In August 2019 we welcomed Cora Inglis for a week of work experience. Cora is studying Early Modern History and was keen to develop her skills in the library and archives of the New Room. As part of her week, Cora was set the task of cataloguing and digitising part of our photography collection. Have a look through our gallery of photographs below to see pictures of the New Room from the 1920s to the early 1970s.

Here is Cora describing one of her favourite postcards:

“Some of the postcards that I catalogued, like this one, had pictures of “The Bristol Equestrian Memorial” that stands in the Broadmead courtyard. The memorial has the statue of John Wesley on his horse. One fascinating fact I learned about him was that he travelled over 250,000 miles on horseback! John Wesley was a travelling preacher and often preached outside. Preaching outside would have made it easier for him to attract large crowds of people who could then spread the gospel to other people on the streets by word of mouth."

“I’ve had a memorable experience and learnt so much; I would recommend the New Room to other history lovers.”

Cora, work experience student, 2019