In 1817 a female convict ship, ‘The Friendship’, sailed from England to Australia with 101 women, ten of them from Bristol Newgate prison – now the site of The Galleries Shopping Centre in Bristol.

In late 2023, with funding from Historic England and the University of the West of England, we explored the forgotten lives of these women.

Read all about our project exploring their, then watch the film we made imagining their voices…

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Meet St George’s Saints, Sinners and the many ordinary folk in between whose lives were every bit as extraordinary.

DON’T MISS. EVERYTHING THEY DO IS TERRIFIC” — Bristol Ideas

Forty years ago this year the biggest heist in British history happened – and Bedminster was up to its neck in it.

This is part one some of the extraordinary local history featured in our BLOOD AND BUTCHERY IN BEDMINSTER theatre walk.

‘THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY’ — the Brink’s-Mat robbery — was forty years ago this year.

This is part two some of the extraordinary local history featured in our BLOOD AND BUTCHERY IN BEDMINSTER theatre walk.