The Bristol 6 + 8 Magazine - March 2019

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Issue no. 51, March 2019 Twelve thousand free monthly copies delivered across Redland, Cotham, Kingsdown, Westbury Park and north Clifton

Inside this month - celebrating more of Bristol’s noteworthy ladies from the past, bidding time at the auction rooms, the therapeutic benefits of gardening, plus all the usual articles, quizzes, prize competition and events listings

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Deciding to leave his city centre firm, Jonathan Corfield established his own practice in Sneyd Park in 2009 where he and his wife have lived for many years and raised their family. Charles Corfield joined the practice later that year after graduating from Bristol University with a Masters in Law and both were later joined by Stuart Corfield when he also qualified as a solicitor.

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The Editor’s Small Piece Hello there and welcome to the March magazine, which features some of the beautiful early blossom in Westbury Park on the front cover.

For those readers who have an interest in politics, the last couple of years will have been a complete pantomime of excitement, intrigue, frustration, confusion and drama. For those not interested though, then the nightly news must seem like more of an ordeal than ever. I have to say that, regardless of personal voting preference, I have been fascinated by the whole Brexit business - so much so that on the day of the big vote in Parliament last month I jumped onto a Megabus and headed to the capital for the day - just to be there. Parliament Square and the surrounds of the Palace of Westminster were a scene of pandemonium all day, with supporters on both sides of the debate present in vast numbers. The whole scene was colourful, passionate, noisy and, it has to be said, very good humoured - a day of free entertainment and huge political theatre.

Maybe not everybody’s idea of a fun day out but an experience I’ll not forget in a hurry and one I may indulge in again as the process lurches towards it’s conclusion (really!) at the end of this month.

There’s no further use of the B word in the magazine though, so you can now browse in political safety - and hopefully you will find something of interest. A little less heavy and fun that I’ve had chance to do this month is to visit Clevedon Salerooms and experience one of their regular sales. If you’ve not been to one before then maybe turn to page 15 to get a feel for what it’s like when a room full of stuff goes under the hammer.

Thanks for reading - I’m going, going, gone.

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WESTBURY PARK guide £675,000

REDLAND guide £535,000

An attractive & well-proportioned bay fronted Edwardian terraced home located on the sunny side of this sought after road. The property has two joined reception rooms (26ft x 13ft), a generous 19ft kitchen/breakfast room & lovely south-west facing level rear garden. Handy for North View & Henleaze Road, also within 400m of Henleaze Junior School & approx. 1km of Redland Green School. EPC: D

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Top Tips for the Garden - Hilary Barber We have had such a mixture of weather over the last few weeks. The plants are feeling a bit mixed up but keep calm and carry on gardening!

1. If you haven’t mulched because it has been too wet, then this is the last month to do it, before everything starts growing.

2. Lawns will need some attention because of all the wet weather. Scarify with a spring tine rake to remove moss and thatch, spike with a fork (to improve drainage) and top dress with 3 parts sand mixed with 4 parts loam (I don’t use peat). Brush the top dressing in with a soft brush, and if re-seeding is necessary then either mix the seed with the top dressing or sow afterwards.

3. Prune any shrub and bush roses, to an outward facing bud, and remove DDD wood (dead, diseased, damaged). You want to end up with a goblet shape with no crossed or congested stems, to allow good air movement all around. This prevents disease and promotes good flowering. Give your roses a good feed after pruning (this applies to all shrubs after pruning). My preferred feed is organic seaweed fertiliser or chicken pellets.

4. Hard-prune summer or late summer flowering shrubs such as buddleia, caryopteris, hardy fuchsia, lavatera, leycesteria and perovskia. You can also prune rosemary and lavender but just lightly as it will not re-grow from the old wood.

5. Coppicing (hard pruning to the ground) willow and dogwood (cornus spp.) will produce new colourful stems for next winter.

6. Coppice or pollard eucalyptus, catalpa and paulownia to keep them a manageable size and provide attractive foliage.

7. Renovate overgrown honeysuckle or jasmine and prune summer-flowering clematis to shoots about 1ft from the ground, even if new fat buds are sprouting on old stems.

8. A final note on pruning… Do make sure that all damaged wood is removed from trees and shrubs following all the storms we have had this winter.

Make a clean cut to remove the damaged (and dead wood) to prevent disease and further damage.

9. Remove one or two inches of compost from containers with permanent planting and top- dress with fresh compost, and feed with Growmore or Vitax.

I use organic fertilisers in the garden because they

promote the development of mycorrhizal fungi, but it is OK to use inorganic fertilisers in pots.

10. Summer-flowering herbaceous perennials can be divided to maintain healthy, vigorous plants, but be sure they do not dry out when re-establishing.

11. Deadhead daffodils as they fade, but allow the foliage to die down naturally, allowing the nutrients to be drawn back down into the bulb.

12. I’ve noticed many newly planted shrubs and trees have been lifted by the wind and so make sure they are firmed back in. Also make sure that climber and tree supports are still providing good support.

13. Split and divide congested clumps of snowdrops to spread around the garden and to encourage better flowering. You can also buy bulbs ‘in the green’ such as snowdrops and winter aconites which establish more quickly.

14. Herbaceous perennials are starting to emerge, so protect new growth from slugs and snails. Please use organic slug pellets and not metaldehyde based slug pellets because these are disastrous for the birds.

15. Plant asparagus crowns, Jerusalem artichokes, garlic, onion sets, shallots and strawberry plants.

Happy gardening!

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Prize Wordsearch tickets to the ABBA night let me know the missing ABBA song. You can of course enter with both the missing words if you want to be entered into both prize draws.Your entry must be submitted no later than 31st March - send them in to 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY, email andy@bcmagazines.co.uk, call 0117 259 1964 or text 07845 986650.

We have an entertainment theme to the Prize Wordsearch this month, which is being kindly sponsored by the St Mary’s Players and The Victoria on Chock Lane. SMP are performing the musical “Oliver” in the Redgrave Theatre in April (see page 46) and have kindly offered two tickets to the opening night on Tuesday 23rd April as a prize. In addition landlord Steve at The Victoria in Westbury on Trym has kindly donated two tickets for the ABBA tribute night at the pub that will also be happening in April. Both should be cracking events. So we will have two winners this month.

Right - here are the ABBA songs you are looking for Dancing Queen Chiquitita Waterloo Under Attack Mamma Mia Super Trouper SOS Date: ___________________ Voulez Vous One Of Us I Have A Dream Fernando

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and here are the Musicals you are looking for Showboat Cats Joseph Hairspray Miss Saigon Matilda Chess We Will Rock You Oklahoma Les Miserables Wicked Have fun looking for the missing words, and the very best of luck if you enter.

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Meet the Superhero Series Triathlete I received a lovely email recently from local resident Catriona Kitson, telling me of a forthcoming “challenge” she has signed up for - and thought I’d share her story with readers,

I am one of the RDA riders at Avon Riding Centre, and I have benefitted massively from my horse riding sessions - my physiotherapists have all commented on how good horse riding is for me, by helping to keep my muscles strong and therefore having a positive effect on my mobility. I am taking part in the triathlon to try and raise £1000 for Avon Riding Centre, to give something back for the positive effect they have had on my life and the lives of many other disabled people in Bristol.

To complete the triathlon I will be doing the following:

“Hi. I am a 22 year old woman who lives in the Westbury Park/Henleaze area of Bristol, and I have a number of physical disabilities - the main ones that affect my mobility being Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTS). EDS is a rare, genetic, connective tissue disorder, that causes frequent joint dislocations, chronic pain and fatigue, muscle spasms and weakness among other things. PoTS is a dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system, and causes problems regulating my heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature. This can lead to tachycardia and episodes of loss of consciousness.

I am a wheelchair user due the effects of these conditions.

Despite this, I am taking part in a slightly mad challenge this summer - I am aiming to complete the Superhero Series Triathlon! The Superhero Series Triathlon is an inclusive para triathlon, specifically designed for people with a whole range of disabilities. I have taken on this challenge as I want to try and raise £1000 for Avon Riding Centre for the Disabled, who are a local Bristol charity.

Avon Riding Centre is also part of the national organisation, Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA). Avon Riding Centre enable disabled adults and children in Bristol to take part in horse riding lessons, and they provide these rides to around 200 disabled people every week.

• a 400m open water swim; • a 10k bike ride; and • 2.5k “push/run” where I will be propelling myself the whole distance in my manual wheelchair.

If you are able to publicise my story then that would be terrific - and if any kind local people wanted to support me in my challenge they can do so by visiting my fundraising JustGiving page for Avon Riding Centre. www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ superherotriforavonrda Please let me know if you have any questions, or need any other information - I am more than happy to provide it. I am hoping to get my story out to as many people as possible, so it would be fab if you were willing to do an article on it! Not just to help raise money for Avon Riding Centre, but also to raise awareness of Riding for the Disabled Association, disabled sports, and EDS & PoTS.” Very best of luck Catriona - I’m sure readers will be rooting for you - let us know how you get on!

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Going, going ...

Bad news for the neighbours - I’ve started having drum lessons. It’s very early days yet, and my musical idol Phil Collins needn’t start to worry about losing his crown just yet. However just a couple of lessons in and I am reminded of two things - why it took me three attempts to pass my driving test, and why I could never be an auctioneer. Behind the wheel as a novice, and steering and indicating was easy, and braking and changing gear was easy - what was stupidly difficult was doing them all at the same time. When the feet worked, the hands shut down, when the hands were brilliant the feet were left dad-dancing in the footwell. The co-ordination between the two sets of limbs was, to be honest, a bit of a ‘mare. Thirty five years on and sat behind a drum kit all those struggles come flooding back.

Thump out a beefy rhythm on the foot-controlled bass drum - easy. Nice staccato on the hi-hat with my beautiful Japanese oak sticks - cool. Feet and hands working together - utter shambles. But in the hands - and feet - of an expert percussionist a drum kit works smoothly, effortlessly, beautifully.

Which brings me nicely, if a little obliquely, to Clevedon Salerooms at the end of January, and my first visit to one of their regular “Antiques, Interiors, Collectables and Jewellery” sales. I was the guest of the Salerooms Director, Toby Pinn, who not only valiantly corrected my half-baked understanding of auctions gained from years of day-time telly, but also demonstrated wonderfully the observation, dexterity, rhythm and all-round multi-tasking skills that make being an auctioneer seem easy - in the same way that Buddy Rich made bashing drums an art form.

Toby Pinn on the gavel

In case you too are new to auctions, let me go through the basics with you so that you can hopefully get a feeling of what a relaxed, entertaining and interesting experience the sale is. Held in the main saleroom, buyers cram in to sit, stand or hover wherever they can find a space - some lucky ones on a number of the chairs that are for sale on the day, many more lining the aisles and gangways, and more again moving around, inspecting the numerous auction lots that are displayed on walls, in cabinets, on tables and and shelves around the saleroom.

And all, most importantly, within eyeshot of the auctioneer for when the lots they are interested in come up for sale. Each is armed with a numbered card - collected when you register as a potential bidder on arrival with one of the friendly viewing team - and which is one of only two bits of kit you need to take part. The other is the sale catalogue carrying a brief description of all the lots for sale that day, their lot number, and their estimated value.

On my visit there were a mere 540 different lots (!) ranging from a 2012 Vauxhall Agila (cars are unusual features at this type of sale) with an estimated price of £1,500 - £2,500, to a box of assorted costume jewellery estimated at £15-£25. In between were any amount of clocks, paintings, old and modern furniture, lamps, china and glass, cameras, records, stamps, coins, toys, jewellery and more.

540 lots. That is a hell of a workload for the two auctioneers on shift to get though - I left after a good two hours and Toby was on lot 225, so be prepared for the long haul - and with this amount of business to transact it seems a vital part of the auctioneer’s role is to generate and maintain momentum.That in itself seems hard enough, but what I hadn’t realised

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Going, going ... is that all the time the auctioneer has to keep an eye on not just all the bidders present - who could be anywhere in the room - but also the bidders taking part in the auction online, and the commissioned bids, submitted in advance by would-be buyers unable to attend the sale. Thankfully the auctioneer has help at hand, with assistants monitoring internet bids and recording the succcessful bids.

sellers, but it is not the sole influence on prices seen. Fashion can play a big role on what sells - and for what - for, like shares, art values can go down as well as up. Toby showed me the image of a Chinese porcelain plate, sold at Clevedon Salerooms in 2006 for £60,000 at a time before the newly affluent Chinese domestic market started to buy back items of their cultural heritage. Nowadays the same plate would be expected to realise perhaps three times as much. Legislation can also have a bearing on sale values - as demonstrated by changes in the rules regarding the sale of items covered by CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). Regulations on the sale of items containing ivory or rosewood, for example, have been tightened and so sales of these items has become far more restricted - and therefore by design less lucrative.

The internet has by all accounts played a huge role in transforming the auction business, and it seems as if the bidders present in the saleroom are now just a small fraction of those who actively bid - significant numbers now bidding in advance or online as the sale progresses. So now not only do the team at Clevedon Salerooms have to put together their detailed printed catalogues for each sale - well in advance to allow would-be bidders the chance to prepare for the sale - but lots also need to be painstakingly detailed and illustrated on line to facilitate remote bidding.

Anyway, back to the sale and I have to say it was great fun, and not just from the frisson of excitement you get when you are actively bidding (for the record I bid on two lots - an old Bakelite radio that went for £40 and a box of assorted unframed local interest prints that went for £38 - but I went home empty handed). I’m of an age where I found I could look at some of the sale items and think “We used to have one of those” - which was in part enjoyably nostalgic and in part rather depressing, And just watching the whole auction process - the way bids are communicated by the waft of a sales catalogue or the touch of a head, the gusto with which the gavel descends, and the look on the faces of people, from all walks of life, when their bid is accepted or trumped - makes a visit to an auction a thoroughly entertaining way of spending a few hours. So thanks to Toby Pinn, fellow Director Marc Burridge; himself with over forty years fine art auction experience in the Bristol area, and the team for their welcome, patience and willingness to share their enthusiasm for the auction business. Next time they might hopefully have a drum kit for sale.

The sale I went to focussed on “routine” items with sale prices in the tens and hundreds of pounds, but each quarter Toby and his team host a “Specialist Sale of Antiques, Fine Art & Collectors Items”. Look at the colour catalogue for the last specialist sale and you will see original paintings and limited edition prints (a Banksy print with an estimate of £3,000 to £4,000 sold for £11,750), fine furniture, watches by Rolex and Heuer, exquisite crystal, Chinese porcelain. Bring specialist items like these together with the internet and sales like this regularly attract international bidders.

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Lot 681 Lot 681 Rolex - Stainless steel cased Oyster Perpetual date automatic chronometer wristwatch, ref: 1500, signed silvered dial with hour batons, polished hands with luminous inserts, centre seconds, calendar, signed screw-down crown case back serial No: 3161XXX (circa 1972), cal 1570 26 jewel movement approximately 35mm diameter, on a later Rolex Jubilee bracelet with date code CX3. Together with Rolex service card dated 28/04/2014, service pouch and booklets £1600 - £2000 (+24% BP*)

Lot 683 Lot 683 Omega - Seamaster ‘Ibn Saud’ 18ct rose gold automatic wristwatch, ref: 14701 SC 61, the gold coloured dial featuring the King’s portrait and set with three brilliant cut diamonds, polished gold hour markers with onyx inlays, Dauphine hands and date aperture, screw-down case back, cal 562 movement No: 19408177, approximately 34mm diameter, on an unassociated gold coloured metal mesh bracelet stamped ‘18ct’, the folding clasp engraved with initials ‘A.J.M.’ £3000 - £4000 (+24% BP*)

Lot 682 Lot 682 Rolex - Precision wristwatch, ref: 4325, having an unmarked rose gold coloured metal engine turned bezel and lugs, the signed polished silvered dial with gold coloured inset batons at 3, 6, 9 & 12, gold coloured hands, sub-seconds dial, snapon steel back engraved with a coronet, ‘Modele Depose’ and serial no: 460215, with the interior stamped 4325 211, the signed 17 jewel movement within an unmarked gold coloured metal surround, approximately 35mm diameter £600 - £900 (+24% BP*)

Lot 684 Lot 684 Omega - Stainless steel cased Seamaster automatic wristwatch, ref: 2856-2857 5 SC, the signed patinated black dial with applied logo, polished steel hour markers, luminous filled hands and with centre seconds, correct signed crown, snap-on case with Hippocampus medallion, signed cal 501 movement No: 16475054 (circa 1959), approximately 36mm diameter, on an Omega black leather strap with signed buckle £500 - £750 (+24% BP*)

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The Hague Convention How a No-Deal Brexit Could Approximately half of the EU Impact Your Divorce “Did you know when voting in the 2016 EU referendum that leaving the EU with a no deal could result in your divorce no longer being recognised in other EU member states?

If the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019 and there is no Withdrawal Agreement, the EU laws will cease to apply at 11 pm and the UK will be relying upon existing national law and international laws.

The existing divorce jurisdiction which is currently governed by the EU law will simply continue without there being any need for a change in the procedure as it is similarly reflected in our national law.

member states are signatories to the 1970 Hague Convention.

The Hague Convention allows UK court orders to be enforceable in other member states. The member states that are signatories to the Hague Convention are likely to continue to recognise a divorce in England and Wales.

However, there are 15 states who did not sign the Convention or who have signed but not ratified it. It’s hard to imagine why these countries would not recognise divorces when they have done previously, but there are no guarantees moving forwards.

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Welcome to the latest edition of Senior Snippets: the monthly advisory column with the older members of our community in mind, brought to you by John Moore, Director of Home Instead Senior Care in North Bristol.

Every three seconds someone in the world develops dementia.

A diagnosis of dementia is a daunting experience which can test even the strongest family. You’ll no doubt have many questions spinning around in your head but rest assured; there is help out there.

Here is some advice around how to cope with dementia as a family at what is, no doubt, an extremely difficult and emotional time.

Get an accurate diagnosis: This is essential so that you understand what it is you are dealing with and what to expect Communicate regularly: Keeping family members updated of all the changes in a loved one’s condition can help alleviate confusion.

Consult with professionals: A family meeting with a professional such as a GP may be needed to ensure that everyone shares the same information and gets the resources they need.

Learn skills and techniques: The behavioural changes that come with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias can be difficult to manage.

Expect change and learn to manage it: Dementias are ever-changing conditions. Family carers can find solace and support by sharing with others who are facing similar challenges. Local support groups can help.

Ask for help if you’re the primary carer: Perhaps you’re the only one of your family/siblings living locally to your parent. Or maybe you’re the oldest child and the one expected to care for everyone. Maybe you’re a spouse.

Whatever the circumstance, carers of seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias shouldn’t try to cope alone.

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Coaching with Anne Miller Goodbye!

what we would do if the worst happens as having a plan for this can give a lot of reassurance.

In my final coaching article for the BS9 and BS6+8 I’d like to thank Andy Fraser for hosting my article for the last few years and to Nick Clark in BS6 for the previous few years - both genuine and lovely people who I feel fortunate to have worked with.

Also, a big thanks to the readers who have told me how much they have enjoyed my articles.

Deciding to transition into retirement this year has been a big decision and like any other decisions which involve a big change in our lives, it’s complex.

In this article I thought I’d share with you some thinking that has been useful to me in helping me to make this decision.

All changes involve an element of risk and this is no bad thing- it’s what makes them exciting- no risk, no excitement! However, too much risk and they become so scary that we can feel paralysed into indecision! In order to move forward we need to get the risk to a manageable level where the excitement of the potential outweighs the fear of the consequences. So how can we do this?

• We need to understand the risks: what might happen, including the best and worst case scenarios. It’s important to keep to the possibilities at this stage and this is probably the trickiest part- our fears and emotions are so present it’s easy to get caught up in them. It really helps to have someone do this with you to help you be objective.

• We need to find ways to reduce the risks as we see them: with a clearer understanding of the possible scenarios we can identify what more we need to find out and the resources we can use to do this. Where can we find out…? Who can we talk to?

• We need to develop our confidence to embrace an element of risk: thinking about other relevant experiences we have had and how we coped with them can be powerful. It’s also useful to consider

I have been fortunate to always enjoy my coaching work and feel privileged to have worked with and helped so many good people address their various issues. I had always imagined that it would be difficult to stop (it still might be!) and so I have been pleasantly surprised that this decision to retire has felt so smooth and natural.

Having given consideration to this next stage in my life on a number of occasions and done much of the objective thinking, I was left with a few elements of tangled thinking that almost magically became disentangled during a conversation with a good friend. I was immediately reminded of how I had arrived at the decision to sell my previous business many years ago and how tuning in to my feelings and ‘trusting my gut’ had brought me the clarity and strength to see it through.

One last thing I would like to share is what for me, has been the ‘icing on the cake’, a feeling of peace that I have had with the decision once I had considered sticking with it. It is the thing that has saved me from feeling like I need to revisit my decision to double and triple check that it’s the right one for me: having realised I was close to making the decision I kept it to myself for a few days and simply noticed (without judging) my physical and emotional reaction to it.The prospect of embarking on something new came without worries and only a sense of excitement! I was as sure as I could be that this decision was the right one for me, right now.

If you’re facing a big decision I hope this might help.

If you choose to use a coach to help you with it you can find credentialed coaches on the International Coach Federation website and I would recommend having an initial consultation (usually free) to check for a good fit.

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Best wishes, Anne

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“Self injury Support was founded in 1988 as Bristol Crisis Service for Women, and over 30 years later is a Bristol born and bred, UK-wide charity, offering personalised, compassionate nonjudgemental support around self harm. A dedicated team of six staff and twenty volunteers offer a range of support to anyone affected by self harm, including friends, families and people working in support services.

We aim to offer support in a range of ways so people can access information at a time that suits them, and can do so anonymously if they prefer. This includes live webchat, text support and a phone helpline, as well as downloadable self-help sheets and advice on how to support someone close to you if you think they are using self harm.

Making an impact in our home town is always high on our agenda, and with self harm in young people becoming an almost constant theme in the media we want to take positive action to develop preventative support in local schools - working with staff and students to focus on emotional wellbeing, rather than purely responding to self harm after it happens. https://www.selfinjurysupport.org.uk/ https://www.selfinjurysupport.org.uk/our-support-services https://www.selfinjurysupport.org.uk/Pages/Category/self-help-resources https://www.selfinjurysupport.org.uk/i-want-to-help-someone Self injury Support have been chosen by Co-op as one of their causes this year and hopefully some readers might be willing to support us, at no cost to you, by joining the Co-op membership scheme and selecting us as your cause. We have until October 2019 to raise as much as possible – the way this happens is through their membership scheme where money is donated when members buy co-op own brand products.

You can nominate a charity through your membership, and we are also matched to the two Bristol City Centre stores and any unallocated donations from these stores will also come to our cause. So what can you do?

Join the Co-op here - https://membership.coop.co.uk/register - and nominate Self injury Support as your cause here: https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/23690 This is a quick and easy way to raise money for us so if you have two minutes to join up and share this with others that would be amazing. Thank you so much.” page 23

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At the Cinema - Chris Worthington The Bookshop

Directed by Isabel Coixet - Cert. PG The Bookshop is based on a novel with the same title by Penelope Fitzgerald. It is set in in 1959 in a small coastal town in East Anglia reflecting the time when the author lived in Southwold, Suffolk, where she worked in a bookshop.

The main character in the film is recently widowed Florence Green (played by Emily Mortimer) who arrives in small boat to start a new life by opening a bookshop in an old and derelict house. At start of the film Florence is chatting with her dress maker, Jessie (the excellent Frances Barber) who has some acute observations to share with Florence about the people she is likely to run into.

However behind the scenes Violet Gamart is conspiring against Florence with help from her slimy nephew who is an M.P. and Milo North (James Lance) a worthless gadabout who professes to want to help Florence but is doing just the opposite. Violet Gamart has plans for a “Community Arts Centre” and her nephew steers a bill through parliament that would enable the book shop to be taken over. Florence would be evicted.

Edmund Brundish works out what is going on and pays a visit to Violet Gamart to have it out with her. This is to no avail other than for Violet to be told that she is repulsive, as indeed she is. Florence eventually loses the battle to keep the bookshop and leaves town on the same boat that she arrived on.

The dress is to wear at a society party hosted by local mover and shaker and all round schemer Violet Gamart (Patricia Clarkson). The party should be been a good opportunity to promote the bookshop but the assembled great and good or not so good turn out to a bunch of philistines who never read books and are rather proud of the fact.

Despite being cold shouldered at the party Florence soldiers on. First she goes to see the local bank manager (Hunter Tremayne) who is about as a negative as a bank manager could be.

Next up is the local solicitor who turns out to be incompetent and incapable of meeting deadlines (surely unlikely to happen in the real world).

Florence begins to sense there is not going to be much local support for the bookshop but things start to look a little brighter when the new shelves are installed and the first stock of books arrives. The bookshop opens for business and she makes her first sale.

Business gradually picks up as customers start to enjoy the bohemian character of the books on display and Florence receives the first order of books to be sent by post. The order for “Lolita” comes from local recluse and bibliophile Edmund Brundish played by Bill Nighy. The bookshop gets busier and Florence takes on a sparky local school girl Christine (Honor Kneafsey) as a part time assistant.

Isabel Coixet has directed several feature films including The Secret Life of Words (2005) and My Life Without Me (2003). She founded her own production company, Miss Wasabi Films in 2006 and is the camera operator for her films.

Emily Mortimer appeared in many TV dramas including The Ruth Rendell Mysteries and Sharp’s Sword before breaking into films with a part in The Sense of an Ending and most recently in Mary Poppins Returns. chrisworthington32@yahoo.com

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Garden Therapy - Hilary Barber Garden therapy explained – or why you should get out in the garden this year!

I have been an advocate for the social and therapeutic benefits of gardening for many years. While it’s now been proven that spending time outdoors helps to relieve stress, and increase mental and physical wellness, for me the evidence has always been plain to see. Furthermore, exposure to soil, sunlight and nature stimulates the release of neurotransmitters - dopamine and serotonin - that help to reduce anxiety and depression. We call this garden therapy and I am a social and therapeutic horticulturalist - or a garden guru!

arrival of spring, and its bringing about of a new growing season, gives them hope for the future. And above all, it’s fun-filled and full of chat and laughter.

For example Robbie* at a day care centre in Bristol is wheelchair-bound. He has very little speech or physical movement, but we worked out that, with support, he can fill a pot with compost, to pass to other members of the group for seed or bulb sowing. He always laughs and seems so proud of his achievements.

So, what is social and therapeutic horticulture and how do I work to spread the word of the benefits of gardening? Well, it’s two fold.

Firstly, in my work with people in residential care homes and day care centres I use plants and gardens to improve physical and mental health, as well as communication and thinking skills. I am starting a gardening club in a children’s nursery this month! It will be interesting to see whether the work will have the same effect on the kids.

Through these endeavours, I provide a range of gardening activities, in groups, to suit each individual, whether they have physical disabilities, learning difficulties, or are older people living with dementia.

It allows people to come together socially, which gives them a sense of participation and belonging and often brings out reminiscences, which are wonderful for the brain. It allows individuals to be active in the great outdoors, although during the colder weather, we do nature based craft activities inside - I love the cold but would never force people outside!

During my sessions, they learn about growing, giving them purpose and achievement. The results of their harvests builds their self-esteem and confidence.The

Meanwhile, Doris* has dementia and lives at a residential care home. She regularly talks about the beautiful garden she once had and was visibly upset at the end of one session.

However, she told me that they were tears of joy, as she didn’t think that she would ever be able to garden again.

I’m sure you know someone who has benefitted from garden therapy but if not, allow me to tell you why should you get out in the garden. This comprises the second part of my gardening therapy role.

For many years, I worked in gardens on my own without involving the client. Then Anne* told me one day that through working alongside me, she felt empowered with the skills and knowledge that she needed to enjoy her garden, and not be overwhelmed by it and run back inside at the mere mention of top soil.

So, now all my clients work together with me in the garden. It’s healthy for the mind and body, it’s great company and we get twice the amount of work done - because there

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Garden Therapy - Hilary Barber are two of us, not because I am overworking anyone and just resting on my laurels!

sees first-hand how gardening can help everyone, regardless of age or disability.”

Our gardening may involve regular maintenance - such as weeding, pruning, edging, mulching - planning and planting, plant design or anything else that the garden needs. We might go plant shopping at a local nursery, so you can choose what you would like for your garden - with my advice of course!

If you haven’t got a garden, then growing herbs in pots on the windowsill can give you a connection with the environment. Or tending houseplants is great for the home as they improve air quality by trapping and capturing pollutants, helping us to breathe more easily. I have a terrarium to plant up this year, which will be a new learning experience for me, and will certainly focus my mental abilities.

I would encourage you to keep a gardening notebook and I might set you a simple set of tasks to do before next time. Like any learning process, everything is structured or tailor-made to meet your individual requirements.

In my work, I try to be both “gentle and strong”, something one of my colleagues, Grace, will attest to. I try to bring as much of my gardening knowledge, life experience and “wisdom” – her word not mine! – into our sessions as possible.The most important thing is to be a nice person to be around.

Another of my client-colleagues is Mel. She said that through ideas, energy and information, she has “learned a lot” and transformed “from a complete gardening ignoramus to someone who is rather proud of her garden”. She has seen to the benefits of green therapy for the residents of St Monica Trust and the power of gardening in “lifting the spirits”.

I trained with the RHS and Thrive. According to them: “Gardening is a wonderfully flexible medium that can transform lives, and Thrive

Likewise, if you find yourself without any space at all for growing, then a simple walk out in nature is hugely beneficial. Like gardening it reduces stress and anxiety and has a calming effect. You’ll find that it improves sleep – and who doesn’t need more of that? It gets you moving both physically and mentally, inspiring creativity, oxygenating the brain, and keeping you fit and healthy. Perhaps best of all, however: it gives you a connection to the environment.

It’s easy to forget that as the world becomes increasingly built up with brick and mortar, there are still patches of green buried deep in the concrete jungle. So many people are unable to find the time take a break from the office blocks and department stores. Don’t be one of them.

So, this year, do get involved with gardening.

Any amount, however small, will impact your mental and physical well being positively.

That cuppa at the end of the session will never taste better! www.facebook.com/HilaryBarberGardens @hilarybarbergardens *names changed

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Healthy Ageing and Safety Event at Lifeskills on March 13th – stay healthy and active for longer!

Lifeskills Interactive Safety Education Centre is holding a Healthy Ageing & Safety Event on Wednesday 13th March. The event is open to everybody, but it is particularly relevant to those over 55. There is no cost and no need to book.

People are invited to drop in any time between 10:00am and 3:00pm on the day. Lifeskills is based on the 4th Floor of the Create Centre, Smeaton Road, Bristol BS1 6XN Tel: 0117 9224511.

Electrical Safety First (ESF) are sponsoring this event as electrical fires are disproportionately high in homes of people over 65. “Twelve accidental fires take place every day on average in the homes of older people living by themselves”, according to ESF, so expert advice will be available on how to avoid electrical fires. The event is aimed at helping people to keep active and maintain independence.

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The Lifeskills Centre is a realistic purpose-built village with a road, shops and houses. A range of professionals will be on hand to give safety advice, including electrical safety in the home, falls prevention and personal safety. There will be advice on how to put simple things in place to prevent falls, as well as information about gentle exercise and other healthy activities.

Louise Salter, Deputy Manager, said, “Last year’s event was very popular and, again, we are aiming to provide invaluable safety advice as well as an enjoyable social event.”

Lifeskills is a charity and the only Safety Centre in the region. It is not normally open to the public.

This is an ideal opportunity to come and see how the project helps the community. Last year over 12,000 school children visited the centre to learn how to assess risks and avoid potentially hazardous situations.

For more information about the event, contact Louise Salter on 0117 9224511 or email louise@lifeskills-bristol.org.uk

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The IT Surgery - Russell Isaac Save money with free software alternatives Hands up if you use Microsoft Office? Ok, most of you then. Microsoft Word for word-processing, Outlook for handling email, Excel for spreadsheets... whilst it remains a default choice for many, it’s not cheap - and the days when you could just “borrow” someone else’s copy and load it on your PC are gone, thanks to increased licensing security.

As an alternative to paying over £100 for a licence, Microsoft is now pushing it’s subscription service around £7 per month - to use Office products. But that will cost you about £400 over the next 5 years.

But what’s the alternative…?

There IS such a thing as a free lunch!

Many free, open-source software products have grown up in recent years, providing an excellent no-cost alternative to many leading programmes - Office included. Apache’s OpenOffice and Libre Office can be downloaded and installed for free

in minutes and will give you all the functionality of MS Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a reliable, easy-to-use email alternative to MS Outlook, and currently more reliable than Windows 10’s inbuilt mail programme….

There are other great free software alternatives.

I’ve stopped using my Satnav in favour of Google Maps on my phone - not only does it offer the same turn-by-turn direction guidance, it also stays up to date on accidents and traffic congestion in real time so it’s much more reliable.

And for lovers of photo editing, GIMP is a great alternative to the very expensive industry standard, Photoshop. Of course, not all “free” software is all it’s cracked up to be and the usual caution caveats apply. But the above programmes are excellent quality, reliable and popular alternatives that are well worth a look at if you want to save some money on your everyday computer programme needs.

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On This Day in Bristory News

Sport

17 March 1532 Bristol Grammar School was founded by a Royal Charter issued by Henry VIII, for the teaching of ‘good manners and literature’. The charter was endowed by Robert and Nicholas Thorne, a pair of merchants who wished to establish a school for the education of the sons of Bristol merchants and tradesmen. The school’s motto Ex Spinis Uvas, which translates as “Grapes From Thorns”, is a play upon the names of its founders.

11 March 1920 A public appeal was launched by Bristol Rugby in order to build stands and dressing rooms for the planned Memorial Ground, and to equip the ground.

The sports ground was intended as a permanent tribute to the three hundred rugby players from the city who had died during the Great War. Enough money was raised, including one anonymous donation of £1,500, for work to commence in September of the same year.

11 March 1893

18 March 1981 Already an apprentice at the club, Ian Holloway turned professional for Bristol Rovers. During his playing career Holloway had three different spells at Rovers; the first until July 1985, the second from August 1987 – August 1991 and then finally from August 1996 to May 2000 (as player-manager).

After retiring as a player, he continued in his role as manager until leaving in January 2001, going on to manage QPR, Plymouth Argyle, Leicester City, Crystal Palace and Millwall.

The Clifton Rocks Railway officially opened to transport people from Hotwells Road up to Clifton in passenger cars running in a tunnel inside the Avon Gorge – purposefully created this way in order to reduce its visual impact on the local surroundings. During the early period of the railway, it carried c.11,000 passengers every week. The first travellers were presented with a commemorative ticket in the shape of a Maltese cross.

Music 23 March 1965

13 March 1950 Robert Taylor was shot and killed attempting to stop armed robbers at Lloyds Bank in Westbury Park. Only 29 at the time of his death and already a former Second World War soldier, he was later awarded the George Cross for his heroism and the two robbers were eventually caught and hanged.

There is a Blue Plaque commemorating the home where Taylor lived his whole life, 24 Victoria Park, Fishponds.

The Tamla-Motown Revue performed to a half-empty Colston Hall. One of the few people in attendance was a 14-year-old boy who sat watching from the crowd for most of the set. Partway through he left the hall before shortly reappearing on stage to perform, it was (Little) Stevie Wonder.

Also performing that day were The Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas, Earl Van Dyke and The Miracles. Tickets for the show cost 15 shillings.

10 March 1986 Bristol Drugs Project (BDP) opened its doors in Mark Lane in the city centre with a team of four full-time and one part-time staff. The idea for BDP had grown from the fact that Avon had no specialist services for people struggling with drug problems, an issue identified by local probation officers.

Funding had previously been secured from the Department of Health and Social Services

1 March 2013 Colston Hall was also the venue for the very first Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival, which took place from 1st – 3rd March 2013. Bands/ artists performing at the event included The Big Chris Barber Band, Ginger Baker’s Jazz Confusion, Bateman Brothers Band, Andy Sheppard and Lillian Boutte. There were also free performances in the hall’s foyer plus afternoon workshops and late-night jam sessions.

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Talking Pets - at The Animal Health Centre The first puppy consult At this time of year we see a increasing number of new puppies in the practice, it is the time when families welcome a new member and are full of enthusiasm to do the right thing by him.

By law, all pups cannot now be sold before they are 8 weeks old and at the time of going to a new home they must have already been microchipped by their breeder. Chipping may be done by the breeder or by a vet so not all pups will have seen a vet before their first visit with their new family.

We put a great emphasis on new puppy consults and allow half an hour for that first visit. It is possibly the most important 30 minutes that a new owner will invest in their new pup. So when you book a puppy visit to us come prepared for an in-depth consultation but don’t worry to write it all down as we will give you a summary sheet at the end and you are welcome to repeat consultations with our fully trained nurses to remind you of any point you may have forgotten or not understood. Please do bring in any paperwork that the breeder may have given you as this can be very useful.

So what do we cover that takes so long?

Firstly we do a full physical health check on the puppy, we want to be sure the pup is well grown and not showing any signs of congenital problems.

We will ask questions about his feeding and toileting habits and general behaviour. A vaccine course can be started at the first check and we will advise you on the vaccines needed and the timing of them.The vaccines will determine when your puppy is safe to be put onto the ground and mix with other dogs. Most pups will have been wormed by their breeder but this needs to be continued throughout life as well as flea and tick treatments. We will advise on a parasite control

program to keep the pup clear as well as keeping the family safe from possible infection.

The food used is considered and advice given on the best way to feed a puppy, so always useful to bring along a sample of the food being fed. Pet insurance must be discussed at this stage so that cover can be started as early as possible so as to avoid any possible exclusions being added to the policy if inception is not until after an illness or accident has already occurred. We can give a free 1 month cover note for insurance once the pup has had a veterinary check up. Neutering can be discussed although no decision needs to be made just yet.

Most importantly we will talk about socialisation and positive learning experiences for the puppy.

The socialisation period for puppies ends about 14 - 16 weeks of age and so it is most important to give owners the information that they need to help their new pup adapt to the new home situation. We can help with basic training and advice about local puppy classes.

A positive first visit to the vet will pay back dividends in the years to come, a dog that enjoys visiting the vet is always a pleasure and so much less stressful for all concerned.

For any further information please do give us a call and we look forward the patter of tiny feet coming in to see us!

Nicky Bromhall - Veterinary Surgeon

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203 Whiteladies Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2XT Markets are forever in flux. So our handling of them must be flexible too.

There are occasions when there is a lot of stock and buyers can take their time.

But we are not in that market now. In many places around the UK it is quite the opposite. Figures show that there are up to half as many properties on the market as there were this time last year. So, at present, there is much less choice.

So forget a leisurely, late evening, browse through your preferred property portal.

Because by the time a good property gets onto a portal nowadays the early bird will have already caught its worm. Serious buyers know that they need to find a property before it ever reaches a portal and that the best way to do this is to get to know their local independent estate agent so they can be first in the queue for the pick of the properties.

Local experienced agents know the local market best. They match who wants to sell with who wants to buy. Property portals don’t do that. Nor do most of the so-called, on-line ‘local property experts’, who, sadly, often don’t even work in the same town. So if you are serious about buying get to know your local, well-established, agent. You will find their knowledge and experience provide the very best value in professional advice because it won’t cost you a thing.

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History Notes - Julian Lea-Jones No. 134 &135 - Ten of the Ladies who made a difference (part 2) The erection of the blue plaque in West Mall this December past commemorating Florence Davenport Hill’s achievements reminded me of other ladies whose meritorious efforts have enriched Bristolians’ lives. Although a short article precludes no more than a brief outline of some of them, I thought it worthwhile to remind us about their efforts and sacrifices on our behalf, as epitomised in Lorna Brierly & Helen Reid’s book ‘Go home and do the washing’. Included are source references should you wish to learn more.

Mary Carpenter - philanthropist.

Mary, the daughter of Unitarian Minister Lant Carpenter, was born in 1807 in Exeter. Mary said that she was inspired by the work of Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s philanthropic efforts on behalf of Indian women and street children. His work encouraged her to establish a school in the city to provide Bristol’s gutter urchins with care and the rudiments of education. A quote in the Punch magazine of the day said, ‘twas she who first drew our attention to the city’s waifs and strays ‘Lost lives to save and errant souls to reclaim’. This latter ideal led her to establish a school and Girls Reformatory at the Red Lodge in Park Row. It was her close friend Lady Byron who had helped her purchase the property. Dr Martineau said, “Mary Carpenter was foremost amongst the founders of reform and industrial schools, both to this city and the realm”. A monument to Mary commemorating her life and work is in Bristol Cathedral.

Susannah Winkworth – workers dwellings Susannah worked amongst Bristol’s poor at a time when the Hotwells area was a cholera blackspot; bad enough to feature in the Royal Commission on the Health of Towns. Whilst others addressed the deplorable state of contaminated water and open privies, Susannah had become so concerned about appallingly inadequate housing for even the working poor that she initiated what for the times were model sanitary dwellings. Known as the ‘Jacob’s Wells Industrial Buildings’ she managed them until

her death in 1884. Her buildings, just above Jacob’s Wells Baths, were in use until replaced by modern council flats, Brandon House. Her sister Catherine, an educationalist who campaigned for higher education for women, was also a Governor of Red Maids until her death, at which point Susannah succeeded her as a Governor.

Florence Davenport Hill - Suffragette Although Florence was in her thirties at the time, she still needed her father’s permission to hold a meeting of fellow suffragettes. Her Bristol society, the Bristol & West of England Society for Women’s Suffrage, that she established on 24th January 1868, joined the National Union of Women Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) in 1896. Her society continued campaigning until all women won the vote in 1928, (property owning women and those over 30 won the vote in 1918). Lucienne Boyce, the author of ‘The Bristol Suffragettes’ campaigned for and, supported by the Bristol Civic Society, organised the erection of a blue plaque at 4 West Mall which was unveiled by Bristol West MP Thangam Debbonaire in December 2018. I’m sure that Florence and her fellow suffragettes would have been heartened by the numbers of the public, men, women and children who marched to College Green in February 2018 to celebrate their campaign’s centenary.

Amelia Edwards – Novelist, Egyptologist and Suffragette Londoner, novelist and protégé of Dickens, Amelia Edwards lived for many years at The Larches, Eastfield Westbury-onTrym, where a roadside wall plaque testifies to her importance to Egyptology.

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Amelia was also an active supporter of the suffrage movement, serving at one time as Vice-President of the Society for Promoting Women’s Suffrage. As a fitting finale to her life University College London, UCL, appointed her friend and colleague Flinders Petrie to the first chair. In March 2015 Amelia Edwards’s archaeological achievements were further recognised by the unveiling of a blue plaque at 19 Wharton Street in London, and more recently in Henleaze a splendid artwork set against the wall of what many still know as Clarke’s corner but is now the site of Amelia Lodge Churchill Retirement Living apartments. According to their Manager Alison Speechly, the company has always held a local open competition for the naming of each of its national sites. In Henleaze the competition was won by the artist Emma Jean King who decided to make a different dedication to this impressive woman that would also remind viewers of Amelia’s literary talents - by using models of Amelia’s own books as stepping stones, thus providing a visible reference to her life both traveller and writer. Each book and step is engraved with the Titles and dates of her most known works. This culminated in a very appropriate unveiling event carried out by Aidan Dobson the current chairman of the Egypt Exploration society.

Eliza Walker Dunbar MD – First lady Resident Medical Officer, Bristol’s Hospital for Women and Children Although Eliza came from a medical family - her father was a military surgeon and her sister was a doctor - her decision to follow a career in medicine in England meant that she also encountered the same male prejudices as had Elizabeth Blackwell.

Eliza discovered that medical schools only accepted male students, and as a result went to University in Switzerland where she graduated as MD. A year later she settled in Bristol and applied for the post of the Resident Medical Officer at the Hospital for Women and Children on St Michael’s Hill. Her appointment by the governors seemed to be a breakthrough for women doctors. Nevertheless the hospital’s old guard, aided by The Lancet, managed to force her out of office, claiming that “Women are neither physically or morally qualified…”

Understandably it was probably these entrenched and misogynist attitudes that introduced her to Bristol’s very active group of suffragettes. However her friends, including Mary Carpenter, encouraged her not to lose heart and she joined Miss Read’s Dispensary for Women and Children in Hotwells as their Honorary Medical Attendant. Recognising the urgent need for a hospital along the same lines, but in a healthier location, funds became available and the first hospital where women could be treated by a female doctor was opened in Berkeley Square. Its popularity was such that later larger premises were acquired in Clifton Down Road and, as a tribute to Eliza’s steadfastness and determination, named ‘The Walker Dunbar Hospital’. My thanks to Helen Reid and Dr Lorna Brierly who provided information for this brief insight into yet another of Bristol’s medical pioneers.

As a footnote; my wife was born in the ‘Walker Dunbar’ and she remembers with affection going there to Sunday School Classes in the 1950s. The Matron ran them for ‘her babies’, children who had been born there in the days before the NHS. © Eur-Ing Julian Lea-Jones C. Eng., FRAeS 2019

References and further reading: ‘Bristol’s Famous Associations’, Albert Edward Tilling, 1864 – 1920, aka Stanley Hutton, Arrowsmiths 1907.

‘Mary Carpenter and the children of the streets’ Jo Manton, Heinemann, 1976.

‘Ada Vachell of Bristol’, F.M.Unwin, 1928, Arrowsmith.

‘Elizabeth Blackwell of Bristol’, Mary Wright, Bristol Branch of the Historical Association, 1995.

‘Elizabeth Blackwell Doctor and Medical Pioneer’, Mary Wright, Bristol Connections’ for TLHG, pp16 - 23, 1996.

‘Go home and do the washing’, Dr Lorna Brierly & Helen Reid, Broadcast Books, 2000.

Historic Redland Essays by Gerry Nichols, ‘Emma Saunders - The railwaymen’s friend’.

‘Bristol Central Library & Charles Holden, a History & Guide,’ Anthony Beeson, Bristol City Council 2006.

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Councillors’ Contacts - Your Green Team in Redland & Cotham Wards

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Keeping you in the know Working for you all year round. Please email your local councillors if you would like to subscribe to our quarterly e-newsletters; that way, you will get updates on changes to libraries, new developments, consultations you may want to take part in, etc.

Please get in touch Redland Green Councillors: Fi Hance – cllr.fi.hance@bristol.gov.uk – Tel: 0117 3534720 Martin Fodor – cllr.martin.fodor@bristol.gov.uk – Tel: 0117 3526155 Cotham Green Councillor: Cleo Lake – cllr.cleo.lake@bristol.gov.uk – Tel: 0117 3526155

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Quiz Time - answers on page 65 General Knowledge

Music

1. Nephology is the study of what - a) clouds, b) ancient mummies, or c) handwriting?

1.Which male solo artist is believed to be headlining at Glastonbury in 2019?

2. What was the most popular breed of dog sold in the UK in 2018?

2. Name the three classic album covers shown below.

3. Name the male and female leads in the 1947 classic film Casablanca.

3. “Something Inside So Strong” was a hit in 1987 for which artist?

4. Married to fellow weather forecaster Philip Avery, who is the BBC’s longest serving weather presenter currently on television?

4. What links The Human League (1986), Rag ‘n Bone Man (2016), and The Killers (2008)?

5. In which counties would you find these towns - a) Saffron Walden, b) Leyland, and c) Sandwich?

6. Who were the parents of Queen Elizabeth I?

5. Who has had the most UK Top 10 hits (excluding re-releases) - The Carpenters, Adam and the Ants / Adam Ant, or Katy Perry?

6. The line “I’m gonna be the man who’s havering to you” comes from which 1988 single?

7. Name the main ingredient in a) hummus b) cullen skink, and c) Bombay aloo.

8. Put these three birds (below) in order in terms of wingspan (adult male), largest to smallest Trumpeter Swan, Andean Condor and Wandering Albatross.

9. Name all the current Football League teams who play their home games in Nottinghamshire or Staffordshire.

10. Name the UK astronaut who spent time aboard the International Space Station in 2015.

7. Which David Bowie album is missing from this chronological sequence - “The Man Who Sold The World” (1970) - ??? - “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” (1972)?

8. Name the original members of a) Take That (5), b) One Direction (5), and c) The Corrs (4) 9. By what name are these songwriting duos better known - a) Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook, b) Joe Strummer & Mick Jones, and c) Steven Morrisey and Johnny Marr?

10. Which UK band has had their first UK number one album in 2019, 40 years after their debut album?

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60th Anniversary Production at the Redgrave Theatre St Mary’s Players are a Bristol based, award winning, non-professional, musical theatre company producing two shows a year. They have a reputation for excellent singing and ensemble work and have members from all over Bristol. Formed in 1959 their very first show was the Pantomime ‘Aladdin’. They are now very excited to present their 60th Anniversary 2019 production:

23rd April to 27th April 2019 At the Redgrave Theatre, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 3LE This musical is an adaption of the classic novel by Charles Dickens. Following the stage version in 1960, it went on to be a great hit on both sides of the Atlantic. It features many unforgettable songs, including “Food Glorious Food”, “Consider Yourself”, “Oom-Pah-Pah” and “As Long As He Needs Me”. You’ll be sure to leave the theatre humming a tune or two.

Their last show, ‘The Baker’s Wife’ was nominated for five Rose Bowl Awards and they hope that this 60th Anniversary production will prove just as successful. With 18 young and talented boys age 8 to 14 years from across Bristol joining the company on stage to be the workhouse children and Fagin’s gang, this is one not to be missed.

Tickets are £12.50 each for the Tuesday 23rd April 2019 performance. For all other performances’ tickets are £15 each. (Discounts for groups of 10+) The box office is being run by the Redgrave Theatre and you can purchase tickets: Online 24/7 by visiting the ‘ What’s On’ page at the Redgrave Theatre website tickets. smpmtc.co.uk. By phone Tuesday to Friday 9.30 am to 5.30 pm. Tel- 0117 315 7800 More information about SMP and the link to buy tickets can also be found on their website www.smpmtc.co.uk Music, Lyrics and Book by Lionel Bart. Produced for the Broadway stage by David Merrick and Donald Albery.

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Music - present, past, future - Duncan Haskell Album of the month Bobbie Gentry’s The Delta Sweete Revisited

by Mercury Rev (Bella Union) Last year’s exhaustive catalogue reissue, The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters, shined a light on Bobbie Gentry’s contribution to the world of music. Having purposefully retreated from the public eye in 1981 it’s no surprise that the focus has swung back in her direction, such is the strength of the seven albums she recorded between 1967 and 1971.

Now comes the turn of those masters of dreampop, Mercury Rev, to make their own tribute to the Chickasaw County star. Along with an esteemed cast of collaborators they have recreated and reinterpreted Gentry’s sophomore 1968 album.

Any doubts about whether there is common ground between Jonathan Donahue’s band and the country star are assuaged from the get go, with Norah Jones taking the lead on an immersive rendition of Okolona River Bottom Band.

Weird as it is to have a Mercury Rev album largely lacking Donahue’s lead vocals, the decision pays off.

Instead, the band are there to add a kaleidoscopic splash of colour to Gentry’s homespun tales. On tracks such as Sermon, led by Margo Price’s stirring singing, orchestral flourishes expand the scope of the songs without ridding them of their core emotion. Tobacco Row manages to be both bullish and floaty light, carried away on the strength of its emotions towards, “the only life I’ve ever known.”

There’s clearly both respect and thought gone into these arrangements.

In some ways it’s a shame that they chose to replace album track Louisiana Man with Gentry’s most famous track, Ode to Billie Joe. That’s not to say Lucinda Williams does a bad job with it, it’s just that the vision for the album and the strength of Gentry’s original material is more than enough without the need for added stardust.

Next Step Ode to Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry (Capitol) Deserter’s Songs by Mercury Rev (V2) Having struggled with which of Bobbie Gentry’s debut album from 1967 or Mercury Rev’s 1998 classic to pin our colours to this month, we’ve decided to chicken out and recommend both as your next step.

When Ode to Billie Joe arrived it showed Gentry’s talent as both a singer and a songwriter, and rightly hit the top of Billboard charts in the US (replacing Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band).

The title track might have been the one to have exploded but songs such as Mississippi Delta and Chickasaw County Child were equally dazzling, with Gentry mining her roots and upbringing in order to fashion her own style of country music.

Just as Ode to Billie Joe was anchored in a definite geographical setting so was Mercury Rev’s Deserter’s Songs. Once you peered through the album’s trippy curtain you were left with a vivid portrait of their world at the foot of the Catskill Mountains of New York State - as portrayed on tracks such as Opus 40 and Hudson Line.

It’s that sense of place which links these two stylistically different albums, and no doubt that’s exactly what drew Mercury Rev to the songs of Bobbie Gentry; a musical marriage made in heaven (via Mississippi and New York state).

Gig of the Month The Internet @ O2 Academy, Wednesday 27th March The return of The Internet to Bristol is an opportunity not to be missed, so grab those tickets while you can. Last year’s album Hive Mind was met by universal acclaim and saw their unique blend of R&B, hip hop and funk reach a whole new level, building on their previous three releases. As always, it’ll be fascinating to see how the collective from California bring these tracks to life on the stage.

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Would you like to join a free training in Tai Chi to become an instructor of Tai Chi Shibashi?

Tai Chi for Better Health, a charity which promotes Tai Chi, is offering FREE training to Friends Ageing Better members, to learn a basic sequence of Shibashi Tai Chi to then take into their community and teach to others.

The training involves six 2 hour session over 6 weeks, plus a one day workshop and a written assignment. The training is likely to start in March 2019 at a Bristol Central venue to be confirmed.

What it is: Tai Chi Qigong Shibashi is designed to help to improve mental health and physical wellbeing. Qigong means 'energy exercise' and Shibashi means 18 movements. This form of exercise is found to improve health and wellbeing and is a discipline that involves the mind, breath and movement to create a calm, natural balance of energy. The programme can provide both standing and seated versions of Tai Chi. It helps people in many ways and for older people is known to reduce the risk of falls.

To find out more please contact us on email fab@ageukbristol.org.uk. or by calling 0117 929 7537. Visit www.ageukbristol.org.uk for more information.

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 a team of highly qualified staff who are passionate in their commitment to helping children achieve their full potential.  exciting and stimulating resources that inspire learning.  an environment, play opportunities and activities that are inclusive and accessible for all children.  opportunites for children to develop a sense of curiosity and wonder and skills needed to think critically and problem solve.  a focus on the outdoors through our two outside play areas and forest school.

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What’s On & Community News Listings for community events, not-for-profit clubs and charitable activities are free of charge. If you have something of this nature that you would like listed please get in touch by calling 0117 259 1964 or 07845 986650, or emailing andy@bcmagazines.co.uk. Listings must be submitted in Word or text in an email only and be no longer than 75 words to be accepted.

Details shown are accurate to the best of my knowledge, but dates, times & locations may change without notification. So if you are unsure, and to avoid disappointment, please contact the organiser listed to double check.

Theatre, Concerts and Music Saturday 9th March 7.30 pm at Bristol Cathedral, College Green, BS1 5TJ, Bristol Choral Society and British Sinfonietta, conducted by Hilary Campbell, present Mozart’s Requiem & Handel’s Dettingen Te Deum. Mozart’s Requiem has incredibly moving musical language that never fails to take the breath away. This is preceded by Handel’s victory march in which he created solos and choruses of brilliant, martial character that can be enjoyed today as songs of praise. Tickets from £11 to £28 (under 25s £5 & Seniors 10% discount).

Full details at www.bristolchoral.co.uk. Book online via www.colstonhall.org or by phone on 0117 203 4040.

City Voices Bristol is a non auditioning community choir that welcomes new members.

Whether you have been in other choirs or haven’t sung since school days, why not come and join us?

We are a friendly bunch of people of all ages and love singing both for relaxation and for enjoyment.

We perform two concerts each year at St Georges Hall, with a wide repertoire from Mozart to the Beach Boys and Lady Gaga. If you are interested, we rehearse on a Monday evening from 7.30-9.30 in the Performing Arts Centre at Red Maids’ High School, Westbury on Trym. Meanwhile if you want to find out more before then, please have a look at our website http://www.cityvoicesbristol.org and make contact for more information.

Sunday March 24th Nova, Bristol’s specialist early music vocal ensemble, invite you to ‘Out of the Deep’, Renaissance masterpieces with a

Lenten theme. Music by Josquin, Victoria, Obrecht and others. All Saints Clifton, Pembroke Road BS8 3ED. 7.30pm. Programmes at the door £8 (students £5) Friends of Welsh National Opera welcome visitors to an evening entitled “Singers from the RWCMD” on Wednesday 20 March, 7.15. Students from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama will be performing a programme of arias, duets and ensembles from a varied operatic repertoire with introductions from Suzanne Murphy and Donald Maxwell who accompany them. Tickets at the door: Friends £5, Guests £7. Contact Margaret Borkowski at borkmail@googlemail.com for more information.

The BCCS Choral Society is a small and friendly choir who meet weekly at the Bristol Cathedral Choir School on Wednesday evenings. We sing material spanning the core choral repertoire for the Spring concert as well as traditional songs and contemporary arrangements in the summer and carols in Advent. We will be singing Handel’s Messiah in March. If you’d like to find out more, please contact Christina May on maylearner@ outlook.com or 07454002877.

Westbury Park Orchestra is a friendly nonauditioned orchestra with a repertoire of classical and modern pieces and with an emphasis on having fun. You will ideally be of a good standard (string and brass players particularly welcome). We meet at Westbury-on-Trym Methodist Church, Westbury Hill on Monday evenings between 8.00 and 9.30 (term-time only). Free taster session for newcomers.

Come and give us a try. For further information please visit www.westburyparkorchestra.com.

Bristol Cabot Choir is delighted to welcome new members for all voice parts.Why not come and sing with us for a ‘taster’ rehearsal before a simple audition? We meet at Redland URC on Mondays at 7.30 pm. FFI email admin@bristolcabotchoir. org, visit www.bristolcabotchoir.org or find us on Facebook.

‘Babbers’ Radio Show every Monday from midday to 2pm on Ujima Radio - 98FM. The show is organised and presented by older people for older people with the aim of helping to reduce loneliness and social isolation - although the topics we cover

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Good Reads - Bruce Fellows’ book recommendations It’s been made into a very popular film but Meg Wolitzer’s great novel, The Wife, is still available. Joan Castleman and her husband, Joe, are off to Finland to collect the enormous literary prize he’s just been awarded and that’s when she decides to leave him. She’s finally had enough. But why? Over the course of the book, we find out. We learn about their lives, their children, how they came to be together and finally, the secret of Joe’s success. You may know that from the film but this is still a stylish and compelling read all the way through to the denouement.

Shakespeare had a sword and left it to a man called Combe. Now in Shakespeare’s Sword, Alan Judd has written an intriguing novella of conjecture. When antique dealer Simon Gold meets Mr and Mrs Coombs, his initial attraction to the wife, Charlotte, develops into an avaricious longing to possess the old sword the husband uses to poke the fire. He suspects it is the Bard’s. But how far will Simon go to make it his? And what role will Christina play? Is she as straightforward as she seems? This is a very clever, subtle and surprising tale that keeps you guessing right to the end.

We have the best system of justice in the world, right? Well, perhaps not according to The Secret Barrister by, well, a secret barrister.

There are huge problems with it: with the Crown Prosecution Service, the disclosure of evidence, the diminishing availability of legal aid, with sentencing, the remand and bail system; in fact pretty well every aspect of the way justice is administered in the UK. Our secret writer believes our adversarial system is sound and better than continental systems but so cash-starved that everyone involved struggles. Read this fascinating book of revelations and tremble at the thought of ever being brought to court.

1947, the coldest winter of the century, and Charlie Grice the actor is dead. His widow, Joan, is distraught. But the show must go on and Charlie’s understudy, Frank, is uncannily like Charlie. That’s the set up for The Wardrobe Mistress by Patrick McGrath, which gives us an intriguingly seedy study of the post-war theatre world and the characters inhabiting it.

The War still looms large and austerity is ever present. Who was Charlie Grice really? Why is the huge wardrobe upstairs so menacing? What is happening to Joan? Has fascism truly been swept away? This very clever novel, often sinister, often moving, is always gripping.

Richard Stern’s wonderful novel Other Men’s Daughters came out in 1973 but has recently been re-issued. The life of an academic, Dr Robert Merriwether, is turned upside down when a student, Cynthia, bursts in upon it and reawakens feelings Merriwether thought had long ago died within him. Of course, though he struggles not to, he behaves in ways which damage his wife Sarah, and his children. Sarah knows at once that something is happening and the path to divorce is set. It’s a riveting tale and though tragic, told with a light and often amusing touch. Philip Roth said: ‘as if Chekhov had written Lolita’. page 53

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Bristol Chamber Choir. Come and join Bristol’s oldest choir (founded in 1837). Rehearsals are on Wednesday evenings at Redland Park United Reformed Church at 7.30pm. Further details can be found at www.bristolchamberchoir.org.uk.

Please contact our Secretary, Rae Ford, on 0117 939 1685 or Rod Coomber on 01275 843 900 or email rodcoomber@aol.co.uk for more details.

Want to be involved in music? Can you count to 6? Don’t mind sitting on the floor? Join us Bristol Community Gamelan play the music of Java and are looking for new members for the 2018/9 season. We meet every Monday evening in the World Music Studio at Cotham School from 6.30 to 8.30 to play traditional & modern pieces.

If interested email keithripley27@gmail.com or phone 9444241. They can be seen on YouTube.

Sing with OutThereMusic’s North Bristol Community Choir who rehearse every Thursday evening between 7:45 - 9:45 at Westbury Park School, Bayswater Avenue, BS6 7NU. There is no audition and we have an eclectic repertoire with a very warm welcome assured.

For more details about the choir please visit www. outtheremusicbristol.co.uk - or just come along to a rehearsal.

Bristol Male Voice Choir invites new singers.

The choir has a broad repertoire, performing not just male voice standards, but songs from musicals, pop classics, spirituals, and classical favourites. You don’t have to read music to join the choir as a tenor, baritone or bass, but you will enjoy learning our repertoire, (re-)discovering the voice you may have forgotten about, and being welcomed into the choir’s friendly social atmosphere.We perform for charity, for weddings and a wide range of events during the year. We rehearse every Thursday from 7.00pm till 9.15pm at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (formerly Filton College). You will be made very welcome when you come along to a rehearsal. Also visit our website – bristolmvc.org. uk - to find out more, or phone 0117 968 2223.

NotaBene Vocal Ensemble has vacancies in all voice-parts to expand our dynamic a cappella group. Our repertoire includes a range of styles

but mostly comprises modern/popular songs.

We perform from memory, often incorporating a theatrical performance style (nothing too scary).

We rehearse on Monday evenings in Horfield, Bristol. Music-reading ability useful but not essential and entry is via a friendly audition. Please contact Lisa Smith on 07966 459872 to discuss or email notabenebristol@yahoo.com.

People of Note community choir is looking for new members, especially altos. We are friendly and it›s fun, the songs we sing are very varied, pop, folk, world music, original pieces, but not traditional choral. We meet in Southville on Tuesday and Clifton on Wednesday evenings. Visit www.peopleofnote.co.uk or email peopleofnote@ btinternet.com for more details. Come along for a free taster!

Exhibitions, Markets and Meetings A Westbury Spring Eco Fair will be held on Saturday April 6th at Westbury on Trym Methodist Church from 10am to 4pm. This is a fair with an environmental focus and we are working with Christian Aid to bring informative displays, speakers, stalls and short films on a range of issues as well as craft activities for children and hopefully inter-active headsets. The day will run as a drop in event from 10 – 4pm, so people can come for coffee and lunch, see a display or listen to a speaker as they choose. This a community event open to all, and entry is free. For more details please contact Barbara Howard on 914 7943 or Mike and Pauline Culshaw on 01454 857116.

A demonstration of mediumship by the Spirit Sisters will take place at 7pm on Saturday March 16th at Westbury Park Spiritualist Church, Cairns Road, BS6 7TH. Tickets should be obtained in advance to secure a seat and are priced at £8. For further information visit www. westburyparkspiritualistchurch.org or call 0117 977 1629.

Fitness, Health and Wellbeing Male and Female over 50s Walking Touch Rugby. Every Friday 10am to 1130, Westbury Fields, Cricket Lane, Westbury-on-Trym BS10 6TW. A great inclusive sport for all levels of mobility. Come along and be welcomed.

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Ladies hit the right notes for the Julian Trust!

Members of Henleaze Ladies’ Choir, conducted

by Jane English, were delighted to collect over £300 at their December concert for Bristol’s Julian Trust, a charity which provides food and nightshelter for the homeless. This year, the Choir linked their charity concert to a Facebook fundraising appeal and are thrilled that a combined total of £1,094 has been raised for the Julian Trust.

Henleaze Ladies’ Choir, which meets on a Thursday afternoon at St Peter’s Church Hall, Henleaze, perform two charity concerts each year, in December and May, with the charities chosen by the members.

There are no auditions to join the Choir and the aim is to enjoy singing a wide repertoire of music together and to give pleasure to audiences. New members are always assured of a warm and friendly welcome.

The Choir are holding an afternoon of singing, tea and cakes at 1.45pm on 11th April at St Peter’s Church Hall, Henleaze. Entrance is £3, which includes tea, cake and a raffle ticket.

The Choir’s next charity concert is on May 16th at 2pm in St Peter’s Church Hall and will be in aid of Home Start – Bristol and their work with families with young children.

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What’s On & Community News Contact Kris Tavender on email ktavender@ bristolbearsrugby.com.

Henleaze Bowling Club welcomes new members. If you are interested in taking up bowling, come along to our Coaching sessions at 6pm on Monday evenings (from mid-April, excluding Bank Holidays) to see if the sport is for you. Henleaze is a friendly Club with very good facilities and social events throughout the year.

Phone the Secretary, Tom Logan, on 01179621669 or email hbcsec@henleazebowlingclub.org.uk for further details.

Bristol Croquet Club has its annual Open Day on Sunday 7th April. If you would like to try this gentle but challenging sport - likened to ‘chess on grass’ - then join us at Cedar Park, BS9 1BW (next door to Stoke Bishop Primary School) any time from 10:00 to 1:00 or 2:00 to 5:00 on the day.

Please wear flat-soled shoes; all other equipment and guidance provided! Contact and other details on our website: www.bristolcroquet.org Beginner-friendly ultimate frisbee club open to all ages and abilities. Come try the best sport you’ve never played. Find us on Facebook - search ‘North Bristol Ultimate’ - or email jake.f.waller@ gmail.com.

Tai Chi = Unlimited Energy. This is one definition of this ancient Chinese system of exercise. Or in the words of one student “I find that Tai Chi classes with Karen develop a sense of harmony of body and mind. The classes are fun and inclusive and provide an encouraging environment in which to practice the flowing movements which bring a sense of calm“. Interested? Classes for beginners in Westbury, Southmead and Clifton.

See www.taichiworksbristol.co.uk or phone 0117 9424167 for more information.

Aikido for Kids: Aikido is a modern Japanese martial art which draws on fencing (kenjutsu) and wrestling (jujutsu) techniques. Regular practice develops confidence, flexibility, strength and focus.

Westbury Aikido Club offers lessons for children, Sundays from 10am to 10.45am, during term-time, at the Scout Hall (Northcote), Great Brockeridge BS9 3TY. See www.westburyaikido.club for more detail, or email reenee@westburyaikido.club. The first lesson is free, so come along and give it a try!

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Karate classes on Thursday evenings at David Lloyd Westbury on Trym (no membership required). The evening starts with beginners and advanced classes for children aged 5 and up, followed by a new class for adult beginners.

Please contact Trevor on 07921 917 758 for more information.

Henleaze Tennis Club welcomes new members of all ages.We are a small friendly club. Our teams play to a good standard in the Avon leagues and we have a good level of club play for those who wish to play a more relaxed game. Check out more on our website: www.henleazetennisclub. co.uk (or give Heather a call on 0117 924 7441) Drop-in Healing Session at the Friends Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland, BS6 6JE (Ground Floor Community Room).

Thursdays 5.00-6.30, donation basis. Healing is holistic, gentle and relaxing and helps restore balance and wellbeing. Recommended if you are feeling stressed or in need of some support. Run

by Bristol Healing Group with trained volunteers and links with the Healing Trust. For further information please contact Barbara on 0117 908 2061.

Westbury Harriers Running Club is for all ages and abilities, with a variety of different groups and sessions to suit all. Based at Coombe Dingle Sports Complex and Blaise Castle. Training nights Mondays and Thursdays 7pm with additional sessions at Yate track on Tuesday evenings and an informal social run on Saturday mornings. See www.westburyharriers.com for more information on our events or joining us.

Bristol Morris Men welcome anyone who wants to try morris dancing. We practise on Thursday evenings in the Sports Hall at QEH School at Berkeley Place, Clifton from 8 to 10. For more information please visit www.bristolmorrismen. co.uk or call Grant on 0117 944 2165.

Scottish Country Dancing for beginners and experienced dancers at St Monica Trust’s Hall on Thursdays, 7.30 pm. New dancers welcome - come on your own or with friends. Contact Margaret, 01275 794 638 or Graham 01275 854 782, or visit www.rscdsbristolinfo.co.uk.

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What’s On & Community News Westbury Scottish Club country dancing classes for beginners is held at Leonard Hall, Trinity-Henleaze URC, Waterford Road, Henleaze.

Contact Maggie on 01934 838 175 for more information. Classes for the more advanced dancers are at St Peter’s Church Hall, Henleaze.

Tel. Cheryl on 0117 401 2416. Held every Tues 7.30 - 9.30pm. See www.wscbristol.co.uk for details.

Redland Green Bowls Club welcomes new members. Our qualified coaches will happily give you a free taster session by arrangement - contact Jean or Gerry 0117 962 4466. We are a friendly, sociable club with Men’s and Ladies league teams and a calendar of friendly mixed matches. We are offering half price membership for the first year. FFI : redlandgreenbowls.webs.com.

Hydrotherapy Exercise Sessions – A group exercise in Southmead Hospital’s purpose built pool. Benefits include relaxation, relief of pain & swelling, improved movement, balance & fitness. All ages & abilities are welcome.We are a friendly local team of Chartered Physiotherapists with expertise in a variety of disabilities & medical conditions. For more details please contact Chris & Ali Cowley on 07971 086 628, or email healthyhydrotherapy@ gmail.com or visit www.healthyhydrotherapy.co.uk.

Fancy a ramble? How about joining us for enjoyable 8-10 mile walks on two Sundays per month? Our usual group size is 12-15 walkers. If you are interested please come and give Stoke Lodge Ramblers a try. For more details please visit www.stokelodgeramblers.wordpress.com or call our Secretary on 0117 950 0934.

speakers on various topics, plant sales and social events. Visitors are very welcome at £2 a visit. For more details please call 0117 967 3160.

Henleaze & District Flower Club meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at Bradbury Hall, Waterford Road in Henleaze.

Flower demonstrations are held on the second Thursday, practice classes on the fourth Thursday.

New members are always welcome. For more details please ring 0117 907 5724.

Volunteering and Charities REMAP is a registered charity that designs and makes custom aids for the disabled.We are on the lookout for volunteers (engineers, craftsmen, DIY enthusiasts etc) who are willing give up a little of their time to enable a disabled person to enjoy a better quality of life. If you can help please contact Colin on 01275 460 288, (colin305@gmail.com), or Ray on 0117 962 8729, (rwestcott@blueyonder. co.uk)or visit www.bristol.remap.org.uk.

If you’d like to get more active or involved in your community why not give an hour a week or a day a month and help Marie Curie as we continue to provide care to patients and their families? If you enjoy meeting new people and raising money for a great cause, we would love to hear from you. FFI please contact Helen Isbell on 0117 924 7275 or email Helen.Isbell@mariecurie.org.uk.

RSVP (Retired & Senior Volunteer Programme). Do you like reading? Do you like helping children? If yes to both, you are just the sort of person we are looking for! If you can spare a minimum of an hour a week to hear children read in a local school you could make a huge difference.

Volunteering is a great way to stay active and to feel useful, so if you are interested in joining us please get in touch. Contact Mina on 07860 669 953, or visit RSVP-west.org.uk.

Gardening and Horticulture Kitchen Table Workshops - flower workshops round my kitchen table in Redland - take place monthly on Saturday mornings. We use as much locally grown flowers and foliage as possible. Come and enjoy immersing yourself in seasonal beauty and have fun while you learn. The cost includes refreshments plus all materials and is open to any level of experience. For more details please ring 07929 253942 or visit www.Bestofthebunch.co.uk

Carer Support. If you are outgoing and could offer two mornings a month to meet, greet and give information to carers when they visit their GP surgery, I would love to hear from you. Full training and support provided. Please contact Mike Hatch on 07503 577 830 or email mikeh@ carerssupportcentre.org.uk. If you look after someone who couldn’t manage without you, and

The Alpine Garden Society meets on the 3rd Friday of every month at Westbury Methodist Church, Westbury Hill, at 7.30pm. We have

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What’s On & Community News would like some information about our services for carers or would just like someone to talk to about caring for the person you look after, please call our Carersline on 0117 965 2200 or visit www.carerssupportcentre.org.uk.

Friendship, Social and Support Henleaze Senior Film Club. Monday 18 March at 2pm presents “Going In Style” (12A) starring Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin. A 2017 American heist comedy film directed by Zach Braff and written by Theodore Melfi. A remake of the 1979 film Going in Style, it follows a trio of retirees who plan to rob a bank after their pensions are cancelled. At St Peter’s Church Hall, Henleaze. Refreshments: £4.00. Easy access, carers welcome.For more information please ring Home Instead Senior Care on 0117 989 8210.

Discussion Group: we are a small, convivial group who meet at 10am to 12 noon every Monday, at Westbury Baptist Church, Reedley Road. We discuss a wide range of topics of mutual interest.

We are currently looking for new members - if you are interested please call Bob Broomfield on 0117 962 1061, or Alan Routledge on 0117 968 2246 for more information.

Westbury Park WI meet on the first Wednesday of the month from 7.30pm in Redland Church Hall, Redland Green Road, BS6 7HE. Guest fees are £4 per meeting (up to 3 visits allowed).

Refreshment options available, biscuits/cake free.

Email westburyparkwi@gmail.com or visit www. westburyparkwi.org.uk for more details.

“Simply Social” Activity and Social Club.

Whether you are single or in a relationship, enhance your social life by joining our friendly social club.We are run by members for the members and enjoy a packed programme of activities including walking, live music, dancing, dining out, badminton, a reading group, weekends away and foreign holidays. There are no age limits although most of our members are 40+. Check out www.simplysocial.org.uk or phone us on 07971 427 766, and come along to one of our Thursday Club nights.

Soroptomists International Bristol is part of a global organisation founded in Bristol for women from a wide range of professional and business

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backgrounds who have joined together to give service, friendship and have fun. We meet on the second and fourth Mondays of the month at Long Ashton Golf Club where we enjoy a two course meal with a speaker. For more details please contact our membership officer on 0117 973 9894 or email gillbea@aol.com for more details, and see our advert on page 89.

Bristol Brunel Lions Club - We meet on the first Tuesday of every month at 7 for 7.30. On the 3rd Tuesday of each month we have a social gathering normally with food. We raise money for charity both locally and beyond through a variety of indoor and outdoor activities. Lots of fun and fellowship raising and spending money for very good causes. For more details of how to apply for assistance with charitable activities in Bristol or to become involved in our activities see Bristol Brunel Lions Club on line or on Facebook or contact our Club Secretary Bill O’Neill at lion. bill@virginmedia.com.

The Bristol and District branch of Parkinson’s UK meets every first Saturday of the month at St Monica Trust, Cote Lane, BS9 3UN from 10am 12 noon. Carers, relatives, spouses and people with Parkinson’s - all are welcome for a social and informative get-together, with speakers from a variety of backgrounds with many diverse interests.

Please join us. We also meet at The Eastfield Inn, Henleaze, BS9 4NQ every second Friday in the month for an informal coffee morning from 11.

North Bristol Alzheimer Café meets on the first Tuesday of the month at St Monica Trust, Oatley House, Westbury-on-Trym, BS9 3TN from 3.30 – 5.30. We provide a relaxed, informal and safe space in which issues surrounding dementia can be aired. Our café is staffed by trained, caring and experienced volunteers. Refreshments are served and most weeks live music is played. There is no charge to attend, free on-site parking is usually available and the number 1 bus stops right outside. FFI or to register your attendance contact Jacqui Ramus - tel 07854 185 093 or email jacqui. ramus@stmonicatrust.org.uk.

Clifton Rotary Club welcomes new members willing to give their time, interested in making new friends, building business contacts and using their skills to help others. We meet Weds lunchtimes

Clifton Swim School Established 1972 Learn to swim with Olympic swimmer & international coach Decades of swim-teaching experience. ASA qualifications & qualified PE teachers

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Courses for children 4yrs & over. Classes for non-swimmers, improvers, stroke improvement, snorkelling, diving, synchro water polo & ASA awards for distance, speed, Bronze, Silver, Gold & Honours

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What’s On & Community News at The Redland Green Club (Redland Lawn Tennis & Squash Club). www.cliftonrotary.org or email secretary@cliftonrotary.org Bristol Grandparents Support Group gives support to grandparents who are estranged from their grandchildren due to family breakdown. We give support over the phone, via email, Skype and at our regular meetings held at 9 Park Grove, Bristol.

BS6 7XB. Tel 07773 258 270 more information or visit www.bgsg.co.uk.

Happy Days Memory Café meets 1st Friday of the month from 2.00 – 4.00 at Westbury Baptist Church, Reedley Road, BS9 3TD. The café is aimed at carers and people living with dementia and the plan is that we have fun. Why not check us out? For more information please contact Tony on 0117 968 1002 or check our Facebook page.

Rotary Club of Bristol meets at the Bristol Hotel, Prince Street, BS1 4QF at 7.00pm for 7.30 pm on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Mondays and at 12.30 for 1.00 on the 2nd and 4th Mondays. Meetings start with a meal and are followed by a speaker. New members are very welcome – for more details see www.bristolrotary.org or contact Martina Peattie at mpeattie@btopenworld.com Civil Service Retirement Fellowship. The Westbury-on-Trym group welcomes all retired Civil Servants and their spouses to their meetings held on the first Thursday of the month at Studland Court, Henleaze Road at 2.00pm, Those people without a civil service background are welcome to join our group as Friends of the Fellowship. For more info phone Tony McKenna on 0117 950 2059.

Calling all Carers! Would you like the opportunity to share your experiences, relax and make new friends? Then come and join the Henleaze Carers’ Group.We meet on the second and fourth Thursday morning of each month, 10 to 12, in Bradbury Hall, Waterford Road, Henleaze. For more information please call Monica Rudston 0117 942 6095.

Instep Club for Widows and Widowers. Weds evenings 8 -10 at Stoke Bishop Village Hall. Dancing - Ballroom and Sequence (If you haven’t danced for a long time we will help you learn). Social activities Annual membership £8. Members: £3 per session.

Visitors welcome: £4 per session. Come in to see us

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or telephone Donna on 01275 832 676 or Wilma on 0117 962 8895 for information.

General Interests Stokes Croft Book Group. We meet at 7pm on the first Monday of the month at The Social on Cheltenham Road. Come and join us to chat about books, life, love & your favourite authors and recommend a book for next time. Our next meeting is on 4th March and we are reading The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu by Charlie English.

For more information email ianbell888@gmail. com or find us on Twitter @SCBookGroup or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/ StokeCroftBookGroup/ Shared Reading - this friendly group meets at Westbury Library every Thursday 11am to read a short story and poem together. You can comment, join in discussions, help with the reading or just sit back and listen while enjoying a cuppa. The readings are always different - classics, science fiction, romance, comedy, suspense. And it’s all free.

For further information contact Christine Betts crbetts17@hotmail.com or 07967 332821 The new season of National Trust talks continues in March – and will be held in the Hall at St. Monica Trust, Cote Lane, Westbury-on-Trym, BS9 3UN. A small charge of £3 is made to both members and visitors to help cover the costs associated with the talks programme. This charge includes the provision of tea and biscuits at the end of each talk.

For more details about our programme please visit our website www.ntbristolcentre.btck.co.uk or contact David Moore 0117 965 8014. Similarly, if you would like a lift, or can offer one, please contact David Moore.

The Arts Society Bristol is Bristol’s society for those who enjoy the arts and we welcome new members. Lectures are given monthly on a wide range of subjects by specialists in their field. On 12 March the subject is “Wallpaper: a decorative art”. On 9 April it is “Botticelli and his Primavera”.

Lectures are held at 8pm at Redmaids’ High School, Westbury-on-Trym, BS9 3AW. For more information visit our website www.theartssocietybristol.org.uk Bus Pass Poets. Come along and share your

TEAM MEMBERS NEEDED

If you can join our Saturday afternoon volunteer rota every 4-6 weeks, we’d be delighted to hear from you. We’ll get your enhanced CRB check, train and support you.

Johannes Brahms

A German Requiem

The Dreamer, Casper David Friedrich 1820-1840

Jenna Brown – Soprano Martin Le Poidevin – Baritone Steven Kings & Christopher Northam – Piano Duet Rebecca Holdeman – Conductor

In our Contact Centre in Henleaze children of all ages spend time with the parent they no longer live with, and you could be a key part of making this possible....

In a team of four you will prepare the hall and toys, serve refreshments, welcome parents and children, and keep everyone safe and happy.

Felix Mendelssohn – ‘O for the Wings of a Dove’ Saturday 30 March, 7.45pm | Clifton Cathedral BS8 8BX

Please ring Vanessa Kitchen on 07511 290 505 for more information or visit our website www.bristolchildcontactcentre.org.uk

Retiring collection for:

Box office: Opus 13, 0117 923 0164 Tickets £15 and £5 NUS / Under 18 www.bristolcabotchoir.org.uk Charity No. 1162680

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On Tuesday 12th March, the Friends of Redland Library are hosting another Desert Island Books event.

The venue is Redland Library and the event starts at 7pm, with doors opening at 6:45pm.

Admission is £3 ( pay at the door). In Desert Island Books, a panel of interesting people select one book on the main theme for the event; and a second ‘wildcard book’, being a book that they have enjoyed and would recommend to others.

The theme for this event is “Books & Travel” and our panel comprises: Jean Burnett ( Novelist, travel writer, speaker, also writes as Fran Kempton ) Professor Helen Fulton ( Head of Department of English, University of Bristol ) Professor Robin Jarvis (Emeritus Professor of English Literature, UWE Mike Manson ( Writer, historian, co-organiser Bristol Festival of Literature )

TRINITY HENLEAZE UNITED REFORM CHURCH

SpringFair Fair Spring

Where: Bradbury Hall, Waterford Rd When: AprilHall, 2019 Where: 6th Bradbury Waterford Rd Time: 11pm – 3pm When: 6th APRIL 2019 Stalls, games, refreshments, Time: 11pm – 3pm raffle, tombola, face Stalls, games, refreshments, raffle, tombola, painting and loads more. face painting and loads more.

All profits to Bristol All profits to Bristol Child Contact Centre Child Contact Centre

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What’s On & Community News poetry with us. We meet once a month at libraries on local bus routes. For more details or dates for our forthcoming meetings please contact Julie on 01179 428637 or text Edith 07500 143357.

Local Bridge Club. We are looking for Bridge players of all standards for our friendly sessions which take place on Tuesday evenings, 7.30pm to 10pm, upstairs in Stoke Bishop Village Hall. For more details please call Rene on 0117 968 4334 and do please leave a message.

first Monday of every month (except when it is a bank holiday when it is the second Monday) at central Quaker Meeting House, Champion Square.

For more details visit www.bristol.humanist.org. uk or www.meetup.com/Bristol-Humanists.

The Bristol Philatelic Society meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month in the meeting room of the United Reform Church at the bottom of Blackboy Hill (Whiteladies Road) starting at 7.30 p.m. Contact 0117 956 7853.

Bristol Scrabble Club meets every Wednesday at 7.15 pm at Upper Horfield Community Trust, BS7 0PQ (next to Eden Grove Church). New members welcome - first visit free so come and give it a try. For further information contact Sue on 0117 924 7871.

North West Bristol Camera Club is an enthusiastic group of amateur photographers who meet each Wednesday at 7:45pm at Westbury Fields. New members of any level of ability are most welcome. For details contact Neville at nevwgoodman@mac.com.

The Bristol Astronomical Society hosts a series of astronomical talks, events and activities.

We provide free Saturday observing at our observatory in Failand and often stage Star Parties in and around Bristol. Friday evening talks are held at 7pm at Bristol Photographic Society, Montpelier, BS6 5EE. Details of all events are on our website: www.bristolastrosoc.org.uk - All welcome.

Got a speech to make? Bristol Speakers offers a relaxed environment to practise your public speaking. Learn how to construct and present a speech, gain knowledge from experienced speakers, and conquer your public speaking anxiety.

Most of all, practise in a stress-free environment where members give helpful feedback. It’s a well-structured evening, fun and relaxed with a nice mix of people. Meeting 7.30pm alternate Mondays at BAWA Southmead Rd. Contact Ben@ Bristolspeakers.co.uk

Bristol University of the Third Age (U3A) scrabble group would welcome new members.

We play very friendly and informal games every Friday at the Beehive, Wellington Hill West, BS9 4QY from 2 to 4. For further info please contact Heddy Sara on 0117 924 1318 and indicate when asked to give your name that you are phoning about scrabble in order not to be blocked. Or email nigel.d.sara@btinternet.com.

Bristol Adventure Sea Cadets. If you would love the chance to get on the water here in Bristol, make new friends, grow in confidence and gain qualifications, and are aged between 10 and 18, are recruiting now. We are open Tuesday and Friday evenings. Visit: www.sea-cadets.org/ bristoladventure to find out more.

The Bristol Humanists is a local group for those who make sense of the world using reason & shared human values, who seek to live ethical lives on the basis of reason, humanity and respect for others, and who find meaning, beauty, and joy in the one life we have. We usually meet on the

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Listings for community events, not-forprofit clubs and charitable activities are free of charge. If you have something of this nature that you would like listed please get in touch by calling 0117 259 1964 or 07845 986650, or emailing andy@bcmagazines.co.uk.

Listings must be submitted in Word or text in an email ONLY and be no longer than 75 words to be accepted.

Deadline for inclusion in the April magazine is Friday 15th March. All notifications received after that date will be carried over until the May magazine

Quiz Answers Children’s Puzzles - Page 12 Flags Top row (l to r) - Brazil (Brasilia), Spain (Madrid), France (Paris).

Middle row (l to r) - Iceland (Reykjavik), India (Delhi), Jamaica (Kingston).

Bottom row (l to r) - Syria (Damascus),Austria (Vienna), Cambodia (Phnom Penh).

Fruit & Veg 1. Runner Bean, 2. Grapefruit, 3. Satsuma, 4.

Broccoli, 5. Banana, 6. Cabbage, 7. Peach, 8.

Pineapple, 9. Brussels Sprout, 10. Potato, 11.

Mango, 12. Spinach, 13. Raspberry, 14. Parsnip, 15. Cherry.

General Knowledge - Page 44 1. Clouds; 2. French Bulldog; 3. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman; 4. Helen Willetts; 5. Essex, Lancashire, Kent; 6. Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; 7. Chickpeas, Smoked Haddock,

Potato; 8. Wandering Albatross (3.7m), Andean Condor (3.3m) Trumpeter Swan (3.1m). 9.

Nottingham Forest, Notts County, Mansfield Town, Port Vale, Stoke City, Burton Albion; 10.

Tim Peake Music - Page 44 1. Stormzy; 2. U2 - All That You Can’t Leave Behind, Frankie Goes To Hollywood Welcome To The Pleasuredome, Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA; 3. Labi Siffre; 4. They have all had hit singles called Human; 5. Katy Perry (13), Adam Ant (10), The Carpenters (7); 6. (I’m Gonna Be) 500 Miles”

by The Proclaimers; 7. Hunky Dory; 8.a) Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen, Jason Orange, Robbie Williams, b) Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik, c) Andrea Corr, Sharon Corr, Caroline Corr and Jim Corr; 9. Squeeze, The Clash and The Smiths; 10. The Specials

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Index of Advertisers Appliance Repairs

AASP Domestics

Auctions & Sales

Clevedon Salerooms Ltd

Bathrooms & Wetrooms

Bathroom Perfection Bristol Paul Whittaker Bathrooms & Wetrooms

Blinds & Shutters

Just Shutters UK Blinds Direct

Building Services

A & S Property Services Garcia Building Services HAL Maintenance

Cleaning Services

Home Gleamers Oven Gleamers

Computer Services

FAB ‐ IT Rescue IT HomeHelp Thierry Schneider

Conservatories

Green Space UK Ltd

Cycle Services

Boing Bicycles

Electrical Services

Daley Electrical Services Ltd Lek‐Trix Redland Electrical Services

Estate & Letting Agents

CJ Hole Clifton

Estate Agents

Richard Harding

Financial Advice

Cardens

Furniture

The Bristol Bookcase Company

Garden Maintenance

Blossom Garden Services Declan McManus

Glazing

Bristol Glass Solutions

Heating & Gas

Gregor Heating

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Holistic Therapies

The May Wellness Centre

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Home Care Services

Home Instead Premier Homecare St Monica Trust

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Hypnotherapy

41 45

Philip Purser

Jewellery & Gifts

Kemps Jewellers

11 59 24

Massage

Heather Drewe Keon Williams

Painting & Decorating

59 33

Peter Wyatt Sarah's Decorating Services Stephen Carter

36 31 11

Plastering

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A & P Plastering (BS6) JSH Plastering McCall Plastering

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Threesixty Services Ltd

55 9 33

Happy Hands Noah's Ark Pre‐School

Plumbing

Pre‐School & Nurseries Solicitors

AMD Solicitors Corfield Solicitors Veale Wasbrough Vizards

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Swimming Lessons

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Clifton Swim School

Tree Services

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Sutcliffe Tree Care

TV Aerials

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H and P Aerials

Waste & Rubbish

33 4

Alex Lapworth

Windows & Doors

Crystal Clear Bristol

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