The Bristol Six + Eight Magazine - September 2018

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The Bristol Six + Eight Magazine Issue no. 46, September 2018 Twelve thousand free monthly copies now delivered across Redland, Cotham, Kingsdown, Westbury Park and north Cli�on

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The Editor’s Small Piece Hello there and welcome to the September issue of The Bristol Six + Eight, chunky little number as is usually the way in the ninth month of the year (or the seventh month of the year if your name is Hadrian, Caligula or Augustus). The month of returning to school, or starting off at school - in which case the trials and tribulations of getting your little ones into a school uniform for the first time will be just one of this months challenges.

I was fortunate (in some ways) to not have to wear a school uniform until Upper School, so aged 13 - at which point I just about had the manual dexterity and memory to put on a tie, even if there was no desire to do so.

Yellow shirt, black trousers and a yellow and black tie. I still have the tie - and I suspect I’d be as good at tying it now as I was back on the first day of term all those years back.

In Middle School my “uniform” was, I recall, Farah slacks and a green knitted jumper that I wore to death. Hopefully no photographic evidence exists.

Lots and lots going on in September and hopefully you’ll find plenty to enjoy in the magazine. The front cover is a shot taken from Horfield Common looking towards Redland and Cotham.

See you next month.

Cheers Andy

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Useful Information Contact Numbers

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Gas Emergencies 0800 111 999 Electricity Emergencies 0800 365 900 Water Emergencies 0845 702 3797 Avon & Somerset Police Non-Emergencies 101 (new no.)

Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 Southmead Hospital 0117 950 5050 Bristol Royal Infirmary 0117 923 0000 Bristol Children’s Hospital 0117 342 8460 NHS non-emergency 111 Bristol Blood Donation 0117 988 2040 The Samaritans 08457 909090 Alcoholics Anonymous 0845 76975 55 ChildLine 0800 11 11 National Rail Enquiries 08457 484950 Telephone Pref Service 0845 070 0707 Mailing Pref Service 0845 703 4599 West of England Care & Repair - help, advice & info 0300 323 0700

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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Whiteladies Rd Post Office 9 - 5.30 Monday to Friday, 9 - 13.00 Saturday

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Gloucester Rd Post Office 9 - 5.30 Monday to Saturday Late Post - there is a late post box at the main Post Office sorting depot on the A38 at Filton.

Currently the late post is at 7pm.

Local Libraries Redland - tel. 903 8549 Mon closed, Tues 11-5, Weds 11-7, Thurs-Sat 11-5 Henleaze - tel 0117 903 8541 Mon-Tues 11-5, Weds 11-7, Thurs 11-5, Fri 1-7, Sat 10-5

1011, 1107, 1207, 1307, 1407, 1507, 1607, 1710, 1809, 1837 Trains depart from Bristol Temple Meads to Redland at the following times Monday - Friday 0514, 0548, 0630, 0703, 0803, 0836, 0916, 1003, 1034, 1116, 1203, 1234, 1316, 1403, 1434, 1516, 1603, 1635, 1713, 1803, 1847, 1933, 2034, 2137, 2216 Saturday 0603, 0634, 0716, 0803, 0834, 0916, 1003, 1034, 1116, 1203, 1234, 1316, 1403, 1434, 1516, 1603, 1634, 1716, 1803, 1903, 2034, 2140, 2216

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Some things happen overnight (think Banksy), some things take a little longer (think Metrobus), and sometimes things don’t ever seem to happen at all (who said Arena?). For a number of years I’ve been thinking about running a feature like this - and every now and again a local person suggests something similar (thank you John T and Gill E S). After several years of not getting “a round tuit” I finally have. So, here we go with a new monthly feature focussing on local people, finding out a little about what they are passionate about and what drives them, and then going a bit offpiste with a few questions exposing other aspects of their lives and interests.

First off this month - local author J. M. Monaco, whose debut novel “How We Remember, is published later this month. It falls into the literary fiction category and is largely a family drama while also a mixture of coming-of-age/self-reflective narrative.

Much of the action takes place in the USA with some of the setting also in London. A full review will be feature in next months magazine, but for now here’s a snapshot “Every family has its secrets, and many have sibling rivalries. When Jo O’Brien returns home after her mother’s death, she is forced to confront both. An unexpected inheritance fans the flames of existing tensions between Jo and her brother, and their mother’s longforgotten diary recalls the messy aftermath of an uncle’s sexual advances towards Jo when she was a teenager. Like the diary, Jo’s memory of events is full of gaps, but one thing is certain - she will never regain what was lost.

How We Remember traces the effects of alcoholism, mental illness and abuse on one Irish-Italian-American, working-class family. Jo’s narration weaves together past and present stories, creating a complex portrait of her family’s life, one that will shape Jo’s future choices when faced with the tragedy of mismanaged grief. Perfect for fans of Anne Tyler, Winnie M Li and Sylvia Brownrigg, this is a novel that will stay with

you long after you stop turning the pages.”

So, here are eleven questions for J. M. Monaco 1. What do you love most and dislike most about living in Bristol?

I love living in a city the size of Bristol which feels kind of small compared to places like London, yet offers much of the buzz and diverse cultural offerings of a larger city. Bristol is just humming with activities throughout the year, the summer being my favourite time for enjoying things like the Harbour Festival, Upfest, The Balloon Festival. It’s also a creative hub attracting a wealth of talent and innovation. I love being able to access easily amazing open spaces like Ashton Court or escape for country walks or cycle rides.

What I dislike is the expense of a public transport system that isn’t always reliable and doesn’t feel like good value for money, especially for students who deserve a better deal. While Bristol is a culturally diverse place, it still feels like a city that is not culturally integrated in the way that other major cities like London, Birmingham and Manchester are. I know this is something the mayor is trying to address.

2. What is your favourite pub or restaurant in Bristol?

I’m not a drinker really so pubs don’t feature in my leisure time too much but I like eating out. One place that stands out for a special evening is Bell’s Diner. I love cheap and cheerful eats though and I have to say the Falafel King is where I want to go when I have falafel cravings. It’s the freshest, best falafel you can get your hands on and you won’t find any better value anywhere else.

3. Are you 100% Bristolian? If not which county are you from?

I’m afraid I’m not a Bristolian born local but I’ve lived here about twenty-two years now and I have no intention on leaving. I was born in Boston Massachusetts, USA, and my

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Eleven Questions for

. . . . J. M. Monaco

first place of residence when I moved to the UK was London where I lived for around five years or so.

4. Which country is the most interesting that you have visited?

I had the chance to travel a bit around Brazil years ago and was met with warm, welcoming people full of life in breathtaking places. At the same time I witnessed the awful reality of the divide between wealthy and poor, families living in the streets, drinking water from dirty puddles in Rio and Sau Paulo. This was painful and really made me think a lot about what it means to have access and privilege to world travel as a ‘tourist’.

5. What is your guilty pleasure?

I guess I have to admit I am kind of a slut when it comes to my reading pleasures. I will sometimes take anything to my bed, and this has included the Fifty Shades books. Yes, all of them. Well, they were kind of compelling (she seemed to get the balance between action and sex just right!) and I didn’t want to be one of those people who criticise something they haven’t read.

6. What was the last bit of culture you consumed?

I’m proud to say my last notable art culture consumption was a visit to Bristol’s Upfest so much great stuff to see in one place! The last novel I read was Joyce Carol Oates’ The Sacrifice. She is one of my all-time favourite writers. And Mama Mia Here We Go Again is a summer must for all.

moment and have been for some time. I would want to know just how is it that she has been so prolific in her writing and ideas.

And I would live in hope that some of her mojo might rub off on me.

9. Where do you go to escape?

I’ve got out of my routine a bit, but when I run (well, my pace is more a jog really) I often meander along around the Downs.

Somehow this activity changes everything.

I manage to escape domestic demands of other tedious tasks and I’m in the moment of my music list and steady thud of pounding feet while solving all of the character or narrative problems I’ve set out for myself in my writing.

10. What is your most unusual claim to fame?

When I allow myself to let loose, I have a pretty loud and obnoxious laugh. My husband tells me my usual speaking voice was pretty loud also when I first came here from the US. Unfortunately, I’ve taken down the volume a few levels to ‘fit in’ and avoid social embarrassment, but when I go back to visit family and friends from Boston it gradually starts to come back. Not exactly a claim to fame but notable.

10. What are your views on Marmite?

I did think it was a very strange thing indeed when I first came to this country. I gave it a try and wasn’t sure what to make of it. Then gave it another try and another and found it wasn’t too bad.

7. If there could be just one thing on your bucket list what would it be?

I have always regretted not improving my Spanish to a fluent level. If I could I would escape for a year to Mexico or Cuba, learn the language and soak up the culture. And come back a changed person.

8. Which one person, living or dead, would you most like to share a “set meal for two” with?

I’m obsessed with Joyce Carol Oates at the page 12

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Prize Wordsearch Do you read from the front or from the back?

Have you ever thought about it? I always read a newspaper from the back to the front, and put that down to the fact that invariably that is where the sport is. Magazines I also read from the back, but books I do tend to read from front to back as I find them less confusing that way.

diagonal. All you need to do is work out which of the subjects is not in the grid and let me know which it is. All correct entries received by the end of September will go into a hat and one entry, drawn at random by computer, will win the lucky entrant a bottle of Prosecco and a £15 book token.

Why do I mention this? Well, if you are reading the BS6+8 from the back you’ll already know that there is a new Adult Learning prospectus out this month, detailing the dozens of subjects and activities you can learn at Stoke Lodge Centre.

If you are reading from the front then you have that story to come. Anyway, this led me to think that “subjects studied at school” might make a fun Prize Wordsearch theme this month.

Entries please by email (andy@bcmagazines. co.uk), post (8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY), text (07845 986650) or phone (0117 259 1964).

Right oh, here are the twenty one subjects you are looking for. Best of luck.

MUSIC MANDARIN PSYCHOLOGY METALWORK BIOLOGY ART CHEMISTRY ENGLISH dMint So, listed below are twenty one subjects https://wordmint.com/ commonly taught in schools and sixth forms DRAMA CITIZENSHIP (including all the ones I studied at O-level PHILOSOPHY PHYSICS ___________________________________________ Date: _____________ and many, many more beside). Twenty of the GERMAN GEOGRAPHY CLASSICS subjects have been hidden in the wordsearch MATHEMATICS FRENCH grid - as ever they can be written forwards, PRODUCT DESIGN MEDIA STUDIES ECONOMICS backwards, upwards, downwards and / or on a HISTORY

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On This Day in Bristory News 10 September 1645 Prince Rupert of the Rhine surrendered Bristol to the Parliamentary forces of General Thomas Fairfax who had besieged and attacked the city.

Fairfax’s troops had marched on Bristol following Royalist defeats in Langport, Bridgwater and Sherborne. The Cavalier forces of Prince Rupert had only held the city since July 1643, when they captured it from its weakened Roundhead garrison.

30 September 1793 A protest at the renewal of the act levying tolls on Bristol Bridge turned into a riot in which 11 people were killed and 45 injured, making it one of the major civil disturbances of the 18th century. Among those killed was John Abbott, a local builder’s labourer who was hit by a stray shot that had been fired by the military forces who been called in to deal with the disturbance.

18 September 1934 The Lord Mayor of Bristol officially opened the BBC’s new base on Whiteladies Road. At the time it contained four radio studios, the largest outside London – three of which were used for speech and drama and the other was large enough to house an entire orchestra.

BBC executives chose the location while refuelling their vehicle across the road, deciding it would make an ideal spot between Wales and London.

1 September 1973 Roger Mallison and Roger Chapman (a former Royal Navy submariner from Bristol), the twoman crew of Canadian commercial submersible Pisces III, were rescued in the Irish Sea. The pair had been cramped inside their craft for 84 hours and 30 minutes by the time they were extricated and it was subsequently determined that there was just 12 minutes of oxygen left at that point.

Sport 7 September 1901 Having formed in 1894, as Bristol South End,

Bristol City played their first game in the football league. The away match between Blackpool and City was held at Bloomfield Road and ended with a 0-2 victory for the travelling side. City were the second Southern side, after Arsenal, to enter the Football League. Due to the club having no fit goalkeeper, Blackpool defender Harry Stirzaker played between the posts.

1 September 1973 Gloucestershire won cricket’s limited overs county tournament, The Gilette Cup, defeating Sussex by 40 runs in the final held at Lord’s. Mike Proctor, the county’s iconic South African fast bowler and batsman, top scored with 94 runs and Roger Knight ended with bowling figures of 4/47. This was the first time that Gloucestershire had won the competition, their next victory in the tournament wasn’t until 1999.

Music 1 September 1898 Colston Hall was destroyed by one of the biggest fire’s the city had ever seen. The blaze started at 02:15 in the neighbouring clothes factory, Clarke & Co, before spreading to the roof of Colston Hall. As well as damage to the building, including the destruction of the expensive organ, the fire also meant that the triennial music festival had to be postponed and meetings of the British Association were moved to QEH school.

22 September 1988 The influential Bristol reggae band Black Roots recorded their gig at the Moles Club in Bath, later to be released as the album Live Power a direct result of fans putting pressure on the band to put out a live record. Tracks on the album include classic singles such as Juvenile Delinquent, Let It Be Me and Suzy Wong and it was the final album put out by the band’s original line-up, with O’Gilvie, Trevor Seivwright and Derrick King all leaving before the release of their next album, Natural Reaction.

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Can my attorney abuse their power?

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Is the appointment of an attorney just a minefield and best avoided?

The simple answer is “no”, as long as your attorney is trustworthy and understands the breadth and scope of their powers. If they do, their appointment is likely to prove very beneficial. Clearly, the initial selection of a trustworthy attorney is key.

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Talking Pets with the Animal Health Centre What should I feed my pet?

I often get asked questions about pet food and is it any wonder?! The UK pet food industry was estimated at 2.5 billion pounds in 2017! There is so much on the market and it is confusing what to buy for your dog or cat. I hope this can help you choose.

Dog or cat?

This may seem obvious but it is really important to feed dog food to dogs and cat food to cats.

One of the main reasons for this is because cats cannot produce their own taurine amino acids and so need to get it from their food.

Age? Choose a diet suitable for your pet’s age. This is of the biggest importance when your pet is growing because you need to make sure they get the right balance of minerals.

The life stages can be split into weaning, junior (this period of time will depend on how big your dog is likely to grow and therefore giant breed dogs will be fed a puppy food for longer), adult, senior (7 years +).

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For cats, the senior life stage can be further split into two, based on activity levels. The senior diets typically are more easily digested, have lower levels of phosphorus to preserve

kidney function, amino acids to maintain ageing muscles, antioxidants, joint support and other extras to maintain brain health.

Dry or wet?

Just choosing one type, either dry or wet, helps you to feed the right amount. Weighing out dry food is helpful to prevent over feeding. Dry dental biscuits are good for keeping teeth clean.

If pets are picky it can help to add some water to dry biscuits if needed. In general, dry food is more cost effective because it contains less water.

Neutered?

Animals that have been neutered do not need as many calories an unneutered animal. For this reason, some brands offer neutered versions of adult diets. This helps to prevent obesity.

Breed?

I think this is particularly important for dogs because they come in so many shapes and sizes. Some brands produce breed specific pet food whereas others will offer more general categories like ‘giant dog’ or ‘small dog’. Choose the right size for your dog because the nutritional requirements vary for the different sized dogs.

Prescription diets?

As a vet, I will prescribe these to individual patients who require a specialist food. For instance, for kidney disease I will advise a renal diet or for pancreatitis a low fat gastrointestinal diet. There is evidence that these diets make a big difference to the management of an animal’s condition but should only be fed if prescribed.

Please come in and chat to us about diets so we can advise you on what to choose.

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The Downs in Autumn - Richard Bland Extreme events create testing times for all wildlife. We normally feel concerned about extremes of cold in winter, but the extremes of sunshine, temperature and lack of rainfall can be just as damaging.

This comment was written at the start of August, and it is too early to measure the long-term impact of the drought.

But it has been interesting watching the reaction of plants. Essentially they have gone into autumn mode earlier than usual. Many reduced the size of their flowers, or ended flowering early. This will have made life much harder than usual for all pollinators that can usually depend on a mass of new flowers through to the end of October. Some, such as Hawthorn and Blackberry, tried to ripen their fruit, but were frustrated by the lack of water to fill out berries.

Privet appears to have set almost no fruit at all. The leaves of some trees, including silver birch and silver maple, began to wilt and fall before the end of July, although as trees they can

generally tap into water well below the surface this was not very general. Some young trees have lost their leaves and may have died, although that depends on how much bud development has taken place. Dutch Elm Disease, which was at its worst in 1976, a hot summer that was neither as hot or as dry as this one, has begun to appear all over the place.

Autumn means harvest, and the size of the wild harvest is vital to the overwinter survival of many species of birds and mammals. On the Downs the key fruit come from beech, blackberry, elder, holly, holm oak, silver birch, whitebeam, and yew. Very few species appear to eat ash keys, conkers, or sycamore and Norway maple seeds.

Squirrels usually take all the hazelnuts early, and they also feast on the few walnuts.

Autumn also means colour. The slow switch from healthy green leaves to golden carpets of leaves over all surfaces

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The Downs in Autumn - Richard Bland is a variable event, the intensity of colour dependent on such factors as night time minimum temperatures, rainfall or lack of it, and wind strength. Every species has its own pattern of change and it is likely that this exceptional year will see a poor autumn for colour, and trees becoming bare earlier than usual.

I hope I’m wrong. The end of October is the traditional highlight.

Leaves do pose a problem as, given time, they will all have rotted away by April, but wet leaves on pavements and roads can create dangerously slippery surfaces. The Downs Ranger over the years has found a variety of nooks and crannies where tons of leaves can safely decay, but when resources are under pressure, as they are, reducing leaf clearance is a simple saving.

Autumn Public Events on the Downs September starts on Saturday 1 with the Rock Concert at Sea Walls, and The Bee Festival at the Botanic Garden on the 1st and 2nd. This annual event brings together bee-keepers, botanists, naturalists and artists.

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Don’t trust your eyes . . .

A visit to the University of Bristol Botanic Gardens, just off Stoke Hill, is always a joy, whatever the season, and as they’ve established themselves over the last decade or so they’ve become more interesting as the variety in the various planting areas has emerged.

Something else though has emerged over the last few weeks, a new feature at the garden that will appeal to those of a less horticultural persuasion and who might otherwise not venture into the verdant botanic world.

The Impossible Garden is a unique set of new experimental sculptures, by artist Luke Jerram, inspired by visual phenomena. The exhibition aims to enhance our understanding of vision and is open to the public at the University of Bristol Botanic Garden until the end of November.

As you explore the garden, you can track down, with the aid of a map, twelve fun, thoughtprovoking and visually stimulating art exhibits, designed to help promote understanding and stimulate debate about how visual impairments can affect our perception of the world around us. The unique idea of The Impossible Garden came about after Luke’s nine-month residency at the Bristol Eye Hospital and Bristol University’s Bristol Vision Institute, funded by the Leverhulme Trust. Luke applied for the residency together with Cathy Williams, a member of BVI and a Consultant in Paediatric Ophthalmology at Bristol Eye Hospital. Cathy hopes this exhibition will encourage greater public understanding about the many processes involved in “seeing”, because families tell her that lack of understanding is often a barrier to getting support for children with many kinds of visual impairment.

As part of the residency, Luke (well-known for the Museum of the Moon that exhibited in the Wills Memorial Building a couple of years back, the street pianos artwork “Play Me I’m Yours” and the giant waterslide down Park Street), worked with researchers from BVI, Bristol Eye Hospital, Botanic Garden and spent time with visually-impaired children to increase his knowledge of visual perception.

Luke Jerram said: “As someone who is redgreen colour blind, I’m fascinated by the processes of visual perception. Over the years, many of my artworks have explored the processes and limitations of vision. The Impossible Garden has allowed me to test new ideas and share my findings with the public.”

Professor David Bull, Director of Bristol Vision Institute, added: “The collaboration with Luke is a fantastic opportunity for us to explore the power of visual illusions. Understanding how they work can tell us a lot about the properties and limitations of our visual system.”

The exhibits will play with your mind in a fun way, so people of all ages will love ticking off the sculptures as you walk the grounds - which incidentally are looking fantastic at the moment. The Impossible Garden at the University of Bristol Botanic Garden is open to the public until Sunday 25 November from 10 am until 4.30 pm, 7-days-a-week, including bank holidays. Admission is £5.50 (includes 50p gift aid donation) and free to under 18s, Friends of the Garden, University of Bristol staff and ALL students. Organised groups of ten or more must book in advance.

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History Notes no. 129 - a singularly nasty man A few months ago I wrote about voluntary and involuntary residents of Bristol Castle including the great and the good and the not so good. This month I am going to have a look at one of the very definitely not so good – in fact I’m not sure if he had any redeeming features whatsoever. Those who read the previous article may remember his name, Lord Bartholomew de Badlesmere who had been appointed by King Edward the Second as Constable of Bristol Castle from 1312 – 1316.

During the last forty years, ever since I worked for a firm adjacent to Temple Church, I have been interested in, and researched, the history and presence of the Crusader Knights Templar, specifically those in Bristol.

As a result of this interest the author Michael Baigent became a member of our ‘Temple Local History Group’ and, through his researches, was able to positively identify the two ships of the Templars that were registered here. As a quid pro quo I also contributed to his book, ‘The Temple and the Lodge’. During these researches I came across Bartholomew de Badlesmere’s name and learnt about the problems he caused both the medieval township of Bristol and the Templars’ estate south of the river. Another of our members, Douglas Procter, also helped by producing this illustration of the Templar’s original round church with Bristol Castle in the distance.

Books on Bristol’s medieval history all refer to bad blood that existed between those in the township of Bristol and those south of the river in Redcliffe and Temple Fee, the latter being the estates of the crusading order of the Knights Templar. At one time there was a possibility that Redcliffe could even have overtaken Bristol in eminence. However one very attractive prize in Badlesmere’s sights was the lucrative Temple Fee because the land granted to the Templars came under the jurisdiction of his holiness the Pope, and neither the King nor his representatives held any sway there. Lord Badlesmere and his local crony William Randolph, by stirring up trouble, hoped to get control of the Templars’ port and trade without having to pay taxes on any proceeds to the King.

It was the system known as ‘Firma Burgi’ that enabled Badlesmere to take advantage of the situation. Royal Castles had constables, or castellans, appointed by the Monarch -

mainly to prevent unruly barons from taking strategic control of an area in their absence.

The castellan was granted a licence, the ‘Firma Burgi’, to harvest a town’s taxes for personal gain in exchange for a fixed payment to the Monarch. As one can envisage, the difference between a fixed payment to the monarch and however much the castellan could extract, or “mulct” from the town‘s inhabitants as a reward (or loyalty bribe) was open to abuse.

Lord Bartholomew de Badlesmere aided by his cronies led by Randolph exercised his power to the full.

In 1312 matters became so bad that Bristol’s Burgesses and their elected mayor petitioned King Edward II to deal with the depredations of conspirators because Randolph, under the protection of Badlesmere, set himself as an alternative Mayor. His group was known as the Castle Party or simply ‘The 14’. The dispute between the two factions resulted in open warfare and bombardment between the town and the castle. With supreme irony during that period of civil unrest someone said, “A town with two mayors will never prosper”.

During this period the ‘14’ also maintained their power by manipulation of juries and thuggery. Disquietingly during my research I realised that accounts of the insurrection and the deeds of the Oligarchy had been redacted from some accounts of Bristol’s history.

However what had been overlooked was that, because of Royal intervention, records also existed in the Rolls of Parliament held in the National Archives at Kew. Details of Badlesmere and Randolph’s skulduggery gleaned from both local and national records enabled me to make a reasonable guess as to their language and demeanour. These conjectured conversations, specifically in relationship to his harassment of the Templars, I have used in my historical novel about Bristol which spans the period from 1300s to 2013. “…over the business of the supposed thief Walter Page, I know The Mayor John Taverner will listen to reason as he understands that we are capable of dealing justly with Page and, if proven, will enforce the appropriate punishment – ourselves. I am just hoping that we can converse with him without any of Randolph’s men being present.” “Why?” “Because they will report straight back to the

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History Notes no. 129 - Julian Lea-Jones great Lord Bartholomew de Badlesmere”.

Setting off back to our Fee, Jack said, “That went as well as could be expected at least they accept that we have the right to try our own tenants.” One morning shortly after our visit to the mayor we heard a commotion outside and one of the sergeants hurried in to say that the Castle Constable had arrived and was loudly demanding that the thief be handed over. Sighing, our Knight in Charge, William Burton said, “Thank you Sergeant, bye the way, who is with him?” “About five, seem to be his usual men at arms and ruffians. I think I recognise one of them as one of William Randolph’s cronies who have been stirring up trouble against us in the town for months”. I remember expressing surprise, “A Lord coming in person to apprehend a common thief?” “It’s not the thief he wants, it’s our authority he wants to abrogate to himself”. “Good morning Lord Badlesmere, fine morning isn’t it.” “Good morning Sir William, I think that you know why I’m here. As the King’s representative in Bristol, I have here a writ of Habeas Corpus directing you to produce your Templar tenant Walter Page, and release him into my custody to stand trial.” “Lord Badlesmere. We have been through all this before, you know that neither your or the King’s jurisdiction holds sway here, neither does your writ of Habeas Corpus. You are on his Holiness the Pope’s land as your King well recognises, it’s a pity that you don’t!” “Under the ancient law of Utfangenthef I could have had him summarily executed as being in possession of the stolen goods.” “It is a shame Lord Badlesmere that your knowledge of the law is so sketchy. Your claim is wrong on two counts. Firstly, based on the reports of the witnesses he wasn’t at any time in possession of the goods and secondly

the application of Utfangenthef is limited to the Mayor and Sheriffs of the township. Castle Constable you may be but as the alleged incident did not take place within the precincts of Bristol Castle any punishment would be outside your jurisdiction. We have the man in custody and Sir John has already spoken to the Mayor of Bristol and gathered the evidence and witness statements on the basis of which we will try him and if he is guilty as you claim he will be punished.” The Constable stood in his stirrups, looked around and said, “Pah! What a few hours in your old pillory over there.

It’s so weak, it once fell over and killed a child; you had to pay Deodand for that as well.”

“No, if he is found guilty, he could be put to work on our galley that you can see over there at the dockside; we are always in need of fresh oarsmen.” Wheeling away and shouting back over his shoulder, “You haven’t heard the last of this. We will see what the King has to say!”

Moving forward to 1314, when all the Templars in France and England were arrested and those remaining in Bristol were taken to Bristol Castle. …finally we were gathered together and taken under the ignominy of armed escort across the bridge to Bristol Castle. Once there to our great relief we were taken not to the dreaded dungeon as expected, but told we would have separate chambers, but first we were to be taken before our arch enemy the obnoxious Castle Constable. In a gloating voice he addressed us, “At last, even the King finally recognises that your order is like lice on the back of the Kingdom.” Turning to Sir William Burton, he said, “Do you remember when you refused to accept my writ of habeas corpus?

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Well now perhaps you will have time to reflect upon the consequences of defying me. It seems to me that these chambers you are in are much too large for you, I will arrange for you to be placed in something more suited to your present status.”…

I knew that Badlesmere fell out of favour with King Edward over Hugh Despenser but thanks to historian Kathryn Warner, who has her own Edward the Second website (edwardthesecond.blogspot.com), we have more detail which provides a fitting

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endnote, if not for the Templars, but at least for Badlesmere. I believe the expression is ‘comeuppance time.’ It seems that Badlesmere was angry at the rise of Hugh Despenser, once his ally, but who had supplanted him in the king’s favour. As a result Badlesmere switched allegiance to the Marcher Lords and Edward had him arrested for his treachery. And for his robberies and homicides be hung drawn and quartered and his head placed over the town gate of Canterbury.

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203 Whiteladies Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2XT September. And here’s autumn again.

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The certainty of the calendar it seems isn’t matched by our weather or indeed our economy. In what should have been the quietest two months of our year (July- August) we have been selling and letting like crazy. We’re told the London market has flat-lined and yes admittedly, Bristol residential sales are down, but there is good demand.

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So it’s difficult to judge what will happen in the coming months. Brexit looms large and interest rates have risen. That said, here on the ground, I’m hopeful that in Bristol, if you’re looking to sell or let your property this autumn, you won’t have a problem.

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Coaching - Anne Miller Dare to hope During the World Cup I had a conversation about our hopes for the outcome and an interesting difference in approach became apparent. I reckon we broadly fall into two camps and I wonder which you fall into: Do you dare to hope and allow yourself to become excited with anticipation (the ‘excitable camp’) or do you take it as it comes, in an effort (subconscious or otherwise) to protect yourself from possible disappointment (the ‘protect yourself camp’)?

up new lines of thinking that prove valuable to us.

If you recognise that you are in the ‘excitable camp’ it may help to see why others didn’t join you and not simply dismissing them as miserable or disinterested, for example, might encourage you to reassess how excited you allow yourself to get about things. On reflection, would getting less excited and engaged with the prospect of success have made it easier to accept the outcome? Maybe you wouldn’t change anything or maybe there’s something to learn from the experience.

If you’re in the ‘protect yourself camp’, you might consider what fun you missed out on and how that balances out against any disappointment. Would the disappointment in the outcome have been any worse if you’d allowed yourself to get caught up in the excitement a little bit? Do you feel you missed out by not being involved in the excitement and would it be worth taking a risk in the next situation?

Most likely whichever approach you took (if you were even interested that is!) will be the same approach you take when it comes to other possibilities and opportunities in life. It’s not about one approach being right or wrong but it’s interesting to notice your preference for a number of reasons.

Identifying your own style helps you to notice others’ too and recognising these differences helps you to appreciate alternative points of view. This awareness makes communication easier and allows for more productive interactions When we accept there are other ways to look at things we can more openly consider adjusting our own thinking to be more useful and effective. It’s so easy to assume our way of thinking is the correct or only way and yet this is very limiting. A complete about-turn is not necessary- it may only take a tiny shift in the way we think to open

Opportunities and possibilities are everywhere if you are open to seeing them.

Finding a balance between excitement and protection against disappointment that works well for you requires trial and error: you won’t always get it ‘right’ but being aware of the impact of excitement and disappointment and making a conscious choice to stretch your comfort zone will allow you to make the best of your opportunities.

Visit www.annemillercoaching.co.uk for more informatiuon, and to book a free consultation telephone 07722 110 228

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The Friends of Redland Library On Thursday 13th September, 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 & Poetry” and our panel comprises: • Clive Birnie (Publisher, Burning Eye Books) • Miles Chambers (Bristol’s first Poet Laureate, performance poet, social commentator) • Richard Jones (Publisher, Tangent Books) • Dr Rebecca Kosick (Co-Director, Bristol Poetry Institute, University of Bristol) • Vanessa Kisuule (Current Bristol City Poet 2018-2020) Bristol has a vibrant poetry scene with

• nationally recognized poets coming from Bristol •••••••••••••••••••••••• On Thursday 27th September, the Friends of Redland Library are hosting a Meet The Author event, with guest Jane Duffus, author of the acclaimed “The Women Who Built Bristol”.

The venue is Redland Library and the event starts at 7pm, with doors opening at 6:45pm. Admission is £3 ( pay at the door ) .

Biography details for Jane Duffus can be found on her website www.janeduffus. com •••••••••••••••••••••••• Both these events are being organised

by The Friends of Redland Library. We are a voluntary group set up to support Redland Library, helping to sustain and improve its service, and also connecting it with the local and wider community.

Redland Library is situated on Whiteladies Road, close to Clifton Down train station.

Full details of this and future events can be found on our website www.FriendsOfRedlandLibrary.org.uk

• regular poetry events arranged by Hammer & Tongue, Raise The Bar, Milk Poetry and others • a number of venues hosting regular poetry events, including The Crofters Rights, Smoke & Mirrors, Watershed • the Bristol Poetry Institute being based at the University of Bristol • number of active publishers of poetry including Burning Eye Books and Small Press

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Quiz Time - answers on page 69 General Knowledge 1. Put these people in the order they were born, earliest first - Queen Victoria, Charles Darwin, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

2. Name the capital cities of Slovakia, Georgia and Armenia.

3. Can you identify the three organisations from the partial logos below?

4. Who is the Director General of the BBC? 5. Name the years these events happened - a) the UK bus industry was de-regulated, b) the Cuban missile crisis, and c) the Conservative / LibDem coalition took office.

6. Name the Russian President before Mikhail Gorbachev and the USA President before Ronald Reagan.

7. What was on the reverse side (i.e. opposite the Queen) on the last predecimal a) penny piece, b) halfpenny piece and c) farthing?

8. Name the three breeds of farm animal below (no points for sheep, horse and cow!)

9. If you suffered from “globophobia” what would you have a fear of?

10. UK consumers buy more per capita of what than any of their European

counterparts - Brussels sprouts, cider, or soft top cars?

Music 1. “The Man Who Sold The World” was a UK hit in 1974 - who wrote it and who performed it?

2. Who sang the theme songs to the following James Bond films - a) Goldeneye (1995), b) Licence to Kill (1989 and c) For Your Eyes Only (1981)?

3. Which famous instrumental work from 1973 featured heavily in the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony?

4. What connects the singers American singers Otis Redding, John Denver and Buddy Holly?

5. Name the lead singers of the following bands - a) Visage, b) The Script, and c) Hot Chocolate.

6. Name the albums from which the following singles came from, and who was the performer - a) “I Knew You Were Trouble” (2012), b) “All Of My Heart” (1982), and c) “Cloudbusting” (1985).

7. With what instruments do you associate a) Julian Lloyd-Webber, b) James Galway, and c) Ravi Shankar?

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Fantasy Football Competition OK, so it didn’t come home, and if we’re honest it wasn’t going to come home this time around was it? But it was fun dreaming as sometimes, just sometimes, dreams come true. Having supported my team largely through thin and thin I should know - getting to the Premier League was never a realistic thought on all those cold Tuesday mights on the terraces seeing us play Halifax Town, Aldershot and Darlington (yep, I’m that old).

But all of us can achieve the dream of footballing glory, without lacing up a boot or rupturing a cruciate ligament - simply by being the best Fantasy Football manager in BS9, 8 and 6.

your fantasy team will lose points. All of which can lead to that slightly uneasy situation when you detest Chelsea in real life but you are keen on them giving Wolves a real tonking because you have three Chelsea players in your team that weekend.

If you can put these divided loyalties aside then the fantasy game makes Saturday afternoons so much better. It is completeley free to take part in and it couldn’t be easier. I have registered our own little league called “BS6, 8 & 9 FPL” within the overall official Fantasy Premier League competition and they will do all the points calculation and admin.

To enter all you need to do is register your team (for free), select your squad and then each week manage it just as Pep Guardiola or Eddie Howe would. Buy players, sell players, choose your starting 11 and formation each weekend, turn your hairdryer towards the TV screen at halftime on a Saturday afternoon - and enjoy.

To enter all you need to do is visit the Fantasy Premier League website at fantasy. premierleague.com (so no www.) and follow the simple instructions on registering and getting started. Once you have done so you will be given the opportunity to join a league, and to take part in the “BS6, 8 & 9 FPL” you will need the following joining code

2159597-496926

If you’ve not played before then the concept is pretty straightforward. You are the manager of a make-believe Fantasy League football team, and you start the season assembling a squad of players from the actual Premier League teams, with a budget of £100m. Then each week you select your first eleven to play a match against one of your Fantasy League opponents, the result of which is determined by how well your respective chosen players actually perform in their real games that weekend.

So if for example you have chosen Liverpool’s Mo Salah in your team and he scores a hat-trick in real-life that weekend then your fantasy team gets shed loads of points. Pick a Cardiff City defender and he has a nightmare in reality and

Although the real Premier League season has already started (with Gameweek 1) I have set up this competition to start in Gameweek 6, 26th September, to give as many readers as possible the chance to register after their summer hols.

Any problems at all do please get in touch with me (andy@bcmagazines.co.uk or 07845 986650) and I’ll talk you through things.

To make things a little more competitive then there is a mystery football-related prize for the overall winner of the league at the end of the season.

Have fun, enjoy picking your team and remember - the Fantasy Football transfer window is always open!

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Hilary Barber’s Top Gardening Tips Still limited rain and so I hope that your gardens have survived the summer. I’m hoping that by the time you receive these tips, that we have had some rain!

1. Start to plant spring-flowering bulbs such as crocus, daffodils and hyacinths.

9. Once the vegetable plot has been cleared, you can sow green manure to improve the fertility of the soil. (Dig in the green manure with a sharp spade in spring) See http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/ Profile.aspx?PID=373 10. Plant out spring flowering biennials including wallflowers and forget me nots in their flowering positions to give them time to establish before winter 11 Continue to remove weeds so that they do not shed seeds which will remain in the soil over the winter

2. Check the shed roof. It may be the last chance to repair any holes or tears before the winter

12. Finally, whilst the ground is still warm, this is a good month to plant shrubs and perennials to establish before winter and to give them a good head start before next year.

Happy gardening!

3. Give the lawn a good spiking! Ideal for helping drainage in the months ahead, especially as the ground is dry Also this is the month for scarification to remove thatch and then applying a high phosphate feed to strengthen grass roots 4. Dig up remaining potatoes before slug damage spoils them 5. Net ponds before leaf fall gets underway 6. Divide herbaceous perennials - dig up congested clumps, and split, discarding the old centre. Replant, feed and water and you will have improved flowering next year (If you have more than one clump, repetition around the garden works well or swap with gardener friends) 7. Harvest apples, pears, plums and autumn raspberries 8. Sow parsley and chervil and spinach, for a winter crop (Parsley and chervil will also crop into next year) page 46

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Welcoming the Bristol Ensemble in their first concert as Redmaids’ High School’s Orchestra in Residence

Nicola Benedetti

& Bristol Ensemble in Concert Conductor: Leonard

Elschenbroich

Programme Includes: Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto, Beethoven - Symphony No 7 and Maria Walpurgis - Talestri, Regina delle Amazzoni: Sinfonia

Thursday 11 October, 7.30pm Redland Hall, Redmaids’ High School, BS9 3AW

Tickets: £30 Available from Monday 23 July, 9am at ticketsource.co.uk

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Music - present, past & future Album of the Month Hive Mind by The Internet (Columbia) Having made three excellent albums, The Internet decided to work on solo projects once duties connected to 2015’s Ego Death were over.

Fans of a band who could seamlessly blend jazz, R&B and hip hop were worried; how many groups reform after such a hiatus. That the band’s singer Syd released such an impressive solo record with Fin just meant the death knell rang even louder.

But now here we are. A new record with a title that perfectly reflects the contents within.

It’s as if going away and working on their own material has allowed them to regroup and refine that defining sound. From start to finish, Hive Mind is a focussed effort which proves that, despite their considerable talents as individuals, their whole really is greater than the sum of their parts.

A rippling bass and soulful guitar introduces the album’s opener, Come Together. It’s a gentle start, perfectly balanced with Syd’s tender vocals. Guitarist Steve Lacy then takes over vocal duties on the funkier Roll (Burbank Funk), leading on to the stripped back rhythms of Come Over. Within the space of three inventive tracks they’ve reminded everyone of just what they can do.

The album’s masterpiece is the split track, Next Time/ Humble Pie. It’s the elevator pitch that will win them new admirers and the clear proof that breaking up this band for good would have been a musical calamity. Syd’s sultry vocals are dropped over a Neptunesesque beat before the song morphs into a drum and bass slow jam. Such command over multiple genres would be impressive across the breadth of an entire album, to manage it in just one song is almost unfathomable.

for a comeback album from The Internet, but such was the gap between the Queens, New York hip hop outfit’s 1998 release The Love Movement and their final record We Got It From Here…

Guest spots from Jack White, Elton John, Busta Rhymes and Kendrick Lamar demonstrated just how far appreciation for the group had spread in the intervening years.

Tracks like Solid Wall of Sound, Ego and Enough!! sounded fresher than anything else which dropped that year.

How easy it is to fall back into the groove after almost two decades apart is impossible to say, but the evidence suggested it was the most natural thing in the world.

It’s an album which has taken on even greater significance due to Phife Dawg, a key member of the group, passing away during its recording. His tragic death was felt most heavily on the track Lost Somebody, but it did not overshadow the album as a whole.

Instead, Q-Tip and company delivered a classic rap album that remained a permanent reminder of what made them such a vital part of the genre’s development.

Gig of the Month A Future for British Music – NMSW & Young Composer’s Academy @ St George’s Sunday 23rd September

Next Step We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service by A Tribe Called Quest (Epic)

Inventiveness and innovation are components shared by The Internet and Tribe Called Quest. Anyone who loves such traits in their music should head to St George’s this month where the Bristol Ensemble will be performing great new music by the region’s best young composers and music specially commissioned to celebrate the life and work of Martin Luther King on the 50th anniversary of his assassination. John Pickard will be the conductor on this night not to be missed.

Thankfully we didn’t have to wait 18 years

Duncan Haskell

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Good Reads - recommendations from Bruce Fellows CK Stead’s intelligent novel, The Necessary Angel, has Max, a literary academic from New Zealand, living in Paris, and enjoying an unusual relationship with his estranged wife, another academic from a rich family. Max is in love with a younger colleague who lives with a German theatre director. Into this swirl of relationships comes Helen, an English student who has been captivated by a poem Max published many years before. When a painting disappears, everyone is affected.

Stead writes with fierce precision and can pin down ideas and relationships in just a few words. This is a fine novel about literature and love; and Paris.

Hurricane Sandy has hit New Jersey but Frank Bascombe, hero of several of Richard Ford’s novels, hasn’t suffered, as we learn in Let Me Be Frank with You, an engaging, funny and always entertaining novel.

Just before Christmas Frank gets a call from Arnie who wants real estate advice on the house he bought from Frank, now a splintered wreck on the shore; a black woman calls to look round Frank’s house, she grew up there; he visits his ex-wife; then a man he knew a little, way back. Secrets are revealed but Frank has his own sorrow to match the others. A great read.

Woman’s Hour commemorates the seventy years of the programme’s existence with selections from the many, many interviews given to it by prominent women. Joanna Lumley, national treasure, so normal and wise; Nancy Astor, the first woman MP, her husband’s wealth was one of his attractions for her; JK Rowling, it’s useful to fail. Arranged in sections – Motherhood and Children, Friendship, the Workplace and ten others, every page is an eye opener: ‘I’m a soft and loving mother’, Bette Davis; ‘I can still do 150 sit ups’, Joan Collins; ‘The biscuit tin shouldn’t be handy’, Mary Berry. A fascinating read and very difficult to put down.

In his riveting novel A Weekend in New York Benjamin Markovits tells us what happens when Paul’s family visit him, as usual, for the start of the US Open Tennis Championship. He’s a professional player but always goes out in the early stages. Paul, his brother, two sisters, mother, father and wife meet and interact. Nothing terrible happens, there are no infidelities; it’s a happy family, yet their thoughts make clear the tensions that bubble beneath the surface and might erupt.

This is a spot on study of three generations (the siblings bring their children, too) that makes the result of Paul’s first match unimportant.

Patricia Highsmith sets her unusual thriller, A Suspension of Murder, in Suffolk. Sydney, a struggling writer, and his artist wife, Alicia, live in a cottage on the road to Ipswich. With a friend, Sydney is trying to get a TV series on the air; Alicia paints strange pictures. Mrs Lilybanks moves in next door and Sydney and Alicia cease to get on. Alicia disappears.

So does an old carpet. Sydney is an obvious suspect. But is a he a murderer as well as a creator of murder stories? What is going on? It’s quirky, gripping and full of suspense. You won’t read better than this.

Bruce Fellows - August 2018 page 50

Liz Highams at AMD Solicitors discusses the recent Pimlico Plumbers Case Supreme Court ruling confirms selfemployed plumber was a worker The Supreme Court recently delivered its ruling on the Pimlico Plumbers case, a case which has attracted media attention in recent years, regarding workers’ rights.

The Supreme Court has held that a plumber who, despite his contract labelling him as an independent contractor of Pimlico Plumbers (PP), was, in fact, a ‘worker’ therefore entitling him to various employment rights such as holiday pay and protection from unlawful deductions from wages.

Facts of the case PP engaged Mr Smith between 2005 and 2011 but his position was terminated approximately four months after Mr Smith suffered a heart attack as he was unable to work the hours he was contracted to do. His termination led Mr Smith to issue proceedings in the employment tribunal claiming entitlement to a number of employment rights.

Decision The court had to determine Mr Smith’s employment status. Despite finding that Mr Smith was registered for VAT,

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submitted invoices to PP, filed tax returns on the basis that he was self-employed, and was under no obligation to accept work, the Supreme Court upheld the judgment of the employment tribunal that he was a worker. Significant factors in its decision included: • While Mr Smith had the right to substitute work in his contract, the court regarded this right as so insignificant as to not be worthy of recognition. Although Mr Smith could swap work, the substitute had to be a plumber of PP and was bound to PP by an identical suite of heavy obligations.

• PP exercised a great degree of control over Mr Smith which is inconsistent with being truly ‘self-employed’. The court highlighted that Mr Smith had to drive a PP branded van (which had a tracker in it), wear a PP uniform and carry an identity card. He was also subject to restrictive covenants which prevented him from being a plumber for three months following termination.

Reflections Although this is a Supreme Court decision, it does not provide much further legal clarity in determining employment status. As is often the case in worker status claims, the decision is highly factspecific and each case will ultimately have to be decided on its facts.

Nevertheless, it does highlight the continued importance of contractual terms seen in the context of the reality of the parties’ working practices.

Worker status is also a hot topic so this decision is likely to be of concern for “gig economy” employers.

Our experienced employment team at AMD solicitors are always delighted to hear from Companies or Employees regarding changes to employment laws. To speak to our Employment Solicitors in Bristol and to find out more call 0117 923 5562 or email Chris Brown or Liz Highams.

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At the Cinema - Chris Worthington Leave No Trace Directed by Debra Granik Certificate PG at the Watershed

with her or with their relationship. However it is illegal to live in the national park so an alternative has to be found.

In Leave No Trace Director Debra Granik makes a welcome return to the fringes of contemporary American society following the excellent Winters Bone (2010) where the setting was cooking up crack cocaine in the backwoods of the Appalachian mountains This time round the film starts with PTSD afflicted veteran Will (Ben Foster) camping out in a national park with his fourteen year old daughter Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie).

The solution is to place Will and Tom on a farm where the owner, Mr Walters, grows Christmas trees. At first he appears to be kind and willing to help but in reality it is a work camp with cheap labour. They have their own apartment but find it hard to adapt. The apartment comes with conditions attached including hard work on the farm, attending church on Sunday (complete with a ludicrous veiled dance by elderly members of the congregation) and Tom enrolling to attend school.

They survive by gathering food from the forest and growing plants in a small garden.

To supplement this once a month they cross the bridge over the freeway to the nearest shopping mall where they buy supplies with Will’s welfare cheque. Despite the discomfort and privation of the camp they have no wish to return to a normal life and live in constant fear of being discovered. They have rehearsed an escape route to hide in the forest but the day eventually arrives when they are tracked down by the police and handed over to social services. They are forced to live separately in hostels.

The social workers are kind and well meaning but what is on offer is completely at odds with what Will and Tom want to do, which is to return their life in the forest. Tom is closely questioned about her relationship with her father including “inappropriate touching” , and Will is subjected to a test administered by a computer consisting of 435 questions to assess his psychological condition. He cannot do the test because of his PTSD. The social workers reluctantly admit that having been taught by her father Tom is ahead of the average educational attainment for a girl of her age. They cannot find anything wrong

After a few weeks Will has had enough. They pack their rucksacks and head off travelling first by train in a box car and then by hitch hiking. Their last ride drops them off to walk into the forest. They barely survive the first night of rain and cold but then stay in a derelict cabin where there is the unspoken threat of the hill billy owners turning up to reclaim their home or worse. Will sets off to get food, takes a fall crossing a stream and breaks his leg.

They are rescued by people living in a trailer park who have also chosen to live outside of the mainstream of American society. Sadly Will cannot adapt to this lifestyle either and when his leg has healed he departs to live the life of a hobo leaving Tom to her new life in the trailer park.

Leave No Trace is a somewhat disturbing account of America as it is now. Last year I went to America for the first time since a grand tour by Greyhound bus in 1972. A great deal has changed in that time.

Ben Foster is building an impressive film career including 3:10 to Yuma (2007) and Hell or High Water (2016).

Leave No Trace is a major breakthrough for Thomasin Harcourt – McKenzie who is only eighteen. She is from New Zealand and her previous parts included Astrid in The Hobbit. There is likely to be much more to come. chrisworthington32@yahoo.com

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Specialising in treating soft tissues – muscles, tendons and ligaments.

This is achieved through massage, which helps to identify overuse and underuse of muscles. If not treated, this can cause imbalances within the body which can cause one to suffer with aches and pains of back, neck, shoulders, etc and even wear and tear within joints.

Along with massage, stretches and rehabilitation exercises are given to clients, which will help to prevent the return of symptoms.

This treatment is for everyone, of any age.

Don’t miss this great afternoon of family-friendly fun!

Chandos Road Festival returns for its 5th year!

Sunday September 23rd 12midday till 6pm Chandos Road, Redland,

Sessions available at Bristol Natural Health Service, 407 Gloucester Rd, BS7 8TS

Chandos Traders and Neighbourhood Associations welcome everyone to join us for an afternoon of music and family-friendly fun.

Core Stability and Correct Posture Alignment class at Gloucester Road Fitness Gym, BS7 8PD. Wednesdays, 9.45–10.45am.

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Featuring 3 stages with live bands, choirs and entertainment, lots of stalls, bric-a-brac, street food for all tastes, yummy ice cream, childrens activities and entertainment and loads more.

What better way to round off the summer holidays!?

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What’s On & Community News 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.

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 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.

It’s Your Ceili - Fun barn dance party for all. Dances walked through first, then called with live music from the Highly Strung Band. Friday 7th September, Friday 2nd November. 7.30pm to 10.30pm. St. Alban’s Church Hall, Westbury Park. All profit to Bristol charities - see website for details. Licensed cash bar, pasties + cookies sold at break. Tickets £10 prebook at www.ticketline.co.uk or pay on door. Enquiries - Jill Elliot 01275 847 909. www.highlystrungcommunityband.co.uk

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 starts 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.

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.

Henleaze Singing for the Brain Group meets in the Bradbury Hall on Waterford Road, on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Thursday

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Adult Learning at Stoke Lodge The new prospectus is out!. Bristol City Council has launched its latest course guide to encourage adults of any age or ability to learn something new. With over 550 courses on offer at Stoke Lodge, Bristol is building on its status as a Learning City by providing a broad range of courses which cover many different interests, hobbies and skills.

Using the new guide, available online or as a printed copy, participants can explore the wide range of courses on offer, from art to public speaking and cookery to languages. There’s something for everyone and the benefits of taking part can be far-reaching. Research has shown there is an association between increased levels of learning and reductions in selfreported depression and GP visits, along with other improvements in health and life satisfaction.

Helping us to meet people, socialise and share the fun of learning together whilst taking on courses which will challenge and inspire. As part of the wider Bristol Learning City initiative to encourage and promote learning, I am really proud of the role Bristol City Council is playing in providing and developing lifelong learning opportunities for residents.”

Jenny Wilkes, Data and Communications Officer at Bristol City Council, who is based part time at Stoke Lodge, is particularly excited by the new cookery course options. “We are delighted to be able to offer an expanded and exciting new range of courses from our newly refurbished Stoke Lodge Kitchen. Some of our courses are a mixture of hands on and demonstration and some are fully hands on. Groups are small (we are a beautiful but compact space!) and this year we have 3 new cookery tutors offering courses exploring GM free cookery, Pastry techniques, Brunch ideas as well as a course focusing on ageing well – health and nutrition” This year Stoke Lodge is also available for private hire for birthday parties and baby showers through to team building days, with a range of activities available to make for memorable events.

Councillor Anna Keen, Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, said: “In my role I get to see the impact of a whole range of learning activities across the city. Many people choose a course to develop particular skills and knowledge, but we also know that being part of group learning activities can play a significant role in our mental health and wellbeing.

Adult learning courses include short workshops to longer programmes of study or intensive courses and costs start from £13.

For more information please visit www. bristolcourses.com. Participants can enrol online, by phone or by dropping into Stoke Lodge (on Shirehampton Road, BS9 1BN) and the Autumn term starts on Monday 10 September.

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What’s On & Community News afternoons each month from 2.00 to 3.45.

We start the session with refreshments and general socializing before singing.

We have song books, and sing all sorts including songs from the musicals, wellknown golden oldies and folk songs, and are accompanied on the piano. If you would like to attend a session, please contact Alzheimer’s Society local office in Bristol at bristol@alzheimers.org.uk or 0117 961 0693.

Saturday 15th September - Bristol Male Voice Choir concert featuring solo flautist Rachel Misson. At Westbury on Trym Methodist Church, 7 for 7.30pm.

Tickets, £10.00, available from Kate (0117 4010646) or on the door. All profits to be split between St Peters Hospice new building project and Westbury on Trym Methodist Church.

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.

Sunday September 23rd 7.30pm Saints & Sinners. An entertaining evening of medieval and Renaissance music – sublime and celestial for the Saints, sordid for the sinners! Sung by Nova, Bristol’s specialist early music vocal ensemble in the stunning acoustic of All Saints, Pembroke Road Clifton. BS8 3ED. Music by Peter Abelard, Alfonso X, Victoria, Lassus, Byrd, Clemens and others. Programmes £8 (students £5) at the door.

Bristol-based Opera in a Box will be reviving local composer Eric Wetherell’s

A Foreign Field at The Redgrave Theatre, Clifton, from 10-13 October. Set during the Great War, the lyrical opera tells the story of three soldiers who find love and betrayal when caught behind enemy lines. A Foreign Field, an easy-to-listento opera with music by Eric Wetherell and lyrics by Elizabeth Major, is based on Ben Macintyre’s true story of hopeless love and betrayal during the Great War. It centres around Robert, a British soldier, and Claire, a French villager who quickly fall in love, much to the horror of her family and the whole village. Opera in a Box’s production of A Foreign Field is at The Redgrave Theatre, Clifton, on October 10, 11, 12 and 13 at 7.30pm. Tickets are £15 (£5 students), available from 0117 315 7800 & www.operainabox.com 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 Friends of Welsh National Opera and all visitors are welcome at Redmaids High School on Wednesday 19th September at 7.15pm for an evening with the WNO Artistic Director David Pountney who will talk about and illustrate examples of his production of Prokofiev’s War & Peace.

Tickets at the door - Friends £5, guests £7.

For further information contact Margaret Borkowski at borkmail@googlemail.com Bristol Male Voice Choir invites new

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What’s On & Community News 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 9.15 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.

People of Note community choir is looking for new members, especially altos. We are 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!

Exhibitions, Markets and Meetings Tyndale Baptist Church, Whiteladies Road, celebrates 150th anniversary of Opening. Come to the Open Day, Saturday 22nd September 10am - 1pm, lots going on outside on the forecourt, or tour the building and exhibition inside.

Refreshments and live music. Service of Thanksgiving on Sunday 23rd 10.30am.

All welcome. Also, events on Wednesday evenings 7.30pm from now ‹til April 2019.

Details of all 150th Anniversary events on the website www.tyndalebaptist.co.uk,

notice boards or 973 7747.

Coffee Morning in aid of MacMillan Nurses on Friday 28th September from 10 am to 12 noon in Henbury Village Hall, with home made cakes and raffle. No charge – donations only.

Antique Vintage & Collectables Fair, Ashton Court Mansion, Long Ashton, Sunday 30th September - 10am-3.30pm.

40 stalls inside Georgian lounges and grand music hall. Fine jewellery, china, furniture, memorabilia, pictures, retro items, vintage, clothing plus lots more.

Café with afternoon cream teas - £2.00 entry under 16s free. Mansion Car park Kennel Lodge Entrance via Portishead Rd (A369).

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 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. New term starts 9th September.

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!

Karate classes on Thursday evenings at David Lloyd Westbury on Trym (no

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What’s On & Community News 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.

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.

Morris Dancing - 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.

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 any Monday between 4 and 6 (weather permitting) or by arrangement - contact Jean or Gerry 0117 962 4466. We are a friendly, sociable club with Mens and Ladies league teams and a calendar of friendly mixed matches. We are offering half price membership for the first year.

For further details : redlandgreenbowls. webs.com.

Hydrotherapy Exercise Sessions – A group exercise in Southmead Hospital’s

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What’s On & Community News 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 1215 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 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 and details / invite to join the free events that are held on the Reserve. For more 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 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.

Henleaze Garden Club meets on the first Wednesday of each month in the main hall at St Monica’s, Cote Lane, with a summer break when the club arranges coach trips.

We have expert speakers, a quarterly newsletter, and a great Christmas event.

Annual membership is £20 plus £1 per visit, visitors are most welcome at £5 per visit. Contact Brian Dury 0117 9621227 or visit www.henleazegardenclub.co.uk.

Volunteering and Charities Volunteers to teach adults to read with Read Easy. This National Charity is looking for people to become reading coaches. We use a scheme that has been specially designed to be delivered by people who are not trained teachers.

After an initial day of training our Coordinator will pair you with an adult reader and ask you to deliver two half hour sessions for most weeks of the year.

The timings for the sessions and the venue will be decided by you and the reader to be mutually convenient. For more info visit www.readeasy.org.uk or contact our Coordinator by email: bristol@readeasy. org.uk or ring 07941 078332.

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.

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What’s On & Community News 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 Do you, or someone you know, need support following a relationship breakdown? Over the past 20 years Aquila has helped many people learn to cope and

rebuild their lives following separation or divorce. Our next 7-week self-help course starts on Monday 1st October in Henleaze, Bristol. The course is facilitated by a group of men and women who have all experienced broken relationships or divorce. If you would like to know more call Gill on 07807 058479, email bristol@ hope-after-heartbreak.co.uk or visit www.hope-after-heartbreak.co.uk or our Facebook page www.facebook.com/ hopeafterheartbreak.

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.

The Bristol Support Group of the National Osteoporosis Society is a local group for those diagnosed with osteoporosis, their families and friends interested in the condition and for those at risk. Meetings take place at the Methodist Church Hall, Westbury on Trym, BS9 3AA. At the next meeting on Monday 3rd September from 1.45pm till 3.45pm. Steve Greenhaigh, BANES safety officer, will be explaining how over 60s can be driving safer for longer. Everyone is welcome.

“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.

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What makes happy children happy adults?

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What’s On & Community News uk or phone us on 07971 427 766, and come along to one of our Thursday Club nights.

Senior Film Club, every third Monday in the month, at 2pm in St Peter’s Hall, The Drive, Henleaze, BS9 4LD. Refreshments: £3.00 Easy access, carers welcome.

On Monday 17th September at 2pm our film will be Hampstead (cert. 12A) starring Diane Keaton, James Norton and Brendan Gleeson. Hampstead is a 2017 British drama film directed by Joel Hopkins and written by Robert Festinger.

It is based on the life of Harry Hallowes who successfully claimed ownership of a half-acre plot on Hampstead Heath, to stop developers destroying his home.

For more information please ring Home Instead Senior Care - 0117 989 8210.

Henleaze (evening) Townswomen’s Guild meets at 7.15 on the first Wednesday of the month in St Peter’s Church Hall, The Drive, Henleaze, BS9 4LD. Interesting speakers present a variety of topics.

Visitors are very welcome. Groups that meet between our monthly meetings include: arts and crafts group, music club, book club, discussion group, gardening club, bridge club and a lunch club. We have twice yearly outings and a holiday group. Contact Shirley on 0117 962 2243 for further information.

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 57.

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 activies 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.

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What’s On & Community News Henleaze (Morning) Townswomen’s Guild meets from 10.00 – 12.00. on the third Thursday of every month at The Eastfield Inn, Henleaze Road. New members and visitors are most welcome.

Further information can be obtained from Elaine Anderson on 0117 907 5279.

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.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 semiretired 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.

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

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Opportunities for young singers to the experience.” sing with Bristol Choral Society The Choral Society has 2 schemes in operation to encourage younger singers to enjoy singing with one of the leading choirs in the South West and to perform with professional orchestras. Below are some of the current “Apprentices” with our dynamic Music Director, Hilary Campbell.

Apprentices are aged 14-18, join the choir at no cost and with no auditions. They are provided with mentors who ensure that they are helped as they learn the music.

Read more on our website or pop along to a rehearsal on Wednesdays 7.15 – 9.30 pm at Trinity Henleaze URC, just letting the member who looks after apprentices that you are coming so that we can provide music for you. apprentices@bristolchoral. co.uk. In the words of one apprentice ““Go for it! You can only decide if you enjoy it if you try at least one concert for

The scholarship scheme is ideal for aspiring professional singers wishing to develop their choral singing and sightreading and as a means of broadening repertoire knowledge. Scholarships run from October until mid-June and are worth £680.

The scholars (below) completed their time with us at our June concert in Bristol Cathedral and we are now recruiting for replacements. Details on our website at www.bristolchoral.co.uk/choral-scholars/

As Ben Gutsell (far right) says “Bristol Choral Scholars with the wonderful Hilary Campbell! Thank you for being a fantastic mentor for the past two years!

Last night’s concert at the Cathedral was a great way to round it off!”

Quiz Answers from page 42 General Knowledge 1. Brunel (1806), Darwin (1809), Victoria (1819); 2. Bratislava, Tbilisi and Yerevan; 3.

Walls Ice Cream, Toblerone, Mini; 4. Tony Hall; 5.a) 1986, b) 1962, c) 2010; 6. Konstantin Chernenko and Jimmy Carter; 7.a) Britannia, b) the Golden Hind, c) a wren; 8. Herdwick sheep, Clydesdale heavy horse,and Charolais cow.

Music 1. Lulu sang David Bowie’s song; 2.a) Tina Turner, b) Gladys Knight, c) Sheena Easton; 3. Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells; 4. they all died in plane crashes; 5.a) Steve Strange, b) Danny O’Donaghue, c) Errol Brown; 6.a) “Red” by Taylor Swift, b) “Lexicon of Love” by ABC, c) “Hounds of Love” by Kate Bush; 8.a) cello, b) flute, c) sitar. page 69

What’s On & Community News we welcome new members. Lectures are given monthly on a wide range of subjects by specialists in their field. On 11 September the subject is Promenade des Anglais - Nice Artists. On 9 October the subject is Art UK: Uncovering the Nation’s Hidden Oil Paintings. Lectures are held at 8pm at Redmaids› High School, Westburyon-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.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 Sept 13th, lan Freke - J Fry & Sons: a rough guide to the family and the firm; Thurs Oct 11th, Clive Burlton - the Making of the Modern Matthew; 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. Non-members £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 & Sneyd Park Local History Group welcomes all to a series of talks at the Stoke Bishop Village Hall, 42 Stoke Hill, BS9 1EX. Talks start at 7.30pm and anyone interested in local history is welcome.

Membership is just £6 p/a and visitors pay just £3 a meeting. Our next meeting is on Friday 7th September when Ian Beatie will

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What’s On & Community News be talking to us about The noble history of Sneyd Park & Stone Bishop. For more details please visit www.stokebishop. org.uk/local_history_group, call 0117 968 6010 or email sblocalhistory@gmail. com. Please do also contact us if you are clearing out documents and pictures of Stoke Bishop!

Friendly Bridge SW meets in Stoke Bishop Village Hall every Monday evening at 7:15. New players welcome, and you can come without a partner. Also available are bridge lessons for complete beginners or more experienced players.

Contact Gareth on 07921 788 605, email friendlybridgesw@gmail.com or visit friendlybridgesw.org.uk.

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

Acronym Quiz answers from page 35 1. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office; 2. Social Democratic Party; 3. Internet Movie Database; 4. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; 5. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; 6. President of The United States; 7. Anti-lock Braking Sysyem; 8. Diesel Engined Road Vehicle; 9. Electronic Facial Identification Technique; 10. SOund Navigation And Ranging; 11. Bring Your Own; 12. Blind Carbon Copy; 13. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender; 14. Good Sense of Humour; 15. Revolutions Per Minute.

Childrens Puzzle answers from page 34 A is Palau, B is Uganda, C is the USA, D is South Africa, E is Turkey, F is Macedonia, G is Estonia, H is Spain and I is the United Kingdom page 72

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Index of Advertisers Accounts & Bookkeeping

William Price & Co

Appliance Repairs

AASP Domestics

Auctions & Sales

Clevedon Salerooms Ltd

Bathrooms & Wetrooms

Bathroom Perfection Bristol Paul Whittaker Bathrooms & Wetrooms

Blinds & Shutters

UK Blinds Direct

Bowls Clubs

Bristol Indoor Bowls Club

Building Services

A & S Property Services Garcia Building Services

Cleaning Services

Green Man Home Gleamers Oven Gleamers

Computer Services

FAB ‐ IT Rescue

Counselling

Aquila Bristol

Cycle Services

Boing Bicycles

Electrical Services

Daley Electrical Services Ltd Redland Electrical Services

Estate & Letting Agents

CJ Hole Clifton

Estate Agents

Richard Harding

Fencing

EC Fencing

Financial Advice

Kingdom Mortgages Ltd

Fitness Training

Clifton College Services

Furniture

The Bristol Bookcase Company

Garage Services

Autotec Bristol

Garden Maintenance

Blossom Garden Services Declan McManus

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Home Care Services

Home Instead Premier Homecare St Monica Trust St Monica Trust

Hypnotherapy

Philip Purser

Jewellery & Gifts

Kemps Jewellers

Massage

Heather Drewe Keon Williams

Painting & Decorating

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Peter Wyatt Sarah's Decorating Services Stephen Carter

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The Dog Shop

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Pet Grooming Plastering

A & P Plastering (BS6) JSH Plastering McCall Plastering

Plumbing

Threesixty Services Ltd

Proof Reading

Anna Baker Proofreading

Record Collecting

Jamie Reid‐Sinclair

Schools

North Bristol Post 16 Centre QEH Sidcot School

Solicitors

AMD Solicitors Corfield Solicitors Veale Wasbrough Vizards

Trophies & Engraving

KP Badges & Trophies

TV Aerials

H and P Aerials

Waste & Rubbish

Alex Lapworth

Windows & Doors

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