Current affairs
Were you in Sandy Park Road on May 8th? You will have witnessed ‘Trading Local’ - a series of short (5 minutes) plays presented in the shops by The Show of Strength Theatre Company in conjunction with the Brislington Community Partnership. These were new plays by local writers, and one was written by the Society Chairman, Jonathan Rowe, including references to places and events in Brislington’s past which many of you will have recognised.
Request for help
As part of its 25th Anniversary exhibition, the Society traced the history of the shops in Sandy Park Road,
from when they were first built until just after the Second World War. Many fascinating discoveries were made,
including just how many butcher’s and confectionary shops there were. In addition, it was interesting to see how
many premises were shared by businesses, some of which had no links at all eg bootmaker + dentist.
We hope to complete the history up to the present day for presentation in the future.
The Kelly’s street directories, from which we obtained much of our information, unfortunately become much more infrequent
after 1949, so we would be grateful for any help you can give us about shops and shopping habits in more recent years.