(A knock at the door)
Driftwood: Yes?
Woman: Is my Aunt Minnie in here?
Driftwood: Well, you can come in and prowl around if you wanna.
Better late than never – the latest work from Stokes Croft Murals in the communal rooms at Kings Square Studios – artwork by ASK: 3-Dom, sepr and epok
The Bear Pit (aka the sunken pedestrian precinct in the centre of the St James Barton Roundabout) is not just ugly and neglected – it is contagious.
For most of the 1870s Godwin was designing high-end wallpaper for some of the country’s leading paper stainers and art furniture houses.
Stokes Croft is changing, visually, culturally and economically; compared to even to a couple of years ago there is now more street art, more artists and exhibitions, more businesses and punters.
While in later life Godwin was a creative polymath, the first twenty years of his career were focused on architecture and much of that work was done in Bristol.
There is, as far as I can see, no online directory or compilation of Godwin’s many different works. Images and information are scattered across many sites, in various museum collections, private ownership and antiques galleries.
Stokes Croft is, as you will know from the sign in the central reservation at the southern end of the street, twinned with St Ives.
For an urban location that is over two centuries old, it sometimes feels strange that transience is a defining characteristic of Stokes Croft.
The New custom built PRSC Outdoor Gallery, which is lit at night. The PRSC yard will be wired properly in January.