Mike Jempson

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

Tag: Bristol Radical History Group

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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January 2, 20234 Comments on Filling the gaps in family history

Filling the gaps in family history

If genealogy features among your new year resolutions, this may be for you.

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June 9, 2020Leave a Comment on DAY 87: Mon 8 June

DAY 87: Mon 8 June

Outside it was carpentry and construction; inside instructive words about Colston the slave trader,

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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
  • Short stories
  • Travel tales
  • Uncategorized
  • Unreported

Recent Posts

  • Little dramas around the globe
  • Paper tiger?
  • Beyond the Darkness: Crimes of another era 
  • Thoughts on an arrest
  • At home with refugees

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