Past Master ; Listening to People's Tales of Fishponds Life Was an Inspiration to a Former Chiropodist. David Clensy Meets the Man Who has Been Making History in the North Bristol District for 30 Years

Evening Post (Bristol, UK) › July 23, 2009

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THERE is a strange irony that John Bartlett has to get his head around. It's funny to think that the society he set up three decades ago to investigate the local history of Fishponds has now become a part of the district's history itself.

The Fishponds Local History Society has evolved into an established part of the north Bristol district's way of life, with its monthly meeting regularly attracting between 40 and 50 local history buffs - all keen to hear the latest thoughts on the area's past.

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Past Master ; Listening to People's Tales of Fishponds Life Was an Inspiration to a Former Chiropodist. David Clensy Meets the Man Who has Been Making History in the North Bristol District for 30 Years

"It all sort of started by accident," says John, 78, chairman and founder of the group.

"I'm Fishponds born and bred. But it was during my working life that I first started finding out about the area's past.

"I was a chiropo...

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