The BackTracker History Show

Kings Weston Estate was once famous throughout Europe for the gardens and spectacular views. It attracted German princes, Russian aristocracy and even the French nobleman Malsherbes, defence council to Louis XVI – obviously before they were both guillotined. 

The last episode talked about the early days but now we look into the last century onwards, examining what the house was used for and how it helped the local community. PLUS there's an interview with the new owner, John Barbey who's love of history really shines through.

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This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. 

If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

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So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

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The BIG Bristol to London Stroll

If you wish to donate and sponsor our endeavours to raise money for the Suicide Prevention Bristol charity, then go to our dedicated Justgiving page. This walk and the money raised is dedicated to Sara, who sadly passed away in March this year. Remember, if you feel low, there's always someone you can talk to and you are more important than you probably know.

Thanks in advance for your support. 

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SOURCES

Kings Weston Action Group

A Forgotten Landscape

Bristol Archives

The History of Parliament

Derby Mercury - Friday 07 June 1754

Caledonian Mercury - Monday 01 September 1729

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Situated high up on a hill overlooking the Severn Estuary and Avonmouth, the 28 acres of wooded parkland surrounding Kings Weston House are popular with local walkers.

Although only small by stately home standards Kings Weston House has some unique features and has been described as one of Sir John Vanbrugh's finest compact houses.

The park is now owned by Bristol City Council and the National Trust. The Kings Weston Action Group (KWAG) actively champions the historic estate and works to conserve it.

Listen to the story of the early years of this little known historical gem.

THIS PODCAST

This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. 

If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

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CONTACT ME…

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @BackTrackerUK

Instagram: @backtrackeruk

Twitter: @BackTrackerUK

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The BIG Bristol to London Stroll

If you wish to donate and sponsor our endeavours to raise money for the Suicide Prevention Bristol charity, then go to our dedicated Justgiving page. This walk and the money raised is dedicated to Sara, who sadly passed away in March this year. Remember, if you feel low, there's always someone you can talk to and you are more important than you probably know.

Thanks in advance for your support. 

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SOURCES

Kings Weston Action Group

A Forgotten Landscape

Bristol Archives

The History of Parliament

Derby Mercury - Friday 07 June 1754

Caledonian Mercury - Monday 01 September 1729

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In 1876 John died while saving the express train, the Flying Dutchman, from disaster. It was a split second decision that would, not only change the lives of his friends and family, but also bring up questions in Parliament.

I wasn't able to include this in the show but here's a poem written about John Chiddy at the time.

MEMORY OF JOHN CHIDDY.

With roar of whirlwind wheels

The flashing train flies by

No shock the traveller feels

He hears cry

Nor starts, nor holds his breath,

Nor wonders, nor looks back ;

He saw not what dire Death

Couched iv his track.

But one man saw and stayed not,

One man sprang forth to save,

And for their lives who prayed not

His own life gave.

The train bore on In thunder

The travellers on their way:

Beneath them, clov'n asunder,

Their saviour lay. more his life-drops wet

The iron pathway's side :

The iron folk forget

For whom he died.

Exeter and Plymouth Gazette Daily Telegrams - Thursday 07 December 1876

THIS PODCAST

This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. 

If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

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SOURCES

Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 07 April 1876

Reading Mercury - Saturday 22 April 1876

Bristol Archives

Ancestry

Find My Past

Kingswood Museum

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"At 9.20 pm I suddenly found myself blown out of my bunk and landed on the floor of my cabin. On my rude awakening I did not grasp what had happened until a brother officer came running off the bridge, and said we had been torpedoed..."

Hear the story of the war crime that shocked the world from those that survived. As well as details about The Llandovery Castle, a Canadian opera by composer by Stephanie Martin and librettist Paul Ciufo, created as an act of remembrance to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the hospital ship Llandovery Castle on June 27, 1918.

The opera focusses on the lives and service of 14 Canadian Nursing Sisters who died in the tragedy. The calm confidence, skill and selflessness of Canadian nurses during the Great War stand in stark contrast to the chaos and violence that surrounded them. From the horrors inflicted by inhuman trench warfare, the Sisters offered healing and compassion to soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

The work premiered in two workshops performances in Toronto in June, 2018, to enthusiastic audiences and critical praise. If you're interested in seeing the opera about this tragedy, then just click here.

THIS PODCAST

This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. 

If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

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Facebook: @BackTrackerUK

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SOURCES

McWilliams, James L.; Steel, R. James (2001). Amiens: Dawn of Victory. Toronto: Dundurn Press. p. 31.

"Obituary: Kenneth Cummins". The Independent. 18 December 2006. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007.

"The Sinking of the Llandovery Castle". The Great War Primary Documents Archive. 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2014.

"Obituary: Kenneth Cummins". The Independent. 18 December 2006. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007.

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The Llandovery Castle was travelling to Bristol after taking wounded Canadian servicemen home. She was displaying all the right signals to say she was a Hospital ship but just near the Fastnet lighthouse, she was torpedoed. What happened next angered the world.

THIS PODCAST

This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. 

If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

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CONTACT ME…

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Facebook: @BackTrackerUK

Instagram: @backtrackeruk

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SOURCES

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Wednesday 13 July 1921

Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 14 July 1921

"The Sinking of the Llandovery Castle". The Great War Primary Documents Archive. 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2014.

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Monday 18 July 1921

Larne Times - Saturday 06 July 1918

Mullins, C, 1921, The Leipzig Trials: An Account of the War Criminals' Trials and Study of German Mentality, Witherby, London

Western Daily Press - Wednesday 30 April 1919

Murray, M, 1953, Union-Castle Chronicle, Longmans, Green & Co, London

Willis, J, 1982,  Prologue to Nuremberg: The Politics and Diplomacy of Punishing War Criminals of the First World War, Greenwoord Publishing Group

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Francis Fox Tuckett, alpinist and explorer renowned for scaling 269 peaks in his lifetime.

The son of Francis and Mariana Tuckett, born in Winterbourne on the outskirts of Bristol, his first experience of climbing was with his father when he was only 12 years old. From then, the adventurer changed the world of mountaineering and was described as a pioneer of Alpine exploration ‘whose name was known throughout the Alps’.

THIS PODCAST

This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. 

If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

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CONTACT ME…

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @BackTrackerUK

Instagram: @backtrackeruk

Twitter: @BackTrackerUK

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The BIG Bristol to London Stroll

If you wish to donate and sponsor our endeavours to raise money for the Suicide Prevention Bristol charity, then go to our dedicated Justgiving page. This walk and the money raised is dedicated to Sara, who sadly passed away in March this year. Remember, if you feel low, there's always someone you can talk to and you are more important than you probably know.

Thanks in advance for your support. 

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SOURCES

Ancestry.com

Bristol Mercury - Saturday 04 March 1871

Edward Whymper, Scrambles amongst the Alps, 6th edition

Tuckett, F. F., ''A Pioneer in the High Alps: Alpine Diaries and Letters of F. F. Tuckett, 1856–1874

Francis Fox Tuckett, Alpine Journal, Vol. 1, 1863

"A Grand Tour of Frenchay" by John Lucena

Frenchay Museum

The Seed (Bristol Grammer School's student run newspaper)

London Evening Standard - Thursday 26 November 1868

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It was an ordinary late afternoon in July  when 14 year old Mary  Waggett was strolling around her local area near her house when she saw something floating in the water. This shocking discovery starts off an investigation into the death of Madamoiselle Albertina, who's real name was Louisa Maud Evans, a girl of only 14 years of age and the unusual circumstances of the premature end of her life.

THIS PODCAST

This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England.

If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

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CONTACT ME…

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @BackTrackerUK

Instagram: @backtrackeruk

Twitter: @BackTrackerUK

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The BIG Bristol to London Stroll

If you wish to donate and sponsor our endeavours to raise money for the Suicide Prevention Bristol charity, then go to our dedicated Justgiving page. This walk and the money raised is dedicated to Sara, who sadly passed away in March this year. Remember, if you feel low, there's always someone you can talk to and you are more important than you probably know.

Thanks in advance for your support.

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SOURCES

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-57932076

Cardiff Times - Saturday 01 August 1896

Cardiff Times - Saturday 05 December 1896

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Welcome to this bonus episode where I go into more depth about the actual execution of Albert Manning for the murder of Jane Flew in Kingswood on 28th September 1892.

If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

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CONTACT ME…

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @BackTrackerUK

Instagram: @backtrackeruk

Twitter: @BackTrackerUK

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The BIG Bristol to London Stroll

If you wish to donate and sponsor our endeavours to raise money for the Suicide Prevention Bristol charity, then go to our dedicated Justgiving page. This walk and the money raised is dedicated to Sara, who sadly passed away in March this year. Remember, if you feel low, there's always someone you can talk to and you are more important than you probably know.

Thanks in advance for your support.

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SOURCES

Ancestry. com

Gloucester Citizen  Thursday 16 March 1893

British Executions.

Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough - Tuesday 14 March 1893

Gloucester Gaol Records

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He fell in love with his married Landlady and they even set up a home together with her children, but when she threw him out, he suspected another man. He became bitter and begged her to come back to him. When she refused, he exacted his revenge.

THIS PODCAST

This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England.

If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

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CONTACT ME…

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @BackTrackerUK

Instagram: @backtrackeruk

Twitter: @BackTrackerUK

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The BIG Bristol to London Stroll

If you wish to donate and sponsor our endeavours to raise money for the Suicide Prevention Bristol charity, then go to our dedicated Justgiving page. This walk and the money raised is dedicated to Sara, who sadly passed away in March this year. Remember, if you feel low, there's always someone you can talk to and you are more important than you probably know.

Thanks in advance for your support.

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SOURCES

Ancestry. com

Gloucester Citizen  Thursday 16 March 1893

British Executions.

Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough - Tuesday 14 March 1893

Gloucester Gaol Records

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Intro music by The Model Folk

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Just after 11am on 21 November 1888, a sudden explosion rocked the Bathurst Basin. A high wall of flame followed by a cloud of black smoke hurled one of the crew across the harbour to land with a broken leg. What happened to the other three on board was soon to be discovered.

This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England.

If you liked it please leave a rating and maybe a comment and if you’d like to support the show with a donation, however small, you can go to Ko-Fi.com

Some more great news for you, if you were interested in buying merchandise featuring the show’s logo, then pop over to Teepublic.com, you’ll find lots of things to choose from.

So, thankyou for listening and until next time guys, take care and look after each other.

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @BackTrackerUK

Instagram: @backtrackeruk

Twitter: @BackTrackerUK

If you wish to donate and sponsor our endevours to raise money for the Suicide Prevention Bristol charity, then go to our dedicated Justgiving page. Thanks in advance for your support.

Ancestry

Bristol Mercury - Saturday 24 November 1888

Bristol Mercury - Monday 26 November 1888

Bristol Museum

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Intro music by The Model Folk

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