Fascinating pictures showing Bristol city centre and surrounding areas at the height of the tram era were sold at auction in 2022.
Many of the images had not been seen since they were published in the early 20th century, a small sample of which we were able to obtain.
While many of the buildings in the pictures are still standing, the road layouts and modes of transport - trams and horse-drawn carts - are unrecognisable to what we see today.
Bristol was proudly the first city in the country to see electric trams, with the first introduced in 1895. But the trams went into decline with the rise in popularity of cars before bombing of the city in the Second World War spelled the end of the era.

5. Hotwells Road, Hotwells
The Bear is still there - but the trams are long gone from Hotwells Road looking toward Bristol city centre | East Bristol Auctions

6. St George
Post office, draper and dairy shop line Church Road in St George. Trams were kept at a depot in Beaconsfield Road, St George. | East Bristol Auctions

7. Kingswood
A single tram tack lines High Street in Kingswood - the first electric tram route in the UK was from Old Market to Kingswood, launched in 1895. | Courtesy East Bristol Auctions

8. Wells Road
The George pub remains on the right of this view down Wells Road toward Totterdown. Arnos Vale Cemetery is nearby on the righthand side. | East Bristol Auctions

