A Great Night for Bristol
Sunday 7th marked 150 years since the symbol of Bristol, the Clifton Suspension Bridge, first opened to the public. A hundred thousand people were expected to turn up for the firework display at 7.00pm and judging by the enormous crowds at every possible spot within sight of the bridge, that figure may have been reached. The crowds were treated to a stunning twelve minute display of imaginative and colourful pyrotechnics, when palm trees, gigantic feathers, even Niagara Falls appeared over the Avon Gorge. Isembard Kingdom Brunel, who designed the bridge and in whose honour it was completed after his death, would have been proud.
