Drop in, and contribute to a community artwork showing the history of Stokes Croft with a Sri Lankan twist!
New Sri Lankan restaurant Kottu Hut Grab and Go has invited children and parents attending Stokes Croft Family Day to contribute to an artwork in their shop!
Local artist Mike Stuart will be leading you to create your own interpretations of Stokes Croft history, using chalk pens and marker pens. We also invite you to draw some iconic Sri Lankan images, such as elephants, steam trains and jungles!
Come and contribute your artwork, and see it proudly displayed on the mural permanently in the shop!
One family/ small group at a time (due to limited space); drop in across the day!
(Also, you can try out the food with 30% off to all ticket holders – just show your free Headfirst ticket for the launch event at BIMM to receive your discount)
At Kottu Hut Grab and Go – From 2 pm on Sunday 1st June
Free but donations towards the artist welcome
Some images of Stokes Croft history and Sri Lanka to inspire you to draw your own interpretations:
The Bristol Boys – a plaque commemorating famous 18th century bare knuckle boxers from Bristol, who often fought in Backfields, behind the Full Moon
Tom Molineaux – a famous boxer from America who fought Tom Cribbs from Bristol in a famed “battle”
Parlimentary forces attacking Bristol – the front line was Stokes Croft Turnpike, at the bottom of Nine Tree Hill
Stokes Croft Turnpike, in more peaceful times after the Civil War
St James Fair, which took place for 2 weeks every year in the area around the current Bearpit
The Irish Giant – a famous tall man who entertained the crowds at St James Fair and Backfields
A real life mermaid… The funfair attraction at St James Fair
Hydrogen balloon flight in Backfields 1810
Performing elephant and trainer in the Circus in Backfields
Carlos Trower, a famous American acrobat and trapeze artist, who lived in Cristmas Steps and performed in the circus in Backfields
Pablo Fanque, the first black circus owner in the UK, who regularly performed equestrian skills at the circus in Backfields
Backfields circus was rebuilt in the same style as Astley’s circus in London, looking more like a theatre than a modern curcus
A coach and horses about to set off to Gloucester from the Full Moon pub in the 19th century
Royal Navy Volunteers parading outside their headquarters in Jamaica Street – Now the Kit Form Gallery
The Royal Navy Volunteers had previously trained in a ship which was famous for having seen a sea monster
Electric tram outside Mickleburghs in the 1930s. Trams transformed Bristol by enabling people to live further away from the centre. Stokes croft used to be the edge of town, but became a route to the northern suburbs after the introduction of the tram system
Mickleburghs bombed during the blitz in the second world war
After Mickleburghs was bombed during the blitz, they gave away their pianos to be used as firewood during the freezing winter, when coal was in short supply
Temple in Sri Lanka
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Lotus flower in Sri Lanka
Elephant and TukTuk in Sri Lanka
Baobab tree on Delft (Neduntheevu) Island, Sri Lanka, is believed to have been planted by Arab traders in the 16th century.
Steam trains still run in Sri Lanka
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