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Stockwood Lane, BRISTOL, BS14 8TB

Found on the grey bricked garages along Stockwood Lane, opposite the junction with Hollway Road. See http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm39857 for the listing in the Benchmark Database, and Image] for a wider view of the late evening sunshine.

Late evening sunshine picks out the trees and lamp-posts. A benchmark is located along the brick wall of the garages:Image

Housing estates to the southeast of Bristol

One of the pubs built at the same time as the estate, and still just about surviving in the Covid lockdown.

The Concorde pub on Stockwood Lane dates from the expansion of Stockwood in the 1950/60s and takes its name from the passenger jet that was part designed and built in Bristol. Sadly, the supersonic aircraft is no longer flying and the pub sign bears the mark of time.

The Baptist church was constructed as the first of the new houses were being built, and was part of the original plans when Stockwood grew up from Sturminster Road. Despite the problems caused in the terrible winter of 1963, the church was completed and a ceremonial opening held on Saturday 7th December that year.

Open for fuel and a few other consumable items.

The area around Pynne Road used to be the site of the Man in Space pub, but it closed in 2014 and was bulldozed. In its place is a small development of houses. Note the use of photvoltaic cells (solar panels) on each roof - albeit just a couple!

Housing estates on the southeastern fringes of Bristol. The arc of white buildings just above mid-centre is Brislington Enterprise College, apparently a secondary school full of modern phraseology e.g., 'a vibrant, ambitious and enriching college providing secondary education in South Bristol. W[ith] an extremely dedicated and enthusiastic staffing team, which complement each other as they look after each and every individual’s academic and pastoral needs. The £34.6 million building has helped deliver excellence to our students, who have reaped the benefits of being educated in one of the best equipped schools and colleges in the country. Our state-of-the-art facilities offer a modern flexible technology rich environment for teaching and learning'. Update July 2017:- the school is now the Oasis Academy Brislington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_Academy_Brislington

New equipment in the park is slowly clearing the frost of a morning.