The Bristol Six + Eight magazine - November 2018 by Andy Fraser

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The Bristol Six + Eight Magazine Issue no. 48, November 2018 Twelve thousand free monthly copies delivered across Redland, Cotham, Kingsdown, Westbury Park and north Clifton

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The Editor’s Small Piece Hello again. Thanks for picking the magazine up and having a little read. I noticed, as I was putting the final touches to this issue, that it is number 48, so with the new year issue it will reach its half-century. As with birthdays in general, this little milestone has come around far too quickly. Still, I’ll pull out the stops to make sure that number 50 is a special issue. The deadline for inclusion in the December issue is 14th November so do get in touch before then if you want to feature in any way. Assuming I get to two score years and ten then issue 50 will be a little later than usual - the January and February issues wil be combined this time around to form a single big issue, out mid-Jan. In the meantime we’re getting into busy season - with loads of Bonfire Night and Christmas events to schedule into our diaries. There are plenty mentioned this month - I hope you find something you like. The choir I “sing” with will be practising “Golden Slumbers” this evening, in preparation for an upcoming concert. I should really be singing “Morning Has Broken” as the sun is just rising - it’s been a long night! I’m off for my own golden slumber. See you next month - thanks for reading and thanks for supporting all the lovely local businesses who make the magazine possible. Andy Front cover - sunset over north Bristol, 23/10/18

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The Council website offers residents information about BCC services including council tax, bins & recycling, schools, leisure, business, streets and parking. Visit www. bristol.gov.uk or contact the General Enquiries switchboard on 0117 922 2000. Trains to / From Temple Meads Trains depart from Redland Station to Temple Meads at the following times Monday -Friday 0628, 0645, 0744, 0819, 0852, 0932, 1019, 1052, 1133, 1219, 1251, 1333, 1419, 1451, 1534, 1619, 1650, 1732, 1819, 1914, 1948, 2019, 2154, 2235, 2319 Saturday

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Sky’s the limit for young rowers St Mary Redcliffe School pupil Daisy Duffy, 14, said: “Rowing is the best thing I’ve ever done. I’m learning teamwork, getting fit and making new friends, but this boat is much older than ME!” Daisy and her friends have been fundraising with cake-sales and sponsored rowing events, but they still have a way to go.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s an OLD ROWING BOAT dangling from the historic cranes outside Bristol’s M-Shed.

Volunteer crane-driver Chris Ecclestone said his team was happy to lift the 60kg boat. “We see these kids rowing up and down the docks in all weathers, so it’s nice to help out and highlight their campaign.”

This OARSOME stunt was organised by junior members from the City of Bristol Rowing Club, to prove they are taking their ambitions to a HIGHER level. The young rowers, who attend schools across Bristol, are desperate to replace their 20-year-old boat with a brand new racing scull. COBRC Chairman Andy Wiberg said: “Our junior members wanted to grab people’s attention with this wacky idea. We have some real talent here, and, if we can buy a new boat, the kids will be better-equipped to represent Bristol in top national competitions.” Even though the club has been awarded generous grants by The Rowing Foundation and the Enovert Community Trust, a stateof-the-art boat can cost around twenty thousand pounds.

The rowing club is part of Bristol’s Harbourside history. It was set up by dockers in the 1950s when the M-Shed cranes were being used to load trading ships. Six decades on, COBRC is a highly successful sports charity, which prides itself on its open and welcoming reputation. It recently set up a partnership with Oasis Academy Brightstowe in Shirehampton, to give more students an opportunity to try rowing. Britain’s most decorated female Olympian of all time, Dame Katherine Graingeris supporting the club’s long-term dream of building a new boat-house in the docks. The London 2012 gold medallist and Chair of UK Sport will visit COBRC next month to meet the young rowers and talk to them about her own career on the water.

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This Month in Bristory News

Arts

2 November 1940

5 November 1910 A ‘Pageant of Great Women’ was performed at the Prince’s Theatre. Organised by the Women’s Social and Political Union, the performance was a great success and attracted an audience of 3000 people - 200 more than the theatre’s usual history. The pageant had premiered at the Scala, London the previous year and helped raise the profile of women’s suffrage. A cup of ‘Votes for women tea’ and a biscuit were on sale during the second interval.

G e r m a n f o r c e s dropped more than 5,000 incendiaries and 10,000 high explosive bombs on Bristol in one Wine Street, Nov 1940 - photo of the most reproduced with kind permission d eva stat i n g of Paul Townsend attacks the city had ever faced. More than 200 people died and 700 were injured. 10,000 houses were damaged or destroyed. Worse followed on 24 November when much of the area that is now Castle Green was devastated and bombs also dropped on College Green, Park Street, Queen’s Road, Redcliffe Street, Thomas Street and Victoria Street. 26 November 1960 Nine members of Bristol University rowing crew survived being sucked through the sluices of Molesley Weir near Hampton Court after their boat hit a wooden stake. Some of the men were swept half a mile down river before being rescued and the team’s cox was subsequently treated in hospital for bruising and shock. They were visiting the Molesey Boat Crew for the day and had borrowed a boat, which was completely wrecked, along with their equipment. 19 November 1984 A wildlife expert from Weston-super-Mare was fined £200 for causing unneceary suffering to an otter in the ill-ventilated basement of his education centre. David Chaffe was fined a further £300 for illegally possessing a merlin, a protected species of bird. Chaffe, who had formerly run a wildlife centre in Bristol, was acquitted of further charges of permitting unneccesary suffering to birds in his care. 20 November 2012 George Ferguson was sworn in as the first directly-elected Mayor of Bristol, during a ceremony at the Passenger Shed. The election had been held on 15 November and had seen a participating turnout of 27.92%. Ferguson’s victory was announced the following day with him beating Labour candidate Marvin Rees by over 6,000 votes. Ferguson implemented two polices on his first day in office; revoking Sunday car parking charges and announcing that the ‘Council House’ would be renamed ‘City Hall’.

10 November 1964 In one of the most infamous events in the venue’s history, The Beatles were covered in flour during a performance at Colston Hall. Four students had gained access to the stage light gantries and proceeded to empty bags of flour onto the band’s heads as they were finishing the song If I Fell. The quartet, who told the press their names were Sue, Roger, Richard and Bob said, “We dropped the flour and ran for it. We did it to prove security at the hall was a farce.” Sport 5 November 1960 Bristol City recorded a record win in the FA Cup when they beat Chichester City 11-0 in the trophy’s first round proper. City’s scorers were John Atyeo (5), Adrian Williams (3), Alan Williams (2) and Alex Tait 1. Atyeo remains the only player to have scored five goals in a single match for the club. City’s cup run ended on 31 January the following year, when they were beaten 5-1 in the fourth round. 7 November 2016 Bristol Rugby Club sacked Andy Robinson from his position as director of rugby after the board lost confidence that he would be able to retain the club’s position in the Premiership. Bristol had lost all 10 of their matches that season and were bottom of the table at the time of the sacking. Mark Tainton was appointed interim head coach for the remainder of the 16/17 season. Despite this Bristol ended the season bottom of the table and were relegated.

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Top Tips for your Garden - Hilary Barber We have had such a beautiful late summer so do look at my tips for October too, which will still be applicable in November. As I write this in mid October, many roses are doing their second flowering!

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1. November is the month for planting tulip and hyacinth bulbs and all the other bulbs that you haven’t planted yet - they will provide a beautiful spring display. Masses of tulips in pots look stunning too. (And don’t forget about bulb lasagne! Layering bulbs in a pot with the biggest ones at the bottom, will give you a wonderful display e.g. Tulips at the very bottom, then daffodils, then chionodoxa)

7. Create a wood pile at the back of a border, for overwintering frogs and toads and newts. You may even help hibernating hedgehogs...https://www.britishhedgehogs. org.uk/hibernation/

6. Plant colourful winter pots, to include cyclamen, winter flowering pansies, Tete a Tete daffodils and small evergreens shrubs

8. Stop winter moth damage to fruit trees by putting a grease band around the trunks 9. Net ponds to stop leaves falling into them, and cut back pond plants. 10. Clean out your greenhouse, so that pests and diseases don’t overwinter until next year 11. You can move shrubs this month, now that they are dormant. Dig up with a big rootball and mulch well when re-planting

2. Rake up leaves and put in your leaf mould bin, hessian sacks or black plastic bags. Make sure that if you use plastic bags that the leaf mould is damp and you puncture holes in the bags. Put them in a corner of the garden and in 2 years you will have wonderful leaf mould for mulching beds

12. Cut the lawn for the last time this year and clean and store the lawnmower (and/or get it serviced for next year). Happy gardening!

3. If you do nothing else mulch borders with leaf mould, mushroom compost, manure or homemade compost - this adds nutrients and texture to the soil, retains moisture and keeps the weeds down. The gardens that coped best with the long dry summer were the ones mulched well in autumn. 4. Prune all dead, diseased and damaged wood (ddd) on trees and shrubs before the winter winds 5. November is the busy time for bareroot/ rootball planting, including native hedging, trees, and barefoot roses. Native hedging is wonderful for wildlife. Although unusual, I saw 2 robins feeding on a hawthorn hedge page 12

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Coaching - Anne Miller Nature or nurture? In my last article I wrote about the beliefs that we adopt as we grow and how powerful they can be in creating opportunities and forming who we are. From our attitude to risk taking, to our sense of our own capabilities - our beliefs shape our lives. Since they are so powerful it would be nice to think we had at least some influence over them!

If we want to open ourselves to new levels of opportunity and enjoyment, recognising that a belief is only a belief and not a fact, is essential- but is this enough to break their limiting effect? Can we really change what we believe? And even if we are able to recognise a belief for what it is, what if we think we’re stuck with it because it’s in our genes? We probably all know people who explain their own attitudes and beliefs by referencing those of their parents as if these things are inherited and not optional. Growing up in an environment where attitudes of ‘glass half empty’ or ‘not wanting to rock the boat’, for example, prevail, it can be easier to collude than to challenge. We may reason that these attitudes did our parents no harm, maybe even kept them safe and that is preferable to any chances that may be taken by straying from the tried and tested approach. But that does not mean these beliefs are in our genes.

inherit traits and that this creates a field of possibilities, nature does not dictate what we will believe or become. Accepting that there is always an element of nurture involved helps us to realise that there is always potential to change. Whilst we cannot change the experiences we have had, we can adjust our interpretations of them. Whilst certain beliefs come more naturally to some it is within the power of all of us to work towards new beliefs. There is no utopian state of mind so it is up to us to actively choose what beliefs and attitudes we wish to foster. So how much influence do we have over our beliefs? The answer depends on how much we want! If we are happy with the beliefs we hold and the outlook and opportunities they offer, we probably won’t be interested in developing new ones. Over the years, many of my clients recognised that their negative beliefs were both holding them back and reducing their enjoyment in life. The crucial point here is that they recognised it - without this there is no motivation to change. When recognition comes, only then can the motivation be found to address these limiting beliefs. How we then use this motivation to move forward is the topic for another article…

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We are ready to tackle November and see where it takes us. As always, we will keep you all updated! Howard Davis MD - Clifton

REDLAND- £875 PCM + FEES A ground floor one double bedroom flat, offers: kitchen, utility cupboard, bathroom, living room and useful recess room which makes for an ideal home office space. Externally there is a courtyard garden area to the rear of the building. Available from the 10th November on an unfurnished basis. EPC - E

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History Notes no. 131 - some moving stories of Bristol The idea for this month’s article arose from an archaeological dig our history group carried out in 1980 on Courage Brewery’s Counterslip site when builders’ trenches revealed masses of pottery kiln wasters and other fragments. The City Museum’s archaeologist, Georgina Plowright, said they had come from the adjacent Bristol Pottery on Temple Back. After recovering twenty-seven crates of finds, including some hitherto unknown patterns, the remaining trench material was to be dumped by the contractor on a development site at Lulsgate. Excited as we were by our discoveries we realised that perhaps in the future someone digging in the garden of their new house near the airport would be equally excited but mystified by the discovery of pieces of one hundred and fifty year old pottery. The risks were that this could start an historic hare running or that they tell Tony Robinson and the ‘Time Team’! I started to wonder what other historic items had been relocated and found my list soon included everything from bells to buildings. Many of our readers if asked to name a Bristol item which has been relocated would mention our medieval High Cross. For hundreds of years it graced the heart of the city at the Carfax. This was the important junction of Corn, Wine, Broad and High Street from whence all important civic and royal proclamations were made. However in the eighteenth century it was considered that at 32 feet the height of the cross was unsafe and impeded the thoroughfares. In 1733 it was moved to College Green where it remained for thirty years until again considered an impediment, dismantled and sadly consigned to the Cathedral’s stone yard. The Dean got rid of it by giving it to his friend Henry Hoare - yet another antiquity to grace his grand park at Stourhead. In spite of its supposed instability it still stands tall at Stourhead.

There are two sequels to this. Having given away the real High Cross in 1850 it was agreed to make a truncated version, which once more was placed on College Green where it formed an attractive, albeit

smaller, centrepiece. With the building of the new Council House and the lowering of the green it was once more an embarrassment and was banished to Berkeley Square, its upkeep passed to the Square’s residents. Insult was added to injury when some years ago, the civic authorities took the residents to task for not maintaining it! According to Basil Cottle who lived nearby after some harsh words the matter was resolved. Another item that became a great nineteenth century give-away and a scandal relates to St Mark’s, (the Lord Mayor’s chapel). John Latimer, our famous annalist said, “[it was] the victim of destructive restoration carried on for upwards of seven years.” In 1889 the pulpit was transferred to Muchelney Church in Somerset to be followed three years later by the lectern. The next transfer was scandalous, similar to the fate of the medieval high cross, when the entire west front of the chapel facing College Green was deemed unsafe and had to be taken down. Surprise, surprise, a public spirited Alderman and member of the city’s Common Council, Mr J Cave, magnanimously offered to take it off their hands. He promptly had it re-erected in the grounds of his park at Henbury. Ivy clad it still stands, inaccessible, unmoved by snow, tempest or war. The frontage one sees today at College Green is only a replica. I hasten to add not all re-locations have been as divisive. In the early 1980s the cast iron railings at the entrance to the underground toilets at the Bristol Bridge end of Welsh Back were damaged by a bus. The toilets were closed and the undamaged sections were reused behind the seating area at the Whiteladies end of Alma road. Some other re-locations were entirely laudable and done to protect valuable parts of our heritage. Temple Church, destroyed by incendiary bombs during WWII, contained a masterpiece of medieval religious symbolism - a brass candelabrum depicting St Michael spearing a dragon. Recovered from the rubble and restored, it now hangs in the Berkeley Chapel of the Cathedral, (at St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall there is an eighteenth century copy). Other items saved and given to the new church of Holy Cross at Knowle were the font, the fifteenthcentury Temple bell and the decorative wrought iron gates to the Weavers Chapel. Also rescued was the very ornate wrought iron Lord Mayor’s Sword rest which now appropriately resides in his Chapel. The Victoria Rooms, erected to provide a tasteful concert and lecture venue for the gentry, gained an organ from the Royal Panopticon of Science and Art in Leicester Square. When the Panopticon was rebuilt as the Alhambra Theatre the organ went to

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History Notes no. 131 - Julian Lea-Jones first to St Paul’s Cathedral, and in 1873 it moved once again to Bristol. Sadly when the Victoria Rooms venue was extended it was decided to replace the peripatetic organ with an electric one at which point it sadly vanishes from the records. I remember being told that the Hungerford Bridge, a suspension footbridge across the Thames designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was replaced and the old iron bar chains, tie rods and decking sold to Bristol to allow completion of our own suspension bridge. What I didn’t realise was that these items were made for Bristol’s suspension bridge in thr first place, but at the time there were insufficient funds to complete it and they went to London for their bridge. Thus the eventual return of the ironwork to Bristol was a case of re-re-location. In what is now Castle Park, almost opposite the top of Union Street, adjacent to the shell of St Peter’s Church is the site of St Edith’s well. Although long since covered over, thanks to volunteers at least its location is due to be marked. The well provided a water supply for the parish and St Peters Hospital and the well-head was surmounted by a decorated stone canopy known as St Peter’s Pump. This became another give-away to Henry Hoare at Stourhead, where like the High Cross it can still be seen. I wonder if the site of the well-head is to be marked, will the National Trust give us back the canopy. This situation raises sympathy for the Greeks’ attitude over the Elgin marbles. The eighteenth century manor house at Arnos Vale, now a hotel, was once the home of Mr Reeves the Brass Smelter and Merchant. His stable block, laundry and bath house was built in the form of a sham castle using blocks of black slag, an unwanted by product of smelting. His very noticeable ‘castle’ adjacent to Bath Road was a publicity stunt to sell his novel building material – eighteenth century entrepreneurship and recycling. Described by Horace Walpole as the Devil’s Castle and known more prosaically as the ‘Black Castle’, part of his bath house had a decorative colonnade. Although now lost to Bristol, it resides in splendour at Clough Williams–Ellis’ architectural fantasy village of Portmeirion. You may have seen it if you remember the TV series ‘The Prisoner’. In 1878 St Werburgh’s Church on the corner of Corn and Small Street was in such a dilapidated state that it was decided to demolish it and move it and its parish to Mina Road in Baptist Mills. Unfortunately it was only possible to use the stone to build a copy. However, some fragments of the old church were acquired by Mr Reeves and incorporated into his ‘Castle’, an irony that wouldn’t have been lost on

Horace Walpole had he known. The Devil’s castle maybe, but at least some of the stones are holy. If St Werburgh’s was the biggest relocation, the next must be the smallest and most distant and I owe my thanks for this information to my friend Mary Wright of the Carriage Works Action Group. The Stokes Croft Turnpike House had a bell to summon the keeper. After demolition, the small bell passed to the Carriage Works, then to Anderson’s Rubber Company and finally into private hands. Audrey Compton-Dando of Barton on Humber sent Mary a picture of its new home. Now it still summons, not the gatekeeper to collect tolls, but the faithful to the First Baptist Church, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, New York.

Audrey’s drawing of First Baptist Church, East Greenwich, Rhode Island This last relocation must be the saddest and most extensive. I refer to the use of rubble of blitzed Bristol’s homes during WWII. The bomb rubble cleared from the streets was used to ballast the Liberty Ships returning to America. Off-loaded in New York, it formed the foundations of the East River Drive. In New York and in Bristol, (opposite the Hippodrome) plaques mark the event. My book, ‘Bristol Curiosities’ contains this poignant mystery - in 1945 the Fairfield Grammar School yearbook included a poem about the plaque by a pupil, Patricia Jones. Unfortunately only the first and last lines of her poem survive, and nevertheless they provide a fitting end to this account: “The people’s churches, homes and shops did fall…

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… and Bristol far away once more A pathway laid through western lands.” © EurIng Julian Lea-Jones, C Eng, FRAes - 2018

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know if your pup is in fact from a puppy farm. Too many pups are being bred in so called puppy farms and sold to an unsuspecting public as home bred, but it is possible with a few simple questions and observations to check the origin of any puppy that you may see for sale. And there is also a section relating to puppy breeding laws. The new Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities involving Animals (England) Regulations 2018 has been designed to protect, among other things, the welfare of puppies and their parents by regulating the conditions under which they are bred and sold. Minimum welfare standards must be met, puppies must be seen with their mothers and must not be sold before the age of 8 weeks. The Puppy Contract is being hailed as the ideal site for would be puppy buyers. If a breeder is not willing to answer questions asked then the purchaser should be prepared to walk away and report their concerns to the local authority. The long term hope is that a generation of healthier and happier puppies will be bred and puppy farms will become a thing of the past and that cannot be a bad thing in any way.

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Sunday lunch at The Victoria Food. It’s all things to all people. As Neil Tennant from the Pet Shop Boys once said “You do find people for whom food isn’t a major issue, but for us it’s completely a major issue.” And it can be a divisive issue in so many ways - from toddler squabbles to north-south debates as to what constitutes lunch, tea and supper - and at what time you eat them. Do you eat around the table, in front of the telly, or on the hoof? It’s a real challenge to our social mores. Thankfully Sunday roast is something we can all agree on. Can’t we? Oh, maybe not - because at midday on the sabbath (or should it be 1pm, 2pm, 7pm...) it’s time for another food debate.

Steve - what is your Sunday roast?”. “We’ve all sorts - come and see.” I suspected that clarity on the issue wasn’t something about to be served up. I’ve not been to The Victoria for years, partly because I’m not a regular drinker and partly because going out to eat on a Sunday isn’t a habit we’ve ever fallen into. On my last visit though I recall it being a bit gloomy and old fashioned - not the place to instil a “let’s not cook, let’s go out for Sunday lunch” mentality. I suspect that might change, for our trip there last week was a thoroughly enjoyable experience.

What actually constitutes a Sunday roast? “It’s got to be roast beef hasn’t it?” I say. Or has it? “No, you can have roast chicken” piped up my daughter. “But isn’t that just a “chicken dinner?”, I countered. “What about pork or lamb, can’t you have them roasted on a Sunday?” asked the wife, “and what about Auntie Lynne? She’s vegetarian - can’t she have a Sunday roast too?”. “Well yeah, I suppose so, of sorts, but for me it really is simple, it has to be roast beef, and all the trimmings - roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings, a mound of veg, gravy and horse sauce”. “But I like Yorkshire puds with my chicken” - daughter again. “And what about stuffing, you have to have stuffing” - wife again. “Come and try our Sunday roast” said Steve Dew, the new landlord at The Victoria on Chock Lane. That sounded like a great idea, and an opportunity to maybe get an insiders opinion on the question. “We’d love to

We were lucky to bag a seat in the window, looking out across Chock Lane where a band of enthusiastic volunteers were tidying and planting the path and border that runs opposite the pub. But we’d have been just as happy sat anywhere else. There is a mix of seating areas and table sizes, from ones where you can watch the big telly (the rugby was on - no distraction to me but would appeal to many locals) to cosy cubbies where you can escape the world (and Newcastle versus Montpelier) and have a quiet munch or (very traditional this) get the whole family round the Sunday dinner table. There’s a really nice atmosphere to the place, and with a range of daily themed offers such as curry and a drink for £10.50 on a Wednesday, 2-4-1 fish dishes on a Friday, two meals and a bottle of wine for £30 on a Saturday and so on, there are plenty of excuses to make The Victoria a regular haunt. They also have a quiz night

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Sunday lunch at The Victoria (and 2-4-1 on pizzas) on Mondays - I suspect that might become a regular night out in our household. And lunchtimes look good too, with a range of lighter meals available, including a Lunch Offer of two meals for £15. Great for businesses too as you can ring an order though ahead if you are on a tight timescale.

Right, onto the food. There were plenty of nice touches that Steve has made a part of his Sunday roast experience. Food served on plates that are hot, so that the food remains hot - a simple but vital thing that is so often overlooked. An open invitation to ask for more roasties and / or Yorkshire puddings if you want them - I suspect only those with the heartiest of appetites would avail themselves of this but it’s nice to be offered. Slices of meat served up on a (hot) silver platter so that you can help yourself to as much as you want at your table (ditto all the lovely veg). This also adds a little theatre to the proceedings as another steaming salver comes out of the newly refurbished kitchen and passes through in front of eager diners, rather like a sizzling dish might do at a good Chinese restaurant. All too often an eat-out Sunday roast comes either in carvery form, where you queue up for ages to be served like you did when waiting for your school dinner, or pre-loaded onto a plate where you get what you’re given. Not so at The Victoria.

meat-free, together with roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings, peas, roasted carrots and roasted parsnips, cauliflower cheese, all the condiments, horseradish and apple sauces, stuffing and gravy. We could of course have chosen something different altogether, from the separate main menu, which offers a nice mix of pub classics and more left-field options, the “Daily Specials” board or the extensive pizza menu (which you can eat-in or take-home.) Options, options. And yet, despite all our pre-meal debates, when Steve, our genial host, came to take our orders we all went for the “classic” roast beef with Yorkshires and all the veg. And it was just lovely. Tender, hot, tasty and plenty of it - just as it should be. We declined dessert - although the tiramisu and sticky toffee pudding both looked great - and headed home replete and with an answer to our question. A Sunday roast is – well, all things to all men & women. If you want stuffing with your roast beef, Yorkshire puddings with your roast chicken or apple sauce with your nut roast then the only thing stopping you is an outdated sense of tradition. At The Victoria you can have your Sunday roast any way you want it - and we for certain will have it again.

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At the Cinema - Chris Worthington A Star is Born

Co-written and directed by Bradley Cooper A Star is Born centres on the relationship between up and coming singer/songwriter Ally (Lady Gaga) and rock star Jackson Maine (Jack, played by Bradley Cooper) whose musical career is most definitely on the wane if not on the floor. The film opens with Jack playing guitar and singing with an exceptionally loud rock band in front of an adoring crowd at a huge concert venue. To get through the performance he needs a fair amount of booze and pills before heading off after the show in search of more of the same. He ends up in a drag queen bar where Ally is the guest singer, she is singing “La Vie en Rose”. Intrigued by her voice and stage presence he buys her a drink and discovers that she has written some great songs but lacks confidence in her looks and musical talent.

Ally shares an untidy house with her useless bozo dad who thinks is he a better singer than Frank Sinatra. In his day he was a third rate crooner but he is dismissive of his daughter’s talent. Her day job is in restaurant but she tells overweight corporate suited boss to stick it and encouraged by Jack sets out to become a musician. She starts to perform with Jack and rather predictably the fans can’t get enough. I am a music lover but I do sometimes wonder if stadium rock is worth the money. Jack’s manager is his older brother Bobby and at first all is well between the three of them. Things start to go wrong when Jack descends into drug addiction and alcoholism. Much of the rest of the film

consists of similar somewhat repetitive scenes where Jack turns up drunk, they have an argument, he is abusive to Ally but she always forgives him. Familiar territory to the partners of alcoholics everywhere? Jack also has a falling out with Bobby in a scene where most of the dialogue consists of the use of the f word to an even greater extent than Al Swearengen in the HBO western Deadwood. His musical low point is playing guitar badly in a Roy Orbison tribute band and his career comes to an end when Ally’s agent and promoter cuts him out of the next tour. By now Ally is well on the way to being commodified with hair and clothes to match and a choreographed promotional video that looks like every other choreographed promotional video. A Star is Born is the first major film for Lady Gaga, apart from song writing and performing her previous work has been mostly for TV and short videos. The film is also a step forward for Bradley Cooper whose previous work included appearances in The Place Beyond The Pines and The Hangover. Sam Elliot appears in his familiar role as Uncle Sam personified, a reprise of the characters he played in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Big Lebowoski, with the same wild west droopy moustache and an even deeper voice. This is the third remake of A Star is Born, the original, filmed 1937, was followed by the Judy Garland/James Mason version in 1954 and the Barbra Streisand/Kris Kristofferson version in 1976. Warner Brothers hyped up the 1954 film as the “most awaited event in the history of entertainment” and “most distinguished picture of all time.” I thought the Judy Garland version was good, maybe not that good, but better than the latest version. However there is a great soundtrack and the film is a treat for Lady Gaga fans. A clutch of Oscars are expected. chrisworthington32@yahoo.com

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Prize Wordsearch - sponsored by The Victoria

The wordsearch this month is kindly sponsored by The Victoria in Westbury on Trym, and the prize for the first correct entry, drawn from all those received by the closing date of 30th November, is (a very excellent) Sunday lunch for two at the aforementioned pub. The theme for the puzzle is of course pub names. Listed below are twenty one of the most common English pub names. Twenty of the pubs have also been hidden in the wordsearch grid - you can find them written forwards, backwards, up, down or on a diagonal. All you need to do is let me know which is the missing pub. It won’t be a huge help to know that the missing pub was the name of my favourite watering hole as a student in Nottingham back in the 80’s. ____________________________________ Entries by post (8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY), email (andy@bcmagazines.co.uk), telephone (0117 259 1964) or text (07845 986650).

Right, here are the twenty one pubs you are looking for:Bird In Hand Cricketers Victoria Fox and Hounds Rising Sun White Horse Ship Queens Head Swan Royal Oak Red Lion

Nags Head Coach and Horses Bell George Chequers Kings Arms Railway Tavern Plough White Hart Crown

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Music, present, past & future - Duncan Haskell Album of the month C’est La Vie by Phosphorescent (Dead Oceans) There are some bands and artists that we need to keep a permanent eye on, wanting to know their every move and hear their every note. Then there are others that we are happy to let fade from view, knowing that at some point they’ll hopefully reappear to charm us all over again. Such is the case with Phosphorescent, the working moniker of the singer-songwriter Mathew Houck, who’s sporadically been making great music since 2003. New album C’est La Vie is Houck’s first proper release since 2013’s Muchacho and finds him having left Brooklyn for Nashville and become a father (twice). He wears these new shoes well and you can hear both of their influences on the record. What’s more, if the rhythmic bounce of New Birth In New England is anything to go by, he’s enjoying this new stage of life tremendously. Similarly, the straight up love letter to a son that is My Beautiful Boy highlights how relative stability, the complete opposite to his previous lifestyle, has allowed a mellowness to seep into his songwriting. Contentment may not be for everyone, but here it’s a perfect setting for his slightly creaking vocals as if a world-weary traveller has finally found a welcoming home. There’s a comparable feeling across the rest of the album - recorded in a warehouse studio which he built and wired himself. It’s another factor in explaining why songs like There From Here and These Rocks come from such a peaceful place. It’s a little bit country and a little bit lo-fi and the ideal record to listen to at home during these dark winter days/nights - just as his new surroundings have brought some comfort to Houck, Cest La Vie is a record to soothe the listener. It’s great to have him back.

Next Step Nashville Skyline by Bob Dylan (Columbia) Houck’s not the only musician to have been reinvigorated by a move to Nashville, from Keith Urban to Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, plenty of stars have found inspiration in Nashville. For Bob Dylan though, it was a symbiotic relationship, as he was able to lead the country world in a less conservative direction and change public perceptions of the city, whilst also recording the classic albums John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline during his time there. It’s the latter which we’ve chosen as this month’s next step, released in April 1969 it found Dylan adopting a softer croon and contained classic songs such as Lay Lady Lay and a reimagined version of Girl From The North Country (a duet with Johnny Cash), all of which were punctuated with a clear country twang. Even though the album was straight up country rock, it was once again a case of Dylan confounding expectations, while never forgetting to maintain his superlative level of songwriting. It’s an record that worked equally well as an introduction to its genre and an accessible entry point to those who hadn’t yet managed to open their hearts to the music of this true master. Gig of the Month Matt Maltese @ Thekla, Friday 30 November As excited as we are when an old favourite returns, there’s nothing quite as enjoyable as watching a new talent emerge. Matt Maltese certainly falls into that category. His debut album Bad Contestant has seen him heralded as the leader of the “schmaltzcore” movement - those of us unsure as to what that means can just enjoy a young talent who could be the new Richard Hawley or Neil Hannon - i.e. a unique voice with something worthwhile to say.

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Acronym Challenge Here’s another batch of acronyms and initialisms for you to ponder over. Do you know and can you rememeber what they stand for? Clues are provided and the points available for each correct answer are shown in brackets. Check yourself against the “Smug Score Scale” at the end. 1.

AONB

Beautiful countryside (2)

PCSO

Helping cut crime (2)

USS

Uncle Sam sets sail (1)

GUI

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the Messiah followed by Eric Whitacre’s luminous Lux Aurumque and carols for Choir and audience. Monday, 10 December 2018 – 7.30 pm – Bristol Cathedral, College Green BS15TJ. Tickets: Reserved: £15, Unreserved: £10 (NUS card/Under 18 - £5) – On line: www. opus13.co.uk; Ticket Line: 0117 923 0164 Registered Charity No 1162680. Supporting Bristol Age Concern.

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.

“Goodnight Mr Tom”. Presented by St Alban’s Players in St Alban’s Church Hall, Bayswater Avenue, Westbury Park BS7 6NU on Thurs Nov 22nd - Sat 24th Nov at 7.30pm. Sat matinee at 3.30pm. Tickets £10 Students £7. www. stalbansplayers.co.uk/boxoffice 07425 198 859 “Goodnight Mr Tom” is loved by many as a favourite book or TV adaptation and this stage version is ideal for an all age audience. Set during the build-up to WW2 the play follows sad young William Beech’s evacuation from London to the West Country and his remarkable and moving friendship with elderly recluse Tom Oakley. All seems perfect until William is devastatingly summoned back to London. A story of two broken souls of very different ages that celebrates the value of love and shows friendship knows no barriers.

Theatre, Concerts and Music The Friends of Quartet Community Foundation’s Carols by Candlelight Wednesday 5 December 2018 7pm-9pm in The Lord Mayor’s Chapel, Bristol BS1 5TB (bottom of Park Street, by College Green). Tickets cost *£15 per person. *Price includes a suggested charitable donation of £7 per ticket. Booking on Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carolsby-candlelight-in-the-lord-mayors-chapeltickets-51581096448 . Hear carols and festive tunes from North Bristol Wellbeing Choir, a wonderful group who come together at the Greenway Centre in Southmead to boost their health and wellbeing through music. Join in with some of our favourite Christmas Carols, get in the Christmas spirit in this, and enjoy mulled wine and mince pies. A great opportunity has arisen to join Bristol Choral Society. Due to a change in rehearsal venue (after 45 years) from central Bristol to Henleaze, the Bristol Choral Society is actively recruiting for all voice parts for next season. Rehearsals are at Trinity Henleaze URC Church, on Wednesdays, 7.15 - 9.30pm. The season starts on Sept 5th. To read more about us go to www.bristolchoral.co.uk. Or just turn up to a rehearsal, letting choir@ bristolchoral.co.uk know in advance so that we can welcome you and provide music. Bristol Cabot Choir - Christmas with Handel’s Messiah – Inspiring excepts from

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 as well as traditional songs and contemporary arrangements. The new year started in September and we’d love to welcome new members to come and join us! If you’re interested in finding out more, please contact Christina May on maylearner@outlook.com. 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.

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What’s On & Community News Friends of Welsh National Opera and all visitors are very welcome at Redmaids High School for Girls on Wednesday 21st November at 7.15pm when David Bednall will take us on an exciting exploration for beginners and Wagnerians alike of one of the most important figures of all time. This will be an opportunity to convert or extend your knowledge of this deified, demonised and divisive genius. Tickets at the door Friends £5, guests £7. For further information contact Margaret Borkowski at borkmail@ googlemail.com Bristol Chamber Choir will be presenting a Remembrance Day concert at The Chapel, St Monica Trust, Cote Lane, Bristol, BS9 3UN at 5.00pm on Sunday 11th November 2018. Admission is free but there will be a retiring collection to raise funds for the Trust and the Choir. On this special year the concert will also commemorate the end of the First World War. We will be singing music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Harris, Edward Naylor, Carl Orff and two composers with Bristol connections. Cyril Rootham (1875 – 1938) was born in Bristol. His work at Cambridge University made him an influential figure in English music life. We will be singing his setting of Siegfried Sassoon’s poem ‘Everyone Sang’. Raymond Warren was Professor of Music at Bristol University form 1972 – 94. He is the President of Bristol Chamber Choir and we will be singing his setting of ‘St Patrick’s Breastplate’. For more information ring Rod Coomber on 09342 954249 or visit www.bristolchamberchoir.org.uk 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 are

interesting and relevant to all. For more details - info@ujimaradio.com. 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. Henbury Singers welcome new members. We meet at Stoke Bishop Primary School in Cedar Park on Thursday evenings - 7:45 to 9:15. Fees are currently £130 per year. There is no audition. We sing mainly choral music from a classical tradition, but we also sing carols, songs from musicals, gospel and folk songs. For membership or concert tickets contact Maggie Cavanna 0117 973 4794 or secretary@henburysingers.org. Want to be involved in music? Can you count to 6? Don’t mind sitting on the floor? Join us in September - Bristol Community Gamelan play the music of Java, will be starting again next month, 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 at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=4ND4zoKbhQs Redland Green Choir will celebrate its tenth anniversary by performing Benjamin Britten’s St Nicolas Cantata, excerpts from The Messiah and some ‘greatest hits’ at St Matthews, Kingsdown on 1st December. Tickets are £10 (£8 concessions) from www. redlandgreenchoir.org.uk or at the door. 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-)

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition The world-renowned Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition opened at M Shed on Saturday 20 October with 100 dramatic new images. From breath-taking animal portraits and dramatic landscapes, to bizarre species and endangered habitats, the exhibition showcases the most arresting and spectacular images of our natural world. The competition celebrates biodiversity, promotes conservation and champions ethical photography. Whether young, old, professional or amateur, the shortlisted photographers raise awareness of the beauty and fragility of the world around us.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum in London and sponsored at M Shed by Bristol Water, National Friendly and Pukka Herbs. Philip Walker, Head of Engagement at Bristol City Council, said: “It’s always a pleasure to welcome the enduringly popular Wildlife Photographer of the Year back to Bristol. The images shine a spotlight on nature photography as an art form, whilst challenging us to address the big questions facing our planet. I want to thank our exhibition sponsors Bristol Water, National Friendly and Pukka Herbs for their generous support.”

Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the most prestigious photography event of its kind, providing a global platform that showcases the world’s most astonishing and challenging sights for more than 50 years.

Launching in 1965 and attracting 361 entries, today the competition receives almost 50,000 entries from 92 countries. Winning images are selected for their creativity, originality and technical excellence. A range of events will accompany the exhibition, including gallery tours by Chair of the Jury, Roz Kidman Cox and Fair Saturday - a global movement which aims to boost arts, culture and social causes the day after Black Friday. Exhibition information

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What’s On & Community News 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 9.15 pm at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (formerly Filton College ) where the north end of Filton Avenue meets the A38. 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.

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 start the first week of October in Westbury, Southmead and Clifton. See www.taichiworksbristol.co.uk or phone 0117 9424167 for more information.

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 tree taster!

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!

Exhibitions, Markets and Meetings Friends of the Clifton Centre and Library art lectures. As part of a the programme of events and activities at our library, we present two lectures in the Clifton Library, Princess Victoria Street, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. 15th November: “The Hidden Gallery: Bringing Modern Masters to Clifton” by Chris Kendall, Director; and on 29th November: “The Ken Stradling Collection an Introduction” by Chris Yeo, Curator. Tickets £5 from Clifton Library or www.eventbrite.co.uk Rooms to Hire. Subud Hall, Wesley Place, Clifton, BS8 2YD. The Subud Hall is an exWesleyan Chapel next to the Downs with 2 beautiful, peaceful spaces 7/8 metres for hire. Suitable for rehearsals, choirs, classes etc. Please call 07790 519 683 for more info. Fitness, Health and Wellbeing 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.

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) Westbury Folk / Country Dancing on Tuesdays 1 - 3 pm at The College, College Road, WoT. This is a sociable group meeting to have fun, get some exercise and, of course, stop for a cup of tea. No experience is necessary as all dances are called first. For further information, call Christine on 0117 962 2223. It’s £3 per person for each session.

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between 4 and 6 (weather permitting) or 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. 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. Next workshop date - 17th November, and then on Saturday 8th December when we will be making Christmas wreaths. For more details please ring 07929 253942 or visit www.Bestofthebunch.co.uk Friends of Old Sneed Park Nature Reserve is in the heart of Stoke Bishop. An area of wild flower meadows, a lake with ducks to feed, and a woodland to walk. Membership is £10 per adult/year. You will receive a topical quarterly newsletter, with all the details of the free events held on the Reserve. For more

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What’s On & Community News details please contact: fospnr@gmail.com. The Alpine Garden Society meets on the 3rd Friday of every month at Westbury Methodist Church, Westbury Hill, at 7.30pm. We have speakers on various topics, plant sales and social events. Visitors very welcome at £2 a visit. For more details 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 Can you help? St Peter’s Hospice is looking for new volunteers to make cakes, preserves, wood crafts & more for our annual Christmas Market. If you have a special skill in making, baking or creating beautiful gifts or delicious seasonal treats, contact Esther, Community Fundraiser, 01275391420 or community@ stpetershospice.org to discuss. 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. 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 Hatchon 07503 577 830 or email mikeh@carerssupportcentre.org. uk. If you look after someone who couldn’t manage without you, and 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, on Monday 19th November at 2pm, presents “The African Queen” starring Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn and Robert Morley. Samuel Sayer (Robert Morley) and his sister Rose (Katharine Hepburn) are British Methodist missionaries in the village of Kungdu in German East Africa at the beginning of World War I in September 1914. Their mail and supplies are delivered by a small steam launch named the African Queen, helmed by the rough-andready Canadian boat captain Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart), who the missionaries persuade to use his boat to attack an enemy warship. At St Peter’s Church Hall, Henleaze. Refreshments: £3.00. Easy access, carers welcome. For more information please ring Home Instead Senior Care on 0117 989 8210. 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.

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Samara’s Aid and extremely proud of our local community who have excelled themselves this year with all they have done to make such a great result possible.” The Church in Westbury Park in Bristol is thanking people for the amazing response to their annual appeal for refugees in Syria which they do on behalf of Samara’s Aid Appeal. They have sent 233 banana boxes filled with new and good quality used clothing and shoes, bedding and towels, nappies, sanitary towels, wet wipes, incontinence pads and new hygiene items as well as a huge number of new handknitted items. They have sent 78 Smiley bags for children and 57 Dignity bags for women to help make their lives a little easier. On top of all of this there were: 38 sacks of bedding, towels, clothes and shoes and 12 boxes with 300 brand new children’s cardigans in that were donated by an anonymous benefactor. Finally there were also 7 Care Packs to help families in need, a wheelchair, zimmer frames, crutches and walking sticks, and a Moses basket. The church’s minister the Reverend Emma Langley said: “We are so pleased to be able to play a part in the amazing work done by

The church is enormously grateful to all who have helped – sorting and packing clothes, labelling new handknitted items, cleaning shoes, washing and ironing clothes, sewing on buttons and then loading the 3 vans that took everything to a farm in Somerset from where it was sent on its way to Syria. There were many volunteers from The Church in Westbury Park, other local churches, and our fabulous local community, including Beavers from the 91st Bristol Beaver pack, Brownies from the 109th Bristol Brownie pack and The Good Gym. Transport was provided free of charge from Ben Spiller of Spillers Services - local Carpenter, Handy Man and much more!; Mathias and Sons of Avonmouth who provide branded clothing; and C J Associates Geotechnical from Avonmouth who provide soil sampling. The cost of sending a container to Syria is £7000 and through the generosity of so many local people the Church has also been able to send nearly £2000 towards the cost of getting this vital aid to those who are living in the most desperate of circumstances.

Quiz Answers from page 14 Music 1. Climax Blues Band; 2. “Faith”; 3. a) Travis, b) Texas, c) Franz Ferdinand; 4. The Four Seasons (Frankie Valley); 5. Rick Astley “Never Going to Give You Up”; 6. Adele “21”, Human League “Dare”, Primal Scream “Screamadelica”, Queen “A Night at the Opera”; 7. “Streets of London” Ralph McTell; 8. “West Side Story”; 9. “Perfect” Ed Sheeran; 10. Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). General Knowledge 1. Romania; 2.a) Second World War, b) War of the Roses, c) English Civil War; 3. dual carriageway ends, no waiting, no motor vehicles, no overtaking; 4. 92 calories; 5.a) 1969, b) 1215, c) 1497; 6.a) Nottingham Forest, b) Ipswich Town, c) Tranmere Rovers, 7. Home Secretary Julia Montague and PC David Budd; 8. Madame Cholet; 9. County Donegal and County Cork; 10. Doctor Black. Children’s Puzzles answers from page 28 Flags Top left to right - Bulgaria, Canada, France; Middle left to right - Denmark, South Korea, Greece; Bottom left to right - Serbia, Venezuela, Mexico Animals and Birds 1. Monkey; 2. Camel; 3. Buzzard; 4. Hippopotamus; 5. Rabbit; 6. Badger; 7. Giraffe; 8. Leopard; 9. Turtle; 10. Magpie; 11. Wolf; 12. Walrus; 13. Penguin; 14. Armadillo; 15. Beaver; 16. Panda Bear; 17. Anteater; 18. Moose Acronym Answers from page 49 1. Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; 2. Police Community Support Officer; 3. United States Ship; 4. Graphical User Interface; 5. Mono-Sodium Glutomate; 6. Too Long , Didn’t Read; 7. Dual Income No Kids Yet; 8. London Symphony Orchestra; 9. Carbon Copy; 10. cubic centimetres; 11. Marylebone Cricket Club; 12. Master of Ceremonies; 13. Global Positioning System; 14. Notts County Football Club; 15. Royal and Ancient page 59

What’s On & Community News 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 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 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.

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What’s On & Community News 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. Westbury-on-Trym Probus Club provides a meeting point for retired and semi-retired professional / business men and women, to promote social wellbeing through friendship, discussion and companionship. The club meets for lunch with a speaker on the third Thursday of every month at BAWA, Southmead Road, from midday. If you are interested contact Peter Wright on 0117 962 4196 or email susanandpeterwright@ blueyonder.co.uk. 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 or telephone Donna on 01275 832 676 or Wilma on 0117 962 8895 for information. General Interests The new season of National Trust talks continues in November – and will be held in the Hall at St. Monica Trust, Cote Lane, Westbury-on-Trym, BS9 3UN. All talks will be held in the Hall at St. Monica Trust, Cote Lane, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol BS9 3UN. A 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 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. Saturday 17th November 2018 at 2.15pm “An Actor’s

Voice for Me” with Gina Merrett-Smith. During Gina’s presentation we will hear the voices of much loved actors and stars from the worlds of stage, screen and literature and learn something of the lives of those who have formed an important part of the national consciousness. Bus Pass Poets. Come along and share your poetry with us. We meet once a month at libraries on local bus routes. Next meeting Friday 9th November at Bedminster library on Bedminster Parade from 2.30 – 3.30 (Buses 75, 76), Tuesday 11th December at Redland library on Whiteladies Road, just up from Clifton Down station, from 2.30 - 3.30 (Buses 1, 2, 3, 4), Friday 11th January at Central library on College Green from 2.30 – 3.30 in the Music Section on ground floor. (Buses 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9). Contacts - Phone Julie 01179 428637 or text Edith 07500 143357. The Arts Society Bristol is Bristol’s own 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 13 November the subject is “World War One through the eyes of German artists”. On 11 December it is “Australian Aboriginal Rock Art”. Lectures are held at 8pm at Redmaids’ High School, Westbury-on-Trym, BS9 3AW. For more information on lectures, study days and trips, visit our website www. theartssociety-bristol.org.uk 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. Bristol Bridge Club Come and play. Less experienced players: Mondays at 7.15pm and Fridays at 10.00am and 7.15pm. More experienced players: Mondays and Wednesdays at 1.15pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7.15pm. Try a free taster session on a Monday afternoon or evening, or a Wednesday afternoon. No partner? No problem - just turn up on any Monday or Wednesday session and we will find you a partner. Check our website for details: www.

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What’s On & Community News bristolbridgeclub.co.uk or contact 0117 929 1846. Grenville Hall, Oldfield Road, Bristol BS8 4QQ. Does history give you a buzz? West Bristol History Group have some fantastic talks coming up in the next few months: Thurs Nov 8th, Dr Aidan Dodson - West Theban pioneers: Belzoni, Rhind, Wilkinson and their contemporaries; and Thurs Dec 13th, John Penny - Regency and Georgian St Pauls (followed by American supper). Meetings are upstairs in the Friends’ Meeting House, Hampton Road, BS6 6JE at 19.30. Nonmembers £3. Annual membership still only £10. Contact Pat Walker Tel 07790 172451. The Bristol Astronomical Society hosts a series of astronomical talks, events and activities each week. 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. 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. Stoke Bishop Local History Group meets at Stoke Bishop Village Hall, 42 Stoke Hill, BS9 1EX. Talks start at 7.30 and all are welcome (Visitors £3). Our next meeting is on Friday 23rd November when Mike Manson will

talk about ‘Vice and Virtue - the Old Market story’. For more details find us on Facebook, visit stokebishopvillagehall.co.uk/home/ weekly-activities/local-history-group, email sblocalhistory@gmail.com or call 0117 9686010. 100 years after the end of WWI, our admired book, ‘Leaving Home to Fight’ about the local men who fought and our area is available from Stoke Lane Cards and Gifts, BS9 3RL and Bristol Archives BS1 6XN (£10). 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 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. 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. 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

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Brilliant Sorters of Financial Stuff Hilary Carden, Managing Director of Cardens

“ Most people spend more time planning a holiday than they do the rest of their life. And that’s not right. ” 1993 - 2018

1993 - 2018

If you believe that money is not just for saving, it’s for spending on nice things, family and experiences. If you believe that life planning comes before financial planning. If you appreciate the value of refreshingly straightforward advice. If you want someone alongside you who’s there for the long term. If you’re looking for someone who is genuinely interested in you, your life and your family. If you want someone who’ll help you make the right choices. If a “financial counsellor” might be useful. And someone who promises you no hard sell. Ever.

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Then we should talk - call Hilary on 0117 290 0275 or visit our website: Cardens.co.uk 1 Westbury Mews, Westbury Hill, Bristol, BS9 3QA

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