton Council School (now The Meadows): photo courtesy BRO
Bitton Station Midland Railway: photo courtesy BRO
Eastover Bitton: photo courtesy BRO

Oldland Post Office, AA Adams and Tabernacle: photo courtesy BRO
St Anne’s Church, Oldland:photo courtesy BRO
Stouts Hill (looking towards Willsbridge Hill): 1900: Courtesy BRO

Willsbridge Hill: 1890s: Courtesy BRO
Willsbridge Hill, showing view from Brockham Hill with old slaughterhouse on left, The Limes centre, & Kyte House in background:1900: Willsbridge Hill, showing view from Brockham Hill with old slaughterhouse on left, The Limes centre, & Kyte House in background : 1900: BRO
Railway Inn off license, Brockham Hill, Willsbridge, Central Stores or off license in middle of Bitton/Longwell Green roads, Brockham Hill. Demolished 1972: 1937: BRO

Avon & Glos Dramway, Willsbridge, showing dramway weighbridge & shed at Londonderry Wharf, Willsbridge:1960: BRO
Londonderry Wharf: 1900: BRO
Caisley’s Upholsterers FC, Cherry Gardens, Willsbridge: 1933-4: BRO

Avon & Glos Dramway, Willsbridge, showing wharf where Siston Brook enters river: 1940s: BRO
The Lons Mansion: 1890s: BRO
Londonderry Farm, Willsbridge: 1890s: BRO

Oldland Common Station: 1967: BRO
West Street/North Street corner, Oldland Common, Showing 2 cottages with Crown & Horse Shoe Inn : 1922: BRO
Siston Brook, Oldland Bottom, 1890s: BRO

Oldland Common school, 5 tier group of children with 2 teachers. Many named on reverse: 1952: BRO
California Colliery, Oldland: nd: BRO
Oldland school and Schoolhouse, 1837 Photo courtesy Bath In Time/Bath Central Library

First Meeting of Bitton P H G: 2014
The Taylor Family – approx. 1939-40 L-R: Margaret, Ivan, Mum (Lilian Taylor), Allan, Eileen (Tink), Pat, Pam, Frank: photo courtesy Pat Short
Illustration of Hatters

California Colliery, Oldland, Showing ex-colliery buildings viewed from road: 1966: BRO
Oldland Common Church Hall Football Club Dance. Most named on the reverse: 1950s: BRO
On top the Anderson Shelter at The Halt, in North Street. L-R Pam Taylor, Pat Taylor (standing) Ivan Taylor with Mick the dog and Laurie Hanks. In the distance you can see the houses in Victoria Street, North Common: photo courtesy Pat Short

Willsbridge Mill

 

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