Bristol UK Postcards - Cabot Tower
Cabot Tower
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Printed in Gt. Britain
"We have to gain the Victory
That is our task."
The Prime Minister
The quote is from Winston Churchill's speech given in the House of Commons on 20th August, 1940. This is the same speech in which the immortal line "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. All hearts go out to the fighter pilots, whose brilliant actions we see with our own eyes day after day." appears.
I have another unused copy of this postard and the quote on the back is...
"T.N.T. -
Today and Tomorrow"
Minister of Production
On February 4th, 1942 Max Beaverbrook was appointed Britain's Minister of Production. Unfortunately, I cannot find a reference to this quote.
Cabot Tower
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This is a real photograph
Scholastic Bristol
Cabot Tower, Bristol erected
in 1897 - 98 in commemoration of the discovery of
North America by john Cabot in 1497.
Height105 ft to Apex
Height 75 ft to Platform
109 Steps
Cabot Tower
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1005
Wyman & Son, Ltd., Bristol
Printed in England
Cabot Tower
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Printed by Harvey Barton & Sons Ltd., Bristol
Cabot Tower
This unused postcard has just the printed text HB&S
Cabot Tower
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Series 130, Np. 16
Published by Stewart & Woolf, London, E.C.
Printed in Saxony
Cabot Tower
This unused postcard has just the printed text 2993
Cabot Tower
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Bristol Series II
Postcard 1119
Raphael Tuck & Sons "Framed Granite"
Art Publishers to Their Majesties The King & Queen
Carte Postale
Processed in Saxony
Cabot Tower. Erected to commemorate Sebastian
Cabot, a native of Bristol, who sailed from Bristol in
1497 to discover the tract of country now called
Newfoundland, a year before Columbus came in sight of the
continent of America. A good view of the city and
surroundings is to be obtained fromthis tower.
Cabot Tower stands on Brandon Hill. It was built in 1897 in memory of John Cabot, 400 years after he set sail in the Matthew from Bristol and landed in what was later to become Canada. The architect was William Venn Gough. The foundation stone of the tower was laid by the Marquess of Dufferin & Ava on the 24th June, 1897, And the completed tower was opened by the same nobleman on the 6th September, 1898. The 105 ft tall tower consists of a spiral staircase leading to two viewing platforms which overlook the city.
This page created 15th September 2009, last modified 7th February 2010
