My March column for Fishponds Voice is about volunteer archivists at Glenside Hospital Museum.
Category: Local/labour history
Vernon and Vowles’ venerable organ
My February column for Fishponds Voice muses about the sweet sound of the merry organ.
A uniform mystery from a century ago
Researching a humble nurse’s story I came across the origins of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’, Sherlock Holmes’ most famous case.
Christmas cheer at Glenside Hospital
A Christmassy column for the December 2021 edition of Fishponds Voice, illustrating the yuletide antics of staff at Glenside Psychiatric Hospital
A far cry from luxury
Unexpurgated version of my latest column for Fishponds Voice features Stapleton Workhouse