The Bristol Six - March 2016 by Andy Fraser

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The Editor’s Small Piece Hello there dear reader(s). I hope this finds you in good health as we launch into springtime - a time of daffodils, warm drizzle and seasonal optimism. I can see plenty of the first two of these as I look out of the office window, and this coming weekend I’ll be doing plenty of looking out of the window in pursuit of the seasonal optimism. The reason - a twelve hour round trip to Newcastle on the train to watch my team take on “the Toon” in the fight for Premier League survival. The last time I ventured to St James’s the cost of beer was 60p a pint and my pre-match meal was deep fried haggis and chips. Prices and my alcohol tolerance have changed dramatically since then but I’m hoping I can still find a tasty northern snack before kick off. Have a great Easter break, whether you spend it in spiritual reflection, an orgy of chocolate or the warmth of the family - or indeed on the terraces! Cheers for now, Andy the Editor

Ps - thanks again to local student Ollie Boulton for the lovely front cover shot this month

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soiled bottoms, they lay eggs in the fur, these eggs develop into maggots that can very rapidly cause large wounds to develop. This condition is called fly strike, it is very uncomfortable for rabbits and becomes serious very quickly.

Talking Pets with the Animal Health Centre Easter Bunnies Spring-time is just around the corner and is time to start thinking about keeping our bunnies healthy through the sunny months.

As vets we are often asked if house rabbits can also contract these As the weather warms, diseases, the simple answer is that these insects re-appear diseases are passed on quickly invading our Stew by biting insects so as lives, our food these insects can fly into houses through open cupboards and windows, then yes potentially house rabbits bothering our pets. can also be affected. There are several concerns to be aware To prevent these diseases, we would of with rabbits and Nacho recommend bringing rabbits in for their insects. Biting insects annual vaccinations. Vaccinations are best can be vectors for disease, meaning that they given at the start of the fly season for greatest can carry various viruses and parasites that protection. There are also products that can be are passed on when they feed. Of particular applied as the weather warms up to repel flies concern for our bunnies are the Myxomatosis and prevent flystrike. Regular checks to make virus and the rabbit viral haemorrhagic sure your bunnyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bottom is clean and dry are disease (RHD) virus. still very important. Myxomatosis is a nasty virus that causes In recent years there have been problems with immense suffering to rabbits, they develop a new strain of RHD that can affect vaccinated swollen eyes and conjunctivitis with discharge rabbits, at the moment our advice is to around their eyes. Unfortunately there is no continue to bring your rabbit in for their treatment for Myxomatosis and the kindest normal booster until the time when a new treatment for affected rabbits is usually to put vaccine becomes freely available that covers them to sleep. against the new strain. Rabbit haemorrhagic disease is another viral Rabbits can become very disease spread by biting insects. It can be ill very quickly so please rapidly fatal, with rabbits found dead before call us on 0117 9247832 showing any clinical signs. Where clinical if you have any concerns signs are seen, they involve weight loss and about your rabbit or for liver disease symptoms and in late stages further advice about severe bleeding. vaccinations. Flies can also be attracted to rabbits with Sophie McGill, Veterinary Surgeon

Gauging the health & wellness of ageing parents â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ensuring they continue to enjoy independent living at home. For an elderly person to admit they need help is a big step - no one wants to lose their independence! Usually, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friends or family members who recognize the signs that an aging parent might need some extra help with daily living extra tasks, but this doesn't necessarily mean that your loved one has to move into a care home. They may just need some help in their home and some encouragement to maintain interests and outings.

experiencing feelings of depression or have a physical ailment. Are your parents able to take care of their home? Are the lights working or is the laundry piling up? Is the garden overgrown? Any changes in the way your parents do things around the house could provide clues to their health and mood. Are your parents safe on the road? Driving can be challenging for older adults. If your parents become confused while driving or you're concerned about their ability to drive safely, it might be time to stop driving, or to only drive at certain times of the day.

Here are some questions to help determine if Have your parents lost weight? Losing your elderly parents may need some extra weight without trying could be a sign that care at home. something's wrong. Weight loss could be Are your parents able to take care of related to many factors, including difficulty themselves? Pay attention to your parents' cooking, loss of taste or smell or perhaps it is appearance. Failure to keep up with daily the signal of an underlying condition such as routines such as bathing, tooth brushing, and malnutrition, dementia, or depression. good hygiene is a sign that they may be

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Are your parents still social? It’s important to talk to your parents about their activities. Are they connecting with friends? Have they maintained interest in hobbies and other daily activities? Are they involved in organizations or clubs? If a parent gives up on being with others, it could be a sign of a problem, that’s a simply extra help & planning can solve – no one wants to stop having fun! Is one of your parents the primary support for their partner? Caring for a loved one can be very tiring, so it’s important that the primary family carer also has time for themselves to ‘top-up’ their own wellbeing each day or week. The impact on both parents of ensuring ‘top-ups’ is always an eye-opener!

Even if you don’t live near-by to your parents but are concerned about their health and wellbeing, there are many things you

can do to ensure your parents' are getting the support they need. Share your concerns with them and address any issues that you feel may become bigger if they aren’t dealt with early on. Encourage regular medical checkups, consider home care services, and seek help from local agencies, and most importantly encourage them to continue having fun! If you would like to speak to someone at Home Instead, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Our goal is to bring joy as well as practical help, at home. If you have any suggestions for future topics we’d love to hear from you. Home Instead Senior Care Henleaze House, 13 Harbury Road, Bristol, BS9 4PN. Tel 0117 989 8210. Email: enquiries@home-instead.co.uk www.homeinstead.co.uk/northbristol

Mrs PC Friendly Computer Training Wanted Volunteers for a computer study. Calling all readers for help. I recently heard from Poppy Seager, who is seeking volunteers over 65 with no experience of computers. Here is a copy of her email to me. It would be so wonderful to be able to help her. Please do get in touch with her direct.

individuals that cannot make it here. If you do know anyone that may be willing to volunteer and want more information we would really like to have their valuable thoughts. I can be contacted via email or phone: E-mail: poppy.seager@ndcn.ox.ac.uk Telephone Number: 07854511856

It is a real privilege to work with people with no computer experience, and to open their eyes to the possibility that the Internet can provide. Helping to send their first email is so exciting, and easy, Dear Mrs PC, and I love seeing the excitement that doing a first search on Google can bring. I am writing to you on behalf of a UK-wide Modern tablets are very intuitive, and a research study upon healthy ageing and the lot can be worked out by anyone who is benefits of physical exercise. This is a project curious. I always encourage my students funded by the National Institute for Health to explore and click away, and not to fear Research, AGE UK and the University of any consequences. There is nothing to Oxford that will be carried out amongst lose by being inquisitive, and much to several universities including Bristol, Bath learn. This is how young children get to and Exeter. It will involve individuals aged 65 grips with technology. and over with mobility difficulties undertaking a 12 month exercise programme and several In my lessons, there is no pressure. You assessments will be carried out over this time. will be working on your own computer in Before initiating this research, we would like to gain some feedback on how accessible older adults find using our computer-based activities. It would be extremely helpful if you know of anyone attending your computer training aged 65 and over who are not familiar with computers, ideally completely computer illiterate, that would be interested in having a go at these. One activity will involve completing a laptop based activity with a range of tasks such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;snapâ&#x20AC;? and quizzes. The other will be using a touch screen computer to complete a memory task.

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know how to impart their knowledge. When people have grown up with technology, they can’t remember how they learned, and they never experienced the same frustrations. They are also more Mrs PC can also provide experienced willing to take a chance and try things out technicians to set up a new device. When to solve problems. A lot of my job they do this, they will always leave notes involves giving people the confidence to on any passwords that are created. This try things, and giving lots of way, passwords never become the encouragement (and homework) so that minefield that they often are when nothing they can begin to enjoy IT. is ever written down or explained. This can be very tedious and time consuming to Age is no barrier to learning. I teach folk unravel. from their mid 40’s to 95 of all experiences, from beginners to advanced users. There There are many folk I teach whose families is always something to be gained from a have “taught” their relations how to use lesson, even if it is only to give a few their technology, and they have become shortcuts that will save time in a busy life. frustrated and discouraged that they haven’t caught on. The thing is, that most Happy Computing! people’s children or grandchildren aren’t Mrs PC patient, are not trained teachers, and don’t

The Downs Observer - Richard Bland Five of Bristol’s rarest trees are on the Downs It is a while since I last discussed trees on the Downs, but, as there has been a fine programme to replace some 70 trees in the avenues of the Downs this past winter, an action that the Friends of the Downs suggested back in 2011 I think it was, it is time to revisit the subject. And I also do so because my Christmas present was a magnificent volume called Arboretum, by Dr Owen Johnson, tracing the history of all the astonishing range of trees that can, with skill and luck, be discovered across the length and breadth of the British Isles. And to my astonishment among the species mentioned were the four fine Erman’s Birches on the triangle of land at the top of Stoke Hill. They are the only ones in Bristol and the species is native to Japan and NE Asia, and were first brought to this country in 1890. The national champion is at Westonbirt, and our trees were I suspect planted in about 1950. They are very fine upstanding broad trees, quite unlike our native silver birch, but with a silvery white bark that is now breaking up with curling grey patches that give the tree considerable gravitas. Young trees have strikingly white bark with horizontal pink stripes, and it was probably for this feature that they were originally planted.

Ash than a common Walnut, and was introduced to this country by John Tradescant before 1695, but remains very uncommon. Its fruit are spherical, and almost always in pairs, but not really edible. Its wood is exceptionally tough. The Huntingdon Elm at the foot of Ladies Mile is the last survivor of a massive planting of this popular nineteenth century clone, which is a cultivar of the Wych Elm, that originated in Hinchinbrooke Park in 1760, and was very widely planted subsequently for its rapid growth and fine upright structure. They were planted along Ladies Mile and elsewhere in the 1880s, but most succumbed to Dutch Elm Disease in the 1970s. A few remained for many years, but this one is the sole survivor, and I know of no others in Bristol. A response to the Dutch Elm Disease was the planting of an elm variety commonly just called Resistant Elm, which was a cross between the Siberian Elm and the Japanese Elm made in Wisconsin, USA and known as Ulmus Sapporo Autumn Gold. Its autumn colour is a fine bright yellow, though not that different from many other elms, but of five trees planted on Clifton Green in 1980 only one has survived to full height, the others having suffered catastrophic branch collapse in storms. Finally last March a Red Maple was planted on the triangle of land at the top of Sion Hill. The only others in Bristol are six planted the previous year to improve the Cumberland Basin. It is a North American tree that reached Britain in 1656. It grows fast, has red twigs in winter, red flowers at the branch tips in March, its typical maple fruit have red wings, and its leaves turn a brilliant red in autumn and are an important contributor to the colour of the New England fall.

The Downs are for people, and the management of a vast number of competing interests is sophisticated and subtle. If you enjoy the Downs, or use if for your sport, why not become a Another rare tree close by is the North American Friend? Membership is just £10. Contact Black Walnut. There are two trees, the only ones Robin Haward at in Bristol, that are part of the avenue that marks robinhaward@blueyonder.co.uk 0117 the course of the old road from Clifton to the Old 974 3385 Halt. The species has a leaf much more like an -

basket kindly sponsored by the Stoke Bishop Fruiterers for highlighting that onion and grapefruit were the two missing fruit and veg. For no reason other than I don’t think we have Congratulations to the winners and thanks as had one before, this month we have an equine ever to everyone who entered the puzzles. theme to the Prize Wordsearch. Listed below are twenty one of the UK’s professional racecourses. Twenty of them are also included in the wordsearch grid, hidden in any direction (forward, backward, up, down or on a diagonal).

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All you need to do is let me know which racecourse is the one not in the grid. Get your entries in by post (8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY), email (andy@bcmagazines.co.uk), phone (0117 259 1964), text (07845 986650) or Twitter (@BS9Andy). Closing date is 31st March 2016, and the first correct entry draft from the hat after that date will win a pair of standard adult admission tickets to a raceday at either Chepstow or Bath Racecourse this spring / summer. Here are the racecourses you are looking for Aintree Market Rasen Southwell Bath Lincoln Doncaster Uttoxeter Ayr Ffos Las Cartmel Plumpton

Newmarket Kelso Newton Abbot Chepstow Ludlow Ripon Wetherby Musselburgh Chelmsford City Haydock Park

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WESTBURY PARK guide range £599,950-£620,000 A generously proportioned 4 bedroom, 2 reception, 1920's period semi-detached family house with an attractive south westerly facing rear garden, garage and off street parking. Located in a very convenient position, on the doorstep of the shops and amenities of Coldharbour Road, Waitrose supermarket/North View, handy for the open green spaces of Redland Green and Durdham Downs. EPC: D

REDLAND guide £375,000 A surprisingly bright and wellproportioned 2 double bedroom garden flat with lovely front & rear gardens & its own private entrance. Forming part of this attractive stone fronted period building in a fabulous location just off Whiteladies Road with its array of shops, restaurants & cafes, also handy for Clifton Down train station, Clifton Down shopping centre/Sainsburys & transport links to the City Centre. A lovely garden apartment in a central & convenient location. EPC: D

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In previous years we have been very grateful to the Traders who either sponsor floral Redland & Cotham Amenities Society is Hanging Baskets on their premises or floral again organising a Floral Enhancement Planters on the pavements, and the BCR Scheme in Cotham Hill for the fourth year Neighbourhood Partnership has awarded a running. small grant which will help fund the Lamp Post Baskets. But we will still rely on the This is a not-for-profit initiative engaging both generosity of local Residents, Community the local traders and residents to reinforce Groups and non-sponsoring Traders to help neighbourhood identity and create an pay for hanging baskets on the 10 Lamp Posts. attractive and colourful environment in which to shop. We hope to keep up the same high The lamp post baskets provide visual standards as in 2015 when we won a Gold continuity along the street helping to attract Award (for the second time) in the Bristol in more people to use their local services and Bloom Competition. The flowers will last shops, many of whom are independent. from early June until the end of PLEASE SUPPORT THIS SCHEME which October, makes Cotham Hill such a visual treat each planted, year. Donations - any sum welcome - can be installed and made to: â&#x20AC;&#x153;RCAS (Cotham Hill in Bloom)â&#x20AC;? c/o maintained by Gillian Penrose, 42 Lower Redland Road BS6 the Council's 6ST.

Research project looking for mums-to-be with family history of eczema Researchers at the University of Bristol are looking for pregnant women to take part in a study into preventing babies developing eczema. The study, called Barrier Enhancement for Eczema Prevention (BEEP), aims to recruit 1,300 babies and find out if the application of non-cosmetic moisturisers, along with best practice skin care advice, could prevent the onset of eczema in high-risk babies. Pregnant women (or women who have very recently given birth) in the West of England, who have eczema, asthma or hay fever in the immediate family, are being invited to participate in the study. The babies will be split into two groups, with both groups given the best skin care advice, but with one group, decided at random, asked to supplement that best practice advice with emollients. These non-cosmetic moisturisers soften the skin and are already in common use by people with eczema.

How can I find out more? To find out more information visit: www.beepstudy.org Alternatively contact the study team by calling 0117 331 4575 or emailing beep-study@bristol.ac.uk Funding acknowledgement “1. The National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) Programme funds research about the effectiveness, costs, and broader impact of health technologies for those who use, manage and provide care in the NHS. It is the largest NIHR programme and publishes the results of its research in the Health Technology Assessment journal, with over 700 issues published to date. The journal’s 2014 Impact Factor (5.027) ranked it two out of 85 publications in the Health Care Sciences and Services category. All issues are available for download, free of charge, from the website. The HTA Programme is funded by the NIHR, with contributions from the CSO in Scotland, NISCHR in Wales, and the HSC R&D Division, Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland. www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/hta 2. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is funded by the Department of Health to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research. Since its establishment in April 2006, the NIHR has transformed research in the NHS. It has increased the volume of applied health research for the benefit of patients and the public, driven faster translation of basic science discoveries into tangible benefits for patients and the economy, and developed and supported the people who conduct and contribute to applied health research. The NIHR plays a key role in the Government’s strategy for economic growth, attracting investment by the life-sciences industries through its world-class infrastructure for health research. Together, the NIHR people, programmes, centres of excellence and systems represent the most integrated health research system in the world. For further information, visit the NIHR website (www.nihr.ac.uk). This article presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health.”

Music with Duncan Haskell Album of the month March

Next Step I See A Darkness by Bonnie “Prince” Billy (Palace Records / Domino)

When listening to The Ghosts Of Highway 20 you can’t help but feel like it goes much deeper than the music, you are entering William’s world and gaining a glimpse of her suffering. Another The last decade has record which creates such a feeling is Bonnie been a prolific one for “Prince” Billy’s Lucinda Williams. Her masterpiece from new record arrives less 1999. Like all great than two years after works of art it the critically acclaimed managed to be both Down Where The unique to its creator Spirit Meets The Bone whilst still containing and is another double universal truths which album of blues-tinged anyone could relate Americana. With the death of her father, the too. renowned poet Miller Williams, following a few years after her mother’s passing there is a Darkness permeated the album as William distinct sense of loss and nostalgia haunting the Oldham’s alt-folk palette remained entirely tracks, which often meander like the road the muted, but rather than paint an impregnably record is named after. bleak picture the resulting album was somehow accessible and even appealing. Joining in the Williams confronts her father’s Alzheimer’s suffering of Death To Everyone, A Minor Place disease directly on the profound and gutor Black was to immerse yourself in a level of wrenching If My Love Could Kill, singing craftsmanship rarely achieved in the history of “Slayer of wonder, slayer of words/ Murderer of modern music. The title track remains Oldham’s poets, murderer of songs/ Who robbed me of greatest achievement, as recognised by its your memory/ Robbed me of your time”. Her inclusion on Johnny Cash’s American distinctive voice somehow manages to convey Recordings series, mining depression and her anger, desperation, sadness and resignation solitude for the good of all. Loss and loneliness at the same time. The equally affecting Death can be a fertile ground for creativity and one that Came was written about her mother’s death. resonates with all of us. That both Bonnie Over a stark soundscape she laments “Oh I miss “Prince” Billy and Lucinda Williams managed to you so and I long to know why death gave you create such transcendental records from these his kiss.” themes puts them in a very small category of truly gifted songwriters. The sprawling nature of the album allows Williams a freedom over which to mourn, rally Gig of the Month and snarl. Her versions of Bruce Springsteen’s Factory and the lost Woodie Guthrie song House Striking Matches @ The Fleece, Monday 14th Of Earth feel strangely at home on the record, March just a couple more stops along the highway of There’s been a slight Americana / country feel to life. Perhaps most pleasing is the gentle ballad this month’s album selections so it feels like a Can’t Close The Door On Love, a surprisingly good time to check out Nashville-based duo powerful antidote to the spectre of death which Striking Matches. Sarah Zimmermann and Justin hovers over much of the album and the proof that, much like her music, Lucinda Williams will Davis are two rising stars of the genre and the fact that T Bone Burnett produced their debut endure. album Nothing But The Silence speaks volumes The Ghosts Of Highway 20 continues Williams’ for the talent on display. As with any export rich vein of form and suggests that she is an from America’s Music City, it’s a safe bet that an artist very much at her peak. Who knows where evening of tight harmonies, exemplary the road will take her next. musicianship and great songs awaits us all.

The Ghosts Of Highway 20 by Lucinda Williams (Highway 20 Records)

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203 Whiteladies Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2XT March. And typically at this time of year as gardens in Bristol start to blossom, many people turn to thoughts of moving home. There has been much more activity in the last couple of weeks as potential sellers and landlords invite us in to assess and advise on property value and marketing. At the end of this month we’ll see a change in second home stamp duty but on the ground all the current feedback suggests that bricks and mortar are still a preferred option for many investors. Whether you are investing, relocating, up or downsizing, selling or letting, there is little doubt that Bristol remains a property hotspot. Media pundits continue to extol its virtues as a dynamic, growing city and the continued new build and regeneration work in the centre is testament to that. I suggested on these pages earlier this year that it would be prudent to give careful consideration to any move. That advice stands. Employ experts you trust in every step of the process. Best Wishes, Howard Davis MD For any property related matter the team at CJ Hole Clifton would be delighted to help, just call us on 0117 923 8238

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SSTC – Redland - £425,000 SSTC – Redland - £1,000,000 This stunning apartment within a converted Church A Victorian house set over five storeys. Conveniently is set over three floors and offers: two bedrooms, two located just off Whiteladies Rd and currently bathrooms and three receptions. EPC E arranged as four flats, offering a versatile interior.

To Let – Redland - £1,850 pcm plus fees This three storey townhouse offers: four bedrooms, two bathrooms, two receptions, rear patio garden and allocated parking. Available immediately on an unfurnished basis. EPC C

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Coaching with Anne Miller Limiting Assumptions Working with a client recently I got curious about a belief they held about themselves. The implications of this belief were undermining their confidence and self-esteem and I wondered about the assumptions that lay behind this belief. Beyond our session this got me thinking about the power of assumptions and then curious about ones that I might be making myself. The recent news of David Bowie’s death followed so soon by that of Alan Rickman’s, both aged 69 was both a shock and a reminder of the uncertainty of life. This had an unexpected impact on me and I know has touched many people in different ways. The shock very quickly alerted me to an assumption I was making about my longevity that I might need to review. On the surface an assumption that I will have a long life sounds good to me. It feels positive and encourages me to look after my health. So it came as a bit of a surprise that there were any negative consequences of believing this. For me, this was that a long life might mean a long retirement period and the fear of living a slow life for a long period was quite daunting. Whilst retirement and ‘slow life’ are not synonymous, for me there was a subconscious connection and this I realised was a limiting assumption!

assumption around my longevity, perhaps more lightly. This allows me to think about all the things I want to fit into my retirement phase of life and this is hugely refreshing. It is interesting to experience for myself, the power of questioning an assumption having witnessed my clients’ enlightening moments, when a shift happens and a new perspective is found. Assumptions can be helpful and unhelpful and even both simultaneously. Often they are not right or wrong but beliefs we have adopted that, for some reason, suit us at the time. It is worth pausing to think about the assumptions we are making and ask ourselves ‘what if…?’ If you’re resisting a career break for fear of it looking bad on your C.V. perhaps that’s an assumption worth questioning. What if this broader experience would be seen as an asset by the sort of employer you would like to be working for? If you’re worried that starting your own business would expose you to too many risks, perhaps there are some assumptions in there that can be usefully challenged. What if you break down your fears and address them one by on? If you’re facing or considering a transition you’re likely to be making a number of assumptions. Questioning whether they are true in whole or in part and what alternative liberating assumptions could be adopted may just give you a window on a new perspective. I hope by sharing my story I might spark some curiosity in you to wonder about any assumptions you might be making and be prepared to challenge them with a ‘what if…?

Visit www.annemillercoaching.co.uk for more information, and to book a free consultation please tel. 07722 110228 Questioning this assumption of longevity has revealed an underlying limiting assumption and freed me up with a new perspective. I’m actually still amazed at the impact this has had on me: this further limiting assumption has now completely disappeared! What I now see is something far more positive and liberating. I still hold my -

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This Cotham Life - Duncan Haskell

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The award for most dedicated bunch has to go to the dog walkers. A vast array of canines had the pleasure of an afternoon in the park; tall ones, small ones, scruffy ones, snooty ones, noisy ones and nosey ones. Snouts would meet as old chums became One chilly February afternoon I took myself reacquainted, sticks were scampered after and off to Cotham Gardens and armed with a flask trees were unduly watered. of hot coffee and my fingerless gloves I watched the world pass by. When I say “the The most baffling spectacle was that of a world” I mean the few people who were brave hooded and headphoned man taking both his enough to venture out. husky and cat for a stroll together. They walked in perfect single file until the cat took Initially my only company was provided by a a perch on a wall to watch his friends as they couple of builders dismantling a slide in the played with a ball. Eventually he became park, hopefully due to an upgrade rather than bored of waiting, and with a stretch and a any kind of accident. The scraping of their yawn announced that it was time to move on. spades blended with both the muffled screams Lined up once more they ventured forth on of enjoyment (or was it torture) from over the their incredible journey. walls of Colston’s Primary School and the vague hint of chlorine that wafted out of the gym to create a strangely urban feel for my supposed pastoral pause. After the tyre and boiler incidents of the previous two months I thought a moment of peaceful reflection might make a nice change for this column.

As time went on a familiar cast of park goers began to crop up. A heavy breath, visible in the cold air, announced the arrival of the occasional committed jogger, the hardiest of which would stop to do a few pull-ups on the children’s climbing frame to the wonderment of the kids playing on the nearby roundabout. As they stopped to watch this display of strength, the squeaking sound suggested that their apparatus was in desperate need of an oil, just like the trains passing through

The sound of screaming stirred me from my bewilderment, a scraped knee and a downed scooter the reason why. My tranquillity disturbed I returned home, rejuvenated and inspired by this Cotham life of mine.

Gardening Tips from Hilary Barber

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

As I write, we have had tremendous storms and the snowdrops are out with the crocuses and the daffodils. I’m hoping that our gardens and wildlife come through this mild yet stormy winter, and right themselves for the new growing year...

8. Remove one or two inches of compost from containers with permanent planting and topdress with fresh compost, and feed with Growmore or Vitax. I use organic fertilisers in the garden because they promote the development of mycorrhizal fungi, but it is OK 1. If you haven’t mulched because it has been too to use inorganic fertilisers in pots. wet, then this is the last month to do it, before 9. Summer-flowering herbaceous perennials can everything starts growing (even though, this be divided to maintain healthy, vigorous plants, year, everything seems to have kept growing!) but be sure they do not dry out when re2. Lawns will need some attention because of all establishing. the rain. Scarify with a spring tine rake to 10. Deadhead daffodils as they fade, but allow remove moss and thatch, spike with a fork (to the foliage to die down naturally, allowing the improve drainage) and top dress with 3 parts nutrients to be drawn back down into the bulb sand mixed with 4 parts loam (I don’t use peat). Brush the top dressing in with a soft brush, and 11. Split and divide congested clumps of if re-seeding is necessary then either mix the seed snowdrops to spread around the garden and to with the top dressing or sow afterwards. encourage better flowering. 3. Prune any shrub and bush roses, to an outward facing bud, and remove DDD wood (dead, diseased, damaged). You want to end up with a goblet shape with no crossed or congested stems, to allow good air movement all around. This prevents disease and promotes good flowering. Give your roses a good feed after pruning (this applies to all shrubs after pruning). My preferred feed is seaweed fertiliser or chicken pellets.

12. Herbaceous perennials are starting to emerge, so protect new growth from slugs and snails. 13.. Plant asparagus crowns, Jerusalem artichokes, garlic, onion sets, shallots and strawberry plants.

3. Hard-prune summer or late summer flowering shrubs such as buddleia, caryopteris, hardy fuchsia, lavatera, leycesteria and perovskia. You can also prune rosemary and lavender but just lightly as it will not re-grow from the old wood. 4. Coppicing (hard pruning to the ground) willow and dogwood (cornus spp.) will produce new colourful stems for next winter. 5. Coppice or pollard eucalyptus, catalpa and paulownia to keep them a manageable size and provide attractive foliage. 6. Renovate overgrown honeysuckle or jasmine and prune summer-flowering clematis to shoots about 1ft from the ground, even if new fat buds are sprouting on old stems. 7. A final note on pruning… Do make sure that all damaged wood is removed from trees and shrubs following all the storms we have had this -

Good Reads with Bruce Fellows

good because he finds sleep impossible. Meanwhile a neighbour earns a precarious and illegal living by digging out badgers, which groups of men will then bait with dogs. As the police begin sniffing around, the two stories build to a shocking climax.

In chapter one of Daniel Kehlmann’s Fame, Ebling starts receiving calls for someone named Ralf. Irritated, Ebling begins answering the calls at random. He closes deals and breaks off relationships Corrupt rulers, the escape for Ralf willy-nilly – poor to the country, dramas of old Ralf. In other chapters a dysfunctional families just writer suffers a Kafkaesque like Eastend ers; nothing loss of identity in a foreign country; Rosalie much has changed in two goes to die at Dignitas; Mollwitz disgraces and a half millennia himself at a conference. Chapters stand alone Natalie Haynes argues in as gripping stories in themselves but then link The Ancient Guide to together to form a skilful, thought-provoking Modern Life, her and often side-splitting novel; the novel with discussion of the best no protagonist that writer Leo proposed in the authors in Greek and Latin second chapter of this very clever and the classical world they lived in. The commentary on modern life. position of women, law, the theatre, religion; Haynes covers these and many other subjects A Moveable Feast, and points up the parallels between then and Hemingway’s memoir of now. Our fears and desires still rule us; the twenties, is a love technology may have developed but human letter to a Paris and a way nature doesn’t seem to have. This is an of life now disappeared. enlightening and entertaining read, full of fun Since the recent attacks the and wisdom. book seems to be enjoying a new lease of life as a You live your life; you deal symbol of defiance for with its problems: the kids Parisians. In cafes Ernie you don’t see, the would meet the writers like Joyce, Ezra Pound disgruntled husband. You and Scott Fitzgerald who are the subjects of plan to buy a new iron; you many of the book’s highly entertaining visit your father, whose anecdotes. Hemingway brings scenes to life memory lasts six minutes. with a handful of words, offers mouth Jo lives just such a watering descriptions of food and drink and conventional life as she runs writes dialogue that is clever, amusing and her haberdashery while her revealing; a real treat from start to finish. friends buy lottery tickets and dream of the life they’d lead if they won, The Dig by Cynan Jones is a short novel that when all their dreams would come true. But packs a huge punch. It is elemental and poetic would they? That is the question Gregoire and enthralling, a kind of Old Man and the Delacourt poses in The List of my Desires. Sea of the Welsh hills. A farmer who is weighed Read this charming, elegant and bitter sweet down by tragedy rejects help from his family novel and find out what happens when it’s and handles lambing on his own. It takes up Jo’s ticket that comes up trumps. all his energy, time and thought. But that is -

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No Prize General Knowledge Quiz 1.

The first and last books of the King James Bible are Genesis and Revelation. Name the second and the penultimate book.

In what year was the UK £1 note formally withdrawn from circulation?

What are the following medical classifications primarily concerned with - Pharmacology, Haematology, and Otalaryngology?

From south to north put these English cities in order - Ely, Lichfield, Ripon, Canterbury, St Albans, Chester. 9. Name the songs that these one-hit wonders got to number 1 in the UK charts - Musical Youth (l), The Floaters, 10. The Simon Park Orchestra, Sam Bailey, and Ricky Valance (r).

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Name the capital cities of the following 12. countries - Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Which, on average, is the heaviest organ of the human body? Which high street name listed in the current FTSE100 (Financial Times Stock Exchange Index) employs most people? Name the next 3 people in the following sequence - Percy Thrower, Arthur Billitt, Geoff Hamilton….

How many calories in a) a standard Dairylea cheese triangle, b) a medium hens egg, c) a standard Curly Wurly, and d) a pint of skimmed milk?

In what year was the Hindenburg disaster?

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With which sports do you associate the following “well known” tunes - “The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac, “Soul Limbo” by Booker T. & the M.G.’s, and “Drag Racer” by the Doug Wood

Name the following politicians - the leader of the Conservative Party before 14. David Cameron, the current leader of the Liberal Democrats, and the politician who was runner up to Tony -

Band? What linked London in 1665 to Stockholm in 1710? (answers on page 60) -

Films with Chris Worthington The Big Short Directed by Adam McKay For director Adam MacKay The Big Short is a more serious take on contemporary America than his previous films such as Anchorman and The Other Guys but it is also very funny. The film is based on the unfolding of 2008 financial crisis as told through the eyes of three small investment companies. They have one thing in common - a growing realisation that the sub - prime mortgages handed out by the million before the crash were worthless in themselves but bundled together as bonds, known as collateral debt obligations (CDOs), they could be AAA rated and generate huge profits for the merchant banks.

dropped out to grow urine fed organic vegetables. Fortunately his investment advice is better than the lunch. Meanwhile the partying on Wall Street never stops, aided and abetted by former banking staff turned financial regulators at the Securities and Exchange Commission turning a blind eye and the ratings agencies who make sure that their clients do not take their hefty fees to one of the competitor rating agencies by giving the junk sub-prime bonds an AAA rating. All in it together? Absolutely, up to their necks.

Scarcely able to believe that they are right and that all the big players have missed the signs of the impending disaster they decide to take a look at the real world. First a visit to a building site in Florida where construction has stalled and the owners are collecting the rent without paying off the mortgage. Next stop is Investment a lap dance club where one of the dancers company number one is owns five apartments and a condominium. Scion Capital, Party on dude! They round off the tour by meeting a ghastly pair of mortgage brokers where tee shirt and flip who boast about fleecing their low wage, no wage, immigrant clients but simply do not flop wearing give a toss. And the bankers? Yes they knew analyst Michael Burry (Christian Bale) alright, but if you make enough money before investigates late payments on sub-prime mortgages and decides to short the sub-prime the crash who cares? bond market; that is to take a position in the The Big Short is a true story. Major banks market where he will make a profit if the failed, some, including value of the bonds falls. The smug merchant Lehman Brothers went bankers who trouser a large monthly fee for bankrupt, the rest got his gamble can hardly believe their luck. bailed out by the Investment company number two is taxpayer. There is a lot Frontpoint Partners, headed up by caffeine of enjoyable dark fuelled Mark Baum (Steve Carrell), who has comedy in the film and come to the same unlikely conclusion about the likeable good guys the sub-prime bond market and is desperately who shorted the market trying to work out how to be fair and ethical come out on top in the towards his investors. Investment company end. And guess what, number three is a garage start up with only a they also made a lot of laptop to their name and who are cut out of money. the action until they go for lunch with Ben Chris Worthington Rickert (Brad Pitt) a former banker who has chrisworthington32@yahoo.com -

the condition as described by the dealer. Not only can drivers find themselves out of pocket or with a string of unexpected expenses, the car could be un-roadworthy Buying a second hand car can be scary. Will you be ripped off? Does the car work? or unsafe. But there are some simple steps How do you check if it’s roadworthy? Last drivers can take to make sure what they year, over 66,000 clients in the South West are buying is safe, legal and what it seems.” contacted the Citizens Advice consumer line with problems relating to second hand Sarah Davey from Bristol Trading cars. Standards said: “A second-hand car that is not up to scratch and is littered with faults can be a danger to the driver and other road users. It is important for consumers to have the right knowledge when buying a used car. We would encourage everyone to carry out checks such as looking at the car’s history, checking the MOT and investigating the seller before making a purchase. Simple checks like this may stop you from buying a mis-described car – and in the process it will save you time and money.” With an average spend of £5000 on used cars, it is important you know what to look If you have a problem out for. Citizens Advice Bristol and Bristol with a second hand Trading Standards are reigniting the car, you can get help ‘Check it, don’t regret it’ campaign this from the Citizens month to make sure everyone knows what Advice consumer to look out for when parting with their helpline on 03454 04 hard-earned cash and investing in a car. 05 06 or by visiting www.citizensadvice.org.uk for more Matt Rogers from Citizens Advice Bristol information. said: “Buying a second hand car can be bit of a bumpy road. Whether you have £500 Follow Citizens Advice Bristol consumer or £5,000 to spend, it can be difficult to campaigns on Twitter @CABBristol or at make sure the car you end up buying is in www.bristolcab.org.uk/cep

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In the 1910s it was considered that much of the spas’ curative properties could be attributed to this natural radioactivity. Radon was considered to be the life-blood of water in Nowadays building survey reports warn of the same way that Oxygen is to air, and this the dangers of Radon gas percolating up from belief led to an upsurge in Spas and a wide beneath ground to poison the occupants and variety of radioactive quack cures. A doctor many new build foundations have an wrote in the American Journal of Clinical impermeable membrane. Those located on Medicine; “Relief may reasonably be expected Radon-bearing granite strata in Devon and at the hot springs for …various forms of Gout Cornwall may also have special ventilation and Rheumatism, Neuralgia, metallic or systems to prevent gas build-up. malaria poisoning, chronic Bright’s disease, gastric Dyspepsia, Chronic Diarrhoea, However there was a time, not so long ago Chronic skin lesions etc….”. This led to a when ingesting Radon was considered to be boom in the sales of bottled Radon bearing beneficial. I was reminded of this when I spa waters, until it was discovered that to be noticed a collection of discarded ‘Sparklets’ effective the water had to be drunk at source, type grey Nitrous Oxide or ‘laughing gas’ (Good for Spa business!). bulbs in a gutter in Henley Grove in Henleaze. Nitrous Oxide was discovered by Joseph Recognition of the Priestley in 1772 and later used by Sir problem led to an Humphrey Davy at the Bristol Pneumatic upsurge of devices Institute in Dowry Square. His experiments whereby radon introduced it to the gentlefolk of Clifton’s could be added to drawing rooms where it became the drinking water at fashionable ‘recreational high’. Now of course home. J. C. Barr, as ‘Hippie Crack’ it is indulged in by Bristol’s granted British youth and its use is decried. I digress. Patent No. 203848. Sept. 20, 1923 At one time no one’s drinks explained how the Soda Syphon could cabinet or club bar was provide a constant supply of irradiated water complete without a Sodafor the home. This terrifying Sparklets Ltd Syphon, the most famous of advertising included in the box of gas bulbs which were those made by read “A Spa treatment in your own home”, the English Sparklets Radon Bulbs for increased vitality”. As Company. The familiar alarming as this may seem to us today, the use mesh reinforced glass bottle of radon filled bulbs in Soda Syphons was Soda-Syphons were popular only one of many such ‘cures’. My thanks to from the 1920s, until the my friend Paul Frame at Oakridge Associated 1960s when superseded by a University* in the USA who told me of other ‘modernistic’ enamelled ‘lethal cures’ many of which can be seen by metal flask. The container visiting their website at www.orau.org/ptp/ was filled with water and collection/quackcures/sparadiumsyphon charged with CO2 from a small metal bulb of compressed gas. In 1903 J. *The founding of ORAU arose from scientific J. Thompson, (the discoverer of the Electron), resources developed in Oak Ridge, Tennessee as part of the Manhattan project. found that the waters of many of the world’s most famous healing spas were radioactive © 2016 Julian Lea-Jones FRAeS due to the presence of radon gas in the waters www.history4u.info rising from deep down radium bearing rocks.

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redlandwindband@gmail.com or on the door. 18 and under free. This year Redland Wind Band returns by popular demand to Red Listings for community events, not-for-profit Maids School for its spring concert. The clubs and charitable activities are free of programme will include works by Gershwin, charge. If you have something of this nature Copeland, Cole Porter and Tchaikovski's that you would like listed please get in touch Capriccio Italien as well as other pieces from by calling 0117 259 1964 or 07845 986650, the stage, screen and the wind band repertoire. email andy@bcmagazines.co.uk, or post For further information visit details in to 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY. All www.redlandwindband.co.uk notices must be received by the 15th of the preceding month to guarantee consideration BYO Baby – a unique adult choir for parents, for inclusion. carers or parents to be! Bring Your Own Baby is holding free taster sessions for anyone who Details shown are accurate to the best of my fancies singing uplifting songs and meeting knowledge, but dates, times & locations may new friends, all whilst the babies hang out and change without notification. So if you are enjoy sweet harmonies. Guaranteed no unsure, and to avoid disappointment, please nursery rhymes! Tuesday 22nd March 3.45contact the organiser listed to double check. 5pm and Thursday 24th March 11.00-12.15pm and 12.15-1.30pm at Wildgoose Space, 228 Theatre, Concerts & Music Mina Road, St Werburghs, BS2 9YP. Just come BYO Baby Choir is performing! Come and along, no previous experience is required. see Bring Your Own Baby Choir perform an Contact Julia on 07984 532 535, uplifting collection of songs including songs www.juliaturner.co.uk or email by Fleet Foxes, Groove Armada and David julia@ekocollective.com Bowie. 3pm on Sunday 20th March at The 'Vocal Harmony' - an exciting contemporary Greenbank pub, 57 Bellevue Rd, Easton, BS5 choir based in Bristol. Meet new people, 6DP. Free & great fun for all the family! FFI learn contemporary songs and have a lot of call Julia on 07984 532 535, julia@ekocollective.com/www.juliaturner.co.uk fun along the way! You do not need to read music and there is no audition. We sing It's Your Ceili! All dances called and live modern music by the likes of Adele, Michael music with the Highly Strung Band. At St. Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Take That, Queen, all Alban's Hall, Westbury Park, BS6 7QB. Friday parts are taught in call and response. We run 6th May, Friday 1st July, Friday 2nd three 10 week terms, with a performance at the September and Friday 4th November. 7.30 end of each term. FFI please contact p.m. to 10.30 p.m. Licensed bar in aid of eliza@vocalharmonychoir.co.uk or visit charity. Tickets £10 in advance from Jill Elliot www.vocalharmonychoir.co.uk. - 01275 847909 - 07515 904 707 or email The Elgar Society is dedicated to promoting jillyelliot@gmail.com £12 on the door. the works of Sir Edward Elgar, our greatest Music group; we meet Monday afternoons English composer. The Society has regional 2.00 to 4.00 at a Church hall in Redland. BS6 branches, and the South-western Branch is 6AH.We are a small group of players; wind, based in Bristol. Our next meeting is on brass and percussion. We are currently Saturday 19 March at 2.15 at the Bristol Music playing pop covers; Beatles, Van Morrison Club, 76 St Paul’s Road, BS8 1LP. Limited free songs etc. in an informal atmosphere just for parking is available at 1 Pembroke Road. fun. Most of us are returning to playing an Admission for visitors costs £3.00 including instrument after having had a break. We have refreshments. Our speaker will be Barry a few vacancies for certain instruments, if you Collett who will tell us about Elgar’s Powick are interested please contact us on; Asylum Music. Barry has recently made a 07938167409 or email recording of some of the music that Elgar mondayafternoonband@gmail.com wrote for this institute in his early years. FFI www.elgar.org/elgarsoc/branches/southRedland Wind Band Spring Concert 2016. western/ Saturday 23 April 7.30pm at Red Maids School, Westbury Road, Westbury on Trym. The Mosaic Singers are a compact group and Tickets £9: available by email from currently seek an accomplished bass to

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University of Bristol Botanic Garden Easter Sculpture Festival

Underfall Yard, will bring her forge to show visitors how to make the curves and twists in hot metal, so characteristic of her garden features..

Fri 25th - Mon 28th March 10am to 5pm Palatial ceramic bird houses fit for a king, aristocratic Trojan horses’ heads, captivating fountains and shimmering stained glass creations are just a few of the show stoppers at this year’s Sculpture Festival.

Several exhibitors this year demonstrate the versatility of glass using a variety of techniques and forms. Visitors will be able to create their own pots on Tez Roberts’ potter’s wheel and other exhibitors will be giving demonstrations including creating botanical art and batik printing.

The decorative qualities of the Moorish buildings of the Alhambra and of Cordoba and the ancient Chinese brass vessels at the Ashmolean have inspired sculptor, Peter Garrard, to create his incredible bird houses.

Take time to visit the exotic glasshouses with their amazing collections of tropical plants. Refreshments, Tours of the garden, plants and book sales.

Admission: Adults £4.50. Free to Friends, Regal war horse heads will stand guard at the university staff and children under 16. Moon Gate entrance to the Traditional Chinese Medicinal Herb Garden. Sculptor, Philip University of Bristol Botanic Garden, Thompson, chooses stainless steel for its reflective and contemporary qualities and bronze The Holmes, Stoke Park Road, BS9 1JG. for its patination effects. 0117 331 4906 Joanna Williams, Fire Iron Art, blacksmith, sculptor and designer based at the historical

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Henleaze. Flower demonstrations are held on the second Thursday and practice classes on the fourth Thursday. New members always complete a nicely balanced mix of voices. We welcome. For more details please contact rehearse in Stoke Bishop on Tuesday evenings, Debra ward on 07974 937741 or email where a warm and friendly welcome is debragailward@hotmail.com assured. Please phone David on 0797 346 Friends of Old Sneed Park Nature Reserve. It 0994. only costs £5 a year to become a friend of the Bristol Cabot Choir is delighted to welcome nature reserve, a wonderful area for wildlife in new members for all voice parts. Why not Stoke Bishop. The land is owned by the come and sing with us for 2/3 ‘taster’ council and run with the help of volunteers & rehearsals before a simple audition? We meet Friends. There are 4 newsletters a year, and at Redland URC on Mondays at 7.30 pm FFI regular events on the reserve. Check email m.h.morse@btinternet.com, www.spnaturereserve.com for more details www.bristolcabotchoir.org; or Facebook. and to download an application form to become a Friend. Nova Bristol’s new early music vocal ensemble invite you to ‘Passion’, our next Fitness, Sport, Walking & Dancing concert on March 13th. The music is by some of the greatest European composers of the 15th Hydrotherapy Exercise Sessions - group and 16th centuries, Lassus, Victoria, Guerrero, exercise in lovely warm water at Southmead Hospital's purpose built pool. Benefits include Mouton, Manchicourt and the English 15th relaxation, relief of pain & swelling, improved century composer John Browne. The music movement, balance & fitness. All ages & follows the events from Palm Sunday to abilities welcome. We are a friendly local team Easter. In the stunning acoustic of All Saints of Chartered Physiotherapists with expertise Church Clifton, the concert starts at 7.30pm. in a variety of disabilities & medical Admission is by programme (£8) at the door. conditions. We have a regular group of local We hope to see you there. members but new people are always welcome. www.choirsites.co.uk/Nova For more details please contact Chris & Ali Bristol Cathedral Choir School Choral Cowley on 07971 086 628, email Society is always looking for new singers to healthyhydrotherapy@gmail.com or visit join our choir! We are an enthusiastic amateur www.healthyhydrotherapy.co.uk. choir specialising mainly in classical works (ancient to modern). We are loosely associated Drop-In Healing Centre at The Friends with the Choir School, joining in with some of Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland, their concerts and using the school (on College BS6 6JE. Thursdays from 5.00pm to 6.30pm. Green) for practice on Wednesday evenings. Run by Bristol Healing Group on a donation There is no audition and no requirement for basis and supported by members of NFSH The musical expertise. Contact Healing Trust. Healing is beneficial for wellmattmsmith@virginmedia.com if you are being and health, helping you to relax and feel interested. better. Come along and try a healing session, everyone is welcome. For more information Gardening & Horticulture phone 0117 9820184. The Alpine Garden Society meet on the 3rd Tai Chi – These gentle movements can ease Friday of the month at Westbury Methodist the body, quiet the mind and restore vitality. Church, Westbury Hill, at 7.30pm. We have Local friendly classes with an experienced speakers on various topics, plant sales and social events. Visitors are very welcome at £2 teacher. Classes at all levels at The Greenway Centre and other Bristol locations. Why not a visit. Our next meeting is on Friday March come and find out more? Contact Karen on 18th and our speaker Dr George Hargreaves 0117 9424167, see www.taijiworks.co.uk or will be telling us about “Landscapes of email taijiworks@phonecoop.coop. Madeira”.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF HONESTY IN FINANCIAL NEGOTIATIONS DURING DIVORCE ALISON DUKES, a Family Law specialist with AMD SOLICITORS, comments on the proper approach to financial disclosure if parties to a divorce want any agreement they reach to be final.

In both these cases the amounts involved were substantial and the Supreme Court found that the husbands had both been misleading and fraudulent in their approach to financial disclosure and that this had been material to the outcome of the respective settlements. In one of the cases the court set aside a previous financial consent order and in the other a draft order agreed between the parties was not sealed by the court.

All parties involved in divorce proceedings have a duty to make a “full and frank” When a marriage breaks down and the disclosure of their financial circumstances. If parties are attempting to reach a financial they deliberately mislead their former spouse settlement one of the first steps that they then a court will consider the non disclosure need to take is to exchange financial to be material and it will be presumed that disclosure. Quite often this will be within what proper disclosure would have led to another is known as a Form E which is quite a outcome unless the party at fault can show, lengthy form prescribed by the court for use on the balance of probabilities, that it would in Financial Remedy Proceedings, which are not have done so. issued where parties are unable to reach an agreement through negotiation, mediation or The test when non disclosure is inadvertent using the collaborative process. is different. There is no presumption that the failure to disclose is material and it will be up The end of the form includes a “Statement of to the other party to show that proper Truth” and a warning that “Proceedings for disclosure would, on the balance of contempt of court may be brought against a probabilities, have led to a different order. person who makes or causes to be made, a false statement”. In order to ensure that the terms of settlement on divorce are final, it is essential Clearly parties need to be able to rely on the that there has been honesty on both sides. information that their former spouse Otherwise, a court order based on fraudulent discloses and to make an informed decision misrepresentation is likely to be set aside if about any settlement offer that is made. evidence of the fraud emerges later. Parties What happens then when parties reach an to a divorce should be careful to ensure that agreement after one of them has deliberately their financial disclosure is accurate, as even hidden or undervalued one or more of their an inadvertent failure to disclose an asset or assets? its real value can lead to the terms of a previously agreed order being set aside. In 2015 the Supreme Court considered two cases brought by ex-wives to re-open their For advice on divorce, financial provision or claims for financial provision against their any other family law issues contact Alison husbands because they had been misled by Dukes on 0117 9621205 or email them at the time that they reached their alisondukes@amdsolicitors.com. financial settlements. Alison is based at our office at 100 Henleaze Road, Henleaze, BS9 4JZ. www.amdsolicitors.com © AMD Solicitors 2016

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Wednesday from 7.30 - 9.30 pm at 17 Lower Redland Road, Redland, BS6 6TB and the opportunity for a longer period of practice on the second Sunday of each month. Although this meditation practice has its origins in Buddhism, the mindfulness which it cultivates can be of support to those from any or no tradition. For further information please visit www.bristol.shambhala.info

Westbury Scottish Club country dancing classes for beginners at Leonard Hall, TrinityHenleaze URC, Waterford Road, Henleaze. Tel. Maggie on 01934 838175. Classes for more advanced dancers at St Peter’s Church Hall, Henleaze. Tel. Cheryl on 0117 9590970. Every Tues 7.30 - 9.30pm. See www.wscbristol.com for details.

Get Involved in Netball. The Avon Netball League is well established in Bristol and welcomes all types of players – whether new to netball, taking it up after a few years absence and all the way up to premier division teams that cater for high level players. Independents Netball Club is a friendly team looking to recruit new members, with training on Monday evenings at Red Maids School. Please email bristolnetball@hotmail.co.uk for more information.

REMAP is a registered charity that designs and makes custom aids which enable a disabled person to enjoy a better quality of life. We design, make or modify equipment to suit their specific needs. No charge is made for our services. Please contact us if we can help - visit www.remapbristol.org.uk, contact Colin 01275 460288 colin305@gmail.com or contact Ray 0117 9628729 rwestcott@blueyonder.co.uk

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Team members needed. At Bristol Child Contact Centre in Henleaze children of all ages spend time with the parent they no Tai Chi Classes for beginners - Put a spring longer live with, in a session supported by our in your step this Spring. Always wanted to try volunteers. Most of the ‘contact parents’ are Tai Chi? For centuries the Chinese have fathers, so we would especially welcome more practised Tai Chi as simple but powerful form men to join us. The volunteer team prepares of exercise for strength, balance and the hall and toys, serves refreshments, mindfulness. The Bristol School of Tai Chi has welcomes parents and children, listens nonlots of daytime and evening classes judgmentally when needed, and keeps in Henleaze and Bishopston starting from the everyone safe and happy. If this appeals to 19 April. Any questions contact Ben Milton you, and you’d be free to join our Saturday 0117 9493955, taichi@bristoltaichi.com volunteer rota every 4-6 weeks, do get in touch www.bristoltaichi.com for further details. You will get an enhanced DBS check, training and support, plus the Scottish Country Dancing for beginners and satisfaction of maintaining a much-valued experienced dancers at St Monica Trust’s Hall service which helps families stay in touch after on Thursdays, 7.30 pm. New dancers welcome separation. For more information see our - come on your own or with friends. Contact website www.bristolchildcontactcentre.org.uk. Margaret, 01275 794638 or Graham 01275 and/or ring Helen or Anna on 07511 290505. 854782, or visit www.rscdsbristolinfo.co.uk Volunteers needed to support carers. Could Lipreading class. An evening lipreading class you please help us to develop and increase our to help you cope with your hearing loss runs support to carers, people who are looking after in Clifton from 6.15pm to 7.45pm every an unwell, disabled or elderly family member Monday, term time only, at Redland Park or friend? If you are outgoing and could offer United Reformed Church, Whiteladies Road. two mornings a month to greet and give info Fee is £6 per session. For more details email to carers when they visit their GP Practice, or Mary Hall at lipreadingmary@yahoo.com or could offer two to three hours a week to sit telephone 07790 283 939. with an older or disabled person so that their Zumba Gold Class @ Horfield Parish Church carer can have some time off, we’d love to Hall every Weds 2pm-2.45pm (£4.00 per class) hear from you. Full training and support provided. Please contact Mike Hatch, Carers for the mature movers aimed at age 55+ (All other ages including Beginners) Zumba Class Support Centre volunteer on 07503 577830 or e -mail gp_volunteers@outlook.com @ Orchard School every Thurs 7pm-8pm -

What’s On & Community News Friendship, Social and Support Groups Bristol Brunel Lions Club. We have our business meeting at Shirehampton Golf Club on the first Tuesday of every month at 7 for 7.30. On the 3rd Tuesday of each month we have a social gathering normally with food. We raise money for charity both locally and beyond through a variety of activities - our Frogs game, our new Racing Pigs game, our carol float at Christmas, quizzes and auctions for example. Lots of fun and fellowship raising money for very good causes. For more details see Bristol Brunel Lions Club on line or contact our Club Secretary Bill O’Neill at lion.bill@virginmedia.com.

take part in enjoyable learning with friendship and fun, we have a wide range of groups with over 100 different activities, including art, computing, languages, music, walking, and science. Come to one of our social groups either at the Eastfield Inn, Henleaze, 10.30am on the second Thursday and third Monday in every month, phone Barbara 0117 9629331. Or at Browns Restaurant, by the Museum, at 10.15am on the third Wednesday and fourth Thursday in every month, phone Jenny 0117 9043697. Please visit www.bristolu3a.org.uk. Don't let life pass you by - make friends, learn new skills and have fun with Bristol U3A!

Simply Social is a non-profit making social club. New members always welcome. Our weekly club nights start at 8.30pm every Thursday. We have a varied programme of events ranging from meals out and walks to Westbury Park WI has changed its meeting gliding and badminton. For further info please day to the first Wednesday in the month. contact our New Members Secretary Sue on Guests are welcome, it costs £4 per session and 07757780201 or visit www.bbivc.org.uk. it is possible to be a guest 3 times in a year without having to become a member. We meet Rotary Club of Bristol – we meet at the Bristol Hotel, Prince Street, Bristol BS1 4QF at 7.00pm at Westmoreland Hall, Westmoreland Road, for 7.30 pm on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Mondays Redland from 7.30pm. and at 12.30pm for 1.00 pm on the 2nd and The Bristol and District branch of Parkinson's 4th Mondays. Meetings start with a meal and UK meet every first Saturday of the month at are followed by a speaker. New members are St Monica Trust, Cote Lane, BS9 3UN from very welcome – see www.bristolrotary.org or 10am -12 noon. Carers, relatives, spouses and contact our Club Secretary Martina Peattie at people with Parkinson's - all are welcome for a mpeattie@btopenworld.com for more details. social and informative get-together, with Soroptomists International Bristol are part of speakers from a variety of backgrounds with many diverse interests. Please join us. We also a global organisation founded in Bristol for meet at The Eastfield Inn, Henleaze, BS9 4NQ women from a wide range of professional and business backgrounds who have joined every second Friday in the month for an informal coffee morning from 11am. We are a together to give Service, Friendship and have Fun. We meet on the second and fourth friendly and supportive bunch, exchanging Mondays of the month at Long Ashton Golf tactics, information and social banter! Club where we enjoy a two course meal with a Bristol Grandparents Support Group. speaker. As a member of Soroptomists Founded in 2007 BGSG gives support to International we have the opportunity to form grandparents who are estranged from their friendships with other countrywide clubs and grandchildren due to family breakdown. throughout the world. For more details please Family breakdown can be as a result of contact our membership officer on 0117 separation/divorce, alcohol/drug dependency, 9739894 or email gillbea@aol.com for more domestic violence within the home, details. bereavement or family feud. We give support Interest Groups over the phone, via email, Skype and at our regular meetings held at 9,Park Grove, Bristol. Bristol Speakers. Got a speech to make? BS6 7XB. Tel 07773 258270 more information Bristol Speakers offers a relaxed environment or visit www.bgsg.co.uk to practise your public speaking. Learn how to Laugh, Live and Learn with Bristol U3A. We construct and present a speech, gain have lots on offer for those who would like to knowledge from experienced speakers, make new friends with similar interests. If you conquer your public speaking anxiety. Most of have retired from full-time work, and want to all, practise in a stress-free environment where -

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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 find meaning, beauty, and joy in the one life we have, without the need for an afterlife. We The Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological meet every month on the third Monday at Society: On Monday 21st March at 7.45 p.m. 7.30pm in Kingsdown. For more information in the Apostle Room in the basement of contact Margaret Dearnaley on 07986 555817 Clifton Cathedral, Pembroke Road, Clifton, (evenings and weekends only) or email Canon Professor Nicholas Orme will give a bristolhumanists@gmail.com. talk on "Going to school in medieval Bristol". Who went to school in medieval Bristol, where The Bristol Branch of the ESU meets in the Apostle Room of Clifton Cathedral at 7.15 for did they go, and what did they learn? 7.45 talk which ends by 9 pm. Entrance is £5. Nicholas Orme will explore the evidence for the existence of several schools in the city and The aim of the English Speaking Union is to encourage friendship and global decode the one surviving notebook of a understanding through English. Our next student in a Bristol grammar school from the meeting will be on Tuesday 15th March when 1420s. This contains fascinating information Alvin Hansen, a retired Queen’s messenger, not only about the study of grammar but will be talking to us about “Being a Queen’s about local life and culture. Messenger” The Bristol Astronomical Society host a series of talks each week and we regularly get Philosophy Discussion Group. We are a friendly and welcoming group who enjoy experts to talk about historical and topical aspects of astronomy, as well running hands- taking a turn to bring topic to share. We meet at 7 – 9pm every fourth Thursday evening of on demonstrations, activities, free Saturday the month at Eastfield Inn, Henleaze, Bristol observing sessions at our Observatory in BS9 4NQ, and 10 - 12 noon every second Failand (weather permitting), and often stage Friday morning of the month, also at Eastfield "Star Parties" around Bristol and at Inn, Henleaze. If you would like to be Tyntesfield. All details are on our website: involved please contact Lorna Tarr on 0770 www.bristolastrosoc.org.uk. All welcome, 245 3827. held at Bristol Photographic Society, Montpelier, BS6 5EE. Bristol Photographic Society is based at Montpelier Central (opposite Montpelier The Bristol Dowsers meet monthly at The Theosophical Society, 14 Tyndalls Park Road, Station) The Society caters for all levels of photographer and meets every Wednesday Clifton, Bristol BS8 1PY. We hold talks and demonstrations and field trips in the summer. evening at 7.30 throughout the year when it has a full and varied programme of courses, Come along and learn the ancient art of visiting speakers and in-house competitions. dowsing! Our next meeting will be held on Find out more about the Society by visiting its Thursday 17 March 2016 at 7.30 pm. Our website at www.bristolphoto.org.uk or speaker is Susan Hale MA and the title of her emailing membership@bristolphoto.org.uk talk will be “Exploring Sacred Space and Sacred Sound.” Within each of us is a sacred New Dimensions meets every month and we architecture and music that many ignore: have talks on a wide range of esoteric subjects. your singing voice! This voice contains our The meetings are held at the Friends’ Meeting deepest feelings, our spiritual longings, our House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland, Bristol hopes, fears and personal truths. We are the BS6 6JE. Admission: £5 (including only species that can change from spoken refreshments). The next meeting will be held language into song! This will be a fascinating on Sunday 20 March 2016 at 3pm. The talk. We are a friendly group and you will speaker will be Alan Payne and the title of his meet like-minded people. Admission: £5 talk is “Iridology – What the Eyes can Reveal”. (including tea/coffee/biscuits). For further The eyes reveal valuable information about a members give helpful feedback. It’s a well structured evening that’s fun and relaxed with a nice mix of people. No exorbitant fees, no long term commitment. Meeting 7.30pm alternate Mondays @ BAWA Southmead Rd. Contact Ben@Bristolspeakers.co.uk

create birds from materials as diverse as recycled plastic, bike parts, wood, steel and clay to flourish in this tropical paradise. A person’s inherited strengths, weaknesses and special bird-spotters guide will aid general state of well-being. An iridologist will identification! look into the iris of each eye and see signs which help him to assess which organs and Antique & Vintage Fair. Sunday 3rd April body systems are likely to need to be brought 10am-3.30pm at Ashton Court Mansion, Long back into balance. For further information, Ashton Bristol BS41 9JN. 40 quality stalls - all please telephone 01749 678 834 or email: in doors. Antiques & Collectables, Vintage & leasurs@tiscali.co.uk Reclaimed. Café with afternoon cream teas. £2.00 entry (under 16s free). Car Park access: The Bristol Philatelic Society meets on the Kennel Lodge entrance off Portishead Rd 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month in the A369. meeting room of the United Reform Church at the bottom of Blackboy Hill (Whiteladies Road) starting at 7.30 p.m. Contact 0117 956 Quiz Answers from page 37 7853.

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North West Bristol Camera Club are 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. Exhibitions, Meetings, Fairs & Markets

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Redland May Fair Volunteers. This year's May Fair takes place on Bank Holiday Monday 2 May 2016, 1-5pm on Redland Green and we've got something to celebrate! 2016 marks 40 years of the Redland May Fair and the bucket collection will be made for Redland Green itself – the wonderful leafy, green space that has welcomed us all over the years. If you can help for an hour or two on the day please email RedlandMayFairVolunteers@gmail.com. Even helping in a small way makes a big difference – no experience necessary, just The Bristol Six is published by Bristol Community Magazines enthusiasm. Be part of the May Fair magic! Ltd (Co. No. 08448649, registered at 8 Sandyleaze, Westbury www.rcas.org.uk/redland-fair On 25-28th March the Bristol Murmuration will rise again... at the University of Bristol Botanical Gardens Art & Sculpture weekend! Leading visitors to the shelter of the Botanical hothouses a flock of uncollected starlings from last October's public participation spectacular will appear, as though flying for sanctuary. Visitors will be able to buy and rehome a starling with all proceeds going to charities working in the current refugee crisis following equally perilous migratory routes. The glasshouses themselves are to become an aviary where a kaleidoscope of birds is to take up residence. Zoë Cameron has invited 20 artists & designers to use their ingenuity to -

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Tournament held at the end of April every year. Sandals resorts offer complimentary green fees at their resorts in St Lucia, Jamaica and the gorgeous Emerald Bay in the Bahamas. So if you fancy a relaxing holiday with a few social rounds this could be the option for you.

I got bitten by the golfing bug 12 years ago living in South Africa. It was difficult to avoid: the weather was warm and the beautiful courses in great condition. Since the early 2000’s, I have worked down from a beginner of 36 handicap to a Canary Islands respectable 12, cutting my teeth in some Closer to home, Tenerife has some super courses wonderful locations. and the Abama (pictured below) is a real treat with great views, Costa Adeje, Buenavista, Las South Africa Americas, golf Del Sur as well as the Jardin Tecina Starting in South Africa, I am on a personal on the neighbouring island of La Gomera means challenge to play all of the top 100 courses the country has to offer – I have about 40 to go. One plenty of options. of my favourites is Leopard Creek, perched right on the edge of the Kruger National Park. The halfway house “tea” is legendary and wouldn’t look out of place in the Ritz. Wildlife abounds, and you may even meet the resident hippo in the dam on the 13th (from a safe distance, please).

Having banked some incredible golfing experiences, I am forever in search of the next destination. Top of my wish list is New Zealand – Cape Kidnappers and Kauri Cliffs on the North Island look amazing! I’ll leave you with my Top 5 tips for any golfer taking to the skies.. Whether you stick to Cape Town, head along the Garden route, enjoy the tropical surrounds of Durban or try your luck at Sun City, this is a wonderful destination for golf and so much more.

- Check which airlines carry golf clubs for free. We favour Virgin Atlantic going to South Africa & the Caribbean as club carriage is free. - Check average temperatures. It may be worth Middle East getting up for an early tee time to beat the heat The Middle East is an up and coming golf or tropical afternoon downpours. destination and a recent visit to Abu Dhabi let me - Take plenty of water - it is all too easy to experience the Abu Dhabi Golf Club and iconic dehydrate. falcon-styled clubhouse. Watching the HSBC event - Look out for tournaments or competitions you this year took us back to standing over the birdie can play in – it saves money and you will meet putt on the 18th in front of the club house – sadly locals. I missed it! Yas Links and Saadiyat Beach are also - Check that the crocodile statue on the back of great courses and, for something different, Abu the 1st tee is actually a statue… Dhabi has a 9 hole floodlit course. Lots of good reports on the Dubai courses as well and these two can always be combined into one trip. Caribbean The Caribbean, particularly in Barbados, are a real treat. We found it better value to enter a tournament than pay green fees so if you fancy a challenge ask for details of the Sir Garry Sobers -

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