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Massive Attack, Tricky, Roni Size; all big Bristol names and their version of the Bristol Sound owes much to the music brought to this country from the Caribbean. It was not until the Bamboo Club in St Pauls was established in the 1960s that there was a venue for these sounds. City of Bristol … Read more…
Inspired by Pakistani artist, Salman Farooqi Year 4 children from St Barnabas CEVC produced postcards depicting the places their relatives had travelled from and selected a single, poignant sentence to express something of their feelings about this new city.
A beautiful Georgian square of limestone houses with tall, imposing arched windows, a little cabstand for the drivers of horse drawn carriages, St James’ Parish School originally set up for the poor were all destroyed in the first major bombing attack on Bristol in the Second World War. Local Learning asked Level 2 Art and … Read more…
Kelly’s Bristol and Suburban Street Directory for 1882 lists Mrs Hodges, dress pattern maker at number 14, William Brown, artificial limb and truss maker at number 7 and George Burgess, phrenologist could be found at number 23 for anyone wanting an interpretation of the bumps, dips and dimensions of their skulls. Local Learning took Year … Read more…
Patrick waited behind a long curtain whilst the paying public came to ogle him and comment on his unusual size. As if at the zoo, they would have pointed and gasped, wondering aloud where he would have got his clothes and how big his mother must have been. Year 2, St Barnabas CEVC explored … Read more…
Robbers, rogues and rascals mix with the virtuous and upstanding citizens in Samuel Colman’s 1824 portrayal of St James’ Fair on display at the City Museum and Art Gallery (K353 (c) Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives). Year 5, St Barnabas CEVC considered the comment that the artist wanted to make about the fair. They … Read more…
An invisible line runs right through the Bearpit indicating the parish boundary between St Pauls and St James. There are no existing visible indications on the site marking this boundary so Local Learning liaised with UWE History undergraduates, Laura and Poppy as part of their public engagement component of their course to convey this … Read more…
Local Learning took the archaeological finds to City of Bristol Level 2 Art and Design students who explored the evidence from the excavation and produced artwork, much of which was related to the study of the medieval floor tiles. Many of the students were particularly interested in the idea of broken, discarded tiles being used … Read more…
Medieval silver coins, pewter goblets, beautiful ceramic tiles and a jet amulet discovered amongst the remains of 250 skeletons. These exciting finds were the result of an archaeological excavation carried out in 1995 at St James Priory by Bristol and Regional Archaeological Services. We wanted Year 3, St Barnabas C of E to … Read more…