“The smell of tar and salt was something new and delightful. I saw the great ships lying in the docks, and the sailors singing at their work, and I thought I had never seen anything so beautiful.”
About
The Long John Silver Trust [LJST] is a registered charity that was formed in 2005 to help celebrate Bristol’s literary and maritime past through the city’s role in Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale, Treasure Island.
To this end, the LJST has forged strong links with the European Cultural Route (ECR) In the Footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson, local educational needs charity PROPS, Bristol Radical History Group and M Shed – a former dockside cargo shed telling the story of Bristol from prehistoric times to the present day.
We have developed a Treasure Island Trail of eight locations around the ancient port telling the story of both the city and Treasure Island. Bristol has been a major inland seafaring port for over 1000 years, and is famous (or infamous) for pirates and privateers, slavers and smugglers, writers and radicals, explorers and innovators.
Through walks and talks such as Pirates And Prejudice and Abolition, we give a thought-provoking narrative of the city seldom explored by others. Tackling themes raised by Treasure Island such as piracy and disability, and those of Bristol’s past such as slavery and colonialism. We also explore the city’s connections with other classic works such as Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver’s Travel’s and The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner.
To arrange a guided Trail Walk please contact us here info@longjohnsilvertrust.org
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