My sources tell me that, JL, a man from Newcastle and editor of the then Bristol Mercury, was also a compiler of the Annals of Bristol for the 16th to 19th centuries. Anyway, according to him, and who are we to argue, the Sydenham Trust owned a lot of land in Cotham, and as a consequence had some roads named after them, and that’s where I found myself today. I was looking at a very large end of terraced house, large enough without being extended, but it had been extended, so it was a very large house, and, largely in good condition for it’s age. There are always things not quite right and this house was no exception, but on the whole, not bad at all. The only sour point was the grapes, so I shouldn't have pinched one off the vine, even though they say stolen fruit is sweetest of all...   more »