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He was revered by poets such as Wordsworth, Shelley and Coleridge and a romanticised painting depicting his deathbed remains an enduring image of doomed artistic talent.

Nicknamed Bristol’s Shakespeare, Chatterton was the boy poet who died at just 17 years old, having already penned an incredible array of work – from poems and elegies to political letters and satires.

When you consider his young age and what he achieved, this is an amazing story of a young man who sought greatness and to have his work appreciated but ended in despair.

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SOURCES

Bristol Festival of Ideas

Visit Bristol.

University of Bristol

The Scots Magazine - Tuesday 01 September 1789

Falkirk Herald - Thursday 29 June 1871

Dundee Evening Telegraph - Monday 26 March 1894

Illustrated London News - Saturday 27 November 1909

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On 17th September 1886, Baynton returned home six o’clock at night, and he had been drinking but he was NOT drunk. He immediately started to threaten and abuse his wife. Why? Because he wasn’t happy with the supper she had made him. This time, Carrie refused to back down to his bullying, so he kicked her to the ground like a dog.

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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.

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

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Register of Prisoners 1878 - 1879

West Somerset Free Press - Saturday 06 November 1886

The San Francisco Examiner. Saturday 13th November 1886

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The story has been told again and again and it has been the subject of television and radio programmes. There has also been a touch of mystery, with stories of a woman in black and two child victims who were never claimed or identified.

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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.

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Nottingham Journal - Monday 15 October 1928

Londonderry Sentinel - Thursday 18 October 1928

Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald - Saturday 20 October 1928

John Bull - Saturday 10 November 1934

Sheffield Independent - Friday 09 April 1937

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On a spring Saturday, the villages of Tockington, Olverston and Thornbury were thrown into a state of turmoil at the news of a deliberate act of murder against respectable inhabitant of the village of Tockington.

This is a story of an embittered man and how his hatred overtook him and caused the death of another. We follow the Ex-Soldier's story right through to the unexpected twist at the end!

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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.

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SOURCES

Ancestry.Com

Monmouthshire Merlin - Saturday 24 April 1841

Leeds Times - Saturday 24 April 1841

Reading Mercury - Saturday 14 August 1841

The Evening Chronicle - Wednesday 06 October 1841

The National Library of Australia

Harry Blanshard Wood was born on 21st June 1882 in Pocklington, North Yorkshire. He was the son of John Wood, an agricultural labourer and his wife, Maria Nichol.

He grew up to become one of the most celebrated heroes of World War One, even being chosen in 1920 as one of Britain's 100 Bravest Men that formed the Guard of Honour at the burial of the Unknown Soldier in Westminster Abbey.

List to his amazing story of how he survived the war and what happened to him afterwards.

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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.

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SOURCES

http://www.vconline.org.uk/harry-b-wood-vc/4588564451

Imperial War Museum.

Ancestry.

Find My Past

National Records of Scotland.

https://pocklingtonhistory.com/history/20thcentury/pocklingtoninww1/ww1heroes/HarryWoodVC/

Daily Record - Monday 16 December 1918

Newcastle Daily Chronicle - Tuesday 18 February 1919

Western Daily Press - Saturday 16 August 1924

Western Daily Press - Thursday 21 August 1924

Cheltenham Chronicle - Saturday 23 August 1924

BONUS EPISODE!

To honour all those who served and are serving. All those who gave their lives so we can have a better future. Listen to tales from the front line in the words of the soldiers themselves and get a glimpse into what life was like.

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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.

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Bristol Archives

Bristol Mercury

History Hit

Disaster, swift and tragic fell on the sand dredger Redvers Butler, off Weston-Super-Mare in the early hours of 15th October 1932 when four crew members out of seven were drowned after being adrift for six hours.

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https://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/274033/details/redvers-buller

Western Daily Press - Monday 17 October 1932

Western Mail - Thursday 03 November 1932

Staffordshire Sentinel - Saturday 15 October 1932

Gloucester Citizen - Saturday 15 October 1932

Western Daily Press - Monday 31 October 1932

Western Mail - Monday 17 October 1932

https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72207

One of the great events in the early years of Victoria's reign was a public hanging. It was free and in 1849, there were a total of 23 hangings in the UK.

So when a beautiful, young servant was condemned to hang at Bristol Goal, there was bound to be a huge turnout to watch the grisly deed. 

Listen to the crime that led up to this punishment that changed Bristol's view's on hangings forever.

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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.

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Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard - Tuesday 24 April 1849

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bristolgaol.jpg

The Ancient Ram Inn is a Grade II listed building and a former pub located in Wotton-under-Edge, a market town within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. It is said to be one of the most haunted places in the country.

And I spent the night there!

Listen to find out more in this Halloween Special.

 If you dare!

Special thanks to Hazel, Will and Jenny from Haunted Happenings for making this possible.

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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.

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https://www.hauntedhappenings.co.uk

https://www.haunted-britain.com/ancient-ram-inn.htm

There was lots of social unrest in 1912, when many of the European royal families were uncomfortable with social unrest and revolution threatened the royals’ future. In an effort to connect with the people of the country, it was felt a tour would benefit and it was a tour where the royals reinvented themselves. The royals came with an entourage of 76.

Nominally the King came to open the King Edward VII. Memorial wing of the Royal lnfirmary but during the day he made an extensive tour of the city, received five addresses of loyalty, and knighted Mr Frank Wills on the steps of the Council House, which was more elaborately decorated than at any time people could recall.

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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.

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

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SOURCES

Bristol Archives

Western Daily Press - Friday 05 April 1935

Western Daily Press - Saturday 06 April 1935