He edited and self-published the 'Bristol As It Was' books of photographs of Bristol, covering in detail the period from the dawn of photography to 1962.
[3] On leaving school, Winstone joined his father's menswear business at 29 East Street, Bedminster, where he learnt about salesmanship and display, whilst practising photography at night.
[1] After wartime service in the RAF Mobile Field Photographic Section, during which time he adopted the name 'Reece' for his professional work, Winstone moved to 23 Hyland Grove, Henbury, Bristol.
Through the 1950s he expanded his collection of Bristol photographs, and began to campaign on issues such as the High Cross (removed from College Green), the Friese-Greene birthplace and contribution to invention of cinematography, and to highlight the destruction being wrought by post-war development.
[5] From 1950 onwards, Winstone took photographs of scenes which were soon to change as a result of redevelopment, with the express intent of publishing them in book form a decade later.