The Bristol Nine Magazine - August 2020

THE BRISTOL NINE MAGAZINE AUGUST 2020 - ISSUE 167 12,500 COPIES DELIVERED FREE EACH MONTH ACROSS STOKE BISHOP, HENLEAZE, SEA MILLS, COOMBE DINGLE, SNEYD PARK & WESTBURY ON TRYM

IN THIS ISSUE - A WALK IN STOKE PARK ESTATE (P10), PRIZE WORDSEARCH (P16), QUIZ TIME (P21), TRAVEL BINGO (P46), PUB ANECDOTES (P49), A TRUE BRITISH ICON (P58), PRIZE WORDSEARCH (P72), POSTCARDS FROM LOCKDOWN (P40) ETC. 1

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THE EDITOR’S SMALL PIECE Hello there. How are you? Well I hope.

We’re all a little sad here at BS9 Towers as our lovely bunny passed away this morning. Nacho graced the front cover on more than one occasion, and leaves us with almost eleven years of happy rabbit memories.

On a more cheerful note it is nice to have a little more freedom to get out and about. My thoughts of course to those of you who can’t, for whatever reason, enjoy the thaw in restrictions to their fullest extent yet, but let’s hope things continue to improve fort all of us.

Quite a full magazine for you this month, with extra puzzles (as requested by some readers) and some more of my witterings. When I started the magazine some 14 years ago it sat alongside The Courier magazine, which I know a lot of readers will remember. There was a regular article in each issue called The Whinger. I vowed when I started the 9 that I would never go down that path (even though some of the Whinger’s observations made me smile) because I like the magazine to be an upbeat and not unduly opinionated read.

I confess however I have this month “had a dig” at a national coffee chain represented well in this part of Bristol about. A petty rant that made me feel better having had it. I promise I’ll recycle my soap box now and get back on the fence.

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ON OUR DOORSTEPS - STOKE PARK ESTATE Back in a previous working life I recall going on a tour of a nuclear facility “somewhere in Europe” where there was what seemed to be an unusual alarm system. The alarm “beeped” every couple of seconds while things were OK and only when the alarm fell silent did the operator know that there was a problem. I believe this is known as a “reassurance alarm” and worked, I guess, on the principle that it is maybe easier to “hear” silence after noise than it is to hear noise after silence.

Europcar car hire garage on the right. At these lights turn left into Shaldon Road and head uphill - the road turns into Romney Avenue - and then towards the top of the road park as close as you can to Lockleaze Primary School on the left and Mulready Close on the left. Here you will be closest to the entrance to Stoke Park.

Enter the park through the metal “anti-bike” gate then head straight ahead towards, and through, the gap in the bushes ahead, then bear gently right as you head towards the Purdown BT Tower.

Before you get to the tower you will arrive at an overgrown derelict set of concrete buildings - a WWII anti-aircraft battery better known locally as Purdown Percy.

I was reminded of this twice in the last week. First was on a visit to Kew Gardens which are in the Heathrow flight path. We’d also been there back in September and noted then the regularity of the flights coming in to land, low enough to easily spot the airlines. Visiting again this month it was very noticeable how quiet the skies were - not silent, there were flights, but far less frequent to the extent that if you heard a jet coming in you looked up rather than ignore it as the norm.

The second occasion when the monotonous drone of background noise brought reassurance was during my first visit, in three decades as an adopted Bristolian, to Stoke Park - that unknown patch of land with the big yellow mansion in the middle, just to the left of the M32 as you head out of town. Turns out is it a very splendid area of vast open parkland, laced with well marked footpaths and adventure trails together with listed monuments, mature woodland and cracking views of the city. An area well worth discovering / exploring - and something that is easily done by downloading any, or indeed all of the excellent maps you can find on the Bristol City Council website - at www.bristol.gov.uk/museums-parkssports-culture/stoke-park-estate. Let me take you there, on a traffic-free walk that is a mix of well maintained and very rural paths, is steep in places and is only really do-able on foot.

Although inevitably “decorated” post-war by morons with aerosols, the historic site is still a fascinating area to explore, a place to imagine how it might have looked and sounded in the 1940’s - the soldiers of the Royal Artillery attempting, from their viewpoint high above Bristol, to detect and bring down the incoming enemy bombers that were to deliver so much destruction to the city. Explore the tunnels and buildings but be careful, especially if you have children with you, in an area that has dense undergrowth and the potential detritus of 21st century visitors.

The approach I took was to head down Muller Road, past the old bus station on the left and under the railway bridge, until you get to a set of traffic lights at the bottom of the dip, with the

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dragonflies and other wildlife enjoying the peace and tranquility of this little hidden oasis.

You can go either way round the pond, and then on the far side head out on the path through the trees and out into a wide open meadow area.

Your next target is the “obelisk” (of which just the base plinth remains) up on the hillside, well to the left of the Dower House - and your yomp up the hill is rewarded by magnificent views back over Frenchay, Fishponds and beyond. This is Star Hill and the obelisk (twice hit by lightning) commemorates Lady Elizabeth Somerset who was killed in the Park while horse-riding back in 1760. As you enjoy the view from here it is hard to imagine such a large and unspoiled tract of green land so close to the city centre.

At this junction with the road do not go though the gate but turn left just inside it onto the continuation of a narow and secluded path that heads off east, twisting and turning though the woods and undergrowth. This is bunny country - I saw several as I weaved my way through this very secluded area, seeing not another human on this section of the walk. There is a steepish and uneven but very short section of uphill track, then turn right at the top back downhill towards the M32, through a gate with a yellow public footpath sign and then down some shallow concrete steps until you come out onto a paved lane. To the right this road heads down and over the M32, but you want to head left instead.

Beyond the monument lies Barn Wood. You can enter the wood by the obvious gate at its edge and head right, if you wish, leading you around the back of the Dower House, or as I did turn left and follow the path up through the woods until you come out at the top by a wooden bench and near the “Welcome to Barn Wood” sign. To your right are Barn Wood and Hermitage Wood and ahead of you is Long Wood - all worth exploring now if you have time or maybe on a return visit.

Head left across the meadow that dips in front of you and enjoy the open grassland as you walk back in the direction of Purdown BT Tower and, ultimately, to the start of your walk.

Follow the lane as it heads gently downhill with the landscape opening up to your left and the yellow Dower House (dating from 1563) appearing on the far hilltop. Head into the field on your left through the metal gate and walk across this meadow (unmown and butterflies galore on the day I walked it) heading all the time towards the Dower House. In your way though are the trees surrounding the lovely Duchess Pond, home to assorted ducks and geese, damselflies,

Depending on your gait, and whether you get lost or not, the whole walk should take you 60 to 90 minutes. Do take your own refreshments and have a wee before you set off as there are no obvious facilities en route.

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PRIZE WORDSEARCH I suspect that our enforced leisure / indoor time has proved a boon for the producers of most things creative or televisual. From boxed sets to jigsaws, bingeing to board games, staying home has, of necessity, become the new going out. We’ve been no different, and the number of suspicious deaths in our house has made it seem like a Midsomer Murders location. Cluedo has never been so much fun.

So, to follow this trend in leisure time activities we have a wordsearch with a cracking board game as a prize. Listed below are twenty one of the possibly lesswell-known countries in the world. Twenty of them have also been hidden in the wordsearch grid. The words can be found running forwards, backwards, up, down or on a diagonal. Simply find the missing country and then get in touch to let me know what it is. If you are the first correct entry out of the hat after the closing date ______________________________ of 31 August 2020 then you will win a board game that has kept us entertained for many lockdown hours - “Where Is Moldova?” - a

brilliant game the whole family can play.

Two to four people or teams of all ages and ability can compete - you don’t have to be a geography nerds to win. Combining strategy, luck and knowledge, players can gain countries and win the game. It’s great fun.

Entries please as usual to andy@ bcmagazines.co.uk, 0117 259 1964, 07845 986650 or 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY. Right, here are the countries you are searching for Timor Leste Vanuatu Tajikistan Suriname Palau Nauru Myanmar Lesotho Kiribati Belarus Gabon Eswatini Eritrea Djibouti Comoros Burkina Faso Date: ___________________ Belize North Macedonia Latvia Albania Moldova

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there. The Friends arrange events such as pond dipping and bug hunts, in normal times. During the lockdown there have been dozens of visitors, many who have found it for the first time.

To become a Local Nature Reserve a site must fulfil the following criteria - the site must be important for wildlife, it must be well used, have a management plan, have Natural England’s support for the designation and the land must be owned by the City Council.

In such places, nature conservation has priority and the Friends work towards this end. We are always happy to see new faces, especially at our working parties.

Details of these are posted on our web site spnaturereseve.com and on the notice boards. They resume in September.

For more details please visit www.spnaturereserve.com The full list of Bristol Local Nature Reserves is Avon New Cut Badock’s Wood Callington Road Eastwood Farm Lawrence Weston Moor Lamplighter’s March Manor Woods Valley Narroways Millennium Green Old Sneyd Park Royate Hill Stockwood Open Space The Northern Slopes Troopers Hill

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4. Name the sportsmen / sportswomen shown on the left.

5. Name the seven events in the women’s heptathlon.

Teardrop Explodes, Atomic Kitten and The Searchers are all bands from which UK city?

Which band was Scotsman Les McKeown the lead singer of?

“Every night in my dreams I see you, I feel you, that is how I know…” - name the massive hit single from the film soundtrack.

Which classic UK album was the first record to be released on Virgin Records?

Paper Lace had one UK number 1 hit in 1974 with which going-to-war inspired single that tugged at the heartstrings?

Confectionery 1.

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Who did England beat in the 2019 Cricket World Cup semi-final on their way to winning the tournament?

2. Name the English badminton players who won the Olympic mixed double silver medal at Athens in 2004.

Name the chocolate bar advertised as having “A Hazelnut in Every Bite”.

In a recent Daily Telegraph survey which was voted Britain’s favourite Quality Street?

Which countries do these biscuits originate from - a) Oreo, b) Choco Leibniz, c) Tim Tam? Which was introduced first - the Hobnob or the Wispa Bar? What were the original names of these confectionery items - a) Snickers, b) Starburst, c) Starbar?

Roads 1.

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Whiteladies Road is the name for which “A” road number?

What is the correct name for the motorway junction commonly known as Spaghetti Junction?

The A5 leaves from Marble Arch in London and arrives where, 252 miles later?

The Stelvio Pass, once named the best driving road in the world, is a road that runs over which mountains and in which country?

Which European country’s main road is called Route 1, or the Ring Road, and is (continued overleaf)

QUIZ TIME 828 miles in circumference?

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4. Name the cities shown in the four photographs.

History 1.

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In which countries were these battles fought - a) the Battle of the Boyne (1690), b) the Battle of Hamburger Hill (1969) and the Battle of Mount Tumbledown (1982)?

Which historic event began in 43AD and effectively ended in 410AD? In which decade was the first postage stamp issued in the UK? Name the palace on the banks of the Thames, built for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and later home to Kings Henry VIII, Charles I, William III and George II. In 1985 this venicle hit the streets of the UK. Name it and its inventor.

5. Name the three member states of the United Nations beginning with the letter “H”.

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List these four cities a) from north to south, and then b) from east to west - Dubrovnik, Tbilisi, Budapest and Lisbon.

2. The source of the River Thames is in which English county?

3. The capital city of which member state of the European Union lies furthest

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What links Bristol to Hannover in Germany, Oporto in Portugal and Guangzhou in China?

How did Zuan Chabotto leave a Bristolian legacy?

The city motto is “Virtute et industria” which translates as what?

Bristol has been awarded Purple Flag status, signifying it is excellent at what?

If all the Bristol council wards are listed alphabetically which ones come first and last?

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What Inheritance Rights Do I Have if My Partner Dies?

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A sharp rise in inheritance disputes is likely to be another unhappy legacy of coronavirus (COVID-19). For anyone so unfortunate as to lose their partner, it can be a shock to discover there is no such thing as common law marriage and inheritance rights.

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Some cohabitees, like Sarah and Ben, who have lived together for at least 2 years are eligible to make a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.

Ben’s Will leaves Sarah a frac�on of his overall wealth and a limited right to live in their home which is subject to many condi�ons and she is not the legal owner.

Ben’s adult children inherit the bulk of his mul�-million estate. Sarah has no income and cannot afford to pay the bills in their large house nor can she afford their old lifestyle - Ben used to cover all this.

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Although Sarah is eligible to issue a claim, to succeed, she must demonstrate to the court that Ben has failed to provide sufficiently for her in his Will. The court will take several factors into account when deciding how much Sarah should receive, including her own financial posi�on and the size of Ben’s estate.

There have been several cases, including Negus v Bahouse, decided in the Court of Appeal, that direct courts also to consider the level of lifestyle enjoyed by a couple and the cost for the survivor of con�nuing it, when assessing what claimants like Sarah should receive. So the holidays, art purchases, and other expensive ac�vi�es enjoyed by Ben and Sarah will be relevant, amongst other factors, in deciding Sarah’s claim.

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MUSIC NOW & THEN - DUNCAN HASKELL Album of the Month That’s How Rumors Get Started by Margo Price

Next Step Bella Donna by Stevie Nicks If Price brings to mind one other artist it’s Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks. Many will think that’s sacrilege, and the numbers clearly don’t stack up, but in terms of talent and charisma there are certain similarities.

Sometimes genres act as nothing more than handy tags in a journalist’s armoury, helping them to pigeonhole artists without having to think too hard. Take Margo Price a Nashville-based songwriter with two previous albums detailing some of the more turbulent times in her life, or which sadly their have been many. Of course then, everything she does has to be framed as country, or Americana at the very least.

Some 39 years after its release, Nicks’s debut remains the high point in her solo career, one which spawned the Top 10 hits Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (written by Tom Petty and Mike Campbell and performed with Petty and the Heartbreakers) and Leather and Lace (a duet with Don Henley).

Yes, both Midwest Farmer’s Daughter and All American Made have elements of both those genres running through them, but also so much more, and on her new record it’s time we embraced the fact that Price is an all-rounder who comfortably straddles many different styles and sounds.

Proving beyond doubt that Nicks could still captivate an audience without her bandmates, there was a raw emotion to the album which was perhaps best heard on Edge of Seventeen.

A song which will be familiar to any fans of the movie School of Rock, the lyrics convey the grief she felt over the death of her uncle and murder of John Lennon a few days apart in December 1980.

A similar weight could be felt elsewhere on After the Glitter Fades and Kind of Woman, but in Nicks’s adroit hands this was a collection of songs which rewarded both superficial listens and more devote ears.

Though a tour-de-force all on her own, help is on hand here in the shape of producer Sturgill Simpson (another artist unfairly labelled as merely a country artist), husband/co-writer Jeremy Ivey and studio stalwarts such as Matt Sweeney, Benmont Tench and Pino Palladino So, to the songs… the album kicks off with the title track, all textured arrangements and comforting backing vocals. The studio polish might not be everyone’s taste, especially those who prefer their music rough and rugged, but listen closely and there’s plenty of heart and soul.

Podcast of the Month Dream Wife – So When You Gonna Created to coincide with their recent album of the same name Dream Wife (the indie-punk three-piece consisting of Alice Go, Rakel Mjöll and Bella Podpadec) have created a podcast series which provides insight into the arts and creative industries and acts as something of a call to arms to all those who want to try something new and need a little bit of a push. Each episode is a one-on-one interview with a different creative and includes chats with music producers, activists, booking agents and film makers.

Twinkle Twinkle sways along with fuzzing guitars, thumping drums and a rags to riches tale. Gone To Stay presents the confessions of an absent parent over a driving rhythm which is fit for any road trip. Price saves the best for last. I’d Die For You is up there with her strongest songs to date with bluesy guitars and a stunning vocal performance.

No matter how you label it, this is just great music which can be enjoyed by absolutely anyone.

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Inheritance Tax review.

How has it changed?

Inheritance tax receipts have reached record highs – £5.4bn in 2018-19 – and more of us than ever are paying the dreaded tax. Both the number of estates liable to pay the 40pc death toll and the Treasury’s annual haul have increased every year for a decade.

The 2015 Budget introduced a new provision, allowing individuals and married couples to pass on their main home with added protection from the taxman.The allowance began to be phased in at £100,000 in 2017-18, increasing to £125,000 in 2018-19, to £150,000 in 2019-20, and finally to £175,000 in 2020-21. This means that married couples will eventually be able to pass on estates worth up to £1m to their heirs.

More than 28,000 people were forced to pay in 2016-17, the latest figures available, and the average bill costs families passing wealth down to their children and grandchildren around £180,000.

However, the catch is that this total must include a “family home”, which must be the main property, and the property must pass to a direct descendant. Buy-to-let and second properties will add to the total size of the estate as normal. Estates over £2m lose the relief at £1 for every £2 over the threshold. Your estate will have no “family home allowance” at all if worth over £2.2m.

Middle class families sitting on vast property wealth thanks to steadily increasing prices over recent years but who have few other assets may find it difficult to satisfy the taxman without selling the family home. This is despite new allowances that allow you to pass on more when you die.

What if I downsize?

So how do you calculate what you have to pay, who exactly qualifies for these new protections and how has the system changed?

People who sell an expensive property will be eligible for an “inheritance tax credit” so can still qualify for the new threshold, as long as most of the estate is left to descendants.

How does inheritance Tax work?

How will this affect my tax bill?

Each individual is taxed at a rate of 40pc on all their assets above a threshold. At the moment this threshold is £325,000, but from April 2017 a new, higher threshold including a “family home allowance”, began to be phased in.The taxman raked in £5.4bn from the death tax last year and expects its haul to total £7bn by 2023.

Recent changes are helping to bring down costs for all estate sizes including family homes. Small estates are still exempt from inheritance tax and larger estates worth £1m that include family homes will have up to £140,000 extra tax-free allowance by the time the full home allowance is completely phased in.

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These are issues on which it would be prudent to take legal advice which may include reviewing your Will to ensure that any dispositions you make are tax efficient.

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IT ISSUES - RUSSELL ISAAC In Praise Of OneDrive

doing back-up’s to an external drive or USB stick again (which break for a living!).

Anyone who knows me will know I am not overly given to heaping praise on Microsoft, but the combined changes they have made to their Cloud Storage app OneDrive, make it, I think, a no-brainer for anyone using a Windows PC.

How Does It Work?

In simple terms, click on the OneDrive icon on your PC and follow the instructions to set up an account (if you have already created a Microsoft Account to sign into your PC, then you’ll already have one).

What is OneDrive?

Open File Explorer on your PC and you’ll see a Folder (like the Documents and Pictures folders) called OneDrive. If you save files into that folder they will automatically be copied and mirrored in your OneDrive cloud space.

It’s Microsoft’s Cloud Storage offering – similar to Google’s GoogleDrive, Apple’s iCloud and Dropbox. It allows you to store files safely in the cloud as a back-up, access them from any device anywhere, and to share them with anyone else you choose.

For most everyday users, it’s the back-up function that is probably the biggest boon.

I generally recommend storing all your key folders (Documents, Pictures, Video etc) in there so all those files are safely backed up in the cloud.

Once your files are stored inOneDrive they are automatically synchronised to your Cloud space – you never need to think about

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IT ISSUES - RUSSELL ISAAC Why Is OneDrive A Good Proposition?

• It works seamlessly in Windows – put files in there and job done; • Increased storage space is realistically priced – you get 5gb of storage for free but you can upgrade to 100-200gb of space for less than £2 a month; • It offers Files On Demand – which means you could choose to store the files in the cloud alone, saving disk space if that’s an issue;

• It’s simple to share files/folders – just select what you want to share and tell OneDrive who you want to share it with and it will send them a request.

I heartily recommend it to anyone who has no back-up system or who forgets to manually back-up sometimes!

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Staying fit & well at home

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.

With many of us spending more time than usual at home, here are a few ideas that will help to keep you safe and well. ●

Wash your hands regularly throughout the day using soap and hot water.

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Stay connected with phone calls, letters, emails, text messages or a cheery wave from the window.

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Consider taking a Vitamin D supplement of 10 micrograms a day for healthy muscles and bones, if you aren’t outdoors often.

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Stick to regular mealtimes and eat a balanced diet that includes: Fruit and vegetables (fresh, frozen, tinned, dried or juice), starchy foods (bread, cereals, potatoes, pasta or rice), beans, pulses, fish and meat.

Two portions of fish a week, one of which should be oily, dairy products (milk, yogurt, cheese) and oils and spreads (choose unsaturated).

If you’re struggling to eat well, switch to smaller meals and frequent snacks.

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POSTCARDS FROM LOCKDOWN The postcards will be displayed in the Sea Mills Museum – (AKA the old phone box in Sea Mills Square) and on notice boards around Sea Mills and Coombe Dingle as well as online.

“It’s been difficult enough for the average adult to cope with the personal repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic and lock down – but what has it been like for children and young adults?” asks Mary Milton frfom Sea Mills 100.

Research shows that children and young people benefit from finding ways to express their individual experiences. Dr. Georgina Taylor, clinical manager of The Bridge Foundation Psychotherapy Service in Bristol says: “When children can express their thoughts and feelings to others, in words or pictures, it can help them to process their experiences and to feel that these are valued and heard by others. It can also help them to feel more connected to other people”.

“There must have been high and lows, and for many it will have been difficult. Those who are younger and have access to safe outdoor space may have enjoyed playing out in summer weather but others will have spent a lot of time indoors. A report by the Childhood Trust published recently highlighted the effects to children’s mental health. They found worries about the virus, children missing their friends, school and concerns about their parents who may have lost jobs and be struggling to pay rent or buy food. Young people have had their futures thrown into uncertainly, exams cancelled, the university experience radically changed and career or job prospects uncertain.

All children and young people are invited to participate, regardless of where they live. The postcards will be kept together as an archive so will also become part of the record of this time.

Templates are available to download from www.seamills100.co.uk/postcard but you don’t need to use them. Just send a postcard sized piece of writing or artwork to Sea Mills 100, 28 St Edyth’s Road, Sea Mills, Bristol BS9 2ES. Alternatively, you can email it to info@seamills100.co.uk or post to twitter or Instagram tagging @seamills100 using the hashtag #LockdownPostcard

Sea Mills 100 and Sea Mills and Coombe Dingle Together have joined forces for a project to focus on the experiences of children and young people and highlight them to others.

We have been unable to open our museum during lockdown so we wanted to find a way of supporting our local community by using our window displays in creative way. We are inviting children and young people to send us a ‘postcard from lockdown’. We want to hear what they are doing and how they feel about what is happening right now.”

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Windmill / Turbine (6)

Bird of Prey (8)

Portaloo (5)

Classic Camper Van (6)

Rainbow (9)

Animal Transporter (any kind) (4)

Tunnel (5)

Person wearing HiVis Clothing (2)

Ice Cream Van (7)

Swan or Duck (9)

Farmhouse (6)

Cement Mixer (4)

32 miles to anywhere (9)

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River (2)

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HISTORY NOTES NO. 150 - JULIAN LEA-JONES Anecdotes from our pubs and inns

proposed to “Friend of King and Constitution.

Cruger’s comment: “Without him they would have had neither beef nor ale”

Celia Fiennes in her book, ‘Through England on a Side Saddle’ written in the late 1600s commented on her experiences of awful Inns.

“Ye lodgings so bad, two beds in one roome, some three beds and four in one roome; so that if ye have not company enough of your owne to fill a roome they will be ready to put others in the same chamber, and sometimes they are so crowded that three must lye in a bed. Few people stay above two or three nights, it is so inconvenient.” [her joke, not mine]. Her experience at Carlisle was not much better, “…my landlady ran me up the largest reckoning for almost nothing, it was ye dearest lodging I met with… for two joints of mutton and a pint of Wine and bread and beer I had a 12 shilling reckoning… it was the biggest house in town and the worst accommodation, and the young giddy landlady could only dress fine and entertain soldiers.” Perhaps it was her wanderlust gene which manifested itself generations later in Ranulph’s adventurous spirit.

A century later Bristol didn’t come up much higher in James Boswell’s, “Conversations with Samuel Johnson,” when he said; “We were by no means pleased with our inn at Bristol, let us see now how should I describe it?” Johnson was ready with his raillery, “Why it was so bad that Boswell wished to return to Scotland.” - but presumably not stopping at Carlisle on the way!

During the Civil War Cromwell’s troops are reported to have stabled their horses in Temple Church. This action probably explains why the Rose and Crown Inn in Temple Street became a meeting place of Royalist conspirators, who as the saying went ‘Met under the rose’, (painted upon its ceiling). Greek mythology dates the practice to the gift by Cupid of a Rose to the God of silence, (Harpocrates), since when a rose on the ceiling has always been a reminder to guests that discussions within were to be considered confidential or ‘Sub Rosa’.

A nineteenth century visitor to a pub’s offlicence might require one of the items shown here. Pubs often had a window for selling drink ‘off the premises’, known colloquially as the ‘Jug and Bottle’, as distinct from the more formal off-licences situated then, as now, in other retail premises. The working classes relied upon their local pub where they could take their own containers to be filled for drinking at home. For the thirsty wanting to ‘get something stronger in’, spirit flasks were often provided by the pub in exchange for a deposit. For small establishments flasks could be cheaply etched with the pub’s name such as this one from the Dolphin of 52 New Street, St Jude’s Parish in Bristol.

Henry Cruger a New Yorker set up in business in Bristol (a biographical plaque can be seen on the Great George Street the wall of his former house in Park Street), and went on to hold the offices of; Councillor, Sheriff, Mayor, Member of Parliament from 1774 to 1780 and Master of the Society of Merchant Venturers, he later returned to America to become a Senator in his home state. However, because of the lifetime rules of Bristol’s Common Council he remained a Bristol Councillor until his death, and thus was unique in simultaneously having representative seats in both America and England. A Bristol MP died and Cruger, as an American, contested the seat standing for ‘reconciliation and resumption of trade’. Standing against him was George Daubeny, for the antiAmerican Ministerial party. Daubeny gave a dinner for all his campaign supporters at the Full Moon Hotel in Stokes Croft at which they were asked to taste the difference between “roast beef of England” and “American Bull Beef”. A toast was

The Seven Stars pub in St Thomas Parish near the Redcliffe Backs, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was a haunt of Bristol sailors as well as captains of the slave ships. The Rev Clarkson visited Bristol as part of his nationwide information gathering expedition in support of abolition and was directed to the Seven Stars pub. Thompson, the landlord who also provided lodgings for sailors was active in helping them find berths on non-slaver ships and his collusion was instrumental in helping Reverend Thomas

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HISTORY NOTES NO. 150 - JULIAN LEA-JONES Clarkson gather the evidence needed to bring an end to the terrible trade. The landlord helped Clarkson pass himself off as a sailor, or common labourer, by donning rough clothing and dirtying his face, and by mingling with the regulars he successfully eavesdropped on the slavers’ discussions. The evidence, particularly the stories about the atrocities and impressments of unwilling seamen, he passed to his friend William Wilberforce and others in support of the act for the abolition of slavery.

along the dockside for the dreaded press gangs, whilst a back passage provided escape into Queen Square. The original name of the pub, dating from 1700, was the Coach and Horses, also has a literary claim to fame, encouraged by the twentieth century owners who promoted it as the inn which provided the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson’s the Spy Glass Inn. The location and description of the pub fits Part 2 ‘The Sea Cook’. Chapter 7 begins: “I go to Bristol” and it was in here that RLS had his hero Jim Hawkins meet Long John Silver especially as the pub on the Grove was once known as The Spy House.

The truth of the matter is we will probably never know.

Sometimes the exploits of the press gangs led to open warfare on the streets. A Press Gang had been tipped off, probably by the landlady or a crimp, or as the Sailors would have said; ‘The secret has been told to the parrot’ that there were five sailors from a privateer in the Jolly Sailor pub near the quayside. The gang surrounded the pub whereupon the sailors took to the roof and fired at them. The landlady was shot in the neck by a member of the press gang whilst one of the privateers shot one of their own, (blue on blue?), whilst the survivors were captured and taken off to become not so jolly sailors.

Not all recruiting was by subterfuge or violence.

On the 4th of May 1757, the Landoger Trow in King street would have been fuller of sailors than usual hoping to sign on to the privateer ‘Tyger’.

This was because the Three Cups on the Back had been the scene of pay-outs for the Tyger’s previous cruise for taking no less than three ships, the Comtesse de Conflans, Bien Acquis and the Judith.

The Bear & Rugged Staff, now on the corner of Southmead and Doncaster roads, was originally the name of a pub in Little Peter Street, Castle Green), In the nineteenth century the Bear & Rugged Staff sign gave rise to a bizarre trick.

The Inn sign depicting a chained bear needed repainting. The sign artist quoted a price, but the landlord said, “Too expensive. Reduce the price.”

The artist replied, “The chain takes a lot of work, all those links you see.” “Alright leave off the chain.”

“OK, price agreed.” Job done sign hung. Disaster!

During the night there was a violent storm and in the morning the bear had escaped. The Landlord asked the painter, “Where’s it gone?” “Well, it wasn’t chained, was it.” “All right can you repaint it chained?”. New price agreed. The painter later confided to a friend, “As the landlord wouldn’t agree a fair price, I painted the bear in water paint so rain would wash it away.” The morale of which is, if you employ someone to paint your pub sign, make sure you don’t try to swindle him!

Sailors enjoying the delights of the fleshpots and quayside pubs on their all too brief shore leaves would have probably been cheered by the following prayer, which until a few years ago could still be seen on the wall of the Port of Call pub in Clifton.

“O Lord above send down a dove, With wings as sharp as razors, To cuts the throats of all those blokes Who sell bad beer to sailors” Bristol had the worst reputation for the depredations of the press gangs in the kingdom and it was in this climate of licensed kidnapping that the Hole in the Wall pub on the Grove flourished. Why? Because the pub had a small windowed room providing a lookout both ways

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ON THIS DAY IN BRISTORY News

Births

2 August 1784 The first specially built Royal Mail coach was tested on a run between Bristol and London.

Using skills that he had picked up when using post-chaise (horse-drawn carriage) to help move theatre sets, John Palmer believed that he could help the mail system. The success of the trial led to the opening of more routes across the country.

25 August 1865 - Ida Mary Roper Born in Westbury, to John and Lucy Roper, Ida Mary Roper was a botanist, author and the first female president of the British Naturalist Society when elected in 1913. Her first paper “The Blossoming of the Trees” was published by the Bristol Naturalists Society in 1908. She died on 8 June 1935 and is buried with her family ay Arnos Vale Cemetery, upon her death her herbarium was bequeathed to the University of Leeds.

26 August 1868 With the plans accepted and an Act of Parliament obtained, the first sod was cut from Avonmouth Docks. Built to provide access for large vessels which might run aground closer to the city, the dock and the supporting Bristol Port Railway and Pier eventually opened for traffic almost nine years later on 24 February 1877. Avonmouth only became prosperous in 1884 when the Port of Bristol Authority took it over, running it along with the City Docks.

8 August 1877 - Nigel De Brulier An actor who was born in Frenchay and began his career in the UK before transferring to the American stage, via Canada, De Brulier’s first film role was as a poet in the 1914 movie The Pursuit of the Phantom. He had appeared as Cardinal Richelieu in four films: The Three Musketeers (1921), The Iron Mask (1929), The Three Musketeers (1935) and The Man in the Iron Mask (1939). His final film role was in Tonight We Raid Calais, released in 1943. De Brulier died in 1948.

5 August 1954

The musical Salad Days transferred from Bristol’s Theatre Royal to the Vaudeville Theatre in London, where it started it’s 2,283 performance run – a record until it was overtaken

by My Fair Lady.

“Salad Days” Written by Julian original cast recording Slade and Dorothy Reynolds as a summer musical for the Bristol Old Vic’s resident company, the title is based on a saying taken from William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.

24 August 1770 - Thomas Chatterton A precociously talented poet whose works influenced Romantic artists such as Shelley, Keats, Wordsworth and Coleridge, Chatterton was Commemorative plaque only 17 at the time of his in St Mary Redcliffe suicide in 1770 (famously depicted in a painting by Henry Wallis). Born in Bristol, he had moved to London a few months before his death. Famously, he was able to pass off his work as that of an imaginary medieval poet from the 15th century called Thomas Rowley.

5 August 1972 Bristol Rovers beat Sheffield United 7-6 on penalties to win the 1972/73 Watney Mann Invitation Cup. A pre-season tournament made up of eight teams (two from each of the top four divisions), Rovers were one of the two teams representing the Third Division that year whereas Sheffield United, along with Wolverhampton Wanderers, were representing English football’s top flight.

30 August 1978 - Victoria Hughes The first lavatory attendant to have an entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Hughes was born at Woodbury Lane on 22 June 1897.

After her husband Richard returned from WW1 with injuries, she became the main earner. From 1929 until 1962 she worked as the attendant at the Durdham Down public toilet on Stoke’s Road, where many of her customers were prostitutes.

She published her memoir Ladies Mile in 1977.

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Probate – Can you afford to take the risk?

Andrew Jack of AMD Solicitors discusses the risks of attempting probate yourself.

Many people who are appointed as executors under a will know that their duties include administering an estate in accordance with the will to ensure that the beneficiaries receive what they have been left.

However, wills can be complicated documents and the law surrounding wills and probate is, to put it kindly, quite old.

For example, the will may include provisions to ensure children from first marriages inherit their parents’ share of the estate, to protect minor beneficiaries and sometimes to protect beneficiaries from themselves or from others taking advantages of them.

This can mean that the will is complicated and not always as straight forward as may appear. Examples we have seen include a will where money was to be invested for an individual for his life time with the capital going to someone else in the future.

Sadly the executors did not realise the significance of this clause and paid the capital to someone who was not entitled to receive it. Fortunately it was returned

once the situation was explained but the executors would have been personally liable to the other beneficiaries if it had not been returned.

Executors may be personally liable throughout the administration of an estate.

They are not just liable to beneficiaries, should they fail to deal with the tax affairs of the deceased be it inheritance tax, income tax or capital gains tax they can be liable to HMRC personally for failing to deal with matters. These tax bills can run into thousands of pounds.

Taking advice from a Solicitor can ensure that all your obligations as an executor are fulfilled so that not only are the wishes of the deceased carried out completely and correctly but also you are protected from claims against you for failing to administer the estate properly.

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FINANCE MATTERS - PHIL JAMES, GROSVENOR CONSULTANCY How safe is cash ... really?

rates of interest or 2) the stock market (equities) and the risk of losses.

Like many, I have my emergency fund (accessible cash should I need it unexpectedly) in a Cash ISA. Because it’s always available, I don’t expect to earn much interest on it. I have held this with the same institution for about 10 years now as they have always been relatively competitive. However last week I had a letter from them to say the rate of interest (in line with most immediate access deposits), was being reduced to below 0.5%. To put this in perspective that’s less than half what it was at the end of last year, but more importantly still only a fraction of the rate of inflation (RPI) for the last few months; a time when spending has been greatly reduced because of lockdown. If the last year as a whole is a more typical measure of RPI, then my new rate of interest of 0.45% looks terrible compared to an average rate of RPI of 2.6%. So, it amuses me a little when I hear people say things like, “ah but my money is safe in the bank”. Possibly not, I would suggest if it is losing 2.15% in real terms.

Part of the benefit of taking advice is to have your assets managed for you. Diversification means an exposure to different assets, depending on your time-horizon for investing and risk tolerance. This chart shows how various assets have performed since the same year of 1985. No surprise that the green line is equities, but this is also the most volatile at certain times like the last few months.

Perhaps the most important line is the Black line (Multi-Asset) as this simply represents 20% exposure to each of the asset classes. It shows you can achieve a return far greater than cash (blue), considerably less volatile than equities (green) and a return in excess of inflation.

So as I say, the hidden erosion by inflation of capital over time is a problem. There are many solutions, not just the two extremes of Cash or Equities. Solutions taking into account circumstances, timescales, objectives, a need for income or growth, risk tolerances, and ethical, environmental and social principles. Maybe COVID 19 has demonstrated the importance of having a safety net behind you, but one shouldn’t forget the very real cost of inflation over time on what you have set aside.

Phil James Independent Financial Adviser

This chart shows you that £100,000 in 1985 (launch of Eastenders and Live Aid), will have been eroded by inflation to £32,561 by the end of last year. Am I going to move my emergency fund into something else? Of course not, its sole purpose is to be accessible, so at most I may transfer to another Cash ISA for slightly higher interest. Maybe I will feel differently if interest rates go negative which is a possibility. However, and this is important, while putting up with this loss of real value is OK for an emergency fund, it is not for all of one’s capital.

Charts published with kind permission of Liontrust Investments.

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Yes, there are, and this might involve investing in other assets. Again, another wry smile from me, when people assume, they only have two rather extreme choices of 1) cash in the bank with low

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THE PHONE BOX - A PROPER ICON I had enough (and the right) change and that an even longer queue didn’t instantly appear, pressurising me into an abridged call.

I like to think that I rarely get annoyed with things, and when I do it is often trivial things that get me. Advertising is one thing when, just now and again, a slogan or tagline winds me up. One recent one I find more amusing than annoying when I see it - which is most days - is the announcement on the back of a number 1 bus that proclaims it is “The best route along Whiteladies Road”. So, how does that work? Is there another route along Whiteladies Road that isn’t Whiteladies Road and that I’ve missed? Is it less busy?

If there is, could someone from First Bus please get in touch and let me know?

What triggered this thought process was that last week I walked past an old phone box on the green near the suspension bridge and noticed that, rather than a phone inside, it contained shelves of books, having been kitted out as a “bring one, take one” mini community “library”. I know of others that have been “re-purposed” in similar ways - the excellent Sea Mills museum in a phone box, a couple of defibrillators etc.

One I saw recently however really touched a nerve because it demonstrates perfectly, and in this case stupidly, how mis-used an expression is. The Collins Dictionary defines an icon as follows - “If you describe something or someone as an icon, you mean that they are important as a symbol of a particular thing.”. According to Costa Coffee “We don’t just have one iconic Flat White. We have three - Flat White, Coconut Flat White and Flat Black”. Sorry? A black coffee is a white coffee? And apparently it is iconic? I do wonder which moron in the marketing department at Costa Coffee thinks they have right to determine what is accredited icon status in this ridiculous example of self-aggrandising tosh.

Right, down off my soapbox now and onto something that, I suggest, is properly iconic. The great British red telephone box. A few years ago I wrote an article looking at the history of the red letter box.

Thankfully, and despite the age of electronic communication, the existence of the letter box seems assured. But I wonder if that is the case with it’s big cousin, the phone box? With the advent of mobile phones, and computers in most households, it would seem on the face of it that it’s days are numbered. Days I recall semi-fondly, queueing on a freezing cold night at the corner to use the payphone, hoping that

The lovely mini-museum in Sea Mills This however got me thinking what would I do if my mobile phone packed up for any of a number of reasons? We have no land line anymore, so where would I go to make a phone call? In short, did I know where my nearest phone box is and is it working? I didn’t know. Do you know where yours is? Driving back up Whiteladies, more 58

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THE PHONE BOX - A PROPER ICON silver jubilee of King George V. It is the “Jubilee Kiosk”, or K6 as it was inevitably named, that is the one that has become a true icon of British design. Almost half the weight of its ancestor the original K6 (left) and K2(right) K2, the K6 was near Lords cricket ground the first red telephone box to be used widely outside of the capital and by 1964 there were 35,000 located across the country. And by the time of the introduction of the K8 variant in 1968 there were 70,000 in service.

observently than usual, I spotted two phone boxes - and (to my surprise) both worked.

As did the three in Westbury village next to the Post Office. So they are around - it may be worth you being aware of your local one in case an emergency strikes.

OK, a little history for you now. The first public telephone box introduced into the UK was in 1921 - it was made of concrete, painted cream with red window frames, and was designated Kiosk 1 (or K1). There are just seven of this original design left in the UK, two on public streets in Kingston -upon-Hull and Bembridge. However the local authorities in London didn’t like the K1 design and asked the Royal Fine Art Commission to organise a competition for the design of a phone box suitable for the capital. Three entries were considered, including that of respected architect Giles Gilbert Scott, who had been responsible for the imposing Anglican cathedral in Liverpool (well worth a visit if you go to Merseyside) and would later be responsible for the classic designs of Battersea (think Pink Floyd) and Bankside (think Tate Modern) power stations. Scott’s design was chosen, was designated K2 and brought into use across London from 1926. It was made of cast iron and painted bright red at the insistence of the Post Office to make it highly visible (Scott had proposed a silver exterior). The K2 however wasn’t used nationwide, and in 1929 Scott reworked the K1 design into the K3, another concrete variant, that was to be used beyond the boundaries of the capital. Curiously though, one of the very few remaining K3’s is in London Zoo, next to the penguin enclosure.

Limited use K4 and K5 variants followed in the early 1930’s, designed this time by the Post Office.

Since then the red telephone box (it is technically painted “currant red”) has become more of an endangered species, with subsequent non-red designs having to address issues such as customer accessibility, restricted floor space and post-privatisation maintenance costs.

At present there are some 8,000 still in public use. The good news however is that many more have been “adopted” by local communities and people, so the sight of a true British design icon will still be one we can enjoy for, hopefully, years to come.

Right, I’m off now for an iconic cup of tea.

I take mine white, oh, and with milk as well.

Footnotes • Sir Giles Gilbert Scott is buried outside Liverpool Cathedral - he was Roman Catholic, it is Anglican.

• The three K2 bozes outside Westbury Post Office are all Grade II listed buildings.

• BT has a public duty to make sure there are a reasonable number of working phone boxes where they are most needed.

Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, as he had become, wasn’t done with the phone box just yet, and in 1935 he was recalled to produce a redesigned phone box to commemorate the 60

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GOOD READS - BRUCE FELLOWS’ BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Moscow, 1913, and on returning from his print shop, Frank discovers that Nellie has taken their three children off back to London. Then a phone call tells him the children have been left at a nearby railway station. Penelope Fitzgerald’s wonderful novel The Beginning of Spring goes on from there, calm but always gripping. It’s late Czarist Russia: students, secret police, revolutionaries, downtrodden workers, Tolstoyans, devout Orthodox Christians, a dacha, a frozen river that slowly thaws and Frank’s constant endeavours to care for his children and run his business. There’s a complete and marvellous world here, beautifully assembled for us to explore and learn from.

In the sixteenth century the Great Powers around the Mediterranean fought to gain control of it. Charles and Philip of Spain and Suleiman the Magnificent and his descendents of the Ottoman Empire were the great leaders but others were crucial to the story, Barbarossa, La Valette, Don Juan of Austria. Roger Crowley tells the savage and often nailbitingly tense story in his excellent Empires of the Sea. Islands were crucial: Rhodes, Cyprus and Malta, whose defence takes chapter after chapter to describe, each one as riveting as a thriller. It was a terrifying time to live but the world we know now grew from it.

The novel Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter tells the story of Jack Levitt from his days as an unwanted baby onwards, always struggling to rise from the gutter, never quite making it. There’s a pool hall hustler, too, Billy, who becomes Jack’s prison companion. It’s a gritty, in your face depiction of life in the depths: the search for easy money, the girls that follow it; the horrors of prison life, solitary confinement, love, and all written so readably that you can’t lay it aside. Can Jack find the life he seeks so desperately, is Sally the girl to rescue him, and just who is Bronson?

First published in 1933 and recently re-issued, Death in Fancy Dress is Anthony Gilbert’s excellent whodunit from the Golden Age of detective mysteries. Lawyer Tony and chum Jeremy set out to clear up a rum do that centres on Feltham Abbey, a country house, where Tony has relatives. There’s been a wave of suicides in the best circles: usually a phone call precedes the death, large sums of money are involved, too, blackmail? At a fancy dress ball a body is found. There’s a love story and a butler, naturally. The characters are intriguing and the story grips from start to finish: a great read.

A Dutch landscape, flat and bleak, with sparse habitation; that’s where Helmar cares for his sheep, his cows and his donkeys. But he’s only there to replace his twin brother, Henk, who died way back.

He cares for his ailing father, too. Helmar tells his story in Gerbrand Bakker’s moving, humorous and memorable novel, The Twin. Things are strained between father and son; a neighbour visits with her sons; the livestock man calls, so does the milk tanker man. Then Henk’s exfiancée rings and change is in the air. Can Helmar turn his life around or is the hooded crow a harbinger of doom?

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and perfected it over the years, now with the boys independent he makes sure that all domestic tasks are taken care of so I can focus on the practice. I would not be able to function without him.

We opened Viking Vets on the first of August 2000, and here we are 20 years later. It feels like it has gone in a flash, but my mirror tells me another story! When we arrived in Henbury in the end of June 2000, our boys were 20 months and 3 months.

They are now adults, one having flown the nest and the young one a fledgling holding on to the nest in these COVID times.

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THIS BS9 LIFE - DUNCAN HASKELL After a decade of decadence some friends of mine are thinking of leaving London, kids in tow, and moving somewhere new. Their criteria: “Decent community. Nice environment. Lots of outdoor stuff nearby. But with a culturally interesting and diverse city on our doorstep too.” It’s fair to say that even from my particularly biased perspective, Bristol ticks all of those boxes.

I have therefore taken on the role of advocate for our city and fully intend on convincing them to head in this direction.

our engine. The damage was so severe that the car was no more and, taking this as an ominous sign, we immediately ruled Brighton out.

Next up was Bath, supposedly. But then we had a change of heart somewhere along the M4 (in our new car), and didn’t ever take the turning.

Instead we continued down the motorway until we reached Bristol, and we’ve never looked back.

While working on my opening statement I got to thinking about what brought us here just over a decade ago and I thought I would bring you all along with me on a road trip which led from Africa to Bristol.

Mrs Haskell and I were taking a bit of time out of UK life enjoying a few months living and working on a game reserve in South Africa when she had a bad fall and did some serious damage to her knee. Our tent in the middle of nowhere quickly went from a tranquil place of calm to a terrifyingly isolated wilderness which should be aborted as quickly as possible in favour of coming home to the UK. Not wanting to return to London, where I’d lived for a few years, nor our respective home towns of Cambridge (where we were temporarily based) and Portsmouth, we drew up a shortlist of places and eventually whittled it down to three options: Brighton, Bath and Bristol.

So what was it about Bristol that enticed us in the first place and has kept us here ever since? Well I would have to say that it’s the decent community, nice environment, lots of outdoor stuff nearby but with a culturally interesting and diverse city on our doorstep too.

List made, we loaded up our car and set off to see where we’d settle. Our first destination was East Sussex, or so we thought, but shortly after joining the M23 plumes of smoke started rising out of

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across the city centre. King Street is also being pedestrianised.

Another hot sultry summer may be good news for those of us who enjoy the sunshine. It makes meeting friends in gardens and parks much easier, and queuing outside shops a little more pleasant. But hot summers are bad news for places like the arctic, where temperatures have reached record levels and the future of much wildlife is threatened.

The changes are very welcome and are hopefully a precedent for permanent changes, but Bristol Walking Alliance and other groups have expressed some concerns: • To make the changes quickly, red and white roadworks barriers have been used, which are visually unattractive. Hopefully, over time at least some of the barriers will be replaced by planters or similar.

• Some of the reallocated road space is not being used much. It would be great if some businesses, particularly cafes and other eating places, made use of the extra space to provide outdoor seating.

• The changes are partial – not enough to change the feel of the high street, because car parking still dominates.

What changes will we need to make to ensure the planet doesn’t overheat? Can our new post Covid world be better for us - and the climate?

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The COVID pandemic has had dire consequences, but it may transform transport policy. Changes to help with social distancing have suddenly seen a priority given to walking that some of us have long wished for.

It is be hoped that the changes signal a change in transport policy over the longer term. It would be good if the Council’s programmes of Liveable Neighbourhoods and School Streets could both be accelerated to make walking safer and more pleasant for all of us.

The government has directed local authorities to make changes such as footway widening, defined areas for queuing, and even pedestrianizing roads completely. And to make the initial changes within just 8 weeks – an unheard-of pace of change.

Have your say Add your comments and suggestions the Bristol Covid Transport interactive map: https://www. bristol.gov.uk/covidtransport or write to your local councillor with feedback and suggestions.

Downs Loop reaches consultation stage A proposal for an accessible path and traffic calming around the Downs has now reached the public consultation stage.

Cycle Sunday is a local group who have organised six car-free cycling events on the Downs since 2015. Over 3,000 people attended our last event, demonstrating the high levels of interest in safer places to cycle. This has also been evident during lockdown when the quiet roads meant that many more families venturing out on their bikes to explore the Downs.

Bristol City Council has made changes to many high streets across Bristol. You have probably seen the changes in Westbury village and Henleaze. They have also fast-tracked some existing plans for restricting motor vehicle access to Old City and will close Baldwin Street at either end so that through private motor traffic can no longer use this route to cut

For the past year and a half, Cycle Sunday has been working on a proposal for a Downs Loop.

The loop of 2.3 miles would consist of:

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CHILDREN’S PRIZE WORDSEARCH As a summer holiday bonus we are running two prize wordsearches this month, and this second one is for Under 18’s only (I know from lots of feedback that many children like to have a go at the monthly puzzle).

Listed below are twenty three European country. Twenty two of them have also been hidden in the wordsearch grid. The countries can be found running forwards, backwards, up, down or on a diagonal. Simply find the missing country and then get in touch to let me know what it is. If you are the first correct entry out of the hat after the closing date of 31 August 2020 then you will win a £20 voucher to spend at Hobbycraft.

Entries please as usual to andy@bcmagazines.co.uk, 0117 259 1964, 07845 986650 or by post to 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY. You must state your age when entering. Right, here are the countries you are searching for - best of luck!

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IN THE GARDEN WITH CATHY LEWIS Bee orchids

This clever mimicry serves no purpose in the UK however. The right species of bee doesn’t occur here so the orchid must rely on self-pollination instead.

Those who love pristine, weed-free lawns will think mine a disgrace. I’ve been fighting a losing battle with it for years. But now, having ditched chemicals and fertilisers, I’m allowing moss and weeds to take over if they want to. This policy has had its rewards. I was mowing what was left of the grass after the long, hot spell in June when I noticed a small pink flower on a slim stalk about 10cm tall. To my surprise and delight it was a bee orchid, a wildflower I had long wanted to see. This little botanical treasure was growing happily in my ill-kempt lawn of all places.

We generally associate orchids with tropical rainforests in far flung destinations, but it is one of the largest group of flowering plants and found in all parts of the world except Antarctica.

It’s perhaps surprising that orchids have been so successful as they are remarkably fussy when it comes to reproduction. The seeds are microscopic and lack endosperm to provide food for the embryonic seed. So they must rely on mycorrhizal fungi to provide them with nutrients to grow. The chances of seed teaming up with a suitable fungus is very small, so I am very pleased that my lawn provided just the right conditions for germination to occur.

Given the choice between a well-tended lawn and bee orchids, I’d choose the orchids every time.

So, from now on, I will avoid mowing between April and early August just in case more orchids appear. According to one source, bee orchids may flower only once in their lifetime and it can take six years for the seeds to reach flowering stage, so I’m not expecting a swathe of flowers any time soon.

Orchids also have highly specialised pollination systems, making this part of the process quite a gamble too. To compensate, the flowers last for a long time - good news for those who grow orchids as house plants. The bee orchid has evolved to be pollinated by a specific species of male bee.

At the centre of the pink, wing-like sepals are three petals, the lower of which is enlarged into a bulbous lip in the shape of a velveteen boxing glove. Embellished with yellow markings it looks just like a female bee. The orchid even emits a female bee scent to draw in amorous males.

Cathy Lewis, Dip. PGSF Professional garden design, consultancy and maintenance Tel: 07985 008 858 www.cathylewisgardens.co.uk

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improve access for everyone including those using wheels - people in wheelchairs, those pushing buggies and riding bikes. The new accessible paths would create a new and much safer place for children to learn to cycle. But those on bikes will not have priority. Signage will make this clear.

• A new accessible path along the eroded desire line from Stoke Rd crossing at Ivywell Road to down to the Sea Walls.

• Physical traffic calming measures along Circular Rd to reduce vehicle speeds.

• Replacing the narrow, poor quality path along Ladies Mile with a wider accessible path.

• Improving and widening the Stoke Road footpath on the south side to complete the loop.

The proposal also includes a new zebra crossing near the Water Tower on Stoke Road, as this is currently a difficult place to cross.

Have your say

What is an accessible path?

Please do visit www.downsloop.com where you can find details of the proposal, or email downscycle@gmail.com The consultation runs through August and September.

At present, the Downs caters very well for people who are able to walk a fair distance on narrow paths and uneven ground. But for those who need a smooth path for walking or using a wheelchair, the options are limited. It’s particularly hard to get to the Sea Walls from Stoke Road.

Share your ideas and actions Keep sharing your ideas, reflections and creative ways that can help tackle the climate emergency locally. Email: BNWclimateaction@ outlook.com

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QUIZ ANSWERS FROM PAGE 21 & 28 General Knowledge from page 21

Music 1. Liverpool; 2. Bay City Rollers; 3. “My Heart Will Go On”, Celine Dion, Titanic; 4. “Tubular Bells”, Mike Oldfield; 5. “Billy Don’t Be a Hero” Sport 1. India; 2. Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson; 3. rally car racing (WRC); 4. Fanny BlankersKoen, Jonnie Peacock, Jesse Owen, Ellie Simmonds; 5. 100m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200 metres, long jump, javelin, 800 metres; 5.

Confectionery 1. Topic; 2. “The Purple One” (hazel in caramel); 3a) USA, b) Germany, c) Australia; 4. Wispa Bar (1983) Hobnob (1985); 5a) Marathon, b) Opal Fruits, c) Peanut Boost.

Roads 1. A4108; 2. Gravelly Hill Interchange; 3. Holyhead on Anglesey; 4. the Italian Alps; 5.

Iceland.

History 1a) Ireland, b) Vietnam, c) Falkland Islands; 2. the Roman occupation of Britain; 3. 1840’s (1st May 1840); 4. Hampton Court Palace; 5. the Sinclair C5, Sir Clive Sinclair.

Geography 1a) north to south - Budapest, Dubrovnik, Tbilisi, Lisbon, b) east to west - Tbilisi, Budapest, Dubrovnik, Lisbon; 2. Gloucestershire; 3. Cyprus (Nicosia); 4. (clockwise from top left) Sydney, Moscow, Lisbon, Rome; 5. Haiti, Honduras and Hungary; 5.

Bristol 1. They are some of the cities twinned with Bristol; 2. it is the Venetian name for John Cabot who sailed from Bristol in 1497 to explore the eastern coast of North America; 3. “With courage and industry”; 4. excellent at managing the evening and night time economy (ENTE); 5. Ashley and Windmill Hill.

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EXCLUSIVE Poetry Evening with David C Johnson

Poetry

for the strange times we Live in Join BRACE for an online evening of poetry!

Bristol’s own performance poet, David C Johnson, is kindly donating his time to create and perform a unique interactive poetry evening in support of dementia research.

David mixes stand-up humour with verse and his inspiration comes from the bizarre world in which we live – and this year has provided him with a wealth of new material.

David will perform poetry reflecting the months in lockdown, the deposing of the Colston Statue and much else besides.

This promises to be a fun and engaging social evening with an opportunity to talk to David about his work and inspiration.

This is a free event, but David asks that you kindly consider a £5 donation to support world class dementia research.

Book your place/s: www.alzheimers-brace.org/Event/poetry-d-c-j BRACE Charity No: 297965

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6.30pm Wednesday 23rd September

Opportunity to purchase a signed poetry books with 30%, of the proceeds, donated to BRACE.

WHAT’S ON & COMMUNITY NEWS Listings continue to be a little different this month.

Given the current restrictions on gatherings, and the continuing (albeit relaxed) requirement for social distancing, the ongoing operation of many of the clubs, societies, choirs, social groups, fitness sessions and companionship groups remains uncertain. So rather than reiterate activities in each listing that may not now be possible it seemed sensible to just list the local groups who have asked to feature, together with their contact names and details.

Beaufort Junior Badminton Club Penny at pennyshears@googlemail.com 07941 013 514 Biodanza Classes Sheila on 07731 697 938.

Bridge Tuition 07837300073 tc.stygall@gmail.com Bristol & Clifton Dickens Society 0117 927 9875 www.dickens-society.org.uk

If, going forward, the organisers of any group that wants a fuller updated listing, detailing how they will be running things in a coronaviruscompliant manner, wishes to get in touch then I will be more than happy to include them from next month. So, here are the regularly listed clubs and groups together with ther latest contact details I have. If these are incorrect please accept my apologies, and do please update me by emailing andy@bcmagazines.co.uk. Many thanks and best wishes to all the organisers and participants who enjoy the social interaction the groups provide.

Bristol Alexander School www.bristolalexanderschool.co.uk Caroline at cchalk19@gmail.com Bristol Astronomical Society www.bristolastrosoc.org.uk Bristol Brunel Lions Club Bill O’Neill at lion.bill@virginmedia.com

All Together Now Bristol Choir info@alltogethernowchoir.com www.alltogethernowchoir.com

Bristol Cabot Choir admin@bristolcabotchoir.org www.bristolcabotchoir.org

Alliance Française de Bristol Beat the autumn blues with a bit of French - we have got plenty to keep you entertained this term. Join our online cooking workshop will teach you to impress your friends with a Flamenkuche aux poireaux (leeks) and champignons farcis (stuffed mushrooms); if you like Yoga you can join Charlotte online or in person or come singing with Marie - all that in French! And whatever your level, there will be a space for you in our group or private lessons all over town or online. So contact us to meet fellow francophiles and francophones and learn some French. A bientôt! www.afbristol.org.uk or call Audrey on 07903 821655

Bristol Chamber Choir www.bristolchamberchoir.org.uk Rae Ford on 0117 939 1685 rodcoomber@aol.co.uk Bristol Community Gamelan keithripley27@gmail.com phone 9444241 Bristol Good Afternoon Choir Nikki on 01761 472 468 gac@grenvillemusic.co.uk Bristol Grandparents Support Group 07773 258 270 www.bgsg.co.uk

Alpine Garden Society 0117 967 3160.

The Arts Society Bristol www.theartssociety-bristol.org.uk

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

Babbers Radio Show info@ujimaradio.com.

Bristol Philatelic Society 0117 956 7853

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PLAY WORKER VACANCY x 2

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WASC (Westbury After School Club) is looking for one full-time (term time only) playworker and one 4month fixed term full-time Play Worker to join their team.

WASC is a well-established up to 60 place club for 4 – 11 year olds run from Westbury-on –Trym Primary Academy School.

Hours of work are: Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs, Fri 2.45pm to 6.15pm, Term Time only.

Pay: Dependent on Qualifications NVQ 3 £10.75 ph, NVQ 2 £9.82 ph and Unqualified £8.65 ph.

The post is to start after September 3rd 2020, and all posts are subject to a DBS check and references.

Interviews are to be held in August at a mutually convenient time with a member of the WASC Committee and/or a member of Staff.

Email the WASC Administrator, Kate Plessier for more information and an application form at wasc400@gmail.com

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WHAT’S ON & COMMUNITY NEWS Bristol Scrabble Club Sue on 0117 924 7871

for further news here or contact Melanie David at melaniejdavid@btinternet.com or on 01934 842014 for more information.

Bristol Shambhala Meditation Group bristol.shambhala.info

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

Bristol Shiplovers Society www.bristolshiplovers.co.uk

Friends of Old Sneed Park Nature Reserve www.spnaturereserve.com

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

New book just published - celebrating 25 years of the Friends. £6 inc p&p from fospnr@gmail.com

Chair Aerobics classes Louisa on 0772 509 1429

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

City Voices Bristol www.cityvoicesbristol.org

Happy Days Memory Café Tony on 0117 968 1002

Civil Service Retirement Fellowship Tony McKenna on 0117 950 2059

Henbury ‘Blaise’ Womens’ Institute 0117 962 9400

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

Henbury Singers Maggie Cavanna 0117 973 4794 secretary@henburysingers.org

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

Henleaze (Evening) Townswomen’s Guild Shirley on 0117 962 2243

Country Market in WoT Sue Sills on 0117 962 8306.

Henleaze Bowling Club Tom Logan on 0117 962 1669 hbcsec@henleazebowlingclub.org.uk

Dancercise in Sea Mills Anna on 07852 988 895

Henleaze Garden Club Brian Dury 0117 9621227 www.henleazegardenclub.co.uk

Discussion Group Bob Broomfield on 0117 962 1061 Fielder Club gloriasimmonds@hotmail.co.uk

Henleaze Flower Club Kath on 01454 412087 Marg on 0117 9075724

Filtones Choir www.thefiltones.weebly.com

Henleaze Ladies’ Choir Jean on 0117 9624466 Jane on 07752 332278

Friendly Bridge SW Stoke Bishop friendlybridgesw.org.uk

Henleaze Seniors Film Club www.homeinstead.co.uk/bristolnorth

Friends of Welsh National Opera will sadly not be able to resume our monthly meetings at Redmaids School until early next year, because of the pandemic and the challenge schools are having keeping students and staff safe. We look forward to welcoming you in 2021. Look out

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

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Expert Guide to Planning Dementia Care FREE Webinar - 11am Wednesday 16th September 2020

Speakers Gemma Lock The Good Care Group Gemma will discuss practical aspects when it comes to choosing care and the importance of planning ahead.

Professor Stephen Lisney Head of BRACE Trustees The quest for answers through science.

Ian Evans Head of Later Life Advice, Fiveways Financial Planning.

Society of Later Life Advisers Advisory Board Member Ian will cover paying for long term care and the issues that people may have in later life - including Powers of Attorney and the cost of care. .

What does good dementia care look like?

How do I prepare for dementia care costs?

Planning for your own or a loved one’s dementia care and the ensuing costs is something that many people have very little experience with…

Which is why it is helpful to find out about the options available and where you need to go to find the answers.

Join us for this free online webinar with financial and care home experts who will provide free guidance on some of the key challenges and advice to avoid the technology pitfalls.

To book a free place: www.alzheimersbrace.org/Event/planning-dementia-care

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WHAT’S ON & COMMUNITY NEWS Henleaze St Peters Keep Fit Class Louisa on 07725 091 429

on our website for a timed slot at their garden of choice. All funds raised will go to the Help Support Our Nurses campaign. For full details and to see those gardens opening please visit www.ngs.org.uk

Hydrotherapy Exercise Sessions Chris & Ali Cowley on 07971 086 628 www.healthyhydrotherapy.co.uk

The National Trust Bristol Centre Janet Stanton on 0117 456 3497 www.ntbristolcentre.btck.co.uk North West Bristol Camera Club Neville at nevwgoodman@mac.com

Instep Club for Widows and Widowers Donna on 01275 832 676 Wilma on 0117 962 8895 Karate Classes Trevor on 07921 917 758

NotaBene Vocal Ensemble Lisa Smith on 07966 459872 notabenebristol@yahoo.com

Keep Fit in WoT Louisa on 0772 509 1429

Parkinson’s UK www.parkinsonsbristol.com

Keep Fit classes Eileen Scott on 07969 929 733 www.keepfit.org.uk

Pat-a-Cake Toddlers Group Alison on 0117 962 9715

Keep Fit for Living Gill Porter on 01275 877 131.

People of Note Community Choir www.peopleofnote.co.uk peopleofnote@btinternet.com

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

Pilates classes Leanne on 07817 189 474 www.mindbodypilates.org Redland Green Bowls Club redlandgreenbowls.webs.com

Ladies Badminton, Stoke Bishop Pat on 0117 914 9511 Ladies Badminton, WoT Elizabeth on 0117 968 1759

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

Lunch Club, WoT Rachel on 0117 330 8503 Alison on 0117 962 9715

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

Marie Curie fundraising Helen Isbell on 0117 924 7275 Helen.Isbell@mariecurie.org.uk

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

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

Scottish Country Dancing Alison on 0117 968 4036 Caroline on 0117 924 9226 www.rscdsbristol.info

Mosaic Singers David Vicary on 0797 346 0994.

Sea Mills Garden Club Pat Prior 07779 203 626 Gail Mitchell 0117 968 5350.

National Garden Scheme are delighted that many of our gardens in England and Wales are now open. All visitors must pre-purchase tickets

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No excuse to be bored this summer holiday…

It’s back!

Sea Mills and Coombe Dingle

SCARECROW TRAIL 22 Aug – 6 Sept 2020

Make a scarecrow to display in your front garden and join our fun trail across Sea Mills and Coombe Dingle.

Apply online at www.seamillsandcoombedingle.com or pick up a form from the Café on the Square in Sea Mills.

Tips on making a scarecrow are available on our website.

Deadline : to apply

st 10 Augu Sea Mills & Coombe Dingle

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WHAT’S ON & COMMUNITY NEWS Shared Reading Christine Betts 07967 332 821

nigel.d.sara@btinternet.com.

Walking Touch Rugby Kris Tavender ktavender@bristolbearsrugby.com

Shouri Shotoryu Karate Club Shouri Shotoryu karate on Facebook 0117 969 5697

Westbury Aikido Club www.westburyaikidoclub reenee@westburyaikido.club

Simply Social Activity and Social Club www.simplysocial.org.uk 07971 427 766

Westbury Folk / Country Dancing Christine on 0117 962 2223

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

Westbury Harriers Running Club www.westburyharriers.co.uk

St Peter’s Ladies Guild Wilma on 0117 962 8895

Westbury on Trym Women’s Institute Sue Murphy on 0117 950 2826

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

Westbury Park Orchestra www.westburyparkorchestra.com contact@westburyparkorchestra.com

Stoke Bishop Bridge Club Rene on 0117 968 4334

Westbury Park Women’s Institute westburyparkwi@gmail.com www.westburyparkwi.org.uk Facebook – Westbury Park WI.

Stoke Bishop Ladies Choir Carolyn on 0117 279 1409 Maureen on 0117 956 7894

Westbury Scottish Club Cheryl on 0117 401 2416 www.wscbristol.co.uk

Stoke Bishop Local History Group sblocalhistory@gmail.com 0117 968 6010 Stoke Bishop Townswomen’s Guild Gay Huggins on 0117 968 5813

Zumba Classes jooljdh@gmail.com julie737.zumba.com Jools on 07780 385 830.

Stoke Lodge Ramblers www.stokelodgeramblers.wordpress.com 0117 950 0934

Zumba Classes Marie on 0117 963 4104 bristoldancezumba@gmail.com

Tai Chi www.taichiworksbristol.co.uk 0117 9424167

Please Get In Touch andy@bcmagazines.co.uk www.bcmagazines.co.uk 0117 259 1964 07845 986650 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY Septrember magazine deadline - 17th August

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

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

Are you asking yourself whether you want to go back to your old work routine?

If you’re 50 or over you might be wondering whether early retirement is a possibility. But how can you work this out? Here are 3 simple steps to get you started: Step 1: How much money will you need to live each month?. I like to break this into three categories: Essential, Lifestyle and Discretionary. You then have three possible goals to aim for.

Step 2: Put together a list of all your ‘liquid assets’. These include savings and investments and the value of any pension plans. Deduct your outstanding mortgage or any loans to get your total. Don’t include any value from your house unless you definitely want to downsize and release equity.

Step 3: Take your total from Step 2 and multiply by 4%. For example, £500,000 x 4% = £20,000 per annum. I must emphasise it’s a very rough rule of thumb to determine what your income could be whilst maintaining capital, but I find it’s a good starting point.

If this doesn’t give you the answer you were hoping for, or raises more questions than it answers, why not schedule a free 20 minutes consultation to find out how we can help? Call us now on 0117 209 0259.

Free Retirement Cashflow Report Find out more at cardens.co.uk/BS9retirement This article is not personal advice. It’s only intended to give a brief summary or highlight a particular issue for you to investigate further.

If you’re in any doubt about whether a course of action is suitable for your circumstances, seek professional advice.

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