The Bristol Blitz and The John Penny Archive
Event Type: Branch
Takes Place: 11th June 2025
Time: 7.30pm (doors open at 6.45pm)
Venue: Lecture Theatre B.H05LT on the ground floor of the Humanities Building at the University of Bristol,7 Woodland Road Clifton BS8 ITB
Description: Rob Pritchard a keen local historian will share with members and other Bristolians this unique archive on the Bristol Blitz.
How to book: Please contact Mary Feerick Secretary maryfeerick58@gmail.com or 0117 9442898 for further details or use our website https://bristolha.wordpress.com
Price: Annual branch membership is £15. All lectures are free to National HA members as well as University of Bristol staff & all students. Guests pay £3 on the door for a single lecture.
Tel: 0117 9442896
Email: Maryfeerick58@gmail.com
Website: https://bristolha.wordpress.com/
Lecturer: Rob Pritchard Bristol HA
Comments: Professor John Penny of UWE compiled an extra-ordinary archive of materials on the Bristol Blitz which Rob Pritchard now holds and he will look at how this archive could be used by local historians
Region: South-West England
Branch: Bristol