Century Brought Wealth of Change

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As historian David Eveleigh points out in his reissued picture book, A Century of Bristol, the city has experienced great changes since Queen Victoria died just over 100 years ago.

The last 30 alone has seen the centuries-old maritime city transformed into one based on the media, law and financial services.

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Century Brought Wealth of Change

In 1900, most of the population of 330,000 still got about by foot, bicycle or courtesy of George White's new electric tramways.

A privileged few went by horse- drawn cab...

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