Bristol, Tennis Courts, Portway And Avon Gorge c.1935
Photo ref:
B212187
Photo ref:
B212187
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In August 1920, Bristol Corporation obtained an Act to take over the former BP&PR railway line between Sneyd Park Junction and Hotwells. Unlike Bradford, Bristol was not about to embark on running a railway: they simply wanted the trackbed for a new road to Avonmouth, for the Gorge was not wide enough for both.
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Memories of Bristol, Tennis Courts, Portway and Avon Gorge c1935
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These Clifton Tennis Courts alongside Bristol's Portway road were built just after the road was opened. The new built Portway from Bristol to Avonmouth a very modern road in its day. The wide A4 Portway trunk road passes along the south-west edge of Sea Mills and links central Bristol with its outport at Avonmouth. Running parallel to the serpentine path of the River Avon, the Portway was the most ...see more
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