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October 2025: Local History with CHAP - Downend Voice Celebrating our brutalist buildings Architecture and planning student and CHAP member Elliott Sargent is one of 14 exhibitors contributing to Brutal Bristol, a collaborative exhibition in October expl...

Our latest article is now available to read via the Downend Voice, and is all about an exhibition coming to Bristol this October celebrating the history of brutalist architecture!

downendvoice.co.uk/2025/09/26/o...

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A huge thank you to everyone that came along to our community history walk on Saturday morning! A fascinating few hours filled with tales old and new of our community.

22.09.2025 16:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We've had some more amazing squares completed by people in the local community for our history banner, take a look!

Find more information about getting involved on our website, linked in our bio!

24.03.2025 16:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Take a look at some of the amazing squares people in the local community have been making for our local history banner! Find more on our website about getting involved!

27.02.2025 19:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

📰CHAP in the news!📰

Read our latest article in the Emersons Green Voice, all about wassailing!

Click the link in our bio to read the article on our website!

26.02.2025 14:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Shape #5 (A) flits through the trees, Sweeney's fiddle humming snatches of romance, the soundtrack to a long-forgotten love. It's cinematic in the best possible way, projecting super 8 images straight into your memory box.”

Here’s a video of @samsweeney.bsky.social and Louis Campbell from Friday.

26.02.2025 13:31 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Bristol's month in Folk & Roots - February 2025 Music full of brightness and joy fills the city this month

There's so much great live folk and roots music going on in and around Bristol this month. Check out this handy @bristol247.bsky.social guide to the picks of the bunch.

05.02.2025 14:20 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Banner graphic that says 'Downend Community History & Arts Project: In the News!' Below are two graphics, one showing a newspaper, the other a plate of food

📰CHAP in the news!📰

Read our latest article in the Emersons Green Voice, all about dishes and recipes that originated in the local area!

www.downendchap.org/chap-in-the-...

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The Downend Community History & Arts Project is creating a community banner that represents the area’s history, and are looking for contributions! This could be any creative method: painting, sewing, collage, printing, or anything else!

Read more about it on the events page of our website!

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