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The Museum of the Home had asked if it should take down the statue of Sir Robert Geffrye.
The statue, which had stood in the city since 1895, was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter demonstration on Sunday.
His legacy of philanthropy was designed to shape him into a father figure for Bristol. Now, those myths are starting to shatter.
Protesters pulled down a statue of Edward Colston in Bristol – but other buildings and street names remain.