Comments on: The Tale of Two Bedminsters https://mrlocalhistory.org/tale-of-two-bedminsters/ History and Gossip from New Jersey Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:27:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: Jay Rose https://mrlocalhistory.org/tale-of-two-bedminsters/#comment-205357 Wed, 22 Jan 2025 01:42:50 +0000 http://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=6747#comment-205357 Hello Bedminster, New Jersey.
I spent my early life in Bedminster, Bristol (UK). It’s interesting that yours is in the Somerset hills, as ours is also close to the county of Somerset in South West England.

I have something of a circular story, as my Grandfather was an American G.I. during WWII and he was also a full blood Cherokee. So, although he wasn’t from N.J. but Oklahoma, I find it somewhat Ironic that I have such a strong link with your country, while sharing my personal origins in Bedminster.
Bedminster was quite a poor, working class area in the late 60’s and early 70’s when I was there. My earliest memories were of cold winter mornings, with Ice formed around the sash windows of our house and paraffin heaters to keep warm. I could only have been 2 or 3 years old then.

We moved to another part of Bristol, England sometime after, which I remember with more detail and I left Bristol altogether at the age of 16, when I joined the Army. I have been all over the world since then, but sadly, never to visit your lovely town. Maybe I will make it there someday soon, as I plan to find out more of my heritage in Oklahoma. I wish anyone who reads this, all the best for 2025 and congratulations on the Inauguration of your new President Donald J. Trump.

]]> By: Mr. Local History https://mrlocalhistory.org/tale-of-two-bedminsters/#comment-147982 Thu, 13 Aug 2020 12:08:02 +0000 http://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=6747#comment-147982 In reply to Guy Bristow.

Hello sister resident. Thanks for writing and now you have an entire family here in New Jersey, USA. Tell your friends to read and write. We can become pen pals online!

]]> By: Guy Bristow https://mrlocalhistory.org/tale-of-two-bedminsters/#comment-147972 Sun, 09 Aug 2020 14:04:34 +0000 http://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=6747#comment-147972 As a Bristolian, I was quite amused to hear that there is a Bedminster USA, and quite a posh place by the sounds of it. Bedminster, Bristol is not posh, it is definitely a blue-collar part of town, where people still speak Bristolian dialect (like farmers, or pirates). Growing up on the other side of town, we used to call them “Bemmies”. Later, I actually lived there, on North St. It’s becoming quite gentrified now. Who’d’ve thought that! Girt Bemmie becoming trendy! Mind you, you still have to drink hard cider in the pubs there.

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