The Bristol Nine Magazine - January 2022 by Andy Fraser

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Eagle eyed and interested readers may notice that there are no tide times listed this month. My apologies for the omission. Every November I shell out a small fortune to the UK Hydrographic Office for what is a reasonably niche publication, Volume 1A of the NP201A Admiralty Tide Tables. I've never seen it on the shelves of WH Smith, or indeed any bookshop or library. That said it is a wonderful publication if you want to know about "curve interpolation", "negative surges", "shallow water corrections" the "simplified harmonic method of tidal prediction" or, as I do, when will it be high tide in the Avon Gorge. It runs typically to 350 pages of which, over the course of twelve lunar time periods (or are there 13 in a year?), I am interested in just three pages. Of course it is possible to glean such information for free online, but this is only ever for a couple of days in advance, not the seven weeks needed to bring you a complete month of high and low water. So my new 2022 issue duly arrived a couple of weeks ago and remained unopened (it's less unputdownable and more unpickupable) until earlier today when it was time to extract the January tide times for this month's magazines. The UKHO divides the UK coastline into 2 parts "English Channel to River Humber" and the rest. So to discover on print day that I'd bought the wrong half of the country was a touch galling, especially as to return it for a refund will cost almost as much in postage as the flippin' thing cost in the first place. So if anyone wants to know when they can go for a swim or paddle off the coast at Tilbury or Shoreham or Lowestoft in the coming twelve months then do please let me know - I'm your man.

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THIS BS9 LIFE - DUNCAN HASKELL Looking back on my articles over the years, January tends to be a time when I discuss resolutions, schemes and other existential matters. With the future currently so uncertain, I’m left with little desire to make any plans for the months ahead but my body and mind are trained to treat the start of a new year with feelings of optimism and expectancy. It’s hard to balance Whatsthepointuary with Anythingispossibleuary but I’ll try my best… There have been a couple of examples in the last few months that have brought home that you really do have to enjoy the journey because the destination might not be what you hoped for. On both occasions I’ve been a bystander, but the sense of deflation has been clear. Tom, a good friend of mine who lives in Hackney, has always wanted to see a kingfisher. A keen bird enthusiast, London life and work commitments mean that opportunities for sightings are sparse. That all changed during a weekend As good as it gets? away in Exmoor when, sat on a balcony, I saw an unmistakeable flash of aqua flying down a nearby river. We dashed outside, ran on about 50m and then snuck back to the riverbank just as the same winged rocket darted by once again. It was a blink-

and-you-miss-it kind of sighting, but Tom hadn’t blinked nor did he miss it. Sadly though, it wasn’t the leisurely observation he’d been hoping for and he may well have been better left to his scrambled eggs. Jimmy, another friend of mine (boastful I know) is an avid crate digger, scouring charity shops and car boot sales for vinyl records. For as long as I can remember there’s been one album he’s hunted more than any other, one that had evaded him for many years, his Bigfoot if you will ( it’s actually Henry the Human Fly by Richard Thompson). Then, from a particularly kind Secret Santa who had found it online, that very vinyl was presented to him. Rather than the excitement of getting his hands on his personal holy grail, you could tell there was a sadness of having his crusade taken from him. It’s hard to know what conclusions to take here. The curmudgeon may say it proves that we should lower our expectations or that disappointment is inevitable. For me, it’s that I need to enjoy the journey, the tributaries, the false starts and blind alleys, for that’s where the adventures are to be had. I hope your journeys are magical ones this year. Duncan Haskell

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Name the capital of Madeira. In 2020 Finland came top of an international survey into which characteristic of its residents? The splitting of the nucleus of an atom into two or more nuclei is known as what? Name these fictitious characters.

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The cost of being unprepared – Estate Planning Estate planning is about you deciding what you would like to happen to everything you own on your death and how to provide for those you’ll leave behind. Ensuring your affairs are in order not only makes things easier for your loved ones but can also reduce inheritance tax and protect your estate for your beneficiaries. The first step to estate planning is often to make a valid Will. A staggering 60% of adults in the UK don’t have one! If you die without this, your estate will be subject to The Rules of Intestacy which don’t allow for your wishes. An often-overlooked reason for preparing a Will is to make the estate administration process as clear and straightforward as possible. Take time to choose the most appropriate executor(s) to deal with your estate. Faced with a wide range of actions required in the immediate aftermath of a death, and as executors are often close relatives, having this extra responsibility can provide another great stress at an already highly emotional time.

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Parachutes by Coldplay (Parlophone) Let’s see for ourselves then, is Coldplay’s 9x Platinum debut album Parachutes really that far ahead of Starsailor’s own opening gambit? In one way, the answer is a definite “no”. Released on 10 July 2000, it came out more than a year before **Love Is Here. Carried along by same post-Britpop wave that propelled Travis’s **The Man Who, it was the right album at the right time.

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Over the events of the past 18 months, we’ve seen how important the natural world is to our mental health and wellbeing. Interest in garden birds and other wildlife has soared, with the number of people using the RSPB’s online bird identification tool shooting up by 95% in 2020. Taking the time to watch which feathered friends make use of your bird table or window feeder, can often help to reduce stress and restore calm. Not only does it benefit humans, but with over 60% of the UK population regularly feeding their garden birds, research suggests that this helps around 196 million birds a year.

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According to the RSPB, keeping your feeders and water trays topped up is important at this time of year to help your garden birds survive through the winter as natural food sources run low. Providing

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Gifting property funds to your children or grandchildren can be a rewarding exercise and with the growth of property prices parents in particular have been playing an increasing role in funding property purchases by their children to help them get onto the property market. However there are potential traps which could risk unnecessarily gifting cash to the taxman.

Each individual is taxed at a rate of 40pc on all their assets above a threshold £325,000. There is an additional allowance related to the family home . If the nil-rate band is used up and a donor gifts above the allowance, and dies within seven years, IHT is due on a sliding scale based on the period of the donors survival between making the gift and his or her subsequent demise. So for instance if you survive for three or four years the rate of tax on the gift is 32% , six to seven years 8% and seven or more 0%

The seven-year rule Helping children onto the property ladder requires careful consideration about the inheritance tax consequences. Gifting is subject to the "seven-year rule", under which a gift made by a parent or grandparent will be free of inheritance tax if it is made seven years or more before their death.

But if gifts and a final estate amounts to less than £325,000, there is no inheritance tax to pay. Also Individuals can gift a total of £3,000 worth of assets per tax year. Where this annual exemption is not used in one tax year it can be carried forward for one year only to increase the exempt amount to £6,000.

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HISTORY NOTES NO. 166 - JULIAN LEA-JONES Promises for a better life .... What triggered the idea for this month’s article was the memory of the time when our daughter was in the Girl Guides and we helped with fund-raising jumble sales. The February sale usually heralded the arrival of unwanted kitchen gadgets, the subject of intensive pre-Christmas television and magazine advertisements. After a short time, some of the proud new possessors of these labour-saving gadgets realised that they were anything but! Dismantling and cleaning these things took more time than using a simple knife, tin opener, slicer or whatever. Far from enriching people’s lives by simplifying food preparation, they just annoyed them as suggested by their arrival as jumble. Going back to the early nineteenth century, the siren call of advertising was already wellestablished in Britain - highly visible on its streets and in the press. Although some merchants still relied on word of mouth to sell their products or services, many began to appreciate the value, and income, a wider audience brought to their enterprise. One of the reasons for this was the realisation that with the help of an advertising campaign, products hitherto limited to largely local or regional markets could be brought to the attention of a nationwide market. From the earliest times craftsmen generally lived and worked in their own premises, and advertising was by an example of their product displayed above the entrance. Local early examples that come to mind, are those for Vincent’s Brushes by Bristol Bridge, chimney sweeps in Steep Street, and a large pair of glasses above Braham’s Opticians on St Augustines‘ Parade. This latter business was taken over by Dunscombe’s, whose premises until 2020 were still on the corner of Denmark Street, and had this most imaginative and literally eyecatching sign, in

the form of a giant sight chart. A plumber in Bedminster had a giant tap above his doorway. Some hardware shops still continue to have examples of their products displayed outside. Cotham Hardware has a fine selection of brooms whereas Henleaze Hardware is easy to spot as it has a garden incinerator and pail over the frontage. Local shopping precincts would also have had, and indeed still do, a plethora of striped barbers’ poles each vying for hirsute customers. Such poromotion is sadly wasted on me as John Cleese would have said, “ Your head is now deficient in the case of hair.” (My barber told me he was going to charge me extra. “Why?” I asked. “ It's a search fee.”) However, what is considered to be one of the oldest and long-lived advertisements, (apart from some of the murals uncovered in Pompeii) but also dating from Roman times, must be the tradition of a branch of an evergreen bush above an inn doorway. This gave rise to the saying, ‘A good inn needs no bush’; advertising by word of mouth? An idea possibly copied by John Weekes for his famous Bush Tavern in Corn Street. Advertisements in the mid to late nineteenth century were mainly for products, and by means of wall posters. Indeed, some people complained that practically every exposed surface of city buildings seemed to be pasted over and many complained about the resultant eyesore.

An egregious example of this can be seen in Reece Winstone’s; ‘Bristol in the 1890s’ plate 184, the Scottish Widows building in Baldwin Street, which was completely covered up to the 2nd floor with posters, some up to twenty feet (6m) wide. Posters shown were for The People’s Palace, Good Kedar Tea, Dyson’s Soap, Cabot Bread, Anglo Bavarian Ales, Key

HISTORY NOTES NO. 166 - JULIAN LEA-JONES Tea, Hiscox ladies boots, Thatchers, Cerebos Salt, Colman’s Mustard, and many more just on that one building. Bizarrely many of the posters are duplicated even though they were adjacent – early examples of saturating advertising? Eye-catching coloured wall posters made of enamelled tin were very popular right through to the mid twentieth century, and many are now collector’s items, such as this colourful display on the frontage of a shop, from memory, in Ross. But advertisers wanting to use print media, particularly newspapers, had to accept the imposition of government taxes Advertisement Duty, where advertisements placed in newspapers were taxed individually at a flat rate, Stamp Duty which levied a tax on each printed sheet of a newspaper, and Paper Duty that levied even further taxes on the paper itself. Because of this newspaper proprietors tried to cram the contents of their papers onto four pages - a single sheet folded once - explaining why many nineteenth century papers comprised dense columns of letterpress in a small typeface. Nowadays this poses a real headache and eyestrain for those researching old newspapers on archive microfilm viewers! In spite of the costs, to publishers and the Revenue, advertisements began to appear amongst news and editorials. As well as products that would supposedly ease and enrich your life, if not your pocket. advertisements began to appear for services and time restricted offers, such as property auctions, and employment agencies. For those requiring domestic servants they were known as Intelligence registers. Advertisements for books, medicines and lotteries soon followed. There was a lottery system known as a Tontine, which was an annuity shared by subscribers to a common fund, shares increasing as subscribers died until the survivor collected the total fund, good news if the investment portfolio was sound! Risks and problems of the popular well-advertised scheme were exemplified in Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel

and 1960's film ‘The Wrong Box’ (coffin), hilariously showing what happens when dishonest plans go awry. The most public advertisement for this scheme in Bristol was the Tontine warehouse sign, (where the St Stephen’s Press building on Colston Avenue once was). Newspaper proprietors found that increasing production costs meant that sales revenue, until then their main source of income, was inadequate. This resulted in the balance of news and advertising changing, enabling some newspapers to earn large profits through advertising. Newspapers also became be more politically independent, as they were no longer as dependent upon government subsidies. However some manufacturers and merchants, still shied away from advertising, considering it as lacking respectability. This was partly due to an absence of advertising standards to provide a check on fraudulent claims or those promoting poor quality products. Medical advertising often made dangerously outrageous claims. For example, when cholera, typhus and tuberculosis were rife, quack medicines became such a health issue that in 1909 the BMA carried out a thorough investigation into these ‘secret’ remedies. A particularly blatant example of the charlatans’ cruel deception was ‘Tuberculozyne’ a consumption cure costing £2 10s for a month’s supply. The BMA’s analysis confirmed was that it was only flavoured coloured water. A further example investigated was an ointment developed by the Bridport chemist Dr Giles Roberts, who claimed it alleviated scalds, burns, bruises, ulcers and most skin complaints and sold as ‘The Poor Man’s Friend’. Upon his death in September 1834 the rights to his ointment were taken over by Messrs Beach & Barnicott, also of Bridport. Available in little pots, made by Bristol Pottery on Temple Back, the ointment was available at two prices - one shilling and a pennyhalfpenny or two shillings and nine pence, (so just over 5 or 10 pence in today’s currency). But why were there two prices for the same

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HISTORY NOTES NO. 166 - JULIAN LEA-JONES product? The BMA’s investigation concluded, in a caustic comment, that “…a [Government] tax stamp attached to the product deluded the incautious buyer into thinking that the product was officially endorsed, suggesting it conveyed a Government guarantee. The authorities do not as a rule display any anxiety with regard to the welfare of the public in the matter of the sale of nostrums… knowledge of the causes of the disease for which the cure is promised is in no way necessary for the composition of either the medicine or the advertisement…. the Government’s efforts being confined to the collection of the duty.” The estimated sales for such remedies on which tax was collected in 1908 were in excess of £2million - which explained the BMA’s acerbic but powerless comment.

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So, if you were poor what else could you get for 1s 1 ½d? - how about twenty tablets of ‘Oquit’? “Within ten minutes Oquit wll cure headaches, nerve pains, neuralgia, gout, sciatica, rheumatism, lumbago, influenza, feverish colds, and even sea-sickness.” Estimated cost of ingredients? Three farthings! (3/4d). Often the desperate looking for a cure, or just for a better lifestyle - sometimes sadly driven by the misguided desire to incite the envy of others - would fall prey to misleading advertisements for unproven remedies pedalled by charlatans. Many quack medicines or ‘Secret’ remedies were sold to the desperate and gullible by what were known as ‘snake-oil’ charlatans The origin of the term ‘snake oil’ dates back to the California Gold Rush. Chinese immigrants arrived to seek their fortune and one of the medicinal traditions they brought with them was a medicine made from the mildly venomous Chinese water snake.

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Romsey were not amused! A very clever & witty shop window poster in Millet’s Camping shop in Broadmead for their end of season sale read, “Now is the winter of our discount tent”. The scariest, a series of 1920's promotions extolling the health-giving benefits of ingesting preparations containing radium! I came across an advertising leaflet in a 1924 box of Sparklets Soda Siphon gas cylinders – “Give yourself a spa treatment in your own home.” Presumably you would glow with health, albeit briefly. For further terrifying reading about the subject, see Lucy Jane Santos’ book, ‘Half Lives’. How many remember the ten foot high advert on the side wall of Carwardine’s coffee shop next to the Corn Exchange? It proclaimed, “Your Satisfaction is the Liquification of our Torrefaction” torrefaction being the dry roast process for coffee beans which could be seen taking place in the windows of their shops in Clifton and Broadmead. The smell which emanated was to me a ‘nose magnet’ and a far more effective advertisement than any poster could be. Lastly, if the previous advertisements seemed too mundane, the following wall poster seen on Cheltenham railway station in 2008 was designed to attract those who wished to ‘work for the country whilst living in the country’. The advertisement offered possibilities of a richer and interesting life as well as the opportunity to help keep our country safe by combating, Cocaine in South America, a Coup d’état in Africa. Text contact details for those interested were included on the poster.

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A November 2021 Probate Application update put forward by the Law Society refers to an average application issue time, once the Probate Registry have received the application, of nine weeks but this could be longer if an application is stopped, perhaps because of an error or a lack of evidence supplied with an application.

Often when a loved one passes away, a Grant of Probate is needed to deal with their assets. A Grant of Probate is legal document, which provides Executors appointed under a Will the authority to deal with a person’s estate, collect in assets and distribute them as guided by the Will.

Where Inheritance Tax needs to be paid, the Probate Registry ask that the Probate application is submitted to them 20 working days after the submission of Inheritance Tax forms to HMRC, which means the overall timescale is further extended. If an application is submitted sooner, this could cause further delay as the Probate Registry may not be able to match up the application with anything received from HMRC.

Once an Executor has collected in details of assets and labilities, the next step is to apply for the Grant of Probate. This includes the preparation of Inheritance Tax forms, which may need to be sent to HMRC, and a Probate application form which is sent to the Probate Registry who will then issue a Grant of Probate.

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WHAT'S ON & COMMUNITY NEWS Thank you to everyone who has taken the trouble to get in contact to let me know of things going on. If you are involved in any local groups, not-for profit organisations, charity events or social activities and would like some free publicity do please get in touch. And if you are the contact included in any of the existing listings and would like to update your information and / or contact details then please do get in touch. Email andy@ bcmagazines.co.uk or write to 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY, and I will be more than happy to include them. • 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 11 January is on Understanding the Sahara and on 8 February is on "Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers in London". 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 A Cappella is an award-winning mixed barbershop chorus who love to sing close harmony a cappella. Rehearsals

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MAYORAL REFERENDUM: At the 7th December’s Full Council, Bristol City Councillors overwhelmingly voted for a legally binding referendum to decide the future of the position of Mayor of Bristol. The referendum will take place in May 2022. Cllrs Goulandris & Michallat welcome the move, as they feel that for too long the Mayoral system in Bristol has ignored and failed Stoke Bishop Ward residents. If you would like to get involved in the referendum campaign, please do get in touch. FOXES AT STOKE LODGE: Last month Cllr Henry Michallat contacted Cotham School to ask them to make it a condition of hire for the removal of football nets at Stoke Lodge after matches. The school replied stating that they will be asking teams to hang them up, which has sadly not happened. Cllr Michallat comments; “It is shame that the school lacks action and ambition to work with the local community to ensure that foxes and wildlife are safe at Stoke Lodge. I ask that local residents get in touch with me, if they see any nets still down at night or any wildliferelated issues”. A4018 CONSULTATION: Residents will note that the A4018 consultation is now live. It contains some potentially very controversial changes to various junctions and the closure of roads, including Park Street. John & Henry encourage residents across the ward to respond to the consultation. It’s a large consultation document and residents can choose just to respond to the bits, which affect them. A link can be found on our Facebook page (Stoke Bishop, Sea Mills & Sneyd Park Matters) Your comments, views and questions welcomed - these are our contact details:-

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our numbers. If you are interested please drop in and meet us, or for more information call Peter 0117 329 4516. St Peter’s Ladies Guild meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 2 pm at St Peter’s Church Hall, The Drive, Henleaze, for talks and entertainment. Visitors welcome. Tel: Wilma on 0117 962 8895 for information. St Peter’s Badminton & Social Club - Ann on 0117 969 4882, contact ann999q@ gmail.com Stoke Bishop Ladies Choir have also recommenced meeting on Mondays at the Village Hall, 1.45-4pm. Do come along to give us a try. New members welcome. For info please telephone Carolyn on 0117 279 1409 or Maureen on 0117 956 7894. Stoke Bishop Local History Group membership just £6 per calendar year. Email sblocalhistory@gmail.com or call 07780 438 303 for more details. Stoke Bishop Townswomen’s Guild: We have recommenced our friendly monthly meetings on Thursdays in the Hulbert Room of St Mary’s Church, Mariners Drive. Come along and give us a try. Contact: Gay Huggins on 0117 968 5813. Stoke Lodge Ramblers - please check our website for dates when walks are offered - stokelodgeramblers.wordpress.com/ home/walks-programme. Phone the Club Secretary on 0117 950 0934 or email lornarenshaw@yahoo.co.uk for more details. Tai Chi – Boosts immunity, improves movement, increases vitality. Covid cautious classes starting in autumn. Interested? Contact Karen 0117 942 4167 or see www.taichiworksbristol.co.uk Tai Chi for over 55’s Shibashi form, a slow and easy sequence of flowing movements that can be done standing or sitting. Relaxing and meditative. Helps improve leg strength, flexibility and balance. Classes at The Redland Club, Burlington Road, BS6 6TN on Wednesdays 11.00 - 11.40 am starting in October. Cost £3. Covid safety precautions will be followed. Numbers

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limited so please phone or email to book your place. Selina Newton 0117 946 6434 or selinanewton@yahoo.co.uk. Toddlers Together parent and toddler group runs every Thursday during term time from 10-11:15am at the Methodist Church Hall in Westbury-on-Trym, BS9 3AA. This is a joint venture between Holy Trinity Church and the Methodist Church in Westbury-on-Trym. There is a dedicated space for babies, a good range of toddler toys, craft tables, songs, prayer and ample tea, coffee and biscuits for mums, dads, carers and grandparents! We will ask for a £1 voluntary donation on the day. Masks will be required in all communal areas. All are welcome to this friendly group. Please contact familyworker@westbury-parishchurch.org.uk for more information Trinity Henleaze Ladies Guild - Jenny on 0117 962 0108. The U3a scrabble group meets at the Beehive pub, Wellington Hill West, on Fridays from 2pm to 4pm. We are a very friendly non competitive group and welcome new members. For more info, please contact Heddy tel 07534 717 254 or email nigel.d.sara@btinternet.com Westbury Aikido Club - visit www. westburyaikido.club, or email reenee@ westburyaikido.club Westbury Folk / Country Dancing - we meet on Tuesdays 1:30pm - 3:30 pm at The College in College Road. We ask that everyone performs a negative lateral flow test in the previous 24 hrs or wears a mask. FFI contact Christine on 0117 962 2223 or codonnell100@btinternet.com. Westbury Harriers Running Club - www. westburyharriers.co.uk Westbury Singers If you enjoy singing, we invite you to join our friendly, nonauditioned, 4 part choir, in term-time on Monday evenings 7.30p.m. - 9.30p.m. at Reedley Road Baptist Church. Ability to read music helpful but not essential. Please email our Secretary: gwenalwakeel@yahoo.co.uk. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Westbury on Trym Women’s Institute Sue Murphy on 0117 950 2826. Westbury Park Women’s Institute email us - westburyparkwi@gmail.com, visit westburyparkwi.org.uk, or call Sue on 07813 795936. Westbury Scottish Country Dance Club - Cheryl on 0117 401 2416, www. westburyscottish.org.uk West of England Bridge Club has restarted real, face-to-face bridge at its new home in the RAFA Club, 38 Eastfield, Henleaze. Thursday afternoon is for Improvers, where experienced Club members help players with bidding and card play. A brief lesson is often included. Monday afternoon is for more capable players; relaxed but competitive, this is an EBU-recognised session. You may come alone to any afternoon session; a partner will be found. The three evening sessions are on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and are open to pairs. For more information, go to our website at www.woebridgeclub.co.uk or contact our Secretary, Chris Frew, on 0117 962 5281. Women's Fellowship This group on Tuesday mornings at Westbury-on-Trym Methodist Church is proving popular. About 20 ladies come along each week to enjoy coffee and to meet and make friends. With an interesting programme of visiting speakers, Women's Fellowship is aimed to provide a relaxed and interesting morning with friends. Why not come along and join us. For more information 07905 064720 Yoga classes daytime and evening yoga classes in Stoke Bishop with Gary Osborn-Clarke. For more details please visit www.yogabristol.co.uk or email gary@yogabristol.co.uk, or call 07899 034 645.

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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! 73

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