This 'home' website was started in the 1990's when  'free space' was offered as part of a package by our cable TV provider. No trackers, no cookies, no (intended!) sales/business promotions and no links to shifty websites ... although from time to time I discover that a good link has turned into a bad link and I remove it. 

The 'Bristol Stories' section was built as a homage to my Grandmother who died in 1992 - she used to show me these letters from her dad when I was small and tell me that she thought they should be published ... so here they are!

The Bristol Mayors section was compiled at a time when there were no such records available online and I made my first visits to the (then) Bristol Records Office to copy them in pencil.

The Wills family and the development of tobacco industry in Bristol are another particular interest.

Dave Napier, March 2025 (updated December 2025)