Hidden Stories of Christmas Steps

About 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.

Publisher

The Invisible Circus

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Apr 2025

Latest episode

29 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

12 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Apr 2025

   12 - Extra story: Commerce, chaos and craft

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

2. 

   29 Apr 2025

   11 - Extra story: Layers beneath

   Layers beneath, lives in between, stories of the steps

3. 

   29 Apr 2025

   10 - Dr Richard Smith

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

4. 

   29 Apr 2025

   9 - Almshouse Ladies

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

5. 

   29 Apr 2025

   8 - Dorothy Hazard

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

6. 

   29 Apr 2025

   7 - Gladys Shufflewick

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

7. 

   29 Apr 2025

   6 - Carlos Trower

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

8. 

   29 Apr 2025

   5 - Harriet and Francis

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

9. 

   29 Apr 2025

   4 - The Swell Mob

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

10. 

    29 Apr 2025

    3 - Sir Thomas Lunsford

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

11. 

    29 Apr 2025

    2 - John Chandler Langdon Esq.

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

12. 

    29 Apr 2025

    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.

Podcast Authority Score: 10 / 100

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Quality

20

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

0

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