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.

9. Stop for Durham Downs
The tram terminus for Durdham Downs - the top of Whiteladies Road. There were four routes from the Downs - one to Eastville and two to the centre, one via Zetland Road, the other via Whiteladies Road | East Bristol Auctions

10. Westbury Hill
Tram rails on the slope down Westbury Hill - one route from the city centre to Durdham Downs extended to Westbury-on-Trym. | Courtesy East Bristol Auctions

11. Westbury-on-Trym
A tram heads away from the war memorial roundabout in the centre of Westbury-on-Trym. In terms of buildings, this picture is recognisable from today. | Courtesy East Bristol Auctions

12. Victoria Rooms
Trams pass The Victoria Rooms at the bottom of Whiteladies Road. The building was finished in 1842, and a bronze statue of Edward VII was added in 1912. | Courtesy East Bristol Auctions

