The Bristol Six + Eight Magazine - September 2020 by Andy Fraser

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Hello there and welcome to your September issue of the magazine that coincides, hopefully, with the return to schools across the area. A time I guess that will bring a mixture of excitement and trepidation. I hope it goes well for all concerned.

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Many years ago - possibly twenty - we put our names onto three waiting lists. The first was to see “A Question of Sport” being filmed, the second was to appear in the audience for the recording of “Top Gear”, and the third was to get an allotment. QoS duly delivered - and very entertaining it was too. Top Gear? Still waiting - and not hopeful after two decades in the queue. And an allotment? Bingo - we take possession next week, and then it’ll be all systems go for us as the new Monty Don and Carol Klein of this manor. Already we are disagreeing about priorities - double-digging and mulching says the lady of the patch, and where to site the shed says I. And of course, where on our little rectangle of horticultural heaven will we get the best wifi reception. I suspect a regular article may emerge from this - as long as I steer clear of the triffids that got me this month (see page 39). If anyone has any top tips on what to grow and how to grow it please get in touch. Enjoy the magazine - it has been an enjoyable one to produce as it has necessitated a long overdue trip to Blagdon Lake (seen on the front cover), and the pleasure of reading and reviewing one of the best books I’ve read since, oh, about the time we joined the queue for Top Gear.

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From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog - the Memoirs of a Cold War Fighter Pilot SPOILER ALERT - THIS BOOK IS NOT ABOUT PLANES

discover what I found to be one of the most enjoyable, engaging, warm and witty books I’ve ever had the pleasure to read. A book about a normal guy pursuing a career that, I suspect, could not on the face of it be more alien to pretty much anyone reading this.

OK, well it is, of course it is - the title gives it away and it is written by Colonel Steve Ladd, United States Air Force (Retired) - but it is about so much more . . . . . .

Steve’s story follows his career in, and then out of, then back into the cockpit as a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force (or USAF - one of the easier to remember acronyms featured in the book - of which there are so many the books warrants a glossary). From being accepted as a trainee pilot in 1967, let loose into the Georgia skies in a tiny little civil aircraft with one propeller on the front (lovingly known as the “Bug Smasher”) to an emotional final low-level flypast in the Nevada desert in 1994, in his beloved, and fearsomely equipped A10 Warthog.

Go to any bookshop, or library and you will see shelves of lovely books all sorted into categories - travel, romantic fiction, self-help, crime. It’s what the booksellers and librarians do - to allow us readers to easily find what we want. We appreciate things being grouped together, it allows us to be able to say we like this, or this, but not that. Memoirs though are tricky to categorise. Unless they are the memoirs of some third rate 25 year old “celebrity” with no life experience but with enhanced breasts or an ability to kick a ball around a field - in which case you can easily display them on the shelf marked “Utter Garbage”. Generally though a good memoir would contain some chronological story (so file under “History”?), some witty anecdotes (file under “Humour?”) and maybe some serious name-dropping (file under “Popular Culture”?). Or of course you simply plonk it into “Biographies and Autobiographies” - in which case it will be overlooked by everyone who doesn’t like reading about someone else’s life.

Right. Let’s get the aircraft bit out of the way shall we? The backdrop to Steve’s story, his working life, were two awesome military aircraft. The first - the McDonnell Douglas F4 Phantom, a two seat long- range supersonic fighter-bomber that formed the backbone of the US air threat during the Vietnam War and the Cold War, and was operational from the early 1960’s to the early 1980’s.

Steve Ladd and his book should, on the face of it, be easy to categorise, to pigeonhole - by simply following the appropriate stereotypes. He is an American, and he was a fighter pilot who saw active duty in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. So he must be loud and brash, and his story must be all about rampant chest beating and unleashing napalm with abandon. He isn’t - and it isn’t. Phantoms - unloaded and heading for home, 1969.

Steve Ladd’s book of memoirs could legitimately be placed on any number of shelves - “Action”, “Military”, “History”, “Humour”, “Management”, “Personal Developement”, “Travel”. Impossible to categorise, hard to summarise - and difficult to put down.

The second, the Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt, better known as the Warthog due to it’s “unconventional looks” as well as its rapidly achieved reputation as a fearsome weapon of war. Aircraft lovers will find plenty of aviation enjoyment as Steve reminisces about his active duty in the Phantom in Thailand

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From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog - the Memoirs of a Cold War Fighter Pilot during the Vietnam War and in Europe during the Cold War, his role as an elite instructor to the next generation of elite pupils at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, and his love affair with the Warthog that started like an ill-advised blind date but blossomed into a highly effective and loving marriage of man and machine.

and the ability to lead by example. As Steve notes, “The mutual trust required to manage a complex fluid scenario involving a number of aircraft to a successful conclusion cannot be overstated.” And trust showed itself in little ways - the occasional “overlooking” of the established procedure of pre-flight checks with the ground crew (the crew chief or CC) and reliance instead on the word of the CC that “You’re good to go, Sir.” With trust comes the ability to motivate and get the right reaction out of team members, and Steve Ladd focuses on this as one of the soft skills he had to utilise more as he worked his way up the USAF tree of command (and further away from his real passion, “strapping himself into a jet aircraft and climbing to the heavens”). There are some excellent anecdotes demonstrating the thoughtful, and slightly leftfield ways he managed to get the respect of, and best from, the pilots under his command. Indeed it would be easy, and legitimate, to look at this book as a motivational management guide (albeit set against the backdrop of military action).

A10 Thurderbolt, aka the Warthog

But Steve’s story is so much more - the planes were the tools of his trade, the US Air Force the family in which a high-spirited, ambitious wouldbe fighter pilot - “I was endowed with a man-sized ego and a surplus of self-confidence” - would live and grow during a 28 year career. It is a story less about the military missions flown, the aerial encounters, the dogfights with the enemy, and far more about the man, the extended family that supported him and that he nurtured, and the camaraderie that develops within a team of special people.

Given the high pressure environment that the pilots and their support teams worked in there is an inevitable letting off of steam when the time is right, and Steve’s book is laced with comedic incidents of hair being let down, comrades being wound up and tensions being released - by way of donkeys in the Officer’s Club, sangria-driven shows of false bravado, and the occasional false declaration of the start of WWIII. I’d guess having a sick note off work because of a bullfighting accident is one badge of honour he shares with very few others.

Any high performing team - and lordy, a squadron of aircraft armed to the teeth needs to be in the hands of a high performing team must be built around a number of core attributes over and above the technical ability to do the job (and it is clear from Steve’s experience that anyone without that technical ability is very soon found out during the exhaustive training that the USAF provides throughout the lifetime of their most valuable assets). Perhaps the most important of these is trust - not so much in the pilot’s own ability, which I suspect is a given, but in his colleagues, and in the book this seemed to manifest itself in many ways. Big ways - when in command knowing that your orders are executed by your wing man without question, and conversely trusting your leader to make the right call, based upon competence, experience

It has suddenly dawned on me as I write this that you might be wondering why I have randomly chosen to review “F4 Phantom to A10 Warthog”. I have omitted an important detail, that is that Steve and his wife Elaine, after years of nomadic existence moving from the USA to England to Spain to Turkey to Germany and back to the USA, have spent the last 21 years living in Westbury Park. As he himself said to me, “I’m almost one of you”. Almost, Steve, almost... The advantage of reviewing books by local authors? You get the chance to meet them, and coffee with Steve Ladd is an entertaining, fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable way of spending a couple of hours. 10

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From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog - the Memoirs of a Cold War Fighter Pilot Chatting to Steve I tried to get an understanding of just how demanding it is flying at low levels in a machine travelling at a ridiculous speed over terrain that you are judging visually as much as by way of any navigational aids. Despite his selfdeprecating answer - “it’s OK, it’s part of the job, you’re trained to do it” it is just one aspect of his job I struggle to get my head round. Just as knowing that if you had to respond in a nuclear launch (which his squadron were tasked and ready to do) you knew that in reality your mission would be one-way. “All part of the job” it may have been, but not a part of a job description that many people could sign up for. And of course the job is dangerous, and Steve tells with emotion and compassion the consequences of when it does go wrong, in a sad and touching story of an air accident that happened in the Welsh mountains during the latter stages of his flying career.

and lived alongside on their worldwide tour of US airbases. Often it’s the ones below deck who don’t get the recognition they deserve, and it is lovely that this book allows Steve to address that.

We spoke also about how you can possibly replace the adrenaline rush and buzz that piloting a fighter plane gives you - and concluded, I think, that you can’t. It sounded as if Steve had been lucky (a view on life he expounds upon in the book) to extend his flying career as long as he did before succumbing to an assignment behind the BGD - Big Grey Desk, regaining a cockpit job and a later post-military career at civilian airports. He also commented wistfully on a subject that features in the book - the impact of technology on the role of the fighter pilot, and that conclusion that as more and more of the pilot’s role is assisted and indeed replaced by technology the more removed today’s pilots are becoming from the situation whereby the pilot and his plane are wedded to each other, actions and reactions are based on instinct and physical observation, and the plane is flown by hand/ eye coordination of joystick and rudder. Think parking sensors and lane control on your car, and an engine tuned remotely by a computer nerd, and you can see that Steve’s yearning for the old ways of flying are maybe no different to you and I hankering for a classic car.

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So, in conclusion I’ve decided it would be wrong to even try to categorise Steve Ladd’s memoirs. Rather I’d just like to summarise them. They are an insight into the life of someone who did a job I could never imagine doing, written by “one of the good guys” - a man of wit, compassion, courage, loyalty, sense of duty and patriotism that it would be lovely, but brave, to aspire to. Please do try and get hold of a copy of this book for yourself or anyone you know - reading it is a joyful education in so many ways. “From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog Memoirs of a Cold War Fighter Pilot “ by Colonel Steve Ladd, USAF (Retired) is available from Pen & Sword Books (www. pen-and-sword.co.uk), Max Minervas on North View, online and from all good bookshops.

One final message that comes out loud and clear from this book is the longstanding love and affection Steve has for his wife Elaine, a Wirral girl who has for 47 years provided him unstinting, behind-the-scenes, support and strength - much like the many other pilots wives they encountered 12

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being apprenticed to photographer Marcus Guttenberg. Throughout his subsequent career he was a pioneer of motion picture, inventing a series of different cameras as well as a two-colour filming process and other printing devices. He spent all of his earnings on his inventions and went bankrupt several times. Friese-Greene died during a meeting of the cinema trade at the Connaught Rooms in London on 5 May 1921 and is buried in Highgate Cemetery.

8 September 1556 Edward Sharp was burnt at the stake at the top of St Michael’s Hill for heresy against Mary Tudor’s newly reinstated Catholic church. One of five Marian Martyrs, along with William Shapton, Richard Shapton, Thomas Hale and Thomas Bennion, there is a memorial plaque for the quintet at Cotham Parish Church. There names were also recorded in the 1563 publication Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, along with 307 others.

13 September 1944 – Dolly Martin Born Dolly Read, Martin is a model and actress best known for her appearances in Playboy magazine as well as playing the lead role of Kelly MacNamara in the 1970 musical satire Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls. Between 1975 and 1981, she was also a regular on the American game show Match Game. Read married American comedian Dick Martin in 1971, the couple divorced in 1974 before remarrying in 1978.

27 September 1872 Clifton Rugby Football Club formed at the Kings Arms on Blackboy Hill (the pub is still there and back to its original name, having been renamed several times). James Arthur Bush was the first Clifton player to be capped by England. He also played cricket for Gloucestershire and was best man at the wedding of W.G. Grace. 25 September 2017 England cricketer Ben Stokes was arrested in the early hours of the morning after becoming involved in a brawl outside Clifton’s Mbargo nightclub. Charged with affray, Stokes was acquitted on 14 August. Despite this, he was later fined £30,000 and banned for eight matches by the England and Wales Cricket Board for bringing the game into disrepute.

Deaths 26 September 1979 - Leslie Frise Born in Barton Regis on 2 July 1895, the influential engineer and aircraft designer Leslie Frise was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Bristol University before serving in the Royal Naval Air Service early in WW1. In 1915 he joined Frank Barnwell at the Bristol Aeroplane Company, working on projects such as the Bristol F.2 Fighter, Bristol Bulldog, Bristol Beaufighter and Bristol Type 143. Frise went on to work for Percival Aircraft.

28 September 2019

Interventions/2, an exhibition by Yoko Ono, opened in Bristol’s Georgian House. A series of avantgarde films being played throughout the space, works being shown included Cut Piece, Eyeblink, Freedom, Fly, Sky TV and Arising. Visitors to the show were also invited to write their personal wishes for peace and tie them to a tree branch. Ono’s first solo exhibition in Bristol, it ran until 31 December 2019.

8 September 1849 - Elizabeth Lachlan A renowned education advocate and writer, Elizabeth Lachlan was born in Castle Street in 1790. Invested in the education of young ladies, Lachlan wrote a number of educational texts, including Private Education, or, A Practical Plan for the Studies of Young Ladies, set up her own school in London’s Portland Place and was consulted on the education of Princess Charlotte (daughter of King George IV).

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Your spouse has committed adultery, although this only applies to relations with the opposite sex Unreasonable behaviour Desertion Separated for at least two years and your spouse consents to the divorce Separated for at least five years

The Concerns A relationship breakdown is considered one of the most difficult things a person can

go through in their life. Even if the parties mutually agree that the relationship cannot continue any longer, it will still have an impact on both of their lives. The concerns were that the current divorce process was outdated and it was making separation more difficult and acrimonious than needed. This is because, under the current divorce process, the parties must choose to either live separately and wait two years before divorcing (or five years if one party does not consent). Otherwise one of the parties must blame the other by providing the court with examples of the other parties’ unreasonable behaviour or adultery. It is this second option which some argue leads to greater animosity and hostility between the parties. This then creates further difficulties when determining childcare arrangements and asset division. Reformists argued that if two adults decide they want a divorce, they should be able to do so without waiting two years or apportioning blame. In addition, they said that if one party does not agree to the divorce, it is not fair for the other party to be stuck in a marriage they do not wish to be in for five years.

What Does the Future Hold? The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 will modernise the divorce laws and alleviate some of these problems. The new law will mean that: •

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It will be enough to simply state that the relationship has broken down and some couples will be able to make a joint application for divorce if desired, thereby reducing animosity. It will not be possible to contest the decision to divorce, unless it is on the basis of legal validity, jurisdiction, fraud, coercion or procedure. There will be a minimum time period of 20 weeks from the date of the

petition to Conditional Divorce Order (currently known as Decree Nisi) and a further period of 6 weeks before applying for the Final Divorce Order (currently known as Decree Absolute). This increases the minimum time period required for a divorce, however it reflects the reality of most divorces.

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What was Elvis Presley’s middle name, and in which year did he die? With which bands would you associate these songwriting duo’s - a) Difford & Tillbrook, b) Edwards & Rogers, and c) Lennox & Stewart? The Black Eyed Peas 2003 album “Elephunk” spawned 4 UK hit singles name them. Who had hit singles entitled a) ”Rotterdam”, b) “Vienna”, and c) “Budapest”? Who has had most UK number 1 hit singles since the start of 2000?

Science 1. 2. 3.

History 1. 2. 3. 4.

What was the date of the referendum on leaving the European Union? In what year did Tony Blair come to power? Name the last British king or queen to be executed. Put these events in date order, earliest first - the introduction of compulsory wearing of front seatbelts in the UK, the introductiuon of the £1 coin (the round one that preceded the current 12 sided one), and Bucks Fizz winning the Eurovision Song Contest. In what year was the city of Pompeii buried following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?

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With what aspect of scientific discovery was Guglielmo Marconi associated? How many pairs of ribs does a human being have? Travelling non-stop at 100mph, how long would it take you, to the nearest hour, to circumnavigate the globe along the Equator? In, or on, what common household item would you find ground glass and red phosphorous? The first living creature to enter space from Earth was a _____ called _____. Fill in the gaps.

Radio 1. 2.

Sport 1.

Which American football teams are known as a) the Steelers, b) the Panthers, and c) the Packers? Name the six coloured jackets worn in a standard British greyhound race.

Name the football teams who used to play at a) Feethams, b) Ayresome Park and c) Saltergate. Chester Barnes, Mathew Sayed and Paul Drinkhall all represented GB at which sport? At which events did these GB Olympians win medals - a) Anne Packer, b) Anita Lonsborough, and c) Mary Rand? 29 23

Who hosts “Popmaster” on BBC Radio 2? Californian Mike Pasternak was better known as which radio DJ in the 1970’s and 1980’s?

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Entertainment

Name these former Radio 1 DJ’s. Name all the presenters of Desert Island Discs. BBC Radio broadcast three main programmes in the 1950’s - name them.

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Food & Drink 1. 2. 3. 4.

What is the principle ingredient of the dish Kleftiko? What are Jerry Greenfield and Bennett Cohen best known for in the world of food? Butterhead, Batavia and Frisee are all types of what? Name the common name given to these types of pasta described by their literal Italian translations- a) cute strings, b) butterflies, c) little tongues. Name these fruit or vegetables and also the country that produces most of them.

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Who won Best Actress and Best Actor at the recent virtual BAFTA television awards? Name the new Taylor Swift album. “Bugsy Malone”, “Midnight Express” and “The Commitments” are all films directed by which film director who died in July? Name the six categories in the classic edition of Trivial Pursuit? In which James Bond films did these actors make their 007 debut’s - a) Roger Moore, b) Daniel Craig, and c) Sean Connery?

Theatre 1.

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Which Shakespearean role have all these actors played: Kenneth Brannagh, Adrian Lester, Maxine Peake, Mel Gibson? How many seats are there in the main auditorium of Bristol Old Vic - a) 320 b) 540 c) 410 d) 600? What is the Longest Running Musical in London’s West End? What is actor John Wilkes Booth most famous for? If you are a flyman in the theatre, what does your job involve?

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HISTORY NOTES No.. 151 - JULIAN LEA-JONES How well do you know your city from it’s skyline of historic towers and spires ? A little something different for you - a late summer post-lockdown quiz to maybe get you out and about. Illustrated by, and reproduced below with the kind permission of, David Jago, are nineteen church spires and other towers that adorn the upper level of our fair city. I wonder how many you can identify? To make it even easier (!) I’ve included a clue for each one. Then overleaf the identities are revealed with a little historical information about each building.

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Named for a world-famous Venetian. Once the home of the town’s first official archives. Until recently featured three faces, four feet and six hands. When built, the architectural style was considered very controversial. This parish church shares a boundary with St Mary’s Cardiff, on Steepholm island. This was an exceptionally long time in the making “The fairest in the land” – said the most royal visitor. A secondhand innovation, but still listen for the curfew bell. The original enabled a fall that made a fortune. Where the ‘Wedding cake preceded the wedding. King James’ (the first or sixth) ‘Noxious weed’ made me possible’ (The name is a clue). Helping hands for travellers. Until 1940, Bristol’s oldest. Nefarious deeds next door where Rev Clarkson gathered evidence for Wilberforce. An easy one, Bristol’s very own Pisa. Mr West’s visionary but obscure idea. Brass made this possible. Look for the portcullis groove, but betrayal rendered it ineffective during the civil war. 19. Not a beach, but nearby are lots and lots of shells. 65 27

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Cabot Tower, Brandon Hill. Commemorates the 1498 exploits of John, (Johannes) Caboto, whose family settled in Bristol. He sailed off to discover America, (the actual mainland, not Hispaniola like Columbus). All Saints, Corn Street. The medieval Fraternity of Kalendars, who said mass for their departed members on the Kalends, (the first Monday in the month), were acknowledged as the first archivists of the towns public records, believed to date back to about 800. Christ Church with St Ewen, Broad Street. Until removed (temporarily!) for restoration, the church clock’s quarter bell was struck by two life sized figures, Clifton RC Cathedral, Pembroke Road. “…the Roman Catholic Cathedral Church of Saints Peter and Paul happily ignores its neighbours, concealing itself in a closed sheath of purple aggregate panels, a concrete spire emerging from inside…” St Stephen’s, Stephen’s Street. The parish of the City Church extends down the Avon out to Steep Holme in the Severn. St Mary’s Cardiff also meets there, at the back of the landing beach where the boundary stone, face to the cliff to protect it from the elements, marks their contiguity. Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bridge Road. Sadly Brunel died and funds ran out, so he never lived to see his masterpiece completed. St Mary Redcliffe, Redcliffe Hill. Attributed to Queen Elizabeth the First, during a Royal visit. St Nicholas by the Bridge, Baldwin Street. Edwin Langford the Clock designer gave it a sweep second hand, Also a bell is still rung every night at 9pm to continue the Medieval tradition announcing the hour of the Curfew, (Couvre Feu, cover fire, vital in a predominately medieval wooden town). What a tragedy for Bristol that Hitler’s bombers couldn’t hear it. Shot Tower, Cheese Lane. William Watts first tower, that made spherical lead shot by dropping molten lead from on high into a tank of water, the higher

the drop, the smaller the shot. 10. St Paul’s Church, Portland Square. The church’s tiered outline gave rise to the soubriquet of the ‘Wedding Cake Church’. 11. University of Bristol’s Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road. Tobacco provided the family funds for the philanthropy that funded the building. 12. Temple Meads station, Temple Meads. The clock helpfully lets you know whether you have arrived in time for your train. 13. St Peter’s, Castle Green. Believed to be Bristol’s founding church, but St James’ by the Horse Fair also has an ancient pedigree. 14. St Thomas’, Thomas Street. The Church dedicated to the martyred Thomas a ‘Becket. 15. Temple Church, Victoria Street. The lean, due to building on soft riverside ground, has caused more than one person coming out of the neighbouring Kings Head pub, to sign the pledge after looking up! 16. The Observatory Tower, Clifton Down. Once a corn mill, like many the sails once turned too fast in a storm and caught fire. Tower then used by Mr West as his artist studio and in 1828 fitted it with a camera obscura which projects a panorama of the surrounding scene onto a table. 17. Blaise Castle Folly, Henbury. John Scandrett Harford 18th Century Brass Merchant, had the ‘castle’ built as a folly to enhance his estate. 18. St John’s on the wall Nelson Street/ Broad Street. In the outer side walls, Nelson street, of the main archway the grooves for the Portcullis can still be seen, closed during the civil war siege, like the Frome Gate was it also opened by Royalist Sympathisers? 19. Goldney House Tower Clifton Hill / Constitution Hill. The Merchant Thomas Goldney had the tower and grotto built. His ship captains tasked to bring him seashells from their merchant voyages. Eur-Ing. Julian Lea-Jones - C.Eng., FRAeS © Julian Lea-Jones & David Jago - 2020

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GOOD READS - BRUCE FELLOWS’ BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Born and raised in a poor area of New York and in trouble with the law early on, he was saved by being sent to an enlightened reform school. He won Olympic Gold, became the youngest ever heavyweight world champion and then the first to regain his title. WK Stratton tells the story in Floyd Patterson, an intriguing and compelling biography of the boxer called an Uncle Tom by some and by Mohammed Ali, one of the four best fighters he faced. He was a complicated man: religious, patriotic, loyal and so ashamed by defeat that he wore a disguise to travel home. A great read. In DBC Pierre’s dazzling comic novel Breakfast with the Borgias, computer geek Ari, on his way in fog to speak at a conference, finds himself stranded in Suffolk in the hotel from hell; no dinner and much worse, no phone reception, a disaster because his girlfriend Zeva is waiting for him. Can the crazy family already ensconced in the lounge help him? Leonard sends a message on Gretchen’s phone. Margot needs a G and T, and another. When Gretchen appears, it’s downhill all the way for poor old Ari. What is going on? Is it really the hotel from hell? A strange but enthralling read. The First World War from an unusual viewpoint is the subject of John Lewis-Stempel’s magnificent, original and moving study of the British soldier and his relationship with nature: Where Poppies Blow. Horses, mules and dogs all served and were dearly loved by their masters; rats, flies and lice were a constant torment and cause of disease (though JRR Tolkien’s trench fever, caught from lice, preserved him to write The Hobbit etc); birds delighted the ear; flowers ravished the eye when chanced upon; hunting and fishing were common pastimes; Tommies made gardens wherever they could. The British love of nature won through even when at war. Homegoing is Yaa Gyasi’s wonderfully enthralling and enlightening novel of oppression and indomitable human will that carries us from the eighteenth century through to the twenty-first and from West Africa to the USA. Tribal wars mean captives, and captives are sold to British slave traders who keep them in unspeakable conditions and then ship them across the Atlantic. Two sisters are separated. Effia is married to the English Governor, Esi is sold in Mississippi. We learn their stories and those of their descendants, two strands of the same family, eight generations, struggling to survive. Will they ever be united? It’s impossible to put down. First published in 1970 and still available, the great crime novel, The Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V Higgins is a totally gripping tour of American underworld sleaze. Eddie sells guns to bank robbers. But Eddie’s coming up for sentencing in New Hampshire and one time inside was enough for him. Can he grass on his contacts and reduce his sentence? But his friends wouldn’t like that. The cops are trailing him and is Dillon, the bar owner, onto him, too? Watch out Eddie, the last time you loused up, they slammed your fingers in a drawer. They won’t be so nice next time. 30

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FINANCE MATTERS - PHIL JAMES, GROSVENOR CONSULTANCY “Are you facing Redundancy?”

The first £30,000 of any redundancy payment is made tax free, so that is a given and should be paid out. If you are entitled to more than this as a redundancy payment, then it will be liable to income tax. Essentially the amount is added to your income in the tax year which then dictates the rate of income tax deducted. When it happens in the tax year, (especially if you do not intend to continue working thereafter) can influence the tax position.

It is fully expected, that as the furlough scheme starts to wind down, more employees may face the threat of Redundancy. Statutory redundancy is what the law says you are entitled to and Contractual redundancy is additional payments which you may be entitled to as per the conditions of your contract of employment. It’s interesting that the natural inclination is to always think of redundancy in negative terms and for many this is of course the case and there is nothing positive about it. In this case it is really important to see the payment as a way to generate income to help budgeting. Even if it’s to see you through until you are able to work again, you will not need it all at once and therefore you could earn some interest on part of it, and you need to find a way of making it last – perhaps by using two bank accounts one to filter a monthly amount into the other.

Consider a payment to a pension as part of the redundancy entitlement. If your redundancy payment is greater than £30,000, meaning the excess is liable to tax, then one consideration is to make a pension contribution. You could either see if there is scope to have some of the redundancy payment applied as an employer paid pension contribution to your work pension arrangement, or you could make your own contribution to a private pension, benefitting from tax relief. Of course, with the money going into a pension environment, this means that, depending on your age, it may not be immediately accessible. However, you may be of an age where you can access it, either immediately or perhaps within an acceptable timescale for you - a year or two perhaps. This means your redundancy payment could become an ‘income paid over time’, rather than losing a potentially significant amount to tax. Of course, in a pension the income when drawn may be taxable, but the first 25% will not be.

However over the years advising people, I have met many people who have welcomed redundancy as it has perhaps provided an opportunity to do something new, or make a change in their lives. I can also recall several conversations with people missing out on voluntary redundancy, much to their disappointment. I have helped a few people over the years who have established new businesses, immediately after redundancy, possibly because the decision to ‘give up a salary’ had been made for them, or they needed the capital from the redundancy payment to put towards the new venture.

You may be limited in terms of how much can go into the pension, however there are steps you can take to facilitate a higher contribution, so taking advice would be a good idea.

The amount of redundancy payment is Your Redundancy Future very important, Payment Plans whether as capital for a new venture or to act as an income Tax bridge while you are in between Position jobs. I have always thought the three aspects on the left, of this life event are very interlinked and helping provide some structure to the coming years, can only be done, after considering all three.

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Double Celebration for OvenGleamers with thousands of cookers gleaming across UK

The best bit is I now also train new employees and OvenGleamers franchisees, so I get the chance to pass on my skill and experience to a new generation of OvenGleamers. Seeing someone else learn this skill and achieve the gleaming standards expected by OvenGleamers through my teaching is a massive reward and makes me very proud of what I do.”

One of the area’s fastest growing businesses has two causes for celebration this month, as it announces milestones for two of its dedicated team. OvenGleamers, based in Bristol, which has franchises across the country, is thanking Matt Reilly for 10 years as an OvenGleamer across the region and Fiona Buck for her 2 years behind the scenes in the heart of the busy booking team.

Company boss Graham Rogers speaks highly of Matt; “Matt started as a fresh faced youngster and has matured to be an excellent ambassador for our company both for our customers and for helping me train new OvenGleamers. Here’s to the next 10 years Matt!” Whilst Matt cleans the ovens, Fiona spends her days booking customers’ ovens into the OvenGleamers’ diaries across the UK.

Matt joined OvenGleamers as a fresh faced youngster, using his skills in cleaning busses to tackle a new challenge, getting ovens and ranges to ‘gleam’. Over the last 10 years he has cleaned over 6000 appliances including 589 Aga Cookers, over 2000 double ovens and over 2600 single ovens. He says he’s lost count of the number of BBQs, fridges, freezers and dishwasher cleans he’s done!

Graham adds; “Fiona is a delight to work with and has the loveliest, calm, friendly, helpful manner when booking our customers in for appointments. Nothing is too much trouble for her and customers enjoy her empathic manner. We feel very lucky to have her as our employee.”

Matt explains his love for cleaning saying; “My job totally transforms a dirty greasy appliance into one that truly gleams, giving me that instant satisfaction of a job well done. I get lovely customers gushing praise about the job I’ve done. Who else gets that in their normal day to day job? I absolutely love my work.

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GARDENING TIPS FROM HILARY BARBER Hi there. I hope that your gardens have survived the battering from wind and rain we have experienced over the last few days of August. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping that by the time you receive these tips, that we have had some more sunshine! 1. 2.

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Start to plant spring-flowering bulbs such as crocus, daffodils and hyacinths. Check the shed roof. It may be the last chance to repair any holes or tears before the winter

Give the lawn a good spiking! Ideal for helping drainage in the months ahead, especially as the ground is dry Also this is the month for scarification to remove thatch and then applying a high phosphate feed to strengthen grass roots Dig up remaining potatoes before slug damage spoils them Net ponds before leaf fall gets underway Divide herbaceous perennials - dig up congested clumps, and split, discarding the old centre. Replant, feed and water and you will have improved flowering next year (If you

have more than one clump, repetition around the garden works well or swap with gardener friends) 7. Harvest apples, pears, plums and autumn raspberries 8. Sow parsley and chervil and spinach, for a winter crop (Parsley and chervil will also crop into next year) 9. Once the vegetable plot has been cleared, you can sow green manure to improve the fertility of the soil. (Dig in the green manure with a sharp spade in spring) See http://apps.rhs. org.uk/advicesearch/Profile.aspx?PID=373 10. Plant out spring flowering biennials including wallflowers and forget me nots in their flowering positions to give them time to establish before winter 11. Continue to remove weeds so that they do not shed seeds which will remain in the soil over the winter 12. Finally, whilst the ground is still warm, this is a good month to plant shrubs and perennials to establish before winter and to give them a good head start before next year. Happy gardening!

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BE PLANT AWARE I just wanted to sound a little note of caution to go alongside Hilary’s gardening piece this month. Last month I spent an enjoyable Sunday morning clearing a flower bed that we had planted up with one of those mixed wildflower meadow seedmixes. The display had attractively and flowerfully filled a gap, although we had no idea what the majority of the various coloured exhibits were other than annual favourite the cornflower - nor whether they were native or foreign. Within half an hour of finishing the job I was being whisked into Southmead A & E in an ambulance following a severe reaction to, we concluded, the sap in one of the plants. We were unable to determine what flower had “turned” on me, but I guess it “got into me” by me wiping sweat from my face on what was a hot day. Before I knew it my eyes were burning painfully, as was the skin around my eyes, nose and forehead. It felt how I imagine it might feel if you sank your head, eyes open, into a bucket of Deep Heat - very

unpleasant is an understatement and for a while (proably irrationately) I feared some long-term damage. Thankfully the good folk in A & E played a blinder (no pun intended), plied me with antihistamine and subjected me to a three hour eye-irrigation regime of industrial proportions, all of which rounded off the least enjoyable Sunday afternoon I can recall (trumping the previous Sunday afternoon when “my boys” got relegated from the Premier League). Thankfully there has been no lasting damage, and now that the unusual sunburn around the eyes has gone I’ve regained my good looks. Lessons are there to be learned. Number one being to wear proper gardening gloves from now on, and number two to be aware of what I plant and therefore what I have to harvest - just in case the paramedic asks. Be safe and keep gardening!

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RIVER AVON TIDE TIMES Here are your River Avon tide times for the weekends in September, with the highest high tides (over 14m) highlighted in red.

Date

High

Low

High

Low

Sat 5th September

09.01

15.50

21.14

04.01 (Sun)

Sun 6th September

09.27

16.04

21.40

04.14 (Mon)

Sat 12th September

01.01

07.24

13.43

20.24

Sun 13th September

02.48

09.22

15.32

22.15

Sat 19th September

08.25

15.19

20.42

03.43 (Sun)

Sun 20th September

09.06

15.57

21.23

04.16 (Mon)

Sat 26th September

02.03

07.45

14.47

21.28

Sun 27th September

03.27

10.08

15.59

22.41

Sat 3rd October

08.00

14.53

20.16

03.09 (Sun)

Sun 4th October

08.30

15.22

20.45

03.33 (Mon)

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ON OUR DOORSTEPS - BLAGDON LAKE your ascent (and of course at the start of your expedition). A downhill start from the village also allows you use of the free car park by the old fire station, and some lovely views as you head towards the lake.

We have friends who live in a busy midlands city and whenever we go there we always seem to end up at the same place when they suggest we go out for a nice country walk or pub lunch. Every time. And every time this happens we say to each other, as we drive home, how grateful we are to be able to live in a city that is so quick and easy to escape from in any direction, to find somewhere of natural beauty and interest. So this month, as in previous magazines, the issue has been to decide which direction to head to bring you one of any number of out of town walks within 30 minutes of the city, and which village to escape to as your base. I had planned to do Pensford and Stanton Drew, but this idea was usurped in favour of an area a few miles further west - the village of Blagdon and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s associated reservoir, Blagdon Lake. This article will get you there but is not prescriptive of any particular route once there so you can explore yourselves..

The car park is situated at the top end of Station Road by the Village Hall. From here you walk back down Station Road, a narrow stone-walled lane without pavements which although not busy does require you to stay alert, especially if you have children with you. About 100 yards down the road you pass the aforementioned Bell Square on your right. Continue straight on though, and in 300 yards you will come to Dark Lane, also on your right, which is a less of a lane and more of footpath.

Situated no more than 5 miles due south of Bristol Airport, Blagdon sits on a hill in the north Mendips, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty that heads inland from Weston Super Mare and is flanked to the north by Butcombe and to the south by Wells. The village was listed in the Domesday Book almost a thousand years ago, but there is evidence of Roman and Saxon occupation long before that. For many visitors Blagdon Lake is the real draw, but to ignore the village would be a mistake - it has a real charm to it, more than a dozen listed buildings and on Bell Square the buildings date from the 14th century.

Turn into the aptly named Dark Lane by this gate, but just as you do so you can jump up a few steps on your left and join a single track path that runs downhill, parallel to Dark Lane but out in the open. Follow this track along and around and down the edge of the field, enjoying the views of Blagdon Lake ahead of you through the trees, until you drop down a few steep steps back onto Dark Lane and then onto the tarmac road

Depending on your level of fitness, and desire or not for a stiff end to a walk, you will be either grateful or distressed to find that the half mile walk from Blagdon village to Blagdon Lake involves a pretty steep hill. But I am recommending you start up on the hill as to do so will ensure you can reward yourself with refreshment at a quaint new tea / coffee shop at the end of 45 59

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ON OUR DOORSTEPS - BLAGDON LAKE Once you have returned up the hill to Blagdon village you will doubtless be ready for some refreshment. There are a couple, of pubs in the village, but we stopped at and sat outside the new coffee shop that sits at the top of Station Road alongside the Village Hall and it’s beautifully volunteermaintained borders. We shared an early morning coffee with three cyclists who had, impressively, cycled up Station Road.

that is Park Lane. Turn left, walk about 200 yards with the lake very evident on your right, until you reach the junction with the bottom end of Station Road. Turn right and you will find yourself at the southerly end of the dam that forms the western end of Blagdon Lake. Walk the couple of hundred yards that form the length of the dam road, enjoying the far reaching views eastwards across the water towards the villages of Ubley and West Harptree, and Chew Valley Lake.

Coco’s Coffee and Fashion is a quaint little shop that sells - well, coffee and fashion. Excellent Brian Wogan coffees and secondhand designer clothes and accessories - not an obvious mix but it works well.

At this end of the dam road turn right thought the swing gate and this will lead you onto a well made and well marked footpath that leads you alongside the waters edge for a few hundred yards. This may be enough to whet your appetite, in which case you can about turn and retrace your steps back to the village either via Park Lane / Dark Lane again or along the steepening length of Station Road. It is not possible to go much further at the waterside from this point, but if you are keen on a longer circular walk then follow the well marked footpaths that will take you in a clockwise direction above and around the lake taking in the villages of Butcombe and the wonderfully named Nempnett Thrubwell on the northern flank and Ubley to the south before returning you into Blagdon. You will be rewarded with lovely views of the lake and the rolling Somerset countryside throughout your walk.

At present Coco’s (named after friendly owners’ Bernie and Paul’s cat) focuses on hot and cold drinks, cakes, pastries, pies and Yeo Valley ice creams, all of which are at present take-away only but can be consumed at the terrace tables outside. They are open 10am to 5pm Monday to Saturday. 60 46

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MUSIC NOW & THEN - DUNCAN HASKELL Album of the Month

Next Step

A Hero’s Death by Fontaines D.C. (Partisan)

Ultimate Success (Domino)

When it comes to chart success, guitar music isn’t the force it once was. That’s not say the genre is entirely moribund, but you have to offer something more than a rehash in order to pique the interests of the listening pubic. Thankfully, Dublin’s Fontaines D.C. have managed to do just that, amassing an army of followers along the way.

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Protomartyr

We’re giving our time machine the month off. Instead, we’re keeping things current with the latest album by post-punk band Protomartyr, led by their anti-charismatic frontman and lyricist Joe Casey. Despite being written a few months before Covid-19 changed the world beyond recognition, it feels as though it could have been made with the pandemic in mind. On Processed By The Boys, Casey sings of,“A foreign disease washed upon the beach.” Though meant as a commentary on overzealous US immigration officers, it’s easy to think of an alternative meaning.

The momentum they’d built with early selfreleased singles led to Dogrel, their formidable debut from last year. Lauded by the press, it showcased the lyrics of Grian Chatten which, alongside bristling pop-punk fervour, articulated the disillusionment of a generation of youngsters.

There’s also a feeling of dread and finality which permeates throughout. That Nick Cave, Joy Division and The Fall all come to mind when listening tells you all you need to know. Funereal album closer Worm In Heaven should be the soundtrack to all 2020 montage sequences.

Now the four-piece return with follow-up A Hero’s Death and though only 18 months since Dogrel, it’s clear that their sound has already evolved, settling down somewhat. That they list the music of The Beach Boys and Beach House as influences this time is no surprise.

Fear not though, there are some banging tunes to be enjoyed, in particular the trio of The Aphorist, June 21 and Michigan Hammers – all benefitting from some incredible drumming and to be enjoyed at any time, not just during the apocalypse.

Some things do remain the same though, not least Chatten’s vocals. At once both snarling and detached they demand attention throughout. From the opening track’s repetitive “I don’t belong to anyone,” through to the closing ballad No and its offer of hope, it’s equally rewarding to listen to what is being said and the way it is, his accent still unsoftened.

Podcast of the month The Weekly Mix by KEXP

A Hero’s Death is a nicely balanced album. The running order provides the necessary ebb and flow. Oh Such A Spring floats along like the passing of time, “I watched all the folks go to work just to die,” sings Chatten and, just as you’re about to give in to the daily grind, in skips the title track (think Lust For Life) to pick you up by the scruff of your neck.

Now, more than ever, it’s virtually impossible to keep on top of the continuous churn of new music, the result being that we’re all missing out on some genuinely great stuff. Thankfully the good people at KEXP (a Seattle-based public radio station) can be trusted to sort the sonic wheat out from the chaff. This weekly round up, curated by their roster of knowledgeable DJs, is an ideal place to discover your next favourite band.

Fontaines D.C. have safely evaded the trappings of the difficult second album. A Hero’s Death is strides forward without leaving behind fans of their earlier work, expanding their worldview beyond Dublin and bringing in new sounds along the way.

Duncan Haskell - September 2020

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PRIZE WORDSEARCH - SPONSORED BY COTTON BOULEVARD This month the wordsearch has a fashion feel to it as it is sponsored by local organic clothing brand Cotton Boulevard, who are featured opposite. The prize for the competition winner will be £50 to spend on any full price items in the Cotton Boulevard collection, including the blankets. A terrific prize for any parents or grandparents wanting something a little special for the newest member of the family.

Best of luck - here are the words you are looking for. PEOPLE COMMITTED DESIGNS CLOTHES LAND FOOTPRINT UNIQUE CONSIDERATE TODDLER REDUCTION ORGANIC BLANKET BABY

Listed below are twenty five words associated with the Cotton Boulevard brand and range. Twenty four of the words have also been hidden in the wordsearch puzzle - and can be listed running forwards, backwards, up, down or on a diagonal. Just let me know the word that is missing from the grid, and if you are correct and first out of the hat after the closing date of 30th September you will win the prize voucher. Entries please by post (8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY), email (andy@bcmagazines.co.uk), text (07845 986650), or phone (0117 259 1964).

FERTILISERS ENVIRONMENT FAMILY PREMATURE PESTICIDES COTTON CUSTOMER SLEEPSUIT WATER COMMUNITY CARING ROMPER

Thank you to everybody who took the trouble to enter either or both of the two wordsearch competitions that we featured in the July issues. Plenty of entries, which is nice, and three winners to announce. The winner of the aircraft puzzle was Ruth Muir who spotted that the Sea Vixen was the missing plane. Ruth wins herself an Airfix model kit plus a copy of Steve Ladd’s excellent USAF memoirs (reviewed this month on page 10). The pastimes puzzle gave us two winners Daisy, and Susan Rees - for won for spotting that cycling was missing from the puzzle. Both win themselves embroidery kits, kindly supplied by Jemima Lumley and craft vouchers from Pins & Needles.

both trade and public, throughout the year. Sadly, as we are all aware the world pandemic hit and we went into lockdown mid-March and subsequently, all the shows were either cancelled or rescheduled for 2021. We had to rethink about how we could promote and tell customers about Cotton Boulevard. Social media has been the way and we have increased our following during this time with the help of Influencers and engagement with our customers who shared photos and images of their little ones in our clothes.

Some of you will remember we posted about Cotton Boulevard and the owner, Karen Graveney back in the October 2019 issue as she opened a small popup shop for three months in Westbury village to raise awareness of her new organic cotton babies and toddlers clothing brand. Karen was delighted with the feedback from local people of both the designs and the fabric of her range of babies and children’s clothes. She has also enjoyed catching up with many friendly faces in the village.

New stock got delayed but our new collection will now be launched on August bank holiday weekend. 2020 has been very strange and at times very difficult, and we feel for everybody who has struggled whether personally or in business - we must all continue to keep well and stay safe and follow the guidelines given to us.

We thought we would revisit Karen and tell you more about her year since then. Like so many of us 2020 hasn’t been the year that was planned and many changes have taken place along the way.

To close out summer and make way for the new season we have an ‘end of season clearance sale’ with many items at 50% off - so please go on our website www.cottonboulevard.co.uk and place your order. And don’t forget to share a photo of your little one in their new outfit - we would love to see it and share on our social media page. Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, or get in touch with me on hello@ cottonboulevard.co.uk “

“We attended our first trade show, the INDX show in Birmingham in February and were delighted to meet and discover new stockists for our products in Windsor, Scotland and Northern Ireland which was immensely encouraging, and encouraged us to book to exhibit at seven more shows,

Bristol North West Climate Action Group September update

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Here are some ideas and actions you and your friends, family and work colleagues can take to help reduce our impact on this fragile earth.

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Manage your garden to attract wildlife. Use locally grown or eco-friendly produce and products. Find out more: www.avonwildlifetrust. org.uk/support-us/ecoemergency.

Find joy in the journey Residents in the West of England are invited to ‘find joy in the journey’ by swapping short car journeys for walking or cycling to help reduce congestion and improve air quality in the region. The new campaign from the West of England Combined Authority promotes the benefits of cycling and walking to boost health and wellbeing as well as helping to build a cleaner, greener future for the West of England. It comes as the number of people cycling and walking reached record levels during lockdown:

Liveable Neighbourhoods A city-wide campaign has started to get Bristol City Council to work with local people to create ‘Liveable Neighbourhoods’ across Bristol, and the campaign needs you! Liveable Neighbourhoods are residential neighbourhoods that contain traffic filters such as bollards or planters. The filters stop cars, vans and lorries from the bordering main roads using the streets as rat-runs. Residents and local businesses still have full access and can get deliveries. Traffic reduces and brings all sorts of benefits: clean air, easier social distancing, safer streets, more trade and footfall to the local high street.

West of England Mayor, Tim Bowles said: “During lockdown many people have taken advantage of quieter roads to walk or cycle more regularly. As more people begin to return to school, college and work we have a real opportunity to capture the positive changes we have seen to improve the physical and mental health of residents, improve air quality and ease congestion across the West of England. That’s why I’m encouraging more people to find joy in the journey by swapping a short car journey for walking or cycling whether commuting to work, taking the kids to school or popping to the shops. Not only will walking or cycling boost your mood but it will also help us on the road to a greener future for the region.”

If you want your neighbourhood to be for local people, not through-traffic, sign the petition and join your local Liveable Neighbourhood Facebook group. Find your local Liveable Neighbourhoods team on the website www. liveablebristol.org.uk. If you want to know more, please get in touch: hello@liveablebristol. org.uk Avon Wildlife action on Ecological Emergency The UK has lost over 400 species in the last 200 years, and a further 15% are currently at risk of extinction. The potential impact on human life is dramatic – clean air, clear water, healthy soils, food crops, natural flood defences and beautiful places that support our wellbeing all rely on a thriving natural world.

Have a look on the TravelWest website for ideas to help you get moving: https://travelwest.info/ active-travel Correction: Downs Loop consultation website Don’t forget that the public consultation on the proposed accessible Downs Loop is now live and runs until end of September. Please note: There was an error in the link to the website in the last edition. Do visit www.thedownsloop. com where you can find details of the proposal, FAQs and our online survey to give your views.

The good news is that it is not too late for wildlife to fight back. Avon Wildlife have grand ambitions for nature’s recovery in the West of England, by raising awareness, connecting green spaces, creating new wildlife havens, making road verges and roundabouts wilder, and encouraging others to take direct action.

Keep in touch To join our mailing list and to share your ideas, reflections and creative ways. Email: BNWclimateaction@outlook.com

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Local News from your Clifton and Clifton Down Green Councillors

Cllr. Jerome Thomas

Cllr. Paula O’Rourke

Cllr. Clive Stevens

Cllr. Carla Denyer

Council consultation on HMOs: deadline 11th September If you have been affected by the increasing number of often poor quality and high rent shared houses in the area then please respond to the Council’s consultation on a new SPD (planning document) to manage the development of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs). Local Green Councillor Clive Stevens has been part of a team at the council working on this project for more than three years. Current policy aims to encourage balanced communities in Bristol by preventing harmful concentrations of HMOs in one area – the proposed changes seek to make that easier to enforce and set higher quality standards for new HMOs. Houses of Multiple Occupation are sometimes the bane of neighbours’ lives (noise, waste, loss of privacy) yet for others they provide much needed homes, and for others sources of income. Whatever your views, your comments on this new draft planning policy are most welcome. Find out more at: https://tinyurl.com/BristolHMO Keeping you in the know - Please email your local councillors if you would like to subscribe to our quarterly e-newsletters to get updates on changes to libraries, new developments or consultations you may want to take part in. Please get in touch Paula O’Rourke (Clifton) - cllr.paula.orourke@bristol.gov.uk - Tel: 07584 370433 Jerome Thomas (Clifton) - cllr.jerome.thomas@bristol.gov.uk - Tel: 07810 581031 Carla Denyer (Clifton Down) - cllr.carla.denyer@bristol.gov.uk- Tel: 07469 413306 Clive Stevens (Clifton Down) - cllr.clive.stevens@bristol.gov.uk -Tel: 07584 370434

WHAT’S ON & COMMUNITY NEWS Listings continue to be a little different at the moment. Given the current restrictions on gatherings, and the continuing (albeit relaxed) requirement for social distancing, the ongoing operation of many of the clubs, societies, choirs, social groups, fitness sessions and companionship groups remains uncertain. So rather than reiterate activities in each listing that may not now be possible it seemed sensible to just list the local groups who have asked to feature, together with their contact names and details.

Mesopotamia” and on 13 October is on “Peggy Guggenheim and her impact on twentieth century art”. For more information visit our website www.theartssociety-bristol.org.uk Babbers Radio Show info@ujimaradio.com. Beaufort Junior Badminton Club Penny at pennyshears@googlemail.com 07941 013 514 Biodanza Classes Sheila on 07731 697 938.

If, going forward, the organisers of any group that wants a fuller updated listing, detailing how they will be running things in a coronavirus-compliant manner, wishes to get in touch then I will be more than happy to include them from next month. So, here are the regularly listed clubs and groups together with ther latest contact details I have. If these are incorrect please accept my apologies, and do please update me by emailing andy@ bcmagazines.co.uk.

Bridge Tuition 07837300073 tc.stygall@gmail.com Bristol & Clifton Dickens Society 0117 927 9875 www.dickens-society.org.uk Bristol Alexander School www.bristolalexanderschool.co.uk Caroline at cchalk19@gmail.com

All Together Now Bristol Choir info@alltogethernowchoir.com www.alltogethernowchoir.com

Bristol Astronomical Society www.bristolastrosoc.org.uk

Alliance Française de Bristol Beat the autumn blues with a bit of French - we have got plenty to keep you entertained this term. Join our online cooking workshop will teach you to impress your friends with a Flamenkuche aux poireaux (leeks) and champignons farcis (stuffed mushrooms); if you like Yoga you can join Charlotte online or in person or come singing with Marie - all that in French! And whatever your level, there will be a space for you in our group or private lessons all over town or online. So contact us to meet fellow francophiles and francophones and learn some French. A bientôt! www.afbristol.org.uk or call Audrey on 07903 821655

Bristol Brunel Lions Club Bill O’Neill at lion.bill@virginmedia.com Bristol Cabot Choir admin@bristolcabotchoir.org www.bristolcabotchoir.org Bristol Chamber Choir www.bristolchamberchoir.org.uk Rae Ford on 0117 939 1685 rodcoomber@aol.co.uk Bristol Community Gamelan keithripley27@gmail.com phone 9444241

Alpine Garden Society 0117 967 3160. The Arts Society Bristol will recommence activities in September and we welcome new members. Lectures on a wide range of arts related subjects are given by specialists in their own field and will be delivered by internet until we are able to resume meeting at Redmaids’ High School, Bristol BS9 3AW. The lecture on 8 September at 8pm is on “Magic and Medicine in

Bristol Grandparents Support Group 07773 258 270 / www.bgsg.co.uk Bristol Morris Men www.bristolmorrismen.co.uk Grant on 0117 944 2165 Bristol Philatelic Society 0117 956 7853

Church clocks up the kms to beat lockdown lethargy

few of the women were part way through couch to 5k and this has been just the incentive they were looking for to keep going!”

Sixty runners from one local church have hit the roads in a bid to outrun one another. The women of Emmanuel Bishopston, an Anglican church in Bishopston, Bristol, challenged the men of the church to run further than them in the month of July. When the competition ended on 31st July, 31 women ranging from 3-60 in age, had clocked up 2,000km beating the men by more than 350km! The two teams which included beginner runners and some more experienced runners, have smashed their initial target of running 1,227km to ‘virtually visit’ a student from their church who is studying abroad in Germany and in the end, managed to ‘reach’ missionary friends in Athens, 3,365km away.

Jim Walford, vicar of Emmanuel Bishopston and a keen runner, adds: “We believe church isn’t just about going to a building for an hour on a Sunday. It is about being a family - a community of people, united by our faith and our love for one another. For this reason, lockdown has been really hard. Our church services have moved online and there has been little opportunity to meet face to face. The running competition has made a big difference. It would be interesting if there was a way to measure the physical, mental and social benefits of one church family going running regularly. We think we must be the fittest church in the South West of England! We are wondering how we can build on this success of the competition in future months – perhaps opening it to anyone who lives in our parish? In the absence of Park Runs, this sort of virtual running competition could be the way forward. If anyone wants to find out more, I’d love to hear from them.”

Organisers, Rachel and Daniel Eatough said “After three months in lockdown, we felt our church family needed something to work towards together. It has really galvanised the church and the competitive spirit between the men and women has been remarkable! Quite a

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Friends of Welsh National Opera will sadly not be able to resume our monthly meetings at Redmaids School until early next year, because of the pandemic and the challenge schools are having keeping students and staff safe. We look forward to welcoming you in 2021. Look out for further news here or contact Melanie David at melaniejdavid@btinternet.com or on 01934 842014 for more information.

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A Memories by Moonlight ceremony will be broadcast live on Facebook from CHSW’s Little Harbour children’s hospice in St Austell at 9pm on Saturday, September 26, giving people the opportunity to light a candle and join together virtually for a special evening of reflection.

ceremony. People can then choose to simply donate in memory of their loved one or complete a walk or activity that reminds them of their loved one and ask friends and family to make a donation towards this. Participants will receive a beautiful memory pack in the post, which will include a candle bag to decorate, along with a tea light to light on the evening and a booklet to accompany the memory ceremony.

The poignant and uplifting ceremony will feature readings from all three of the charity’s children’s hospices –Charlton Farm near Bristol, Little Harbour and Little Bridge House near Barnstaple. It will include music, poems and a two-minute applause to celebrate loved ones whose names will appear on the screen.

Kiley added: “We are delighted to be bringing Memories by Moonlight to people across Bristol and beyond. We look forward to connecting with everyone joining us for the memory ceremony on the evening of September 26, which we are sure will be a very special night.”

Kiley Pearce, Events Fundraiser for CHSW said: “Due to the pandemic, the charity has had to adapt many things over the last few months – the care and support we offer to children as well as the fundraising events that help to fund that vital support for more than 500 local families. We hope our new Memories by Moonlight event will give people a lovely way to support the work we do while remembering their loved ones.”

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Stoke Bishop Townswomen’s Guild Gay Huggins on 0117 968 5813 Stoke Lodge Ramblers has resumed walking in small groups. If you’ve let your fitness slip during lockdown or you are looking for opportunities to walk in the company of other local people, please check our website for dates when walks are offered - stokelodgeramblers.wordpress.com/ home/walks-programme. Walks vary between 3 and 10 miles and are led by club members. The website is updated whenever a walk is offered, and each one will have a different start point and a maximum number of participants, so you MUST book in advance. Phone the Club Secretary on 0117 950 0934 or email lornarenshaw@yahoo. co.uk for more details.

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Food Banks This year food banks have become more important than ever. Sadly, many more individuals and families have needed to use this service which puts food on an otherwise bare table. There are many local drop-off points for contributions to either the Bristol North West Foodbank (based in Avonmouth) or the North Bristol Foodbank (Horfield). Both welcome staples such as tinned, bottled, boxed and packet foods such as tinned fruit and vegetables, rice pudding, biscuits, tea bags, ketchup etc, though at the moment are particularly in need of instant mashed potato, coffee, jam, UHT milk and tinned fish. Toiletries, pet food and women’s sanitary goods are also wanted. Drop-off points in BS9 include Waitrose, Co-op (Henleaze and Westbury-on-Trym) and St Edyth’s Church in Sea Mills.

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