Buildings which should be saved for city

gine sheds off Day’s Road. The oldest of o 1847 and they were made for both the y and Great Western Railway and would odated both broad gauge and standard otives. They’re nowadays in the hands of tive maintenance firm Arriva Traincare.

Part of the Ashton Gate Brewery site. A number of the structures which were once part of the brewery complex still survive, the oldest dating from the 1830s. But never mind any of its industrial or architectural significance; the real importance of the Ashton Gate Brewery is that it was where Ribena was first manufactured. From 1936 until production was relocated to Coleford in 1947, this was where the blackcurrant cordial was produced, and which kept British children’s Vitamin C levels up to scratch through the Second World War.

The two lighthouses at the entrance to Avonmouth Dock were built in 1907-08 at the same time as the Royal Edward Dock was constructed.

St Gabriel’s Road, Easton; one of two surviving buildings from the Easton Colliery. One of the hardest things for modern Bristol residents to grasp is the fact that coalmining was once a hugely important local industry, with pits across the city. This is partly because there are so very few physical remnants of the industry.

The Seamen’s Mission and Institute on Prince Street was built in late Victorian times, and intended to provide for the spiritual and non-immoral recreational needs of the large numbers of seafarers who passed through the City Docks. The intention was to try and keep the sailors away from pubs and prostitutes and the building has a very rich history. It has been derelict for as long as most of us can remember.

The former Hinder Brothers boot factory, Lawrence Hill. Built around 1899 it reflects another once-important but now-forgotten local industry. By WW2 it’s thought that the factory was no longer making boots, but uniforms. It’s nowadays shops and flats.