The Bristol Nine Magazine - Jan/Feb 2019

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The Bristol Nine Magazine - 12,500 copies delivered free each month across Henleaze, Westbury on Trym, Sea Mills, Coombe Dingle, Stoke Bishop and Sneyd Park

Inside this month - Downs & Avon Gorge events, influential Bristolian women, win tickets to Wild Place, thoughts on working alone, plus all the regulars and all your local listings

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The Editor’s Small Piece Hello there and welcome to the latest issue which should be reaching you at an odd time of the month. I decided to kick the year off by running a joint January and February issue. The logic behind this was to make Christmas more relaxing - if I’m to get a normal January magazine out at the start of the month then because of the printers shutdown over Christmas I need to get it to them before they all head off for their office party. This means working right up to Christmas, and then organising delivery at the start of the year when most of my deliverers are still away or recovering from their Christmas excess. So doing a combined issue that didn’t need to go to print until two weeks into the new year allowed me to kick back and chill over the festive period.

Well, that was the theory - with all that extra time on my hands the diary that had looked nice and empty soon filled up and the relaxing break tuned into a right old flurry of activity for the whole extended family. Still, I enjoyed it. Well, most of it.

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Thanks for picking the magazine up and having a leaf through - with any luck you will find something of interest, a useful business to make a note of, or a club contact or event that tickles your fancy.

Do please send in any comments about the magazine and its content, or any ideas you may have to make it a better production. And of course if you are keen to feature either as a local business or trader, or if you are involved in an event or club or charity and would like some free publicity, do please get in touch.

Thanks again and see you in March.

Andy the Editor 07845 986650 / 0117 259 1964 andy@bcmagazines.co.uk 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY

I hope as many of you had a good a break as possible and that 2019 has started off well for you. I’m not sure what it has in store for yours truly - no signficant birthdays or wedding anniversaries to celebrate this year, but 13 years of self employment and 30 years as a Bristol resident to look back at fondly.

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Trains run from Sea Mills station to Temple Meads (via Clifton Down, Redland, Montpelier, Stapleton Road and Lawrence Hill) regularly throughout the day and at weekends. Cheap, fun, quick and scenic. Visit www.gwr.com for more details or pick up a timetable from your local library.

Local Churches Sea Mills Methodist Church, Shirehampton Rd, 0117 962 1200 St Mary Magdalene, Stoke Bishop www.stmarysb.org.uk 0117 968 7449 WoT Methodist Church www.westburyontrymmethodistchurch .org.uk 0117 962 2930 WoT Baptist Church, Reedley Rd, www.westburybaptist.org.uk 0117 962 9990 WoT Holy Trinity Parish Church, www.westbury-parish-church.org.uk 0117 950 8644 Sacred Heart Catholic Church, WoT www.sacredheartchurch.co.uk 0117 962 0676 St Peter’s Church, Henleaze www.stpetershenleaze.org 0117 962 4524 Highgrove Church, Sea Mills www.highgrove.church 07966 028 046 Trinity URC, Henleaze www.trinityhenleazeurc.org.uk 0117 962 9713 The Community Church, WoT www.the-community-church.net 0117 946 6807 St Edyth’s Church, Sea Mills www.stedyths.org.uk, 0117 968 6965

Postal Services Westbury on Trym Post Office 9am - 5.30pm Mon to Fri, 9am - 4pm Sat Henleaze Post Office 8.30am - 6pm Mon to Sat Sea Mills Post Office 9am - 5.30pm Mon to Fri, 9am to 12.30pm Sat Stoke Bishop Post Office (in Spar) 7.00am to 8.00pm Mon to Sat, 7.00am to 5.00pm Sun Westbury on Trym Parcel Collection 8 - 3 Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri, 8 - 8 Wed, 7-2 Sat Late Post - there is a late post box at the main Post Office sorting depot on the A38 at Filton. Currently the late post is at 7pm.

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The Silver Line is the new and only free confidential helpline providing information, friendship and advice to older people - open 24 hours a day every day of the year. Call anytime on 0800 4 70 80 90.

The Household Waste and Recycling Centre on Kingsweston Lane, Avonmouth for pretty much everything. The Avonmouth centre has now reverted to Winter hours, 8.00am to 4.15pm, 7 days a week.

Bin day collection calendars can be accessed via the Bristol Waste website - www. bristolwastecompany.co.uk/bins-and-recyclingcollection-days. You can also order a hard copy calendar from this web-page.

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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.

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Avon Gorge and Downs Wildlife Project - Spring events Saturday 23rd February - Origami animals (Course). Join local origami artist Tony O’Hare for a hands-on and fun workshop to learn how to fold a variety of mammals, birds and other wildlife found on the Avon Gorge and Downs.

Create robins, peregrines, foxes, goats, hedgehogs, butterflies and more. Suitable for total beginners, all materials provided. 10.00am - 4.00pm, £30.00 (includes materials). NB: This event is aimed at adults. At Bristol Zoo Gardens.

There is black and white evidence of my first visit to Bristol - it was 1967, we visited the Zoo and I experienced the biggest ice cream of my short life to that point. I’m pictured sitting on the Downs with a face full of vanilla. I don’t remember the visit. I do though remember my second visit - in 1980 to see the mesmerising Warren Mitchell play Willy Loman in “Death of a Salesman” at the Hippodrome. The performance was memorable, as was the fact that Bristol city centre looked just like it did in the detective fiction series “Shoestring” which was filmed here and airing on the Beeb at that time. Equally memorable that day was my first Portway drive, along the Avon Gorge and under the illuminated Suspension Bridge. Nearly forty years on and I still find the Downs and the Gorge magical. And yet, as I suspect many of us do, I probably take the natural beauty of north Bristol a little for granted. Certainly I don’t spend as much time exploring or enjoying the area on foot as I should, despite the plethora of activities and opportunities presented to us. Maybe this year I’ll get out and about there more.

Saturday 2nd March - Meet the Avon Gorge goat keeper (Walk). Search for our herd of goats on this strenuous walk in the Gully. Along the way, find out how they’re helping to make space for the rare plants of the Avon Gorge.

10.30am - 12.00pm, £5.00. NB: There are very, very steep slopes and uneven ground on this walk.

On the Downs.

Tuesday 12th March - Helping hedgehogs (Talk). In the past decade hedgehog numbers have fallen by a third in urban areas. Emily Wilson will reveal how the ‘Hedgehog Street’ campaign is seeking to conserve this iconic species and empower the British public to help hedgehogs.

Whether you put out some food, link up your gardens with ‘hedgehog highways’ or report sightings you can help bring these animals back from the brink. The Hedgehog Street campaign is run by the People’s Trust for Endangered Species and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society.

7.00pm - 8.00pm, £5.00.

At Bristol Zoo Gardens.

Venue accessible to wheelchair users. Hearing loop in place.

If you are interested in finding out more about the Gorge and Downs then you could do worse than taking advantage of the talks, walks and courses put on each year by the Avon Gorge and Downs Wildlife Project. To whet your appetite here are a few of the events planned over the next couple of months.

Friday 15th February (Talk) - Urban peregrines. Over the past 20 years Ed Drewitt has been studying the lives of urban peregrine falcons. Throughout this beautifully illustrated talk he will explore what makes these birds tick, why they are using our towns and cities and what we are finding out about them through studying their diet. He’ll also reveal what his colour-ringing studies tell us about where the young birds go to when they leave the nest. 7.00pm - 8.00pm, £5.00. At Bristol Zoo Gardens.

Venue accessible to wheelchair users. Hearing loop in place.

Saturday 30th March - Birdsong on the Downs (Course). Learn how to identify birds from their song with Ed Drewitt.After a multimedia introduction to the birds you’re likely to see and hear, our expert will lead you on a walk to identify birds ‘in the field’. 10.00am - 3.30pm, £25.00. At Bristol Zoo Gardens and on the Downs.

Thursday 21st February - Build a birdfeeder (Children’s event for 8 – 12 year olds). Have lots of fun finding out about the birds that live on the Downs in our ‘Which bird am I?’ and ‘Beaks and feeds’ games. In the afternoon create a couple of brilliant birdfeeders made from willow with artist Sarah Edwards. Drop off children at 10am and pick them up at 3.30pm. £17.50 per child. At Bristol Zoo Gardens and on the Downs.

Pre-booking for all these events is essential. Book with the Avon Gorge & Downs Wildlife Project, at Bristol Zoo, on 0117 9030609 or e-mail mleivers@ bristolzoo.org.uk www.avongorge.org.uk

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With an online booking facility, state of the art boot fitting devices, free coffee and a heli-skiing VR experience, the Boot Lab is set to revolutionise ski boot fitting in Bristol and the South West.

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Quiz Time - Politics and General Knowledge 1. Who presented Question Time before David Dimbleby (below)?

1. In what year were white tennis balls last used at Wimbledon?

2. Name the only UK Prime Minister to be assassinated.

2. Creatively, if you are a “pargeter” what medium would you be working in?

3. Who said he had “climbed to the top of the greasy pole!” when he became Prime Minister?

3. Which of the eight planets in our solar system are closest to each other in size?

4. Name the capital cities of a) Poland, b) Peru, and c) Philippines.

4. Name the oldest ever UK Prime Minister . . .

5. Name the five US Space Shuttles that flew operational flights.

5. ... and the youngest ever UK Prime Minister.

6. Who is depicted on the current UK £20 bank note - and who will replace them on the new £20 note to be introduced in 2020?

6. Who was UK Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War II? 7. Who was the Leader of the Oppostition during the Falklands War?

7. Name the largest island in Europe.

8. What colour are the benches in the House of Lords?

8. Festively, what links Lily Allen (below), Tom Odell (also below), Elbow and Sir Elton John?

9. What unique transport-related fate befell William Huskisson MP (below) in Newton-le-Willows on 15th September 1830?

9. What is the first name of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex? (Meghan is her middle name).

10. What was the exact wording of the question on the 2016 EU (Brexit) referendum paper?

10. Which metal has the chemical symbol of V?

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Protecting against fraud

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

In this instalment, I will be sharing some top tips for fighting senior fraud.

Having partnered with national scam awareness charity, Think Jessica, Home Instead has a public education programme to advise older people on how to protect themselves from falling victim fraud.

Unfortunately, criminals who use email, telephone and post to steal their victims’ life savings, personal banking information and other assets, often prey in particular on the elderly as they see them as easy targets. Working with older people in our local community, we know all too well the devastating effects this can have on them, both financially and emotionally.

Here are our top 5 fraud fighting tips: Consider having a second set of eyes look over post and e-mails if you are unsure of the legitimacy of anything you receive.

Never divulge personal information or bank details in a call or e-mail which you did not expect or initiate – genuine callers, including your bank, will never ask for sensitive information over the phone or via e-mail.

Never send cash or money transfers to a stranger, even if it is to claim a ‘free prize’. Remember, if it’s too good to be true, it usually is!

Don’t be afraid to stop a caller if they are trying to sell something that is not wanted. Use phrases like “I never buy anything over the phone” or simply “I’m sorry, I’m going to have to hang up.”

A secure web address where you’re asked to enter personal information should always start: https://. Websites which start http:// (without the ‘s’) are not secure.

If you would like a Think Jessica booklet about scam awareness please call Home Instead Senior Care on 0117 989 8210, write to us at Home Instead Senior Care, 33 Southmead Road, Bristol BS10 5DW or email John.Moore@homeinstead.co.uk

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Looking forward to delivering more outstanding care in 2019 Consistent, thoughtful care, delivered by kind and compassionate people.

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The IT Surgery - Russell Isaac Stay in control of your mobile data

data. By default, they will all be enabled, but you can switch them off here so they only work when connected to Wi-Fi.

Many of my clients have been mystified recently as to why their new smartphones have gobbled up their monthly data allowance in frighteningly quick time. Fact is, the majority of all the apps on the phone are busy using up data all the time the phone is on. And if you’re not connected to WIFI then the phone will use your mobile data allowance - unless you tell it otherwise.

Change settings within apps Some apps have their own settings which restrict particular functions to Wi-Fi only. An example is Dropbox, which can be a big data hog. It’s a similar story with Twitter and Facebook too. Check your other apps for similar settings. iPhone - Disable Background App Refresh

Here are some easy ways to cut down on the amount of data your smart-phone uses.

Background App Refresh is a great feature if you like your apps to show the latest information when you open them. However, this can needlessly burn through mobile data if you don’t regularly open those apps. Stop this happening by launching Settings > General and scrolling down to Background App Refresh. Here you can disable the feature altogether, or prevent specific apps from updating in the background.

Track your data usage.

Specific settings may vary from phone to phone, but generally, if you go to Settings, > Mobile, then scroll down to Mobile Data Usage, you’ll see a track of your current usage. Some mobile operators offer their own apps which keep a track of your usage.

IPhones - Turn off Wi-Fi Assist Wi-Fi Assist, automatically switches to cellular data when the Wi-Fi signal is poor. It’s a good idea to check whether this is enabled. Go to Settings >Cellular and ensure Wi-Fi Assist is disabled.

Turn off mobile data It might sound obvious, but the easiest way to cut down on mobile data use is to enable it only when you need it. Go to settings and you can switch it completely on or off as required.

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... is a regular open public meeting for local residents to hear about what’s going on, ask questions and influence what happens in our area. The October meeting was in Sea Mills and the next meeting will be on Friday 1 Feb 2019 in Stoke Bishop Village Hall. Doors open 6.30 pm for a prompt 7pm start. Lots of topics are covered, including a briefing from the police on local crime and crime prevention and statements from our local councillors. Our local MP Darren Jones will be also speaking on local issues.

The Mayor has made a pledge that Bristol will be measurably cleaner by 2020. He has offered 200 days of dedicated Community Payback time to deliver clean-up improvements to communities across Bristol. We want to use some of these days!

There will also be discussions on how public money from S.106 agreements and the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) should be spent on making improvements in our ward area.

Community Payback benefits local communities like ours. Offenders pay back for the crimes they have committed. Offenders work as part of a team or on an individual placement and are monitored.

Community Payback are able to do projects such as litter picking and fly tipping removal, painting out graffiti, cutting back overgrown foliage or redecorating community centres.

Local organisations are welcome to come and speak to the Forum to get their message out to the area.

What do you need to do to? Simply email stokebishopforum@aol.com with the location and what’s needed. If you could send photos then this would help us to identify location and the size of the job.

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In the Garden with Cathy Lewis Cyclamen brighten up winter days with their dainty swept-back flowers and marbled leaves.

These tuberous perennials bloom when most other plants are dormant and, of the 23 species, there are plants to suit both home and garden. The species sold as houseplants are cultivars of Cylamen persicum, which is not fully hardy. However tougher varieties such as Cyclamen hederifolium and Cyclamen coum are more than happy in our winter gardens.

The name cyclamen is derived from the Greek word for circle, referring to its disk-shaped root tuber. Its common name is Sowbread because the tubers look like loaves and pigs love to eat them. Indeed, there are records as far back as ancient Egypt of tubers being used as fodder. Early herbalists used the plants to treat a variety of ailments. Cyclamen coum petals were also used in tea and its roots made into a form of snuff to cure baldness.

Cyclamen roots are a powerful fish poison and were once used as a stunning agent in fishing.

Cyclamen coum (left) cheers up gardens from January to March. The leaves usually appear in autumn and are kidney shaped with pretty markings.

Cyclamen hederifolium flowers in early autumn followed by marbled foliage that provides attractive groundcover through winter into spring. Both produce seed cases held on curled stems which spiral down to soil level. Once split, the seeds are exposed and often dispersed by ants attracted by their sugary coating.

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One way to tell the difference between the two species’ tubers is by the roots - C. coum’s only grow from the base whereas C. hederifolium tubers have roots coming from the top and sides. It is best not to plant the two together as C. hederifolium spreads more quickly and will soon take over.

Both these hardy cyclamen can be very long-lived – up to 100 years old –producing hundreds of flowers on a single tuber each year. I have some C. hederifolium tubers the size of side plates in my garden, but another garden nearby has a spectacular display of flowers with huge, gnarled tubers the size of dinner plates growing in the most inhospitable areas, including deep shade and exposed rock crevices.

Generally, hardy cyclamen require some shade in summer and will be happiest in humus-rich soil. C. hederifolium in particular can thrive in corners of the garden where nothing else will grow. Cyclamen grown as houseplants require somewhere cool and airy. Water them sparingly but regularly over winter until spring and then leave them virtually dry over summer to mirror their native Mediterranean summer. Start watering again in autumn and the plants should revive and flower again.

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Finance Matters - Phil James Looking forward in 2019!

through 2019. Interest rates are in a ‘low but rising’ phase. So have a look at what your bank are paying as interest. The most competitive instant access accounts are paying about 1.5%, lock savings away for 1 year and you could get c.2% or through an accessible Cash ISA you may get about 1.2%. (thisismoney.co.uk - 12/12/18)

It’s that time of year when the papers will be full of predictions about the coming 12 months, more often than not under an attention seeking headline! I’m writing this several weeks before the end of 2018, in a week of so much political uncertainty and I am in no doubt that ‘short term predictions’ on many financial aspects are perhaps more difficult to call, than they have been in recent memory. So, forgive me for focussing on perhaps more predictable expectations for the coming 12 months.

Sluggish House Market I can’t see this changing until there is more certainty with the short term outlook. For most people it’s the ‘biggest decision’ and therefore if they have a choice about buying or selling they may defer such decisions.

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Stock Market Volatility November saw falls in global stock markets brought about mainly because of global trade concerns between the U.S. and China.

Volatility will continue throughout 2019, but this can present opportunities as well as a need for caution. Taking your cash out after a dip will confirm a loss. Reminding yourself that it is a medium - long term investment and sitting tight will not. It’s a fact that investing for 5 years or longer, can significantly reduce losses, that’s why the medium-long term phrase actually is true. Ask yourself if you really need the money now? Review where your money is held. Is it invested diversely or are you relying too much on an asset class or fund, whose best days are in the past? Review your risk tolerance and avoid hasty decisions. The opportunities? That’s about adding to investments after a dip or investing monthly, rather than as a lump sum.

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…are expected to increase in 2019. There is a price cap from January 2019 which will help those who have been on variable tariffs, but because wholesale prices have been increasing any benefit may be short-lived Emergency Fund Finally with so much uncertainty, a very basic suggestion that we should all consider.

Do we have enough capital acting as an emergency fund? With volatility in currency rates and stock markets as well as the very likely increase in costs associated with living, having that rainy day fund is all important. As a household that has had to pay for boiler repairs and unexpected car servicing costs in what has been an expensive week, I am mindful of the benefit of having some money put away for the unexpected.

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Charity News Are you involved with a local charity? Fundraising for a great local cause? Want to raise the profile of an organisation doing good that is close to your heart? If so do please get in touch and we’ll give you and them a shout out. Just email your stories and news in to andy@bcmagazines and, space permitting, we’ll do the rest.

BS9 Co op Members raise over £15,000 for local charities!

Dementia Action Alliance, Elmlea Junior School and Home Start Bristol this year.

Across the country in November 2018, the Co op was celebrating its members raising over £19 million for local community causes.

Here in Bristol, Greg Yuill, Area Manager, commented, “We are proud to contribute around £180k to organisations and community groups in the city making a difference to our communities.”

Meanwhile, the Co op Food and Funeralcare branches in Stoke Lane and Westbury – on – Trym have raised over £15,000 for Above and Beyond, a charity supporting the Children’s Hospital, Southmead Development Trust who are creating new walkways around Southmead and Badocks Wood, and Marmalade Trust.

Marmalade Trust is a superb local Bristol charity, which organises Christmas lunches and festive cheer for people of all ages, who may otherwise be on their own at Christmas time. Venues around Bristol include the Post Office Tavern in Westbury – on – Trym.

Natalie Wheeler from Marmalade Trust stated, “We are so grateful to the Co op local cause initiative and the wonderful members who chose to support us. With the money raised we will bring joy and companionship to over 150 people who would otherwise be alone on Christmas Day. All guests will join us for a festive lunch and be given a gift, but more importantly they’ll spend the day with others and have a chance to make friendships.”

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The money has been raised by the Co op members. If you are a Co op member, every time you shop at the Co op and swipe your membership card, 5% of your spend on Co op products is put into an account for you to spend at a later date. 1% is donated to local community charities, enabling the Co op to donate over £19 million this year! Wow! If you would like to become a Co op member or choose your local cause, please visit www. coop.co.uk/membership The Co op is always very keen to support local community groups. If you know of any local causes that we could help and support, please email Jo Hewitt (Member Pioneer) on jo-anne.hewitt@ coopmembers.co.uk We are looking forward to hearing from you soon and seeing you at our upcoming local community events, details to follow!

Thank you so much to all of our Co op members in Westbury – on – Trym for raising over £15,000 for fabulous local causes!

WORKING TOGETHER TO END HOMELESSNESS

Around half of Emmaus Bristol’s income is generated by its social enterprises which are focused on the re-use and recycling of unwanted household items. Emmaus runs three shops in Bristol – in Stokes Croft, Bedminster and Bishopston, an online eBay store and a successful House Clearance Service. The House Clearance Service, operated by fully-trained and insured companions, generates purposeful work during the day as well as much needed income for the charity.

Shelter1 estimates that one in every 170 people in Bristol is homeless. It’s a frightening statistic that includes sofa-surfers, families having to live in unsuitable temporary accommodation such as B&Bs, as well as rough sleepers. The figure is the equivalent of 11 audience members at The Bristol Hippodrome, or 159 football fans at a full Ashton Gate stadium.

“We understand that we’re clearing out people’s personal items, sometimes seeing them exactly how they left them. We are sympathetic to that”. Member of the House Clearance team.

The challenges faced by people who have faced homelessness don’t end with the provision of a roof for the night. Emmaus Bristol supports people to move on from homelessness by providing a home, work, companionship and a space to regain self-respect, confidence and self-reliance while living in a supportive community setting. Our slogan “working together to end homelessness” reflects the communal effort involved in both rebuilding lives and sustaining the organisation.

HOUSE CLEARANCE SERVICE Emmaus Bristol’s House Clearance Service has developed in response to customers’ requirements, whether they are downsizing or moving on from bereavment. The courteous, attentive and professional service gives customers the reassurance that their much-loved effects will be valued and put to good use to be enjoyed by others. The aim is to reuse or recycle as many items as possible, using landfill only for those items well beyond their usefulness.

People who join the Emmaus Bristol community - known as ‘companions’ – work to help provide for themselves and for others. Being part of the community and working together to operate real, tangible enterprises give their lives stability and purpose. One current companion told us: “Making a contribution to the business helps repair your spirit, and you can regain your self-esteem and confidence at your own pace.” Another, who has since moved on into full-time work and a flat of his own said “The routine and purpose of daily work was like ballast to a boat. My life is started to stabilise, which in turn meant I could focus more on steering in the direction I wanted to go.”

Following a recent clearance, one customer got in touch with this comment: “Thanks for your help in clearing my mother’s property.

I really appreciated your prompt response… and helpfulness of your crew during the actual clearance.” Sue, November 2018 If you, or someone you know, might be considering a house clearance, be assured that Emmaus Bristol will understand your needs, offer no-nonsense, no-obligation advice with a clear, up-front pricing structure so customers know what to expect on the day.

There is no time frame for moving on from the Emmaus community. Each companion contributes to the community until they are ready to move on to independence; supported by staff who organise training and work experience opportunities, and guidance on issues from mental health to debt management.

For more information contact Xanne via socialenterprise@emmausbristol.org.uk or call 0117 954 0886 and select option 2 (1 - Shelter, October 2017)

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Traditionally the Amethyst birthstone is associated with a number of different properties including stability, peace, courage, balance, sincerity, inner strength and calm disposition. It is also believed by some that the February birthstone is known to have tremendous healing properties.

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This BS9 Life - Duncan Haskell Try as I might not to fall victim to cliché and stereotype, January is a time of year when I can’t quite help it. After the excess of the festive period, not helped by the fact that we were able to convince the family to swap out Christmas pudding (the most evil of all the puds) for a sticky toffee number this year, it’s now time to think once again of exercise and diet.

You’d think that 2½ hours of walking the dog would be more than enough, but a lot of that time is spent standing about waiting for her to return from her latest squirrel hunt, or standing about waiting for her to roll in whatever ungodly mess she’s taken a fancy to on that particular day, or standing about waiting for her to get intimately acquainted with the rear end of every other canine in the area. It turns out that dog walks are often for everything other than actually walking.

Having completely ignored it for at least a month, my attention has returned to my pedometer and the daily challenge of managing at least 10,000 steps. I’m not helped by the fact that my work office is less than 10 paces from my bedroom and is only a few more from the kitchen.

Then of course there’s the complimentary January diet. Where the delights of a cheeseboard are replaced with the dismay of a celery stick. Nuts are no longer for roasting, no honey or sugar coating allowed anywhere near them, instead they are to be “au naturel” and added to a (low fat) yoghurt for breakfast.

I know this because I’ve returned to seeing life exclusively in steps – such as the 350 it takes to get from the front door to the petrol station (which can be stretched out to 500 if I cross the road one set of traffic lights further up). Every little detour is a crucial stage on my 10,000 step journey and on those days where I end up in the 9,000s I pace around the house in the wee small hours until I have reached that triumphant landmark.

Thankfully February is just round the corner, a month in which it’s perfectly acceptable to tuck into that first Cadbury’s Cream Egg of 2019 – especially if I do three laps of the chocolate aisle before making my purchase!

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Council Talk - Peter & John Reporting Cllr. Peter Abraham and Cllr. John Goulandris serve you on Bristol City Council for the Stoke Bishop Ward covering Sneyd Park and Sea Mills

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Stoke Lodge update : Petition “Sense Not Fence” has reached 3,500 signatures and will be debated at Full Council on March 19th at 6pm. Come and join us. A fresh TVG application has now been registered. We will report back on developments. John & Peter continue to press Cotham School to sit down with community representatives to see if a compromise can be agreed, which will allow shared - fence free - future use of Stoke Lodge.

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Student parking in residential roads is still causing a problem. Hall car parks are empty whilst our streets are blocked with students cars. It’s crazy! We are working with adjoining ward colleagues to keep the pressure on Bristol University to act now.

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Work on the amended parking restrictions for Sneyd Park/ Downs have been agreed and work is planned to start in March 2019.

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2019 is the centenary of Sea Mills ; watch this space for details of celebratory events.

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Developments in divorce law

herself in the future instead of having an ongoing joint lives maintenance order.

Be warned, 42 % of post 1960 marriages end in divorce and the family courts are becoming less generous in their division of the family assets.

As to the divorce process it is to be hoped that the Government’s plans for no-fault separation will simplify things and be less emotional for the couple and so avoid costly and stressful divorces based on blame.

The Government is considering a radical measure to remove blame from divorce, creating just one reason for a split: the irretrievable breakdown of a marriage. New rules are due this year.

It is still possible to have a “good” divorce. The below list shows how this might be achieved:

On the financial side the courts are taking a harder line when they deal with ongoing maintenance.In one case the court ruled that an ex-wife could not expect her former husband to pay twice for her housing costs if she were to lose her first lump sum through mismanagement.

• Be sure it is what you really want. Relationships go through rocky patches. Couples counselling is a must: if you still agree it’s over, an amicable separation is more likely.

• Acrimonious divorces often occur when spouses aren’t emotionally ready. Don’t rush the process.

In another case it was ruled that a wife was not • Be realistic about what you may be entitled to in entitled to more maintenance from her ex-husband, terms of money and the children. Most cases that on the ground (she argued) that she had helped end up in court do so because one person is trying build his future earning potential by sacrificing her for an unrealistic outcome. More than 90pc of cases career during their 20‑year marriage. are resolved without the need for a judge.

• Too many parents put children in the crossfire.

The divorce rate among older people, is now higher Prioritising their needs and feelings will stand them than when it last peaked in the Nineties. With this in good stead. Making them take sides will cause rise of “silver splitters”, fighting over assets acquired lasting emotional harm. when fewer women had independent wealth, • Don’t view your spouse as the enemy – often coinciding with a tougher stance on settlements, you’ll have an enduring bond as parents. individuals need to change the way they navigate • Divorce is not a commercial negotiation with the choppy waters of modern divorce. winners and losers; it is about fairness and pragmatism. Be open about what you want and be The courts will no longer routinely order spousal ready to compromise. maintenance for life. Both parties now face an • Agree how finances and childcare will work on expectation to maximise their incomes and earning an interim basis while the long-term settlement is capacities. under discussion. Many people, angry or thinking they are smart, withhold financial support or In the past the court would err on the side of caution overspend, or become more hands-on with the for the financially weaker party but judges are now children or restrict the other’s access. None of this being far more robust. Not infrequently a court makes any difference. orders that a wife should receive a lump sum to fund • Many people can’t afford full (if any) legal representation. But this needn’t mean Email: enquiries@lyonslaw.co.uk a bad divorce.

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Good Reads - Bruce Fellows’ book recommendations William Boyd’s excellent novel Love is Blind tells the story of Brodie Moncur, who roves the world as a piano tuner. Of course he wouldn’t get far now but his time is before and after the turn of the twentieth century when people made their own entertainment. Once he’s escaped from his foul preacher father, he joins the Edinburgh piano firm of Channon and his perfect pitch brings him advancement. He’s soon off around Europe where he finds love and danger. This is a compelling read, full of period authenticity with a moving and exciting story of love and revenge and of course, pianos, too.

If you merely watch cycle racing and don’t race yourself, your life is shockingly empty according to Tim Krabbe. How empty, you’ll find out with a reading of The Rider, his gripping novel that’s as fast-paced as the bike race we follow: the 137 kilometre Tour de Mont Aigoual. Kilometre by kilometre we suffer with Krabbe as he strains up hills, overtakes and is overtaken, describes and analyses his opponents: good guys and villains, remembers great riders of the past, Bahamontes, Anquetil, Coppi. First published in 1978 and now out again, it’s a wonderful tale, as exhilarating as a downhill chase to the finish line.

America! What’s it really like now? What’s the truth behind the news?

BBC correspondent Jon Sopel gives us his version in If Only They Didn’t Speak English, a commentary that grips and speeds along like a thriller and is simply impossible to stop reading. Under ten separate chapter headings he tells us for example why despite regular mass shootings there will never be any reform of the gun laws; how God has grown in importance for Americans; the continuing divisiveness of race.

And of course, Donald Trump and his idiosyncratic style of government are crucial to the story. This book is not to be missed.

In Sally Rooney’s superb novel Normal People, poor boy Connell’s mother cleans the house of the mother of rich girl Marianne. The kids are at school together in a small Irish town and share an unusual relationship; their differences seem to bring them together. They are the cleverest in the school and go off to university. You long for them to become a happy and solid unit but they are awkward and often misunderstand one another; through it all though each always cares for the other. This is a totally gripping, heartbreaking and resolutely perceptive description of a relationship between unusual but still normal people.

In After the Party, Cressida Connolly’s page-turning new novel, Phyllis returns from Belgium with her family in 1938 to settle on the South coast near her sisters, Nina and Patricia. It’s not all plain-sailing of course. Families, eh? Nina is a supporter of Oswald Mosley and quickly persuades everyone to share her point of view. Only Phyllis and her husband Hugh suffer the consequences though. Events after a party also deeply affect Phyllis. This is a tale of money, class and snobbery as well as a remarkable evocation of a period, and the sympathetic depiction of Mosley and his ideas is fascinating. A great read.

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“buildings of exceptional interest.” Others in Bristol include: St Mary Redcliffe, The Red Lodge, Clifton Suspension Bridge and Bristol Temple Meads Station.

30 January 1607 One of the most destructive floods in the recorded history of Britain took place when the coastal defences of the Bristol Channel broke at around noon – flooding parts of Devon, Somerset, Gloucestershire and South Wales (a total of 450 miles of coastline). It is estimated that up to 2,000 people drowned during the incident. Entire villages were also swept away and 200 square miles of farmland was destroyed.

7 January 1790 With an abundant local water supply aiding the profession, fellmongering and leather trading had long been established in the city and on 7 January 1790 a Thursday market for tanned leather was established at Leather Hall, Welsh Back, while Wednesdays and Saturdays saw raw hides, calves skins and unwrought tanned leather also sold there. Around the same time, John Thomas set up Britain’s second coloured Morocco leather works at Broad Weir.

9 January 1980 Bristol Cars launched The Beaufighter, a 140mph turbocharged car claimed to have the highest acceleration of any four-seat automatic in the world. Named after a Second World War night fighter, the car could go for 0 / 60mph in 6.7 seconds. The cost of the Beaufighter was £38,000, making it one of the most expensive cars available in Britain at the time. The company’s total output was three cars a week, with each of them being hand built and taking four months to complete.

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Bristol Cathedral is designated a Grade I listed building by Historic England, with the neighbouring Cathedral School being Grade II on the same date. There are 100 Grade 1 buildings in the city the oldest of which is St James Priory, founded in 1129 (Bristol Cathedral is the second oldest). Grade I structures are those considered to be, 40

12 January 1972 Having been closed for renovations and refurbishment between 3 May 1970 and 11 January 1972, Bristol Old Vic officially reopened. Performances had been transferred to the Little Theatre and Bath Theatre Royal.

The first show on the new main stage was a musical performance of George Rowell’s Trelawny starring Ian Richardson. In attendance were the Lord Mayor of Bristol and Alderman Mrs Helen Bloom. A ticket for the stalls cost £1.00.

13 – 16 January 2005 The first Slapstick Film Festival took place

On This Day In Bristory at Colston Hall, with guests including Neil Brand, Gunter A Buchwald, Peter Lord, Paul Merton, Paul McGann, The Matinee Idles, David Robinson (film critic) and David Wyatt.

Following the showcase event, the Evening Post hailed the festival as,“the start of another great Bristol institution.” This year will be the 15th edition of the festival.

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Sport 7 January 1805 Tom Cribb, a bare-knuckle boxer originally from Bristol, had his first fight. Taking place in Wood Green, Middlesex, he defeated George Maddox. Cribb went on to be British champion in 1810, before a win over Tom Molineaux (over 35 rounds) saw him win the world title.

A legend exists that Cribbs Causeway was named after Tom, but alas the current name existed four years prior to his birth.

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Mark McGhee was appointed Bristol Rovers manager – the club’s sixth manager in thirteen months, after Paul Trollope, Darren Patterson (caretaker), Dave Penney, Stuart Campbell (caretaker) and Paul Buckle. McGhee’s first match in charge was a 2-0 victory away against Cheltenham Town. Despite leading Rovers to League Two safety in his first season, McGhee was sacked on 15 December 2012 with the club second from bottom of the league.

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Working alone “Everyone who comes though my door is just a problem on legs” was how a former work colleague of mine described his staff when lamenting his dislike for the man-management elements of his role as a senior manager.

The expression has stuck with me, and even though I didn’t, and still wouldn’t, agree with him in any meaningful way, his unusual choice of words does remind me still of how little I too enjoyed the personnel issues that came with being a manager. The psychometric tests that seemed all the rage back in the 90’s (and may still be, for all I know) sought to put every worker into a category, based upon their personal traits, motivations and characters - ideas people, starter-finishers, leaders, etc.

The logic of this seemed to me to be that you could then assemble your staff into groups comprising the right types of people to optimise performance - a team of all the talents. As is often the case, fine in theory but rubbish in practise - ask any manager or leader and I suspect in most cases they will tell you they inherited the majority of their staff rather than selected them, and as a result had to make do with what they had.You rarely start with an empty office in which to put all the people you’d love to employ.

“Where’s he going with this?” I hear you ask.

Bear with....

I ended up managing a team of people who were known as “the team from hell”. Why I got the job was open to debate - some kind people might have said that I was the right person for the job (and those same kind people might even have said I had a good crack at it) but I always felt that with age, experience and longevity came the inevitability that one day it would be my turn to become a manager - and that when my turn eventually came I ended up being sold a pup. Don’t get me wrong, all of my colleagues / team members had their own qualities in isolation, but put them all together and they fought like cats in a sack - positive team dynamics went out of the window in favour of personnel control.

industry I was in knowing, in my mind, that managing other people was way, way down the list of things I enjoyed about being employed by somebody else. I liked working with people but didn’t like supervising or motivating them.

So, self employment seemed to me to be a sensible way forward, even though another round of psychometric tests given to me by a careers adviser when I branched out on my own suggested I’d be best off working in a team in a non-commercial organisation. Thankfully I ignored the “expert”. That was thirteen years ago now, and of late I’ve been taking stock of where I am now as a self employed person.

I’m not sure I could go back to working in an office environment, certainly not one like the one I used to inhabit. Indeed for all I know such places might be rare nowadays advances in technology and communications over the last decade or so will have made remote working, working from home, flexible work hours and the like commonplace. No, I think self employement will see me through to the day that I don the slippers for good and shut the office door here in my house for the final time. I like being in the office on my own, choosing what time to start and end work for the day. Choosing whether to punctuate that day with a snooze, with a blast of loud music, with another coffee break. I love the flexibility that self employement offers - if not the extended hours that seem inevitably to go with running your own business. And I love not having to manage anybody else - heaven knows it’s hard enough to manage myself!

However . . . . . everything comes at a price and the price of working on your own is isolation.

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Working alone The aforementioned developments in the way in which we communicate with each other mean that face to face interaction with customers and suppliers, while still desirable, is by no means technically necessary anymore.

I know of someone who produces three monthly community magazines like this for the Norfolk area who is based in Barcelona - loving it and doing a very good job of it. For me though that wouldn’t be an option - nor would I want it to be. I like to meet people and those of you who know me will be aware I don’t mind a chat! Which goes against the risk of isolating myself that working from home brings.

I’ve sort of realised that this potential for isolation caused by self-employment has become more of an issue for me as I get older and more comfortable in myself - and that it is something that I’m increasingly keen to avoid.

Work-related isolation seems to me to come in two forms - a) physical isolation, being in a room or office at home on your own, and b) professional isolation, not having work colleagues around to share ideas with, be a sounding board and a sanity check.

Next month I’ll put some thoughts down about the physical isolation side of things, but first of all I wanted to explore the isolation that comes from not having a team of people around you. People that you can pitch ideas to, get business advice from, have a whinge at, seek opinions from and generally enjoy and take advantage of the face to face communication that cannot be replicated by Google, chatbots and webinars.

do everything in the business this cuts off the opportunity to make those contacts and meet those people who are a great antidote to this professional isolation.

There are solutions however. One really useful way I’ve found of tackling this aspect of social/professional isolation has to been to join Anne Miller’s Mastermind business group.

Regular readers of the magazine will have seen Anne’s interesting monthly articles on a variety of business coaching issues.

This is a regular monthly commitment where we meet with the same small group of business owners. Here we can talk in confidence about one or more of the many issues we might be grappling with. There’s a strong sense of support amongst the members as we all encourage and celebrate each other’s achievements (something we often forget to do when we’re working on our own!) Anne uses an approach where we all get time to share our issue and she and the other members help us to get some clarity on it before we ask the group for ideas or to give the benefit of their experience (if we want this). Knowing I have the others to hold me to account (in a nice way) on the actions I set for myself also helps. You have to be self-motivated if you’re running your own business but keeping that motivation strong throughout all the challenges can wear you down - it really helps to know that others understand what you’re up against and that you can share your successes too.

It’s often surprising and reassuring to realise how many issues we have in common even though our businesses are all different. Next month I’ll outline a few I’ve encountered, and look further at ways of countering the professional isolation that can come from working along.

When you are an employee you can be the master of a trade but don’t need to be the jack of them all - that is what team mates and support functions are all about. When you are self employed you have, far more, to be the master of all trades - even if at times it feels as if you are the jack of just a few. Certainly you can buy in expertise - legal advice, bookkeeping services, IT support etc - but that option may be constrained by finance or an unwillingness so subcontract things out. For someone like me who genuinely prefers to

Until then enjoy your work - wherever you are doing it and whoever you are doing it with.

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At the Cinema - Chris Worthington The Wild Pear Tree

Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan This excellent film is set in a small provincial town in Turkey. The title is taken from the wild pear trees growing on the surrounding hillsides and it is also the title of a book written by the main character Sinan Karasu, played by Gogu Demirkol. At the start of the film Sinan has just returned to his home town having graduated from college. He is doing the rounds of meeting his proud parents and grandparents and meeting up again with friends from school. His home town is an untidy sort of place with an uneasy mix of urban and rural and traditional and modern.

Throughout the film he is a troubled soul trying to come to terms with a world that he imagined he had left behind but it gradually and painfully draws him back in.

His father is a primary school teacher but he is a gambling addict leaving his family in poverty and his local reputation in tatters. He owns a plot of land where he is digging a well to irrigate the land and start a farm but despite his efforts the well remains dry and his grand plans are doomed to failure.

Sinan meets with up with Hatice (Hazar Erguclu), a beautiful charismatic older woman who also dreams of getting away. They are clearly attracted to each other but neither of them makes a move. It ends when Sinan gets into a fight with a rival for the hand of Hatice.

It seems that he cannot escape the past.

Sinan tries to persuade his father to give up gambling but this only leads to bitter and wildly irrational arguments in the family. The book that he has written consists of some amateur philosophy and reflections on the place where he grew up but his ideas are half formed and

he spends a lot of time wandering aimlessly around the local countryside. However he is determined to the get the book published and he sets off on the bus to a larger town to visit a bookshop. There he runs into a local author and asks for advice on writing the book. This leads to a heated argument and he is told to “just go away and write it.” His next move is to try to get some money from the local mayor who listens sympathetically but also turns him down.

Sinan continues to have casual meetings with his school friends but is not engaged with them and fails to contribute very much to a protracted and eloquent discussion on morality and Islam. Still uncertain of what to do next and with limited career options he joins the army for a short time but on his return he finds that nothing much has changed either in his home town of in himself. His mother is filled with happiness when he self publishes the book but it is not a commercial success. However his father reads the book and this contributes to their reconciliation at the end of the film.

The film is slow moving and over three hours long but it is totally captivating, with brilliant use of the “show don’t tell” principle and unexpected changes in the storyline. Other films by the director that are also set in remote places in Turkey are Once Upon a Time in Anatolia and Winter Sleep.

Not many films made in the UK are of this quality or portray contemporary society in such graphic detail.

I’d be happy to see more Turkish films screened.

Chris Worthington chrisworthington32@yahoo.com

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Broken Promises and Property Rights – Where Do You Stand?

An Example Michael has two adult children, Jane and Mary. Michael becomes seriously ill and promises Jane that if she moves in with him and becomes his fulltime carer, she will inherit the family home on his death. Jane quits her job and moves in with her father to care for him. When Michael passes away years later, his will leaves the family home to Jane’s sister, Mary. Jane may be successful in bringing a proprietary estoppel claim, against her late father’s Estate.

As private client solicitors, we have seen a steady rise in the number of proprietary estoppel claims brought in recent years. Bristol in particular seems to have become a hot bed for such claims, with no less than five being heard in the courts in the past year alone.

What is ‘Proprietary Estoppel’?

Broadly, this principle enables the courts to decide whether a claimant (the person who is bringing a claim) has acquired a right to property because of promises made to them in the past, which they have relied upon to their detriment, in the absence of a written agreement.

A Recent Case The case of Habberfied v Habberfield was heard in Bristol earlier this year and involved a family farm and, as is often the case, a breakdown in family relationships.

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Lucy, one of four siblings, began working full time on the farm in 1983 at the age of 16. She worked up to 87.5 hours per week and received very low pay, based on her parents’ assurances that she would eventually inherit the farm.

In 2013, following a fight with her sister, Lucy left the farm. When her father died in 2014, he left the whole of his interest in the farm to Lucy’s mother.

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made to Lucy over an extended period. These assurances were ‘an operative cause’ of Lucy working long hours for low pay and holiday, and not pursuing her own dairy farming business. The farm was valued at approximately £2.5 million and Lucy was awarded a lump sum payment of £1.17 million as compensation rather than awarding her the whole farm to fulfil the promise.

notoriously complex area of law and outcomes can be difficult to predict.

What Should You Do if You Find Yourself in a Similar Situation?

Please contact Michelle Rose, head of the Private Client team at VWV, for specialist advice on 0117 314 5246 or at mrose@vwv. co.uk.

If you find yourself in this situation our advice is that you should try to achieve a legally drafted agreement setting out the arrangement, however difficult, rather than have to rely on bringing hugely expensive court proceedings later down the line, with an uncertain outcome.

In a family relationship based on trust, it is often very hard for an adult child to demand their parent to commit a promise into a legally binding written agreement. As a result, proprietary estoppel is a

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Prize Wordsearch The theme to the wordsearch this month is a bit celestial - zodiac signs and birthstones.

Listed below are the twelve signs of the zodiac along with the twelve most commonly cited birthstones. Eleven in each category have been hidden in the wordsearch grid - in other words there is one zodiac sign and one birthstone that are listed but not hidden in the grid. All you need to do is search through the grid until you have worked out which two are missing. The missing sign of the zodiac and the missing birthstone are not necesarily linked.

When you have discovered the two missing words all you need to do is let me know what they are - all correct entries will be entered into an electronic hat and one correct entry ______________________________ will be drawn at random. The winning entrant will win for themself a family ticket (2 adults + 2 children) to Wild Place, the Bristol Zoo wildlife park near Cribbs Causeway.

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MORE TO ADMINISTERING AN ESTATE THAN OBTAINING THE GRANT OF PROBATE

these may need to be disclosed to HM Revenue and Customs. There may also be additional reliefs to consider.

Brenda Smyth of AMD Solicitors considers the tax implications when dealing with the administration of an estate.

Inheritance Tax is not the only tax to consider when administering an estate.

If an asset is sold during the course of the administration of an estate, there may be a Capital Gains Tax liability on the Personal Representatives. It may be that, with careful planning and depending on the circumstances, it is possible to mitigate or even eliminate this liability.

When applying for a Grant of Probate, the Personal Representatives of an estate must complete and submit an Inheritance Tax form giving details of all assets and liabilities of an estate. This may need to include details of lifetime gifts made by the deceased or any interests in trusts which the deceased may have had. Personal Representatives have a duty to make full enquiries to obtain the necessary information to complete the form correctly and failure to do so may result in interest having to be paid on tax paid late or even in tax penalties.

Any income received by the Personal Representatives in the course of the administration is subject to Income Tax and must be disclosed to HM Revenue and Customs by the Personal Representatives.

Sometimes beneficiaries may decide to vary the terms of the distribution of the estate and the tax implications of this need to be considered. In some circumstances, this may result in a tax saving or may avoid adverse tax consequences for the person giving up his or her right to benefit from the estate.

Even when the Personal Representatives correctly ascertain and disclose assets and liabilities in the estate, mistakes can still be made, such as not claiming all allowances and reliefs available to reduce the value of the estate for Inheritance Tax purposes.

For further advice on the administration of estates, Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney and other private client matters, contact Brenda Smyth or one of her colleagues at AMD Solicitors 100 Henleaze Road, Bristol BS9 4JZ Phone 0117 962 1205, email info@ amdsolicitors.com or visit our website www.amdsolicitors.com

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Music - present, past and future - Duncan Haskell Album of the Month

Next Step

A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships by The 1975

OK Computer by Radiohead

With Best Ofs and festive nostalgia dominating release schedules, this is always a tough time for the humble reviewer.

Thankfully, The 1975 are on hand this year and we’re actually able to present you with one of 2018’s finest albums.

Of course, leading the charge is frontman and lyricist Matty Healy – who shares production duties this time with drummer George Daniel. Healy has had his demons, many of which are detailed throughout, but he’s neither maudlin nor selfaggrandising. Instead he is documenting modern life in all its technicoloured, short-attention-spanned glory/ horror.

One of this album’s most impressive feats is that it manages to sound entirely reflective of these times without leading you to fear that it’s going to age badly, this isn’t a time-capsule for future generations to look back on with amusement.

Instead it’s a record that will stand the test of time.

It’s genre hopping nature is perfect for this Spotify era. Over its 15 tracks, A Brief Inquiry… offers up everything from Auto-Tune-heavy pop (I Like America & America Likes Me) to jazz-inflected ballads (Mine) and even has time for some saccharine 80s MOR (I Couldn’t Be More In Love).

Yet it also hangs together as a body of work, which is why some have compared it to Ok Computer.

The most Radioheady moment comes on closing track I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes); what starts out as a twinkling acoustic ballad with a haunting vocal eventually bursts into something altogether more anthemic.

Over the bold rhythms and synths of Love It If We Made It, Healy repeatedly sings that, “Modernity has failed us,” and throughout this record you can hear the toll that events have taken on him, yet these supposed failing have spurred him and his bandmates on to make one of the records of the year.

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Many comparisons have been made between A Brief Inquiry… and Radiohead’s 1997 masterpiece and while we’re not quite prepared to go that far ourselves, it does give us an obvious Next Step this month. We’re not the type to look a gift horse in the mouth, especially when said horse is one of the finest artistic statements of the 20th century.

Radiohead had shown early promise with their first two albums, Pablo Honey and The Bends, but it wasn’t until OK Computer that they truly realised their vision. At a time when most British bands were trying to return to the sounds of the past,Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and co. turned away from that Britpop template and forged ahead with an avant-garde art-rock masterpiece.

What made OK Computer even more impressive was that fact that, despite some of its bolder styles, it didn’t ever forget the need for quality songs. Just take a quick look at the singles from the album, including Paranoid Android, Karma Police and No Surprises; diverse of influence and style, unlike anything else out there but reflective of the time it was made, entirely unique but fit for mass consumption.

Gig of the Month Mastodon @ O2 Academy, Saturday 26th January By the end of this month you should all be ready to have the cobwebs blown out out of your ears by some heavy rock and Mastodon arrive in Bristol ready to do just that. They’ve been critical darlings ever since their 2002 debut Remission, and subsequent albums such as Leviathan and Crack The Skye have wowed fans not normally drawn to such loud noise. This show is in support their GRAMMY-winning album, Emperor Of Sand.

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History Notes - Julian Lea-Jones The erection of the blue plaque in West Mall this December past commemorating Florence Davenport Hill’s achievements reminded me of other ladies whose meritorious efforts have enriched Bristolians’ lives. Although a short two-part article precludes no more than a brief outline of some of them, I thought it worthwhile to remind us about their efforts and sacrifices on our behalf, as epitomised in Lorna Brierly & Helen Reid’s book ‘Go home and do the washing’. Included are source references should you wish to learn more.

At the age of twenty four she learnt of a friend who was dying of cancer, and distressed because there was no such thing as a lady doctor to treat her, this eventually persuaded Elizabeth to consider a medical career. Although welleducated and literate, due to her lack of medical knowledge she had to start from scratch. By living frugally, working and studying during the evenings and early mornings she could afford a medical course but was unable to find a college prepared to accept her. After 22 rejections the Geneva College in New York State took her on but only as a result of a voting misunderstanding between the faculty and the student body.

Nevertheless in 1849 she qualified with top honours in every field, and was praised in the local newspaper and by the townsfolk who turned out to laud her achievement, (borrowed glory?).

Dr Elizabeth Blackwell – Doctor and medical pioneer.

I can do no better for information about Elizabeth Blackwell than to quote from Mary Wright’s book and the short article that she prepared for our Temple Local History Group’s magazine in 1996. Elizabeth was of particular interest to our group not only for her achievements but because she had been born on the Counterslip, (Temple Parish) in 1821.

Elizabeth returned to Europe, first to her family in England, then to enrol in midwifery at La Maternité in Paris. A devastating accident resulted in her losing the sight in one eye, ending her dream of becoming a surgeon. Returning to England and although working on the wards at St Bartholomew’s hospital in London and being a friend of Lady Byron she felt obliged to return to America to support other women who hoped to follow in her footsteps.

Her father, Samuel Blackwell, a partner in the Counterslip Sugar House believed that his daughters had equal rights to an education and they were taught Mathematics, Latin and the elements of Science. Sadly Elizabeth was just eleven when their comfortable life at number 1 Wilson Street, St Pauls came to a sudden end.

Samuel’s sugar refinery was destroyed in a fire and he decided to cut his losses start a new life in America. Fate did not smile on the family, with misfortunes including illness and Samuel’s death, leaving his wife and nine children in poverty and debt. However the resourceful family led

by Elizabeth opened a boarding school whose success eventually allowed them to clear their debts. When her brothers were old enough to support the family, Elizabeth left to take up a teaching post in Kentucky, but after falling out with the slave owners over their attitudes she decided to take stock of her life.

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Gradual acceptance came until in 1857 Elizabeth and her sister Emily were able to set up the New York Infirmary for Women and Children. Two years later whilst in England on a lecture tour, ‘Medicine as a Career for Women’, Elizabeth was at last entered on to the Register of Physicians, thus managing against all odds to become the first qualified woman doctor in the world. Finally settling in England in 1869 she held the Chair of Gynaecology at the London School of Medicine and for almost forty years was able to campaign for social reform, preventative medicine and sex education.

She died when 90 and although she was is buried in Kilmun churchyard in Scotland, in 1994 the Medical Women’s Federation placed a memorial plaque on her childhood home in Wilson Street.

The green plaque (the MWF’s colour), was unveiled by Beryl Corner.

History Notes - Julian Lea-Jones Beryl Corner OBE – Paediatrician

being accepted for a post. Some lady librarians were also disciplined for promoting advanced suffragistic ideals”. Nevertheless the certificate recognising her as a fully qualified Librarian was dated 6th September 1898 and in spite of her staunchly held views her retirement letter in spring of 1936 was addressed to her as ‘Librarian in Charge’ indicating high esteem in which Winifred was held.

Beryl Corner (1910–2007) was a doctor who specialised in the care and treatment of children and pioneered neonatology – care of the newborn. Beryl excelled as a medical student at the London School of Medicine for Women but then had trouble finding a post at institutions like Great Ormond Street Hospital because she was a woman. She established a career at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and, for several years, she was the only paediatrician in South West England.

“Dear Miss Parry, at the meeting of the Library Committee on Friday last, the City librarian informed the Committee of your impending retirement after completing forty eight years’ service in the Libraries department of the corporation.

The Committee noted with great satisfaction that during the whole of this period you have performed your duties with rare devotion and intelligence and have been unsparing in your efforts to promote the usefulness of the Central Reference Library, of which you have been in charge of for many years.

The Committee have placed on record their high appreciation of the long and valuable service which you have rendered to the committee and to the city as a whole. They trust that the good health with which you have been blessed throughout your long service will continue and that you may be spared for many years to enjoy that which you have so well deserved.Yours very truly, Josiah Green,Town Clerk”

She was admitted to the British Paediatric Association in 1945 and established a unit to care for new-born babies. With a budget of £100 she was able to halve mortality rates. In 1948 she was the consultant paediatrician who oversaw the first caesarean birth of quads Bridget, Frances, Elizabeth and Jennifer Good, born at Bristol. Even as late as the 1970s she remembered and greeted a Redland lady; another of her 1942 wartime babies. Beryl was awarded the Order of the British Empire shortly before she died in 2007, aged 96. Coincidentally Beryl was born the year that Elizabeth Blackwell died, so it was very fitting that Beryl unveiled Elizabeth’s memorial plaque. Was God passing on the baton?

Emma Saunders friend’

Miss Winifred Louise Selby Parry – Bristol’s first lady reference Librarian.

- ‘The railwaymen’s

In the beginning Emma visited sick railwaymen but when the founder of the ‘Bristol and West of England Railwaymen’s Institute’ retired due to ill health in 1881 Emma took over. At first she just helped local railway men. However agrarian reforms saw an influx of young men fresh from the country attracted to railway work but unused to the temptations offered by the city.

It was to these that Emma and her colleagues focussed their attention, hoping to prevent them from falling into the clutches of ‘Demon Drink’.

As well as hospital and home visits, they gave out small gifts and religious and temperance tracts.

In what was a pioneering achievement they also established the Railwaymen’s Institute, providing

Years ago I acquired personal cutting books containing notes and articles together with letters and other correspondence of Winifred Parry spanning over forty years of her life as Bristol’s first lady reference Librarian, Suffragette and a sometimes vehement newspaper correspondent. Anthony Beeson, in his Guide to Bristol’s Central Library, explained the vicissitudes that ladies in the library service had to endure. “They were not allowed to marry, had to undergo periodic examinations, only those having the highest marks being selected, and even then it could be years before

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History Notes - Julian Lea-Jones a canteen, games rooms, skittle alley and a room for engineering classes and religious meetings.

This became the forerunner of today’s British Rail Staff Association, BRSA. Emma and her companions were held in such high regard by the authorities that they were given ‘tin passes’ authorising them to travel on all locomotives, and in goods brake vans. On March 2, 1921, her 80th birthday, H. R. Griffiths, the Great Western Divisional Superintendent presented her with an illuminated address together with an unusual, but I’m sure much appreciated, present of a settee and armchair, to which many GWR and Midland railwaymen in the Bristol area had subscribed. When she died aged 86 on February 27, 1927 her temperance movement continued, later under the aegis of the BRSA. Emma’s white marble memorial tablet erected by railway workers and friends features Emma with a small basket containing posies of flowers which she always carried and would give out when visiting railwaymen. This can still be seen by the main entrance of Temple Meads Station.

Ada Vachell Her biography published in 1928 tells of the throng that filled the Cathedral on the 2nd of January 1924 to commemorate Ada and her life’s work amongst the poor and crippled children of Bristol’s alleys and courtyards.

As a child in Cardiff she very nearly succumbed to scarlet fever, but although ever after frail it did not subdue her passion and zest for life.

Her first work was running Sunday classes in her home in Sneyd Park. Ada invited to her home local servants and country girls who were sometimes friendless or too frightened to cross the dangerous Downs to attend churches and chapels on the other side. Ada had the conviction, courage and perseverance that make for leadership. In her twenties she took to what she referred to as ‘slumming’. This was her expression for searching out to help those who were often shunned by society because of infirmity or had physical handicaps.

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The inspiration that resulted in her life’s work, and for what she is most remembered, as mentioned on the Blue Plaque on her former house, Foley Cottage in Redland, came from a chance meeting with Sister Grace at her West London Mission. A Guild was established to provide a common fellowship for cripples; this meant that for some it was the first time that, in spite of their limitations, they realised that their lives did have value. For many the Guild was the beginning of a new life. To be sought out and invited to Guild afternoons and to have someone take an interest in them was to many a revelation. Ada’s Guild took as its motto Laetus sorte mea (happy in my lot) from the family motto of one of their early members. Provision of newspapers and talks provided much sought after intellectual stimulation.

The success of the Guild meant that it outgrew its Broad Plain rooms and thanks to untiring fundraising they were able to have their own building – the ‘Guild Heritage’, in Braggs Lane, off West Street, Old Market giving them room for handicraft, other training classes and parties.

Although holiday trips and stays on country farms had long been a feature of their work, it wasn’t until 1904 after years of fundraising that the holiday dream was realised with the purchase and fitting of a cottage holiday home at Churchill in Somerset.

Ada ended her days in her own little home, Foley Cottage in Redland, where, apart from her memorial in Bristol Cathedral, a blue plaque marks her achievements. It was once remarked that in spite of her frailty it was her valour that allowed her to achieve so much and affect so many lives for the better. © Eur Ing Julian Lea-Jones C. Eng., FRAeS Next month, in part two of this article, Julian looks at the lives and achievements of Mary Carpenter, Susannah and Catherine Winkworth, Florence Davenport Hill, Amelia Edwards and Dr Eliza Walker Dunbar.

2018 – A Difficult Year For Shares The FTSE 100 ended 2018 12.5% down from where it started the year although it slightly outperformed its FTSE250 counterpart which fell by 15.6%. The MSCI World Index was down only 4.9% helped by the relatively strong (but still negative) US market. The MSCI World excluding USA recorded a fall of 11.2%. Emerging Markets were also in the red – down 11.5%.

China had a particularly hard time – the Shanghai Composite ended down almost 25%.

Therefore 2018 saw the re-emergence of volatility and, with the outcome of Brexit still (at the time of writing) horribly uncertain, 2019 looks to be an equally ‘interesting’ ride. So what are we advising clients?

• Keep a cool head Short-term stock market volatility is expected to continue, don’t make any rushed decisions in response to any falls in the value of your investments.

• Stick to any regular savings When you invest regularly over a period of stock market volatility you will benefit from lower prices in the months when markets have fallen. In these months your money will buy more units or shares, then when prices go back up again over the long-term you will benefit from the gains.

• Hold a mix of assets If your por�olio is made up of a diverse mix of assets it is far less likely that all your investments will go down in value at the same time. Remember there are over 30 different asset classes – shares should only form part of your por�olio.

• Look for opportunities When prices are fluctuating, at certain points some investments will seem under- or overpriced. This can be an opportunity to trade to take advantage of these anomalies. Unless you keep a very close eye on the markets, a professional investment adviser is likely to be best placed to make these decisions.

Richard Higgs, Chartered Financial Planner provides friendly financial advice in BS9 on a faceto-face basis. He specialises in advising retired clients on savings, investments, Inheritance Tax and long-term care planning. Remember next month the firm is rebranding as Harold Stephens - Your Local Independent Financial Adviser with a new welcoming location on Westbury-on-Trym High Street. More details next month but for now you can still get him on richard.higgs@ wealthwest.co.uk or 0117 966 5699.

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Children’s Puzzle Page - answers on page 89 Can you match these European flags up with their countries?

Switzerland Luxembourg Hungary Estonia Belgium Austria Cyprus Italy Slovakia Below are 15 words that are all associated

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H _ T / _ A _ E _ / B _ T _ L _

with winter. However some of the letters

(provides warmth)

are missing. Can you work out what the

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F_O_T

words are?

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I _ E / _ K _ T _ S

(weather) (footwear)

10. S _ O _ M _ N

(fun thing)

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(clothing)

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(transport)

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(fun thing)

12. P _ L _ R / _ E _ R

(animal)

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(adventure)

13. S _ O _ / D _ I _ T

(made of snow)

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S _ E _ G _

(transport)

14. W _ N _ E _ / O _ Y _ P _ C _ (event)

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B _ I _ Z _ R _

(weather)

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B_B_L_/H-T

(clothing)

B _ A _ K _ T (provides warmth)

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sung since school days, why not come and join us?

We are a friendly bunch of people of all ages and love singing both for relaxation and for enjoyment.

We perform two concerts each year at St Georges Hall, with a wide repertoire from Mozart to the Beach Boys and Lady Gaga. If you are interested, we rehearse on a Monday evening from 7.30-9.30 in the Performing Arts Centre at Red Maids’ High School, Westbury on Trym. Meanwhile if you want to find out more before then, please have a look at our website http://www.cityvoicesbristol.org and make contact for more information.

Details shown are accurate to the best of my knowledge, but dates, times & locations may change without notification. So if you are unsure, and to avoid disappointment, please contact the organiser listed to double check.

Horfield Theatre Company presents ‘The Weekend’ by Sir Michael Palin. Faced with a family gathering, world-weary Stephen Febble does his best to be difficult.When his daughter, her dreary husband Alan, their precocious child and not least - the dog come to stay for the weekend it’s enough to make him reach for the whisky, and for the sarcasm. The climax arrives on Saturday night when his patient wife Virginia has laid on a dinner party and the chiropodist comes too. 20th – 23rd February 2018, Horfield Parish Church Hall, Wellington Hill, BS7 8ST. Tickets £10. Box Office: 0117 969 5716 or www.horfieldtheatre.co.uk.

Theatre, Concerts and Music On Saturday February 9th Organ Elevenses at Westbury Parish Church welcomes back Huw Morgan. Huw studied at St Edmund Hall where he was Organ Scholar, then later graduated from the RAM in 2007. Besides giving many organ recitals, Huw conducts several choirs, including the Hanover Choir, the Merbecke Choir of Southwark Cathedral, St. Laurence’s Choir, Catford, and latterly the Ripieno Choir. He composes both organ and choral works. Come and join us for coffee and cake from 10.30, and listen to and watch on the big screen Huw’s performance at 11 am. Suggested donation £5 includes refreshments.

Friends of Welsh National Opera and all visitors are very welcome to an evening entitled “Un Ballo In Maschera” at Redmaids High School on Wednesday 20 February, 7.15p.m. Andrew Borkowski will explore the gripping plot and wonderful score of the opera, composed in the full maturity of Verdi’s late middle period. It captures the dramatic events leading to the assassination of the King of Sweden in 1792. Tickets at the door: Friends £5 and Guests £7. For further information contact Margaret Borkowski at borkmail@ googlemail.com

Saturday 9th March 7.30 pm at Bristol Cathedral, College Green, BS1 5TJ, Bristol Choral Society and British Sinfonietta, conducted by Hilary Campbell, present Mozart’s Requiem & Handel’s Dettingen Te Deum. Mozart’s Requiem has incredibly moving musical language that never fails to take the breath away. This is preceded by Handel’s victory march in which he created solos and choruses of brilliant, martial character that can be enjoyed today as songs of praise. Tickets from £11 to £28 (under 25s £5 & Seniors 10% discount). Full details at www.bristolchoral.co.uk.

Book online via www.colstonhall.org or by phone on 0117 203 4040.

Why not join a choir to celebrate the start of a new year? The BCCS Choral Society is a small and friendly choir who meet weekly at the Bristol Cathedral Choir School on Wednesday evenings. We sing material spanning the core choral repertoire for the Spring concert as well as traditional songs and contemporary arrangements in the summer and carols in Advent. We will be singing Handel’s Messiah in March. If you’d like to find out more, please contact Christina May on maylearner@outlook.com or 07454002877.

City Voices Bristol is a non auditioning community choir that welcomes new members.

Whether you have been in other choirs or haven’t

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2018-19 AVON AREA GRAND FINAL Friday 1st February 2019 at 7.30 pm (admission from 7.00 pm)

at Redland Hall, Redmaids High School, Westbury Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol BS9 3AW Exceptionally talented young soloists will sing or perform on a variety of musical instruments.

Tickets on the door £10 (£5 students under 18) including refreshments Tickets in advance from local Rotary clubs or mpeattie@btopenworld.com

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What’s On & Community News Westbury Park Orchestra is a friendly nonauditioned orchestra with a repertoire of classical and modern pieces and with an emphasis on having fun. You will ideally be of a good standard (string and brass players particularly welcome).

We meet at Westbury-on-Trym Methodist Church, Westbury Hill on Monday evenings between 8.00 and 9.30 (term-time only). Free taster session for newcomers. Come and give us a try. For further information please visit www. westburyparkorchestra.com.

Reformed Church at 7.30pm. Further details can be found at www.bristolchamberchoir.org.uk.

Please contact our Secretary, Rae Ford, on 0117 939 1685 or Rod Coomber on 01275 843 900 or email rodcoomber@aol.co.uk for more details.

Henbury Singers welcome new members. We meet at Stoke Bishop Primary School in Cedar Park on Thursday evenings - 7:45 to 9:15. Fees are currently £130 per year. There is no audition. We sing mainly choral music from a classical tradition, but we also sing carols, songs from musicals, gospel and folk songs. For membership or concert tickets contact Maggie Cavanna 0117 973 4794 or secretary@henburysingers.org.

Bristol Cabot Choir is delighted to welcome new members for all voice parts.Why not come and sing with us for a ‘taster’ rehearsal before a simple audition? We meet at Redland URC on Mondays at 7.30 pm. FFI email admin@bristolcabotchoir. org, visit www.bristolcabotchoir.org or find us on Facebook.

The Mosaic Singers is a small group but would like to grow our line-up with an additional soprano, alto, tenor and bass. We rehearse in Stoke Bishop on Tuesday evenings, where a warm and friendly welcome is assured. This need not be as heavy a commitment as with some choirs.To find out more, please phone David Vicary on 0797 346 0994.

‘Babbers’ Radio Show every Monday from midday to 2pm on Ujima Radio - 98FM. The show is organised and presented by older people for older people with the aim of helping to reduce loneliness and social isolation - although the topics we cover are interesting and relevant to all. For more details - info@ujimaradio.com.

Want to be involved in music? Can you count to 6? Don’t mind sitting on the floor? Join us Bristol Community Gamelan play the music of Java and are looking for new members for the 2018/9 season. We meet every Monday evening in the World Music Studio at Cotham School from 6.30 to 8.30 to play traditional & modern pieces.

If interested email keithripley27@gmail.com or phone 9444241. They can be seen on YouTube.

Bristol Good Afternoon Choir meets every Monday afternoon from 1-3, at Westbury on Trym Methodist Church. There are no auditions and everyone is welcome. We enjoy all sorts of music – from folk songs to choral favourites. For more details about the choir please contact Nikki on 01761 472 468 or email gac@grenvillemusic.co.uk – or just come along to a rehearsal.

Singers Wanted! Henleaze Ladies Choir meets on Thursdays at 1.45pm in the hall at St Peter’s Church, Henleaze. We sing a range of music from works by Elgar to Bernstein’s West Side Story and lots more! Come along for fun and friendship. For further details, contact Jean Wickham on 9624466 or Jane English on 07752 332278.

Henleaze Singing for the Brain Group meets in the Bradbury Hall on Waterford Road, on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Thursday afternoons each month from 2.00 to 3.45. We start the session with refreshments and general socialising before singing.

We have song books, and sing all sorts including songs from the musicals, well-known golden oldies and folk songs, and are accompanied on the piano. If you would like to attend a session, please contact Alzheimer’s Society local office in Bristol at bristol@alzheimers.org.uk or 0117 961 0693.

Sing with OutThereMusic’s North Bristol Community Choir who rehearse every Thursday evening between 7:45 - 9:45 at Westbury Park School, Bayswater Avenue, BS6 7NU. There is no audition and we have an eclectic repertoire with a very warm welcome assured.

For more details about the choir please visit www. outtheremusicbristol.co.uk - or just come along to a rehearsal.

Bristol Chamber Choir. Come and join Bristol’s oldest choir (founded in 1837). Rehearsals are on Wednesday evenings at Redland Park United

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Window Wanderland is returning to BS9 East: Henleaze, Westbury and Stoke Bishop

9pm each day. Anyone can take part by decorating their windows or the front of their house. “The display is completely up to you, anything goes… so long as it’s child friendly!”, says Sarah. “No particular artistic skills are needed, just some lights or your favourite books or toys will create an enjoyable display for others. But for those who want to get creative the possibilities are endless, and the Window Wanderland website provides lots of inspiration.”

Last February saw Window Wanderland, the popular community window display event pioneered in Bishopston in 2015, come to BS9 for the first time. Over 80 houses participated by decorating their front windows and creating a magical display for others to discover as they walked around the neighbourhood. They were guided by an online map as well as printed maps available in local shops and cafés and at primary schools. In addition, Elmlea and Westbury-onTrym primary schools made artwork displayed in the windows of local businesses.

With a strong focus on the BS9 East community, between Parry’s Lane, Kellaway A v e n u e , Wellington Hill West and Northover Road, several local schools are again keen to get involved and create artwork for the event including St Ursula’s, Westbury-on-Trym Primary and Elmlea schools.

Sarah and Vicky, two members of last year’s organising team are now getting a second event off the ground from 8-11 February 2019. “We were delighted by the number of people who took part last year, and now that many more people have seen what it involves, we hope that this year’s event will be even bigger” says Vicky. “It was a challenge to raise the necessary funds to finance the event, but in the end several local businesses came up trumps and we’re so glad we can once again bring this fun, all-age event to the local community”.

Local Stoke Bishop resident Lucy says, “This is a wonderful event that really brings people together, and there is such a friendly atmosphere as people wander around the streets discovering all the displays – perfect for cheering you up on a cold dark February evening!”

The local organisers hope participants will register online, so they can be included on the official map. To find out more visit https://windowwanderland.com/event/bs9bristol-2019/

Window Wanderland BS9 takes place from Friday 8th to Monday 11th February between 6pm and

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What’s On & Community News Bristol Male Voice Choir invites new singers.

The choir has a broad repertoire, performing not just male voice standards, but songs from musicals, pop classics, spirituals, and classical favourites. You don’t have to read music to join the choir as a tenor, baritone or bass, but you will enjoy learning our repertoire, (re-)discovering the voice you may have forgotten about, and being welcomed into the choir’s friendly social atmosphere. We perform for charity, for weddings and a wide range of events during the year. We rehearse every Thursday from 7.00pm till 9.15pm at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (formerly Filton College). You will be made very welcome when you come along to a rehearsal. Also visit our website – bristolmvc.org. uk - to find out more, or phone 0117 968 2223.

9th at 10am. Proceeds to the work of the World Church. Free entry.

NotaBene Vocal Ensemble has vacancies in all voice-parts to expand our dynamic a cappella ensemble. Our repertoire includes a range of styles but mostly comprises modern/popular songs.

We perform from memory, often incorporating a theatrical performance style (nothing scary!) We rehearse on Monday evenings in Horfield, Bristol.

Music-reading ability useful but not essential and entry is via a friendly audition. Please contact Lisa Smith on 07966 459872 to discuss or email notabenebristol@yahoo.com.

Country Market. Every Friday from 10.30 to 11.30 in Westbury on Trym Methodist Church Hall.

Homemade cakes, arts, crafts, plants, vegetables, jams and chutneys. Refreshments are also available in a relaxed and friendly environment. For more details contact Sue Sills on 0117 962 8306.

Westbury Park Quilters: Quilt Exhibition, Saturday 23 February 2019 in St Peter’s Church Hall, The Drive, (off Henleaze Road) Bristol BS9 4LD. 10.00-4.00pm. Come and join us for fabulous quilts, crafts, raffle & tombola, and local trader Make and Do. Entry £3.50.

Rooms to Hire. Subud Hall,Wesley Place, Clifton, BS8 2YD.The Subud Hall is an ex-Wesleyan Chapel next to the Downs with 2 beautiful, peaceful spaces 7/8 metres for hire. Suitable for rehearsals, choirs, classes etc. Please call 07790 519 683 for more info.

A demonstration of mediumship by Mavis Pittilla will take place at 7pm on Saturday February 23rd at Westbury Park Spiritualist Church, Cairns Road, BS6 7TH. Tickets should be obtained in advance to secure a seat and are priced at £10. For further information visit www. westburyparkspiritualistchurch.org or call 0117 977 1629.

The Stoke Bishop Ladies Choir meet on Mondays at the Village Hall, Stoke Bishop, 1.454pm from September to April. We welcome new members. No auditions required. We sing for pleasure. Come along and give us a try. For further information, contact Carolyn on 2791409 or Maureen on 9567894.

Fitness, Health and Wellbeing Beginner-friendly ultimate frisbee club open to all ages and abilities. Come try the best sport you’ve never played. Find us on Facebook - search ‘North Bristol Ultimate’ - or email jake.f.waller@ gmail.com.

People of Note community choir is looking for new members, especially altos. We are friendly and it›s fun, the songs we sing are very varied, pop, folk, world music, original pieces, but not traditional choral. We meet in Southville on Tuesday and Clifton on Wednesday evenings. Visit www.peopleofnote.co.uk or email peopleofnote@ btinternet.com for more details. Come along for a free taster!

Tai Chi = Unlimited Energy. This is one definition of this ancient Chinese system of exercise. Or in the words of one student “I find that Tai Chi classes with Karen develop a sense of harmony of body and mind. The classes are fun and inclusive and provide an encouraging environment in which to practice the flowing movements which bring a sense of calm“. Interested? Classes for beginners in Westbury, Southmead and Clifton.

See www.taichiworksbristol.co.uk or phone 0117

Exhibitions, Markets and Meetings A Jumble Sale will be held at the Methodist Church Hall, Westbury–on-Trym, on February

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What’s On & Community News Keep fit with dance moves – at Filton Community Centre, Elm Park, BS34 7PS, Tuesday afternoon, from 2 – 3. Improve your mobility and general wellbeing, have fun, challenge yourself and feel more confident. The class also includes some body conditioning. Working at your own pace, the class is suitable for all ages. Come along, have a laugh and make new friends at this very social and friendly class. Pay as you go at £4 per session.

Wear comfortable clothing and appropriate footwear. For further information contact Eileen Scott on 07969 929 733, or visit www.keepfit.org. uk for more info.

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Aikido for Kids: Aikido is a modern Japanese martial art which draws on fencing (kenjutsu) and wrestling (jujutsu) techniques. Regular practice develops confidence, flexibility, strength and focus.

Westbury Aikido Club offers lessons for children, Sundays from 10am to 10.45am, during term-time, at the Scout Hall (Northcote), Great Brockeridge BS9 3TY. See www.westburyaikido.club for more detail, or email reenee@westburyaikido.club. The first lesson is free, so come along and give it a try!

Dancercise is a fun, gentle dance and exercise class, suitable for adults of all ages, abilities and mobility. Classes take place at the Community Centre, Avonmouth on Wednesday at 10am and St Edyth›s Church Hall, Sea Mills on Thursday at 1.30pm. Classes include a seated warm up, strengthening exercises and some simple fun dance routines finishing with a few stretches, a cuppa and a chat. There is a suggested donation of £3 per class but the class is completely free to those on low incomes. Come and join us, everyone is welcome. For more details contact Anna on 07852 988 895 or check out our FB page @dancercise. bristol.

Yoga Classes in Westbury-on-Trym, Friday 12.15 to 1.15. Drop-in price £8. Venue: Scout Hall, Northcote, Great Brockeridge, Westbury on Trym, BS9 3TY. Term-time only. Stoke Bishop, Monday 7pm to 8.30pm - Drop-in price £10. Venue: Stoke Bishop Primary School, Main Hall, Cedar Park, BS9 1BW. Term-time only. Classes are open to everyone, all levels of experience, no booking required, parking available. Full details about classes found at www.yogabristol.co.uk/classes.

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Legs, Bums & Tums and Boxersize is open to all ages and abilities. The class is designed to develop core and general strength. Boxercise is a fun, energetic, stress busting way to get fit. Tuesday evening boxersize 8.15 - 9.15. Wednesday morning legs, bums and tums 10 - 11 and Wednesday evening boxersize 7 - 8. All classes held at St Edyth’s Church Hall, Sea Mills. Book your place today - telephone 07748 198 694 or visit www. bs9fitness.uk.

New Chair Aerobics class at St Peter’s Henleaze 11.15 -12.15. 1st class free! Seated and gentle standing strength, balance and stability exercises, to music from the 60s to today’s pop! Add years to your life and life to your years! Class price £5. For more information call Louisa on 0772 509 1429.

Karate classes on Thursday evenings at David Lloyd Westbury on Trym (no membership required). The evening starts with beginners and advanced classes for children aged 5 and up, followed by a new class for adult beginners.

Please contact Trevor on 07921 917 758 for more information.

Westbury Folk / Country Dancing on Tuesdays 1 - 3 pm at The College, College Road, WoT. This is a sociable group meeting to have fun, get some exercise and, of course, stop for a cup of tea. No experience is necessary as all dances are called first. For further information, call Christine on 0117 962 2223. It’s £3 per person for each session.

Henleaze Tennis Club welcomes new members of all ages. We are a small friendly club. Our teams play to a good standard in the Avon leagues and we have a good level of club play for those who wish to play a more relaxed game. Check out more on our website: www.henleazetennisclub.co.uk (or give Heather a call on 0117 924 7441)

Drop-in Healing Session at the Friends Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland, BS6 6JE (Ground Floor Community Room). Thursdays 5.00-6.30, donation basis. Healing is holistic, gentle and relaxing and helps restore balance and wellbeing. Recommended if you are feeling stressed

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or in need of some support. Run by Bristol Healing Group with trained volunteers and links with the Healing Trust. For further information please contact Barbara on 0117 908 2061.

Pilates classes running in the local area; Mondays 11:00am (Mixed ability - all welcome), 12:15pm (Postnatal - with baby), 13:30pm (Pregnancy); Tuesdays 9:30am (Improvers), 10:30am (BeginnersImprovers); 12:30pm (Postnatal - with baby). £8 per class booked as a course, or £10 single sessions.

Classes are kept small, so must be booked in advance. Contact; Leanne 07817189474 / leanne@ mindbodypilates.org / www.mindbodypilates.org

Ladies Badminton at Westbury Village Hall, held on Friday mornings, 10 – 12. Come and see our friendly group in action. All we ask is that you can play and would like to meet new people. For further details, phone Elizabeth on 0117 968 1759.

Henleaze St Peters Keep Fit Class, Weds 10-11am at St Peters Henleaze, £5 per session.

A gentle exercise class for everybody - improve your health and wellbeing with a class designed for people who enjoy low impact, low intensity exercise. Strengthening muscles, improving suppleness, balance, mobility and stability whilst enjoying the benefits of general wellness and positivity. Call Louisa for more info on 0772 509 1429.

Scottish Country Dancing for beginners and experienced dancers at St Monica Trust’s Hall on Thursdays, 7.30 pm. New dancers welcome - come on your own or with friends. Contact Margaret, 01275 794 638 or Graham 01275 854 782, or visit www.rscdsbristolinfo.co.uk.

Westbury Scottish Club country dancing classes for beginners is held at Leonard Hall, Trinity-Henleaze URC, Waterford Road, Henleaze.

Contact Maggie on 01934 838 175 for more information. Classes for the more advanced dancers are at St Peter’s Church Hall, Henleaze.

Tel. Cheryl on 0117 401 2416. Held every Tues 7.30 - 9.30pm. See www.wscbristol.co.uk for details.

St Peter’s Badminton & Social Club is a small friendly badminton club and we meet every Monday and most Wednesdays from 7.30pm until about 9.30pm in St Peter’s Church Hall, Henleaze, BS9 4LD. Membership Fees are £50 from September to May. Visitor Fees are £3.00 per night. £1.00 for Juniors who are very welcome. Contact Ann: tel: 0117 969 4882 or email: martannmitch@outlook. com.

Men at St Peter’s Keep Fit meet every Tuesday morning from 9.30 to 10.30. This is a men only group of 60+ year olds who enjoy regular exercise routines taken by fitness professional Natasha Johnson. Only £4 per session payable on attendance. Please contact Keith Bonham on 0117 968 4972 or just turn up.

Westbury Harriers Running Club is for all ages and abilities, with a variety of different groups and sessions to suit all. Based at Coombe Dingle Sports Complex and Blaise Castle. Training nights Mondays and Thursdays 7pm with additional sessions at Yate track on Tuesday evenings and an informal social run on Saturday mornings. See www.westburyharriers.com for more information on our events or joining us.

Redland Green Bowls Club welcomes new members. Our qualified coaches will happily give you a free taster session by arrangement - contact Jean or Gerry 0117 962 4466. We are a friendly, sociable club with Men’s and Ladies league teams and a calendar of friendly mixed matches. We are offering half price membership for the first year. FFI : redlandgreenbowls.webs.com.

Ladies Badminton at Stoke Bishop Village Hall.

We meet every Tuesday afternoon, 2pm to 4pm.

We are looking for players to join our friendly group. Interested? Please call Pat on 0117 914 9511 for more details.

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Bristol Morris Men welcome anyone who wants to try morris dancing. We practise on Thursday evenings in the Sports Hall at QEH School at Berkeley Place, Clifton from 8 to 10. For more

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What’s On & Community News The Alpine Garden Society meets on the 3rd Friday of every month at Westbury Methodist Church, Westbury Hill, at 7.30pm. We have speakers on various topics, plant sales and social events. Visitors are very welcome at £2 a visit. For more details please call 0117 967 3160.

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Zumba Gold - Wednesdays 5.30 - 6.25pm / Zumba Fitness 6.35 - 7.30pm held in the Westbury-on-Trym Village Hall. £5 on door.

Just drop in with water and a sense of humour!

Phone Marie on 0117 963 4104 or visit www. bristoldancezumba.co.uk for more info.

Henleaze & District Flower Club meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at Bradbury Hall, Waterford Road in Henleaze.

Flower demonstrations are held on the second Thursday, practice classes on the fourth Thursday.

New members are always welcome. For more details please ring 0117 907 5724.

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

Henleaze Garden Club meets on the first Wednesday of each month in the main hall at St Monica’s, Cote Lane, with a summer break when the club arranges coach trips. We have expert speakers, a quarterly newsletter, and a great Christmas event. Annual membership is £20 plus £1 per visit, visitors are most welcome at £5 per visit. Contact Brian Dury 0117 9621227 or visit www.henleazegardenclub.co.uk.

Gardening and Horticulture Kitchen Table Workshops - flower workshops round my kitchen table in Redland - take place monthly on Saturday mornings. We use as much locally grown flowers and foliage as possible. Come and enjoy immersing yourself in seasonal beauty and have fun while you learn. The cost includes refreshments plus all materials and is open to any level of experience. For more details please ring 07929 253942 or visit www.Bestofthebunch.co.uk

Volunteering and Charities REMAP is a registered charity that designs and makes custom aids for the disabled.

We are on the lookout for volunteers (engineers, craftsmen, DIY enthusiasts etc) who are willing give up a little of their time to enable a disabled person to enjoy a better quality of life. If you can help please contact Colin on 01275 460 288, (colin305@gmail.com), or Ray on 0117 962 8729, (rwestcott@blueyonder.co.uk)or visit www. bristol.remap.org.uk.

Sea Mills Garden Club have regular monthly meetings, every 3rd Wednesday, held at Sea Mills Methodist Rooms, Sea Mills Square at 7.30 pm.

Our forthcoming programme of talks is :- 20 February - Ann Brake “All the Latest on Bristol Botanic Garden.” Visitors always welcome at £4 per meeting. Hope to see you there. FFI contact Pat Prior 07779 203626 or Gail Mitchell 0117 9685350

If you’d like to get more active or involved in your community why not give an hour a week or a day a month and help Marie Curie as we continue to provide care to patients and their families? If you enjoy meeting new people and raising money for a great cause, we would love to hear from you. FFI please contact Helen Isbell on 0117 924 7275 or email Helen.Isbell@mariecurie.org.uk.

Friends of Old Sneed Park Nature Reserve is in the heart of Stoke Bishop. An area of wild flower meadows, a lake with ducks to feed, and a woodland to walk. Membership is £10 per adult/ year.You will receive a topical quarterly newsletter, with all the details of the free events held on the Reserve. For more details please contact: fospnr@ gmail.com.

RSVP (Retired & Senior Volunteer Programme). Do you like reading? Do you like helping children? If yes to both, you are just the sort of person we are looking for! If you can spare

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What’s On & Community News Westbury Park WI meet on the first Wednesday of the month from 7.30pm in Redland Church Hall, Redland Green Road, BS6 7HE. Guest fees are £4 per meeting (up to 3 visits allowed).

Refreshment options available, biscuits/cake free.

Email westburyparkwi@gmail.com or visit www. westburyparkwi.org.uk for more details.

a minimum of an hour a week to hear children read in a local school you could make a huge difference.

Volunteering is a great way to stay active and to feel useful, so if you are interested in joining us please get in touch. Contact Mina on 07860 669 953, or visit RSVP-west.org.uk.

Carer Support. If you are outgoing and could offer two mornings a month to meet, greet and give information to carers when they visit their GP surgery, I would love to hear from you. Full training and support provided. Please contact Mike Hatch on 07503 577 830 or email mikeh@ carerssupportcentre.org.uk. If you look after someone who couldn’t manage without you, and would like some information about our services for carers or would just like someone to talk to about caring for the person you look after, please call our Carersline on 0117 965 2200 or visit www.carerssupportcentre.org.uk.

“Simply Social” Activity and Social Club.

Whether you are single or in a relationship, enhance your social life by joining our friendly social club. We are run by members for the members and enjoy a packed programme of activities including walking, live music, dancing, dining out, badminton, a reading group, weekends away and foreign holidays. There are no age limits although most of our members are 40+. Check out www.simplysocial.org.uk or phone us on 07971 427 766, and come along to one of our Thursday Club nights.

Friday Lunch at Westbury on Trym Methodist Church. We meet up on the first Friday of every month from 12.30 to 1.30. You are warmly invited to join us for our regular lunch and to meet old and new friends. For further information call Rachel (0117 330 8503) or Alison (0117 962 9715).

Volunteer Drivers wanted for transport, once or twice a week, of local elderly patients to the Westbury doctors’ surgery or to a hospital. We operate within the Charity RSVP-West, who provide us with liability insurance for these drives and with practical help and advice. And of course we work closely with the Westbury-on-Trym practice. For information please contact Wendy Clark (0117 962 0733) or Zina Wilson (0117 431 3671) or by e-mail on Bernzina@blueyonder.co.uk or ask at Westbury Practice Reception or your local GP on tel. 0117 962 3406.

Henleaze (evening) Townswomen’s Guild meets at 7.15 on the first Wednesday of the month in St Peter’s Church Hall, The Drive, Henleaze, BS9 4LD. Interesting speakers present a variety of topics. Visitors are very welcome. Groups that meet between our monthly meetings include: arts and crafts group, music club, book club, discussion group, gardening club, bridge club and a lunch club.

We have twice yearly outings and a holiday group.

Contact Shirley on 0117 962 2243 for further information.

Do you love Weddings? Westbury-on-Trym Village hall is a very popular wedding venue and has a busy ongoing wedding schedule. We’re looking for more wedding volunteers to help these events run smoothly. If you’re interested please email us at enquiries@wotvillagehall.org or leave a message on 0117 962 3399.

Bristol West Diabetes Group. Please come to next meeting on Thursday 15 February 2019 at 2.00 pm in the Conservatory at the Eastfield Inn, 219 Henleaze Rd, Bristol BS9 4NQ when our speaker will be Nicola Mead of the NHS who will talk about diabetes care.

Friendship, Social and Support Discussion Group: we are a small, convivial group who meet at 10am to 12 noon every Monday, at Westbury Baptist Church, Reedley Road. We discuss a wide range of topics of mutual interest.

We are currently looking for new members - if you are interested please call Bob Broomfield on 0117 962 1061, or Alan Routledge on 0117 968 2246 for more information.

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What’s On & Community News North Bristol Alzheimer Café meets on the first Tuesday of the month at St Monica Trust, Oatley House, Westbury-on-Trym, BS9 3TN from 3.30 – 5.30. We provide a relaxed, informal and safe space in which issues surrounding dementia can be aired. Our café is staffed by trained, caring and experienced volunteers. Refreshments are served and most weeks live music is played. There is no charge to attend, free on-site parking is usually available and the number 1 bus stops right outside. FFI or to register your attendance contact Jacqui Ramus - tel 07854 185 093 or email jacqui. ramus@stmonicatrust.org.uk.

service, friendship and have fun. We meet on the second and fourth Mondays of the month at Long Ashton Golf Club where we enjoy a two course meal with a speaker. For more details please contact our membership officer on 0117 973 9894 or email gillbea@aol.com for more details, and see our advert on page 89.

Bristol Brunel Lions Club - We meet on the first Tuesday of every month at 7 for 7.30. On the 3rd Tuesday of each month we have a social gathering normally with food. We raise money for charity both locally and beyond through a variety of indoor and outdoor activities. Lots of fun and fellowship raising and spending money for very good causes. For more details of how to apply for assistance with charitable activities in Bristol or to become involved in our activities see Bristol Brunel Lions Club on line or on Facebook or contact our Club Secretary Bill O’Neill at lion. bill@virginmedia.com.

Henleaze (Morning) Townswomen’s Guild meets from 10.00 – 12.00 on the third Thursday of every month at The Eastfield Inn, Henleaze Road.

New members and visitors are most welcome.

Further information can be obtained from Elaine Anderson on 0117 907 5279.

Clifton Rotary Club welcomes new members willing to give their time, interested in making new friends, building business contacts and using their skills to help others. We meet Weds lunchtimes at The Redland Green Club (Redland Lawn Tennis & Squash Club). www.cliftonrotary.org or email secretary@cliftonrotary.org

Stoke Bishop Townswomen’s Guild meet on the first Thursday in the month at 2pm at Stoke Lodge Adult Education Centre, Shirehampton Road, Stoke Bishop. New members always welcome. We are a small friendly group and we have a varied programme of speakers, and other groups including theatre trips, lunch club, arts & crafts, scrabble, walking club and “tea and chat”.

For more information, please contact Angela on 9686473, or Sheila on 9147159.

Bristol Grandparents Support Group gives support to grandparents who are estranged from their grandchildren due to family breakdown. We give support over the phone, via email, Skype and at our regular meetings held at 9 Park Grove, Bristol.

BS6 7XB. Tel 07773 258 270 more information or visit www.bgsg.co.uk.

Pat-a-Cake Toddlers group meet at Westbury on Trym Methodist Church every Tuesday during term time 1.15 - 2.45. We are a small friendly group who play, do craft and sing. Mums / Dads / Grandparents / Carers have a chance to meet over a cup of tea and biscuits. For further information please contact Alison on 0117 962 9715.

Happy Days Memory Café meets 1st Friday of the month from 2.00 – 4.00 at Westbury Baptist Church, Reedley Road, BS9 3TD. The café is aimed at carers and people living with dementia and the plan is that we have fun. Why not check us out?

For more information please contact Tony on 0117 968 1002 or check our Facebook page.

The Bristol and District branch of Parkinson’s UK meets every first Saturday of the month at St Monica Trust, Cote Lane, BS9 3UN from 10am - 12 noon. Carers, relatives, spouses and people with Parkinson’s - all are welcome for a social and informative get-together, with speakers from a variety of backgrounds with many diverse interests.

Please join us. We also meet at The Eastfield Inn, Henleaze, BS9 4NQ every second Friday in the month for an informal coffee morning from 11.

Rotary Club of Bristol meets at the Bristol Hotel, Prince Street, BS1 4QF at 7.00pm for 7.30 pm on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Mondays and at 12.30 for 1.00 on the 2nd and 4th Mondays. Meetings start with a meal and are followed by a speaker.

New members are very welcome – for more details see www.bristolrotary.org or contact

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Westbury on Trym Village Show - getting involved will all become vacant after the 2019 show in September. It would be so helpful and much welcomed if any readers were able to come forward now and get involved, so that the jobs can be shadowed for a few months and a smooth handover delivered. We have relaxed monthly meetings to prepare for the show and really do need a few new members to help with the organisation.

“Thanks to everybody who entered and / or attended the Village Show in September we were once again able to give the Village Hall a donation towards the upkeep of the beautiful and much loved building here in Westbury - this year a cheque for £1200. The animal theme was a great success with contestants and visitors young and old, and we had a real mix of stalls and activities to suit all ages.

2019 is a special year for both the Hall and the Show, so please put Saturday 7th September into your diaries. We will be celebrating the 40th (Ruby) anniversary of the Village Show and this ties in with the 150th anniversary of the Village Hall itself. Our theme for the show will be “Celebration” to reflect these twin milestones.

The Village Show is a real and very popular “village” event but requires some support if it is to continue. Volunteering will be fun and is a great way to get involved in this much-loved event.”

The Village Show is always a popular event in the local calendar and brings large numbers of people in to the village and the Hall. Going forward though the Committee does need some help with the organisation, all of which is done on a voluntary basis by local people.The positions of Chair and Treasurer, and the role of producing the Show schedule / programme, 81

If you are enthusiastic and able to support the show please do contact the existing show Chairman, Alexia Gardner, or contact Andy at the Bristol Nine magazine for more details.

Alexia - email mrsgandmry2@talktalk.net Andy - email andy@bcmagazines.co.uk, or call 07845 986650 / 0117 259 1964

Thanks for your support - and in the meantime do check out our website www.wotvs.co.uk where class details for the 2019 show will appear soon.

What’s On & Community News Methodist Church Hall, next to the car park, at 2.00. We have a programme of varied speakers, outings, discussions etc. New members and visitors always welcome. For more info contact: Sue Murphy – Tel: 0117 950 2826.

Martina Peattie at mpeattie@btopenworld.com Henbury ‘Blaise’ Womens’ Institute meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm in Henbury Village Hall next to the church. Visitors and new members are always welcome. Contact 0117 962 9400 for more details or just come along!

A three course buffet Parish Lunch is held at St Mary’s Church, Stoke Bishop, every Thursday from 12.15. Do come along and join us.

St Mary’s Church Coffee morning is held every Tuesday morning from 10 to 12. All welcome (especially those with young children – toddler toys and books available). Our Bright Sparks Carer and Toddler group meets each Monday in term time at 1.30 at St Marys, Stoke Bishop. 0117 968 7449 for more details.

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

Trinity Henleaze Ladies Guild meets fortnightly on Monday evenings at 7.30 in the Leonard Hall, Waterford Road. We offer a good varied programme of speakers followed by tea and coffee. All are welcome. For further information contact Jenny on 0117 962 0108.

Westbury-on-Trym Probus Club provides a meeting point for retired and semi-retired professional / business men and women, to promote social wellbeing through friendship, discussion and companionship. The club meets for lunch with a speaker on the third Thursday of every month at BAWA, Southmead Road, from midday. If you are interested contact Peter Wright on 0117 962 4196 or email susanandpeterwright@blueyonder.co.uk.

St Peter’s Ladies Guild meets at 2.00 on the third Wednesday of the month at St Peter’s Church Hall, The Drive, Henleaze. Varied programme. All welcome. Further details from Wilma on 0117 962 8895.

Calling all Carers! Would you like the opportunity to share your experiences, relax and make new friends? Then come and join the Henleaze Carers’ Group. We meet on the second and fourth Thursday morning of each month, 10 to 12, in Bradbury Hall, Waterford Road, Henleaze.

For more information please call Monica Rudston 0117 942 6095.

The Friendly Club meets every Thursday from 2 to 4 (except August and major holidays) in the Methodist Church Hall, Westbury on Trym. We are a lively group of older people who meet to chat, play Scrabble and card games. Regular trips out and entertainments are arranged plus we have delicious tea and biscuits for only £1! Do come and make some new friends. Transport can sometimes be arranged if needed. Contact 0117 950 8644 for more details.

Instep Club for Widows and Widowers. Weds evenings 8 -10 at Stoke Bishop Village Hall. Dancing - Ballroom and Sequence (If you haven’t danced for a long time we will help you learn). Social activities Annual membership £8. Members: £3 per session.

Visitors welcome: £4 per session. Come in to see us or telephone Donna on 01275 832 676 or Wilma on 0117 962 8895 for information.

Knit and Natter. We invite you to join us every Thursday between 10 and 12 at the Methodist Church in Westbury on Trym. It is a sociable and informal time when you can chat while pursuing your choice of crafts. If you prefer we can provide patterns for knitting for charity. Tea and coffee will be available!

The Fielder Club is an association for local women - though friends and family are welcome at all events. Membership is £5 p.a. to cover delivery of quarterly programmes of events such

Westbury on Trym Women’s Institute meets on the 3rd Monday of the month in the WoT

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What’s On & Community News Book Group meeting at Westbury on Trym library on the last Thursday of the month from 2pm to 3.30. We currently have a few spaces available for new members. Please phone Sue Geary 0117 959 4365.

as lunches, theatre, visits, talks and walks. Weekly/ monthly sub-clubs of badminton, book group, bridge, discussions, Scrabble, skittles and whist.

Thursday mornings 10.30 at The White Lion in Westbury on Trym and twice-monthly pub lunches.

For more details, please contact Gloria by email at gloriasimmonds@hotmail.co.uk.

The Arts Society Bristol is Bristol’s society for those who enjoy the arts and we welcome new members. Lectures are given monthly on a wide range of subjects by specialists in their field. On 12 February the subject is “The Borgias: the most infamous family in history?”. On 12 March it is “Wallpaper: a decorative art”. Lectures are held at 8pm at Redmaids’ High School, Westbury-onTrym, BS9 3AW. For more information visit our website www.theartssociety-bristol.org.uk

General Interests Brush up your French in the new year, French Quiz, food, cinema, creative writing and more. There is something for everyone at Alliance Française Bristol. Revise your French with our weekly courses or come to our free Café Historique on 28th February to learn about lesser known French revolutions. If you love reading, why not try writing in French with our creative writing workshop starting on 26th January; if you prefer food, we will host a Crepe themed cooking workshop on 2nd February. And for those of you with a love of French cinema, check out our cineclub at the Lansdown pub. Quel programme! Contact Audrey at Alliance Française de Bristol 07903 821655 info@afbristol.org.uk - www.afbristol.org.uk

Bus Pass Poets. Come along and share your poetry with us. We meet once a month at libraries on local bus routes. For more details or dates for our forthcoming meetings please contact Julie on 01179 428637 or text Edith 07500 143357.

Local Bridge Club. We are looking for Bridge players of all standards for our friendly sessions which take place on Tuesday evenings, 7.30pm to 10pm, upstairs in Stoke Bishop Village Hall. For more details please call Rene on 0117 968 4334 and do please leave a message.

The new season of National Trust talks continues in January – and will be held in the Hall at St. Monica Trust, Cote Lane, Westbury-on-Trym, BS9 3UN. A small charge of £3 is made to both members and visitors to help cover the costs associated with the talks programme. This charge includes the provision of tea and biscuits at the end of each talk. On Saturday 26th January David Ploss will talk about The Bristol and Somerset Coalfields.

Weaving a story through history and with the help of artwork through the ages, David’s presentation will tell us something of the story of the coalfields that covered an area of 240 square miles and, at one time, employed thousands. Then on Saturday 23rd February Colin Butcher will talk to us about UK Islands: Wildlife and Volunteering. An illustrated talk about some of the UK’s less visited small islands. Many of these can only be visited by those volunteering to work on them – an experience that Colin has found both interesting and rewarding.

For more details about our programme please visit our website www.ntbristolcentre.btck.co.uk or contact David Moore 0117 965 8014. Similarly, if you would like a lift, or can offer one, please contact David Moore.

Bristol Scrabble Club meets every Wednesday at 7.15 pm at Upper Horfield Community Trust, BS7 0PQ (next to Eden Grove Church). New members welcome - first visit free so come and give it a try. For further information contact Sue on 0117 924 7871.

Bristol Bridge Club Come and play. Less experienced players: Mondays at 7.15pm and Fridays at 10.00am and 7.15pm. More experienced players: Mondays and Wednesdays at 1.15pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7.15pm.Try a free taster session on a Monday afternoon or evening, or a Wednesday afternoon. No partner? No problem just turn up on any Monday or Wednesday session and we will find you a partner. Check our website for details: www.bristolbridgeclub.co.uk or contact 0117 929 1846. Grenville Hall, Oldfield Road, Bristol BS8 4QQ. Westbury Art Club meets every Thursday evening from 7 to 9 at The Greenway Centre,

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Make volunteering at Lifeskills one of your New Years’ Resolutions.

Lifeskills is a safety education charity helping thousands of children from across the West of England to live safer, happier lives. Our Centre is a realistic village with houses, shops, a railway and a beach where children learn how to deal with dangerous or difficult situations in a safe, interactive environment.

We need volunteers to guide small groups of children through the different scenarios. Lifeskills is based in the Create Centre, Cumberland Basin.

Sessions run from 9.40am – 12pm and 12.40pm – 3pm weekdays during term time. Volunteers have described Lifeskills as flexible, friendly and rewarding. We only ask for a minimum commitment of 2 days a month.

If you would like to get involved call 0117 922 4511 or email johanna@ lifeskills-bristol.org.uk. Happy New Year!

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What’s On & Community News Henbury Art Club is looking for new members for our Wednesday morning club. We meet 11.15 - 1 in Southmead Library. We are a very friendly mixed ability group, and have our annual show in the Henbury Village Hall every May Day. Please contact Gill Dix by email. gill@dix.org.uk for more details.

Doncaster Rd, Southmead. We are a mixed ability group of artists For more details visit www. westburyartclub.org.uk, e-mail us at westburyart@ blueyonder.co.uk or phone our club secretary on 0117 962 9799.

The Bristol Astronomical Society hosts a series of astronomical talks, events and activities.

We provide free Saturday observing at our observatory in Failand and often stage Star Parties in and around Bristol. Friday evening talks are held at 7pm at Bristol Photographic Society, Montpelier, BS6 5EE. Details of all events are on our website: www.bristolastrosoc.org.uk - All welcome.

The Bristol Philatelic Society meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month in the meeting room of the United Reform Church at the bottom of Blackboy Hill (Whiteladies Road) starting at 7.30 p.m. Contact 0117 956 7853.

North West Bristol Camera Club is an enthusiastic group of amateur photographers who meet each Wednesday at 7:45pm at Westbury Fields. New members of any level of ability are most welcome. For details contact Neville at nevwgoodman@mac.com.

Bristol University of the Third Age (U3A) scrabble group would welcome new members.

We play very friendly and informal games every Friday at the Beehive, Wellington Hill West, BS9 4QY from 2 to 4. For further info please contact Heddy Sara on 0117 924 1318 and indicate when asked to give your name that you are phoning about scrabble in order not to be blocked. Or email nigel.d.sara@btinternet.com.

Got a speech to make? Bristol Speakers offers a relaxed environment to practise your public speaking. Learn how to construct and present a speech, gain knowledge from experienced speakers, and conquer your public speaking anxiety.

Most of all, practise in a stress-free environment where members give helpful feedback. It’s a well-structured evening, fun and relaxed with a nice mix of people. Meeting 7.30pm alternate Mondays at BAWA Southmead Rd. Contact Ben@ Bristolspeakers.co.uk

Bristol Adventure Sea Cadets. If you would love the chance to get on the water here in Bristol, make new friends, grow in confidence and gain qualifications, and are aged between 10 and 18, are recruiting now. We are open Tuesday and Friday evenings. Visit: www.sea-cadets.org/ bristoladventure to find out more.

Friendly Bridge SW meets in Stoke BishopVillage Hall every Monday evening at 7:15. New players welcome, and you can come without a partner. Also available are bridge lessons for complete beginners or more experienced players. Contact Gareth on 07921 788 605, email friendlybridgesw@gmail.com or visit friendlybridgesw.org.uk.

Listings for community events, not-forprofit clubs and charitable activities are free of charge. If you have something of this nature that you would like listed please get in touch by calling 0117 259 1964 or 07845 986650, or emailing andy@bcmagazines.co.uk.

The Bristol Humanists is a local group for those who make sense of the world using reason & shared human values, who seek to live ethical lives on the basis of reason, humanity and respect for others, and who find meaning, beauty, and joy in the one life we have. We usually meet on the first Monday of every month (except when it is a bank holiday when it is the second Monday) at central Quaker Meeting House, Champion Square.

For more details visit www.bristol.humanist.org.uk or www.meetup.com/Bristol-Humanists.

Listings must be submitted in Word or text in an email ONLY and be no longer than 75 words to be accepted.

Don’t forget the deadline for inclusion in the March issue - 12th February 2019.

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Calling all Classic Car owners Clevedon Lions Club annual Charity Classic Car event is to be held again in 2019 on Sunday 28 April with proceeds going to the Children’s Hospice. 170 cars/vans/bikes took part last year with the event again starting in Congresbury at 10.00 before a 30 mile lunch time drive to Clevedon for the afternoon public display.

Alex Lovell from BBC Points West will again be waving the cars away at 12 noon. Vehicles must be prebooked – application forms are available from clevedonlions@gmail.com or see lionsbrimar.org.uk. The event is a great family day out to see exceptionally well restored vehicles with food and trade stalls on the Salthouse Fields, Clevedon from 12.30.

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Politics Quiz from page 12 1. Peter Sissons; 2. Spencer Percival (in 1812); 3.

Benjamin Disraeli (in 1868); 4. William Gladstone (he was 84 when he resigned in 1893); 5. William Pitt the Younger (he was 24 years old when appointed in 1783); 6. Neville Chamberlain; 7.

Michael Foot; 8. Red; 9. He became the first person in the world to be killed by a train (Stephenson’s “Rocket”) at the opening of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway; 10.

“Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?”

General Knowledge Quiz from Page 12 1. 1985 2. decorative plaster; 3. Earth & Venus (diameters of 7,926 and 7,521 miles respectively); 4. Warsaw, Lima, Manila; 5. Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour; 6. economist Adam Smith and artist JMW Turner; 7. Great Britain; 8. They have all recorded music for John Lewis Christmas TV adverts; 9. Rachel; 10.

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Childrens Puzzles from page 62 European Flags Top row left to right - Austria, Belgium, Cyprus Middle row left to right - Estonia, Hungary, Italy Bottom row left to right - Luxembourg, Slovakia, Switzerland Winter Time 1. Gloves; 2. Snowball; 3. Ski Holiday; 4. Sledge; 5. Blizzard; 6. Bobble Hat; 7. Hot Water Bottle; 8.

Frost; 9. Ice Skates; 10. Snowman; 11. Toboggan; 12. Polar Bear; 13. Snow Drift; 14. Winter Olympics; 15. Blanket.

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 Bristol Community Magazines Ltd and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of Bristol Community Magazines.

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Index of Advertisers Appliance Repairs

AASP Domestics

Arts & Crafts

Fish With Feet

Auctions & Sales

Clevedon Salerooms Ltd

Bathrooms & Wetrooms

35 37 7

Fencing

AM Fencing EC Fencing

Financial Advice

Bristol TaxSavers Ltd Cardens Grosvenor Consultancy

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Wealth West Ltd

Just Shutters

13

UK Blinds Direct

42

BS9 Fitness Westbury Trym & Tone

A & S Property Services

21

Edith Wilmot

Ace Preservation

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Garcia Building Services

73

HAL Maintenance

14

L & P Brailsford

24

Paul Whittaker Bathrooms &

Blinds & Shutters

Building Services

Carpentry

G D Castell

Carpets & Floorings

Lanes Carpets

Chimney Sweeps

Shaun Doughton

Chiropractic

Cura Clinical Consultancy

Cleaning Services

5 63 35 83

Bonne Fresh Clean

37

Green Man

24

Home Gleamers

79

Oven Cleaning Bristol

42

Oven Gleamers

Computer Services

9

FAB ‐ IT Rescue

10

IT HomeHelp

18

Thierry Schneider

37

Conservatories

Green Space UK Ltd

Cycle Services

Boing Bicycles

Driveways

Mark Hook

Electrical Services

23 32 53

Fitness Training Florists

Kathleen Nicholas

Funeral Services

R Davies & Son Funeral Directors

Garage Doors

Garage Services

Autotec Bristol

15

Garden Maintenance

Blossom Garden Services Declan McManus Graham Cook

Hairdressing

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Richard Harding

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Plants & Garden Supplies Plastering

A & P Plastering Artform Plastering JSH Plastering

Plumbing

A & D Plumbing Threesixty Services Ltd

Pre‐School & Nurseries

67 5 35

Solicitors

AMD Solicitors Corfield Solicitors Devereux & Co Lyons Solicitors Veale Wasbrough Vizards

Sports Equipment

Ellis Brigham

Classic Cuts Evans Hair Design

37 41

Handyman Services

Kevin McGarry Martin the Maintenance Man Tony Anderson

Heating & Gas

Tree Services

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Hypnotherapy

Swimming Lessons

Clifton Swim School

S & P Plumbing Services Home Instead Premier Homecare St Monica Trust St Monica Trust

Thornbury Lift Services Ltd

35 75 89 79

Home Care Services

Stairlifts

21

Appliance Services Peter Harris

Crest Tree Services Ltd Neville Tree Services Sutcliffe Tree Care

TV Aerials

H and P Aerials

Upholstery & Soft Furnishings

17 46 9

CAP Jill Minett

28

Alex Lapworth

Waste & Rubbish

Man & Van 37

Kemps Jewellers

Landscaping

Meadow Landscapes Red Oak

Maggs & Allen

28 57

Jewellery & Gifts

Estate Agents

Painting & Decorating

Brentry & Henbury Children's

Up & Over Doors

Philip Purser

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83 71

33 20

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Estate & Letting Agents

G R Knott Sarah's Decorating Services Top Notch

McCall Plastering

Bristol Foot Clinic

21

CJ Hole Clifton

69 91 27 61

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Footcare

Lek‐Trix

5

Heather Drewe Keon Williams

Garden Trappings

Daley Electrical Services Ltd MB Electrical Services

Massage

63 24

Locksmiths

LockRite

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Window Cleaning

Aqua‐Tec 31

Windows & Doors

67 83 77 35 5 35 5 85 35 75 24 37 39 55 2 57 34 50 11 57 83 71 89 63 63 5 45 75 35 87

Avonmouth Windows

20

73 16

Crystal Clear Bristol MSP Maintenance

25 73

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Sara‐Jo Cameron

Yoga

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