HMS Formidable was an 84-gun second rate of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 May 1825 at Chatham Dockyard. With a crew of 700 she was one of the Navy's largest ships at that time.

The Training Ship Formidable came in to being in 1869 after several Bristol businessmen petitioned the Admiralty to lease them an ex Naval Vessel for the training of young boys as Seamen. For decades, the ship took in troublesome boys from all walkd of life and gave them an education and a career, steering them from a probably life of crime. Listen to the amazing tale of the Industrial School Ship Formidable.

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Portishead Nautical Trust

Western Daily Press - Tuesday 12 October 1869

West Somerset Free Press - Saturday 29 October 1870 Boy's rescue

Bristol Mercury - Saturday 04 February 1871

1881 Census

Freepages

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The Plane Crash Near Bristol inquest on Capt. F. L. Barnard, the famous pilot, who met his death between Filton and Winterbourne in the machine which he was going to fly in the King's Cup Race.

Evidence showed that the engine was misfiring, and it became evident that the pilot was going to make a forced landing. The "plane appeared to be under perfect control until came near the ground in a field."

Find out what happened that fateful day when an aviation hero and celebrity met his end.

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Western Daily Press - Friday 29 July 1927

Western Daily Press - Saturday 30 July 1927

The Scotsman - Thursday 04 August 1927

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The death and funeral of Lucy Moore in Bristol in 1920 attracted a lot of local attention. She was Bristol’s only Black American resident celebrity, and, it was claimed, the fattest woman in the world. Learn more about this timid star of the travelling circus.

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Bournemouth Graphic - Thursday 05 April 1917

Bournemouth Graphic - Friday 27 July 1917

Leeds Mercury - Friday 01 October 1920

Leeds Mercury - Monday 04 October 1920

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Just after 11am on 21 November 1888, a sudden explosion rocked the Bathurst Basin. A high wall of flame followed by a cloud of black smoke hurled one of the crew across the harbour to land with a broken leg. What happened to the other three on board was soon to be discovered.

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Bristol Mercury - Saturday 24 November 1888

Bristol Mercury - Monday 26 November 1888

Bristol Museum

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He fell in love with his married Landlady and they even set up a home together with her children, but when she threw him out, he suspected another man. He became bitter and begged her to come back to him. When she refused, he exacted his revenge.

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Gloucester Citizen Thursday 16 March 1893

British Executions.

Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough - Tuesday 14 March 1893

Gloucester Gaol Records

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Welcome to this bonus episode where I go into more depth about the actual execution of Albert Manning for the murder of Jane Flew in Kingswood on 28th September 1892.

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Ancestry. com

Gloucester Citizen Thursday 16 March 1893

British Executions.

Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough - Tuesday 14 March 1893

Gloucester Gaol Records

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It was an ordinary late afternoon in July when 14 year old Mary Waggett was strolling around her local area near her house when she saw something floating in the water. This shocking discovery starts off an investigation into the death of Madamoiselle Albertina, who's real name was Louisa Maud Evans, a girl of only 14 years of age and the unusual circumstances of the premature end of her life.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-57932076

Cardiff Times - Saturday 01 August 1896

Cardiff Times - Saturday 05 December 1896

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