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St Pauls (also written St Paul's) is an inner suburb of Bristol, England, situated just north east of the city centre and west of the M32. It is bounded by the A38 (Stokes Croft), the B4051 (Ashley Road), the A4032 (Newfoundland Road) and the A4044 (Newfoundland Street), although the traditional southern boundary before the M32 used to be the Frome.〔St Pauls Community Directory'' (St Pauls Unlimited Community Partnership, 2003)〕 In the early 18th century it was laid out as one of Bristol's first suburbs. ==History== During the days of the Bristol slave trade, St Pauls was the location of choice for the wealthy slave trading merchants.〔 This is reflected in the Georgian architecture. In the 1870s, Brooks Dye Works opened on the edge of St Pauls and became a major local employer, leading to the construction of terraced houses.〔 Together with migration to Bristol, both from overseas and within Britain, this led to St Pauls becoming a densely populated suburb by the Victorian era.〔 The area was bomb damaged during World War II. Rebuilding and investment was focused on new housing estates such as Hartcliffe and Southmead rather than St Pauls, and this contributed to a decline in the quality of the area.〔 During the large-scale immigration of the 1950s, many people moved from Jamaica and settled in St Pauls.〔 In 1963, St Pauls became the focus of attention when members of the British African-Caribbean community organised the Bristol Bus Boycott to protest the racist employment policy of the Bristol Omnibus Company which operated a colour bar, refusing employment to non-white workers as bus crews. This policy was overturned in August of that year after sixty days of protest and the action helped establish the Race Relations Act 1968. A riot which followed a police raid on the Black and White Café in St Pauls on 2 April 1980 formed a low point of the area's history. The St Pauls riot started when the police entered the Black and White Café, knowing that the premises was being used for drug dealing. A customer had his trousers ripped and demanded compensation, which the police refused. A crowd outside then refused to allow the police to leave, and when back up was called a riot started.〔(Bristol Riots ) with the St Pauls riot at the bottom of the page〕 The riots were quickly blamed on race, but both white and black youths fought against the police and the problems are thought to have been linked instead to poverty and perceived social injustices, predominantly the Sus law prevalent at the time. Along with Easton, Bristol the area has gained a reputation as a place to obtain heroin and more predominantly crack cocaine. This area of the city has also suffered its share of gun violence, reaching a high point in the early 2000s (decade) when rival Yardie and drug gangs such as the Aggi Crew fought turf wars over territory. The Black and White Café was closed in March 2005, and has been demolished to make way for houses after a compulsory purchase order. Now the area is experiencing a positive urban renewal with the St. Pauls Unlimited scheme. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St Pauls, Bristol」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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