Bristol – Page 5 – Mike Jempson

‘Philanthropy gone mad’?

Siting a psychiatric hospital has brought out the worst in politicians and the press for centuries.

As ‘the first draft of history’ old newspapers can remind us of past achievements and missed opportunities.

A lifetime of adventure and research has turned John Pimm into Glenside Museum’s ‘history man’.

I owe these rail tales to David Harrison who produced an Evening Post supplement in 1985

A dusty old Bristol newspaper shed light on local and international events from the 1930s