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Where does Bedminster end and Southville begin?
By Tony Dyer, Sunday Apr 4, 2021
A recent Bedminster ward profile which included several places that are, err, actually in Southville ward was the cause of some red faces at Bristol 24/7.
But the question of where Bedminster ends and Southville begins, has exercised the minds of an ever growing list of people with far too much time on their hands. I include myself in that category.
It doesn’t help that often the question is less about geography and just as much about perceptions and stereotypes of working class Bristol-born Bedminster folk from coal mining and cigarette factory stock versus middle class incoming (whether from London or, worse still, Clifton!) Southvillian artisan soughdough pizza and quinoa eating creatives.
Controversial St Catherineâs Place development approved
By Amanda Cameron, Friday Mar 5, 2021
Plans to build high-rise apartments with no affordable flats in Bedminster have been approved in the hope it will ârevitaliseâ the area.
The revised plans to redevelop St Catherineâs Place shopping centre got the go-ahead on Thursday, March 4 after a larger project with 17 per cent affordable housing failed to get past city planners.
Bristol City Council rejected the developerâs original proposal for 205 homes in five blocks, along with shops, offices and a cinema, in East Street, in January 2020.
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