Hidden Stories of Christmas Steps

Interactive characters deliver true historic tales, with an Invisible Circus infused theatrical twist. You can hear an array of stories told at different spots up and down Bristol’s iconic Christmas Steps, in the Chapel and the Foster’s Alms Houses. Created by the Invisible Circus. Hidden Stories of Christmas Steps is part of the City Centre and High Streets Culture and Events Programme funded by Bristol City Council and The West of England Combined Authority.

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12 - Extra story: Commerce, chaos and craft

Commerce, chaos and craft, the living archive of Christmas steps

04-29
01:47

11 - Extra story: Layers beneath

Layers beneath, lives in between, stories of the steps

04-29
02:11

10 - Dr Richard Smith

Dr Richard Smith. Surgeon and lecturer. 1772 - 1843.

04-29
04:10

9 - Almshouse Ladies

Ladies of Fosters Almshouse. Sanctuary for the poor. 1492 - 2007.

04-29
03:59

8 - Dorothy Hazard

Dorothy Hazard. English Baptist leader and religious reformer. The siege of Bristol 1643.

04-29
03:47

7 - Gladys Shufflewick

Gladys Shufflewick aka Rex Jameson. Star performer of Club 49. 1970’s / 80’s.

04-29
03:19

6 - Carlos Trower

Carlos Trower . "The African Blondin". World renowned high wire walker and abolitionist.

04-29
04:39

5 - Harriet and Francis

Francis Burnett Wood and Harriet harman . Actors from the play Uncle Tom's Cabin - New Theatre Royal 1878.

04-29
04:39

4 - The Swell Mob

The Swell Mob. A notorious pickpocket gang of the 1860’.

04-29
03:43

3 - Sir Thomas Lunsford

Sir Thomas Lunsford . Royalist colonel known as the cannibal cavalier! 1610 - 1653.

04-29
04:17

2 - John Chandler Langdon Esq.

John Chandler Langdon Esq. ‘Sailor Jerry’. Chronicler of the steps. 1866-1947.

04-29
06:57

1 - Full audio tour

The complete tour, listen to all of the stories in one go. Peel back the layers of time and plunge headfirst into the untold, the bizarre, and the spellbinding history of this iconic Bristol location.

04-29
41:20
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