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The Bristol Six + Eight Magazine Issue no. 44, July 2018 Twelve thousand free monthly copies now delivered across Redland, Cotham, Kingsdown, Westbury Park and north Clifton

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The Editor's Small Piece Hello there and welcome to the July issue of the magazine. I've just been awoken by the sound of a large plant pot smashing on the patio, blown over by the wind. Ah yes, summer has arrived.

I was going to have a moan about something in the Small Piece this month, but decided that it wasn't worth it and that it was far better to focus on something positive and enjoyable. A friend of mine was extolling the virtues of simply walking the footpaths and green open spaces of north Bristol looking at wild flowers - and it reminded me of how many of the best things in life really are free. I'm listening to an audiobook at the moment called "Stop Talking, Start Doing" (great if you are, like me, one of life's procrastinators) and in it it tells of the wealth of evidence that suggests that the happiest people are those who experience things rather than those who have things. Experiencing things creates lasting memories, buying things seldom does (except maybe your first car or house). Julian Lea-Jones writes this month on a related theme about people making and sharing things, purely for the pleasure of it. So at a time when we spend more and more of our lives looking at an expensive screen, and becoming stressed or anxious as a result, maybe we should find a little time to think more about life's simple pleasures.

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A couple of examples from me from yesterday.

Watching a fledgling great tit sitting on our back step looking all fluffy, bewildered and utterly beautiful before flying off quite happily to its mum, sat in a nearby tree. And sitting with a cup of tea in the garden watching white clouds drift and morph in a stunning blue sky as a charm of goldfinches darted around in the warm air. Simple pleasures indeed, all free of charge and all great for lifting the spirits - after all, life doesn't always have to be complex.

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Talking of lifting the spirits (albeit probably not for long) the World Cup kicks off today (14th June) and to add to the enjoyment (!?) and conjure up some mass north Bristolian participation there is a fun sweepstake competition on page 8 to take part in. May the best team win.

Have a fun month and thanks as ever for reading.

Cheers, Andy andy@bcmagazines.co.uk, 07845 986650, 0117 259 1964, 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY. Front cover - Nacho, our bunny, born in BS6.

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June Specialist Sale Results Items below consigned from BS6, BS8 & BS9

19th century marble Venus Aphrodite

£5,200

C.F.A. Voysey blue print picture le�er

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Zsolnay eosin glaze Art Nouveau vase

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Next Quarterly Specialist Sale Thursday 6th September

(Closing date for entries 7th August) Every lot, in every sale, illustrated and sold with live internet bidding Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers The Auction Centre, Kenn Road, Clevedon, Bristol, BS21 6TT 5 Tel: 0117 325 6789 www.clevedon-salerooms.com

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Everyone is Welcome at Crystal Clear’s Open Day on Saturday 7th July To celebrate introducing a number of new products, Crystal Clear is holding a Family Open Day at their purpose-built, large showroom on Emery Road, just off the Bath Road, in Brislington. This familyowned and run business is looking forward to welcoming their existing customers and homeowners who are considering making improvements to their home, and the team will be on hand to answer any questions.

During the day there’ll be the opportunity to enjoy a barbeque, while browsing the latest energy-efficient doors, windows, glazing, rooflights and conservatories in composite, PVCu, timber and aluminium, all offering low upkeep combined with ease of use and high security. There’ll be an entertainer and games for the children and a prize draw to win a fantastic composite door for the adults!

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World Cup Prize Sweepstake Roads beginning with C, K and S Your teams are Belgium, Mexico, Senegal and Saudia Arabia

Fancy a little World Cup fun? Here is our quadrennial sweepstake competition that gives you the chance to win £20 cash plus £20 to a charity of your choice. To take part all you need to know is your road name and have access to a phone on the evening of Sunday 15th July. There is no cost to enter and you don’t need to have a knowledge of football to take part.

Roads beginning with D, L and T Your teams are Portugal, Uruguay, Serbia and Russia Roads beginning with E, M and U Your teams are Argentina, England, Australia and Morocco

Here’s how it works.

There are 32 national teams competing in the World Cup. Completely unrelated, the streets and roads of BS6 & 8 start with any of 25 letters of the alphabet (there are no roads in the area begining with an X). Are you with me so far? For the purposes of the competition every road in the area has been randomly twinned with four World Cup competing nations - so all roads beginning with a T might for example (but aren’t) be twinned with France, Sweden, Costa Rica and Iran. The 32 nations have been split into 4 groups of 8 nations, based on current world rankings, and each road letter has been allocated 1 country from each of the 4 groups - so your road gets a great team, a good team, a mediocre team and a weak team to support.

Roads beginning with F, N and V Your teams are Switzerland, Denmark, Iran and Egypt Roads beginning with G, O, and W Your teams are France, Peru, Tunisia, Nigeria and roads beginning with H, P and Y Your teams are Poland, Spain, Iceland and Panama So very simply you need one of your four twinned teams to win the World Cup Final.

If the final is, say, between Spain and France then the residents of roads beginning with G, O, W, H, P or Y are all in with a chance as the final kicks off, but if France go on to win then it is just residents on roads beginning with G, O and W that can win. And to be the one winner? When the final whistle goes, or the winning penalty is scored if it goes to a penalty shoot out, and the winning team is therefore decided then if you live on a road that has been twinned with the winners you need to call in on 07845 986650. No texts, no post, no emails, just a call on this number.

The phone will not be answered until the World Cup winner has been decided so don’t ring before the whistle England 2022 World Cup even if your team is 7-0 captain - Lewis Cook up in the final.

Fingers crossed this all makes some sense and will add to the excitement of the real competition in a very small way. Now, alltogether "Come on you Senegal....."

Still with me? Hopefully the first round of matches will still be going on by the time you receive this magazine so you will still be in with a chance. By the time of the World Cup Final on 15th July though there will be just two nations left, and the hopes of hundreds of residents will be resting on them. Bear with me on how to win - in the meantime here then are the 32 competing teams - and the roads randomly twinned with them.

Roads beginning with A, I, Q & Z Your teams are Germany, Croatia, Costa Rica and South Korea Roads beginning with B, J and R Your teams are Brazil, Colombia, Sweden and Japan 8

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Talking Pets with the Animal Health Centre Mitigating ‘Patrick’ Pug This month sees the release of Disney’s latest film offering, ‘Patrick’ a film about a Pug dog. This has caused much consternation in the profession and particularly in the Brachycephalic Working Group, ‘BWG’, a group of leading veterinary professionals, breed clubs and welfare organisations. The Pug is a flat faced or brachycephalic breed along with other breeds such as Bulldogs, French bulldogs and Boxers. Currently these breeds are seeing a huge growth in popularity mostly attributed to their prominence in the media with advertising and celebrity ownership. It is feared that the release of ‘Patrick’ will trigger a surge in demand for Pugs.

Why should this concern our veterinary profession? It is very well known that there are significant welfare issues with the brachycephalic breeds particularly with regard to breathing difficulties, eye problems, skin fold infections, difficulties giving birth and spinal problems. Popularity of the breeds has meant that there is a booming industry in supplying puppies with welfare issues surrounding some poor quality breeding practices and also the importation both legal and illegal of pups to meet the demand.

Ownership of a brachycephalic should not be undertaken on a whim, new owners should research the breed both in terms of potential health problems and associated costs and specialist

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care necessary. Is this a breed that will suit their life style, if wanting an energetic lively healthy dog maybe a brachycephalic is not suitable? The breeder should also be carefully selected, consider the Kennel Club assured breeder scheme.

To mitigate the effects of ‘Patrick’ the BWG has had meetings with Disney and agreed on how Disney may be able to help to manage this anticipated this increased interest in the Pug breed. Measures include : 1. Adding a welfare message to the credits at the end of the film.

2. Distributing leaflets to journalists and the UK public at cinemas to explain the health issues for Pugs and to suggest that ownership should not be undertaken lightly.

3. No images of Pugs dressed in human clothing will be used in marketing.

4. No Pug memorabilia will be accompanying the film as merchandising 5. The BWG will support development of a process to ensure that in future potential welfare implications are considered in movies featuring domestic animals Perhaps the release of ‘Patrick’ will have the positive effect of bringing the potential problems of Pugs to the general public’s attention which can only be a good thing to increase awareness of the issues within this and other brachycephalic breeds? If so the actions of the BWG will have been successful in achieving their aims where ‘Patrick’ is concerned. We can only hope so.

Nicky Bromhall Veterinary Surgeon Animal Health Centre

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History Notes with Julian Lea-Jones - Bristol Castle (pt 2) In last months magazine Julian took us on a whistle-stop tour of the early history of Bristol Castle (which was founded in what is now the Castle Park / Broadmead part of the city centre), and focussed on some of its residents - willing and reluctant. You may recall we got as far as 1191 when John, formerly Earl of Moreton, and whose mother was Eleanor of Aquitaine, was crowned King in Richard’s absence - but Richard the Lionheart upon his return to England in 1195 deprived John of all his Castles, including Bristol.

Julian takes up the story.

Princess Eleanor, sister of Prince Arthur, was captured on August 4th 1202 by King John at Mirabeau in Normandy, imprisoned in Bristol Castle with ‘honourable usage’ for forty years and kept under close watch in case she conceived a child who could claim the throne. This account, in bold, is as recorded in Bristol’s history books - but not nationally. There also appears to be some confusion over which of at least three Eleanors are referred to. It is most likely that it was Eleanor of Aquitaine, (1122 – 1204) who, in 1173, rebelled against her second husband Henry II in favour of her son John. However it went badly wrong and Eleanor was captured and kept in "close confinement" and carefully watched in Bristol Castle. She already had eight children so ‘keeping watch’ in case she had another during her imprisonment might not have been necessary!.

When her husband died in 1189 she was released from prison by the new king, Richard I, but upon her release she secured Aquitaine for her son John in his succession crisis for the English throne.

In 1241 Princess Eleanor dies and is buried in priory Church of St James, Bristol, her body later moved to a Nunnery in Wiltshire. Nationally it is recorded that it was Henry’s III Queen, Eleanor of Provence who, after his death in 1272, entered a convent at Amesbury in Wiltshire where she stayed for nineteen years until her own death. So it seems that some of the local historical accounts have confused the three different Eleanors, (It was equally difficult resolving the five Matildas or Mauds).

During 1263 Prince Edward retreated to Bristol Castle for refuge but was driven out. Bartholomew de Inovence was Castle Constable in 1264 and Simon de Montfort took charge of Bristol Castle in January the following year.

magnificence because he spent a number of Christmases here over the next eight years. In 1279 Peter de la Mare, the encumbent Castle Constable, captured and beheaded William de Lay much to Edward I's Royal displeasure. Peter’s penance included building a cross at the King’s Orchard end of Old Market.

King Edward II, responsible for the suppressions of the Templars in this country and defeated by Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn in 1314, in 1312 instructed Castle Constable Lord Bartholomew de Badlesmere to arrest any remaining Knight Templars in Bristol and for them to be held in Bristol Castle until their trial. Badlesmere was a very nasty piece of work, even by the standards of those times. During his tenure he besieged and bombarded the township of Bristol and in 1316 also authorised the ‘14’ (a group of local merchants and mariners led by William Randolph) against the town’s elected burgesses. Allied to Badlesmere they were also known as the ‘Castle Party’. Matters became so bad that a wall was erected between the town and castle, the line of which became known in post-castle years as Defence Lane, later changed to Dolphin Street, (where my maternal grandfather had an antiques shop until he was also bombed out, this time in WII by the Luftwaffe).

Edward II (seen here in an early passport photo) granted Bristol Castle in 1320 to his ‘favourite’ the rapacious Hugh le Despenser ("the younger Despenser"), but only six years later they both attempted to take refuge here before fleeing to Wales. Edward II was captured in the following year and on the 5th April he was dragged back to Bristol Castle before being transferred to Berkeley Castle where, on September 21st 1327, he suffered a horrible, but many said, an appropriate death.

In July 1399 the Duke of Lancaster stormed Bristol Castle.

Henry VI intended to take up residence at Bristol Castle but by the year 1446 found the state of repair unsuitable for a Monarch and instead stayed at St John’s Hospital in Redcliffe. Given the modest size of St John’s and the probable numbers of his Edward 1st (aka Edward Longshanks) came to retinue, I wonder where they stayed? The historian Bristol Castle in 1276, and obviously liked its and chronicler John Leyland visited Bristol Castle, (continued overleaf) 12

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History Notes with Julian Lea-Jones - Bristol Castle (pt 2) in 1534, and commented in his itinerary that “Alle tendith to ruine.” So it seems the state of the castle hadn’t improved since Henry VI’s time.

In 1602 Sir John Stafford was appointed Castle Constable. Was this the beginning of the end?

Twenty seven years later Francis Brewster was lessee of Bristol Castle and, according to local archaeologist Mike Ponsford, this was a year before the City bought it for £959 to develop the site for building plots. By 1653 the castle was ruinous and Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector ordered its destruction. Parts of it were home to vagabonds. But three years later there was obviously enough still left for Cromwell again to order it to be finally ‘slighted’ within two weeks, thus making it unusable as a defensive structure.

Fast forward now by three undred years and by the twentieth century the Castle site finally becomes Bristol’s main shopping centre. Hitler’s bombing between 1940 – 1945 totally demolished this the vibrant heart of Bristol. However I am sure that the Norman Kings would be pleased to know that neither Cromwell nor Hitler were able to destroy the twin porches of the King’s Hall and Palace and other fragments that were incorporated into shops or other new buildings. In the 1980s this one

remaining building became a restaurant. From 1945 – 1980s there were many grand plans to revitalise the grassed patch now known as Castle Park to include homes, shops, civic amenities enabling people once more to ‘live in the castle’.

But now in 2018 like many grand civic plans unachieved (Bristol Arena, ATA, Metro ?) it is still a grassed area, with only sign boards to provide a clue to the castle’s former glory and with the only residents being rough sleepers in the surrounding shrubberies.

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Coaching with Anne Miller Regrets….we have a few!!

A life of few regrets would be a wonderful thing, wouldn’t it? Nobody wants to be looking back and wishing they’d done this or that, feeling life could have been better. ‘If only…’ is not a pleasant way to be thinking. How much more enjoyable if we could accept what’s done is done and focus on the here and now and how we want to move forward. But are regrets inevitable or useful, even?

All too easily we can find ourselves slipping into wishing we’d done something differently, knowing it can’t be undone and yet still running it over in our minds. Maybe we need to experience this to some degree if only to inform our future choices so as to avoid feelings of regret! When we have a decision to make we can consider how we might look back, at a future time, and wonder what we could potentially regret: We can ask ourselves, “When I look back, what might I regret?” This gives us another way of looking at our choice and we can only ask this if we know what regret feels like!

But reflecting does not inevitably lead us to regret. We have a choice: we can focus on what might have been, or we can choose to accept the outcomes and look to learn so as to make better choices in future.

I’m fairly sure Thomas Edison didn’t spend much time regretting his mistakes as he worked through thousands of attempts to invent the light bulb! Instead he will have used each failed attempt to modify and improve.

Looking back on a situation objectively we may recognise that, for example, we may have acted hastily. If we had taken time to consider our response this may have led to a better outcome. Looking forward, we can think ahead to similar situations and plan strategies to make our response a better one.

Or we may be able to see that we missed an opportunity because we prevaricated.

Realising this may help us to identify what additional resources we need when a future opportunity presents and we want to take decisive action.

Having a life of few regrets is not about making only a few mistakes. It’s not about the outcome, it’s about our attitude, our willingness to accept and learn. Nobody likes making mistakes but to spend our lives regretting them is to miss the opportunity to learn and profit from them. In fact if you’re not making mistakes you are not making progress!

But we do not need to keep repeating this experience to be able to use it in this way and to do so is not only unpleasant, it’s very unproductive!

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Reflecting on the choices we’ve made is a perfectly natural and useful thing to do.

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Senio r Snippe ts

Why singing means a happier brain

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

In this instalment we are looking at why music has such an impact on the brain, and especially for those with dementia.

Musical memory and the brain - According to the Commission on Dementia and Music, research suggests that regions of the brain associated with musical memory may overlap with regions relatively spared in Alzheimer’s disease. The findings suggest that even if certain areas of the brain are badly affected by dementia, a person may still be able to understand and enjoy music.

The report, set-up and coordinated by the International Longevity Centre, with support from The Utley Foundation adds that music may help in the recall of information for people with dementia, in a similar way to mnemonics, and playing a musical instrument may be associated with a lowered likelihood of developing dementia.

The ‘memory bump’ - The findings of the report also revealed that people with dementia retain the clearest memories for the music they enjoyed and heard roughly between the ages of 10 and 30. Sally Bowell, a research fellow from the International Longevity Centre, told Home Instead Senior Care: “Evidence such as this is incredibly valuable for CAREGivers, who can use this as a key to unlocking the music that might most resonate with their clients.”

Why else does music impact the brain? - It’s engaging! Research shows that singing activates the left side of the brain and listening to music sparks activity in the right-hand side. Music means that the whole brain is stimulated, and more mind power than usual is being exercised. Singing and music is also reported to help retain speech and language, help tackle anxiety and depression and improve quality of life.

Music clearly has a huge impact on the lives of people living with dementia and is just one of the ways our CAREGivers can help our clients to live life well.

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Good Reads - recommendations from Bruce Fellows Terrorist plots are regularly thwarted in Britain we hear. If you’ve ever wondered how, then read Soldier Spy by Tom Marcus, once an MI5 undercover man. In his remarkable book, he gives blow by blow accounts of how teams of operatives track suspects on foot, on motorbikes and in cars and how they avoid discovery. It’s gripping, frightening and also moving.

The risks on a job can be enormous and the physical and psychological effects build up, as Marcus finds to his cost. Having read this, you’ll realise how lucky we are to have such skilled and brave men and women around to protect us.

Elizabeth Strout’s Anything is Possible is an enthralling collection of nine interconnected stories based around the return home of a successful New York writer, Lucy Barton, to Amgash, Illinois, the rural backwater where she had a strange and poverty-stricken upbringing. Amongst others, we meet Lucy’s brother, her sister, the ex-school janitor who was a kind supporter of hers, a Vietnam veteran blackmailed by an escort, a woman visiting Italy to see her mother who abandoned her family for a much younger man.

There’s more insight, too, into Lucy’s childhood. This is a revealing display of ordinary American lives portrayed in an understanding and compassionate fashion.

Smuggled out to the Free World, the subtitle of The Accusation tells it all: Forbidden stories from inside North Korea. The author, known only as Bandi, tells tales that beggar belief. You might think you can imagine the horror of life in a society without humour, personal freedom, opinions, or enough to eat but you almost certainly can’t. A family is banished when a child screams at a poster of the Great Leader. A man can’t get a travel permit to see his dying mother. Harsh punishments, ineptitude, cover ups; these simply told stories will stop you short and make you count your British blessings.

In Sally Rooney’s striking and gripping novel Conversations with Friends, Frances and Bobbi have a poetry act, Melissa is a photographer who takes a shine to the girls and brings them home for a drink. Her husband Nick, an actor, is there. The friendships develop and as you might guess, they talk a lot about pretty well everything and Frances is at the centre of it all. But how do Frances and Bobbi survive Frances and Nick? And what’s wrong with Frances? This is a romance and a comedy with a lot to say about relationships and intimacy and you just can’t stop reading it.

Adam Kay’s This is Going to Hurt: secret diary of a Junior Doctor is funny, heartbreaking, revealing, gruesome, uplifting and funny again, often all on the same page. When we finally see a doctor for our routine or potentially life-changing consultation, he or she may be at the end of a sleep-deprived 97 hour working week having earned at an hourly rate below that of someone on a supermarket checkout, yet we’ll probably get a smile. Why? Kay’s jokes, anecdotes and observations will tell you and demonstrate just what’s bad and what’s magnificent about the NHS that we and he love. This book is terrific.

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1. Name the British cheeses illustrated by the pictures below.

1. The Human League, OMD and ABC all featured at Let’s Rock Bristol 2018. Name their lead singers.

2. Give the preceding names of these current world cities - a) Istanbul, b) St Petersburg, c) Chennai.

2. “Jeepster”, “Solid Gold Easy Action” and “Children of the Revolution” were top 3 UK hits for which group?

3. Name the money lender in Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice”.

3. Which was the biggest UK single hit for The Beatles where Ringo Starr sang the lead vocal?

4. Which country is the world’s biggest producer of lettuce?

5. There are 193 member states of the United Nations - which are first and last alphabetically, and which letter do the largest number of member states begin with?

6. In anatomy “genial” refers to which part of the body?

7. There are more species of beetle on Earth than any other creature. Approximately how many (to the nearest 10,000)?

8. These districts are in which Midlands cities - a) Sparkhill b) Lace Market, and c) Mickleover?

9. Name the three politicians shown below.

4. “We Can’t Stop” and “Wrecking Ball” were 2013 hits from which album?

5. According to Radio 2 which was the top selling single in the 1960’s sung by a female solo artist?

6. According to the Official Charts Company which was the top selling UK instrumental single in the 1970’s?

7. Shown below are the covers of three of the top three best selling UK albums of the 2000’s. Name the albums and the singer(s).

8. Paisley Park Records was founded by which musician?

9. Name Gloria Estefan’s backing band.

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On This Day in Bristory News 22 July 1835 Bristol Zoo was founded by local physician Henry Riley, leader of the Bristol, Clifton and West of England Zoological Society. The objective was ‘the observation of habits, form and structure of the animal kingdom, as well as affording rational amusement and recreation to the visitors of the neighbourhood.’

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was one of the original shareholders. The fifth oldest zoo in the world, it officially opened in 1836 on the 12 acres of acquired land in Clifton.

19 July 1843

The launch ceremony was held for the SS Great Britain, the longest passenger ship in the world at the time.

Prince Albert, there to unfurl the ship’s Royal Emblem, was a special guest for the occasion and led a procession down The Exchange. The Prince also hurled a bottle of champagne against the iron hull of the ship during the naming ceremony after the original bottle, swung by Clarissa Miles, had missed its target.

Sport 5 July 1999 Tony Pulis was appointed manager of Bristol City after making 150 appearances for bitter rivals Bristol Rovers during two spells at the club between 1975 and 1984. From the start the appointment wasn’t popular with City fans and his reign was a brief one. In January 2000 he left to become manager of Portsmouth - where he only lasted 10 months. Pulis eventually had success with Stoke, Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion.

26 July 2016 Bristol Rovers lost 3-0 in a friendly against Spanish side CE Sabadell. A relationship between fans of the two teams had begun a few years earlier when Rovers supporters noticed the similarity in their respective kits while holidaying in Barcelona (near where the Catalan club are based). Previously in 2015, 15 Sabadell fans had made the trip to watch Rovers’ final home game of the season against Alfreton Town.

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16 July 1846 The Bristol Waterworks Company was formed by an Act of Parliament. The government favoured the successful proposal over that of a rival group, the Merchant Venturers Water Works. Those on the winning side included sanitation pioneer William Budd, Quaker merchant George Thomas and the industrialist Francis Fry. Within 15 months water travelled from Chewton Mendip into Bristol.

19 July 1972 Jane Taylor was born in Nocton Hall, Lincolnshire. Though not born in the city, the folk artist has become synonymous with Bristol after the release of her debut album Montpelier in 2006. The doodle on the front cover shows the street in Montpelier where all the tracks of the album were written. Blowing The Candle Out, a song from the album, won the International Songwriting Competition in 2003.

1 July 1957 The bodies of June and Royston Sheasby (aged seven and five) were found by PC Jefferson Brough near the river at Snuff Mills. The siblings had disappeared the previous month after going to look at some horses near their home in Stapleton. A huge police investigation then followed, much of which focussed on the nearby Stoke Park Hospital. Despite these efforts, the murders went unsolved, and remain so to this day.

20 July 2007 Bristol Community Festival Ltd, a not-forprofit company behind The Ashton Court Festival, announced that it had begun the process of winding up the company due to unsustainable financial losses. The first festival was held in 1974 and at one point the event was Britain’s largest free festival and had seen performances from the likes of Portishead, Reef, Robert Plant and The Fall (who played at the final festival in 2007).

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Wapping Wharf to host its own Bristol Harbour Festival fringe event with steel drummers, storytelling & bubble-blowing pirates!

Wapping Wharf’s Maritime Shindig will take place on Saturday, 21st July

Bristol’s Wapping Wharf during Harbour Festival 2016 From sea shanty singers to stilt-walking, bubbleblowing pirates, and from steel drummers to storytelling mermaids, there will be plenty to keep all the family entertained at Wapping Wharf’s Maritime Shindig, part of Bristol’s Harbour Festival, this summer.

The waterside hotspot will be hosting its first ever Harbour Festival fringe event from midday on Saturday 21 July and festival goers can expect an afternoon of free family entertainment plus the chance to browse the independent shops, tuck into delicious food and enjoy a drink on the sparkling waterfront.

Here are the top six ways to enjoy the iconic festival at Wapping Wharf on Saturday July 21st: • Listen to locally-based steel pan band, Pan Sonic as the drummers fill the waterfront with amazing sounds.

• Meet a mermaid and be enthralled during a special storytelling session as she tells tall tales of sea-faring adventures.

• Listen to sea shanty songs from local performers

as they sing about Bristol and its maritime past.

• Argh, me hearties! Watch out for stilt-walking, bubble-blowing pirates as they take over Gaol Ferry Steps and CARGO. • Tuck into special festival treats offered during the event by Wapping Wharf businesses, including tasty cheese and crackers all ready to go in a picnic bag from the Bristol Cheesemonger, an oyster bar at Root, two new speciality burgers from Squeezed, a global fishstavaganza from Wild Beer, a delicious tuna tostada from Cargo Cantina and a tasty shrimp and tiger prawn bao from Woky Ko. Pigsty will also have a BBQ, serving up their award-winning Jolly Hog sausages.

• Admire contemporary art and craft influenced by the rich maritime heritage of Bristol’s Harbourside at Portside Gallery.

On Sunday 22 July, watch the Power8Sprint from the water’s edge and see teams from eight cities – Bristol, Cambridge, Exeter, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Oxford – go head-tohead over 350m sprint race down Bristol Harbour to be crowned champions.

Tessa Lidstone, from BOX-E, who is organising the event on behalf of the Wapping Wharf businesses, said: “Bristol Harbour Festival is an iconic event in the city’s bursting summer calendar so it’s brilliant to be involved. If you’re after a buzzing atmosphere, free entertainment, plus a perfect spot to relax with friends or family by the waterfront, head to Wapping Wharf and you’re sure to find what you’re looking for!”

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History Notes No. 127 - Purely for pleasure Summer provides us with the opportunity to get out and explore our city. This month I’m not going to refer to architecture, homes of the ‘Great and the Good’ (sadly the two Gs aren’t always synonymous), or even examples of historic enterprises, but items handmade just for the pleasure of it.

So leave the Fitbit at home and instead focus on the visual treat of some of the handmade delights that exist in our neighbourhoods.

Please let Andy and I know of any other delights you find on your walks.

This Dove found a warm winter spot on this chimney pot in Howard Rd, (on the side between Cairns and Halsbury roads) in Westbury Park.

Have you ever noticed and wondered about the carving resembling the Madonna & Child in a wall niché at Foley Cottage on the corner of Clyde and Hampton Roads? Some years ago when it was new I also wondered and being curious, (euphemism for nosey) knocked on the door and asked about its significance.

The then owner, a gracious lady by the name of Mary Gray, artist and sculptress, welcomed my question and explained. She was rebuilding her garden wall and when bad

weather called a halt to wall building decided to occupy the time carving this little study of a mother and child. It had no significance other than perhaps her knowledge of the cottage’s earlier occupant, Ada Vachell, who established a Bristol Guild for Handicapped Children, now commemorated by a blue plaque on the garden wall, and by a memorial in Bristol Cathedral. Mary said that she had carved it just for the artistic pleasure.

Here the story would have ended but for a double twist. Mary Gray later told me a poignant sequel. For some years an unknown person annually placed a bunch of flowers in the niche. Is this how traditions start?

Perhaps another story for another time.

To bring the story up to date, I’m sure that Mary Gray would be pleased to know that the subsequent owners, Simond & Beatrice Ffiske, started a family tradition in which every Christmas they placed a lighted candle there, thus linking Mary’s delightful study to the Christmas celebrations.

When is a vista not a vista? When it is in the Polygon, Clifton. Some years ago when visiting Douglas and Janet at their home in the Polygon, I planned to use the back garden door. Unfortunately it was locked so I had to walk all the way around to the front. Later

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History Notes No. 127 - Purely for pleasure when sitting in their kitchen and noticing their splendid glass panelled back garden door I commented that I was surprised as all the back doors were solid wood.

Janet laughed and let me into her secret.

The previous summer she had collected fragments of broken car wing mirrors that littered the streets. Having first drawn an outline of a tree on their solid wooden door the pieces of mirror were painstakingly stuck on to give this optical illusion. The delightful vista is in fact just a reflection of their garden path and surrounding flowers. Another equally amazing optical illusion was trompe l’oeil painting on a front door of a house in Cornwallis Crescent which replicated the view along the hallway, even down to the fern on a stand. The painting was so skilfully done that one could swear that the door was open when closed. I was told that it was painted out when the property changed hands. Maybe because visitors kept bumping into it?!

tree which covered him in stickiness. The subsequent attentions of the ants must have driven him to mute fury.

The old grey owl which is on the remains of a silver birch tree in Henleaze Avenue owes its existence to a keen naturalist’s visit to Westonbirt and a close encounter with an aggressive short eared owl. The gentleman, who lived in Henleaze Avenue, was photographing an owl from the sunroof of his car, when it suddenly swooped on him.

On visiting Westonbirt after the great storm of October 1987 he saw a wooden carving of an owl which reminded him of his own close encounter. Thus inspired he decided to use the dead tree in his front garden to carve a memento owl. He shrouded his project in secrecy. His widow told me that he even erected a screen around the tree and worked away on something – but what she knew not until the day it was unveiled.

Superman seen near Redland Green. Although it hasn’t been verified there is a rumour in Redland that a person, possibly Clark Kent in disguise, was seen entering the phone box.

Could he be about to fly off to rescue Lois?

On Whiteladies Road by Clifton Down station is a monkey working a Rubik cube. Hard to tell from its expression whether it is very clever or thinks it’s a square banana. Another EU regulation? To find out you will have to ask its creator Julian Warren of www.MetalGnu.com

This anary was so tired after flying all the way from Norwich which is probably why it is resting on the ridge of a house in Holmes Grove, Henleaze. Actually it was a Norwich football mascot and came to Bristol to see them play Bristol City.

On a garden gate in Pembroke Road is a quetzal, the national bird of Guatemala, another of Julian’s creation made because the letter Q eluded me in my alphabet book of Bristol creatures, ‘Beastly Bristol’. John Sansom my publisher kindly had it made to complete our alphabet.

In Upper Cranbrook Road Wallace & Gromit provided some novel occupational therapy.

Some years ago John who had been very active had a serious illness and during his enforced convalescence he decided to modify his gateposts by carving them into the likeness of Wallace and his trusty assistant (or master?) Gromit. This is probably the first time stop frame animation has been used as occupational therapy using wood rather than plasticine. In this role, Gromit’s performance could be said to be a bit wooden. However I understand that last summer he had a nasty outbreak of ants. This was because he is situated in the shade of a greenfly infested 31

Go to Sion hill in Clifton to see this brass necked creature boldly peering over its balcony at people visiting the Avon Gorge Hotel.

That’s all for this month I hope you enjoy discovering these delights.

PS. Have you also noticed the life sized sheep on a balcony in Harley place?

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A Meal at the Pickle Market I visited Chutney Chowk last week for the first time since it opened, armed with one question and left with another. OK, I actually went with a couple of questions - the other main one being whether the food would be as good as it was at its predecessor, the Roshni. I left happy - it certainly was.

So, the first question I went in with - "What is a chowk - is it just a fun word to make the name sound nice?". Turns out a chowk is an open market found on the Indian sub-continent, often at a crossroads or roundabout. So now you know.

Since it reopened a couple of months back I have seen plenty of positive reviews online, and knowing that it is owned and run by Mahmadur Khan then friendly service and hospitality could be taken for granted. And as for the food? Well, a look at the menu revealed many familiar curry friends - the sort of range you would expect from your normal Indian restaurant. Sometimes it is nice to just pick an old favourite - an easy, safe choice, guaranteed to satisfy. However the Chutney Chowk menu throws up several interesting newcomers - so I asked Mr Khan to serve me something different, something I couldn't have ordered previously.

First up was a new starter - Mini Masala Uttappam, described as "a savoury and fluffy pancake sprinkled with diced tomatoes, onions, coriander and green chillis". And that is exactly what it is - a mid thickness pancake made with, I suspect, garam flour and containing the aforementioned ingredients. Lovers of mild food only, beware - although not listed on the heat scale on the menu the presence of green chillis makes this a lively little number. Deliciously so, mind, and it came with a tamarind sauce to add sweet and sour (tamarind is a compulsory ingredient in any curry we make at home) and a little mint dressing to provide some coolness to the dish. All in all very tasty - light, fresh, zingy and moreish.

I'll happily try most things on a menu - Indian or otherwise - although when eating Asian inspired food I'm happiest at the mid-range-heat level.

There's always been a bit of an assumption that the more spicy food you eat the more blind you become to delicate flavours - as if your palate might in some way become immune to subtlety. Well I'm pleased to report that that definitely wasn't the case on this occasion, as I was served a hitherto unheard-of chicken shatkora - listed as medium mild (one chilli) on the menu. Another new dish, the shatkora is based upon the Bangladeshi fruit of the same name. Described as "lemon like" I was told it adds a fresh citrus flavour. Fearing a sweetness found in many oriental lemon chicken dishes this thankfully was very different. With looks not of a lemon, more an ugly lime, the shatkora, to me at least, had a definite hint of grapefruit about it - which as a grapefruit fan is fine in my book. The dish was terrific - a healthy portion of tender chicken pieces in a rich fruity citrus and tomato sauce, delicately spiced and easy on the tastebuds (you can as usual ask for the dish to be cooked to your liking if you prefer a little more heat). Served with simple turmeric-coloured rice (I wish I could cook rice as good as this) my maincourse needed no extras - although I did have a rather large chapatti to make sure I missed none of the sauce.

A return visit to Chutney Chowk is on the cards there are other new and interesting sounding dishes - dosas (savoury filled crepes), thalis and a pumpkin- based lau curry catch the eye.

The atmosphere in Chutney Chowk was friendly and relaxed, as it always was, - now you can Bring Your Own to be sure of your favourite cooling drink - and on this early Friday evening there was a nice mix of families and couples starting or ending their evenings with some excellent food.

And the question I left with? In a time when we can clone DNA and are planning for space tourism, why on earth can't we make a hot flannel stay hot for longer?

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At the Cinema - Chris Worthington Redoubtable

at Watershed Certificate 15 Directed by Michel Hazanavicius Redoubtable is a biopic of Jean – Luc Godard, the French “new wave” film director who made series of successful films in the 1960’s including Breathless, Weekend and In Praise of Love, satirical comedies based on the reality of relationships between men and women and the idiocies of contemporary society. Prior to his film making career Godard had been a construction worker and a not very successful writer and film critic.

The film is set in the year of 1968 when Godard got involved with the “events of May”, the street demonstrations in Paris that aimed to bring about violent revolutionary change. At the same time Godard was promoting “La Chinoise”, a film made in the previous year about a small group of French students who are studying the ideas of Mao Tse -Tung and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.

La Chinoise featured Anne Wiazemsky (aged 19) who Godard had married after the making of the film at the age of 36. She admires his originality, intelligence and wit but this often turns to anger and arrogance and he treats her badly.

Godard becomes increasingly obsessed with revolutionary politics and sends a copy of La Chinoise to the Chinese embassy in Paris where it is dismissed as “reactionary art.” However since parts of the La Chinoise might be seen as satirising Maoist politics perhaps he should not have been surprised. The rejection causes Godard to question the value of his work and he tries to find a way of making films that are in line with his politics. He meets another revolutionary film maker and they have intense discussions about making films in a non - hierarchical way with no script, no director and no actors. Mike Leigh may have been more successful at this than Godard.

The portrayal of the street demonstrations, police brutality and the dogmatic use of language by the would - be revolutionary leaders in the film is excellent. Godard is invited to speak at several mass meetings in the Sorbonne but he is rude, dismissive and angry. However to be fair that could be said of most of the other speakers.

Godard and Anne are invited to spend few a few days on the coast in the South of France with some friends but the trip is marred by his angry dismissal of bourgeois politics and art while Anne simply wants to go swimming and have a nice time. During the holiday Godard gets involved with the cancellation of the Cannes Film Festival on the grounds that such an event cannot possibly be allowed to take place when there is a revolution happening in Paris. They decide to return to Paris but there is no petrol available because of the strikes that are sweeping through the country. Godard is intensely frustrated by this but fails to realise that the revolution will go on without him.

After a short delay they get hold of some petrol and set off on the 900 km journey punctuated by more pointless and ill tempered political arguments.

At the end of the film Goddard is starting work on a new film with a non - hierarchical film crew.

He hates it.

Two of his personal quotes are “cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world” and “there was a time when cinema could have improved society but that time has passed.” The title of the film is taken from a radio programme that Goddard happens to hear about keeping up morale by showing films on a submarine named Redoubtable.

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Aerospace Bristol Prize Wordsearch

it is and if you are correct you'll go into the hat to win the pair of tickets to Aerospace Bristol.

Entries please by email to andy@bcmagazines. co.uk - or by post to 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY, by phone to 0117 259 1964 or by text to 07845 986650. Entries in by 30 June please. Have fun and the best of luck. Here are the aircraft you need to find HALIFAX CAMEL BUCCANEER HERALD SWORDFISH TYPHOON BRITANNIA WELLINGTON LANCASTER TORNADO ARGOSY HAWK GNAT METEOR HUNTER SEA VIXEN VULCAN LIGHTNING Date: ___________________

BEAUFIGHTER BRABAZON HARRIER HURRICANE SPITFIRE CONCORDE

The prize wordsearch this month is very kindly sponsored by the people behind the very excellent Aerospace Bristol Museum up at Filton. A full review of a recent trip to the museum should be on page 43 (unless I've changed the page sequences). In the meantime, and to whet the appetite, there is a pair of tickets to the museum, valid for a full 12 months, up for grabs in this month's aircraftthemed puzzle.

Listed below are twenty four classic British aircraft from the last century of aviation - some civil, some military. Twenty three of the planes are hidden in the wordsearch grid meaning that one has taken off and flown the aerodrome. ________________________________ Words can be hidden running forward, backward, up, down or on a diagonal. All you need to do is discover the missing plane, let me know which

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Aerospace Bristol - celebrating our aeronautical heritage There's something nice about a museum that celebrates the history, industry, culture etc of the city, town or village in which it is based.

Norwich has its Mustard Museum, High Wycombe has a Museum of Chairs, Keswick has its Pencil Museum. Since I moved to Bristol in 1989 there has been talk of an aerospace museum to showcase the city's heritage as a central player not just in British aviation but in the aerospace industry worldwide. The last flight in to Bristol of Concorde Alpha Foxtrot in 2003 signalled what seemed like the major step towards a museum - the star exhibit had flown home.

Museum at Bletchley Park. Housed in the original buildings where the clandestine cracking of German codes was carried out to the huge benefit of the war effort (WWII this time) the similarities with Aerospace Bristol are clear. There is one major difference though between what are two excellent visitor attractions. Both tell a fascinating and important story, both are interesting and thought provoking - but Bletchley Park isn't exciting. Aerospace Bristol does exciting in spades.

OK, so it has taken a few more years to get there - this is Bristol after all - but Aerospace Bristol is open and ready for boarding. Set inside some of the old hangers on the Filton airfield site the museum building itself is as you would expect from such an engineeringdriven project - a mix of lovely old brick walls and timber roof joists kitted out with hi-tec sound and vision. The high-ceilinged old buildings that house the majority of the exhibits - bar one - provide the perfect setting to tell the tale of aviation and the city's leading role in it. An industry that is barely a century old is thankfully very well documented, in film, photo and eyewitness accounts - so the historical story the museum tells is richly illustrated in evocative words and pictures. Sepia prints of ladies applying toxic varnish, in the "Doping Shop", to the linen covered wings of WWI aircraft remind the visitor of how far technology and working conditions have come in a century, but perhaps more importantly how vital the role was that women played in the war when so many of their men went off to fight.

Earlier this year I visited the Codebreaking

Children - from 5 to 105 - cannot fail to be impressed and excited by the sheer number of exhibits to marvel at. A codebreaking machine might elicit the response "that's interesting", a full sized Harrier jump-jet will provoke an altogether more excitable reaction, probably starting with "wow". Whether it is an early WW1 fighter plane, a cold war missile system, a giant helicopter or a space telescope, there are full-size exhibits galore - plenty to keep the youngsters interested while the parents absorb the history. The museum really is great for families - the exhibits have that wow factor, and there are activities that will keep the children entertained and learning. You can test your reaction skills with a hands-on riveting game, get to grips with the physics of flight with fun interactive exhibits (one in particular raises the heart rate as you pedal like mad to take off), help Alfie Fox on his fact-finding trail and find the seven 'clockingin' stations hidden throughout the museum.

Tickets to the museum are valid for a years worth of unlimited return visits. We spent four hours there and definitely plan to return

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as there is too much for a patient adult or impatient youngster to absorb in one trip.

So, have I missed anything? Well, there are two excellent cafes on site - I can vouch for the quality of the coffee - and of course a well stocked gift shop. Oh, and there is a Concorde too.

For many visitors the draw, the main attraction, will be Concorde Alpha Foxtrot - the real McCoy, the one that banked over the Downs as it flew home to Filton so memorably back in 2003. For too long she sat exposed at the top of the long Filton runway, but now she is in a setting that she deserves - a new hangar all to herself. That may sound a bit romantic, but for many, many people Concorde is a genuinely iconic symbol of British excellence, and seeing it up close, as you now can, gives a real thrill.

from a distance, parked out in the open at the end of what was, after all, one of the longest and widest runways in the country.

Witness it up close though, filling it's own display hanger, and Concorde is every bit as impressive and beautiful as you think it should be. Sitting in the adjacent mock up of the cockpit, or walking down the aisle of Concorde AF just as the air hostesses used to do, reminds you that it was designed for speed - narrow and cramped by today's standards - but it was engineers aiming for that perfect aerodynamic profile that, almost by default, created the sweeping beautiful S-shaped delta wings that give Concorde its majestic silhouette.

Walk under the fuselage, look up and you get a true impression of the size of the thing.

In some respects gazing in awe at the plane itself is enough - but if you want detail, reminiscence, science and history then there is a cracking audio-visual show projected onto the fuselage of this very Bristolian beauty.

Aerospace Bristol is a very fitting museum to the history of aviation and aerospace industry in the city - one that will please the many thousands of people currently or previously employed at Filton (myself included) and to the public in general. Get yourself and your family down there this summer - you'll be blown away as you are flown away.

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Music now, then and live - Duncan Haskell Album of the Month Lush by Snail Mail (Matador)

Next Step Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair (Matador)

Lindsey Jordan (AKA Snail Mail) was only 16 when she released her EP Habit back in 2016.

What impressed fans and critics alike was the maturity of her sound, as if age has ever been a boundary to creativity.

But with hype comes pressure, in Jordan’s case pressure to deliver a full-length album of similar quality. Thankfully, Lush does just that and more.

Take lead single, and the album’s first track proper, Pristine. An indie-rock anthem which reminds listeners of any age just how devastating young love can be. Even hardened cynics will have both empathy and a torturous memories evoked by lines such as, “Don't you like me for me?/ Is there any better feeling than coming clean?/ And I know myself and I'll never love anyone else.”

It’s that knack of writing songs that are both instantly engaging and relatable which carries through the album. At a lean 10 tracks/ 38 minutes, it doesn’t ever spill over into the morose / unforgettable, despite her somewhat plodding style. The reason behind that is the way in which Jordan takes her vulnerabilities lays them bare whilst simultaneously turning them into something altogether more empowering. When she sings, “I’m in full control / I’m not lost,” on Full Control, it’s clear that a doomed romance or two won’t be enough to break her.

Of course there are times when doubt sets in, on Heat Wave she announces, “I'm so tired of moving on/ Spending every weekend so far gone.” But even these confessional moments come across as temporary blips rather than defeat, especially when backed with her confident musical attack.

Lush succeeds in living up to the hype but more than that it offers companionship and understanding through its heartfelt content.

It’s not necessarily that a direct line can be drawn from Phair’s 1993 debut straight to Snail Mail, more that the two albums conjure up same feelings from the listener - and whatever the link, it’s about time that we shined some light on this classic record.

Exile In Guyville was a debut that seemed to arrive fully formed. Both in terms of songwriting and production, this felt like a record being made by a master at the height of their powers, rather than a relative novice.

Especially in the pre-digital era where less was known about an artist’s earlier work, Phair seemed exceptional. Songs like 6’1”, Never Said and Flower felt like they had been taken straight from the bedroom and readied for the stadium, with no steps in between. More importantly, its message provided a rallying point for teenage girls looking for their own Kurt Cobain.

It’s said that the album was written as a mirror to Exile On Main St. Even if that was the case, it’s nothing more than an interesting piece of trivia which obfuscates the record’s true importance. Individual yet eminently relatable, this was music to help you through the pains of growing up Gig of the Month Snail Mail @ Thekla, Wednesday 31st October Okay so this isn’t a gig of this month, but one that’s definitely worth having some advance notice of. By the time October comes around you’ll have had plenty of time to fall in love with Lush and will thank us for tipping you off to the majesty of Lindsey Jordan. The Baltimore artist has been touring extensively this year so should arrive in Bristol sounding better than ever - a genuine chance to see a star in the making.

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Acronym Time - answers on p 64 Another random bunch of acronyms and initialisms for you to try and recognise. Do you know what the following stand for?

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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 It’s Your Ceili - Fun barn dance party for all.

Dances walked through first, then called with live music from the Highly Strung Band. 2018 Series - Friday 6th July, 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 pre-book at www.ticketline.co.uk or pay on door. Enquiries - Jill Elliot 01275 847 909. www.highlystrungcommunityband.co.uk Redland Green Choir will combine with the Burnham and Highbridge Choral Society and the Long Ashton Orchestra to perform Beethoven's 9th symphony and choral works by Brahms at Clifton Cathedral at 7.45pm on 14th July. Tickets are £12 (£10 concessions) from www.redlandgreenchoir. org.uk or at the door.

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. Do come and join us! If you’re interested in finding out more, please contact Christina May on maylearner@outlook.com or 07454 002877.

Westbury Park Orchestra is a friendly nonauditioned, orchestra with a repertoire of classical and modern pieces 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 pm (term-time only). Free taster session for newcomers. Come and give us a try. For further details 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 2/3 ‘taster’ rehearsals 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.

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Henleaze Singing for the Brain Group meets in the Bradbury Hall on Waterford Road, on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Thursday afternoons each month from 2.00pm to 3.45pm We start the session with tea, coffee and biscuits, and general socializing before singing. We have song books, and sing all sorts of songs including songs from the musicals, well-known golden oldies and folk songs, and are accompanied on the piano.

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In the Garden with Hilary Barber Top gardening tips for July 1. Deadhead regularly to keep plants flowering - great for the bees and hoverflies too! This includes all your annuals, perennials and climbers 2. Weed regularly to stop weeds going to seed - If it’s hot then leave the weeds to die on the surface of the soil (unless they have already gone to seed, then put them in the green bin immediately because all those seeds will germinate next year!)

3. Check for pests and diseases - use organic methods to get rid of pests where possible.

Coincidentally this article appeared on Facebook today - www.treehugger.com/lawngarden / 8-natural-homemade-insecticidessave-your-garden-without-killing-earth 4. If the garden is very dry, water well once or twice a week, rather than little and often.

Water directly to the base of the plant as this encourages plants to put down roots in search of water, rather than coming up to the surface. Hopefully you will only need to water in new plants and pots. If you have mulched your pots and your beds well, then hopefully the ground will remain damp under the mulch.

feed,then give it a quick summer feed (high in nitrogen) 10. Pick your courgettes before they become marrows!

11. The big chop – chop oriental poppies, lupins, delphiniums and geraniums right down to the ground once they have finished flowering - be brave! - the new leaves will be ornamental and some may flower again.

12. With heavy rain and humidity, I have found that some plants start smothering others, so do keep an eye on those and trim back accordingly - I have found some gems in my garden this year, sitting under other more ‘busy’ plants and with care, feeding and watering, they have started to flourish!

Don’t forget that I also act as a garden mentor which means that I can come to your garden to work with you, or do a one off advice visit, to tackle those problem areas!

Happy summer gardening!

5. Keep your pond topped up with fresh rain water - a build up of algae in warm weather can be toxic and potentially lethal for pond life.

6. Trim hedges such as privet, hawthorn, beech, yew, thuja, leylandii and lonicera 7. Start to plant your autumn flowering bulbs such as colchicum, nerine bowdenii and cyclamen hederifolium 8. Keep an eye open for rose suckers (which appear from low down and have different leaves) and remove by pulling downwards and tearing - cutting them will merely encourage them to reappear!

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What's On & Community News www.bristolchamberchoir.org.uk. If you are interested please contact our Secretary, Rae Ford, on 0117 939 1685 or Rod Coomber on 01275 843900 or rodcoomber@aol.co.uk.

Verdi's Falstaff at St Mary's. Tessitoura Opera return to St Mary Magdalene, Stoke Bishop with Verdi's comic opera. Saturday 7 July 7pm Tickets £12.50. Box Office 01179687449, office@stmarysb.org.uk for more details People of Note community choir is looking for new members, especially altos. We're 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 www.peopleofnote. co.uk email peopleofnote@btinternet.com.

Come along for a tree taster!

Exhibitions, Markets and Meetings Cream Tea - Saturday 18 August - 3 4.30 pm at Westbury on Trym Methodist Church. Tickets £5.00 available from Kate (01174010646) or Alison (9629715) or on the door. We look forward to seeing you, everyone is very welcome. All proceeds going to Children's Hospice South West.

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 07790519683 for more info.

Redland Green School Car Boot Sale. Our next sale is on Saturday 21st July. £10 per pitch, admission £1 (kids go free). Over 50 pitches, Indoors if wet (tables available to rent). 2nd hand RGS uniform sale, refreshments and raffle. At Redland Green School, Redland Court Road, BS6 7EH. This is a fund raising event organised by Redland Green School PTA. To book, contact rgsptacarbootsale@ gmail.com or call 07720 387982.

Westbury Park Art Fair, Saturday 30th June 10.30 - 5 at the Methodist Church Hall,

North View, Westbury Park, BS6 7QB. The Westbury Park Fair returns again as part of the Westbury Park Festival 2018. There will be 18 artists showing and selling their arts and crafts. There will also be live music throughout the day, including the Gaswork Singers. Tea and homemade cakes will be served and the proceeds will be given to local charities. So please do come along for an enjoyable day out.

Fitness, Health and Wellbeing Karate classes on Thursday evenings at David Lloyd Westbury on Trym (no membership required). The evening starts with beginners and advanced classes for children aged 5 and up, followed by a new class for adult beginners. Please contact Trevor on 07921 917758 for more information.

Henleaze Tennis Club welcomes new members of all ages, 0-99! 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 9247441) Legs, Bums & Tums and Boxercise is open to all ages and abilities. The class is designed to develop core and general strength. Every Mon and Weds mornings 10-11am. Boxercise is a fun, energetic, stress busting way to get fit. Every Mon and Weds mornings 11.15am -12.15pm, Tues evenings 8.15pm-9.15pm, and Weds evenings 7pm-8pm. All classes held at St Edyth›s Church Hall, Sea Mills. Book your place today - telephone 07748 198694 or visit www.bs9fitness.uk Drop-in Healing Session at the Friends Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland, BS6 6JE (Ground Floor Community Room). Thursdays 5.00-6.30pm, donation basis. Healing is holistic, gentle and relaxing and helps restore balance and wellbeing.

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What's On & Community News the Healing Trust. For further information please contact Barbara on 0117 9082061.

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.

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 9624466. 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 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.

Society’s Open Gardens event takes place between 2pm and 5.30pm on Sunday 8 July.

A number of gardens in the Henleaze area will be open – many garden hosts will also sell plants and/ or refreshments. Entry is free of charge to members. To obtain further details about the event/ joining the Society, send an email to ths.newsletter@gmail.com or write to the Society’s Chair at 5 Carmarthen Road, Bristol BS9 4DU. 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 newsletter, quarterly, and join the free events, that a 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.

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

Henleaze Garden Club meets 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 / www. henleazegardenclub. co.uk for more info.

Gardening and Horticulture

Volunteering and Charities

Henleaze Society Open Gardens Day. The

Volunteers to teach adults to read with Read

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Be careful what you wish for

having previously expected to receive maintenance from the husband for life (or until she remarries), the wife’s maintenance will now end in 2021 after a five year period.

Alison Dukes of AMD Solicitors considers the recent Court of Appeal case of Waggott v Waggott on spousal maintenance.

A wife is likely to be regretting her decision to appeal against a spousal maintenance award of £175,000 made against her former husband. He was due to have to pay her maintenance until the death of the first of them or until her remarriage.

When the wife appealed the decision and sought an extra £15,000 per year plus a share of the husband’s bonuses from his employment, the husband himself put in an appeal against the decision of the first Judge. He sought a clean financial break so that he did not have to pay any further maintenance at all after a fixed period of 5 years.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the wife’s appeal while the husband’s appeal was allowed. In short, this means that

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The Court took account of the wife’s capital settlement of £9.76million.

Some of those monies had been used to purchase a home in this country and a holiday home abroad but there was a substantial balance remaining.

In capital terms, the Court calculated that the shortfall in the wife’s income if a five year term was imposed equated to around £950,000. The wife had free capital of £4.6million after purchase of her properties. The view of the Court of Appeal was that even if the wife used £950,000 of those monies to plug any gap in her income she would still have substantial free capital in addition to her two properties. She would be able to adjust “without undue hardship” to the termination of her maintenance and the outcome would not be unfair in all the circumstances.

The wife had worked as an accountant early in the marriage but had not worked since 2003. The parties had one child who was born in 2004. The Court of Appeal made the further point that the wife would also be able to obtain employment to supplement her other income.

Applications to vary maintenance or to appeal Court orders should be considered very carefully before proceedings are issued. For advice on all aspects of Family Law, Alison Dukes or her colleague Jo Morris can be contacted at AMD’s Henleaze office at 100 Henleaze Road, by telephoning 0117 9621205 or by emailing Alison at alisondukes@amdsolicitors.com

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What's On & Community News 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 infor 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. We design, make or modify equipment to suit their specific needs. Please contact us if you can help please contact Colin on 01275 460288, colin305@gmail.com, or Ray on 0117 9628729, rwestcott@blueyonder.co.uk or visit www.bristol.remap.org.uk If you’d like to get more active or involved in your community why not give an hour a week or a day a month and help Marie Curie as we continue to provide care to patients and their families. If you enjoy meeting new people and raising money for a great cause, we would love to hear from you. FFI please contact Helen Isbell on 0117 9247275 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 669953, or visit RSVP-west.org.uk Carer Support. Could you help us develop and increase our support to carers in Bristol

and South Glos? If you are outgoing and could offer two mornings a month to meet, greet and give information to carers when they visit their GP surgery, I would love to hear from you. Full training and support provided.

Please contact Mike Hatch, GP Carer Link Volunteer on 07503 577830 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 Westbury Park WI is the local WI for Westbury Park, Henleaze and Bishopston. We 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 2nd July from 1.45pm till 3.45pm. Sonia Pruzinsky from the centre for sustainable energy will be telling us how to keep warm and save energy.

Everyone is welcome.

Bristol Community Gamelan play the music of Java, and is looking for new members.

Playing gamelan is a communal activity that only needs a sense of rhythm, numeracy up to 6 and the ability to sit on the floor - or you can a stool! They meet every Monday evening at Cotham School from 6.30 to 8.30 to play traditional & modern pieces. If interested email keithripley27@gmail.com or phone 01179444241. They can be seen on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ND4zoKbhQs

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Finance Matters - with Phil James of Grosvenor Consultancy The State Pension – what the future might hold?

expectation is that it will cost £325bn by 2040 and £831bn by 2060*.

I often think people underestimate the impact of the state pension on their retirement income.

Most are pleasantly surprised at the difference it makes, but then most people I deal with have been able to accumulate retirement income with our help from other sources. For them the state pension helps, but is not the only source of income. Needless to say, the majority having to survive on just the state pension no doubt have a very different view. More than 70% of single pensioners receive over half of their income from state pension and benefits and it is estimated that the state pension covers <40% of the average person’s outgoings in retirement*.

So what solutions are there? Pretend you are Chancellor of the Exchequer for a moment.

Which one of the following do you think would be most palatable to the media and the electorate?

Those receiving the maximum new state pension of £164 per week, should reflect on the fact that if they were to obtain an equivalent income from a private pension using a 5% income yield, the fund value would have to be in excess of £170,000. However the state pension increases each year (currently by the hopelessly unaffordable ‘triple lock’) therefore I would suggest a conservative estimate to replicate the increases would be a requirement to have a fund nearer £250,000….just for one person!

Need I say more? In case you were wondering, you would need to save in excess of £360 per month (allowing for an investment return net of charges of 4% p.a.) over 30 years to reach a fund of £250,000.

Therefore the State Pension and whatever it provides in the future is important and to be valued.

However the reality is, it is not affordable. I’ve mentioned the triple lock (a commitment for state pension to increase by the greater of 2.5%, inflation or average earnings). Everyone knows it is not sustainable, but equally everyone knows the outcry that will occur when it has to be removed. Politics and the media will always get in the way of difficult but sometimes necessary decisions. The current state pension provision costs £100bn to fund. As people live longer, the

1) Extend State Pension age to 70?

2) Scrap the triple lock 3) Increase the qualifying rules for NI

contributions from 35 years to 40?

4) Cut the weekly state pension payment 5) Put up NI contributions or 6) Introduce some form of means testing Of course the last option makes no sense, because any benefit would be lost by the cost to administer it.

It is estimated that just to make the current state pension sustainable going forward for the foreseeable future would require an increase of 6.8% to Class 1 National Insurance Contributions.

So perhaps another solution therefore is to start making savings in one way or another. Another possible option, particularly as the number of qualifying years of NI contributions extends is to ‘top up your state pension’ if you have any ‘missing years’. This still represents very good value costing about £760 to buy an additional annual income of £244 p.a. So it pays for itself after 3.5 years. Somewhat generous – some might say! *Figures sourced from Government Actuaries Quinquennial review of the National Insurance Fund 2015.

Phil James Grosvenor Consultancy Ltd. There are advantages and disadvantages to using all of these strategies and they depend on individual circumstances so don’t take action without seeking competent advice. Tax rules, rates and allowances are all subject to change. The Financial Conduct Authority does not regulate tax advice and some forms of offshore investments. The value of investments and the income from them can fall as well as rise, you may not get back the full amount you invested and past performance is no guide to future performance.

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What's On & Community News If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!

“Simply Social” Activity and Social Club.

Whether you are single or in a relationship, enhance your social life by joining our friendly social club. We are run by members for the members and enjoy a packed programme of activities including walking, live music, dancing, dining out, badminton, a reading group, weekends away and foreign holidays.

There are no age limits although most of our members are 40+. Check out www. simplysocial.org.uk or phone us on 07971 427766, 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. On Monday 16th July at 2pm, we feature "Darkest Hour" (PG), the 2017 war drama film directed by Joe Wright and written by Anthony McCarten. It stars Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, and is an account of his early days as Prime Minister, as Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht swept across Western Europe, threatening to defeat the United Kingdom during World War II. An outstanding performance by Gary Oldman, winning the Oscar for Best Actor. At St Peter’s Church Hall, Henleaze. Refreshments: £3.00 Easy access, carers welcome. For more information please ring Home Instead Senior Care - 0117 989 8210

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. For more details of how to apply for assistance with charitable activities in Bristol or to become involved see Bristol Brunel Lions Club on line or contact 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 11am.

North Bristol Alzheimer Café meets on the first Tuesday of the month at St Monica Trust, Oatley House, Westbury-on-Trym, BS9 3TN from 3.30pm – 5.30pm. 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 185093 or email jacqui.ramus@ stmonicatrust.org.uk.

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 9739894 or email gillbea@aol.com for more details.

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 Brunel Lions Club meets at Shirehampton Golf Club on the first Tuesday of every month at 7 for 7.30. On the 3rd

Bristol Grandparents Support Group gives support to grandparents who are estranged from their grandchildren due to family

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What's On & Community News 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 258270 more information or visit www.bgsg.co.uk.

Visitors welcome: £4 per session. Come in to see us or telephone Donna on 01275 832676 or Wilma on 0117 9628895 for information.

Happy Days Memory Café meets 1st Friday of the month from 2.00. pm – 4.00.pm 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.

Bus Pass Poets. Come along and share your poetry with us. We meet once a month at libraries on local bus routes. Next meeting: Friday 20 July from 2.30 – 3.30 at Redland library on Whiteladies Road, just up from Clifton Down station (Buses 1, 2, 3, & 4). No meeting in August. Contacts: Phone Julie 01179428637 or text Edith 07500143357

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 12.30pm for 1.00 pm 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

Bristol Bridge Club (BBC) 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! Either ring Stephen, the Club Manager, on the number below, or just turn up on any Monday or Wednesday session and the Director will find you a partner. We offer a programme of lessons for beginners and more advanced players. Check our website for details: www.bristolbridgeclub.co.uk or contact 0117 9291846 before coming along.

Grenville Hall, Oldfield Road, Bristol BS8 4QQ.

Civil Service Retirement Fellowship. The Westbury-on-Trym group welcomes all retired Civil Servants and their spouses to their meetings held on the first Thursday of the month at Studland Court, Henleaze Road at 2.00pm, Those people without a civil service background are welcome to join our group as Friends of the Fellowship. For more info phone Tony McKenna on 0117 950 2059.

Calling all Carers! Would you like the opportunity to share your experiences, relax and make new friends? Then come and join the Henleaze Carers’ Group. We meet on the second and fourth Thursday morning of each month, 10am 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 8.00 -10.00 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.

General Interests

The Arts Society Bristol is Bristol's own society for those who enjoy the arts and we welcome new members. Lectures are given monthly on a wide range of subjects by specialists in their field. From September lectures will be held on the second Tuesday in the month at 8pm at Redmaids High School, Westbury-on-Trym, BS9 3AW. For more information on lectures, study days and trips, visit our website www. theartssociety-bristol.org.uk 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,

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Computer Corner with Mrs PC GDPR. General Data Protection Regulation.

information on file, I would urge you to be in touch. There are quite a few people for whom I don’t have email addresses and was unable to contact about the new regulations.

You probably noticed a flurry of emails relating to data protection before the cut off date of 25th May. Each were worded slightly differently. Some urged you to reply or fill in a form, and others assumed that by reading the information you were being given, that you consented to hearing from that company or organization. Some pleaded with you and offered freebies for staying on the mailing list. It really was both overwhelming and annoying. It was however a good chance to clear up any unwanted marketing emails from your inbox and to give a clear indication about what information you allowed companies to hold about you and how you wanted to be contacted by them.

I keep the information so that I can recognize that I have seen people in the past, and can therefore offer a better service. When people need technical help, I need to give details to Gordon, my technical helper but always ask for permission to do this. He keeps details on file, and we are both very careful with the data we store.

The legislation and fines are aimed at large organisations and a bit of a minefield for small traders. We can only do our best in the circumstances to interpret the new laws, and comply with the new demands. We would like to reassure you that we have your data protection in mind and only keep what is strictly necessary.

What was it all about and why does it matter?

There is now so much data gathered about us by the websites we visit. Things were getting out of control and our data wasn’t securely protected enough, or private enough, and it was being accidentally or deliberately leaked, so something had to be done. The legislation is very far reaching, and on the whole a good thing, to bring data protection into the 21st Century.

Just so that you know…you now have the now have the right to: • information about the processing of your personal data; • obtain access to the personal data held about you; • ask for incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete personal data to be corrected; • request that personal data be erased when it’s no longer needed or if processing it is unlawful; • object to the processing of your personal data for marketing purposes or on grounds relating to your particular situation; • and much more!

We should all now be more secure. But what data are we talking about? This is the sort of thing.

• Name • Address • Email address • Photo • IP address- eg your computer’s address • Location data • Online behaviour (cookies) • Profiling and analytics data • Race • Religion • Political opinions • Trade union membership • Sexual orientation • Health information • Biometric data • Genetic data

Hope that gives you peace of mind. Happy Computing.

So when companies gather information about you, or you fill in a form and give data, they now have to protect it carefully and only collect what is strictly necessary. The type of data must also be carefully stored and if possible encrypted so others can’t gain access to it.

GDPR also applies to small businesses like mine. I do keep records of clients – for example name, address and phone number. I ensure this is securely stored and never send out mailshots or other marketing information.

If there are clients of mine who I have seen in the past who are unhappy for me to keep their

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What's On & Community News 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 4pm. For further info please contact Heddy Sara on 0117 9241318 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 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 is a welcoming Bridge Club that 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 07921-788605, 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. Details of each meeting can be found at www.bristol.humanist.org. uk or www.meetup.com/Bristol-Humanists or email bristolhumanists@gmail.com for more details.

The West Bristol History Group. Do you love to find out about our local history? We hold monthly talks on the 2nd Thursday of each month by excellent speakers – upstairs at the Friends’ Meeting House, Hampton Road, BS6 6JE - starting at 7.30pm. Visitors welcome £2. Annual membership £10.

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 Pete on 07870 589555.

Got a speech to make? Bristol Speakers offers a relaxed environment to practise your public speaking. Learn how to construct and present a speech, gain knowledge from experienced speakers, and conquer your public speaking anxiety. Most of all, practise in a stress-free environment where members give helpful feedback. It’s a well-structured evening, fun and relaxed with a nice mix of people. Meeting 7.30pm alternate Mondays at BAWA Southmead Rd. Contact Ben@Bristolspeakers.co.uk

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Grab your bike: Let’s Ride and take over the streets of Bristol.

On Sunday, 8 July the HSBC-Let's Ride family event comes to Bristol city centre. It’s completely free, you get to see your city in a different way and it’s a fun, active, familyfriendly day out.

This year Bristol and Leicester are the only two English cities hosting both the British Cycling Grand Prix men's and women's races in the morning, and Let’s Ride in the afternoon. After watching the races, from 1.30pm you can ride the 5-6k city centre route, traffic free, for as long or as little as you like. Expect a festival atmosphere of music, food and fun. Bring your bike or hire one at the event. Try a YoBike, get your face on the telly and grab a podium photo!

Bristol wants lots of people to turn out on the day and everyone is invited to pre-register at www.letsride.co.uk/events/Bristol. This helps the council manage the event and means you can get all the information you need sent to you. Plus you’ll be on track for a race bib, prizes and giveaways, and news of other great cycling opportunities.

You don’t need to be an experienced cyclist – there are no cars on the road at Let’s Ride.

You can wobble, zig-zag, and stop as much as you like. We’re keen for cyclists of any age and biking ability to take part - especially families and women in Bristol. So, everyone: Let’s Ride Bristol on 8 July. All event info: www.bristol.gov.uk/letsride2018 Times: Grand Prix races can be watched by the public from 8am. Let’s Ride family ride starts at 1:30pm 63

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Acronym Answers from page 47 1. General Data Protection Regulation; 2. Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment; 3. Leg Before Wicket; 4. World Anti Doping Agency; 5. Four Wheel Drive; 6.British Airline Pilots Association; 7. Air Travel Organiser’s Licence; 8. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; 9. Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa; 10. His Master’s Voice; 11 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service; 12. Air Raid Precautions; 13. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office; 14.

International Standard Book Number; 15.

Rapid Eye Movement.

Shylock; 4. China; 5. Afghanistan, Zimbabwe and the letter S; 6. the chin; 7. 400,000; 8. Birmingham, Nottingham, Derby; 9.

Barbara Castle, Leon Brittan, David Owen.

Music 1. Phil Oakey, Andy McCluskey, Martin Fry; 2. Marc Bolan and T Rex; 3. "Yellow Submarine"; 4. "Bangerz" by Miley Cyrus; 5. "Anyone Who Had a Heart" by Cilla Back; 6. "Eye Level" by the Simon Park Orchestra; 7. "Parachutes" by Coldplay, "Justified"

by Justin Timberlake, and "Progress" by Take That; 8. Prince; 9. The Miami Sound Machine Deadlines and Contact Details To be sure of inclusion in the August issue of the BS9 or BS6+8 magazines, either as an advertiser, or provider of a listing or article, your artwork / listing needs to be received and approved no later than 16th July. The revised deadline for inclusion in the September magazines is Monday 13th August. Dated events and activities that take place before the 15th of the month should be submitted for publication in the previous month's magazine to be sure of maximum publicity.

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Quiz Answers from page 22

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General Knowledge 1. Cheddar, Caerphilly, Double Gloucester; 2. Constantinople, Leningrad, Madras; 3.

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Saturday 14th July 9.30am–6.00pm

Bristol’s Festival of Children’s Literature

Horfield CofE Primary School UKLA LITERACY SCHOOL OF THE YEAR

Author & Illustrator Workshops: £6 each Singing, Craft and Spanish Workshops, Book-signing & Refreshments

To buy tickets visit 4w.co.uk/bfocl AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS

KS2

Andy Seed

Chris D’Lacey

Kjartan Poskitt

David Lucas

Author and poet best known for his humorous non-fiction titles for children including The Silly Book of SideSplitting Stuff which won the 2015 Blue Peter Best Book with Facts Award. Andy‘s new book Wild Facts about Nature written in conjunction with RSPB is due to be published on 12th July and Andy plans to launch this at the Festival.

An English writer of children’s fiction, he is best known for writing The Last Dragon Chronicles. He has also written many other books including A Dark Inheritance.

Kjartan Poskitt is a British author and TV presenter who is best known for writing the Murderous Maths series of children’s books.

Upper KS2 and KS3

KS2+

An illustrator and writer who finds inspiration in the beauty and magic of the natural world.

His wonderful fairy stories include Lost in the Toy Museum and The Robot and the Bluebird.

Leigh Hodginson

Emma Randall

CILIP Greenwaylonglisted artistic talent behind Bloomsbury picture books Are You Sitting Comfortably? and The Famishing Vanishing Mahoosive Mammoth.

She is an award-winning animator & the creative mind behind Cbeebies series Olobob Top.

Bristol based freelance illustrator specialising in children’s illustration.

Amy Wilson Bristol-based author of A Girl Called Owl/ The Lost Frost Girl & A Far Away Magic/ Angel & Bavar, and Snowglobe coming October!

Pre-school – KS1

John Hegley John Richard Hegley is a local performance poet, comedian, musician and songwriter. He recently appeared at Bristol’s Tobacco Factory.

KS2

4–9 years

British illustrator and writer of children’s books, especially picture books for young children. She won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal from professional librarians, recognising the year’s best-illustrated children’s book published in the UK, for The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon.

Ross Montgomery

KS1

SF Said

Mini Grey

KS2

EYFS and KS1

KS2

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Born in Beirut, Lebanon in May 1967. His family was originally from the Middle East – like his character Varjak, SF has Mesopotamian ancestors – but he has lived in London since the age of 2. SF thinks that growing up in the flat above Quentin Blake may be why he always wanted to be a children’s writer.

KS1 and KS2 workshops

Writes weird and wonderful books for children, published at Faber & Faber.

He tours the country all year round doing festivals, public readings, school visits and creative writing workshops.

Alex, The Dog & The Unopenable Door was nominated for the Costa Children’s Book of the Year.

Index of Advertisers Accounts & Bookkeeping Walbrook Bureau Services William Price & Co

Heating & Gas 25 25

Gregor Heating

Appliance Repairs AASP Domestics

Home Instead Premier Homecare St Monica Trust St Monica Westbury Fields

37

Arts & Crafts Portside Gallery

27

Philip Purser

5

Financial Advice Grosvenor Consultancy

Bathrooms & Wetrooms Bathroom Perfection Bristol Paul Whittaker Bathrooms & Wetrooms

53 29

Kemps Jewellers

13

Cunningham Landscaping

13 9 21

Heather Drewe Keon Williams

Painting & Decorating

Green Man Home Gleamers

Jim Tierney Sarah's Decorating Services Stephen Carter

Bonne Fresh Clean

29 42 14 9

A & P Plastering (BS6) JSH Plastering McCall Plastering

37

Computer Training Mrs PC

Threesixty Services Ltd

37

Downs Park Day Nursery

39 29

AMD Solicitors Corfield Solicitors Veale Wasbrough Vizards

48

KP Badges & Trophies

39

H and P Aerials

67

55 2 40 4 39

Windows & Doors

Garden Maintenance Blossom Garden Services Declan McManus

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TV Aerials

Garage Services Autotec Bristol

39

Trophies & Engraving

Fencing EC Fencing

37 14 53

Solicitors

Estate & Letting Agents CJ Hole Clifton

42 14 18

Pre‐School & Nurseries

Electrical Services Daley Electrical Services Ltd Redland Electrical Services

37 4

Plumbing

61

Cycle Services Boing Bicycles

14

Plastering

Computer Services FAB ‐ IT Rescue

23

Massage

Cleaning Services

Oven Gleamers

57, 59

Landscaping

Building Services A & S Property Services Garcia Building Services HAL Maintenance

18

Jewellery & Gifts

Blinds & Shutters UK Blinds Direct

19 34 15 11

Hypnotherapy

Auctions & Sales Clevedon Salerooms Ltd

7

Home Care Services

Crystal Clear Crystal Clear

29 4

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