Bristol area calendar pairs police panel with historic court records talk

Public schedules issued for late September in the Bristol area place current police oversight next to a guide to historical court records. The Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Panel is scheduled for 10.30am on Tuesday 22 September [4]. The following Monday, 28 September, the Bristol & Avon Family History Society is holding an online talk on prison, criminal and legal court records [1]. Gill Blanchard, the guest speaker, will explain the differences between Petty Sessions, Quarter Sessions and Assize Courts; the society says the talk is aimed at people whose ancestors were victims or perpetrators of crime [1]. The two entries fall in the same period as several local-government meetings, including Bristol City Council’s Human Resources Committee on Tuesday morning [2], Somerset Council’s Planning Committee (West) on Tuesday afternoon [3], and Bristol’s Planning Committee A on Wednesday evening [5].