Explore every episode of the podcast Hidden Stories of Christmas Steps
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 - Extra story: Commerce, chaos and craft | 29 Apr 2025 | 00:01:47 | |
Commerce, chaos and craft, the living archive of Christmas steps | |||
| 11 - Extra story: Layers beneath | 29 Apr 2025 | 00:02:11 | |
Layers beneath, lives in between, stories of the steps | |||
| 10 - Dr Richard Smith | 29 Apr 2025 | 00:04:10 | |
Dr Richard Smith. Surgeon and lecturer. 1772 - 1843. | |||
| 9 - Almshouse Ladies | 29 Apr 2025 | 00:03:59 | |
Ladies of Fosters Almshouse. Sanctuary for the poor. 1492 - 2007. | |||
| 8 - Dorothy Hazard | 29 Apr 2025 | 00:03:47 | |
Dorothy Hazard. English Baptist leader and religious reformer. The siege of Bristol 1643. | |||
| 7 - Gladys Shufflewick | 29 Apr 2025 | 00:03:19 | |
Gladys Shufflewick aka Rex Jameson. Star performer of Club 49. 1970’s / 80’s. | |||
| 6 - Carlos Trower | 29 Apr 2025 | 00:04:39 | |
Carlos Trower . "The African Blondin". World renowned high wire walker and abolitionist. | |||
| 5 - Harriet and Francis | 29 Apr 2025 | 00:04:39 | |
Francis Burnett Wood and Harriet harman . Actors from the play Uncle Tom's Cabin - New Theatre Royal 1878. | |||
| 4 - The Swell Mob | 29 Apr 2025 | 00:03:43 | |
The Swell Mob. A notorious pickpocket gang of the 1860’. | |||
| 3 - Sir Thomas Lunsford | 29 Apr 2025 | 00:04:17 | |
Sir Thomas Lunsford . Royalist colonel known as the cannibal cavalier! 1610 - 1653. | |||
| 2 - John Chandler Langdon Esq. | 29 Apr 2025 | 00:06:57 | |
John Chandler Langdon Esq. ‘Sailor Jerry’. Chronicler of the steps. 1866-1947. | |||
| 1 - Full audio tour | 29 Apr 2025 | 00:41:20 | |
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. | |||