Royal Edward Dock opens 1908 - Edward VII opens the Royal Edward Dock in Avonmouth. unemployment situation At the end of January the Social Democratic Federation held a meeting in the Haymarket to consider the unemployment situation Prior to the meeting some 500 bags of food and cups of coffee were handed to the men who were addressed by Ernest Bevin of the Bristol Socialist Society. The meeting passed a resolution condemning the inaction of the government. Salvation Army General Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, visited the city in February. He was given a civic reception and addressed a meeting at the Victoria Rooms. Renewal of the Licence of Rogers Brewery In February the licensing justices heard an objection to the renewal of the licence of Rogers Brewery. The reason given was that the company employed canvassers who visited the homes of artisans and labourers during the daytime and sought orders from women whilst their husbands were at work. Mr. Wansbrough, who appeared for the objectors, told the bench that during the past year 328 women had been convicted of drunkenness and of those only two were on licensed premises. The magistrates decided that the evidence was not sufficient to justify a refusal to renew the licence. In March there was a packed meeting at the Colston Hall in support of the Licensing Bill which aimed at putting restrictions upon the licensing trade and was then before Parliament. The Bill was subsequently rejected by the House of Lords. Francis Gilmore Bamett died Francis Gilmore Bamett died on 18 March whilst playing a round of golf at Failand. A solicitor by profession, he was one of the earliest pupils at Clifton College and was no doubt influenced by John Percival. He championed many working class causes and gave valuable help to the dockers and the cotton factory operatives during the strikes and demonstrations in 1889. He gave evidence to Royal Commission of Housing the Working Class and sat as an independent city councillor for some 20 years. Chamber of Commerce The City Council and the Chamber of Commerce were promoting the new dock at Avonmouth and in March the Hon. Thomas Price, Premier of South Australia, -.‘as invited to inspect the work in progress. He expressed himself satisfied with the arrangements for handling cargoes and with the cold storage facilities. At the end of March the Education Committee resolved to provide school meals for some 1,000 necessitous pupils. When asked if teachers would eat with children, Alderman Elkins, the chairman, said that they would and observed that this would show that the dinners were such that no one need be afraid of having one. G.B. Britton & Sons strike At the beginning of April 31 clickers employed by G.B. Britton & Sons went on strike because they objected to the presence of five non-union men. The dispute was referred to the Kingswood Arbitration Board who unanimously decided that they should return to work. Wesleyan On 14 April the Rev. J.S. Simon, President of the Wesleyan Conference, unveiled a tablet at 4, Charles Street, St. James’s commemorating the Rev. Charles Wesley’s residence there. Bristol's Royal Visit In May it was announced that the King and Queen would be visiting the city in July to open the new dock at Avonmouth. A committee was formed to organise the event comprising Members of Parliament, representatives from the Council, the churches, the military, the Society of Merchant Venturers, the guardians, the municipal charities, education, the chamber of commerce, local offices of government departments, the police, the press, the trades council and other citizens. A fund was set up to decorate the route, to entertain the military on duty and to provide some form of enjoyment for school children. New Trade for Avonmouth In June two new freemen were installed. They were the Earl of Dudley, who had recently been appointed Governor General of Australia, and Lord Strathcona who represented Canada in the United Kingdom. No doubt it was hoped that the appointments would help to generate trade to the new dock. Paper rooms of house with postage stamps? In the summer of 1908 Mr. Freeman, a retired schoolmaster of Chipping Sodbury, completed an interesting self-imposed task. He had collected stamps and over the years had accumulated a surplus of several thousands of them. Some 18 months previously he had started to paper one of the rooms in his house with them; when completed there were said to be some 56,000.stamps on the walls. Birthday Honours The June Birthday Honours list included a knighthood for Alderman William Howell Davies. He was a leather merchant and had been President of the Chamber of Commerce in 1884. He was a Liberal councillor, chairman of the Docks Committee and Mayor in 1892. He became Member of Parliament for Bristol South in 1906. Headmaster of Temple Colst

This guy appears to be one of their handlers, this is a shot of him prior to throwing coffee on the two Anons in front of him (in the blue cup). Note the copy of dianetics audiobooks in one hand, which he had just purchased and then beelined over to the chilling anons. This guy was also around April 12 (Punching a random person walking past us), March 15 (Dirty TR0 stares) and Feb 10th (Low shots with a shitty digital cam and a loud walkie talkie.)