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Weird Bristol
@weirdbristol.bsky.social
The weird and lesser-known history of Bristol.
You can find my books (including WEIRD BRISTOL: TRUE CRIME) here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B00HBFSRCU
Top five, definitely. But nobody beats our Archie - a bona fide Hollywood MEGASTAR
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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“Why is Jones’ patent flour like the sun? Because they are both original and self-rising and their beneficial effects are alike appreciated in the palace and the cottage!”
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
His concoction (which was sold in bags hand-signed by Jones himself) soon became a household staple in pantries across the world. Later, the bags would bear the catchy slogan:

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December 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
And the answer is:

Looking at Room 212 on Gloucester Road.

Well done if you got this one right.
December 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Thankfully, there is absolutely no truth to this grisly tale and its origins have been lost to time.
The structure, built in 1788, is actually a small, ornamental folly and a privately owned mooring.
Visitors to Bristol could pay to moor here to avoid paying fees within the city.
December 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Thanks very much.
No matter how advance AI becomes, it will never destroy the human impulse to create things for ourselves.
December 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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“I rode over to Pill, a place famous from generation to generation for stupid, brutal, abandoned wickedness.”
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM