Since the closure of Bolsover colliery in 1993 great efforts have been made by central and local government, and other bodies to regenerate the com
The March, 1963
When Ahmed Duale first arrived in Britain in 1991, he thought the war at home would be over in a few days, but as he observed, ‘everyone I knew was
Somalis have come to British ports as seamen since at least the 19th century, but their presence in Bristol cannot be documented before1950.
Zehra Haq set up the Barton Hill Asian Women's Group (later Dhek Bhal), which would later grow to claim some 800 members.
Zehra Haq came to Bristol, to Barton Hill, [ in 1977] because her in-laws lived in Barton Hill, Avonvale Road.
Bristol Indian Association's celebration in March 1959 of the Hindu festival of Holi (the festival of colours).
Western Daily Press 5th December 1972 on Ugandan Asians: Bristol should find homes for between 50 and 100 Ugandan Asian families
The Indian community in Bristol is the most socially mobile of Bristol's South Asian residents.
Bristol’s Polish community was first established in the twentieth century by Polish airmen and people displaced by the second world war and by econ
