The Langton Street Bridge is a Grade II-listed footbridge build in 1883 that links Clarence Road and York Road. Due to its shape and colour, it is commonly referred to as Banana Bridge; this nickname is so popular that even Google Maps uses it. #Bristol #BristolFacts

On 20 September 1908 about 10,000 people showed up on Clifton Down near the water tower to support the Suffragette movement. #Bristol #BristolFacts

After the Bristol Temple Meads railway station was opened on 31st August, 1840, the very first train between #Bristol and #London ran on 30th June, 1841. #BristolFacts

The Dower house was built in 1563, In 1908 it was leased to Harold Nelson Burden for housing people with learning difficulties. In 1949, it was taken over by the #NHS until the 90s. In 2004 restoration was completed and it was converted into apartments. #Bristol #BristolFacts

The Tempest was one of the few WW2 Aircraft able to keep pace with a V1 and destabilise it’s internal gyro by wing tip wiggles! The Tempest was manufactured late in the War at the Banwell Shadow Factory in Somerset. Iain Gray Aerospace Bristol Lord-Lt of Bristol

Opened on April 14th 1965, The Cumberland Basin was the first multi-level interchanged in the city. As well as having to deal with the River Avon and the floating harbour, the junction also links the A4, A3028 and the A370 to the city centre. #Bristol #BristolFacts

During World War 1, Douglas Motors from #Bristol built around 70,000 motorcycles for the army. After the war, most were battered and twisted by shell fire, showing the bravery of the men who delivered messages on the battlefields. #BristolFacts #WeWillRememberThem #Remembrance100

In 1914 Fry’s was one of the largest employers in #Bristol. During World War 1, they made hundreds of millions of bars of chocolate that were sent to soldiers’ training camps and people involved in the war. #BristolFacts #Remembrance2018 #Remembrance100

Through the years, #Bristol has proudly been a refuge for many people moved by conflict. During World War 1, about 250k Belgian refugees arrived in Britain and hundreds came to live in Bristol. #BristolFacts #RemembranceDay2018 #RemembranceDay

About 55,000 men from #Bristol enlisted for World War One, more than 7,000 of them died. #RemembranceDay2018 #Armistice100 #WeWillRememberThem #BristolFacts

Founded in 1702 'The Bristol Post boy' was #Bristol's first newspaper. This is the 91st issue, which was published in August 1704 and it is the oldest surviving copy of a provincial newspaper in the UK. #BristolFacts

The Taj Mahal was #Bristol’s first Indian restaurant. It was opened in 1959 in Stokes Croft by Feroze Ahmed. It was also the first Indian restaurant in the West Country. In 1980 he opened the Bristol Raj in Clifton. #BristolFacts

John McAdam invented macadamisation, arguably the biggest advancement in road building since the Romans; he pioneered it on a stretch of road on Marsh Road at Ashton Gate. It laid the groundwork for modern improvements such as Tarmacadam (Tarmac). #Bristol #BristolFacts

With a wingspan of 70m, private sleeping cabins, a dining cabin, kitchen, cocktail lounge & bar and a 32-seat cinema, the now discontinued #Bristol Brabazon was the largest aeroplane ever built in the UK. The luxurious 100 capacity craft was build in 1947 in Filton #BristolFacts

Before We The Curious(previously Bristol People) was the Exploratory. Established in 1981 by Richard Gregory, it was the first regional hands-on science museum in the UK. By the time it closed in 1999 it had attracted over two million visitors #BristolFacts

Bristol Belle was the first modern hot air balloon in Britain, created by a team with Don Cameron, who later founded Cameron Balloons Ltd. It first took flight on the 9 of July 1967 from RAF Weston-on-the-Green after initially failing the first few attempts at inflation #BristolFacts

Rigby & Evens Ltd from #Bristol inspired the surname in Eleanor Rigby by the Beatles. Paul McCartney spotted the name while visiting his girlfriend of the time Jane Asher, who was performing at the Bristol Old Vic. #BristolFacts

Arthur Edward James Collins was a cricketer who held the record for the highest score in cricket for 116 years. He scored 628 not out over four afternoons in June 1899 at 13 years old while attending Clifton College. The score stood as the record till 2016 #Bristol #BristolFacts

30 years ago during the Gulf War, Massive Attack released their single "Unfinished Sympathy" under the name "Massive", leaving out the "Attack". They were advised to do so by their label; their full name was deemed "unpatriotic" by some, such as the BBC. #BristolFacts #Bristol