Uncertain future Historic blue glass firm's urgently seeking a new city home

A CAMPAIGN has begun to save Bristol’s last traditional blue glass works after the firm said they may have to close when they are forced to move from their current premises.

- Tristan CORK

Bristol Blue Glass was set up 38 years ago to revitalise the art of blue glass making, but the lease on their premises on the Bath Road in Brislington is expiring in February next year.

The Post reported last month on the plight of the firm, and now local councillor Andrew Varney has launched a petition calling on the city council to do more to find a new home for a firm that is synonymous with the city.

Bristol Blue Glass was one of the things Bristol was known for throughout the world in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the city’s Hackney Cab taxis are painted blue because of the famous blue glass created in the city. But the last remaining firm faces an uncertain future, when it effectively becomes homeless in just three months' time.