Welcome to Westbury-on-Trym.
Where I have lived for 50 years of my life,
and brought my children up here.
At the moment, we're in Canford Lane
which is just up from Canford Park.
Which is a lovely park for people to
enjoy when they've been shopping.
And we're going to introduce you to
a few shops here.
And the first one is:
We Make Bristol.
I rather like this one.
[Laughs]
Those are really lovely
little watercolour sketches
of different parts of Bristol.
Now I'm keeping my mask on,
because we're going into the shop next door.
It's run by Stuart.
He does all the printing
for our local magazines.
No problem at all.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Right, now
we're heading across the road now
to another new enterprise,
Cindy Jane.
Lovely to see you again.
Thank you.
Westbury Hill actually
is an extension of
the road that comes across The Downs.
And it is one of the oldest
roads in the area.
It was the turnpike road
that was founded in 1721.
And it came down to Westbury,
then it went down the high street,
forked to the left and went up
what is now known as Passage Road.
So-called, because it leads
to the passages across the Severn
to Wales.
Now we come to
the oldest shop in Westbury-on-Trym,
probably the oldest shop in Bristol too.
Mogford's was founded in 1860.
And there's everything here you need.
Can we still buy a pound of nails here.
Sold by weight yep.
Right!
I should think that's the only place in
Gloucestershire or Bristol where
you can still buy them like that.
Oh, mothballs, gracious.
I thought they'd gone out with the Ark.
I remember the smell of mothballs
when I was a kid.
See you again, collect my goods.
We are now in the oldest
commercial area of Westbury-on-Trym.
I brought you to a very interesting
little shop, which is run by
a very enterprising young woman,
tailoring, sewing and mending.
Thank you for joining me on this short
tour of Westbury on-Trym.
Today we've been looking at our trading centre.
I hope some of them
have proved exciting enough for
you to want to come and shop here.
And we'll welcome you with open arms.