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GB 3493 199 · Item · c. 1864 - 1887

One side of the jug is decorated with an image of Clifton Suspension Bridge, the other is inscribed with this poem:
'Here Gentlemen, come try your skill,
I’ll hold a wager if you will.
That you don’t drink this liq’r all,
Without you spill or let some fall.'

Pountney & Co.
GB 3493 197 · Item · 20 December 2001

This print (which may date later than when the image was taken) was one of the three winners of the Bristol Post Clifton Suspension Bridge 150th Anniversary photo competition held in December 2014. The steam train shown is the Avonside Engine Co. Fishponds Works Bristol 0-6-OST IW & D 34 (works no. 1764) of the Bristol Industrial Museum, M-Shed on a 'opening' test run.

Giles, Richard
GB 3493 196 · Item · 6 June 1826

The handbill describes Mr G. Courtney's second attempt of crossing the Avon Gorge at 6:30pm on Monday 5 June 1826. The first crossing took place on 22 May 1826 when Courtney 'flew' across the Avon Gorge horizontally from a rope suspended from a point above the Giant's Cave to a tree in Leigh Woods. As well as a poem, the item includes a woodcut illustration showing winged figure flying over the Avon Gorge.

Bonner, H, printer, 4 Unity Street, St. Philips