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Community journalism

Have you seen the TARDIS? – Bristol Museums
Have you seen a TARDIS in Bristol? The blue police telephone boxes from Doctor Who could once be found in the city. Find out about Bristol’s 13 boxes.
Stunning mural transforms railway station
It reflects the area’s flora and fauna
More mystery Mr Men paintings appear
Mr Bump graffiti is growing in one Bristol suburb
Avonmouth community group named best in country
Volunteers who bring joy at Christmas have won a prestigious national award
What is Mr Bump doing in Bristol?
A mystery artist has been creating images of the Mr Men character
Plans for ‘monstrous’ 5G mast in Sea Mills rejected
A proposal for a 15-metre tall 5G mast in Sea Mills Square has been turned down
‘If this 5G mast goes up in Sea Mills, I’ll be devastated’
Mary Milton on why a 5G pole should not be put next to a historic tree in Sea Mills Square
Suspected hand grenade destroyed in controlled explosion
The explosive device was found during building work
New book celebrates memories of Sea Mills
How Lucky I Was contains childhood memories of Sea Mills in the 1930s to 1950s
‘They’d say “I’ve never spoken to someone gay before” and often they would cry’
Dale Wakefield, activist and co-founder of Bristol Lesbian and Gay Switchboard, has died aged 78
After 100 years, the Lark returns to Shirehampton
Shirehampton Public Hall hosts recreation of landmark musical performance
Local community facilities at risk in Sea Mills and Lawrence Weston
Both suburbs have both recently lost much-loved community spaces, leaving residents wondering what will happen next
Warhorse statue planned for Shirehampton
Bristol’s World War One heritage could be honoured with a life-size sculpture
Sea Mills potter accepts Throw Down challenge
Sea Mills resident Hannah Walker is a contestant on the new series of Channel 4’s Great Pottery Throw Down
Santa Claus is coming (to Sea Mills)
Covid-19 restrictions mean Christmas will be different this year but the residents of Sea Mills are making the most of it
SS Great Britain Return – Sea Mills 100 Museum
Fifty years today on the 19th July 1970, exactly 127 years after it was originally launched, the SS Great Britain finally made it back to the dry dock in Bristol dock in which it was built. It had waited the previous two weeks in the Cumberland Basin for a tide high enough to take it … Continue read…
Sea Mills Infant School remembered
With the old building about to be demolished, generations of ex-pupils recall their schooldays
The Sea Mills cafe that cares for its community
The Cafe on the Square is providing free packed lunches during half-term for local children on free school meals
Sea Mills willow trees saved from felling
A tree preservation order means they will not be removed
Willow trees threatened at Sea Mills harbour
A controversial planning application has been filed to fell a line of mature willow trees
Sea Mills’ mini-museum reopens with new exhibition
Young people are using the space to share their feelings about Covid-19
Conversations at the Cafe on the Square
During lockdown Sea Mills has been really missing its community cafe, but now it’s back
‘It’s an unlikely alliance between the footballers and the van dwellers’
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Sea Mills has become a temporary home to van dwellers
‘Growing through what we are going through’
Garden suburb Sea Mills has hosted the area’s first ever front garden trail
‘I’ve cut more hair off this weekend than I normally do in weeks’
The first business in Sea Mills Square to close its doors during the Covid-19 pandemic has finally reopened
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