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| | What are cities for? - Bristol on the Eve of the Millennium, part 2 - Bristol, England Contemporary Review - Find ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | On it has been carved a short poem which describes the river as a tongue which licks 'the crumbs of history. |
 | | On Welsh Back, for instance, close to the Bristol Bridge, stands the Llandoger Trow, a pub built in 1664 and rumoured to be the scene of a meeting between the rescued castaway Alexander Selkirk and the man who would turn his story into Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe. |
 | | A little further on are Redcliffe caves, where cargoes were stored and it is believed slaves were held, Spike Island with its cranes and old warehouses and the Floating Harbour itself which, built around two hundred years ago, was the last major modification made to the city docks before their decline. |
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