Media Associate Professor Madge Dresser University of the West of England

In this interview with Salaam Shalom and Know Your Bristol, Dr Dresser discusses:

- the growth of the Jewish community from the...

Media Seder Plate made by Cauldon Potteries at Poutney & Co Ltd Bristol

Here Associate Professor Madge Dresser tells us the history of the plate and its context in mid-twentieth century Jewish Bristol.

Media Seder Plate made by Cauldon Potteries at Poutney & Co Ltd Bristol

A seder plate designed by Cauldon Potteries in Bristol.

Place Seder Plate made by Cauldon Potteries at Poutney & Co Ltd Bristol

Poutney & Co Ltd Bristol bought Cauldon Potteries in 1962. At their ceramics and pottery factory at 18 Lodge Causeway, the company...

Media Bristol Blue Glass

Isaac Jacobs sent this letter to his granddaughter, Augusta Keyser, on the 9th of September 1833. He thanks her for her letter and...

Media Bristol Blue Glass

Harriet Keyser, Isaac Jacob’s daughter, sent this letter to David Samuels, manager at her father’s glass manufactory, on 10th of June...

Place Bristol Blue Glass

Glass making is a traditional Jewish craft. Lazarus Jacobs, who came to England from Frankfurt-am-Maim in around 1760, began his career...

Media Mayor Joseph Abraham wine and spirits merchant property

Joseph Abraham's obituary, Daily Bristol Times and Mirror, Thursday, January 31st 1867

Media Mayor Joseph Abraham wine and spirits merchant property

Property deed for Cooper's Hall in King Street, bought before Joseph Abraham became Mayor.

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