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Bristol's Lost City: Built to Inspire Transformed for War

By (author) Clive Burlton

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Ask most Bristolians where or what was the White City and you ll get a blank look. That's not surprising as the name only lives on nowadays as a series of allotments adjacent to Bedminster Cricket Club. The site near Brunel Way, between Ashton Gate and the Cumberland Basin hosted some intriguing episodes in Bristol's past.Â The 1914 Bristol International Exhibition was an extravaganza that was half trade fair showing off the products and achievements of Britain s empire and dominions and half theme park with a roller-coaster ride and daily pageants. Due to run from 28th May 1914 to mid-October 1914, it soon fell into financial difficulties and the outbreak of war on 4th August finished it off prematurely.Â The exhibition closed for good on 15th August 1914 and the site was acquired by the War Office as a military barracks in September 1914. A succession of locally raised infantry and artillery units were housed in mock ups of Bristol Castle and the Dominions Building and dug dummy trenches and practised rifle drill in front of the surreal structures. Author and historian Clive Burlton, tells the story of Bristol's transition from peacetime to wartime through the eyes of the site.

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