Scared to death?
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They don't write headlines like this any more: Melancholy Death from the Effects of the late Thunderstorm. Neither do we use words such as se'nnight, which means seven nights ago (a word formed along the same lines of the still popular fortnight). This tragic tale of Miss Ellen Price dates to the days when Brislington boasted at least one boarding school.
Bristol Times and Mirror - Saturday 19 May 1849, page 5, col 6.
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000981/18490519/044/0005
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Period: Modern
Find spot: Brislington
Exhibit contributed by Ken Taylor
Text written by Ken Taylor
Photographer: The British Library Board. Derived image by Ken Taylor 2017
Acquisition number: 171126a4