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Remembrance Day parades and services across greater Bristol area

Remembrance Day parades and services across greater Bristol area

Friday, November 06, 2009

Thousands of people are expected to take part in annual Remembrance Day parades and services across the greater Bristol area this Sunday.

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Train firm First Great Western to get £120 million in subsidies

Train firm First Great Western to get £120 million in subsidies

Friday, November 06, 2009

Train operator First Great Western will receive £120 million in Government subsidies this year because it is not making enough money –...

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Noah's Ark Zoo Farm hits back at animal cull claim

Noah's Ark Zoo Farm hits back at animal cull claim

Friday, November 06, 2009

Bosses at a Wraxall zoo farm have denied killing some of their animals during the winter closed season to save money – and hit out at the group...

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Lee lured back by Hengrove

Friday, November 06, 2009

Somerset County League preview

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Bristol area's MPs to leave London homes

Bristol area's MPs to leave London homes

Thursday, November 05, 2009

MPs in and around Bristol are preparing to pack up and leave their London homes in the wake of a root-and-branch review of the discredited parliamenta...

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North Somerset salt supplies tripled

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Salt supplies in North Somerset have been tripled this year to cope in the event of a repeat of last year's harsh winter weather.

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North Somerset electricity line could go underground

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Bosses who want to put a 400,000 volt overhead electricity line through North Somerset are being urged to consider putting the cables underground.

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Tom leads the way for Clifton with hat-trick of tries

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Junior rugby round-up: Clifton Under-13s eased through to the Junior Combination Cup semi-finals with a 38-0 win at St Mary's

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Belly dancers at Nailsea Christmas Fair

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Belly and ballroom dancers will be just some of the attractions at this year's Nailsea Christmas Fair.

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Have your say on North Somerset power line

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Concerned residents fighting proposals to put a new 400,000 volt power line through the countryside will be able to grill power bosses about their...

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Nailsea
Nailsea's economywas based on coal mining which began as early as the 16th century. By the late 1700s, the town had a large number of pits and was visited by the social reformer Hannah More who founded a Sunday school for the workers.
Nailsea's coal mines attracted John Robert Lucas, a glass manufacturer, in 1788 and the glass works he established eventually became the fourth largest of their kind in the United Kingdom. The works closed in 1873 but "Nailsea" glass is still sought after by collectors around the world.
The site of the glass works is covered by a supermarket car park lleaving it accessible for future archaeological digs. Remains of many of the old pits are still visible around Nailsea.
Population   18,000
OS grid ref   ST473703
Parish   Nailsea
District   North Somerset
Postcode   BS48
Dialing code   01275
Police   Avon and Somerset
Fire   Avon
Ambulance   Great Western
Euro Parlilament   South West England
UK Parliament   Woodspring



 

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