Bristol Industrial
Archaeological Society (BIAS)
BIAS@50 - 1967-2017 - Celebrating half a century of research

• Bristol in 1480 - a new map overlaid on the 1918 OS - more details at http://www.historictownsatlas.org.uk/content/bristol-1480
• We very much regret to report that BIAS stalwart Maggie Shapland died peacefully on 1st October 2020
• Western Harbour / Cumberland Basin Scheme BIAS comments on Scheme to demolish Plimsoll Bridge to build houses. Engagement closes 15 September 2019. Feedback Form.
• BOB’s 170th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Sat 7th- Sun 8th September 2019 10.00 am -4.00 pm BRUNEL SWIVEL BRIDGE, CUMBERLAND BASIN, Bristol BS1 6XS More details about this historic bridge
• 6th April 2019: SWWRIAC 2019 (South West of England Conference on Industrial Heritage). Hosted By BIAS. This event will be held in Saltford Hall complex. More details
• February 2019:Started adding journals 11 to 30 to the website
• August 2018:Please sign a petition to save the Ashton Court Miniature Railway. http://bit.ly/SaveAshtonCourtRailway We would dearly love to get 3500 signatures by 30th of August. More detail on News page
• November 2017: Gazetteer published. Free to subscribed members (but will cost £3 to post). £9.95+ £3 post and packing. Can be picked up at BIAS meetings and Bath Museum of Work. More detail.
  
• May 2017: Tony gave a talk about progress with the Gazeteer at the 50th birthday party of BIAS.
• March 2017: Sir Neil Cossons gave a talk about the history of BIAS. His talk has been published in the latest Journal.
• August 2016: We also forming the Avon Industrial Partnership. The idea of the AIHP is that organisations with a shared
  interest in the subject could work in concert and the AIHP Logo is something that, as an experiment in 2017,
  could be used to help in a small way to show the affinity between disparate industrial organisations in our area.
  
• July 2016: It was agreed that to celebrate the 50th anniversary of BIAS we should publish an updated gazeteer, using updated data. It is in print in November 2017.
• February 2015: Added Work in Bristol 1883 to the website
• January 2015: Added BIAS Journals 1-10 to the website
• Sunday 7th December 2014 at 7pm saw a spectacular display of fireworks to mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Suspension Bridge. Monday 8th December at 3pm saw a procession of dignatories walk across the bridge to the new Visitor Centre.
• 31 October 2014: Started adding images of foundry plaques to be found in Bristol on the website
• 29 August 2014 Started to add pages from the book 'Progress Commerce 1893: The Ports of the Bristol Channel; Wales and the West' to the website. It contains details of local companies of the time.

News of members

Courses, conferences and events of interest to BIAS members Most events have been postponed. Check the relevent websites

• Yearly research Journal posted in May
• BIAS histories: last one was a walk by Ken Andrews
• Bulletin Produced every four months
• Gazetteer published. Free to subscribed members (but will cost £3 to post). £9.95+ £3 post and packing. More detail.
  

• Brunel Swivel Bridge details of work to be carried out so far. http://www.brunelsotherbridge.org.uk/
  Read the latest. See the signs to promote it.
• Clifton Rocks Railway
• BIAS Gazeteer of Industrial Sites of the Bristol and Bath Area. Now published.
• Digitised the book 'Progress Commerce 1893: The Ports of the Bristol Channel; Wales and the West' for the website. It contains details of local companies of the time.