Memories

Want to hop in my time machine… no I’m not Dr Who, I’m just visiting Memories down in St Nick’s Market. Actually I am Dr Who now get in my box Amy Pond… anyway…
I have actually been down to Memories on quite a few occasions to have a look at Bristol over the years; it almost seems so much more beautiful and wonderful. I suppose if you were going to photograph it now on an average weekday you’d probably catch a group of students staggering out of what used to a beautiful building and is now an Aussie theme pub.
But all the beautiful old photography is arranged into locations alphabetically e.g. if you’re from Clifton, Clutton or Clevedon you can get digging and try and find that photo of your house from the 1860s (as my friend did, he obviously bought that image immediately). The photos usually set you back around £8.00 each, at least they did when I wrote this, unless you want a much larger version of the photo then the costs rise.
But I was only half joking about the time machine; looking at the images is like a taking a brilliant tour of Bristol though the ages gone by and as you whizz around Bristol in the the 19^th century, you might just learn an awful lot about this beautiful city.

I absolutely adore this small stall from the covered section of St Nicholas Market. Inside the modest wooden boxes on Memories stalls sit prints of black and white photographs dating back over 100 years. There are pictures of Bristol’s city centre, Bath and everywhere in between to peruse through and mentally compare the difference between the ages.
Ranging from £8 to £20 per print (more if you opt for a framed picture) I feel it’s a reasonable price to pay to own a copy of local history. I love searching out photographs of places I’ve worked or lived and seeing what they looked like all those years ago. Nerdy? Or a bit of innocent fun? You decide!
It’s a great stall to visit whether you’re a local or tourist to get a flavour of Bristol in a bygone era.