Thanks to Getty Images, we can share some remarkable views of life in the city which stretch from the visit of Eleanor Roosevelt to children using pianos for fuel.
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1. Evacuated from Bristol
A scene in the Common Room of St Brandon's girl's school in the palace of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, around 1941. The school was evacuated from Bristol during World War II. Members of the staff are here seen resting by an enormous fireplace during the morning break from duties. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) | Getty Images
2. Llandoger Trow pub
The Llandoger Trow public house, King Street, Bristol, in 1941. It was originally a row of five houses. Two of the houses were destroyed by bombing during World War II, the effects of which can be seen to the extreme left of this photograph. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images) | Heritage Images/Getty Images
3. Eleanor pays a visit
Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Roosevelt, was pictured in 1942 watching food being cooked outdoors on a makeshift stove. Mrs Roosevelt was is in Bristol to see how the citizens were coping after the bombing raids. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images) | Getty Images
4. Sir Adrian leads the orchestra
Famous Radio entertainers started a series of charity concerts for the Services at Bristol and a novelty item for the Home Guard was given by Sir Adrian Boult, Conductor of the B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra. He conducted Henry Hall 's band playing 'Tiger Rag'. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) | Getty Images