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St Pauls (also written St Paul's) is an inner suburb of Bristol, England, lying just northeast of the city centre and west of the M32.It is bounded by the A38 (Stokes Croft), the B4051 (Ashley Road), the A4032 (Newfoundland Way) and the A4044 (Newfoundland Street), although the River Frome was traditionally the eastern boundary before the A4032 was constructed. [1]
The St Pauls riot occurred in St Pauls, Bristol, England on 2 April 1980 when police raided the Black and White Café on Grosvenor Road in the heart of the area. After several hours of disturbance in which fire engines and police cars were damaged, 130 people were arrested, 25 were taken to hospital, including 19 police and members of the press.
The Aggi Crew were a criminal drug gang based in the St Paul's district of Bristol. The name of the gang is an abbreviation of aggravated burglary ("doing an aggi") according to its former leader. The name of the gang is an abbreviation of aggravated burglary ("doing an aggi") according to its former leader.
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St. Paul's Carnival is an annual Caribbean Carnival held, usually on the first Saturday of July, in St. Paul's, Bristol, England.The celebration began in 1968 [1] as the St. Paul's Festival, in order to improve relationships between the European, African, Caribbean, and Asian inhabitants of the area.
The 3rd Dragoon Guards violently suppressing the Bristol Riots of 1831. The Bristol Riots of 1831 took place after the House of Lords rejected the second Reform Bill, which aimed to get rid of some of the rotten boroughs and give Britain's fast growing industrial towns such as Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, Bradford and Leeds greater representation in the House of Commons.
His portrait was painted on a mural in St Pauls, Bristol, as part of an exhibition named Seven Saints of St Paul's, commemorating the Bristol Bus Boycott. [16] [15] As well as receiving an MBE, the Jamaican High Commissioner recognized him for his community service and in 1993 he received Royal Maundy Money from the Queen at Bristol Cathedral. [17]
Bertram Wilks is a well-known member of the Bristol community. Born in Clarendon, Jamaica, in 1938, Wilks moved to the UK in 1959. He opened the Black and White Café in the St Pauls district of Bristol in 1971. [3] Wilks has been featured in the books Policing Notting Hill: Fifty Years of Turbulence, by Tony Moore, [4] and Uprising!