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The Editor’s Small Piece Hello again. Hope you are well and enjoying yourselves. It is Referendum Day as I type this, so I suspect far more fundamental and wide-reaching issues are being decided than anything contained in this parochial little publication. Still, I’ve exercised my democratic right to have my say on the issue of Europe, and regardless of the outcome of the vote I imagine interesting challenges will have emerged for the politicians, diplomats and civil servants we pay for by the time you read these words. It is also the day everybody of a festival persuasion dons their wellington boots, packs their lightning conductors and Imodium tablets and forms an orderly queue at the border of the newly declared People’s Republic of Glastonbury. It’s not for me to be honest but I did enjoy Let’s Rock Bristol last month (especially Midge Ure and Holly Johnson) , all
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the more so because I had access to posh toilets and could catch the last bus home at the end of the evening. Yep, I’m a festival lightweight. The usual unplanned and un-coordinated mix of stuff for you this month - pizza, poetry, politics, Peruvian customs, plants, plays and paperbacks. And a prize wordsearch on page 56 in which you can win loads of things that have accumulated in my office over this last year. Yes, I’ve been spring cleaning. I hope you have a terrific July and if you are getting off for an early summer break may Kirkwood, the goddess of good weather, be kind to you. Until next month - which has a very early print deadline of 8th July - enjoy the magazine and please say hi is you see me wandering aimlessly around the patch. Cheers for now,
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Mon 10.00 - 2.00, Tue 10.00 - 2.00, Wed 1.00 - 5.00, Thur 1.00 - 5.00, Fri 1.00 - 5.00. Sat 11.00 - 5.00 Public Transport Visit the excellent Bristol City Council website www.travelbristolorg to plan out your routes in, around or out of the city - whether you are planning to go by bus, train, ferry, air, bike, car or foot. Local Churches St Mary Magdalene, Stoke Bishop www.stmarysb.org.uk 0117 968 7449 Methodist Church, WoT www.westburyontrymmethodistchurch.org.uk 0117 962 2930 Baptist Church, Reedley Rd, WoT www.westburybaptist.org.uk 0117 962 9990 Holy Trinity Parish Church, WoT www.westbury-parish-church.org.uk 0117 950 8644 Sacred Heart Catholic Church, WoT www.sacredheartchurch.co.uk 0117 983 3926 St Peter’s Church, Henleaze www.stpetershenleaze.org 0117 962 4524 Trinity URC, Henleaze www.trinityhenleazeurc.org.uk 0117 962 9713 The Community Church, WoT www.the-community-church.net 0117 946 6807 Waste & Recycling The Household Waste and Recycling Centre on Kingsweston Lane, Avonmouth for pretty much everything. The Avonmouth centre is now open Summer hours from 8.00am to 6.45pm, 7 days a week. 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.
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Cons tuency Ma ers ‐ Charlo e Leslie MP The extent to which politicians of all parties actually AGREE on things can often take people by surprise. Tribalism and division make for a good story yet usually the same ultimate goal is the aim, even if the way of getting there involves shades of grey. Even within parties, mine included, any discord makes headlines whilst widespread harmony is a much quieter tune.
However there is a domino effect. We know the extent of house-building on the northern boundary of the city and await the plans of Filton Airfield developer YTL with interest. What we can be sure about is that there will be several thousand homes …. and therefore people … and therefore cars. Many of these will be flooding through places like Henleaze and Westbury-on-Trym and we have to be ready. Metrobus is unlikely to provide all the answers, as I think everyone knows.
This is a bit sad, really, because in a city like Bristol there is so much which needs a straightforward, commons-sense, roll the sleeves up approach. To be frank, we don’t have time for party politics.
Anyone who follows Bristol politics may have noticed that I have championed a Henbury Loop rail system and I will not rest until that is achieved. I am tremendously encouraged to see that Marvin is also an advocate of this and, in the George Ferguson, as an independent mayor, spirit of consensual politics and the need to do was more or less obliged to have a rainbow the right thing for Bristol, I hope we can press cabinet of councillors at his top table and by and with renewed vigour and one voice for the large this was positive. So it is really encouraging proper rail system which will prevent to see Marvin Rees also having a mix on his Bristol from grounding to a complete halt. cabinet. There can be no doubt, and I really mean NO Bristol aspires to be a regional capital, drawing doubt, that Bristol will have many more people investment and projecting an image of a place and homes and cars in the next two decades. So where stuff gets done. the business planners need to start implementing the kind of transport solutions For years, we saw inertia in areas like schooling – we need for the future NOW, not once the for which my excellent colleague Cllr Claire homes are built. And if we as politicians can Hiscott will now have responsibility – yet now present a united front, big picture and all that, Bristol primaries and secondaries are this might just be possible. gatecrashing the premier leagues of local authorities for education. These are exciting times for Bristol – if we put party-politics aside, together we can really get But meanwhile, we have literal inertia on much stuff done. of transport - as the letters pages of the Post will Charlo e Leslie MP for testify to. Mayor Rees has put housing at the top of his agenda and there will be no disagreement from me that this is a priority. We cannot have a generation for whom having a home is a less than certain proposition.
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Mrs PC ‐ friendly computer training Data roaming charges when you travel abroad. Many of you will be taking a summer holiday overseas this month, so this article is for you. Hope it will clarify data roaming charges and prevent you getting any shocking bills, which arise as a result of your holiday abroad. Those of us who regularly use smartphones are used to using mobile data in this country, it comes as part of your contract with your mobile phone provider. It allows you to do things such as download emails, post to Facebook, browse Google Maps whilst on the move. All this changes when you arrive overseas and connect to the overseas network. Usually the first thing that happens is you get a text from the network to welcome you to the country and to tell you the cost of calls and texts. A survey found that out of 91% of people who took their phone abroad, 81% were unclear what the costs of using it would be. You will be charged for incoming and outgoing calls as well as incoming and outgoing texts. You will also quickly chew up data if you use your phone as you would do in the UK- for example to download emails, or a movie. Even receiving or picking up a voicemail message can be expensive. It is less pricey than it used to be because fees have been capped to protect customers in Europe, however the proposed abolition of roaming charges for tourists will not come into play fully until 2017. It is worth noting that Turkey, Northern Cyprus and Egypt are all popular destinations that are outside the EU. Charges in Switzerland also vary on a network to network basis. Until 2017 it is best to contact your network provider and pay for a European or Worldwide roaming fee so that you can continue to use your phone as you would in the UK but for a
fraction of the cost. Vodafone Eurotraveller costs £3 per day and you can use your UK data allowance. EE is £4 per day for unlimited calls and data. Some phone companies will let you know if your data usage is too high for any period and you can check your usage via an App. For those of you who don’t want to pay those charges, you can avoid most of the costs altogether. Here’s how: In the airport before you leave, go to Settings (grey cog) then go to Mobile Data and switch off both Mobile Data and Data roaming. Turn off Bluetooth as well to save your battery, as you probably won’t be using it. Keep it all turned off throughout your holiday. When you arrive at your hotel, turn your phone on, and take it off airplane mode, then connect to the free hotel Wi-Fi. You can then enjoy your phone and get emails and surf the net at no cost. Look at maps and download data only when you are in a hotel/bar/cafe. It would be prudent not to log in to your bank account when using hotel Wi-Fi in case it is not secure. The other thing you could consider is buying a local SIM card for your phone, but you need an unlocked handset for that. You can then top it up with pay as you go credit. Have a lovely summer holiday wherever you are going. In case you are wondering, Mrs PC goes to Swaledale, North Yorkshire where there is no Vodafone reception at all!
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In the Garden with Cathy Lewis Hardy geraniums Is there such a thing as the perfect plant? It depends on what you’re after of course, but in my experience most people want something that looks good all summer and is easy to maintain. There’s one plant that fits the bill perfectly – the hardy geranium. I can’t imagine a garden without geraniums. The low-growing varieties fill gaps at the front of the border while their bigger cousins drift seamlessly amongst shrubs and perennials providing froth and colour as well as shading out weeds. If they start to sprawl or spread too far you can just trim them back and wait for the next flush of flowers. Or if you want to fill bare patches you can divide up the clump-forming geraniums and hey presto! you have a whole new set of plants for free. There are a bewildering number of geraniums to choose from. Some, like the dainty low-growing Geranium sanguineums, are suited to dry, sunny sites. Geranium sanguineum var. striatum has pale pink flowers right through summer, over a mound of dainty leaves. Moving up a size, Geranium Rozanne (‘Gerwat’) was voted RHS Plant of the Centenary in 2013 and has remained deservedly popular, with large blue flowers (shown below) that keep going from early summer into autumn. It scrambles amongst other plants with octopus-arm stems that can be snipped back if necessary.
Another of my favourites, shown below, is Geranium ‘Anne Folkard’, which has vivid magenta flowers and fresh green foliage. Again, it happily scrambles around but the roots don’t encroach on other plants.
Other highly rated options include delicately coloured Geranium clarkei ‘Kashmir White’, the gorgeous lavender blue Geranium ‘Orion’, and Geranium ‘Mavis Simpson’ which has pale pink flowers over silvery-green foliage. There are some lovely geraniums for shady sites too. Geranium macrorrhizum varieties are perfect for tricky spots under trees and shrubs and slowly spread by underground stems. Some have scented semi-evergreen foliage and most are in flower from mid to late spring. Geranium phaeums are another option too. The huge variety of geraniums may be a little mind-boggling, but most will cope with whatever you throw at them and reward you with a long season of colour. No surprise then that the famous gardener Margery Fish once said ‘If in doubt, plant a geranium’.
Cathy Lewis, Dip. PGSD Cathy Lewis Gardens & Design Professional garden design, consultancy & maintenance
Tel: 07985 008 585 www.cathylewisgardens.co.uk
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Walking through the gates and up the attractive courtyard we weren’t sure what to Cars and pop music. Two of life’s best things expect - we’d not been in since Sue and - and two things I was reminded of when we Paco handed the reins of Casa Mia to their visited the recently opened Flour & Ash sons what must be a decade ago. Inside it restaurant in Westbury on Trym earlier this looked familiar but somehow bigger - partly week. Stick with my whimsy - you’ll I suspect due to the layout changes and hopefully get my drift in a minute. partly due to the light décor and high ceilings lit by the early evening sunshine. The car - a metal box of bits and pieces with The real change though is that everything a wheel in each corner. Pretty basic really. that goes on in the kitchen is visible - you My first one was a Ford Fiesta (mint green, really feel close to the action - and if ever went by the name if Kirsty). Like most you are to feel oven-envy this is the place it youngsters the choice of car was limited will happen. Sat in the corner, dominant Fiesta, Mini Metro or Nisan Micra. All metal and strangely beautiful, is the pizza oven - I boxes with four wheels - but the Fiesta was want to call it a kiln - that is about the size of so much better than the others. For £800 it the aforementioned Nissan Micra, not had a quality that the Metro didn’t and an dissimilar in shape and, Steve let on, in appeal that the Micra yearned for. Simple price. It is a thing of wonder that is worth a yes, but well crafted and worth the visit just to see. investment.
Restaurant Review ‐ Flour & Ash
Pop music - one or more people singing and playing instruments to produce a song. Pretty basic really. As a teenager I could have yearned for Tina Marie or The Nolans simple fodder exhibiting little musical talent, consumable but not very satisfying. Instead I followed Genesis and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - proper musicians, creative people producing music of Gorgeous though its oven is, Flour & Ash substance, quality and care. It took some will sink or swim by the quality of the listening to but it was worth the investment. offering. Which brings me back to cars and records - simple in concept but with the Right, back to Flour & Ash. Owner Steve potential to be memorable things of beauty Gale and his team, buoyed by the success of and desire. their first restaurant on Cheltenham Road and on a wave of big scoring reviews, took So. Pizza. A lump of dough, flattened out over the lovely location on Westbury High with some ingredients chucked on top then Street previously occupied by the very baked until hot and singed at the edges. splendid Casa Mia, and opened last month Simple, fit for purpose but hardly a thing to to much excitement and anticipation from get excited about - much like the Mini the people I’d spoken to locally. That Metro and the latest ‘45 from the Nolans. anticipation has been rewarded judging by However apply craft to some fine the universally positive feedback I’ve had ingredients, utilise a little careful and from those same people since. original thought and seek to create
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something a little more desirable, and the lump of dough can be turned into something special. Which is exactly what happens at Flour and Ash - pizzas to get excited about, pizzas to admire, pizzas to consume with a smile on your face. We’d seen the size of a Flour & Ash pizza as we walked in so skipped the starters, even though the choice of six was tempting, especially the wood roasted asparagus with chorizo butter. No, we had two teenage girls with us so needed to dive straight in to the main event. The menu will change regularly, depending on what is in season, what is available and what the chef feels like putting on his sourdough pizza crust. There were eleven choices - two without a tomato base - a great range for vegetarians and carnivores alike. I went for chorizo, pickled chillis, mozzarella and rocket, and elsewhere around the table we had a classic and classy margherita, a Portobello mushroom and garlic, and a Italian ham and artichoke.
Thankfully desert at Flour & Ash is a simple affair - just the matter of choosing between the dozen ice creams and sorbets that are all made on the premises and which again vary regularly. It was hard to pick a favourite - mine were the blackcurrant sorbet, the banana and muscovado ice cream and the basil ice cream (yes, you did read that right like chilli and chocolate it shouldn't work but lordy, it does). And that was about it really. Service was friendly and relaxed and the atmosphere similarly happy and chilled. Just what you want for a casual but special meal out. In our house we are creatures of habit in that we always have a home made curry on a Saturday night in front of Casualty. We’re not habitual pizza eaters - but Flour & Ash might make us think again about that. With starters around the £5 mark, pizzas around £10 - £13 (and any pizza for £9 ordered before 6.30pm) and the fabulous ice creams at £3 a helping, that is a price I’d happily pay for a ’simple’ meal that is so not simple. Flour & Ash, 38 High Street, WoT, BS9 3DZ Telephone 0117 330 0033 www.flourandash.co.uk Eat in and Take-away
All emerged from the oven like molten lava from Vesuvius - hot, beautiful, dramatic and cooling to form a crispy crust. They tasted every bit as good as they looked - and they looked fantastic. We also indulged in one of each of the side dishes - mixed salad with a buttermilk and herb dressing, truffled polenta chips with which you could play culinary Jenga, and a masterful slaw made of courgette, chilli, spring onion and feta.
[Just heard that Flour & Ash are soon to start serving afternoon coffee and cake (book me in!) and also weekend brunches and early evening specials. Keep an eye on the website or follow them on Twitter (@flourandash) for latest news and special offers].
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The court refused to order the wife to provide the informa on, on the grounds that the husband's conduct was wrong and he already knew the answers. The judge Following the breakdown of a marriage, trust between a couple can be at an all‐ me went on to require the husband to provide all the documents to the wife's lawyers. low. Unsurprisingly many people are This ruling gave rise to the 'Hildebrand concerned that their spouse will not rules'. These rules allowed people who provide full or truthful details of their were concerned about their former financial circumstances when the division of spouse's honesty to, in effect 'help their assets is discussed. themselves' to documents, so long as this did not involve the use of force or the Divorcing couples are legally required to intercep on of documents and so long as provide a full and accurate picture of all the original documents were returned. their financial details to each other so that there is a level playing field to start A cheat's charter? nego a ons. However, many people are tempted to double‐check their spouse's However, all of this changed in 2010 with paperwork or computer records, without the case of Tchenquiz & Others v Imerman. their spouse's knowledge, to see whether they are in fact pain ng the full picture. In Imerman, the wife’s brothers downloaded informa on from a computer Is a bit of detec ve work allowed? being used by the husband in an office they all shared, because they suspected that the The ethical ques ons and legal principles husband would try to conceal his assets arising from such behaviour were ini ally considered in the 1992 case of Hildebrand v ahead of his divorce. The informa on was Hildebrand, in which a husband found and printed and passed to the wife’s solicitors. copied documents that were stored in his The husband subsequently asked for the wife's personal box files. In the financial files, and any copies to be returned to him. se lement proceedings that followed, he The Court of Appeal agreed, and ordered then requested informa on of which he the files to be handed back to the was already aware from the wife. husband’s solicitors. Further, the court
Detec ng deceit in divorce proceedings ‐ a cheat's charter?
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stated that the wife should be prevented from using any of the informa on gained through reading them. Imerman overturned the Hildebrand rules on the basis that such conduct by one party, which would otherwise be considered to be 'criminal or ac onable' was not jus fiable. However, those who disagreed with the court's decision called it a 'cheat’s charter'. So where does this leave divorcing couples? The decision in Imerman remains the current legal posi on. Nevertheless, there are other op ons for people who suspect that their former spouse is hiding informa on about their assets, which include making applica ons to the court.
In some cases, uncovering such informa on can be vital to ensuring a fair financial se lement is reached. However, the importance of ge ng hold of such informa on in the legally‐approved way is clear from the cases of Hildrebrand and Imerman. For expert advice in this area, contact Samantha Hickman, family law Partner at Veale Wasbrough Vizards, on 0117 314 5435.
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No Prize General Knowledge Quiz
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In which years did the following bridges open - the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Tower Bridge, and the Second Severn Crossing?
“Well we know where we're goin', but we don't know where we've been” (1985)
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How many grandchildren does the Queen have?
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On a standard UK Monopoly board which is the fifth cheapest property?
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What nationalities are these pop stars - a) David Guetta, b) Drake, and c) Avicii?
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What local(ish) “sporting” events take place at the following locations? Cooper’s Hill, Oak Tree Arena, The New Lawn.
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Name the highest mountain in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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What well known hit records open with these lines? “In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream” (1975) “I think I'm gonna be sad, I think it's today, yeah” (1965)
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How many sheets of paper in a ream, how many feet in a fathom, how many yards in a furlong, and how many gills in a gallon?
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Which of these Kings was the subject of a play by Shakespeare - Henry III, George III or Richard III?
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How many English counties have a coastline? On which roads in London would you find the following visitor attractions a) The Ritz, b) Harrods, c) Hamleys, d) Lords Cricket Ground.
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undoubtedly they will all be busy making their businesses successful, however so often the emphasis is on today, and not considering the ‘what if’ something was to happen? Here is just one such scenario. Death of a Shareholder/Director – Here is one such fictional case: Westbury Widgets Ltd. is a small company with 3 directors, Brian, Peter and Jane – all of whom have specific roles within the business. The business is valued at £1m. Brian owns the majority of the shares but Peter and Jane own 20% each. Peter has the relationship with the majority of customers, the major one accounting for 40% of the profits. He is married to Elizabeth, they have two children. The company has 10 employees and is doing well. It has bank borrowing of £175,000. Each director has a director’s loan to the business of £40,000. Peter Dies and here are a few implications: ▪ Brian and Jane have to consider how they will repay the directors loan to Peter’s estate. ▪ Brian and Jane are now faced with either welcoming Elizabeth to the company or finding the capital to buy out Peter’s shares. Either way… ▪ Elizabeth thinks her entitlement is based on 20% of a company valued at £1m, however without Peter in the company arguably the value is now significantly less. ▪The major customer becomes nervous straight away and start to talk to Westbury Widget’s competitors ▪ The bank are aware the company has lost Peter
and customers may walk and suddenly the bank loan of £150,000 is an issue. ▪ The company’s suppliers ask for payment immediately. ▪ Brian and Jane have to divide the work that Peter did between them in the short term, thereby impacting on their own work. ▪ In time they will have to recruit, train and work with a replacement for Peter. ▪ Each employee would like to know if their jobs are safe. ▪ Brian and Jane’s ability to borrow to repay Elizabeth is significantly reduced, resulting in them considering borrowing against their personal assets. So as I say, while everything is going well – why worry about the ‘what if’s? Well the answer to that is that if you don’t, all too quickly profit can turn to debt and the business may not survive. If you think it will not happen, it does. Also statistically someone is more likely to contract a significant illness and the implications of this on the business can actually be worse. Please be aware that none of the above constitutes financial advice. We recommend that you consider your arrangements and circumstances and then take advice. Phil James Grosvenor Consultancy Ltd. 01275 373 348 The Financial Conduct Authority does not regulate tax advice and some forms of offshore investments. The value of investments and the income from them can fall as well as rise and you may not get back the full amount you invested.
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The Downs Recorder ‐ Richard Bland
Macadam became the surveyor. He was a superb engineer and in 1822 built Bridge Valley Road to give better access from the city to the Downs. It History of the Downs in ten objects was constructed using Macadam’s principle of No. 3 - The Ladies Mile Milestone 1727 successive layers of stone on a camber with proper drains. The surface was what we would The use of milestones goes back to Roman call gravel. This system came to be applied to all times, but modern ones are mainly associated with the development of the Turnpike system in toll roads across the land, and improved journey speeds dramatically to an average of twelve the 18th century. Half way along Ladies Mile there is a battered milestone that used to have a miles an hour, reducing the journey time to London from four days to ten hours. The entire cast iron plate on it stating ‘To Bristol 2’ but it coaching era and the establishment of the was stolen in 2001. A plastic cast has been inserted in its place, but it is not facing the road, penny post were all dependent on his road building design. The iron shod wheels of which is odd. The stone also has an almost coaches actually strengthened the surface, but invisible Bench Mark carved in it, part of the Ordnance Survey system of establishing heights when motor vehicles came along the suction across the land. There are two other milestones from rubber tyres broke the surface up and produced clouds of dust. A solution to this on the Downs, one on Clifton Green and the problem was found by coating Macadam’s other on the Westbury Road. surface with tar, hence “tarmac” Ladies Mile was a part of the The new road involved the creation of a smart Bristol Turnpike Trust new tollhouse across the enlarged junction. At established in 1727. Gates were set up all round the city some point a cutting was made to improve the and charges set for all traffic slope of Fountains Hill, and the old road, which becomes Upper Belgrave Road, was also entering or leaving the city. widened and straightened with small cuttings, The money went to road improvement, as previously though the original track continues to exist alongside the Zoo wall. However the parishes had been responsible and many roads development of railways from the 1840s ended the entire system and turnpikes were abolished were in a parlous state. This by act of parliament in 1867. The road system was not, as might be was left to individual riders and country carrier imagined, a popular move, services for areas not served by rail. In 1872 and there are frequent accounts of turnpikes being Alderman Proctor built a fine fountain on the site of the now demolished New Toll house, smashed, especially in eastern Bristol by angry coal though it was removed to its present site in 1988 as by that time it had become a traffic hazard. miners, as Kingswood (well outside the city then) was the main colliery site. So the lonely milestone is a symbol of a moment when the national transport system underwent A turnpike was built at the end of the Promenade across the main road from Clifton to a transformation, and it all began on the Downs. Stoke Bishop. It was a simple square cottage with a normal five bar farm gate. Turnpikes were The Downs are for people, and the management of a vast number of competing also set up at the top of Gallows Acres Lane (now Pembroke Road) and on Whiteladies Road interests is sophisticated and subtle. If you enjoy the Downs, or use if for your sport, why at the junction with Cotham Hill. There were three Turnpike roads across the Downs, all lined not become a Friend? Membership is just £10. with tree avenues to help passengers find their Contact Robin Haward at way in the dark or poor weather. These avenues robinhaward@blueyonder.co.uk, can be seen in the 1746 Hammersley map. The tel. 0117 974 3385 or visit our website Bristol system became the largest in the country fodag-bristol.weebly.com with 180 miles of road and in 1818 John Loudon
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Coaching with Anne Miller
Perfect Fit How often do you hear yourself say “I know I should…”? And yet you’re not doing whatever that something is….! So there’s a reason for this and it’s probably not that you’re lazy, hopeless, indecisive or any of the other labels that you’re attaching to yourself. It’s probably that you’re not confident that it’s a perfect fit.
This solution doesn’t just have to be preferable; it has to be compelling, motivating, exciting. It needs to feel like a perfect fit. In your business, work or life, if you’re not taking advice on board, even when you think it sounds like good advice; if you’re not following through with your intentions; if you’re not implementing the ideas you’ve picked up and so rated; if you’re thinking ‘I know I should’ but not doing; there is a reason. But you won’t be able to see what this reason is if you’re intent on beating yourself up for not pursuing that something. Accept there is a reason and then go about understanding what you want to do rather than what you ‘should’ do. Acceptance is the key to moving on.
If you want to embrace change in any aspect of your life, you need to understand your values and priorities, your motivations and aspirations and only you can know these. Only when you know and accept yourself can Where has the ‘should’ come from? Whose voice you make life and work choices that have a do you hear? Who do you worry about letting perfect fit. down if you don’t? However well-intentioned and wise our colleagues/friends/family are, their advice does not always fit well for us. In fact it’s just possible it does more harm than good because they don’t have the whole picture. How could they? When someone is on the outside of a situation or problem, it is much easier to see solutions that seem infinitely preferable compared to the problem. But if you’re the person involved, it’s you that’s going to be doing all the work, making the changes and managing the consequences, so you want to be sure that before you embark on this, that this is what you want rather than something you think others may want or expect of you.
Working with a coach you will gain new perspectives empowering you to make better choices and achieve positive change.
Visit www.annemillercoaching.co.uk for more information and to book a free consultation Tel: 07722 110 228.
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Talking Pets with Viking Vets Saying the wrong thing. Being a vet means we meet a lot of people and pets, so our ability to communicate is very important. We often have to explain complex issues that are difficult to grasp not only for an owner, but sometimes we struggle ourself to understand it all. English is also my second language that brings its own challenges. My native tongue is Norwegian, where there are no distinction between v and w. Just explaining to people that I am a 'vet' rather than a 'wet' is hard enough. My mother-in-law thought Norwegians had some odd tradition of wearing 'whales' on their head rather than a 'veil' when I were getting married to her son. I have put my foot in it with clients as well. Like when I offered to give a 'hand' to the one handed lady struggling to turn the door knob, carrying a cat basket. She answered two would be nice! I had a heavily pregnant women in with her cat and asked to see her the following week. When she arrived the following week, my first comment was ' No baby yet then'. Her answer
was ' I had it last week'. On an other occasion, I was convinced a lady was pregnant and gave lots of advise about dangers of cats during pregnancy. She curtly explained she was not pregnant, I managed to mumble that I gave this advise to everybody, but not very convincingly. I used to look after a beautiful guide dog belonging to a very lovely blind lady. On one of her visits I was running a bit late, I was just letting her into the reception and said ' Have a seat, you may enjoy the view whilst you wait'. As the words came out of my mouth I was realising how wrong they were. Not only was the lady blind, but we do not have a view either since we are surrounded by a large wall. Misunderstandings about treatments also happen. Diabetes is seen in both cats and dogs, and they need to be treated with insulin injections. I normally get the owners to practice by injecting into a banana. The dog was stabilised in the hospital, then sent home, but the diabetes was getting worse. In the end I got the owners to bring the dog I and show me exactly what they were doing. They agitated the insulin correctly, drew it up correctly, but rather than injecting the dog, they injected the banana and fed it to the dog!!!!
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Wooden Wildlife
On November 5th 2015 contractors dismantled the tree. A group of us stood around in the pouring rain for most of the day in mourning The Cedar of Lebanon on Stoke Lodge really for such a magnificent tree. Andy and the Parkland………. is now a piece of Public Art. It tree surgeons had met on site previously with has been transformed by Andy O’Neill, chainsaw the Council Tree Officer to plan the cuts across wood sculptor (www.wildwoodcarving.co.uk), the limbs. Andy wanted as much wood as with representations of British wild life such as possible to inspire his carving, and the Council might be seen around the parkland now carved Tree Officer wanted the tree made safe. At the into and onto the trunk and remaining branches. end of the day both were content with the outcome. The hazardous limbs had been The Cedar was probably 175 years old when it removed. If the tree had to be lost - which it did succumbed to old age and disease. Gradually its Andy still had plenty to work on. mighty limbs were dying, and when last year it was assessed by Bristol City Council Tree Officers A very wet stormy winter passed while potential to have become dangerous - these trees have a scaffolders visited the site. Scaffolding a tree of reputation for suddenly dropping a branch, this size on uneven ground so that the sculptor maybe on to passers-by - a felling order was could safely reach every remaining branch if raised. need be was no mean undertaking. There was no “off the shelf” design for this. Andy wanted At a Stoke Bishop Forum, when the news was four platforms to work from, each just over 2 announced, some residents suggested that the metres apart. The scaffolding specifications tree be sculpted rather than felled and removed, needed to comply with the Council’s Public and so the project began. The task of running Safety, Insurance and Health and Safety the project was undertaken by the Environment regulations - including weekly inspections. Group of the Stoke Bishop, Westbury on Trym and Henleaze Neighbourhood Partnership (NP3), who made a bid for funding from devolved funds under the control of the Partnership - Councillors and elected resident representatives. These are the funds that developers have paid to mitigate the impact their developments have had in an area, and often the money has to be spent in parks and green spaces. Andy O’Neill is known around Bristol, and indeed nationally, for his chainsaw sculptures. He accepted the commission to undertake the sculpture, but it was with some trepidation. He had tackled such sculptures before, but not on a tree that would still be standing nearly 40 feet into the air. He came up with ideas rather than a strict design because while the tree was still intact it was difficult to imagine what would be left once it had been made safe. The Environment Group was struck by his passion and enthusiasm for the project, and the scheme went ahead.
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By early April the ground had dried out sufficiently for work to begin. Over three days from 11th April 2016 the tree was scaffolded and on 18th April Andy started work. His choice of animals to carve in to the tree was influenced by some drawings he had been sent by the children of Stoke Bishop Primary School in Cedar Park just before Christmas 2015. The carving was to take 20 days. Many people came to stand, watch and admire as day by day new creatures emerged from the tree. At first a large owl perched, and then a bird of prey in flight appeared in the top branches. A few days later and a whole family of young owls peered nervously out of a side branch. Then a snake curled around and then through the tree, with a coil of its body on a branch and its head appearing from the other side. On Day 20 of carving - the 18th of May 2016 - the chain saw fell silent and the sculpture was complete.
The scaffolding was taken down, and we have our iconic tree carved so that we can admire it for 30 or more years, and we can also remember the majestic tree that stood there before, contributing both to our environment and to our enjoyment of the parkland. Andy and I could not have run this project without the continued and valued support of NP3’s Environment Group and the Neighbourhood Partnership, so I thank them. My thanks also to Phil Burton, Bristol City Council’s Tree Officer, who readily said we could do this and agreed to have the tree only dismantled rather than felled; to Andrew McGrath and Gary Brentnall, our Council Neighbourhood Officers, who stepped in and facilitated the overcoming of the little glitches that can occur when residents undertake projects on council owned land; to RJ Scaffolding Bristol Ltd. whose team completed this rather unusual scaffolding task in good spirits and the rain; to the passers-by who stopped, complimented and encouraged the work as it progressed, and most of all to Andy O’Neill, chain saw sculptor, who undertook this commission and saw it to completion despite hurdles in the early stages which seemed insurmountable at the time. We hope he enjoyed the task. Please visit the parkland and see the tree. Stephanie French NP3 Tree Champion
The list of animals is a long one - Owls, a Hawk, Butterfly, Snake, Badger, Snail, Bees on their honeycombs, Squirrel, Fox, Hedgehogs, Garden Birds, Mice, and Perch. There are areas where leaves have been carved into the tree to “link” the various sculptures.
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Hello BS9 a readers! Demen Awareness This is the first of what will be a short regular Dementia Awareness column.
with dementia. A number of local activities and events were organised for the May Dementia Awareness week. We’ll provide a monthly update on the group’s activities and progress towards awareness, but the key event this month is a celebration on 8 July, of the achievements over the past 3 years. This will take place in the Baptist Church in Reedley Road and all are welcome. More details on the official notice in this magazine (p. )
We are lucky enough to have an unstoppable driving force in Westbury-on-Trym whose ambition is that Bristol becomes THE Dementia Friendly city in the UK. Many of you will already Tony Hall, whose wife Barbara Our website is: www.bristoldaa.co.uk where you has dementia. Tony set up the Bristol Dementia can find out more about our activities and future Action Alliance (BDAA), one of a number of plans – and how to become involved of course! similar groups in the UK, to help people become more aware of dementia and to make the lives Glenise Morgan, of affected families a more positive one. The Member of the BDAA Steering group group has been running for nearly three years and has just become a registered charity. It works closely with the Alzheimer’s Society, Bristol City Council and all the care agencies offering services to people living with dementia. Tony is a member of Westbury Baptist Church and in November 2015 a Memory café was launched that meets there on the first Friday of the month, from 14.00-1600, open to all but concentrating its activities on carers and people
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Is your pension working for or against you? Research published by Aviva in May 2016 has found that more than a quarter of savers (28%) never review their re rement savings, while almost a fi h (19%) of those with a pension review it less than once every five years. While day‐to‐day tasks can o en seem more pressing, a second report released in May shows why it’s important to review your pension. Research from The Transparency Taskforce has revealed that, le unchecked, your pension could be devalued by more than a third over the life me of your investment as a result of hidden charges. In the course of their research they uncovered more than 100 types of costs and charges being rou nely applied to pensions and investments, many of which are hidden from the consumer. If your pension is one of those being hit by hidden charges it is possible to switch to another provider, although you must watch out for any exit penal es or special benefits that would be lost on transfer. Researching your current pension and poten al alterna ves can be a bit of an endeavour but is very worthwhile so if you are unlikely to get round to it yourself consider handing the task over to a professional financial adviser. They can also look at the investments held within your pension and advise whether they are suitable for you. With vola lity in the stock markets all but guaranteed in the build up to and a ermath of the EU referendum, it could pay to make sure your investments are up to date too. Richard is a Chartered Financial Planner with a specialist interest in providing friendly, old fashioned, face to face financial advice to local people. He has par cular exper se in re rement planning as well as Inheritance Tax planning and investments. He can be contacted directly by email on richard.higgs@wealthwest.co.uk, through the website at www.wealthwest.co.uk or by telephone on 0117 966 5699.
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Premier Homecare Limited, Judith Tunnicliffe, Owner and Registered Manager Premier Homecare Limited is an independently owned family business based in Westbury‐on‐Trym and Stoke Bishop and has been providing care in client’s homes, across North West Bristol for over 13 years. As a qualified nurse and previously as a health visitor for older people based in Cli on, Judith understands fully the needs of older people and those with disabili es. Over the years Premier Homecare has developed into a thriving and dynamic business currently employing well over 100 well trained and professional staff; delivering a service of a consistently high standard to 200 clients with daily and weekly visits. Throughout the company’s development the owners have always been mindful of the factors which equate to care delivery of the highest standard : con nuity of care; rigorous and me culous
recruitment of our best assets – our carers; professionally trained and supported staff; assurance of excellent communica on between all par es and importantly resis ng the tempta on to take on more work than can be managed effec vely – resul ng in the Premier Homecare of today – recognised, respected and recommended by the community and healthcare professionals alike. Premier Homecare recognises as me moves on and some tasks become less easy, there's no reason why a person shouldn't con nue to live the life they know, in the home they've made. All that may be needed is a visit from a trusted, friendly face; someone to listen and a helping hand when a person might appreciate it. Premier Homecare can offer a flexible care service in a person’s own home ranging from an hour once a week to 24 hour care; the care offered is ul mately dependent on an individual’s need. This might vary from domes c help once a week, trips out, companionship, to more specialist care support involving personal care, preparing of meals or suppor ng someone to take their medica on safely. “We have specialist experts if an individual’s care needs are more complex and have wide ranging connec ons with other specialist healthcare experts to ensure your support is right for you and is arranged effec vely, in as stress‐free a manner as possible. First, we'll have a discussion to work out what kind of support will suit you best and to iden fy your personal requirements. This helps us to put together a plan reflec ng your expecta ons.
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Naturally, your whole family are welcome to come along to ensure you receive support in the way that suits you best” says Judith. Premier Homecare has an outstanding Management team along with an excep onal team of home care professionals, all of whom recognise it’s a real achievement to become a Premier Homecare Support Worker. Judith states “knowing first hand, and through our client feedback, we are providing a first class service…our reviews on Google and the Good Care Guide are testament to this as well as our latest inspec on Report from the Care Quality Commission indicates we are providing a service of excep onal quality.” Premier Homecare has a deep responsibility for the quality of an individual’s life. It's a responsibility all in the company bear with great pride and it's a privilege to do so. Judith went onto say “It’s a pleasure working with staff who all share the same ethos, commitment and passion for care. Families and friends of our clients consistently tell us how they feel reassured their loved ones are in expert and experienced hands”. “We demand excep onal standards and whilst it would be good to think the sector as a whole applied the same me culous scru ny to levels of care that we do, it is apparent the care sector has unfortunately, made headlines for falling below these standards. We cannot and would never speak for others in the care field; we can only speak about the private, personal services we offer and give assurance our standards are, without doubt, second to none”. Premier Homecare’s infrastructure and level
of support via the ‘Helpdesk’ and 24/7 ‘On‐ Call’ facility ensures good consistent lines of communica on with family and friends and other health professionals. Over the last 13 years Premier has seen care companies come and go making unrealis c claims about the service they can offer. One thing is for sure, if you are looking for the best care and support available why not talk to Premier Homecare who have a respected and progressive track record of delivering the high quality, bespoke help and wellbeing, people deserve. “At Premier Homecare we want to con nue to spread a posi ve but balanced message and encourage poten al clients and carers to visit us to discuss the care and assistance we can provide, and what we can also offer as a poten al employer. One of the reasons we have offices in very public high street loca ons is so our knowledge and exper se can be easily accessed and reassurance sought. It also means we have a very high profile making Premier Homecare openly accountable to its clients and employees” says Judith. If you would like more informa on about the services provided or about a career with Premier Homecare please call 0117 959 2013 or visit the offices at 24 Canford Lane Westbury‐on‐Trym, or 67 Stoke Hill, Stoke Bishop or email care@premier‐ homecare.com or visit our website www.premier‐homecare.com
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Defender of the Faith
The Queen holds the tle ‘Defender of the Faith and Supreme Governor of the Church by Jason Loh of England’. I recently read in ‘The Servant Queen and the King she serves’ (by Mark Greene and Catherine Butcher) that the As we celebrate the 90th birthday of Her Queen a ends church and prays daily, but Majesty the Queen this year, one reflects on never tells anyone to go church. When she some of the important seasons in her is in residence at Sandringham, she would life me. o en a end service at the Sandringham Church unannounced via the side door. Her 2012 ‐ an amazing year. Chelsea won the faith is quietly held, but well‐known (as can European Cup for the first me. Andy be heard in her inspiring and though ul Murray made it the Wimbledon Men’s Christmas messages). Singles Finals, losing to Roger Federer but then bea ng him at the London Olympics to The Queen’s actual birthday is on 21st April win Team GB’s 16th gold medal. It was the (a day before mine!). Since 1748, the official Queen’s 60th year as reigning monarch, her birthday of the Bri sh sovereign is Diamond Jubilee. For me, the moment celebrated on a Saturday in June. This year, forever etched into my memory is that of the ceremony of ‘Trooping the Colour’ was seeing James Bond escort the Queen to the held on 11th June on Horse Guards parade Olympic Stadium… she then appears to by St James’ Park. parachute out of a helicopter to arrive in In honour of the spectacular fashion at the opening Queen’s 90th ceremony! birthday, I have She has been created a special through wars, plan ng scheme drama c cultural based on two and social royal colours ‐ upheaval, and Purple & White. advised a All will be revealed in next month’s edi on. succession of 12 But if you want a sneak peak, do feel free to U.K. prime ministers. But all this belies the get in touch with me. silent strength and radiant grace that surrounds Britain’s longest reigning monarch, which she a ributes to her faith.
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Some poe c thoughts I recall writing some time ago that, at the suggestion of a few friends and family, I’d been on a creative writing course entitled “How to write a novel” - and that I had come away realising that I had neither the patience, nor stamina nor breadth of vocabulary to write a novel. This month I’ve been to the other end of the scale and spent some time with local writer Mark Hamilton, whose latest offering is a volume of short poems. And I have come to the conclusion now that writers fall into one of three categories. If you like to be generous with your words you write prose. If you like to be careful with your words you write poetry. And if you have neither stamina or finesse when working with the English language you write articles like this. Mark is talented and careful with his words not just in terms of quantity but also regarding quality. Which makes for easy but thoughtful reading. Living at the edge of Badock’s Wood, and being a dog owner, half of his collection focusses on this beautiful area that he and his chihuahua roam on a daily basis - musings on history, nature and man’s interaction with both. I particularly enjoyed “Ash from elder” observing that you need not be an expert on nature to enjoy its beauty and fascination.
favourite in the collection, an extolling of the pleasure in occasionally doing nothing. Reviewing poetry I now realise is hard as I think writing it is - poetry is subjective and emotional and personal. Just read it and hopefully enjoy it - like I did. Greengages “Briefly, I wished your name was Anne! Then I could have called you Anne of Green Gages as you plucked them from the branches that soft and sunny afternoon by the field in Badock’s Wood, and the hard, sharp fruit caused little explosions in our mouths. Such is nature’s bounty free to air (and wind, and rain), free to those who stop to take its miracle work in glad and grateful fingers.”
The second half of the collection is a broader look at life which Mark seems to take from the perspective of a family man and ex-commuter - an observer of the importance and the passing of time, keen not to waste it. The poetry is simple and uncluttered, charming, wry and thoughtful. Mark’s book is published by Daisy Press and is available via the Amazon and Waterstones “Graveside” is poignant, while “Spaces”, is my websites.
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History Notes no. 104 ‐ Greenways to Highways. Julian Lea‐Jones
added their own routes. Although today we are no longer accustomed to seeing herds of cows and pigs or flocks of geese and sheep being Although Bristol’s beginnings haven’t been driven through the streets, (would they obey determined, as a tribal border along a major river traffic lights?), evidence of our agrarian pre with fording places we can assume that there motor traffic past still exists in Cattle Market was a conjunction of trackways here. In a largely Road by Temple Meads. Even in the nineteenth forested country greenways and tracks braided century sheep were penned in front of St the landscape because then routes across the Thomas’ Church next to the Wool Hall (pictured landscape were determined by community or below left). Although I couldn’t find any drove road individual desires not by edict. In Anglo Saxon names in Bristol, in W-S-M at Locking there is still times there was a settlement at the confluence a signposted Drove Road. Hauliers bringing in of the Avon and Frome. This grew and tracks goods to the town had a problem with our hills, would have been used by traders (some records and once here extra horses were needed to get mention Coldharbour Road as a salt route). up the hills. Stables located at foot of hills, e.g. Pig Sty Hill, on Gloucester Road, rented out extra Clues to these ancient paths often survive as horses for the ascent. field walls or boundaries which although disrupted or realigned may survive as short cuts A different lack of horsepower was again a between roads. One short example is the problem in the early twentieth century. Cars or remnant of an old footpath shown on the horseless carriages had difficulty in managing ill Ashmead 1855 map between Redland Road maintained and gravelly or stony hills, again an houses, down the hill crossing Hazel Avenue entrepreneur came to the rescue. Harry Inglis continuing to the bottom of Elm Lane. From the produced an amazing pocket book, (5 x 8 cm) map and field alignments it is likely that this old called ‘Contour England’ containing 1,630 maps, path once continued uphill across Redland with road descriptions: Good, Fair, or Dangerous, Green to the farm. with gradients and more amazingly graphs showing the elevation and distances of every In my 41st article, Dec 2010, I gave other passable road in the country. Advice for examples of sections of old trackways and paths alternative routes around problem areas such as that still survive as shortcuts in our urban this Bristol example were included. landscape such as the oldest recorded, the Phoenix Grove hedge and path. Do you know of any other footpaths or shortcuts that still survive in your area? If so I would like to hear from you, as perhaps the discoveries could form the basis for a walk. When the Romans came they sometimes incorporated sections of the old ways into their new military roads, such as the Via Julia from Bath through Bitton across the Downs to their port Abonae at Sea Mills. In 1901 someone marked the route by a sign (still high on the building on the corner of Redland hill and Lower Redland Road). Bristol and its population steadily grew and with many more mouths to feed drovers bringing livestock
Lastly traffic noise, 19century iron rimmed carts over granite cobbles resulted in cacophony, resolved by using Eucalyptus wood blocks instead of cobbles. In 1930 Bristol had over eleven miles of wood block highways including Cheltenham Road however motor oil and tyre fragments turned them into skating rinks and blocks were replaced or just tarmacked over still visible in Broad Street until the 1970s. © Julian Lea-Jones, FRAeS, 2016 www.history4u.info
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The way of the shaman As managers of the Chiron Centre, we are fortunate that we both share the same desire to engage with other cultures, to connect with their history and see what might be of benefit for us here in Westbury‐on‐Trym. We have both just been to Peru, where we spent much of the me with local people and their shaman, visi ng the sacred sites and holding ceremony on their land. The shamanic heritage in Peru is ancient, part of an unbroken tradi on that goes back thousands of years to the me of the Inca. It is not a religion as such, but does recognise the existence of God, known as ‘Great Spirit’ but perhaps in contrast to many formalised religions, sees everything as being sacred and alive, with everything connected to everything else. Many of the ceremonies we engaged with were based on gra tude. We prepared despachos, where we thanked the spirit world, the mountains, the rivers, the trees and the animals for all that they bring to sustain us. This gra tude is key to the shamanic way of life; it allows us to be in harmony with our world and in the flow of giving and receiving. A er our meals, we o en le a small piece of food on the earth in gra tude for the abundance we had just shared. This balance with the natural world is called ‘ayni’ which means ‘right rela onship’. It is a way of living that leaves a light footprint, with few material possessions and few ripples from their way of life. They work with the land rather than against it. Their prac ces are ancient yet s ll have a relevance to us today. The environmental changes that we have created on this planet have arisen because we stopped honouring the land. We take what we need and then move on, whether that is deforesta on of our woodland or the ravaging of our oceans; we do not live in balance with nature. The shamanic way is one of gentle living but also one of healing. A shaman looks to bring this ‘right rela onship’ into ourselves as individuals, knowing that when we are truly in balance with our surroundings, when we are truly connected to our highest self and the world around us, then we must be in good health and vitality. We both prac ce shamanic healing tradi ons in the Chiron Centre, o en within the framework of a kinesiology session. If you wish to experience this, please do get in touch with either of us ‐ Claire Kedward and Andrew Kemp.
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Prize Wordsearch
@BS9Andy. All correct entries, however received, are allocated a number and then one number is selected randomly by computer to determine the winning entry.
An literary theme to this months competition with British poets the object of your search. Listed below are twenty three well known British poets. Twenty two of them are also hidden in the Best of luck - here are the poets you are looking for:grid to the right. Just try and track them down and you should be left with one odd-poet-out. AMIS BLAKE BROWNING COLERIDGE ELIOT Just let me know who the missing poet is and if BYRON you are correct your entry will go into the hat HARDY KEATS LARKIN with all the correct entries from this months BS9 SHELLEY THOMAS AUDEN BRONTE BURNS LAWRENCE and BS6 magazines. CHAUCER DUFFY GRAVES KIPLING SHAKESPEARE After the closing date of 31st July one entry will HUGHES be drawn and that person will win a goody bag TENNYSON WORDSWORTH of books, guides puzzles and other (all new) stuff Thank you to everybody who entered the May that I have seem to have accumulated over the competition for the Vanilla / Kondi gift voucher. last few months. The correct answer was Marjorie and the first entry out of the hat was an emailed entry from Entries by email to andy@bcmagazines.co.uk, Lisa Sage. Congratulations Lis, your voucher is post to 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY, phone to 0117 259 1964, text to 07845 986650 or Tweet to on its way.
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Bruce Fellows Good Reads How did Dimitri Shostakovich survive as a composer under Stalin? Did he make accommodations to the regime? In his novel, The Noise of Time, Julian Barnes introduces us to the composer as he waits by an elevator for the men he expects to come to arrest him. But it seems the Great Leader has a soft spot for Dimitri though not always for his music. It’s ‘Muddle not Music’. It’s banned for a time. This is a moving, frightening but nevertheless often funny tale of a calm man who referees football matches, who loves stability but never finds it. Did he compromise? You decide. Students in the seventies! Linda Grant tells the story of one of them in Upstairs at the Party. Despite poor grades, Adele talks her way into a new university (you could do that then). She makes friends with Gillian, a musician; Bobby, gay and blazer wearing; and lookalikes Evie and Stevie. What happens upstairs at Adele’s birthday party is the key to her future life and she’s still working things out in Diamond Jubilee year. This is a captivating and humorous novel with an authentic feel for the era and Adele is a quirky but sympathetic heroine at the centre of a real page turner.
replacement was Kaiser Bill, a personality with no character. European monarchs were all cousins, German generals were jealous rivals, the British and French armies had been reformed, the Black Hand Gang wanted to be free of Austria-Hungary. The declaration of war found European populations enthusiastic for it. But Bismarck would have found a way to avoid it all. As he aims to be, Robinson is brilliantly informative and also very, very interesting. In Catherine Lacey’s emotional, mysterious and enthralling novel, Nobody Is Ever Missing, Elyria abandons her New York maths professor husband, Charles, and her job as a soap scriptwriter to fly across the world to New Zealand, where someone has offered her a room to stay in. Why has she gone? That’s the mystery we and Elyria spend the novel trying to solve. Her mother, her sister and of course Charles must be part of the reason but how? And where does the man with the room and the many people Ely meets while hitchhiking across New Zealand come in? A great read. Don’t miss it.
Alex turns up in Edinburgh to teach a class of very difficult kids. Thrown out of normal classes, they are a prickly bunch to handle, so Natalie Haynes in her novel The Amber Fury has Alex give them various Greek tragedies If you can take more of to read, discuss and play the First World War, then out. But why the Greeks? Derek Robinson’s Why And why is Alex there? And why does she go to 1914? is an excellent London most Fridays? Is Alex playing with fire; choice. Bismarck’s merely stoking up the kids primal emotions? policies were crucial; he This is a terrific read; a tense story, beautifully executed three quick told, and incidentally with telling portrayals of wars to establish Prussia’s what it is like to be deaf and to be grief stricken. supremacy but his Bruce Fellows July 2016
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The Veg Growers Diary ‐ Reg Patch Well, all of your hard work in early spring, preparing seed beds and nurturing crops should now be rewarding you with a bountiful harvest. Do pick crops as soon as they've reached a viable size so that you are not left with an abundance at the end of the season. Re-sow seeds such as lettuce and radish to give continual cropping. Plant of the Month - Endives & Chicory Leaf Lettuce that were sown in late winter or early spring crop well into mid July. From July onwards endive that were sown in June will offer a good crop right through to late August. Leaf chicories are a somewhat bitter option but are an interesting addition to salads or soups. Sow little and often in an open sunny sight and water well on dry days. These salad plants are an ideal second crop to follow on from peas, broad beans or even onions.
Sweetcorn is a real summer treat, its ripe when the tassels start to turn brown, you can also be sure its ready to pick, by bursting one of the kernels with your thumbnail, if its ripe a milky liquid comes out, and if so it’s time for Mrs P to get a large pan on! To help tomatoes ripen remove any leaves that are shading them, this will also aid in developing a delicious flavour. Keep on top of weeds, feeds and watering, and take time to sit amongst your plot and wallow in the glory of all you've grown... with the help of Mother Nature of course!
Top Tip Keeping on top of your slug population is critical in the veggie plot at this time of year. July will see many crops at their best, and humid damp days are ideal conditions for slugs to thrive in. Try keeping your plot weed free, thus reducing hiding places for pests and clear up any yellowing or decomposing vegetation. Slugs require continual surveillance and are easier to spot with the aid of a torch in early evening when they tend to come out more. If you garden organically then you'll despatch them by your chosen method, resulting in far less plant damage. Also remember allowing plant leaves to grow bigger, offers shade and hiding places for slugs.
The Growing & Showing season is rapidly approaching. If you haven't before, do consider entering a local horticultural event. It's great fun, and useful to see if other growers have enjoyed the success or failures you may have this season. Sadly, the Henbury Flower Show is not taking place this year. This is mainly due to a limited amount of people able to help in the organisation. Congratulations and thanks must go to the committee who have kept this most enjoyable event going for so many years. Without new people coming forward to help with events such as this, then these jolly days out will become a thing of the past. Do please consider volunteering in this way, and help put on a community event enjoyed by all and remembered for years to come. Recipe of the Month – Green Soup by Susie Dowding This soup is great at using up surplus leaves at anytime of the year. It can be made with different leaves and enjoyed hot or cold. Ingredients - 50g Butter, 3 large onions, 6 medium potatoes, approx 500g salad leaves, 6 small coves garlic, 1 litre good stock, 500ml creamy milk, salt & pepper.
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Method - chop onions and slowly cook in butter. Add peeled and sliced potatoes and season. Add stock, bring to the boil and simmer for 30 mins. Liquidise and taste, add milk, taste again and dilute if need be. Feeds 12 ladies or 6 hungry gents.
The Westbury on Trym Village show will be taking place on the 3rd September in the Village Hall. Do have a look at their website at the vast choice of classes (94) that can be entered, or you pick up a copy of the programme / schedule at Westbury Library and various shops in and around the village. There's nothing quite like seeing your name on a shiny cup, and the joy on Mrs P's face knowing that she will keep it well polished for the year to come. Success comes in all shapes and sizes…
Book of the Month – Salad Leaves for all seasons- by Charles Dowding - £12.95 Organic growing from pot to pot! This is the number one book for lovers of salad leaves, and at peak summer, there's never been a better time to stock up on salad plant growing knowledge. This beautifully illustrated well written book, gives information that will enable you to grow an abundance of delicious leaves every month of the year.
It contains all you need to know on growing healthy plants, what varieties to grow and when, growing indoors in winter, and growing micro crops. No more chemically sprayed lettuce and limp supermarket imports. In growing your own you will reap the benefits of healthy and nutritional meals. This lovely books also includes recipes month by month that will tempt even the most reluctant cook into the Happy Gardening kitchen. Charles has grown organically for over 25 years, and is a well respected author.
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Next Step The Circus by Erasure (Mute) Album of the Month July Identical twins making Love You to Death by Tegan and Sara (Vapor pop music, don’t worry Records) that doesn’t make this month’s next step a Bros The new album from album. Instead it’s The Canadian identical twins Circus by Erasure. Though Tegan and Sara builds on Andy Bell and Vince the foundation laid down Clarke aren’t related and by Heartthrob, their 2013 nor do they look the breakthrough which also same, there’s a similar energy and mass appeal happened to be their to their work which makes them a good port of seventh full length release. call once you’re able to tear yourself away from Moving further from their earlier sound, Love Tegan and Sara. You to Death confirms their transformation from indie sidekicks to pop giants. Building from where debut album Wonderland left off, The Circus was the pair’s first all selfThe well-matched combination of rich synths, penned offering and served up some of their dynamic percussion and the duo’s angelic voices most enduring numbers. Lead single Sometimes provide plenty of golden nuggets throughout. became a huge hit and remains the blueprint for Opening track That Girl introduces this formula what makes a great Erasure song, emotional and envelopes you inside its pop embrace. outpourings powered along by disco-friendly Though much of the album was inspired by their synth pop. This formula was continued on tracks own sibling rivalry, these tales of relationships like It Doesn’t Have to Be and Victim of Love. turned sour have a universal appeal. The album also gives them a platform to discuss their own Andy Bell was the perfect ringmaster, a focal sexuality and Boyfriend tackles it head on to point for the group with a rich and welcoming become your next favourite love triangle song. voice. On final track Spiralling his pain was all too palpable as he sang “I try hard to put you Every song offers hooks and earworms. Dying to out of my mind” and did all he could not to Know is a squelchy delight, dropping beats in breakdown. For its heart and for its infectious bass-heavy clusters and leading into the rousing pop centre, The Circus is still the duo’s finest Stop Desire. Even the more subtle moments offering. manage to deliver huge emotional impact. The Sara-led piano ballad 100x leaves its emotional Gig of the Month mark and the twinkling FX of BWU beautifully DJ Shadow @ Motion, Thursday 21st June augment this meditation on gay marriage. July is traditionally a barren time for city gigs, As the effervescent Hang on to the Night burst with every band packed into their camper vans / into colour and closes the album you’re left in no private jets and heading out onto the festival doubt that these are songs we’ll all be hearing circuit. Thankfully though, DJ Shadow has taken for quite some time. One of Love You to Death’s it upon himself to singlehandedly save the day most impressive tricks is that it allows the and is rolling into town for a night of classic late emotion to shine through in the vocals despite night tunage. The sampling pioneer who its dazzling production. What you’re left with is cemented his place in the music pantheon with an identifiable portrayal of life in 2016 which his 1996 album Endtroducing has continued to also happens to be the catchiest thing you’ll confound and astound ever since. Expect big hear all year beats and other treats from this one. Duncan Haskell
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Advice from Ci zens Advice Bristol
in. Often they will target residents who live alone, or are home alone during the day and therefore vulnerable to such scare tactics.
Be wary of doorstep selling scams What do I do if someone knocks at my door? Every day local Citizens Advice offices see clients who have fallen victims of scams. If someone calls at your door unexpectedly and you do not know them, you can refuse to open What is a doorstep scam? the door. If you have opened the door, do not let them in. This is when an individual or a group of people knock at your door unannounced, and attempt Always ask to see identification. Legitimate to sell you unsolicited goods and/or services you traders will carry ID cards showing the contact may not want or need. details of the organisation they work for. Do not call this number. Close the door and use the How do they work? internet or a phone directory to find that company’s number and call to verify the Rogue traders operate in a variety of ways. They individual. If you do not need the service or drive around communities, often targeting goods, say so. If the trader refuses to leave and homes which look like they may need work you fear for your safety, call 999/101 doing, and cold-call at the doorstep. immediately. They can seem friendly and trustworthy at first, sometimes claiming that a neighbour has used their services before to gain your confidence. The service they offer may be temporary (oneday only offer) or made to sound urgent (such as roof work needing urgent attention). It is not unusual for the price to begin to increase – the introductory offer may begin low but it can quickly spiral for spurious reasons, or even result in refusal to complete the work until more money is paid. Rogue traders can use intimidation, hard-selling tactics, manipulation or even threats of violence against you. This is a scary position to be placed
If you do enlist the services of someone who knocks at your door, do not pay upfront. It is always best to employ someone for a service after shopping around, getting quotes and independent reviews from previous users. Above all, do not be afraid to say no. If you suspect a doorstep scam has been carried out you can get help from the Citizens Advice consumer helpline on 03454 04 05 06 or visit www.citizensadvice.org.uk for more information.
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provided by the excellent Highly Strung Band. www.HighlyStrungCommunityBand.co.uk 2016 Series: Friday 1st July, Friday 2nd September, Friday 4th November. 7.30p.m. to 10.30p.m. St. Alban's Hall, Westbury Park, BS6 7NU. All profit to St. Peter's Hospice. Licensed cash bar. Tickets £10 in advance e ticket: www.ticketline.co.uk Enquiries - Jill Elliot - 01275 847 909 - 07515 904 707 - jillyelliot@gmail.com
Westbury on Trym Methodist Church Orchestra are a group of instrumentalists of all ages who play for morning worship once a month. Our rehearsal time is before the service from 10am. If you play any orchestral instrument, but particularly violin, you are very welcome to join us. Experience of Theatre, Concerts & Music orchestral playing is not essential, but you will need to be able to read music. We’re a friendly and Ballet Bristol's Summer Gala will take place on helpful group, who enjoy playing together. Parts Saturday 2nd July at 6.30pm in the Winston are always provided for personal practice. To find Theatre, University of Bristol Students' Union, Clifton. The performance will include excerpts from out more telephone 9686589. Coppélia, Le Carnaval and Raymonda. Ballet Bristol is a not-for-profit adult amateur dance ‘Babbers’ Radio Show every Monday from midday to 2pm on Ujima Radio - 98FM. The show is company which usually performs free of charge in nursing homes or hospitals, bringing ballet to those organised and presented by older people for older who can't get to the theatre. This is an opportunity people with the aim of helping to reduce loneliness and social isolation however the topics we cover for the public to see them perform. are interesting and relevant to all. Tune in and let us Tickets are £8 or £5 and available online on www.ticketsource.co.uk/balletbristol or via the Box know what you think, info@ujimaradio.com Office on 07871 772 335. Further information at 'The Gesualdo Six' on tour. Thursday, September www.balletbristol.co.uk or Facebook. 1st at 7.30pm in Holy Trinity Church, Westbury-onTrym, supporting the East/West appeal. Tickets Henbury Singers welcome new members. We meet at Stoke Bishop Primary School in Cedar Park £10.00 on the door. Refreshments will be served. Six delightful young men singing a variety of on Thursday evenings - 7:45 to 9:15 pm. Fees are unaccompanied music with their leader Owain currently £40 per term. There is no audition. We Parks, former organ scholar at Trinity College, sing mainly choral music from a classical tradition, but we also sing carols, songs from musicals, gospel Cambridge. and folk songs. For membership or concert tickets Bristol Male Voice Choir will be singing in and contact Maggie Cavanna 0117 973 4794 or around Bristol in the coming year in concerts secretary@henburysingers.org or from choir appealing to a wide range of audiences, performing members. not just male voice favourites, but songs from musicals, pop classics, spirituals, and classical Bristol Cabot Choir – Summer Concert - High favourites. You don’t have to read music to join the Days and Holidays – Saturday, 2 July 2016 at Christchurch Clifton at 7.30 pm - featuring sparkling choir as a tenor, baritone or bass, but you will enjoy learning our repertoire, (re-)discovering the voice modern arrangements of favourite vintage songs, sea shanties, surprising musical takes on the Samba you may have forgotten about , and being welcomed into the choir’s welcoming social and the Fugue and more! Conducted by Rebecca atmosphere. We perform for charity, for weddings Holdeman and accompanied by Joachim and a wide range of events in a host of venues Schwander. Tickets: £10 and £5 (NUS card and during the year. We rehearse every Thursday from under 18s). From Opus 13, 14 St Michael’s Hill, 7.00pm till 9.15 pm at South Gloucestershire and Bristol BS2 8DT Stroud College (formerly Filton College ) where the Ticket Line: 0117 923 0164 or tickets on line at north end of Filton Avenue meets the A38. Come www.wegottickets.com/event/361172 (+10% along to a rehearsal, go to our website – booking fee). Retiring collection for Bristol bristolmvc.org.uk - or contact our secretary on Samaritans 0117 942 4378 It's Your Ceili! All dances called and live music
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donate much of our profit to charities. For more information please ring Jilly on 0117 9232281 or West Bristol Orchestra. A chamber orchestra, Shirley on 0117 9654348 or e mail playing a wide range of classical music arranged for dorothy.bryant@btinternet.com. or go to our web the smaller orchestra, meets at the United site www.thefiltones.weebly.com Alternatively, just Reformed Church, Muller Road on Thursdays call in at Eden Grove Methodist Church Horfield BS7 7.15pm to 9.15pm. Additional string players of 0PQ between 1.30 and 3.45 pm on a Wednesday Grade5+ standard welcome. Experience of afternoon for a listen and a chat - you can be orchestral playing not essential. For more info assured of a very warm welcome! please contact the Secretary on 968 3998. The Mosaic Singers are a compact group but would The Redland Green Choir’s Summer Concert will like to grow our line-up with an additional Soprano, take place on 9th July at St Alban’s Church, Alto, Tenor and Bass. One of each would be great. Westbury Park (7.30pm, tickets £8/£6). The main We rehearse in Stoke Bishop on Tuesday evenings, work will be Brahms’s majestic German Requiem, where a warm and friendly welcome is assured. This and the choir, under its dynamic young director need not be as heavy a commitment as with some Nicholas Bromilow, will perform in partnership with choirs. If you would like to find out more, please the Long Ashton Orchestra. For more details visit phone David Vicary on 0797 346 0994 www.rgscommunitychorus.wordpress.com. Henleaze Ladies Choir is a friendly welcoming Ship & Castle Theatre Company’s next group which meets in St Peters Church Hall, production is 'The Truth, and Other Lies' based on Henleaze, on Thurs between September and May the short stories ‘In a grove’ and ‘Rashomon’ by from 1.45 – 3.45 pm (with a short break for tea). We Ryonosuke Akutagawa. A murder is witnessed by give 2 charity concerts a year in December and May four people who all give a different account, that in St Peters Church Hall and from time to time we involves various characters providing alternative, are invited to entertain community groups around self-serving and contradictory versions of the same the city. There are also occasional social events incident, who is telling the truth and why should organised. We are always pleased to see new anyone lie. Come and find out. Tickets are £10 members but would particularly welcome first each - Unreserved seating. Newman Hall, Grange sopranos at the moment. Please come and try a Court Rd, Westbury on Trym, Bristol, BS9 4DR rehearsal without obligation. To find out more Monday 4th July – Friday 8th July 2016 at 7:30pm please contact either Jane English (0117 951 1430 Contact the Box Office on 07745 208639 or or 07752 332278) or Jean Wickham (0117 962 email shipandcastletickets@yahoo.co.uk 4466): Vocal Harmony - an exciting contemporary choir based in Bristol. Meet new people, learn contemporary songs and have a lot of fun along the way! You do not need to read music and there is no audition. We sing modern music by the likes of Adele, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Take That, Queen, all parts are taught in call and response. We run three 10 week terms, with a performance at the end of each term. FFI contact eliza@vocalharmonychoir.co.uk or visit www.vocalharmonychoir.co.uk. Wednesday afternoon choir. Ever thought of joining a choir? Why not come along on and exercise your lungs and challenge your grey cells with our friendly group of people who are The Filtones. We are actively seeking to recruit altos, tenors (gents or ladies) and basses to join our happy band. We sing four part harmony, but ability to read music, although useful, is not essential as we supply CDs and MP3 files as teaching aids. We give afternoon concerts to elderly people's clubs and societies around Bristol and two evening concerts in June and December from which we
Bristol Cabot Choir is delighted to welcome new members for all voice parts. Why not come and sing with us for 2/3 ‘taster’ rehearsals before a simple audition? We meet at Redland URC on Mondays at 7.30 pm. For more details please email admin@bristolcabotchoir.org, visit www.bristolcabotchoir.org; or find us on Facebook. Bristol Cathedral Choir School Choral Society is always looking for new singers to join our choir! We are an enthusiastic amateur choir specialising mainly in classical works, and are loosely associated with the Choir School, joining in with some of their concerts and using the school (on College Green) for practice on Wednesday evenings. There is no audition and no requirement for musical expertise. Contact mattmsmith@virginmedia.com if you are interested. Kirtan Fest Bristol – a 7 hour kirtan concert for lovers of kirtan and devotional chanting – 3 pm to 10 pm, Sat 3rd Sept, Newman Hall, Westbury-onTrym. Tickets £24, includes Asian vegetarian meal. Proceeds go to homelessness projects. Book via
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Henleaze Garden Club is a thriving club for anyone interested in anything to do with Eventbrite under 7 hour kirtan fest and follow us on gardening! We meet the first Wednesday of each FB KirtanBristol. month in the main hall at St Monica's, Cote Lane, with a summer break when the club arranges coach Stoke Bishop Ladies Choir meet at Stoke Bishop trips. Expert speakers, a quarterly newsletter, and Village Hall, new members welcome and no great Christmas event. Annual membership is £20 auditions are necessary. We are a friendly group plus a £1 per visit, visitors are most welcome at £5 that sings for pleasure, and we hold a concert at the per visit. Contact Brian Dury on 9621227 or end of each term (Christmas and Easter) to raise www.henleazegardenclub.co.uk for more info. money for charity. Please contact Maureen on 9567894 or Carolyn on 2791409 for more Fitness, Sport, Walking & Dancing information. Hydrotherapy Exercise Sessions - group exercise Gardening & Horticulture in lovely warm water at Southmead Hospital's purpose built pool. Benefits include relaxation, After a short summer break Sea Mills Garden Club relief of pain & swelling, improved movement, will resume our regular monthly meetings, every balance & fitness. All ages & abilities welcome. We 3rd Wednesday, held at Sea Mills Methodist Rooms, are a friendly local team of Chartered Sea Mills Square at 7.30 pm with the first one being Physiotherapists with expertise in a variety of on 21 Sept when John Addison will talk about disabilities & medical conditions. We have a regular Small Shrubs in the Garden. Visitors always group of local members but new people are always welcome at £3 per meeting. Hope to see you there. welcome. For more details please contact Chris & FFI contact Gail Mitchell 0117 9685350 or Esme Ali Cowley on 07971 086 628, email James 0117 9682571 healthyhydrotherapy@gmail.com or visit www.healthyhydrotherapy.co.uk. Henleaze & District Flower Club will be holding a members fun competitions day on Thursday 28th Shirehampton Cricket Club welcomes new July from 1.30pm at the Bradbury Hall Henleaze. members. All playing ages and abilities will be Non members are most welcome at a charge of £5 encouraged to improve their skills. If you are to include refreshments and quiche or cake. Do enthusiastic, willing to learn and want to enjoy our come along and see a wide selection of floral excellent facilities then please contact arrangements created by members. For further shirehamptoncc@gmail.com and see website details contact Debbie Ward on 01179 629776 www.shirecc.net for more information. Check out the dates for indoor practice sessions. The Alpine Garden Society meet on the 3rd Friday of the month at Westbury Methodist Church, Westbury Walkers is a group of walkers who Westbury Hill, at 7.30pm. We have speakers on assemble at Lloyds Chemist Canford Lane various topics, plant sales and social events. Visitors Westbury on Trym. We meet usually at 9.20 am on a are very welcome at £2 a visit. Tuesday morning. New walkers always welcome. If you would like details of any of our forthcoming Henleaze & District Flower Club meets on the walks please contact Jean Maish 0117 3301194 / second and fourth Thursdays of the month at 07789 741892, email jmaish@blueyonder.co.uk. Bradbury Hall, Waterford Road in Henleaze. Flower demonstrations are held on the second Thursday Drop-In Healing Centre at The Friends Meeting and practice classes on the fourth Thursday. New House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland, BS6 6JE. members always welcome. For more details please Thursdays from 5.00pm to 6.30pm. Run by Bristol contact Debra Ward on 07974 937741 / Healing Group on a donation basis and supported debragailward@hotmail.com by members of NFSH The Healing Trust. Healing is beneficial for well-being and health, helping you to Friends of Old Sneed Park Nature Reserve. It relax and feel better. Come along and try a healing only costs £5 a year to become a friend of the session, everyone is welcome. For more nature reserve, a wonderful area for wildlife in information phone 0117 9820184. Stoke Bishop. The land is owned by the council and run with the help of volunteers & Friends. There are Westbury Park Tennis Club is a small, friendly 4 newsletters a year, and regular events on the tennis club with floodlights for year round play. We reserve. Fore more details please check welcome members from 8-80. Adult open evenings www.spnaturereserve.com. on Tuesdays. Call Greg on 0117 9425168 for more information.
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The AMD Solicitors Private Client department presents a workshop on
Planning For The Future AMD Solicitors invite you to join us for a practical afternoon workshop on Planning For The Future. This workshop will cover: • The new Inheritance Tax rules (what we know so far) • How to not leave a dispute after your death • Deeds of Variation – an update
We will be holding the workshop in both Redland and Henleaze as follows:Redland – Thursday 21st July 2016 – 3pm to 4pm Tyndale Baptist Church, 139 Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS8 2NR Henleaze – Thursday 28th July 2016 – 3pm to 4pm Leonard Hall, Trinity-Henleaze United Reformed Church, Waterford Road, Henleaze BS9 4BT The workshop will begin with talks by two of our Solicitors, Florence Pearce and Andrew Jack, and will be followed by a question and answer session. Florence and Andrew are experienced specialist private client solicitors. Florence is also a full member of STEP (the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners), the leading professional association in this field. Refreshments will be provided. There is no charge but a donation to our charity of the year, Southmead NICU Babies Fund, would be appreciated. To book a place at one of our workshops please telephone: 0117 9621205, email probate@amdsolicitors.com or call in to one of our four Bristol offices: 100 Henleaze Road, Henleaze BS9 4JZ 15 The Mall, Clifton BS8 4DS 139A Whiteladies Road, Clifton BS8 2PL 2 Station Road, Shirehampton BS11 9TT www.amdsolicitors.com
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What’s On & Community News Tai Chi – These gentle movements can ease the body, quiet the mind and restore vitality. Local friendly classes with an experienced teacher. Classes at all levels at The Greenway Centre and other Bristol locations. Why not come and find out more? Contact Karen on 0117 9424167, see www.taijiworks.co.uk or email taijiworks@phonecoop.coop. Dance fitness - for flexibility, co-ordination and body conditioning, exercise to music every Tuesday, 2pm - 3pm at Filton Folk Centre, Elm Park, BS34 7PS. Have fun whilst keeping fit, all abilities welcome. FFI contact Eileen Scott, 07969929733, e: scottyartois@hotmail.com, or visit www.emdp.org Moves Fitness - exercise to music for all ages and fitness levels at St. Peter's Church Hall, Henleaze, every Wednesday morning from 10am to 11am. The session consists of structured and enjoyable routines designed to promote overall fitness and mobility. You put as much energy as you feel like it on the day and you should leave feeling great. This is a friendly welcoming class - come and give it a try - £5 per session. For more info phone Jane on 9681042 or visit www.movesfitness.com Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing (TMW) is a specially developed sequence of movements which promotes physical, mental and emotional health. Based on the essential elements of both Tai Chi and Chi Kung, the simple TMW sequence is easy to learn, allowing greater confidence, reducing stress and releasing tension. Courses start regularly at Trinity-Henleaze URC, Waterford Road, BS9. £68 including DVD or book for support at home. Contact experienced teacher Jackie Wright on 07741 609885/jackie@tmwtraining.com
of all standards and ages. Whether you are an established player looking for a club, someone who is rusty or a student come along and try us out. FFI please visit www.henleazeltc.com or contact the secretary Philip Price Tel: 07787 566246 E-mail: philpriceqs@gmail.com Zumba Gold / Light 5.30pm/ Zumba Fitness 6.35pm. Westbury -on-Trym Village Hall. Weds. £5 on door. Just drop in with water and a sense of humour! Phone Marie on 963 4104 or visit www.bristoldancezumba.co.uk for more info. Tai Chi Classes for beginners - Put a spring in your step this Spring. Always wanted to try Tai Chi? For centuries the Chinese have practised Tai Chi as simple but powerful form of exercise for strength, balance and mindfulness. The Bristol School of Tai Chi has lots of daytime and evening classes in Henleaze and Bishopston starting from the 19 April. For more details call Ben Milton 0117 9493955, send an email to taichi@bristoltaichi.com or visit our website www.bristoltaichi.com The Lawrence Weston Badminton Club play at the Greenaway Centre ,Greystoke Ave in Southmead on a Monday night from 7.00pm until 8.30pm. Our players are of a good standard, both male and female, and we are a very friendly club. We would welcome new players – please contact Marilyn on 0117 239 1005 for more details.
Ladies Keep Fit, Thursdays 10:00 - 11:00 am, at St Peter's Church Hall, Henleaze - with new instructor. This friendly session is suitable for all ages, levels, and abilities, including the older adult or young mum, who wants to maintain their general fitness, mobility, range of movement, and well being. New members are always welcome. £5:00 per class, pay as you go - which includes refreshments. Ring 01454 618488, or email laili@tiscali.co.uk, or look up Bristol Shambhala Meditation Group offers free the website www.exercisewithlailibrooks.com for meditation instruction from a qualified instructor at full information; or just turn up. the Open House evening each Wednesday from 7.30 - 9.30 pm at 17 Lower Redland Road, Redland, Scottish Country Dancing for beginners and BS6 6TB and the opportunity for a longer period of experienced dancers at St Monica Trust’s Hall on practice on the second Sunday of each month. Thursdays, 7.30 pm. New dancers welcome - come Although this meditation practice has its origins in on your own or with friends. Contact Margaret, Buddhism, the mindfulness which it cultivates can 01275 794638 or Graham 01275 854782, or visit be of support to those from any or no tradition. FFI www.rscdsbristolinfo.co.uk please visit www.bristol.shambhala.info Lipreading class. An evening lipreading class to Pilates Classes at Trinity Henleaze URC on help you cope with your hearing loss runs in Clifton Waterford Road. Tuesday 9:30-10:30 (improver), from 6.15pm to 7.45pm every Monday, term time 10:30-11:30 (beginner), Wednesday 18:15-19:15 only, at Redland Park United Reformed Church, (intermediate). For bookings please call Leanne on Whiteladies Road. Fee is £6 per session. For more 07817189474 or visit www.pilatesdowntime.co.uk details please email Mary Hall at lipreadingmary@yahoo.com or telephone 07790 Henleaze Tennis Club has vacancies for players 283 939.
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RSVP (Retired & Senior Volunteer Programme). Do you like reading? Do you like helping children? Fancy a ramble? How about joining us for If yes to both, you are just the sort of person we are enjoyable 8-10 mile walks on two Sundays per looking for! If you can spare a minimum of an hour month ? Our usual group size is 12-15 walkers. a week to hear children read in a local school you Interested ? If so, please come and give Stoke could make a huge difference. Our volunteers do Lodge Ramblers a try. For more details visit not teach children to read, but spend time on an www.stokelodgeramblers.wordpress.com or phone individual basis with them, hearing them read and Secretary 0117 9684140. talking to them about the stories in their reading books. We want children to enjoy books and Bristol based charity LinkAge hold a number of reading, and individual attention is always a great fitness classes for the over 55’s running in the way to do it. Volunteering is a great way to stay Henleaze area. Contemporary Dance 55+ on active and to feel useful, so if you are interested in Monday from 10am-11am at Bradbury Hall, Trinity joining us please get in touch. Contact Mina on Henleaze Church. Cost £4. Tai Chi 55+ on Tuesday 07860 669953, or explore the website RSVPbetween 11am-12pm at Studland Court west.org.uk Community Room, Henleaze. Cost £3.50. Zumba Gold 55+ on Tuesday between 1pm-2pm at St Wanted - Volunteer Drivers for transport, once Peters Church, Henleaze. Cost £4. For more details or twice a week, of local elderly patients to the please contact Laura on 0117 353 3042 or visit Westbury doctors’ surgery or to a hospital. We have www.LinkAgeBristol.org.uk a small group of volunteer drivers, all over 50, who enjoy being active in the Westbury community. Zumba Gold Class @ Horfield Parish Church Hall Please come and join us and experience the every Weds 2pm-2.45pm (£4.00 per class) for the gratification from helping others in your own mature movers aimed at age 55+ (All other ages neighbourhood. We operate within the Charity including Beginners) Zumba Class @ Orchard RSVP-West, who provide us with liability insurance School every Thurs 7pm-8pm Contact Georgina for for these drives and with practical help and advice. further details on www.bristolzumba.com or tel: And of course we work closely with the Staff of the 07545 625 089. Westbury-on-Trym practice. For information please contact Zina Wilson on tel.nr 9078744 or by e-mail Westbury Scottish Club country dancing classes on Bernzina@blueyonder.co.uk , or ask the for beginners at Leonard Hall, Trinity-Henleaze Westbury Practice Reception or your local GP on URC, Waterford Road, Henleaze. Tel. Maggie on tel. 9623406. 01934 838175. Classes for more advanced dancers at St Peter’s Church Hall, Henleaze. Tel. Cheryl on Do you love Weddings? Westbury-on-Trym 0117 9590970. Every Tues 7.30 - 9.30pm. See Village hall is a very popular wedding venue and www.wscbristol.com for details. has another busy wedding schedule set for 2016. We're looking for more volunteers to help these events run smoothly. If you're interested, Volunteering & Charities please contact Debbie Furlong on 07791 882127. Would you like the chance to go camping, Volunteers needed to support carers. Could you climbing, get involved with community projects please help us develop and increase our support to while transforming young people's lives? 227th carers, people looking after an unwell, disabled or Bristol Scout Group are looking for leaders to elderly family member or friend in Bristol and South help plan and deliver a safe and exciting Gloucestershire? Could you help us develop the programme for young people. Joining a team of support that carers can access through their G.P. experienced adult volunteers you will help to inspire young people. For more information please surgery and other sources? If you are outgoing and could offer two mornings a month to meet, greet contact Sarah on 07828865430 and give information to carers when they visit their GP surgery, I would very glad to hear from you. Full REMAP is a registered charity that designs and makes custom aids which enable a disabled person training and support for this role is provided. Please to enjoy a better quality of life. We design, make or contact me, Mike Hatch, GP Carer Link Volunteer on 07503 577830: alternatively please send an e-mail modify equipment to suit their specific needs. No charge is made for our services. Please contact us if with your name and telephone number to mikeh@carerssupportcentre.org.uk If you look we can help - visit www.remapbristol.org.uk, after someone who couldn’t manage without you, contact Colin 01275 460288 colin305@gmail.com and would like some information about our or contact Ray 0117 9628729 services for carers or would just like someone to rwestcott@blueyonder.co.uk
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YOGA WITH SARA‐JO Classes and Courses Indian Head Massage AT Stoke Bishop Village Hall (upstairs) since 2004 ‐ BS9 1EX MONDAYS 7.30pm to 9.00pm available for 1‐2‐1 and/ or IHM WEDNESDAYS 2.00pm to 3.15pm Mixed abili es Yoga Class 3.30pm to 4.45pm Beginners Gentle Yoga Class 6.00pm to 7.15pm Beginners Yoga Class 7.30pm to 8.45pm Beginners + Yoga Class THURSDAYS 2.00pm to 4.00pm available for 1‐2‐1 and/ or IHM 6.15pm to 7.30pm Beginners + Yoga Class 7.45pm to 9.00pm Yoga For Healthy Lower Backs 12 week Course ‐ Clinically Trialled at York University and funded by Arthri s Research UK. The next start date is Thursday 8th September 2016 and Thursday 12th January 2017 FRIDAYS 2.00pm to 3.15pm Yoga for Healthy Lower Backs 12 week course. The next start date is Friday 9th September 2016 and Friday 13th January 2017. 3.45pm to 6.00pm available for 1‐2‐1 and/or IHM. Yoga for Healthy Lower Backs 12 week course on a 1‐2‐1 basis either in your home or at SBVH £50.00 per 75 minutes paid in 2 instalments (day and me can be flexible). Please contact Sara‐Jo for further details: 07547 921 898 | sjcamer@icloud.com www.stokebishop.org.uk/yoga and www.yogaforbacks.co.uk for 12 week course informa on
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What’s On & Community News talk to about caring for the person you look after, please telephone our Carersline on 0117 965 2200 or visit www.carerssupportcentre.org.uk . Reading Buddies Wanted! Would you enjoy offering reading and language support to children for whom English is a second language? Can you help them improve their reading ability, benefiting both them as individuals and the wider class? Can you commit to giving one hour of reading time a week in term-time? We are working with twelve schools in the Southmead, Brentry and Horfield areas. Training is offered, & your enhanced DBS check is paid for by Bristol City Council. You would read with the same children each week and be part of a growing group of well over 100 volunteers. For more information please contact Paul Harrod, paul.harrod@gmail.com
both locally and beyond through a variety of activities - our Frogs game, our new Racing Pigs game, our carol float at Christmas, quizzes and auctions for example. Lots of fun and fellowship raising money for very good causes. For more details see Bristol Brunel Lions Club on line or contact our Club Secretary Bill O’Neill at lion.bill@virginmedia.com. Westbury Park WI has changed its meeting day to the first Wednesday in the month. Guests are welcome, it costs £4 per session and it is possible to be a guest 3 times in a year without having to become a member. We meet at Westmoreland Hall, Westmoreland Road, Redland from 7.30pm.
The Bristol and District branch of Parkinson's UK meet 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 Friendship, Social and Support Groups variety of backgrounds with many diverse interests. Stoke Bishop Townswomen's Guild will meet as Please join us. We also meet at The Eastfield Inn, usual on Thursday, 7 July in the Hulbert Room, up a Henleaze, BS9 4NQ every second Friday in the path next to the steps leading to the main hall of St month for an informal coffee morning from 11am. We are a friendly and supportive bunch, Mary Magdalene Church, Mariner's Drive, Stoke exchanging tactics, information and social banter! Bishop. Visitors are welcome free of charge so come along about 1.45pm if you can make it. We do not meet in August so the next meeting will be On the first Tuesday of the month the North Bristol Alzheimer Café opens at St Monica Trust, Oatley at 2pm on 1st September. House Atrium restaurant, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS9 3TN from 3.30pm – 5.30pm. We provide Henbury ‘Blaise’ Womens’ Institute meets on a relaxed and safe space in which issues the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm in surrounding dementia can be aired in a friendly Henbury Village Hall next to the church. Visitors and informal environment. Our café is staffed by and new members are always welcome. Contact trained, caring and experienced volunteers and 962 9400 for more details or just come along! you will find a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Every week refreshments are served and most St Mary’s Church is open to visitors each weeks live music is played. There is no charge to morning from 10.00am to 12.00 noon, with a attend, free on-site parking is usually available and Coffee morning every Tuesday. All Welcome (especially those with young children – toddler toys the number 1 bus stops right outside. FFI or to register your attendance contact Jacqui Ramus and books available). Our Bright Sparks Carer and Toddler group meets each Monday in term time at (Dementia Lead for St Monica Trust) on 07854 185093 / email jacqui.ramus@stmonicatrust.org.uk 1.30pm at St Marys, Stoke Bishop. 9687449 for more details. Toddler Worship, every Second Wednesday at 9.30am - A time for little ones to make a joyful Trinity Henleaze Ladies Guild meet fortnightly on Monday evenings at 7.30pm in the Leonard Hall noise, sing and listen to a Bible story together with their grown-ups followed by play time, coffee and Waterford Road. Good varied programme of cakes for the adults and juice for little ones . An speakers followed by tea and coffee. All are welcome. For further information contact Jenny on opportunity for Mums, Dads and other carers to chat while their children play together. Next 9620108. session 13th April at St Marys, Stoke Bishop. For Bristol Brunel Lions Club. We have our business more details please call 9687449. meeting at Shirehampton Golf Club on the first Bristol Grandparents Support Group gives Tuesday of every month at 7 for 7.30. On the 3rd Tuesday of each month we have a social gathering support to grandparents who are estranged from their grandchildren due to family breakdown. normally with food. We raise money for charity
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What’s On & Community News Family breakdown can be as a result of separation/ divorce, alcohol/drug dependency, domestic violence within the home, bereavement or family feud. We give support over the phone, via email, Skype and at our regular meetings held at 9, Park Grove, Bristol. BS6 7XB. Tel 07773 258270 more information or visit www.bgsg.co.uk
every Tuesday morning. Further information may be obtained from Keith Bonham tel 968 4972. Westbury on Trym Women’s Institute meets on the 3rd Monday of the month in the WoT Methodist Church Hall, next to the car park, at 2.00pm. We have a programme of varied speakers, outings, discussions etc. New members and visitors always welcome. For more information please contact: Sue Murphy – Tel: 950 2826.
St Peter's Ladies Guild meets at 2.15 on the third Wednesday of the month at St Peter's Church Hall, Do join us for Parish lunch at St Mary’s Church The Drive, Henleaze. Varied programme. All Stoke Bishop, every Thursday from 12.15. 3 course welcome. Further details from Wilma on 0117 buffet lunch. 9628895. Civil Service Retirement Fellowship. The Laugh, Live and Learn with Bristol U3A. We have Westbury-on-Trym group welcomes all retired Civil lots on offer for those who would like to make new Servants and their spouses to their meetings held friends with similar interests. If you have retired on the first Thursday of the month at Studland from full-time work, and want to take part in Court, Henleaze Road at 2.00pm, Those people enjoyable learning with friendship and fun, we without a civil service background are welcome to have a wide range of groups with over 100 join our group as Friends of the Fellowship. For different activities, including art, computing, more info phone Beryl Webb on 01454 614 451. languages, music, walking, and science. Come to one of our social groups - either at the Eastfield Inn, Westbury-on-Trym Probus Club provide a Henleaze, 10.30am on the second Thursday and meeting point for retired and semi-retired third Monday in every month, phone Barbara 0117 professional business men, to promote social well 9629331. Or at Browns Restaurant, by the Museum, being through friendship, discussion and at 10.15am on the third Wednesday and fourth companionship. The club meets on the third Thursday in every month, phone Jenny 0117 Thursday of every month at BAWA, Southmead 9043697. Please visit www.bristolu3a.org.uk. Don't Road, from 12 midday. If you are interested contact let life pass you by - make friends, learn new skills Peter Wright on 962 4196 or email and have fun with Bristol U3A! susanandpeterwright@blueyonder.co.uk The Friendly Club meets every Thursday from 2 to 4pm (except August and Christmas ) in the Methodist Church Hall, Westbury on Trym. We are a lively group of Senior Citizens 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 be arranged if needed. Contact 0117 950 8644 for more details.
Rotary Club of Bristol meet at the Bristol Hotel, Prince Street, Bristol BS1 4QF at 7.00pm for 7.30 pm on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Mondays and at 12.30pm for 1.00 pm on the 2nd and 4th Mondays. Meetings start with a meal and are followed by a speaker. New members are very welcome – see www.bristolrotary.org or contact Martina Peattie at mpeattie@btopenworld.com for more details.
Knit and Natter. We invite you to "knit and natter" every Thursday between 10am 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.
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, 10am to 12, in Bradbury Hall, Waterford Road, Henleaze. For more information please call Mrs M Rudston 942 6095.
Men at St. Peters (MASP) is a group which meets Saturday mornings at St Peter’s Hall, Henleaze. The meetings start at 8.30am with a full English breakfast. This is then followed by entertaining and interesting talks by a guest speaker. New members are always welcome. In conjunction we also provide well directed “Keep Fit” sessions for men
Instep Club for Widows and Widowers. Weds evenings 8.00 pm-10.00 pm at Stoke Bishop Village Hall, Stoke Hill. Dancing - Ballroom and Sequence (If you haven’t danced for a long time, don’t worry, we will help you learn). Social activities Annual membership £8. Members: £2 per session. Visitors welcome: £3 per session. Come in to see us or
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What’s On & Community News telephone Donna on 01275 832676 or Wilma on 9628895 for further information. 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 as lunches, theatre, visits, talks and walks. Weekly/monthly sub -clubs of badminton, book group, bridge, discussions, Scrabble, skittles and whist plus coffee. Thursday mornings at Coffee#1 in WoT and twicemonthly pub lunches. Details from Gloria on 0117 239 3376 or Anne on 0117 907 7425. Henleaze Townswomen's Guild meet on the first Wednesday of the month (except Aug) at St Peter's Church Hall, The Drive, Henleaze. Lady visitors are always most welcome to attend. Further details can be obtained by ringing Shirley Phillips on 0117 962 2243. Soroptomists International Bristol are part of a global organisation founded in Bristol for women from a wide range of professional and business backgrounds who have joined together to give 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. As a member of Soroptomists International we have the opportunity to form friendships with other countrywide clubs and throughout the world. For more details please contact our membership officer on 0117 9739894 or email gillbea@aol.com for more details. Henleaze (Morning) Townswomen's Guild. This is a recently formed Guild and we meet from 10.00am – 12.00 noon 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 by ringing Elaine Anderson on 907 5279. Clifton Rotary Club welcomes new members willing to give their time, are interested in making new friends, building business contacts and using their skills to help others. We meet Wednesday lunchtimes at Redland Lawn Tennis and Squash Club. For more details please visit www.cliftonrotary.org or email secretary@cliftonrotary.org
Interest Groups Bristol Speakers. 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, conquer your public speaking anxiety. Most of all, practise in a stressfree environment where members give helpful feedback. It’s a well structured evening, fun and relaxed with a nice mix of people. No exorbitant fees, no long term commitment. Meeting 7.30pm alternate Mondays @ BAWA Southmead Rd. Contact Ben@Bristolspeakers.co.uk Henbury Art Club are looking for new members for our Thursday morning club. We meet at 10am till noon in Henbury Village Hall, next to St Mary’s Church. 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. The Bristol Astronomical Society host a series of talks each week and we regularly get experts to talk about historical and topical aspects of astronomy, as well running hands-on demonstrations, activities, free Saturday observing sessions at our Observatory in Failand (weather permitting), and often stage "Star Parties" around Bristol and at Tyntesfield. All details are on our website www.bristolastrosoc.org.uk. All welcome, held at Bristol Photographic Society, Montpelier, BS6 5EE. The Bristol Humanists is a local group for those who make sense of the world using reason & shared human values; who seek to live ethical lives on the basis of reason, humanity and respect for others; and find meaning, beauty, and joy in the one life we have, without the need for an afterlife. We meet every month on the third Monday at 7.30pm in Kingsdown. For more information contact Margaret Dearnaley on 07986 555817 (evenings and weekends only) or email bristolhumanists@gmail.com. New Dimensions meets every month and we have talks on a wide range of esoteric subjects. The meetings are held at the Friends’ Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland, Bristol BS6 6JE. Admission: £5 (including refreshments). Come and meet new, like-minded friends. For further information, please telephone 01749 678 834 or email: leasurs@tiscali.co.uk Philosophy Discussion Group. We are a friendly and welcoming group who enjoy taking a turn to bring topic to share. We meet at 7 – 9pm every fourth Thursday evening of the month at Eastfield Inn, Henleaze, Bristol BS9 4NQ, and 10 - 12 noon every second Friday morning of the month, also at Eastfield Inn, Henleaze. If you would like to be involved please contact Lorna Tarr on 0770 245 3827.
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What’s On & Community News Bristol Photographic Society is based at Montpelier Central (opposite Montpelier Station) The Society caters for all levels of photographer and meets every Wednesday evening at 7.30 throughout the year when it has a full and varied programme of courses, visiting speakers and inhouse competitions. Find out more about the Society by visiting its website at www.bristolphoto.org.uk or emailing membership@bristolphoto.org.uk 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.
West of England Bridge Club meets for duplicate bridge on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Golden Hill Sports Club, Wimbledon Road, Henleaze from 7.30pm - 10.30pm. New members and visitors welcome. £4 per evening for members, £5 for non-members, special rates for juniors/ unemployed. Licensed bar. For further details please contact Gareth Evans on 0792 178 8605 or visit www.woebc.co.uk. Social Bridge, every Tuesday at 7.30 p.m. at Stoke Bishop Village Hall. New members welcome. Tel Chris on 968 5640.
Westbury Art Club meet every Thursday evening from 7pm to 9pm at The Greenway Centre, Doncaster Rd, Southmead. We are a mixed ability group of artists For more details visit www.westburyartclub.org.uk, e-mail us at Twyford Art Club. We are a small group of artists westburyart@blueyonder.co.uk or phone our club of mixed ability, we meet at the public hall, Station secretary on Bristol 962 9799. Road, Shirehampton, 10am to 12am Mondays and Wednesdays, chose your day. New members Exhibitions, Meetings, Fairs & Markets warmly welcomed, help and advice given. For more information visit www.shirepubhall.org.uk, contact Bristol Dementia Action Alliance has just been John Case on 950 7916 / jacase@blueyonder.co.uk registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and we are going to have a Stoke Lodge History and Archaeology Group “Coming of Age” Celebration on 8th July at meet on the second Thursday of every month at Westbury Baptist Church. The event will be from the Friends Meeting House in Hampton Road, 09.30. – 14.00. with guest speakers, stalls, fun and Redland, BS6 6JE at 7.30. We host a rich diversity of birthday cake! We would love to see local folk come lectures. New members are always made very along and celebrate with us. Further details are on welcome. For further details please contact our website. www.bristoldaa.co.uk Annette Martin on 0117 979 3209 Clifton Arts Club 108th Annual Open Exhibition North West Bristol Camera Club are an of original and affordable art, will this year be enthusiastic group of amateur photographers who selected by Academicians and a Gallery owner. meet each Wednesday at 7:45pm at Westbury Paintings, Prints, Ceramics and Sculpture, Fields. New members of any level of ability are something to appeal to all tastes. Up and coming most welcome. For details contact Pete on 07870 artists show their work alongside leading 589555. professionals. 6-21 August at The Undercroft, 1 Whiteladies Road BS8 1NU. 11am-6.30pm. Free Excel Bridge Club meets in Stoke Bishop Village Entry. Submissions (deadline July 22) are welcome Hall every Monday, beginning promptly at 7.15pm. from non-members, download an entry form at There is a very cheerful & relaxed atmosphere and www.cliftonartsclub.co.uk. New members are as we just play 24 boards we are always finished by always welcome, and can benefit from a range of 10.15pm. For more info ring Ralph Smith on 01275 lectures, outings and workshops. 840006. National Stitch Day Saturday 6th August 2016 Stoke Bishop & Sneyd Park Local History Group Bristol City Museum Queens Road. Main lobby welcomes all to a series of talks at the Stoke Bishop 10am - 4 pm. This years theme is Bugs, Butterflies Village Hall, 42 Stoke Hill, BS9 1EX. Talks start at and Beetles. Come a meet members of Bristol’s 7.30pm and anyone interested in local history is Embroiderers Guild and find our what we do. See welcome. Membership is just £6 p/a and visitors our exhibition of work and make a creature of your pay just £2 a meeting. For more details please visit own. Take a look at the Bristol Tapestry. www.stokebishop.org.uk/local_history_group, call We hope to see you there. 0117 9686010 or email sblocalhistory@gmail.com. Please do also contact us if you are clearing out Senior Film Club, July 18th, 2pm St Peter's Hall, documents and pictures of Stoke Bishop! The Drive, Henleaze. Film will be Ladies in
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Lavender, starring Judi Dench & Maggie Smith. Refreshments (Tea & Cake) £3. Transport offered by Dial-A-Ride, Tel 0845 139 875. The Senior Film Club is supported by the Home Instead Bring Joy Foundation. For further details, please ring 0117 989 8210. Cream Tea - Saturday 11 June - 3 - 4.30pm Westbury on Trym Methodist Church - tickets just £5.00 available from Kate (0117 4010646) or Alison (9629715) all proceeds going to Children's Hospice South West. Country Market. Every Friday morning 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 962 8306.
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