Proud Bristoliolian

[Slacker]

I think we can all agree that being born in the worlds greatest city gives us much to be proud of.But what gives you the greatest sense  of local pride?

Here are my two top reasons .....

P.S.No 7 on the BSS.Also known as  the Cheddar Valley or Old Rosie.

Edited October 23, 2022 by Slacker

[BS2 Red]

[Erithacus]

The Stool Scale is actually based on an old football reporter's system. Yesterday's game might be difficult to pick up off the floor.

[Port Said Red]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Dirac

Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac OM FRS[9] (/dɪˈræk/; 8 August 1902 – 20 October 1984) was an English theoretical physicist who is regarded as one of the most significant physicists of the 20th century.[10] He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, a professor of physics at Florida State University and the University of Miami, and a 1933 Nobel Prize recipient.

 

I think this is the man that should replace Edward Colston in the City Centre.

Edited October 24, 2022 by Port Said Red

[Lanterne Rouge]

I don`t live in Bristol and wasn`t born there but am always a bit disappointed that the city doesn`t make enough fuss about Brunel - we have some of his greatest and most iconic projects bit it`s not really celebrated.

[Erithacus]

Whilst Brunel's handiwork is still very much in evidence in Bristol, it's not unfair to say that the city was a mere terminal for the big plan - namely a way of conveying (rich) people from central London, on his train to Bristol and thence on his ship to New York. We were really an overnight stop. Yes, there are many good things here and we don't have the controversy of his Atmospheric Railway system or the fatalities of some of the tunnels he dug. It's also worth noting that the Suspension Bridge was his design but he died before it was completed. Following another funding crisis, the bridge was redesigned to a budget by Hawkshaw and Barlow.

We do have an older bridge that is entirely IKB's own work - a rather more important one from a historical and engineering standpoint. It was actually still in use until the Cumberland Basin was built in the 60s - and it is still there! It is colloquially known as Bob - Brunel's Other Bridge. Granted it is parked up and slowly rotting away but it was the world's first use of sheet steel rolled into a tubes - a common design these days. We also have the Brunel museum next to the Great Britain and is a shrine to the great man.

Brunel was an Anglo-French engineer, born in Portsmouth and who spent most of his time working in London. He had a mixed reputation as both a brilliant engineer but also a maverick when it came to investors' money. A workaholic, he would create world-leading feats of wonder but also lost money on other projects that other people could not embrace as he did. Perhaps that will have clouded the judgement over his status? But I agree, maybe we should be more appreciative and demonstative.