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Hi there, and welcome to another issue. Painter & Decorator It’s a lovely morning, a few balloons are 40 years experience up, and I am looking out onto the garden Domestic & Commercial - which if I’m honest is looking a little “late No job too large or too small in the season”. I’ll probably get the mower Specialist wallpapering out later, but if I do as suggested in a book Free estimates & friendly advice I’m currently reading, I should really leave it. Fully insured and reliable It’s about “rewilding”, a trendy new activity BS6 & BS8 references available that, like many modern things, I haven’t Tel. 07950 496039 or 01934 625782 really grasped yet. Hence the start of a 10% Discount for NHS staff new series of articles called “21st Century Mysteries” that kicks off this month with an attempt to explain cryptocurrencies. So Peter 18/05/2020 next month we may look in more detail atWyatt 2020 rev 1.indd 1 “rewilding”, which to me sounds a bit like “just let nature take over”. And which might be the perfect solution for anyone who likes to sit in, but not work in, their garden.

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DEFIBRILLATOR LOCATIONS Recent events at the Euros, with the collapse (and thankful recovery) of Denmark’s Christian Eriksen, and subsequent documentary by fellow footballer Fabrice Muamba, reminded us all of the importance of swift action in the event of someone suffering cardiac/heart problems. Thankfully with this heightened awareness has come the presence of a number of Automated External Defibrillators, or AED’s in prominent locations in our area. This is in no small way due to the enthusiasm and fundraising persistence of former first responder Simon Brookes, who has

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↗ Bristol Chiropractic, 2 Kellaway Avenue, Redland, BS6 7XR (in the main rank of shops) what3words loc’n swept.salsa.reap

been fundamental in this raising of awareness. Detailed below are the locations of the defibrillators accessible 24/7 that I am aware of in this area, together with the “what3words” locations for them (which make them much easier to find in an emergency if you have the what3words app on your smartphone). Please if you can take a photo of these pages on your phone and save it for emergency use, or cut the pages out and keep them for reference. Please do let me know if I have missed any.

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The White Lion Passage Road, Westbury on Trym, BS9 3HN (in the pub car park) what3words loc’n scale.miles.petty

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The creators of what3words have divided the world into 3m squares and given each square a unique combination of three words. what3words addresses are easy to say and share, are as accurate as GPS coordinates, and are now being used by most UK emergency services as a location tool. Get the app!

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Max Minervas Bookshop, North View, Westbury Park, BS6 7PY what3words loc’n - edgy.slap.invite

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Bristol Prison Site, 248 Gloucester Road, Horfield, BS7 8NZ between Cambridge Rd and Longmead Ave what3words loc’n - moving.spoon.folds

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VIEW FROM THE LORD MAYOR’S PARLOUR We enjoyed a visit to the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity’s base in Almondsbury. We saw their aircraft and equipment and it was fascinating to learn that their main focus isn’t so much on getting patients to hospital, but on bringing hospital levels of care quickly to wherever the patient is. The skills and capability that they can bring to you in your hour of need are incredible. We have their first charity shop in Westbury Village, so please support them where you can.

Despite an enforced 10 days off due to positive covid tests in our household this has still been a busy month of engagements. Previous Lord Mayors have told me about carrying out 800 engagements per year, which is around 15 per week. We’re not at that level yet but as we slowly emerge from Covid restrictions the diary is definitely filling up.

On the subject of flying, we were very lucky as a family to enjoy a balloon flight as guests of the Bristol Balloon Fiesta. We launched from Queens Square at very early o’clock one morning and the experience of floating silently across north Bristol is one that I don’t think any of us will forget in a hurry.

In mid-July I launched a new fully recycled and battery powered boat on the harbour. The boat will be used with schools and youth groups to collect plastic waste from the harbour and river to stop it from getting out to sea and causing environmental damage. Sadly there was no champagne involved in the launch but I did get a trip around the harbour on board in full regalia, much to the delight of a group of schoolchildren who passed on the Matthew and apparently thought I was in fancy dress as a pirate.

Finally my theme for my year on office is volunteers and volunteering. I spent a morning with volunteers at FareShare South West packing food parcels which will be distributed to families in Bristol to combat holiday hunger. FareShare are a wonderful charity who collect good food from supermarkets which would otherwise be wasted and re-distribute it to good causes.

The Lady Mayoress Kath and I attended a flag-raising ceremony at City Hall to recognise the anniversary of Jamaican independence in 1962. The guest of honour there was Mr Roy Hackett, one of the leaders of the Bristol bus boycott and St Pauls Carnival, and a local legend. Now well into his 90s he was great fun and it was a real privilege to raise the Jamaican flag together with him.

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World Alzheimer’s Day

World Alzheimer’s Day takes place every year on 21 September and is the focus of World Alzheimer’s Month. It is an international campaign to raise awareness and highlight issues faced by people affected by dementia. It is an opportunity for people and organisations to demonstrate how we can all overcome these issues and help people live well with dementia. Globally, dementia is one of the biggest challenges we face, with nearly 50 million people living with dementia worldwide. What can I do during World Alzheimer’s Month? This World Alzheimer’s Month we’re all being asked to break the silence around dementia by joining the Dementia Friends movement, and encouraging family and friends to do the same. What is a Dementia Friend and what do they do? A Dementia Friend is somebody that learns about dementia so they can help their community. Too many people affected by dementia feel that society fails to understand the condition they live with. Dementia Friends help by raising awareness and understanding, so that people living with dementia can continue to live in the way they want. Dementia Friends help people living with dementia by taking actions - both big and small. These actions don’t have to be timeconsuming. From visiting someone you know with dementia to being more patient in a shop queue, every action counts! Dementia Friends can also get involved with things like volunteering, campaigning or wearing a badge to raise awareness. Who can be a Dementia Friend? Everyone! Dementia Friends is open to anyone who wants to help people with dementia in their community. For more information visit www.dementiafriends.org.uk If you would like some additional support or are concerned about a loved one, and would like to speak to someone at Home Instead, please do get in touch. Telephone 0117 435 0063 or email john.moore@homeinstead.co.uk 12

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VISITING CLIFTON ARCADE space that that height gives, together with the beautiful glazed roof, creates a feeling of, well, more cuddle than claustrophobia.

There’s always something a bit magical about a shopping arcade, something that a high street or shopping centre can’t replicate. As a youngster it was always exciting going shopping with mum to Boscombe rather than Bournemouth, because there was an arcade there. It had a high glass ceiling, tiled floor and turned at a right-angle half way down so you couldn’t see the entrance from the exit - and you came out in what seemed a completely different place. It was a bit like entering Narnia.

The Arcade sits perfectly within the thriving Boyce’s Avenue part of Clifton, an area home to independent traders, heavy with the sound of busy shoppers and the scents of far-away coffees and traditional green-grocery. On a sunny day, with the cafe tables full and the parasols up, you could be in Seville or Lisbon (well, almost) - watching the world go about its joyous business, while enjoying a flat white and an artisan bun.

Fast forward forty years and entering Clifton Arcade rekindles those same feelings of magic and excitement. The shops are very different, and the currency now is plastic not shillings, but the Victorian architecture is still present, as is the intrigue in drifting from one little independent shop to another, and another, and another. It would be easy to feel hemmed in - each unit must be as tall as it is wide - but the amount of window

avenue for appreciating and purchasing fine photography.

Within the Arcade there are seventeen unique and varied independent shops offering a wide range of desirable items and services - gifts, antiques and jewellery, photography and modern art, fabrics and interior gardens, stylish hairdressing and speciality teas. Two caught me eye - great examples not only of brilliant products but also of why face to face retail cannot be wholly replaced by an impersonal online experience.

Diagonally opposite f4 is the very different, but equally eye-catching, The Fabric House, owned and run by Poppie and her mum Tracey. Beautiful contemporary and classic fabrics for curtains, blinds, soft furnishing and dresses are the order of the day here, a colour feast for the eyes in a shop where soothing and striking colours and patterns vie for your attention. Once you’ve chosen your cloth it can be expertly turned into made-to-measure blinds and curtains, all of which can also be fitted. The Fabric House is another example of where buying online cannot match the tactile pleasure of shopping in person, and where the search engine is no match for an enthusiastic, knowledgable, customer focussed shopowner.

f4 Photography Gallery, owned by Andrew and Kate Jones, exhibits and sells affordable, high quality images. I’ve a soft spot for the French Alps and so was instantly drawn in by Andrew’s stunning images of the Chamonix region - from big bold wall-filling statement pieces to smaller stylish images that would sit perfectly in any home. There are also lovely imaginative Bristolian prints by Andrew and other local photographers. Standing in the gallery, and admiring the scale and detail of the various views and images, made me realise how poor the internet can be as an

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21ST CENTURY MYSTERIES OK, let’s level with you. I’m a middle-aged bloke and I sometimes get confused with modern things, new stuff, ideas and thinking that wasn’t around when I was a young thing. Part of me thinks this is inevitable, especially now our daughter isn’t at home to explain things to me. But I’m not going to be beaten, I’m going to try and keep up. So if, like me, you need a little help understanding some of the confusing terms which crop up on the news and in everyday conversations then this new feature is for you. A monthly exploration into the 21st century - for dummies.

At time of writing 1 Bitcoin = £33,817 GBP. As of the end of May 2021 it was estimated that the total worth of all Bitcoin was $653 billion USD, just under half of all cryptocurrency ($1.5 trillion USD). 3) How can you buy cryptocurrency? As with other currencies, cryptocurrency can be bought and sold. Just as you need a bank account, or space under the mattress, for your existing money, you need a digital wallet (downloaded on a smartphone or computer) in order to store your cryptocurrency.

First up, we delve into the world of cryptocurrency in order to find out what all the fuss is about.

Once you have your digital wallet, the next step is to set up a brokerage account with a cryptocurrency trading firm such as Coinbase (the largest), Binance or Kraken from which you can buy and sell currency. Once you have purchased your currency, you can use it to make payments or save it in hope that its value will continue to increase.

Five Big Questions On… Cryptocurrency 1) What is cryptocurrency? C r y p t o c u r re n c y is a form of digital currency. Like other currencies, it can be traded, transferred and used to make payments. Unlike physical cash, it is completely virtual. Behind the success of cryptocurrencies is something called “blockchain technology” – a digital leger which records transaction details on a large network of secure computers, making it almost impossible to hack.

4) What is mining? Now here’s the really technical part, in order to maintain its value, there are limited numbers of coins (units) of each cyrptocurrency in digital circulation. However, just as with precious metals, it is possible to mine for new riches. Using Bitcoin as the best example, this means using powerful computers to solve complex mathematical equations which help to verify virtual currency transactions. Once this digital puzzle has been solved, the “miner” is rewarded with Bitcoin. It often takes armies of servers to do this and companies are being set up to do just that – making it hard for individuals to mine for Bitcoin.

There are over 6000 cyrptocurrencies in existence. BitCoin is the best known and other popular examples include Litecoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin. Though many vendors are starting to accept cryptocurrency as payment, it isn’t officially legal tender and as such is not guaranteed by a central bank or subject to the same central regulations as a traditional currency.

5) Why is mining controversial?

2) Where did cryptocurrency come from?

Those mining super servers come at a cost, an environmental one, with some scholars claiming that Bitcoin’s energy consumption is roughly the same as that of a medium-sized European country (it’s estimated to consume half as much electricity as the UK). The bad publicity this has generated has led to a rise in eco-friendly currencies such as SolarCoin, whose creation iss linked to solar technology usage, and BitGreen.

When Bitcoin went public in 2009 it became the first decentralized digital coin. It was implemented by Satoshi Nakamoto (now presumed to be a pseudonym for a group of Japanese developers) who also devised the very first blockchain database.

CLIFTON VILLAGE - A GUIDED WALK I love maps. When Lauren Laverne invites me onto Desert Island Discs my book choice will be an atlas of the world. When on holiday or out in the car there has to be a map with me to help me visualise where I am and give me clues of where to explore. Sat-Nav in the car though remains largely untouched, even though I grudgingly concede it does have a limited, very occasional use. The technology behind it though can be harnessed in, what is to me, a far more satisfying way - by providing the basis for guided tours, turning a walk into an education. A great local example of this is the recently launched audio tour of Clifton Village, which marries the local knowledge and enthusiasm of the members of the Clifton & Hotwells Improvement Society (CHIS) with the guided walks app “VoiceMap” to provide an interesting walk of discovery into the origins and architecture of this fascinating part of Bristol.

Observatory etc) as well as points of interest in between. As you follow the route your CHIS narrators will offer you insights, historical context and commentary to allow you to get the most from your walk. As a general overview of the area you may well know some of the content and many of the locations, but I guarantee there will be things to see and nuggets to glean that will broaden your knowledge and appreciation of this beautiful part of the city. The walk is about 2 miles long and will take you an hour or so, depending on how quickly you choose to go and how far you stray from the path. Which brings me back to the technology... The beauty of the VoiceMap system is that by virtue of your smartphone’s GPS capability VoiceMap knows where you are on the route at any time, and can therefore play you the appropriate part of the commentary - whether that be a direction to follow, some interesting item to look at or viewpoint to admire. It is a clever use of a clever system to produce a simple result - your own guide to Clifton who walks with you wherever you are, at your pace, at any time. And if you stray from the prescribed path - and “it” knows when you do - your guide will let you know. “Wanderers are rarely lost, but in this case I suspect you might be.”

The GPS technology that underpins this, as it does with so many other modern applications, dates back to the 1970’s when the US Space Force’s Global Positioning System was extended, beyond it’s intended military use, and made available by the US government for commercial application. In (hopefully) simplistic and (hopefully) reasonably accurate terms the GPS system utilises a network of 24 satellites orbiting the earth, transmitting signals back to, amongst other recipients, the GPS receiver in your smartphone. If your phone can receive signals from at least 3 separate satellites at the same point in time it can, by way of some mathematical magic called trilateration, calculate very precisely where you are. That’s the technical bit done for now - more in a mo.

“Clifton’s Origins & Architecture”, requires you to download the free VoiceMap app onto your smartphone, and costs £4.99 (once its yours its yours). It is best enjoyed through headphones and once you set off you can forget about your phone, unless you want to use it for photos en-route or look at a map to help visualise your location. www.cliftonhotwells.org.uk

The walk that the team at CHIS have created, which will hopefully be the first of many, is a rough figure of eight walk around the Clifton Village area, taking in the “big ticket” locations (Clifton Suspension Bridge, Royal York Crescent, the

QUIZ TIME - answers on page 52 Geography 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

By area, which is the largest island in Great Britain? Ipswich lies near the mouth of which river? Name Germany’s three largest cities by population. Madagascar lies in which ocean? Walking non-stop at 4mph along the most direct road route, how long would it take to travel from Bristol to Liverpool?

The Human Body 1. 2.

Space 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Name either of the NASA manned space programmes before Apollo. Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov achieved what first in space exploration in 1965? Which planet is closest in size to the Earth? In Holst’s classical masterpiece, the “Planets Suite”, which planet is the “bringer of old age”? Name the three people shown below -

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3. 4. Sport

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In what year was the “AIDS - Don’t Die of Ignorance” campaign? “Filtering the blood to remove old, damaged or abnormal blood cells” is the prime function of which bodily organ the liver, the spleen or the pancreas? In what field of medicine does an oncologist specialise? Who performed the first human heart transplant, in South Africa in 1967? The human central nervous system consists of which two main parts of the body?

Colours

Name the clubs from these badges -

Tim Pidcock won Team GB’s first gold medal at the 2021 Olympics - in what event? Name the current England womens’ football captain. If you were watching Southern Brave host Trent Rockets, what sport would be being played, and where? Put these items of men’s sporting equipment in size order by weight, lightest first - shot put, discus, javelin.

Within the flags of all the EU member states, which colour is most common ? Litmus paper turns which colour in the presence of an alkali? What main colour appears on the logos of a) Oxfam, b) BT, and c) the BBC? Vermilion, carmine and cinnabar are all shades of what colour? What colour is the Mr Men character Mr Happy?

The Arts 1. 2. 3.

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In which Shakespeare plays do the following characters appear - a) Malvolio, b) Desdemona, and c) Puck? Name the most famous Moscow based ballet company. With which instruments are these musicians most closely associated - a) Anoushka Shankar, b) Charlie Parker, (continued overleaf) (continued overleaf)

QUIZ TIME - answers on page 52 4. 5.

and c) Lang Lang? The Tate Modern gallery in London is based inside a building formerly known as what? Who painted these pictures?

2. 3. 4. 5.

What fruit is traditionaly found in an Eccles cake? What is the principal ingredient of a sachertorte? To whom is the famous 18th century quote “Let them eat cake” commonly attributed? What is the editor of The Bristol Nine’s favourite cake?

Nature 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

The UK’s most common ladybird has how many spots? In terms of annual deaths caused, which is the UK’s most dangerous animal? Owls, ospreys and woodpeckers are all zygodactyl - what does this mean? What name is given to an otters “house”? Name these birds -

Who Am I? Cakes 1.

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THE HAVE A GO CHEF Two apologies. Firstly, last month, like many people, I got pinged and had to isolate, just at the time I had planned to wander around the supermarket for inspiration and ingredients for the monthly meal - hence no recipe last month. Secondly, it is still too warm for a corned beef based dish, so those of you craving a portion of bully will have to wait another month (or two). Instead you get this ...

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Results in 2 good portions A bit of a challenge this month as the recipe requires food being prepared in two separate dishes, a sort of pan multitasking. The good news is that if the timing goes belly up the couscous element can be microwaved gently back to serving temperature, and the lamby bit won’t spoil for an extra 10 minutes give or take. Quantities are, as usual, a little vague - who likes an ingredients pedant? - so you can pop a bit more of less of anything in, depending on your tastes and the comprehensiveness of your larder.

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you fancy) chopped into bite-size pieces 1 onion, red or white, roughly chopped 1 pepper, whatever colour you fancy, diced Handful of dried shiitake or porcini mushrooms (or just ordinary fresh mushrooms if you prefer) 1 stick of celery, finely chopped 1 large clove of garlic, chopped or crushed 1 tin chopped tomatoes 1 lamb stock cube made up to a pint Juice and zest of 2 good sized oranges 1 stick of cinnamon 1 tsp cumin seeds or ground cumin 1 tsp ground coriander 1 handful of fresh parsley, finely chopped 160g of wholemeal couscous A handful of sliced or chopped almonds A good dash of balsamic vinegar A few strands of saffron Olive oil

Method OK, lets get cracking. 1.

Ingredients • 400g lamb (stewing, steaks, whatever

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If you are using them, put the dried mushrooms in a bowl, cover with boiling water and allow them to soak while you crack on with the next stages. Also soak your saffron in a tea-cup full of boiling water. Pre-heat your oven to about 200 degrees (180 for a fan oven and a medium heat if your cooking on gas). In a big oven-proof pan gently fry the onion, garlic and celery in a little olive oil for 5-10 minutes until it has softened nicely. Add in the ground coriander, cumin and cinnamon stick and stir in to coat (continued overleaf) (continued overleaf)

THE HAVE A GO CHEF lamb should be nice and tender, and if so you can turn the heat off, but leave the dish in the oven. 11. Now make up the couscous according to the packet instructions - mine was to add 200ml of boiling water to 160g of couscous. To the boiling water you should add the saffron liquid you prepared earlier, ensuring that the total volume of plain water and saffron water adds up to the amount needed for the couscous according to the packet. Also add a small pinch of salt, your crushed nuts (which you could toast beforehand in a dry frying pan if you like), chopped parsley and the remaining orange peel. Stir together gently and set to one side to allow the couscous to absorb the water and the flavours for the required time. As this may be 5-10 minutes, during which time it will lose some heat, it is fine to boost your couscous with 30 seconds or so in the microwave just before serving. 12. Remove the lamb from the oven, stir gently and then serve on a bed of the couscous. Garnish with a sprig of parsley, and a smile, serve and eat.

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Now increase the heat slightly and add in the lamb, stirring it well for 5 minutes until it starts to colour up. Add in a drop more olive oil if necessary. 6. Pour in the tin of tomatoes, the diced pepper, the orange juice, half the orange zest and the soaked mushrooms, and stir well. Then add enough lamb stock to just cover the other ingredients, and a good dash of balsamic vinegar. 7. Season to taste - which in my book means a really good twist of ground black pepper and salt. 8. Bring to a gentle simmer, stir gently, pop on the lid and transfer to the middle shelf of your oven (or any shelf you fancy to be honest, I’m not sure it really matters) and leave to cook for 45 minutes. 9. After 45 minutes check to see how things are getting on, and add in a little more lamb stock if it is begining to look a bit low on liquid. Stir again and return to the oven for another 45 minutes. 10. After the 90 minutes in the oven the

(Eagle-eyed readers will have noticed that the couscous here isn’t very yellow. That’s because I mistakenly put the saffron in the meat and not in the couscous. Follow the recipe, not the photo!)

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HISTORY NOTES - JULIAN LEA-JONES No. 162 - Bursting with Civic Pride

counted 33 dignitaries who were posing for the group photograph before attending their ‘welldeserved’ dinner. Joseph Leech also tells us, in his book about Bristol’s other pipes and conduits, that a similar Civic dinner followed as an invariable accompaniment after aquatic research into the Temple Conduit, but without the unbelievably crass remarks.

Civic feasts, all in the line of duty – of course. In nineteenth century, pre–Reform Act Bristol, any civic event or visit was a good excuse for the Aldermanic body, and other officials, to partake in a jolly feast. This was an age when members of Bristol’s Common Council were elected for life, but reading some of the menus one wonders how long that was. Although this was at a time when some sections of Bristol’s population were starving, those partaking in the civic feast didn’t see anything wrong in the blatant inequalities. It fell to philanthropists such as Mary Carpenter, George Müller, and others to try and pick up the pieces. The main feature of all the reports of civic ceremonies in Bristol during the days of the Common Council concern the amount of food and drink that was consumed. Perambulations, visits, official openings - all were opportunities to stuff themselves with food and drink, presumably at the ratepayers’ expense.

In April 1784, prospective parliamentary candidates didn’t just hand out leaflets listing their pledges. George Daubeny, standing for the Anti-American ministerial party, announced “Vote for me and I will give you a feast at the Full Moon in Stokes Croft”. His guests were invited to, “Taste the difference between roast beef of England, or American bull beef” - a disparaging reference to his opponent, New York born Henry Crugerb whose riposte was, “Without him, they would have had neither beef nor ale”. In spite of the feast Henry polled 3,052 votes compared to Daubeny 2,982. I wonder what Daubeny’s unsuccessful largesse cost him.

“Bursting with Civic Pride” - 19th century cartoon in the satirical “Magpie” The first, and probably the most heartless example related to one of the annual Redcliffe pipe walks. Every year the route of the pipe, from the spring head at Knowle to the church, is walked by vestry, Mayoralty and members of the parish, and concluded with a ‘Pipe Dinner’ in the vestry. An account of a 1900s walk noted ‘When the Charity Commissioners were down here, some hungry rascals who have a hereditary antipathy to a good feed, suggested something against the time-honoured custom, but the commissioners were gentlemen and would not listen to the starving malcontents, saying; “They would not muzzle up the ox that treaded out the corn – people who had the trouble of a long walk should benefit from a comfortable refection afterwards. For although the spring is a good one, what is water unless qualified with the cognac.” I

In Bristol gastronomic hospitality was sometimes on a grand scale. Andrew Swift wrote about John Weeks, landlord of Bristol’s most celebrated coaching inn, the Bush Tavern in Corn Street, for the Bristol Magazine in which he gave the following example: “The Christmas 1799 menu had over 150 dishes, including a boar’s head, red and black game, 122 eels, a baron of beef, a roasting pig, 42 hares, 17 pheasants, 41 partridges, 17 wild geese, 81 woodcocks, 149 snipes, 17 wild turkeys, 44 tame turkeys, 116 pigeons, 52 barrels of Colchester oysters, 430 mince pies and 4 pineapples. [in the eighteenth century, being able to table a pineapple was a sign of affluence]. More questionable delicacies included a bustard, 2 bitterns, a cuckoo, 121 larks, 18 golden plovers, 72 pots of turtle, a peacock, 7 curlews, 2owls and a swan. John Weeks kept open house, with newspapers announcing that ‘any person who calls for three-penny worth of liquor’ at the Bush ‘has the run of the larder and may eat as much as he pleases for nothing’”. [I wonder how many poverty-stricken Aldermen took advantage of his generosity?] Anthony Beeson, writing in his superb book about Bristol in 1807, tells about the ‘sumptuous banquet’ held at the Merchant’s Hall in Prince Street, to honour the visit of the Prince of Wales

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HISTORY NOTES - JULIAN LEA-JONES and his brother the Duke of Sussex. Considering the aforementioned example of John Weeks’ Christmas menu, one wonders how the menu of the ‘sumptuous banquet’ compared.

of his caustic wit. The duke, “whose size was proportionate to his gastronomic capacity”, was said to have ‘Eaten like Ajax and drank with 20-Aldermanic power’ - flattery indeed!

STMR pipe work 1900s group of Civic worthies

Going back to a perambulation of the city boundary in 1584, the task started with a breakfast of seven quarts of wine, and two pence worth of cakes. How things have changed for the poor hard worked councillors. It was only a couple of years ago that considerable newspaper correspondence reported that it was iniquitous that free tea and biscuits were provided to lubricate the loquacious in the council meetings. ‘Tea and Biscuits’ - enough to make poor Charles Howard rotate in his grave.

The Brunel House building in St George’s Road, by College Place, once the Great Western Hotel for GWR passengers about to embark on Brunel’s ships, started life as Reeve’s Hotel. John Reeve was formerly butler to many Mayors, before being given a sinecure position. Surprisingly, or maybe not, the opening ceremony featured yet another civic dinner. Anthony listed the prices of each bottle, but suffice to say, the quantities consumed probably merits the term Bacchanalian. 12 bottles of Port, 12 of Hock, 12 of sherry, 20 of Claret. 6 bottles of champagne were contributed by the mayor. Nevertheless the 22 favoured guests consumed the 62 bottles in addition to paying over £1 each for the dinner (remember this was the 1807 price). This was still an age when turtle was as popular as meat or soup at most major hotels and taverns, such as Clifton’s Gloucester Hotel and the Montague in Kingsdown and was a favoured dish at civic banquets.

In the nineteenth century many who hadn’t succumbed to cholera fell victim to alcoholism, partly no doubt because it was safer at the to drink beer than water. This was a time when Bristol’s industrial base was growing, and Bristol’s employers needed a sober workforce. The growing problem inspired local merchants and leaders of the business community to act. On the 19th of November 1859 a drinking fountain in the form of a cast iron Angel on a fine white marble surround was erected on the High Street end of St. Nicholas Church. The cast iron Angel held a bible open at the book of St John, Ch:4 Verse 13: “Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again” and on the facing page, Verse 14: “But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst…” By all accounts the official opening was a splendid affair and would have shown the working classes that their need for safe and non-alcoholic beverage had been recognised and which didn’t require a visit to the nearest alehouse. Understandably the promoters of the local Temperance Movement were also pleased by this public-spirited development. However, I wonder what their reaction was when they realised that the promoters of the scheme followed the opening ceremony by going into the Church Vestry to congratulate themselves on their public spiritedness, and celebrate the new fountain with a champagne lunch, presumably they didn’t need to heed the biblical verse placed there for their workforce!

Down the centuries many famous people came to the Temple Street area, for pleasure in the form of food and wine, where in mid eighteenth century over 50 pubs were listed. However on February 5th 1805, you could have witnessed an elderly stall owner calling Charles Howard, the Duke of Norfolk, ‘A pot-bellied old brute’ because he had knocked over her stall as he was leaving the Rose and Crown. The pub, famous for its tripe and beefsteaks, was the resort of several “wellseasoned” members of the common council and other leading citizens who were probably looking forward to a demonstration of his eating and drinking prowess as well as listening to examples

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Laura Webber of AMD Solicitors considers the dangers of homemade wills Making a Will is the only way of ensuring that your estate and assets are distributed according to your wishes. If you die without a Will, your estate will pass in accordance with the rules of intestacy. This could mean that your estate will pass to someone who you may not want to benefit. Reasons clients have mentioned for not making a Will include not having enough time, not wanting to talk about death and the cost involved. Concerns over fees may lead someone to prepare a home made Will. Although a Will does not need to be prepared by a Solicitor, there are inherent dangers in preparing one yourself. 1. Invalidity A recent example of this involves a husband and wife who had each prepared identical homemade Wills. As far as they were concerned, from the time they had signed their Wills to the date they instructed us to make new ones, they had valid Wills. It was quickly spotted, however, that the Wills had only been witnessed by one person at the time of signing. Due to this small but vital mistake, these Wills were invalid from the day they were signed.

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Can You Leave Digital Assets in Your Will?

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During the pandemic our lives have shifted online to an even greater extent than before, meaning that digital assets are playing an ever greater role in everyday life.

What Are Digital Assets? At present there is no legal definition of digital assets in the UK. However they are usually taken to include information or data stored electronically, for example, in the cloud or online. Digital assets can be divided into those that are rights and interests in digital property, and those that are, in effect, digital records. Digital property rights means intellectual property rights such as: • • • • •

of any rights over the deceased’s assets (including digital assets). However, digital assets are subject to the standard contractual terms and conditions imposed by service providers (which cannot be varied or negotiated) when an online account is set up. Most provider’s terms and conditions do not provide adequately for what will happen to digital assets after the death of the account holder. One solution is to enable executors or heirs to locate passwords and usernames, the difficulty is that this may breach user agreements. A Digital Legacy

These have a monetary value and can be left by Will. Digital records on the other hand take the form of email accounts, e-books, photographs and videos and social media accounts such as Facebook or Instagram. Some of these may also have property rights (for example an email containing the manuscript of a novel). The law relating to digital assets has struggled to keep pace with technology. On the death of an individual, their Personal Representatives have the benefit

The Law Society has called for individuals to include digital assets in their Will after a survey they carried out showed that 90% of those writing Wills are not raising the question of digital assets with their clients. The problem, however, is that even where provisions are included in a Will this is not always sufficient. For example where an individual wants to access a loved one’s photographs stored on an iPhone, an application has to be made for a Court Order to allow this. It is hoped however that the law will evolve and there are signs that this is beginning to happen. Apple

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Tablets are increasingly becoming the go-to device for people who want all the everyday facilities of a PC, but in a lighter, more portable device. There are two main options - Apple iPad or any of the Google Android devices available from numerous manufacturers - which will suit you best?

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iPads are generally more expensive than Android tablets but still have the broadest range of apps available, are very high quality design/build, and are generally reckoned to be the most intuitive to use.

Screen Size 7-inch tablets are considered small-screen, while 8-9-inch tablets and above are considered “normal” screen. iPads, and some Android tablets are also available in a large 12-13 inch screen versions.

Google’s Android OS gives you a choice of tablets from several different manufacturers - including a wider range of cheaper budget models, and offer seamless integration with Google applications like Gmail, Google Maps/Docs etc.

Security Apple wins this one with its very secure, closedarchitecture iOS system, whilst Android devices are more susceptible to viruses and must have good anti-virus software installed.

Amazon’s Fire OS is a branch of Android with its own user interface and its own default apps. It’s designed to be clear and easy to use for consuming Amazon content and for streaming video from various services, but it’s more limited.

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BRUCE FELLOWS’ BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS First published in 1950, and still available, Ross Macdonald’s page-turning thriller The Galton Case brings together enormous wealth and great poverty. The heir to the Galton family disappeared twenty years ago along with his wife, the family jewels and thousands of dollars. Now all is forgiven; his dying mother wants him back. Sable, her lawyer, hires Lew Archer, private eye, to track him down. Well, Lew’s the best but even he has difficulties. What he finds, as he criss-crosses the country, is a murdered servant, a terrified blonde, a headless skeleton and a fantasist whose pronunciation is wrong. How will he ever unravel the mystery? A security guard stops Emira in a grocery store on a Saturday night and accuses her of kidnapping the white toddler she’s actually babysitting. Another shopper, Kelley, videos the whole exchange. Emira’s employer, Alix, decides to put things right. But she has her own agenda and is she the kind of person you’d want on your side? And let’s not forget Kelley. He isn’t quite as straight-forward as he might be. Such a Fun Age is Kiley Reid’s take on white privilege, woke motherhood and self-deception. Luckily, Emira has her girlfriends to help her in this always entertaining, thought provoking and often very funny novel. In All We Shall Know, Donal Ryan lets us into the life of Melody, pregnant by a traveller half her age, whom she was teaching to read. Melody’s husband leaves her when she tells him of the baby. When Melody meets Mary, a young travelling woman, Mary becomes Melody’s one true friend, apart from her father, a good man whom Melody is loath to tell of her predicament. She also has the memory of her childhood friend Breedie to contend with. We’re in Ireland, and tradition and religion play a huge role in this deep, haunting, always gripping, sometimes violent novel of love and friendship. I Wanna Be Yours is the hilarious, informative and amazing memoir of Punk poet John Cooper Clarke. It’s a non-stop rollercoaster of a read from his origins in Manchester to his headlining at the Palladium via years as a functioning heroin addict. His language is poetry, he says, and with his father’s staunch support, ‘Get a job!’ set out early to earn his living as a poet, though he agrees ‘poetry is not an engine of wealth.’ Bernard Manning (yes!) gave him his first break at his club and Chuck Berry wanted him on his tour. Strange and superb. And a laugh on every page. A V2 lands in South London in 1944. Five children die. But what if some little chance had saved them? What would their lives have been like? Francis Spufford tells us in his splendid novel, Light Perpetual. And what fascinating lives he gives them! Vern, the bully, goes into property. Jo, who sees music in terms of colours, starts in a girl group. Alex is in the print. Ben suffers mental agonies. Val, almost a mod, has her own agonies. We visit their lives at intervals in episodes that seem so short but in fact are packed full. Fascinating, gripping and a history lesson, too.

MUSIC: PRESENT, PAST & FUTURE - DUNCAN HASKELL Album Of The Month Pink Noise by Laura Mvula (Atlantic)

Next Step Whitney by Whitney Houston (Arista)

For all the critical acclaim and awards earned by Laura Mvula’s first two albums, they didn’t meet the bottom line demanded by her record label and led to the much lauded singer and songwriter being dropped. The quality of both Sing to The Moon and The Dreaming Room meant that this turn of events was a surprise to listeners and to Mvula herself, who was hard at work touring and promoting her music when the bombshell landed.

As much as we pretend otherwise, even the mightiest pop stars are often best enjoyed through their singles rather than across the length of an album. Thankfully, this classic from 1987 contains six singles (if you include I Know Him So Well which came out in Germany), leaving little room for any filler. Those other five tracks - I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Didn’t We Almost Have It All, So Emotional, Where Do Broken Hearts Go, Love Will Save The Day - remain etched in the pop pantheon and help place Whitney at the very top table. In fact, Whitney is still only one of seven albums in music history to earn four No 1s on the Billboard Top 100.

Now, half a decade later, it’s time for the comeback. Understandably taking her time to rebuild her creative confidence, as well as find a new label, Mvula tentatively dipped her feet back in the water early this year with the EP 1/f . Test completed, Pink Noise is a giant splash of a record. From the bold opening beats of Safe Passage onward there’s a confidence to the album’s technicolour 80s sheen.

The strength of the album is in its ability to balance moments of high energy R&B with soulsearching ballads. The bold production helps to ring every ounce of emotion out of that voice and is admirably shameless in its desire to reach as many listeners as possible. Like Thriller, this is an album which almost feels like a Best-Of, and is well worthy of 53 minutes of your time.

Often likened to Nina Simone in the past, a comparison she’s eager to shed, the likes of Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston and even Patti Labelle provide more accurate touch points this time round. That’s not to say Pink Noise is a throwback album, songs like Remedy, Got Me and Magical take those influences and embellishes them with modern tones and touches.

Podcast Of The Month Your Favorite Band Sucks Working on the assumption that every band is overrated, YFBS is a comedy podcast hosted by Mark Mosley and Tyler Mahan Coe (of the equally great “Cocaine & Rhinestones”). Proving that there’s no such thing as a sacred cow in the world of music, the duo take down everyone from The Beatles to Destiny Child. It’s not just bands, David Bowie, Frank Sinatra and Beethoven aren’t spared from some seriously rough (tongue-in-cheek) treatment.

At the heart of the record is the song Church Girl, which Mvula built from a looped bass and synth motif. There’s a carefree abandon to the places she allows her voice to travel. That vocal freedom suggests she has managed to overcome the question at the song and album’s core, “How can you dance with the devil on your back?” Somehow, she’s found a way. Whether because we all like a comeback story or because Pink Noise is a genuinely great modern pop album, we should all celebrate Mvula’s Phoenix-like rebirth - complete with funky beats and neon feathers.

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GARDENING TIPS FROM HILARY BARBER Top gardening tips for September 1.

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QUIZ ANSWERS Quiz Time from page 23 Geography 1. Lewis & Harris; 2. River Orwell; 3. Berlin, Hamburg, Munich; 4. Indian Ocean; 5. 45 hours - 180 miles. Space 1. Mercury and Gemini; 2. he was the first to walk in space; 3. Venus, just slightly smaller than Earth; 4. Saturn; 5. (l to r) Tim Peake, Helen Sharman, Buzz Aldrin. Sport 1. mountain biking; 2. Steph Houghton; 3. cricket (The Hundred) at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton; 4. javelin (1kg), discus (2kg), shot (7kg); 5. (l to r) Real Madrid, New York Yankees, England cricket. The Human Body 1. 1986; 2. spleen; 3. cancer treatment; 4. Dr Christiaan Barnard; 5. brain and spinal cord. Colours 1. red and white - both feature on 20 of the 28 flags; 2. blue; 3. green, purple, black; 4. red; 5. yellow. The Arts 1.a) Twelfth Night, or What You Will, b) Othello; c) A Midsummer Night’s Dream; 2. Bolshoi Ballet; 3.a) sitar, b) saxophone, c) piano; 4. Bankside Power Station; 5. Constable, Monet, Van Gogh. Cakes 1. Battenburg; 2. currants; 3. chocolate; 4. Marie Antoinette; 5. coffee walnut. Nature 1. seven; 2. the cow; 3. they have two toes pointing forwards and two toes pointing backwards; 4. a holt; 5. (clockwise from top left) razorbill, bullfinch, black headed gull, treecreeper. Who Am I? Cyclist Laura Kenny and actor Samual L Jackson. Children’s Puzzles from page 40 What Am I? Badger, Scotch Egg, Car Tyre, Police Car Which Am I? Boomerang, Cornwall, West Highland Terrier, Squash Ball Where Am I? (clockwise from top left) Venezuela (the Angel Falls), USA (Monument Valley), Russia (St Petersburg), United Kingdon (Olympic Stadium) Disclaimer The Bristol Six + Eight is published by Bristol Community Magazines Ltd (Co. No. 08448649, registered at 8 Sandyleaze, Westbury on Trym, Bristol, BS9 3PY). The views expressed by contributors or advertisers in The Bristol Six + Eight are not necessarily those held by Bristol Community Magazines Ltd. The inclusion of any business or organisation in this magazine does not imply a recommendation of it, its aims or its methods. Bristol Community Magazines Ltd cannot be held responsible for information disclosed by advertisers, all of which are accepted in good faith. Reasonable efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this magazine but no liability can be accepted for any loss or inconvenience caused as a result of inclusion, error or omission. All content is the copyright of Bristol Community Magazines Ltd and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of Bristol Community Magazines.

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No experience necessary, we can give you all the training you need to help you thrive and have fun! The Online shop? If you prefer not to be in a people facing role we also have a growing online shop selling items to customers across the world.

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WHAT’S ON & COMMUNITY NEWS Biodanza Bristol Weekly Group runs every Tuesday 7-9pm at All Saints Church, Randall Room, Alma Vale Road, Clifton, BS8 3ED (entrance upstairs). Cost: £10, 5 week card £40, 10 week card £70. Contact antoinette@biodanza4all.com for more details.

It’s lovely to see that with the easing of Covid restrictions the number of “real” events is increasing, and sensible faceto face socialising is returning. If you are involved in any local groups, notfor profit organisations, charity events or social activities and would like some free publicity do please get in touch. It will be great to get the listings here back to their pre-pandemic numbers. And if you are the contact included in any of the existing listings and would like to update your information and / or contact details then please do get in touch. Email andy@bcmagazines.co.uk or write to 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY, and I will be more than happy to include them.

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

All Together Now Bristol Choir www.alltogethernowchoir.com

Bristol All Voices Allowed Choir is a community choir started in 2020 by former members of the Bristol Hippodrome Choir and All Together Now Bristol Choir We are looking for new singers, men and women, beginners and more experienced singers, to join us. Rehearsals on Tuesdays, 6.30 – 8.00pm at Holy Trinity Church, Hotwells. Contact Chris on 07866 456 776

Alpine Garden Society 0117 967 3160. Antique, Vintage & Collectables Fair Sunday 3rd October 10am-3.30pm at Ashton Court Mansion House. An Aladdin’s cave, unique presents for Christmas, fine jewellery, china, furniture, paintings, memorabilia, vintage clothing, retro items and much more. Café open plus afternoon cream teas. £2.00 entry under 16s free. Main car park: Kennel Lodge Entrance via Portishead Rd A369

Bristol Astronomical Society www.bristolastrosoc.org.uk Bristol Bridge Club. New to bridge or want to improve? Join an online course. For further details, please contact teaching@ bristolbridgeclub.co.uk

The Arts Society Bristol. Would you like to join us for lectures on a wide range of arts related subjects, given by specialists in their own field? The lecture on 14 September is on Nomadic Tribes in Iran and Afghanistan, and on 12 October is on The History of Wine. Lectures may be delivered by internet or held at 8pm at Redmaids’ High School, WoT, BS9 3AW. For more information visit our website www.theartssociety-bristol.org.uk

Bristol Brunel Lions Club Bill O’Neill at lion.bill@virginmedia.com Bristol Cabot Choir admin@bristolcabotchoir.org www.bristolcabotchoir.org

Babbers Radio Show info@ujimaradio.com.

Bristol Chamber Choir www.bristolchamberchoir.org.uk Rae Ford on 0117 939 1685 rodcoomber@aol.co.uk

Beaufort Junior Badminton Club Penny at pennyshears@googlemail.com 07941 013 514

Bristol Community Gamelan keithripley27@gmail.com phone 9444241 54

Party in the Park Saturday 11th Sept 2021 | 1pm onwards Golden Hill Sports Ground Entrances on both Wimbledon Road, BS6 7YA & Ridgehill, BS9 4SB

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WHAT’S ON & COMMUNITY NEWS Bristol Film and Video Society (Amateur film makers). We continue to make prize winning films, and meet via Zoom on the first and third Tuesday of every month. All are welcome. For more details please visit www.bristolvideo.org.uk

Civil Service Retirement Fellowship Tony McKenna on 0117 950 2059

Bristol Grandparents Support Group 07773 258 270 / www.bgsg.co.uk

The Clifton Singers contact@cliftonsingers.co.uk www.cliftonsingers.co.uk

Clifton Rotary Club www.cliftonrotary.org secretary@cliftonrotary.org

Bristol Indoor Bowls Club Email: info@bristolindoorbowls.org.uk Tel: 0117 963 3460 www.bristolindoorbowls.org.uk.

Fielder Club gloriasimmonds@hotmail.co.uk Filtones Choir www.thefiltones.weebly.com

Bristol Morris Men www.bristolmorrismen.co.uk Grant on 0117 944 2165

Friends of the Downs & Avon Gorge www.friendsofthedowns.org

If you love singing we would love to hear from you! Bristol Phoenix Choir would like some new singers to join us when we start our new season in September. We are a friendly choir and we enjoy rehearsing and performing great choral works as well as shorter more intimate pieces, for our Bristol audiences to appreciate. If you would like to sing with us, please contact Jackie our membership secretary jackie. blackwell410@gmail.com

Friends of Old Sneed Park Nature Reserve Our next working party will be on September 18. 10am to 12 noon. Hay Making will be the main event, but easier tasks will be available. No sign in necessary, but also no refreshments this time. Please bring your own gloves, secateurs and rake is possible. Any queries email fospnr@ gmail.com

Bristol Shambhala Meditation Group bristol.shambhala.info

Frisbee Club North Bristol Ultimate on Facebook jake.f.waller@gmail.com.

Bristol Shiplovers Society www.bristolshiplovers.co.uk

Happy Days Memory Café Tony on 0117 968 1002

Bristol U3A: Have you reached a point in your life where you have fewer responsibilities and more time for yourself? Would you like to take part in activities where you can share skills, abilities or hobbies whilst having fun and making new friends? Go to www.bristolu3a.org.uk for details.

Henleaze Flower Club. On Thursday 9th September at 2pm, Bradbury Hall, Henleaze, there will be a demonstration by talented florist Nicky Heal entitled “Summer Inspiration”. £6 for nonmembers on the door. Everyone welcome. And on Thursday 14th October, 2pm, we hold our AGM, again in Bradbury Hall. For more information call Kath - 01454 412 087 or Marg - 01179 075 724.

Carers Support Centre 0117 965 2200 www.carerssupportcentre.org.uk

Henleaze Singing for the Brain Sophia Simlat on 0117 961 0693 bristol@alzheimers.org.uk

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WHAT’S ON & COMMUNITY NEWS Henleaze Lawn Tennis Club is a friendly and welcoming club for all ages and standards. We offer social and competitive play and a comprehensive coaching programme for all ages and levels. To find out more visit our website: www.henleazeltc.com or call Heather on 07891 520456

7.30pm at Redland Hall in Redmaids’ High School. This is our first concert for over 18 months and will feature Shostakovich Symphony No 5 and Ravel Piano Concerto in G. More information will be available at www.newbristolsinfonia.org.uk. North West Bristol Camera Club Neville at nevwgoodman@mac.com

Henleaze Senior Film Club - Monday 27th September 2pm. The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night. St Peter’s Church Hall, The Drive, Henleaze BS9 4LD. Refreshments £4 Easy access, all welcome! For more information & to book please call 0117 435 0063.

NotaBene Vocal Ensemble Lisa Smith on 07966 459872 notabenebristol@yahoo.com Parkinson’s UK www.parkinsonsbristol.com

Instep Club for Widows and Widowers, 8-10 pm every Wednesday at Stoke Bishop Village Hall. Dancing. Friendly welcome. Please phone Donna on 01275 832676 or Wilma on 0117 962 8895 for information

Pat-a-Cake Toddlers Group Alison on 0117 962 9715 People of Note Community Choir www.peopleofnote.co.uk peopleofnote@btinternet.com

Keep Fit Classes at St Peter’s Church Filton and Horfield Baptist Church. For further information, contact, Eileen Scott on 07969929733

Pilates Classes on Zoom. Monday Evening, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday Mornings. Classes to resume in halls when allowed. Please telephone, email or see website. Denise on 0117 903 0331 - info@ embracingpilates.co.uk www.embracingpilates.co.uk

Karate Classes Trevor on 07921 917 758 Keep Fit for Living Gill Porter on 01275 877 131.

Pilates classes Leanne on 07817 189 474 www.mindbodypilates.org

Knit & Crochet Café 07561 523 919 brisknitcro@gmail.com

Redland Green Bowls Club redlandgreenbowls.webs.com

Menopause Matters Tricia Worthington on 07962 892 060 tricia_worthington@msn.com

REMAP custom aids for the disabled 0117 329 5183 www.bristol.remap.org.uk.

Mosaic Singers David Vicary on 0797 346 0994.

Retired & Senior Volunteer Programme Mina on 07860 669 953 www.RSVP-west.org.uk.

The National Trust Bristol Centre Janet Stanton on 0117 456 3497 www.ntbristolcentre.btck.co.uk

Rotary Club of Bristol www.bristolrotary.org Martina at mpeattie@btopenworld.com

New Bristol Sinfonia is one of Bristol’s premier symphony orchestras, with regular performances in major venues throughout the city. We have a concert coming up on Saturday 9th October,

Scottish Country Dancing Alison on 0117 968 4036 58

BOOK REVIEW “The Best One There” by Bruce Fellows They say that everyone has a book in them. Clearly that’s not true - there isn’t a semblance of a novel in my imagination but I suspect the saying is more true of the well-read of this world. In which case longterm provider of dozens of book reviews to the BS9 magazine, Bruce Fellows, would seem a good candidate to take up the challenge of writing a novel. And he has, with the publication this month of “The Best One There”, a wartime novel of love, beliefs and dogfights set behind the German lines in 1941. Loosely based on the real life of HansJoachim Marseille, one of Germany’s most decorated WW2 pilots, Bruce Fellows takes us into the life of Jochen Murville, an ace Luftwaffe pilot (think Maverick in a Messerschmitt BF109) and a charismatic but troubled national hero. With a questioning and ambivalent attitude to the Nazi Party and its ideology, and a compassionate humanity that doesn’t go unquestioned by his seniors, Murville wrestles with his conscience when doing his job, very successfully in the skies over North Africa, as well as when trying to make sense of emotional issues in civilian domestic life.

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In Bruce’s book reviews I like the sharp, almost staccato use of prose that keeps things lively, and he brings this technique to a very readable novel, a story that provides an interesting and, to me at least, unusual perspective on wartime events as experienced by “the other side”. If you fancy an interesting wartime slice of Germanic life with a conscience then “The Best One There” could be right up your flightpath.

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WHAT’S ON & COMMUNITY NEWS Redmaids’ High School, Westbury Road, BS9 3AW. A Celebration! An evening of recorded music by many fine singers who have performed with WNO during its 75 years. WNO Friends £5.Visitors £7, Students £1.. Information about event and Covd protocol from Melanie David: melaniejdavid@btinternet.com or 01934 842014

Caroline on 0117 924 9226 www.rscdsbristol.info Shared Reading Christine Betts 07967 332 821 Shouri Shotoryu Karate Club Shouri Shotoryu karate on Facebook 0117 969 5697

Westbury Aikido Club www.westburyaikidoclub reenee@westburyaikido.club

Soroptimist International Bristol sibristol@hotmail.co.uk www.sigbi.org/Bristol

Westbury Folk / Country Dancing Christine on 0117 962 2223

St Peter’s Badminton & Social Club Ann on 0117 9694 882 contactann999q@gmail.com

Westbury Harriers Running Club www.westburyharriers.co.uk

Stoke Bishop Local History Group talks will be on Zoom until we can return to the Village Hall. All talks are on Friday evenings at 7:30. Please email sblocalhistory@gmail. com, Tel 077804 38303 for details.

Westbury Park Women’s Institute westburyparkwi@gmail.com westburyparkwi.org.uk Lorna 0770 245 3827 Westbury Scottish Country Dance Club Cheryl on 0117 401 2416 www.westburyscottish.org.uk

Stoke Lodge Ramblers If you’ve let your fitness slip during lockdown or you are looking for opportunities to walk in the company of other local people, please check our website for dates when walks are offered - stokelodgeramblers. wordpress.com/home/walks-programme. The website is updated whenever a walk is offered, and each one will have a different start point and a maximum number of participants, so you MUST book in advance. Phone the Club Secretary on 0117 950 0934 or email lornarenshaw@ yahoo.co.uk for more details.

Women in Fellowship This new group on Tuesday mornings at Westbury-on-Trym Methodist Church started in August when 22 ladies came along to meet and make friends. With an interesting programme of visiting speakers, Women in Fellowship is aimed to provide loving and supportive friendship. Why not come along and join us? For more information 07905 064720. Yoga classes daytime and evening yoga classes in Stoke Bishop with Gary OsbornClarke. For more details please visit www.yogabristol.co.uk or email gary@ yogabristol.co.uk, or call 07899 034 645.

Tai Chi for over 55’s Selina on 0117 946 6434 Trinity Henleaze Ladies Guild Jenny on 0117 962 0108 University of the Third Age scrabble group 0117 924 1318 nigel.d.sara@btinternet.com

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BOOK REVIEW “The Four Seasons” by Matt Stevens & David Woods In a sense Matt and David’s 400+ page beauty is a real labour of love, a review of Bristol City’s last four years in the top flight of English football, back when the Premier League was the First Division and the game celebrated hard men and not primadonnas. It many ways it is also a niche publication, of interest to those Bristolian men and women of a certain age who remember the period 1976 to 1980, stood on the terraces of Ashton Gate and similarly primative (by modern standards) away grounds. So from a detailed perspective its appeal will be limited. However for the non-City fan - indeed for the non-sporting fan - it has a certain appeal as a historical look at life forty+ years ago. Now I have no love for or dislike of either Bristol football clubs (regular readers may know I am a lifelong Bournemouth fan) - but all football clubs are special to their fans in terms of creating memories. Magic times, times of despair, heroes and villains, “I was there” moments. And this period of time, from gaining promotion to the top table to relegation a few short seasons later, is clearly and understandably special to the authors. The four seasons are captured in the book by way of interviews with all the players who took the field in a City shirt in those four years, a huge library of photographs, a chronology of the games, programme notes, press coverage and some context in terms of listing the major events in society and what was “popular in the hit parade” at the time. I started to go to football during this period, and this book has triggered many a memory of what it was like to be on the terraces when hoardings advertised Golden Virginia and teams were sponsored by the local garage (and not some multinational with no emotional attachment to the game). I love this book, and there is something in it that will appeal to many people, not just fifty-something Robins fans. Email Matt at thefullmatty1@hotmail.com or call 07932 626 066 to order your copy.

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