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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

‘A big responsibility’: Clifton Suspension Bridge master hails £7.6m renovation

Tristan Ralph, bridge master, sits on a railing of Clifton Suspension Bridge, smiling
‘I have to make sure it is handed on in just as good a condition or better than I inherited it,’ Ralph said of his job as bridge master. Photograph: Sam Frost/The Guardian

The job does not give the holder age-old perks such as the right to drive sheep across the great structure, but the title “bridge master” does have a certain ring to it.

“I don’t tend to say I’m the bridge master when I’m at a party,” said Tristan Ralph, the current holder of the title. “But people do seem to know and bring it up. It’s a job less ordinary, isn’t it? It’s a Victorian sounding title and people are really, really interested.”

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