Mike Jempson

"Interesting but irrelevant" - (Prof) Cedric Watts, 1967

Category: Local/labour history

October 6, 2023Leave a Comment on Mason’s Madhouses in old Fishponds

Mason’s Madhouses in old Fishponds

A fact-filled investigation into a notorious private lunatic asylum in Bristol.

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July 31, 20234 Comments on Getting in touch with a gardener’s past

Getting in touch with a gardener’s past

An art student whose research uncovered a bit of family history

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July 1, 20231 Comment on Revealing tales of old Fishponds

Revealing tales of old Fishponds

It is not necessarily a bad thing that a little bit of history disappears under every new development .

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May 31, 20232 Comments on In kinder times

In kinder times

Those were the days when health service unions were taken note of.

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May 4, 20231 Comment on Looking backwards to royal days

Looking backwards to royal days

A hotchpotch of old stories provide some local context to the coronation month.

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About Mike

  • ➢ Journalist (40+ years)
  • ➢ Trainer (40+ countries)
  • ➢ Director at MediaWise
  • ➢ Gardener & Grandad

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  • A life in words
  • But is it poetry?
  • Journalism
  • Local/labour history
  • Longer reads
  • My Self-Isolation Diary
  • Oddments
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  • Travel tales
  • Uncategorized
  • Unreported

Recent Posts

  • Paper tiger?
  • Beyond the Darkness: Crimes of another era 
  • Thoughts on an arrest
  • At home with refugees
  • An echo of yesteryear – turning Palestine Action supporters into terrorists

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