The Bristol Nine Magazine - December 2021 by Andy Fraser

THE BRISTOL NINE MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2021 - ISSUE 182 12,500 COPIES DELIVERED FREE EACH MONTH ACROSS STOKE BISHOP, HENLEAZE, COOMBE DINGLE, SEA MILLS, WESTBURY ON TRYM AND SNEYD PARK

In This Issue - Prize Wordsearch 1 with Berwick Lodge (p12), the last post (p16), Quiz Time (p23), Children's Puzzles (p34), leftover turkey solution (p41), Christmas church services (p48), Prize Wordsearch 2 with Yuup (p57), what is Nett Zero? (p62), the history of St Christopher's (p64), albums of the year (p74), Christmas recycling collection dates (p95) plus all the usual stuff.

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THE EDITOR'S SMALL PIECE

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Hello there, and welcome to the last magazine of what has been another odd old year. With fingers crossed, we should at least be able to enjoy a more traditional Christmas holiday period than last year, with less restrictions on family groups, church services, parties and travel. Whatever you might have planned I hope you enjoy a well earned break.

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As usual in the December issue I'd just like to say a short thank-you to the team of people who deliver the magazines out each month a squad approaching fifty now, plus a handful who have retired or moved on over the last 12 months. Getting the delivery of the magazines right is the most important, and sometimes the hardest part of the business, and so I am grateful for everybody's help. Thanks are also due of course to the dozens of local traders, businesses and organisations who choose to advertise themselves, and without whose support the Bristol Nine just wouldn't happen. And finally a thank you to all of you who take the time to pick up and read the magazine each month, I hope you find some pleasure / entertainment / use from doing so - in which case it has all been worthwhile!

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I must admit it doesn't feel very festive at the moment, but then again it is still only midNovember as I type, it's 15 degrees and the chances of finding a wintry scene to adorn the front cover have been pretty much zero. So instead I hope you like the late-autumn colours taken on the Downs.

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USEFUL INFORMATION A revamped and updated set of contacts this month, including some new numbers, website details and what I believe are the latest number plate dates for accessing the Waste Recycling Centre at Avonmouth. If you think of any other useful contacts that should be listed here on a regular basis do please let me know - andy@bcmagazines.co.uk Helplines and Emergency Services National Emergency Number 999 or 112 Bristol Citizens Advice 03444 111 444 bristolcab.org.uk Gas Emergencies 0800 111 999 britishgas.co.uk Electricity Helpline 105 nationalgrideso.com / westernpower.co.uk Water Emergencies 0845 702 3797 bristolwater.co.uk / wessexwater.co.uk Avon & Somerset Police non emergencies 101 avonandsomerset.police.uk Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 crimestoppers-uk.org Southmead Hospital 0117 950 5050 nbt.nhs.uk BRI / Children’s Hospital 0117 923 0000 uhbristol.nhs.uk NHS non-emergency 111 111.nhs.uk Bristol Blood Donation 0300 123 23 23 blood.co.uk The Samaritans 116 123 samaritans.org Alcoholics Anonymous 0800 9177 650 alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk ChildLine 0800 11 11 childline.org.uk WE Care Home Improvements 0300 323 0700 wecr.org.uk National Rail Enquiries 03457 48 49 50 nationalrail.co.uk Traveline 0871 200 22 33 traveline.info First Bus 0345 646 0707 firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west Postal Services WoT Post Office (in Costcutter on Canford Lane) - Mon-Sat 8am - 7pm, Sun 8.30am - 1.30pm Henleaze Post Office - Mon 8.30am - 6pm, Tues to Sat 8.30am - 6pm Sea Mills Post Office - 9am - 5.30pm Mon to Fri, 9am to 12.30pm Sat Stoke Bishop PO (in the Welcome store) - 7.00am to 8.00pm Mon to Sat, 7.00am to 5.00pm Sun Late Post - late post box at the main Post Office sorting depot on the A38 at Filton. Late post is at 7pm. Waste & Recycling If you are planning to visit the Recycling Centre at Avonmouth do check the Bristol Waste website bristolwastecompany.co.uk - first as they are currently running alternate access days depending on the last number of your car registration. Vehicles ending in an even number (0, 2, 4, 6 or 8) can visit on 28 and 30 November, and 2, 4 ,6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 22 December. Vehicles ending in an odd number (1, 3, 5, 7 or 9) can visit on 27 and 29 November and 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, and 23 December. You must take proof of your identity / address to use the site. The site has now switched to winter opening hours - 8am to 4.15pm 7 days a week. Check the website for Christmas opening hours. Local Trains Great Western Trains run from Sea Mills station along the scenic Severn Beach line, in to Temple Meads (via Clifton Down, Redland, Montpelier, Stapleton Road and Lawrence Hill) and out to Severn Beach via Shirehampton and Avonmouth. Please check gwr.com for comprehensive up to date advice or call 03457 000 125 (09:00-17:00, 7 days a week) - or download the National Rail or GWR apps for the most reliable current information.

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Local Churches St Mary Magdalene, Stoke Bishop WoT Methodist Church WoT Baptist Church, Reedley Rd WoT Holy Trinity Parish Church Sacred Heart Catholic Church, WoT St Peter’s Church, Henleaze Highgrove Church, Sea Mills Trinity-Henleaze URC The Community Church, WoT St Edyth’s Church, Sea Mills

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Bristol City Council The Council website offers residents information about BCC services including council tax, bins & recycling, schools, leisure, business, streets and parking. Visit www.bristol.gov.uk or contact the General Enquiries switchboard on 0117 922 2000. Libraries - latest opening times Henleaze Library is now open 11am to 5pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 1pm to 7pm Wednesday and Friday, and 10am to 5pm Saturday. Sea Mills Library is now open 10am to 2pm Monday and Tuesday, 1pm to 5pm Wednesday and Thursday, and 10am to 3pm Friday and Saturday. Westbury on Trym Library is now open 2pm to 7pm on Monday and 11am to 4pm Tuesday to Saturday.

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THIS BS9 LIFE - DUNCAN HASKELL The Roles of Christmas

This year I’m taking control of festive games/ quizzes and Christmas crackers. The danger of having such a specific role is that I’ll become obsessed with these minor elements and try and elevate them to an unwarranted position. “No, we cannot sit down for dinner yet as we still have six rounds of this elaborate quiz to get through. In the meantime, do you fancy pulling your pre-dinner cracker, don’t worry there are plenty more for later.”

Whether you’re the person that makes the first round of hot drinks in the office every morning or you have a particular penchant for ensuring that the correct type of waste goes in the correct bin, we all have roles that we carry out on a regular basis. These can be large or small, at home, in the workplace or out in the wide world. They may have been assigned to us by someone else or something we’ve happily take on ourselves.

After another particularly difficult a year, no matter what your festive role is, I wish you all a very merry Christmas and hope that you enjoy every second spent with friends and family. I also want to thank you for taking time to read my column every month, it’s hugely appreciated. See you all in 2022.

Christmas is an absolute minefield. You might have different roles from one year to the next depending on whether you are host or visitor. Even then, your duties will vary greatly from one destination to the next. If we’re with the in-laws, it’s a very relaxed affair where all help is welcomed but none is demanded. It’s the kind of accepting space that allows for new ideas (honey-glazed vegetables) just as long as you don’t push things too far (creamed sprouts).

Duncan Haskell

Elsewhere, my mother’s partner patrols the boundary of his kitchen like the angry neighbourhood cat ready to swipe the face off of any rival who dares step into his territory. Any offer of assistance is seen as a personal attack, any breach of his boundary is dealt with swiftly and without mercy. The only way to survive is to get in there early, take any essential items you may need to survive the day (with taps off limits, water is an especially valuable commodity) and deposit them discreetly about the house.

(Ed's Note - our kitchen takes on a special magic at Christmas. For 364 days a year it is pretty much a one-person zone, we are both happy cooking on our own. On December 25th me and my wife transform ourselves subconsciously into some kind of Giovanni + Rose dance partnership, moving gracefully around the kitchen floor with purpose and panache, each knowing telepathically what the other is doing and where they are going, and when we must be ready. Well, almost.)

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BERWICK LODGE PRIZE WORDSEARCH Sandyleaze. WoT, BS9 3PY). Have fun and good luck.

In the first of two prize wordsearches this month the theme is, quite logically, the traditional afternoon tea - given that the prize is exactly that, afternoon tea for two at the very lovely Berwick Lodge here in NW Bristol. Owner Sarah and her team will look after the winner, and their lucky friend, treating them to an indulgent afternoon feast. A treat that I can vouch for the loveliness of!

Right, here's what you are searching for INDULGE CREAM TEA TREAT EARL GREY LOOSE LEAF SANDWICHES CHOCOLATE TIRAMISU MACARON CHAMPAGNE MINCE PIE TART AFTERNOON TEA TEAPOT CHRISTMAS CAKE JAM CLOTTED CREAM SCONES TEA BERWICK

Listed below are twenty things associated with an afternoon tea at Berwick Lodge. Nineteen of the items are hidden in the wordsearch grid, meaning that one item has been left off the menu. The words can be found running forward, backward, up, down or on a diagonal. Simply eliminate the words to find the item that is not in the grid, and let me know what it is, no later than midnight on New Year's Eve. All correct entries will go into the hat and one lucky person will be picked at random to be the guest at Berwick Lodge. Entries please by email (andy@bcmagazines.co.uk), text (07845 986650), phone (0117 259 1964) or post (8

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AFTERNOON TEA Take a seat in our beautiful, wood panelled lounge to indulge in an Afternoon Tea – sandwiches, cakes and freshly baked scones, topped with lashings of fragrant jam and gooey clotted cream – maybe adding a glass of Champagne too. Sit back and relax in the elegant ambiance of Berwick Lodge. Berwick Lodge, Berwick Drive, Bristol BS10 7TD 13 0117 958 1590 | info@berwicklodge.co.uk | www.berwicklodge.co.uk

IT ISSUES - RUSSELL ISAAC Cloud Storage – easier than ever - Most people are, by now, familiar with the term “cloud storage” and its basic concept of allowing you to save data securely online so it can be easily shared and accessed anytime from any location.

place is to look at the option supplied by your device brand. If you have a Microsoft Windows PC, that’s ONEDRIVE, if you have Apple devices it’s iCLOUD, and if you have Google/Android devices it’s GOOGLEDRIVE. There is a well-known independent alternative – DROPBOX – but that’s quite expensive these days.

Pretty well all devices now use it to some extent - for instance your smartphone and tablet will, by default, back up their contents on a regular basis to the cloud, and your email is effectively stored in the cloud. There are some very powerful benefits in configuring your device(s) to automatically store to the cloud; 1. 2. 3.

They all work essentially the same way. They’ll give you about 5gb storage for free, then you pay monthly (typically between 79p and £1.99 per month, for up to 100gb storage (enough for most everyday users’ storage demands). You can cancel at any point. I think it’s a mall price to pay for data safety and accessibility.

You never need to think about manually backing up data to an external device. Your documents/photos/data will never be lost – take a photo and it automatically stores to the cloud as well as on your device. When you get a new smartphone/tablet, you can simply “download” the brain from your old device and be completely back to normal in no time at all. You can share photos and documents with people with absolute ease.

There’s good news for people (like me!) who run Microsoft, Apple and Google devices. The three main players have now all developed apps for each others’ platforms so, for instance, you can download the iCloud app to your Windows PC and see your iPhone photos on your PC – and vice versa. It’s never been easier to use cloud storage and is something I highly recommend people take a look at for the four key reasons above! Russell Isaac can be contacted on 0774 775 3764 or via www.ithomehelp.biz

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QUIZ TIME Nature

The letter "A"

1. Thornicroft's, Angolan and Reticulated are all types of which kind of animal? 2. What does a paleontologist typically study? 3. Which is England's largest National Park? 4. Name these animals.

1. Which horse won the Cheltenham Gold Cup for three successive years in 1964, 1965 and 1966? 2. If all the worlds' mammals boarded the Ark in alphabetical order which one would be on first? 3. What is the propor name of the flower commeonly known as the Snapdragon? 4. If you are comfortable / competent carrying out tasks with either hand you are said to be what? 5. The karabakn horse is the national animal of which country? Celebrities 1. Which former X Factor contestant now hosts a regular Radio 2 show? 2. Name Katie Price's first husband. 3. Who now hosts Love Island? 4. Name the two experts who judge on the Sewing Bee. 5. What is the lowest score ever achieved on Strictly Come Dancing, and by which celebrity?

5. What type of clouds are typically associated with thunderstorms?

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1. Name England's second highest run scorer in Test Cricket. 2. Harry Kane has been Spurs highest Premier League goalscorer every season since 2014/15. Who held that honour for them the season before? 3. Where will the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics be held? 4. Frankie Dettori once famously won all seven races on the card - at which racecourse and in what year? 5. In which sports do / did these sportswomen represent Great Britain

1. Name the capital cities of a) Namibia, b) Switzerland, and c) Bangladesh. 2. Which capital city lies on the banks of the Rio Manzanares? 3. Which is Europe's most populated city? 4. Name Europe's most southerly city, and Africa's most northerely city. 5. Convention, Danube and Tuileries are all underground stations in which city?

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QUIZ TIME - a) Eve Muirhead, b) Fran Halsall, c) Holly Bradshaw

The letter "B" 1. What size of bottle holds the equivalent of 16 standard bottles of wine? 2. In which town was cricket umpire Dickie Bird born? 3. Name the 1988 fantasy comedy film that propelled Tom Hanks to stardom. 4. Sacred to many Hindus, which river is the 15th longest in the world and flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh? 5. Richard III was the last English monarch to die in battle - at which Leicestershire location? Bristol 1. In what year was the first Bristol Balloon Fiesta? 2. Name the two regular BBC Points West weathermen before Ian Ferguson. 3. Which of these cities is Bristol not twinned with - Porto, Tbilisi, Bogota or Guangzhou? 4. Which of these people was not born in Bristol - Jacob Rees-Mogg, Sir Bernard Lovell, James May or Russell Howard? 5. Which TV presenter was the face of Bristol Zoo in "Animal Magic"? 24

The letter "C" 1. Name the mountain range that crosses the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine, Romania and Serbia. 2. Name the USA's third smallest state, by area - also known as the "Nutmeg State". 3. Raw thinly slice beef served with lemon, olive oil and parmesan cheese or white truffle - name the delicacy. 4. Which "C" is a key character in Shakespeare's "The Tempest", a servant to Prospero? 5. Inverary Castle in Argyll is the current seat of the Chief of which well known Scottish Clan? Pot Luck? 1. How many English counties have a coastline? 2. What is the currency of Hungary? 3. How old is Justin Timberlake? 4. Who was UK Prime Minister when we joined the European Economic Community? to the British 5. According Ornithologists Union, to the nearest 50, how many species of bird have been recorded in the wild in the UK? Who Am I?

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The gift of giving at Christmas Like many people, I much prefer to give than to receive. It really warms the heart to see someone you care about beam with happiness at a well thought out gift! Better still if the gifts you give can also help your family in the long run by factoring in to your inheritance tax (IHT) planning.

keep records to show which gifts are coming from your income. 5. If you have one, you can give your spouse or civil partner gifts of any amount which are IHT free. 6. Giving away some of your assets may come under Potentially Exempt Transfers if it doesn’t fall under any of the other categories. This is where provided you live for at least 7 years after giving the gift (of any amount), it should remain IHT free. Taper relief applies if you survive less than 7 years so these gifts may not be subject to the full 40% tax.

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Tanya Marriott, who runs SoleLution shoe shops in Clifton and Portishead is appealing for large unwanted suitcases and pairs of socks to help a vulnerable community in Africa. Since 2017 SoleLution has collected second hand school shoes donated by customers, for children at Jolaurabi School in Mombasa.

In 2019 and 2020 Tanya returned with her family and some friends with more shoes but the pandemic then put a stop to the visits, until now. They now have the green light to travel to Kenya on January 8th. Tanya said: “I can’t wait to see my Kenya family again and the children of Jolaurabi School however, we now need large suitcases to carry the shoes in. We also need socks as they are ridiculously expensive in Kenya and we are fundraising to help with the transport costs. As volunteers we all pay for our own flights and accommodation, so any money raised will just help pay to transport the shoes.”

Tanya travelled to Jolaurabi School in January 2018 to help fit the 300+ donated pairs of shoes. She fell in love with the children and their families there and vowed to continue to support them, her aim being to provide shoes for all 800 pupils

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VIEW FROM THE LORD MAYOR’S PARLOUR Deadlines being what they are I’m writing this in early November but by the time it comes through your door we will be well on the way to Christmas. Since this is the final issue of the Bristol Nine for 2021 I would like to wish you and yours all the best for a happy festive season. I love this time of year and I’m looking forward to attending all of the many carol services and Christmas events that fill the Lord Mayor’s diary. Looking back over the last month it has once again been a wonderful mix of different events with a focus on charities. Early in October I joined the Pahar Trust Nepal for their Tiffin Week fundraiser at the Galleries in town. Pahar Trust are a BS9-based charity with close links to Westbury C of E Academy, who fund the building of schools around Nepal. During the week their Director Alan and Galleries Centre Manager David climbed the height of Everest on gym

stepping machines to raise funds. I joined them a contributed a pretty measly 10 stories of climbing – my only excuse is that it’s hard work in robes and chain! Later in the month I hosted three of Bristol’s 18th century charitable societies, the Dolphin, the Anchor and the Grateful for their annual service at the Lord Mayor’s Chapel. These societies between them raise hundreds of thousands of pounds per year to support older people in Bristol. At the other end of the age scale we held the Lord Mayor of Bristol’s Charity Appeal annual gala dinner at Ashton Gate in early November. This was the centenary of the appeal. It was started by my predecessor in 1921 to provide boots, coal and a Christmas dinner to poor children in Bristol in the aftermath of the Great War. A century later it still provides vouchers for food and Christmas presents to children living in poverty in our city. We also saw the return of one of Bristol great ceremonial occasions this month. After a couple of years off the annual Legal Service was held at St Mary Redcliffe. Traditionally held to mark the start of the legal year this service involves councillors, judges and the military in all their finery accompanied by the city trumpeters and the police mace escort. It was very special to be part of the parade and mark the return of this special civic occasion. Finally it was good to be able to mark remembrance in person after a virtual event last year. I laid wreaths at the Sikh memorial in Castle Park on Armistice Day, and at the main civic ceremony at the cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday. It was a real honour to be able to represent our City at both events. Steve Smith, Lord Mayor of Bristol

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After last month's halloumi no-show I am back of safer ground this month, cooking with things I know and which do what they are told to do. Being December the recipe had to feature turkey really - and a lively way of using up some of the spare meat. If you are anything like me the remains of the turkey on Boxing Day will look like something a five year old will have fashioned in a "butchery for beginners" class - the elegant carved slices of Christmas Day giving way to a random assortment of offcuts, crumbly bits and mis-shapen lumps. But that's fine for this recipe, because the meat will be hiding in a spicy sauce and then popped under a duvet of fluffy mash.

1 tsp Chinese five spice 1 tsp paprika 1/2 tsp ground black pepper 1/2 tsp fresh ground nutmeg 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1 tin chopped tomatoes I mug of frozen peas Chicken stock Creme fraiche (optional) Three / four large floury potatoes (err on the generous side, you don't want to skimp on the topping).

Turk 'n Jerk (serves four) The cooking for this is very straightforward don't be put off by the long list of ingredients, most of them are herbs and spices, and none are very unusual. As ever this is a bit made up - aren't all recipes? - so I can't claim it to be an authentic jerk seasoning. That would require, as a minimum, the addition of habanero or scotch bonnet chillis - neither of which I could cope with. As it is this is a feisty little dish - not overpoweringly so, to someone is comfortable with a mid-range Madras-like curry - but if you want to calm things down a bit then ease back on the quantity of cayenne and / or paprika you put in. And you can always serve the dish with a dollop, or indeed a complete pot, of creme fraiche and a glass of milk!

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600g cooked turkey, roughly chopped 1 large white onion, finely chopped 1 tbsp olive oil 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped 1/2 a red pepper, finely sliced 1/2 a yellow / orange pepper, finely sliced 1 good handful of fresh curly parsley Juice and rind of a lime 2 tsp cayenne pepper 2 tsp sugar 2 tsp salt 2 tsp thyme

Start off by heating your oil in (ideally) a large ovenproof pan. If you don't have one then a large frying pan or wok will do and you can just transfer to an ovenproof casserole at the assembly stage. When at a moderate heat throw in your chopped onion and fry this for 5-10 minutes until it is soft and translucent. Don't stress if it goes a little (or a lot) brown as this will just add to the robust flavour of the dish. Now add in your chopped garlic, continue to fry for another 2 minutes, then add in the chopped peppers and fry for a further 2 minutes. It's time for the seasoning. Add a drop more oil if you think it needs it (if in doubt, add an extra teaspoon), lower the heat a little and then pile into the pan the parsley, cayenne pepper, sugar, salt, thyme, five spice, paprika, black pepper, nutmeg and cinnamon. Stir this well into the onion / pepper / garlic mix until it is

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well coated. The mix will be quite dry at this point - there will have been plenty of seasoning to absorb - but no worries. Add in the tin of tomatoes, and then use the empty tin to measure out half a tin of chicken stock. Add the chicken stock to the pan, stir well, bring to the boil but then immediately reduce to a gentle simmer for 15 minutes, uncovered - you want the sauce to reduce. While the spicy sauce is simmering it's mash time. Peel your potatoes, chop them into small pieces (to speed up the cooking time) and drop them into a large saucepan. Add a small pinch of salt, cover with boiling water, bring back to the boil and simmer for 10-15 minutes, until they feel a bit soft if stabbed with a knife. When they are done remove from the heat, drain and return to the pan. Now pop in whatever you like to add when mashing to get a creamy taste and consistency a dash of milk, a knob of butter, an egg (my favourite, the heat of the potato will cook the egg), or a big spoonful of creme fraiche or plain yoghurt. Whatever grabs you, whatever you have. Mash vigorously but don't go too mad, you want the mash to have some body and not be a puree. You'll know when you get there. Now return to the simmering sauce. It is time to stir in all the cooked turkey, the mug of peas, the lime zest and juice and a tablespoon of creme fraiche (or two if you've tasted the sauce and it's a little too lively). Stir the mixture until the turkey is well coated. Remove from the heat,

leaving it in the oven proof dish or, if necessary, transfer it to a casserole dish. Take your mashed potato and add it on top of the turkey mixture, a spoonful at a time - your aim is to spread the mash out until it completely covers the turkey (it'll look like a shepherds pie at this point). A spatula is best to smooth the spud out, gently so it stays on top of the filling and creates a complete snowy white covering. Create a criss-cross pattern in the top of the mash with the tip of a knife - this will generate a bit of crispiness. Place the dish into the middle of a preheated oven - 200 degrees / 180 fan, medium-to-hot gas should do you - and cook uncovered for 15-20 minutes or until the surface of the mash topping has browned up nicely. Remove from the oven, place a sprig of parsley on the top for no apparent reason, enjoy the admiring comments from your family / guests, then serve with a cold beer, a glass of milk or (my choice) a nice cup of tea. I hope you enjoy your food.

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A local provider will also understand the local area in terms of local history, places of interest and amenities. A locally managed service, where the LiveIn carers are employed directly by the provider, will also provide peace of mind when it comes to paying for the Live-In care and carer pay (including organising tax and NI contributions), interviewing staff, carrying out police record checks as well as being responsible for on-going training and support.

Having a LiveIn carer is sometimes perceived as elitist or too expensive, yet the truth is the cost is comparable, if not less, than those of some local care homes and ‘care villages’. Furthermore, there are huge benefits for the person receiving Live-In care; for example they remain in their own home in a safe and secure environment, where there is already familiarity. A person is surrounded by their memories and things they love with relatives and friends on-hand, or established clubs and associations they love to be involved in, remain accessible.

For many of us, when we talk about care we think about the physical element of having someone there to help with washing, dressing, cooking, cleaning and shopping (all very important), however a Live-In carer can offer so much more in helping to avoid isolation and lack of mental stimulation by becoming a friend and confidant. Premier Homecare is rated as ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission and has been operating in North West Bristol for over 18 years. With offices in Stoke Bishop and Westbury-on-Trym, we offer bespoke Live-In care options to the residents of North West Bristol and provide a one-point of contact, supportive and friendly service. We attract top quality Live-In carers by offering the best rates of pay in Bristol to Live-In carers, as well as outstanding training and support.

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TIDE TIMES Here are your high and low tide times for the River Avon locally this coming month. All times are listed in GMT. Tides in red are above 12m. The tides mid-morning on Christmas Day and Boxing Day aren't huge but would make a nice backdrop to a pre-coffee walk! High Tide

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COVID-19 has brought into sharp focus for those who do not have their legal affairs in order, the risk of suddenly falling ill and tragically dying without their chosen beneficiaries inheriting, because they have not prepared a Will. However, a recent case has cast light on a legal lifeline, known colloquially as ‘deathbed gifts’, legally-termed Donationes Mortis Causa (DMCs). These can enable a person to legally make gifts in contemplation of their death without a Will. A Sad Story In Davey v Bailey, Alan and Margaret, a devoted married couple, died within months of each other. They had no children and left Wills which were simple, but not wellthought through. They both left everything to each other with no provisions on who was to inherit from the survivor. Margaret died first and Alan visited his solicitor to draw up a new Will. However, it was not completed before he died suddenly of a heart attack. As Alan died last, his former Will leaving everything to Margaret failed and his estate fell to be divided under the rules of intestacy, benefitting only Alan’s side of the family. Margaret’s Family’s Claims Margaret’s sister claimed Alan had gifted the marital home to her as a deathbed gift. She and her brother also claimed that the

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change in the household. Decorations, different people in the house, strange smells and sounds. All this lead to stress, and this is often displayed as cystitis in cats. Remember if you cat looks like it is straining to go to toilet, it is less likely to be constipated and more likely to be unable to pass urine, which may be a life threatening condition.

Christmas at Viking Vets is a mixed bag. Our daily work has some changes with a massive increase in making dogs sick after they have enjoyed some ill gotten gains. Chocolate being on top of the list. The quality of chocolate available these days has increased, but this means it is more likely that dogs can die form eating it. Next on the list is products containing raisins, currants, sultanas or grapes. The problem with these products is that some dogs are very sensitive to them, but unfortunately we have no test to identify these individuals, hence all dogs have to be induced to be sick, and put on intravenous fluids. It is easier with chocolate, where we can work out the theobromine content and divide it by the weight of the dog, thereby know what level of intervention is needed. There are some good calculators available online.

The team at Viking Vets are also busy with other Christmas related activities. The Christmas tree over the entrance is the official sign that Christmas is coming. Next is the Secret Santa list, this makes it easier and cheaper to make sure everybody gets something nice. Last year we performed an outdoor Christmas Nativity in the garden, followed by mulled wine and Christmas nibbles (our Christmas cocktail party had to be cancelled due to Covid restrictions). This year the cocktail party is back, we transform the practice into a cocktail club with cocktail waiters in reception. Our treatment room becomes a nightclub for dancing. We all dress up in our gladrags and have a wonderful time!

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We are wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Maria Lowe, MRCVS, Viking Vets

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email account, wait until the deposit money is about to be transferred by the purchaser and then hijack the conversation, giving alternative bank details under the guise of a last minute change. Result? Loss of deposit and collapse of the transaction to the distress of all concerned.

Increasing numbers of home buyers are being hit with scams, especially since the onset of the pandemic. The number of these frauds has been rising, sparked partly by more solicitors working from home, where security precautions can be more lax and clients who are unable to discuss their property transactions across a desk. Although the fraudsters usually target buyers, the seller of a property could also fall victim.

Solicitors, or their insurance companies, will often cover these losses if the firm’s emails have been compromised. How then do you prevent falling victim to financial fraud? Criminals are experts at impersonating people, organisations and the police. They spend hours researching you for their scams, hoping you’ll let your guard down for just a moment.To help customers stay safe from fraud and scams, 30 major banks and buildings societies have signed up to the “Take Five Charter”, a national campaign led by the banking trade association UK Finance.

Once the criminals have hacked into the emails of either the solicitor or the client they then intercept exchanges, impersonating the look and wording used in the normal communications. At some point the scammer will tell the client that the firm’s bank details have changed and to make any transfers to the new account. Such scams are often called “Friday afternoon frauds”, as crooks know this is the day of the week clients choose to make large transfers, such as when exchanging on or completing a home purchase. It also gives the culprits a weekend’s grace for escaping detection.

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21st Century Mysteries 5 Big Questions On… Net Zero With Cop26 and its aftermath bringing the state of our climate into even sharper focus, we’re hearing more and more about “net zero” but what does it mean and why is it important?

and mass deforestation have dramatically increased greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. This increase means less heat can escape and we experience higher global temperatures and more extreme weather conditions as a result.

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Why Is Net Zero Important?

Simply put, net zero is the point at which greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere are balanced by the removal of emissions out of the atmosphere.

Net zero is a vital part of the 2015 Paris Agreement’s goal of restricting global warming to less than 2° C above pre-industrial levels. It is thought that, by achieving net zero, we can halt global warming and thus prevent the extreme weather currently being experienced in many parts of the world from getting increasingly disastrous.

From the carbon dioxide (CO2) that is released when gas and coal is burned to heat homes or by industry, or the methane that is produced through farming and landfill, human activity has dramatically increased the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. Then there’s the other side of this double-edge sword; practices such as mass deforestation means that there are fewer trees and plants to naturally absorb CO2.

Even so, there are critics that argue that we should be actually be aiming for gross zero – the reduction of all emissions to zero, rather than the balancing act of net zero. Can Net Zero Be Achieved? This is one of the big questions of our time. It will require steps such as improving energy efficiency by lessening demand on fossil fuels and switching to renewable forms such as solar, wind, geothermal... Just as important is the co-operation between developed and developing countries, with richer nations taking on the financial burden of the energy evolution.

Net zero can be achieved by reducing emissions as much as possible and increasing the removal of those that remain. How does Net Zero Differ To Carbon Neutral? Carbon neutral relates only to reducing carbon dioxide emissions and and balancing those remaining emissions through removals. Net zero goes one step further by focussing on not just carbon dioxide but other greenhouse gases such as methane, nitrous oxide and the group known as fluorinated gases.

New technology may also offer some hope. Carbon capture and removal is one such idea and facilities that can extract significant amounts of CO2 from the air, which could then be stored underground, are already being built.

What Is The Greenhouse Effect? The natural greenhouse effect is what keeps Earth at a liveable temperature. Solar radiation that would otherwise all be radiated back into space is absorbed/trapped by the layer of “greenhouse” gases in our atmosphere and redirected back to Earth.

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The hidden history of St Christopher’s how a secret wildlife haven that hosted glorious garden parties could disappear forever

for seven grand houses to be built along the road fronting the Downs. This was the start of what are now called the Lodges.

by Jeff Bishop, Westbury Park Community Association Many readers will know of the St. Christopher’s School in the big houses - called Lodges - along Westbury Park facing The Downs. However, few of you may be aware of the land hidden behind the Lodges. Once the playground for Bristol’s rich and famous - it’s now threatened with development. But before we find out what might be built there, let’s go back in time and discover who lived in the Lodges. Looking Back Back to Tudor times, when this land was owned by the Dean and Chapter of Westbury College - a monastery. The College was dissolved in 1544 and - fancy that - passed to King Henry VIII. He sold this area of land to Sir Ralph Sadler who was secretary to Thomas Cromwell. Hunt through your Hilary Mantel books and you will find Sadler. Wind forward to the early 19th century and Mary Bennett was the tenant farming the land, which now belonged to Philip Protheroe. In 1821 Protheroe sold two of the fields along the edge of the Downs to Mary Wait (remember that name). She had a very large house called Redland Lodge built on the southern field but she, her family and later occupants used the other field as gardens. A later occupant of Redland Lodge, in 1861, was James Cresswell Wall who eventually became General Manager of the Great Western Railway. His garden parties were considered ‘models of their kind’! By 1865, Wall was possibly having money problems (too many glorious garden parties?) and he sold off a large parcel of land. Plans were submitted to Bristol Corporation 64

Residents over the next few generations were a rather prestigious bunch including a lawyer, an engineer, a wool merchant and a corn merchant called William Killigrew Wait - that name again, and no coincidence! One resident of Chescombe Lodge owned a foundry in the city which had a contract to supply corrugated iron to help ‘build’ Australia. It looks as though Mr. Wall’s financial problems continued because, by the 1880s, he had also sold the land behind the Lodges, enabling some of the Lodge owners to expand their gardens. And expand they did - planting orchards of apple and pear trees and developing a wildlife haven that remained largely hidden - one that even today attracts wildlife in abundance, among them tawny owls and woodpeckers.

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To the local amenity group – the Westbury Park Community Association – and many local people this all sounded really good; a positive use of the old St. Christopher’s land and buildings and a development of locally relevant social value rather than a standard housebuilder’s estate. Sadly, it took no time at all for the gloss to come off all the wonderfulsounding ambitions and promises!

than 80 years. During WW2, Redland Lodge was badly bombed, as was Carisbrooke Lodge (pictured), and the remnants demolished a few years later. That land is now used for homes for military personnel. After the war, the remaining lodges were bought by philanthropist, Catherine Grace, for use as a school for children with severe learning difficulties. Now named St. Christopher's, the lodges were mainly residential accommodation until a new school building was added in the garden in 1966; a very unusual design using Rudolph Steiner principles with no right angles! It’s regarded as special enough to now be Listed Grade II. The ethos of the school was about enabling the children to enjoy nature and freedom - trees were planted to give children shade while they played outside. Now those very trees are threatened with being felled.

Local people were invited to look around the site to discuss the plans - for many it was the first time they’d ever been given access to the secret gardens. During walkabouts, neighbours and community leaders were promised an eco development of low rise buildings. But then the actual drawings were revealed, and a series of community engagement workshops followed which angered local residents when they realised the scale of what the developers were really planning. Although a few new buildings have been added behind the lodges, the ‘rear land’ has remained open to nature - home to a variety of mature trees. Now investors want to fill that green space with up to seven multi-storey blocks of flats. Despite all the surrounding houses being only 2 and 3 storeys, the new buildings would be up to six storeys high taller and denser than the Wapping Wharf development in the Harbourside. The secret gardens that once hosted Bristols’ mid 19th century society may be concreted over forever.

Aerial photo showing the Lodges and the Granny Downs. (credit Oliver Bennett) Looking Ahead

To find out more about the plans and how many members of the community are uniting together to campaign for more sensitive and appropriate development of St Christopher’s - contact SCAN (St Christopher’s Action Network) on www.SCANBristol.org or email stchristophersactionnetwork@gmail.com.

Fast forward to the present day and to the disappointment of many in the local area, St. Christopher’s School was forced to close in 2019. Aurora, a national provider of special needs schools, took over but they too could not make it work so they sold it again in 2020 to global investors FORE - who now plan to build an Extra Care retirement complex aimed at what they call the active elderly - who need some ‘extra care’ to keep living independently. The developers are a consortium of international investment and property firms: FORE, care providers Amicala and developers First Base.

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HISTORY NOTES NO. 165 - JULIAN LEA-JONES Something new from something old

failed to amaze. ‘Skip diving’, or fossicking to use the older term, could equally well be called ‘serendipity’. In 1754 Horace Walpole wrote a fairy tale called The Three Princes of Serendip in which they often made discoveries of things they were not specifically searching for. A late doctor friend of ours even kept a pole with a hook in his car in case he spied an interesting looking skip. I am not only referring to householders having a clear out, but builders carrying out home improvements, or loft extensions. For some reason, in recent years, the amount of perfectly good, sometimes unused, items often includes full boxes of fittings or even tools. For metal items and cable, you have to be quick to get there before roving scrappies. Nevertheless, if you are lucky, you may find the very tool you need to ‘upcycle’ yet another find.

Nowadays the news media, whether radio, TV, print or digital, quite rightly extol the virtues of not wasting materials and to mend, reuse or (the awful phrase) ‘upcycle’ items you already have. Unfortunately, reuse or upcycling has, for some, just become a fashionable trendy term to drop into the conversation at dinner parties to try to demonstrate one’s green credentials and how very eco-friendly one is. Having got that polemic out of the way, I was heartened by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s announcement at the recent Earth Shot prize-giving event. Hopefully they have set an example for "luvvies" that it is now socially acceptable to wear items that have been worn before. There you are Santa Claus, Royal approval at last, your thousand-yearold outfit is now OK! Not all of the ways in which things can be put to a new and totally different use are obvious, some are completely counterintuitive. For example, the Canadian who used his oak tree to heat his swimming pool, and no, he didn’t burn the tree! I will explain later in this article how this worked.

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As a teenager in the late 1950s, the most common example of re-use must have been the item most often found in student’s digs. The Chianti bottle, which came in its own raffia basket was then the acme of cool; empty ones became candle holders. Mateus Rose bottles performed the samefunction in the 70's. Growing your own? Protect those precious seedlings • To keep cutworms at bay, use tin cans with top and bottoms cut out, pressed down into the soil. This works easiest with cans that still have top and bottom rims. • Translucent plastic tapered soup pots - you need two. Remove the labels, and cut a large identical rectangle, (portrait orientation), (continued overleaf)

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out of the side each, for not more than a third of the circumference. Place one over the other. Vary or close the ventilation by simply rotating the upper pot. • Transparent coffee / smoothie cup covers with a central hole make mini green houses. Clips to keep a cover from blowing off the garden table, or as cable ties for strimmer, hedge trimmer etc, rescue short lengths of white plumbing pipes from skips, the 40mm or 70mm diameter, cut into about 30mm lengths then cut each longitudinally. Due to the manufacturing process the cut will close up, giving you a free ‘C’ clip. Post war – unpicking old sweaters for the wool, make the colours into separate skeins, hand wash, then wind around a chairback to dry and get the crinkles out. My wife Diane remembers helping her mum do this. Water storage for the garden. Not so often found these days, but with the trend in loft extensions builders skips may still sometimes house a redundant header tank, more often than not black plastic (avoid the grey ones, they are probably made of asbestos/cement). Tanks linked together with old red and blue washing machine hoses can be less obtrusive than water butts, and if fed from the garage roof are a receptacle for rain water. There are, apparently, many new uses for an old Mackintosh coat! This tip, found in a 1950s newspaper, certainly demonstrated the lengths people would go to, in order to overcome shortages. It read as follows: • “Never throw away and old rubber mackintosh, for parts of it can be 70

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AMD Solicitors are delighted to announce that Zoë Sproull has joined their Family Team, and is based in the Henleaze office, working alongside Jo Morris, Alison Dukes and John Todd.

non-confrontational and constructive approach to family disputes. All Resolution members adhere to a code of practice which aims to consider the needs of the family as a whole and particularly the best interests of the children. Resolution campaigned for the introduction of “no fault” divorce for many years. The Government announced that the law will be changed in April 2022 to allow couples to divorce without the need to blame one party. Zoë said about the proposed reforms, “the exact details of the new procedure are yet to be announced but the process should be quicker and reduce conflict for all parties, which can only be a good thing. Reform has been a long time coming and I am looking forward to being able to help clients to divorce with as little acrimony as possible”.

Zoë qualified as a solicitor specialising all aspects of family law in 1999 at a firm in Bath. Since qualification she has practiced exclusively in family law and has developed her knowledge and expertise working for several well-known local firms of solicitors. Zoë advises married and unmarried couples in matters involving finances and / or children. She has been instructed in children matters involving international re-location, parental alienation and parental mental health issues. Her work in financial matters has involved clients with complex financial assets including those with assets held abroad, trusts, companies and multiple pension investments. Zoë also helps couples who want to regulate their financial affairs during the course of their relationship either through pre or post nuptial agreements or co-habitation agreements.

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was difficult to grip the pears tightly enough. I mentioned this to a friend, who said he knew how to resolve my problem. He was a dentist. We then fastened a set of old dentures to the modified coal tongs – problem resolved, only to be replaced by another. It left teeth marks in the pears! A side-story to this invention, a neighbour saw me picking pears and asked to borrow the picker device, but when I passed it to her she started screaming; but she always was a bit excitable. • Lastly a bit of whimsey. It seem a shame to trash the nice little wooden trays, possibly of poplar wood, which package the Charlie Bigham ready meals. Having soaked the trays in hot water and flattened them I used sharp scissors and wood glue to make this nice little functioning sailing boat, Oh yes, plus a chopstick for the mast. I sent a photo to CB who praised the ingenuity.

to its post. Pass around the plant, cross over and then around the post forming a figure of eight, nail or tie the open ends to the post. The crossover cushions the plant from chafing on the post. Old pairs of nylon tights work as well. • A four-inch (100mm) piece of hose, slit along its length, makes a comfort handle for a heavy carrier bag of shopping. • Similarly, a cut length will provide a safety cover for saw blades, If the saw is in a tool bag it also protects the teeth from damage by other tools. Aluminium household steps, if you also use them outside to avoid muddy floors, save four of the purple plastic detergent measuring caps that come with the large sized Persil® bottles. The caps are a snug fit over the steps feet, it works very well, just remember to remove them when back in the house. The Canadian’s tree powered pool heater was a gadget that relied on the principle of an absorption dynamometer, converting torque and friction to heat. He tied hefty ropes to the top of his large oak tree, the ropes were then wrapped around and fixed to a large roller submerged in the pool, such that when the wind shook the tree the roller was rotated first one way then the other. The roller possibly had truck brakes fixed, and the resultant friction heated the water. One of the most bizarre examples of reuse I've encountered was where I needed to resolve the problem of picking pears from our tree that were beyond safe ladder reach. I found an old pair of coal tongs of the style where pulling on the handle closed the curved jaws around the lump of coal. These were then fastened to a long pole, with a cable leading to a pull handle at the bottom end. The problem was that it

NEW MUSIC - A REVIEW OF THE YEAR - DUNCAN HASKELL It’s been another great year for new music, here are just six of 2021’s finest albums that we didn’t have time to cover in this column: Cool Dry Place by Katy Kirby (Keeled Scales) Built on the foundations of solid song craft and astutely observational lyrics, it’s that bedrock which allows Nashville-based artist Katy Kirby to garnish her debut album with the occasional decorative flourish. Whether the robotic auto-tuned vocals on Traffic, a rumination on privilege, or the striking and shimmering instrumentation on Secret Language, these occasional surprises elevate an already formidable collection of songs a few storeys higher. Key Song – Traffic Hang Time by Cedric Noel (Joyful Noise Recordings) Now on his eighth studio album, Cedric Noel has been doing his thing for the last decade. Born in Niger, adopted by Canadian and Mozambican/Belgian parents, Noel is now based in Montreal and has come up with a record that will delight fans of Big Thief, Elbow and Bon Iver. With a voice that knows when to keep it strengths hidden and when to take flight, his guitar playing is similarly dextrous. Key Song – Stilling New Music And Big Pop by Another Michael (Run For Cover) This debut of gentle indie songs by the Philadelphia trio fronted by singer Michael Doherty lets the listener into personal moments in a way that doesn’t feel overly twee or forced. The conversational manner of Doherty’s falsetto only increases that mood. Whether songs about a shared musical discovery or asking more existential questions about life, a creative one at that, it’s a wonderful album to spend some time listening to – especially as it’s also drenched

in subtly gorgeous melodies from start to finish. Key Song – Big Pop One Foot In Front Of The Other by Griff (Warner) Though described as a mixtape rather than album and has the slight feel of a placeholder ahead of her official debut, this collection by the Brit Awards Rising Star winner deserves a mention as one of the year’s best. A modern pop artist who comfortable sits between the worlds of Lorde and Taylor Swift, songs such as Early Grey Tea, Shade of Yellow and the darkly powerful Black Hole prove that her ever-growing reputation is thoroughly deserved. Key Song – Black Hole Prioritise Pleasure by Self Esteem (Universal) The second album from Self Esteem (Rebecca Lucy Taylor) is an alt-pop record that has it all. From bangers like Hobbies 2 and You Forever to more brooding numbers such as Still Reigning and John Elton, there’s serious breadth of sound across the 13 songs. Not afraid to tackle serious subjects, I’m Fine discusses how women aren’t safe in 2021, there’s also depth to match. Key Song – I Do This All The Time From Dreams To Dust – Felice Brothers (Yep Roc Records) Returning with a new line-up that found Jesske Hume and Will Lawrence join siblings Ian and James Felice, the folk/ Americana group came up with one of the albums of the year. Recorded in an old church in upstate New York, each song captures the imagination like a collection of short movies. The stream-of-consciousness vibe of the tracks is just as impactful when looking back (Land of Yesterdays) as when discussing the present day (Money Talks). Key Song – Be At Rest Duncan Haskell - December 2021

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changes year on year in September. The increase between 2020 and 2021 had been unrealistically high due to timing and was well in excess of 8%. This was because of the starting point of the data in September 2020, on the back of significant redundancies, furlough arrangements and wage cuts at that time.

Last month saw a temporary suspension of the full impact of the Triple Lock relating to the State Pension. The triple lock is a commitment as to how much the state pension will increase by each year, thus affecting those in receipt of it, but also those not yet receiving it. The impact of this change will depend on whether the decision is reversed or maintained in the years ahead.

I always think the cost to the country of state pension provision is very much interlinked with the country’s Health and Social Care plan, which also saw legislative changes last month. The whole issue of reforming social care and how we financially look after our population as it ages is, to put it mildly, a thorny subject. Our population is growing increasingly dependent on medication and increasing care costs for longer periods while at the same time being in receipt of state pension for longer. It is a conundrum that might even be impossible to solve in a way that is collectively acceptable to all. This was always the case irrespective of the pandemic, but that certainly hasn’t helped the appetite for the huge financial costs of dealing with the issue. Undoubtedly, we will see further legislative changes over the next decade be that around state pension provision, NHS Funding provision and increased taxes and means of paying for social care in the years ahead. The State Pension now has what can be described as a ‘Double Lock’, rather than a ‘Triple Lock’. We will have to wait and see if this changes, however I note with interest that CPI (one of the remaining two measurements), which was 2% in July 2021 has now increased as predicted to 3.2%.

The Triple Lock, first introduced in 2010 by the Coalition Government, was designed to help protect the ‘value’ in the state pension against the impact of inflation or wage increases. The terms of it are that each year the Basic/New State Pension will increase by the greater of: • • •

Inflation (as measured by Consumer Prices Index - CPI); 2.5% per annum; or Average Earnings.

The Government have made a decision to temporarily remove the last measurement – average earnings, which means this coming year (2022/23) State Pension will increase by the greater of the first two – CPI or 2.5%. The reason for this is because of an anomaly created by the impact of COVID 19 on the economy. The measurement for ‘Average Earnings’ is taken by an evaluation of earnings

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QUIZ ANSWERS Quiz Time - from page 23 Nature 1. giraffes; 2) fossils; 3. the Lake District National Park; 4. (clockwise from top left) chamois, okapi, capercaillie, pangolin; 5. cumulonimbus. Cities 1a) Windhoek, b) Bern, c) Dhaka / Dacca; 2. Madrid; 3. Istanbul; 4. Valetta (Malta) and Tunis (Tunisia); 5. Paris. The letter "A" 1. Arkle; 2. the aardvark; 3. antirrhinum; 4. ambidextrous; 5. Azerbaijan. Celebrities 1. Rylan Clark-Neal; 2. Peter Andre (she didn't marry Dwight Yorke); 3. Laura Whitmore; 4. Esme Young and Patrick Grant; 5. 8 out of 40, scored by Quentin Wilson. Sport 1. Joe Root; 2. Emmanuel Adebayor; 3. Paris; 4. Ascot, 1996; 5a) curling, b) swimming, c) pole vault. The letter "B" 1. a Balthazar; 2. Barnsley; 3. "Big"; 4. Brahmaputra; 5. Bosworth Field. Bristol 1. 1979; 2. Richard Angwin and Tony Targett; 3. Bogota; 4. Jacob Rees-Mogg; 5. Johnny Morris. The letter "C" 1. the Carpathians; 2. Connecticut; 3. carpaccio; 4. Caliban; 5. the Campbells. Pot Luck 1. sixteen; 2. the Forint; 3. 40; Sir Edward Heath; 5. 627. Who Am I? Dawn French and Rishi Sunak. Children's Puzzles - from page 34 Who Am I? The Duchess of Cambridge, Rhys Stephenson, Ryan Reynolds, Holly Willoughby. Which Am I? President Putin, Great Tit, Spain, Mount Fuji. Where Am I (clockwise from top left) Thailand, Australia, Egypt, France. Disclaimer The Bristol Nine is published by Bristol Community Magazines Ltd (Co. No. 08448649, registered at 8 Sandyleaze, Westbury on Trym, Bristol, BS9 3PY). The views expressed by contributors or advertisers in The Bristol Nine are not necessarily those held by Bristol Community Magazines Ltd. The inclusion of any business or organisation in this magazine does not imply a recommendation of it, its aims or its methods. Bristol Community Magazines Ltd cannot be held responsible for information disclosed by advertisers, all of which are accepted in good faith. Reasonable efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this magazine but no liability can be accepted for any loss or inconvenience caused as a result of inclusion, error or omission. All content is the copyright of 80 the prior written consent of Bristol Community Magazines. Bristol Community Magazines Ltd and may not be reproduced without

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The Arts Society Bristol Would you like to join us for lectures on a wide range of arts related subjects, given by specialists in their own field? The lecture on 14 December is on Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker and on 11 January is on understanding the Sahara. Lectures are expected to be held at 8pm at Redmaids' High School, Westbury-on-Trym, BS9 3AW and delivered by internet. For more information and updates visit our website www.theartssociety-bristol.org. uk BCCS (Bristol Cathedral Choir School) Choral Society is now meeting at the Henleaze Bowling Club in Grange Court Road, on Wednesdays from 7.30 to 9pm. We are a small, friendly, unauditioned choir singing varied music, from choral works to more modern pieces and we would welcome new members of all standards. Please do come and give us a try. For more information, please contact Kathy telephone 0117 9493628 or email www.bccschoralsociety.org.uk Beaufort Junior Badminton Club - Penny at pennyshears@googlemail.com or call 07941 013 514 Biodanza Bristol Weekly Group runs every Tuesday 7-9pm at All Saints Church, Randall Room, Alma Vale Road, Clifton, BS8 3ED (entrance upstairs). Cost: £10, 5 week card £40, 10 week card £70. Contact antoinette@biodanza4all. com for more details. Bristol All Voices Allowed Choir is

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BRISTOL ENSEMBLE Saturday 18 and Monday 20 December at 7.30pm Christmas Spectaculars at St George’s Bristol Two glorious evenings of festive and joyful choral and orchestral music conducted by David Ogden Sunday 19 December, 2pm and 4pm, St George’s Bristol Children’s Christmas Carnivals Entertaining family-friendly concerts including music from The Snowman and plenty of audience participation! Sunday 19 December, 8pm, St George’s Bristol A Baroque Christmas by Candlelight The soprano Philippa Hyde joins the orchestra to perform exquisite Christmas music incuding arias from Handel’s Messiah Tuesday 21 December, 7.30pm, St George’s Bristol Festive Fiesta Come and sing your festive favourites at this feel-good family festive evening of carols and Christmas music led in entertaining style by David Ogden Wednesday 22 December at 7pm, St George’s Bristol Handel’s Messiah Semi-staged performance of Handel’s masterpiece with The Choir of Royal Holloway

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HENLEAZE FLOWER CLUB BLOOMING AT 40 Henleaze Flower Club recently marked their fortieth anniversary with a ruby celebration and a well earned opportunity to dress up in all shades of red, enjoy a special demonstration, and catch up on four decades of flower arranging and floral friendships. Jenny York, the new Chair of the Henleaze Flower Club, very kindly invited me to go along and join the club members at the event, and having never seen a professional flower arranger at work it was an opportunity not to miss.

minute masterclass in landscape painting by an American artist called Bob Ross. Bob sadly isn't alive anymore - the series was made in the late 80's and early 90's - but he comes across as just the gentlest, warmest, most down to earth man you could imagine - and with an incredible talent. If you want to watch something that is relaxing, uplifting, stress relieving and totally joyous then please do give it a try. The reason I mention Bob Ross is that he had this amazing ability to chat away to you whilst wielding a huge pallete of paints with which he creates a masterpiece before your eyes. At the start of the show he has a blank canvas, and thirty minutes later he has conjured up, without you really realising how, a wonderfully awesome landscape - and all the while tutoring and entertaining you in the softest Floridian accent. At the Henleaze Flower Club's 40th anniversary meeting we were all entertained by a creative demonstration that Bob himself would have been proud of. Pam Lewis, award winning flower arranger and competition judge, spent an hour onstage, chatting away to the captivated audience of seventy five or so, in a manner that reminded me much of Pam Ayres. No mean feat in itself, engaging an audience in such a way, but to do so while simultaneously creating magical things out of a box of blooms and foliage commands some serious respect. Just like Bob Ross, Pam seemingly effortlessy but very skilfully worked her magic and before you knew it there was another vibrant display worthy of any door, table or vase.

Forty years is some going, and the club seems in good health given the size of the membership that turned out to mark the occasion. Of course gatherings like this would not have been possible for much of the last eighteen months, and seeing such a large gathering of people enjoying each others company again was a reminder of how important direct social interaction is, at any any age, and how much it has been missed. Now flower arranging is a bit of a black art to me, like pretty much everything creative to be honest. On the rare occasion I buy flowers the extent of my attempts to display them in an aesthetically pleasing way is to fill a vase with water, take off the elastic band, drop the stems in like a game of floral pick-up-sticks and hope they tumble out in an attractive way. Of course they never do and it is up to the recipient of the bouquet to rearrange them in a more artistic way.

So thank you to the Jenny and all the club members who made me feel most welcome, I hope you enjoyed your special afternoon as much as I did, and best wishes for the next decade - or four. Henleaze Flower Club meet every other Thursday at the Bradbury Hall, Trinity-Henleaze URC on Waterford Road in Henleaze, for a mixture of demonstrations and practice classes. New members are very welcome - just call Kath on 01454 412 087 or Marg on 0117 907 5724 for more information and to find out when the next meeting is to be held - or check the BS9 magazine for details.

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DEFIBRILLATOR LOCATIONS There are an increasing number of Automated External Defibrillators, or AED’s, in prominent, accessible 24/7 locations in our area. Detailed below are the updated locations of the defibrillators accessible 24/7 that I am aware of in this area, together with the “what3words” locations for them (Please, if you can, take a photo of this page on your phone and save it for emergency use, or cut the page out and keep it for reference.

Blaise Inn, 260 Henbury Road, Henbury BS10 7QR, on the side of the Inn. Salvatore’s Barbers 19A Druid Hill, Stoke Bishop, BS9 1EW (in the dip near Stoke Bishop Fish Bar). what3words location - hulk.courier.bells The White Lion Passage Road, Westbury on Trym, BS9 3HN (in the pub car park). what3words location - scale.miles.petty Methodist Church Hall, Westbury Hill, Westbury on Trym, BS9 3AA (next to main GP’s car park). what3words location - olive.belly.score Trinity United Reform Church, Waterford Road, Henleaze, BS9 4BT (opp. Tesco garage). what3words location - belts.edges.bucks Bristol Chiropractic, 2 Kellaway Avenue, Redland, BS6 7XR (in the main rank of shops). what3words location - swept.salsa.reap The RAFA Club, 38 Eastfield, Westbury on Trym, BS9 4BE (near the Eastfield Road junction). what3words location - allow.quench.doll St Monica Court, Cote Lane, WoT, BS9 3TL (part of the St Monica complex). what3words location - taking.clubs.tiger The Beehive Pub, Wellington Hill West, Henleaze, BS9 QY. what3words location - cans.type.loving Avon Fire & Rescue (Southmead Fire Station), Southmead Road, BS10 5DR. what3words location - held.demand.deep Bristol Property Centre, 14 Chandos Road, Redland, BS6 6PE. what3words location - wacky.relay.closes Max Minervas Bookshop, North View, Westbury Park, BS6 7PY. what3words location - edgy.slap.invite Bristol Prison Site, 248 Gloucester Road, Horfield, BS7 8NZ( between Cambridge Rd and Longmead Ave). what3words location - moving.spoon.folds Westbury Park Primary School, Bayswater Avenue, BS6 7NU (Coldharbour Road end). what3words location - bubble.trunk.waters Cafe on the Square, 136 Shirehampton Rd, Sea Mills, BS9 2DY. what3words location - shaky.trail.motel Boyce’s Avenue, Clifton, BS8 4AA - on the wall of East Village cafe, near The Albion. what3words location - goad.chef.recall Redland Park United Reformed Church, Whiteladies Road, Redland, BS6 6SA - junction with Redland Park. what3words location - stole.rust.prime Westbury Baptist Church Hall, Reedley Road, Westbury on Trym, BS9 3TE. what3words location - demand.dose.aspect The George Inn, 4-6 High Street, Shirehampton, BS11 0DE. what3words location - park. leaves.cotton Future Leap, 1-3 Gloucester Road (at the Zetland Road junction), BS7 8AA. what3words location - book.zebra.boat what3words addresses are easy to say and share, are as accurate as GPS coordinates, and are now being used by most UK emergency services as a location tool. Get the app! 93

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AASP Domestics

Auctions & Sales

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Bathrooms & Wetrooms

Little Bathroom and Boiler Company Paul Whittaker Bathrooms & Wetrooms

Blinds & Shutters

Just Shutters

Building Services

A & S Property Services Ace Preservation Astra Interiors Garcia Building Services Janson Osman L & P Brailsford Tradelink Building Services

Buying & Selling

Karrot

Carpets & Floorings

Conran Carpets Ltd

Chimney Sweeps

Shaun Doughton

Choirs

Bristol Ensemble

Cleaning Services

Bonne Fresh Clean Home Gleamers Oven Gleam

Collectors

Jode Bowden Matt Stevens

Computer Services

FAB ‐ IT Rescue IT HomeHelp

Cycle Services

Boing Bicycles

Delicatessens

Zest Deli & Cafe

Electrical Services

Daley Electrical Services Ltd Lek‐Trix MB Electrical Services

Estate & Letting Agents

Howard Estate Agents

Estate Agents

Maggs & Allen

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Fencing

AM Fencing EC Fencing

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Financial Advice

Grosvenor Consultancy Harold Stephens

Fitness Training

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Painting & Decorating

G R Knott Precision Decorators Sarah's Decorating Services Top Notch

Plants & Garden Supplies

Mark Rice 15

The Bank Fitness

Footcare

Bristol Foot Clinic

Footwear

SoleLution Limited

Funeral Services

R Davies & Son Funeral Directors

Furniture

39 9, 91

Sofa Magic

Garage Doors

Plastering

A & P Plastering Artform Plastering John Hoggett McCall Plastering

Plumbing

A & D Plumbing S & P Plumbing Services

Pre‐School & Nurseries

Red Bus Nursery 54

Up & Over Doors

Garden Maintenance

Barlows Declan McManus Graham Cook Greenblade Katherine Vincent

Hairdressing

Berwick Lodge 4 4 68 60 75 68 44 67

Classic Cuts Evans Hair Design Nicola Bolt

Handyman Services

Tony Anderson

Heating & Gas

John Presland Peter Harris S & P Plumbing Services

Help and Companionship

Compton Community Services

Home Care Services

Home Instead Premier Homecare St Monica Trust

Ironing

91 59 35 77

Jewellery & Gifts

Kemps Jewellers

Landscaping

Beaumont Landscaping

Massage

Schools

Badminton School Bristol Steiner School

Solicitors

AMD Solicitors Corfield Solicitors Lyons Solicitors Veale Wasbrough Vizards

Stairlifts

Hands On Stairlifts Thornbury Lift Services Ltd

Tree Services

Crest Tree Services Ltd Neville Tree Services

TV Aerials

H and P Aerials 75 19 46 39 75

The Iron Lady

Pubs & Restaurants

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Upholstery & Soft Furnishings

CAP Jill Minett

Veterinary Care

Viking Vets

Walking Groups

Nordic4

Waste & Rubbish

Bristol Waste Company Man & Van

Window Cleaning

Aqua‐Tec

Heather Drewe

Lynne Fernandes Optometrists

Opticians

Windows & Doors

Crystal Clear MSP Maintenance

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