The Bristol Nine Magazine - June 2020 by Andy Fraser

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IN THIS ISSUE - LOCKDOWN TOURISM (P6), A KINGS WESTON WALK (P20), PRIZE WORDSEARCH (P36), BRISTOL SWIFTS (P44), A SMARTPHONE PUZZLE WALK (P51), PARKING THE MINIBUS (P55), BIG QUIZ (P60), SOME OLD COBBLERS (P79), PLUS EXTRA HELPINGS OF BOOKS AND MUSIC 1

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THE EDITOR’S SMALL PIECE Hello there for what I hope is a welcome return for the magazine to your doorstep.

youngsters, to put themselves at any risk or to feel awkward in any way by asking them to deliver the magazine. I also didn’t want any resident to feel uncomfortable or concerned in receiving the BS9 through their door at a time when protecting peoples health and wellbeing was under such new and close scrutiny. So the April magazines went, correctly in my mind, unloved and undelivered. No advertisers were charged in the production of the magazine! Not to print in May was an easy decision by comparison.

In these deeply unsettling times, little moves towards getting back to some form of normality are hugely welcome, and for me a return to the business of putting the BS9 together has provided a focus that seems to have been lost over the last 2-3 months. We have been very fortunate in that our immediate circle of family and friends have missed the full impact of Covid19 from a direct health perspective, and I would love it if every reader were as fortunate as we have been. However I know that will not be the case. As I type this my thoughts are for everybody who is feeling the pain and loss that the virus has so unexpectedly brought to so many. And for those of you who, by dint of the profession you chose back when things were normal, have been out there on the caring front line I offer my own little expression of thanks and admiration. So many people have risen to this challenge in so many ways, that it reaffirms to me what a caring, resilient and positive breed we humans overwhelmingly are.

And now the magazine returns, buoyed by the tremendous support I have received from all the regular advertisers who want to “get back out there” as best they can. Thank you to them all. I hope you enjoy the magazine - less community news of course with the suspension of so many activities, but plenty of content - some of it recycled from the April issue! Next month I hope to run as many positive stories as I receive about people rising to the challenges coronavirus has brought upon us. If you know anyone who you think deserves some very public praise please do tell me their stories.

From a business perspective I have got off comparatively lightly, and I sincerely hope that for everybody who has found their working life impacted, or businesses thrown into turmoil, by the virus that you have been able to take advantage of the wide range of support that has been forthcoming from government and employers.

For now enjoy the magazine, and of course keep as happy and healthy and positive as you can. Andy PS - Next month I also plan to bring you an update on the activities of Simon Brookes in his mission to raise awareness of the importance of CPR and resuscitation training and his moves to get extra defibrillators installed across the city. He is currently raising funds to get one installed on North View - if you are able to support this please visit www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ northviewbristoldefibrillator

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WHY NOT VISIT BRISTOL THIS LOCKDOWN? The focus of the campaign is very much the lively, colourful Visit Bristol website which, I have to admit, I’ve not seen before - but which is now bookmarked as a favourite. And while it aims to attract non-Bristolians into the city it offers a huge wealth of ideas about discovering Bristol that I suspect will interest and entertain many local readers. Especially those with youngsters to entertain, or those people who have too much time on our hands and need to get out more (when possible!).

I was checking out the Rough Guide website last week, ordering a prize for the April competItion, when my eyes settled on a story entitled “12 of the best virtual tourist campaigns in the world”. It looked at how tourist boards around the world have been hard at work, creating a range of imaginative virtual campaigns to keep travellers engaged during the lockdown and getting us excited about future trips. Croatia, Cape Town, California, Grenada and Greece all featured, as did the Faroe Islands. Interestingly and encouragingly, so did Bristol. “For something a bit closer to home, the “Bristol from Home” campaign will keep you busy for days. As well as a superlative collection of online visits and tours – including a Banksy street art trail – there are games and activities to do at home, with plenty of resources to amuse young ones, too.”

Explore 3D virtual tours of the city’s landmark attractions - SS Great Britain, We The Curious, The Red Lodge, M Shed and more, take an early morning balloon flight from Ashton Court (and see how much green space we have around us), listen to the Bristol History Podcast, find out which restaurants and cafes are doing home deliveries, discover which of your favourite TV shows were filmed in the city (Sherlock, His Dark Materials, The Trial of Christine Keeler and many more), and download games, activity and colouring sheets. “And”, as they say, “so much more”.

Download and colour in one of Jenny Urquhart’s wonderful drawings The virtual campaign is led by Visit Bristol, the Bristol Tourist Information team, which aims to inspire visitors to come to the city. Visit Bristol’s Marketing Manager, Jon Chamberlain, says, ““Bristol From Home” is a reflection of the creative and open city that we love and is being added to all the time. Whilst we can’t welcome visitors in person just yet we are loving sharing all the creative ways that we can stay in touch. Our aim is to bring a bit of the city into people’s living rooms.”

The site really is a treasure trove of stuff to help residents get the most from their city during the lockdown. Highly recommended.

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ON THIS DAY IN BRISTORY News 3 June 1739

England’s first match of the tournament, a 1-1 draw against the United States.

The New Room in Broadmead, the oldest Methodist chapel in the world, opened for the first time. Built by John Wesley, the pews and benches were made from old ship timber. Intended to complement existing Anglican worship, meetings took place outside of normal church hours. As well as a place of worship, the building was used as a dispensary and a school and is now a Historic England Grade I listed building.

Births 9 June 1786 - William George Horner Born in Bristol and educated at Kingswood School, where he became headmaster at the age of just 20, Horner was also an influential mathematician. Among his achievements are his work in the field of approximation theory (so much so that “Horner’s rule” is an established method in this area) and is also said to have been the inventor of the modern zoetrope. Horner died on 22 September 1837. 9 June 1930 - Frank Norman Born at 151 Whiteladies Road (where there is a Blue Plaque in his honour), Norman was a novelist and playwright best known for his 1958 memoir Bang To Rights and his musical play Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be – a comedy about Cockneys set in the 1950s. Other works include his novels Why Fings Went West, Down and Out in High Society, and The Baskerville Caper. He died on 23 December 1980 of Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

4 June 1919 The first sod of the new Sea Mills Estate was cut in Sylvan Way by Dr Christopher Addison, the president of the Local Government Board who implemented Britain’s post-war housing scheme. A commemoratory tree was planted by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress to mark the occasion. The design of the estate was heavily influenced by the garden suburb principles of the era and the first houses were occupied in August 1920.

Deaths 26 June 1865 - Samuel Burleigh Gabriel Born in Bristol in 1816, Gabriel was a prominent architect in the city, working with his partner John Hicks. His work included St Mark’s church in Easton, St John the Evangelist church in Clifton, St Paul’s parish in Southville, Ashley House in Ashley (which was in residential use until 1935 and was home to three different Bristol Mayors) and many other buildings.

15 June 1986 Danish powerboat racer Jorgen Askgaard was killed after his boat had crashed into the old Gas Ferry jetty while travelling at a speed of 80mph. Askgaard was competing in a World Formula Two race heat. His younger brother, Claus, was also taking part in the race and dived out of his own boat when he saw Jorgen’s vessel somersault after hitting the jetty. It would be 14 years before powerboat racing returned to the city.

22 June 2012 – Mary Fedden Artist Mary Fedden was born on 14 August 1915 and was a student at Badminton girls school. Though she left Bristol, moving to London, her links with the city continued and she was given a retrospective exhibition by the Royal West of England Academy in 1988. Her obituary in the Guardian stated that she, “brought to perfection a style that married a very English sensibility to a modern European one.”

15 June 2010 Bristol Council announced that alcohol would be banned from the city’s World Cup Fan Park and anyone wanting to watch England’s match against Algeria on 18 June would need to get their tickets in advance. The park in Queen Square, which could accommodate 11,000 fans, had been the scene of drunk and unruly behaviour during

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GOOD READS - BRUCE FELLOWS’ BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS Julian Furman’s absorbing and intriguing novel This Is How We Talk tells the story of a modern young couple, Yonatan and Lia, living in war- threatened Tel Aviv amongst a swelling population of Israelis and Arabs. When Lia kicks him out one evening after an argument, Yonatan finds himself at loose again in the night-time capital but his subsequent shenanigans do nothing for his relationship with Lia. Lia’s sister leads a gilded life but is the gilding wearing off, and what of her brother? Are there more secrets to discover? Can the couple’s baby son bring them together? You’ll hope so. It’s a great read. In William Melvin Kelley’s marvellous novel, A Different Drummer, spurred on by the actions of Tucker Caliban, who salts his fields and burns his farmhouse down in June 1957, the entire Negro population of an unnamed southern state leaves for other places in the USA. We learn of the event and those leading up to it only through the eyes of various members of the white population of the area. Everything dates back to an almost mythical slave called merely The African. Why did they all leave? And why at that moment? This original, moving and very confidently written novel will really make you think. Written in 1938 and still available, Graham Greene’s excellent thriller The Confidential Agent is a real page turner. Once D has landed at Dover in shabby pre-war Britain, his problems arrive thick and fast. His task is to buy coal for his government but the rebels have sent a rival to bid against him. Luckily he makes a friend, Rose, the daughter of the man selling the coal. Arrests, chases and deaths litter the pages but there’s little derring-do from D, a professor of romance languages and an unlikely secret agent. Will he buy the coal? Will Rose snare him? Read it and find out. Published as a novel for Young Adults David Owen’s Panther is the sensitive and moving story of Derrick, an obese teenager, able only to wear jogging pants and XXL T-shirts, who is desperate to trap the panther reported as roaming the allotments behind his house. Why does he binge on all those cakes and chocolate bars? How can he help his sister Charlotte with her depression? Why did their dad move out? What is it with his friends Hadley and Tamoor? And why is he so keen to tackle the panther? This is a gripping read from start to finish for adults of any age. Three-a-Penny is Lucy Malleson’s enchanting and always fascinating memoir. After an Edwardian childhood (a dancing bear in the road, a hansom cab ride), she found herself at seventeen working during the First World War to bolster the family finances though she always longed to write. Of course she managed to but when she wrote a thriller she felt she had to find a male pseudonym, the first of several for the seventy novels she published. It’s a surprising story and Malleson is an inspiring character, a woman with a very modern outlook navigating the worlds of commerce and publishing with skill, humour and great empathy.

How to Avoid Making an Invalid Will During the Coronavirus

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The spike in Will-making since coronavirus (COVID-19) took the world in its grip was inevitable. Making a Will has never have been more important for many. But with homemade Wills, it’s easy to take one wrong step in the way it is witnessed, or signed.

The outcome at best, can make your inten�ons hard to follow when the Will comes into eﬀect and at worst, to invalidate the Will en�rely. The Wills Act 1837 governs Will-making in England & Wales and legisla�on da�ng from the 19th century did not contemplate facili�es like Skype and Zoom.

We generally advise that you avoid witnessing your Will that way to avoid the risks of an invalid Will. The best op�on is to witness your Will in an outside space with clear visibility whilst observing social distancing.

A legal requirement is that your witnesses should be with you (ie present) when they watch you sign, so signing your Will on a Zoom call, with your witnesses watching from another loca�on, does not count.

Another frequent error we see with homemade Wills is choosing the wrong type of witness. The Wills Act prohibits your witnesses from being beneﬁciaries of your Will. But your neighbours and friends may be anxious about coming close enough to you to act as witnesses. It’s a tough conundrum.

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Why Hasn’t the Wills Act Been Updated? It is possible, as long as you fulﬁl the legal requirements to the le�er. Witnesses should maintain an uninterrupted line of sight with you the whole �me that you sign the Will. Signing and passing the document over the fence to your neighbour to record they have witnessed your signature, if they have not actually seen you sign would result in an invalid Will.

Outdated as the Wills Act 1837 may be, Wills are strictly legislated for to guard against risks. These include a person making a Will without due considera�on to its contents, or at the worst end of the spectrum because a person may be under duress to make a Will they would not otherwise choose to.

So there is great value in reviewing Will provisions very carefully and following the strict rules for signing to the le�er, and also in considering whether there is the possibility of an invalidity challenge arising later on, par�cularly if there are any concerns about the capacity of the person making the Will or of poten�al undue inﬂuence upon them. To avoid the sorts of disputes we see day in day out, we strongly recommend that you seek professional advice when making a Will so you have the peace of mind that your Will cannot be challenged by an opportunis�c beneﬁciary.

Our Private Client team have specialists in both contested Will disputes and in Willdra�ing. During the current pandemic we con�nue to be fully opera�onal. We have adapted our working pa�erns, oﬀering video calls instead of face to face mee�ngs and we have prepared detailed advice to ensure that the execu�on of the Wills we dra� is carried out correctly.

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GOOD READS - BRUCE FELLOWS’ EXTRA RECOMMENDATIONS Described as ‘deliciously funny’ by Evelyn Waugh, Nancy Mitford’s novel, The Blessing, first published in 1951 and re-issued not long ago, is exactly that. Swept off her feet at the start of the War by Free French pilot CharlesEdouard, Grace is left to bring up the ‘blessing’, her son Sigi, on her own, until Charles-Edouard’s return seven years later. Then she’s off to France, in the country with a mass of her husband’s French relatives, then Paris with his ex-lovers, or are they ex? The result is an always entertaining and often hilarious tale of aristocratic romps, with Sigi constantly causing trouble; a delightful read. In Joseph Kanon’s The Accomplice, an always convincing thriller which grips from start to finish, Nazi hunter Max Weill is dying and hands over pursuit of the death camp doctor Otto Schramm to his nephew, CIA man Aaron Wiley. It’s 1962. The trail leads from Germany and a spotting of Schramm at a funeral, to exotic Buenos Aires, where ex-Nazis live and thrive. Aaron is spurred on by Max’s nightmarish memories of Schramm, who was an assistant on Dr Mengele’s appalling experiments. Schramm’s daughter turns up as well as an Israeli agent and Aaron finds himself in a moral quandary; who exactly is the accomplice? The troubles of three men are at the heart of From a Low and Quiet Sea, a wonderful, moving and beautiful novel by Donal Ryan. Farouk, a sea borne refugee has arrived in Ireland still searching and hoping to find his wife and daughter. Lampy, dumped by Chloe but haunted by her still, drives a bus for a care home, his mother and his poetically obscene grandfather worry over him. John, a businessman is confessing his sins, quite a few of them. And Ireland is beautifully ever present in the landscape and the language. But how will the stories come together? Aren’t they totally unconnected? Louisa Hall’s excellent novel, Trinity, centres on the man behind the atom bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer. Seven different characters, all connected in some way to him, give us their takes on the scientist, starting with the secret service agent who tails him as he drives from Los Alamos to meet a girlfriend, and ending with a journalist commissioned to write a profile of Oppenheimer when he’s in disgrace. If you want to know more about this complex man read this. You’ll also learn a lot about the intriguing and very credible characters Louisa Hall creates to tell his story in this insightful and page-turning novel. Cheese and onion crisps and a soiled nappy keep tracker dogs at bay and allow the man who dragged the world back from the brink of nuclear destruction to escape to the West – Oleg Gordievsky, The Spy and the Traitor of Ben Macintyre’s magnificent history. A child of the KGB, our Oleg is destined for a life in espionage. But when he becomes disillusioned with the Soviet way, he approaches MI6, who are overjoyed to accept a man who knows everything. This is a thriller so outlandish that no fiction writer would dare to invent it. But it’s all true and full of nail-biting suspense.

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The most common symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) are recent onset of a new continuous cough or high temperature or a loss of, or change in, normal sense of taste or smell (anosmia). If you have these symptoms, however mild, stay at home and do not leave your house for at least 7 days from when your symptoms started (if you live alone), or 14 days (if you live with someone who has symptoms). You do not need to call NHS 111 to go into self-isolation. If your symptoms worsen during home isolation or are no better after 7 days, contact NHS 111 online. If you have no internet access, you should call NHS 111. For a medical emergency dial 999.

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A KINGS WESTON WALK towards the House and the lime trees will give way to a wide vista of Avonmouth, the docks, both Severn bridges and several wind turbines. At this point the path is bordered by iron railings on your left. Before you get to the House, by a displayboard there is a swing gate through the fencing. Go through this gate and follow the path gently downhill across the grass, with KWH now up on your right.

My bike tyres are flat and I don’t have the right adapter for my pump. So during the lockdown I have failed to join the throngs of new and returning cyclists buzzing around the roads of Bristol. I have however done a bit more walking than usual, and in doing so have discovered some new alleyways and footpaths - notably a couple that act as a shortcut when walking up to see my mum, who moved into the area the day before lockdown (hello mum). I’ve also headed north, away from the city, and discovered an area that I can see from my office window but that in almost 25 years living in BS9 I’ve not explored until now - Kingsweston Down Nature Reserve and Penpole Wood. And what a joy it is - so I thought I’d knock up little circular walk for you to try out. Leafy beyond belief, and with stunning views over Avonmouth and beyond, the walk will take you about an hour. It’s not that arduous - hilly in places yes, and on paths and rough tracks that make it unsuitable for buggies, but fine for most including energetic youngsters.

Stick to this path as it drops, enters a wooded area and, in a hundred yards or so, arrives by a gap in the stone wall that leads out onto Kings Weston Lane. Don’t go through the gap but instead turn 90 degrees right and onto the path that heads back uphill, parallel with the wall and the road behind it. After a short plod uphill the path fizzles out as it comes to Kings Weston Lane again. At this point be very careful of the traffic, as you cross the road diagonally onto the quieter road opposite - this is called Napier Miles Road. Continue up this road, bounded by banks of wild flowers on your left, until you come to the beautiful warm stone buildings that stand opposite each other. On your left are the imposing former stables and on the right the lily pond and walled gardens. Both sides date back to 1763 and are Grade II* listed.

The start is at the the top of Westbury Lane, by the horrible junction with Shirehampton Road and right near the ironbridge sadly cloaked in scaffold. Cross the roads at the junction carefully as if you are going to walk towards Shirehampton, past the little tollhouse-like cottage near the the junction and with the golf course on the opposite side (your left). Just past the cottage the area opens up to meadow - follow the farm track path up the side of the grassland, so behind the cottage and uphill towards where the irongridge is. At the top of the track, with the bridge on your right, turn left, onto the clear wide footpath that heads off through open woods. Shortly you will start to see Kings Weston House through the trees on your right, and in less than a quarter of a mile you reach a crossroads of paths (*) - left is the bouldered carpark, but you need to turn right along the well surfaced path that runs between an avenue of lime trees. At this point you are heading straight

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A KINGS WESTON WALK - CONTINUED on as an extra loop to the main walk. This bonus walk contains quite a lengthy section of stepped path, and is darker and quieter than the main walk so maybe one to do in the company of others. At the crossroads in the paths marked (*) earlier, instead of turning right up the lime avenue, go straight ahead. There are several scruffy paths through the trees but as you are heading out along a narrow finger of high land (Penpole Point) I suspect they all merge eventually. Follow your instinct and soon you will come to a clearing with the crumbling remains of Penpole Lodge. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t turn back here but go straight on and very soon the path will lead you to the Penpole Compass Dial, an ancient marker used by shipping in the Avon. It is Grade II listed and over 400 years old.

Carry on along Napier Miles Road past the old buildings for a few yards until on your left, opposite the entrance to the sports ground, another iron swing gate welcomes you into a tussocky grassy field which is heavily planted with new saplings. Keep to the top path nearest the road and enjoy the views across the field to the Severn and Wales beyond. At the end of the field the path drops down through some bushes and shortly comes back out onto Napier Miles Road, where it merges with Kings Weston Road by what was once Henbury Lodge. Opposite the lodge (taking care when crossing the road) is another black iron gated entrance which you take, leading you now into Evergreens Wood, a part of the Kingsweston Down Nature Reserve. Follow the clear track into the woods and very soon the path splits - take a right turn and now follow this path for maybe five minutes. It will twist and turn, gradually heading uphill through the woods, going from sunshine to dappled shade and back again. Here the birdsong when I walked was amazing, even above the gentle roll of cars along the road which is below you to your right. After a scramble up a steeper rutted section the path flattens out and then starts to descend gently. Keep on walking and in a short while, where the path narrows but comes out into the open, you will come to a clear crossing of paths. The main one to the right will (I think) bring you back down to the ironbridge, but I suggest going straight over to the barely defined path opposite. Here directions get a bit sketchy as there are lots of little tracks, but fear not - just head forward and downhill and eventually you will come to a T-junction with a main path running left to right. Turn right and follow this much more established lane until you come out to the Westbury Lane / Shirehampton Road junction near where you started the walk.

Continue past the Dial and soon the route descends downwards on a long section of stepped path. At the bottom of the steps where you meet a quiet roadway turn right and follow the route back through some garages and houses until you enter the peaceful woods once again, which are dotted with evidence of long-gone quarrying and the old walls of the Kings Weston estate. There are a number of clear tracks here and you can take your pick now - all of them will ultimately lead you back uphill to Kings Weston House to resume the main walk. For more details about this lovely area I highly recommend the excellent website of the Kings Weston Action Group www.kwag.org.uk

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FINANCE MATTERS - WITH PHIL JAMES, GROSVENOR CONSULTANCY

Challenging Times – But a little perspective perhaps.

what. Financially of course this can be very difficult when what they are doing, does so ‘behind closed doors’, as it were. CHSW relies on ‘visibility’ to receive contributions from the public; donations and income from their shops (which have had to close) as well as the various activities and events that they and their supporters organise (which have had to be cancelled). So, a big shout out if we may, to a wonderful organisation, to all those who work and volunteer for it.

I received an email from Andy, Bristol Nine’s editor this week explaining his hope to produce a June edition of the community magazine. So firstly, if you are reading this, then congratulations Andy on succeeding in what are clearly very challenging times. Secondly, I hope that as a reader of the Bristol Nine, you and yours are remaining well during the COVID 19 outbreak and continue to do so.

At Grosvenor Consultancy we have tried to help in a small way. In the last year or two some of our employees have leapt out of aeroplanes, bungee jumped, even been locked up in a cell for a day, participated in sponsored cycles, and run marathons. In recent weeks we have had couple of office quiz’s via Zoom and many of us got involved in the 2.6 challenge.

Well what to write about this month? I covered the issue of investments a month or two back when the outbreak started and the general message was not to make any hasty decisions, not to panic and to look beyond the current difficulties if you were able to. I don’t think that needs reiterating, but please, if you need to talk to someone about your arrangements, your plans, concerns you may have, objectives etc. give me a call/email (contact details as per our advert); I would be happy to help.

If you are not familiar with this charity, then please do have a look at their website to see the amazing work they are doing right here in the South West, and of course anything you can do to help, will I know be most welcome.

So, today I would like to draw your attention to the registered charity we have been supporting over the past couple years; Children’s Hospice South West. They are a wonderful group of people, selfless in the help they offer youngsters who have life limiting illnesses and their families, helping them when they need it the most. It’s always worth remembering at times like this that they, like many charities, have to keep on providing care in the way they do, no matter

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RIVER AVON TIDE TIMES It has been a joy, especially in the early days of the lockdown, to be able to walk along the banks of the Avon and enjoy the sights and sounds of Spring, without the incessant drone of traffic along the Portway. I daresay with the weeks of fine weather (well at least something has been good) many of us have observed Spring more closely than perhaps ever before. The Spring high tides have been and gone, and over the next month the high tides for the river are generally low and the low tides are generally high - so nothing spectacular. However the high tides shown in red are all 13m or higher and at convenient times of the day, so worth a stroll those days if the weather plays ball. This is Ruth - you can find her in Bennett’s Patch, the Avon Wildlife Trust reserve alongside the Portway

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When Norma Bull (1906-1980) painted this watercolour exactly eighty years ago titled ‘The Blitz Kitchen’ she was capturing the people of Bristol at a time of great upheaval. One can only imagine the fear that nightly bombing raids would have on the suburban population, but people rallied round and came together to help those in need. Set up by Jones & Co on Mary Le Port Street, Blitz Kitchens like the one depicted here sprung up all over the city to feed those who had lost everything. Eighty years on, the enemy may have changed, but the sentiment remains the same. Sold at Clevedon Salerooms for £400.

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PRIZE WORDSEARCH After weeks of doom and gloom it’s time for a cheerful colour-themed wordsearch, so one for readers of all ages. Hidden in the grid below are twenty five colours. Twenty four of them are also listed. You have to find the colour not in the grid. Words can be hidden written forwards, backwards, up, down or on a diagonal. Just let me know the missing colour, together with the name of your road. Get your entries in to me at andy@bcmagazines.co.uk, 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY, 07845 986650 or 0117 259 1964 by 30th June to be in with a chance The prize will be a Derwent Arts “Sketch & Draw” set including 12 coloured pencils, 6 graphic pencils and a sketch pad. Fun for budding artists of all ages. OLIVE AZURE CRIMSON JADE LILAC GOLD SILVER PEACH

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BURGUNDY CERISE MAUVE BROWN PINK CREAM LEMON TURQUOISE SCARLET LIME VOILET INDIGO BLUE GREEN YELLOW ORANGE RED The February competition winner was announced in the April issue of the magazine - that almost nobody saw. So in case you’ve spent your entire lockdown wondering if you had won the three bottles of wine for spotting that Archie and Isabella were missing from the February puzzle then I can put you out of your misery. And unless your name is Lia Bucks then I’m afraid it’s been a long wait for nothing. Lia however can celebrate with some vino for being the firstDate: name drawn out of the hat. The ___________________ following month the correct answer to the seaside-themed puzzle was Woolacombe, a fact correctly spotted by Diane Casley who wins L A C X V herself the Lonely Planet Guide and I-Spy books. R C J F B And in April anyone K Q A I E who entered had the Y T D M D best chance ever to win, given the very limited A I E J O circulation, and hence the L R O I J tiny number of entries. Of I E L W L the handful who entered correctly - Hugh Dennis E B Y E K - the first name out of a S L M F T very empty hat was Clare E O O Y Q Davies who wins a £20. I’ve not got to go too far N V B I L to deliver Claire’s prize as K A L S V she lives next door.

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THIS BS9 LIFE - DUNCAN HASKELL this collection of virtual historical artefacts stretches from the modern day right back to 5000 BC.

Rather than write about my experiences in lockdown, I thought my time would be better spent recommending a few of the digital entertainments that have been making quarantine a little easier - all findable by a quick Googling (other search engines are available).

I’ve mentioned podcasts such as Sodajerker and Song Exploder in my monthly music column, and as edifying as those shows remain, I’ve also been reaching for more comedic pleasures to provide that much needed distraction. Off Menu (with Ed Gamble and James Acaster) takes an approach similar to Desert Island Discs but asks its guests to choose their ideal meal. For those not easily offended, Dear Joan and Jericha (Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine) is the filthy agony aunt show you didn’t know you needed in your life.

For anyone who is missing the Great British countryside, I would heartily suggest that you check out the live webcam footage that is available from The Wildlife Trusts. There’s an abundance of action to follow, some of my personal favourites are the puffins of Burhou, ospreys nesting near the Loch of the Lowes and a badger sett in Essex.

But back to the music world where the lack of gigs seems to have focussed creative minds in some exciting ways. If you are a Twitter user then Tim Burgess (@Tim_Burgess), the frontman of indie band The Charlatans, is hosting daily listening parties, giving you the chance to experience an album with added feedback from those who made them - including Oasis, Blur, The Coral, Ash and Suede. With so many bands/musicians hosting shows from their living rooms, I’d also recommend heading to the social media sites of your favourite musicians.

You may wish to head further afield, perhaps for those who are currently missing out on their annual holiday, and it doesn’t get more exciting than the African savannah, where the good people at &Beyond (andbeyond,com) are broadcasting live three-hour long game drives from South Africa’s Kruger National Park.

That’s what’s keeping me sane right now, how about you? If you have any recommendations of your own then please do send them over to our editor Andy (andy@bcmagazines.co.uk). ww

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THIS BS9 LIFE - AN EXTRA INSTALMENT - DUNCAN HASKELL Writing this a week after some of the lockdown restrictions have been lifted by the UK Government, it still feels like the last thing anyone needs in their lives right now is another article on how Covid-19 is impacting us all, or for me to use it as an excuse to get on my soapbox (something I avoid doing at the best of times). The only problem to this is that I really don’t have anything else to write about currently. As a compromise, I thought I’d quickly skip through all the usual stuff… like so many others we’ve been baking, quizzing, Zooming, walking, gardening, DIYing, home-working, box-setting and anything else to help us through. It still feels like a limbo existence where the last thing I need is another news update yet one where I’m unable to turn off the television / shutdown the websites in fear of missing out on something important.

Special mention must also go to Henbury Golf Club who, unlike another potential green space not too far away, welcomed the local population with open arms and provided a safe area for idyllic and spread out walks. A lasting memory will be the sight of families building sand castles in the bunkers, having brought buckets and spades for a trip to the golf course. Closer to home, neighbourliness has reached new heights – next door have baked for us, helped fix broken fence panels (from a sensible distance) and procured hard to find items such as flour and anti-bac spray. More importantly, they’ve been a welcome source of conversation and much needed laughter.

Now that’s all out of the way, what I want to focus on this month is all the people that deserve a doff of my cap, those who have made each day a little easier. So, and very much in no particular order, let’s start with all the hard working shop staff. Not just in the supermarkets, but in local stores such as Sarah C’s, Mogfords and Parsons – who have managed to create safe and welcoming environments as we keep our cupboards well stocked. Even Frazzle has been kept in the fashion she has become accustomed to thanks to The Dog Shop in Henleaze’s home delivery service.

So all that is left is for me to say is a massive thank you to everyone who has, and continues to, make these challenging times bearable. We couldn’t get through it without you. Duncan Haskell

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Firstly, let me express my hope that all readers are safe and well during our unexpected lockdown. Whilst there are signs of restrictions easing slightly, there is clearly a growing realisation, at time of writing, that some form of social distancing may be with us for a long time to come - if not permanently.

TeamViewer is a great free programme which allows someone (i.e me!), to access your PC remotely and fix issues or show you how to do things. Each session generates a random password that you give to the person logging in, so there is no security issue with anyone accessing without your permission. The programme can be downloaded at www.teamviewer.com

This obviously has an impact on any IT assistance I can give clients. I have increasingly resorted to providing remote assistance using Zoom and TeamViewer and I thought I’d make readers aware of their functions in case they need any assistance in weeks/months to come. ‘Zoom’ has become a byword in lockdown times. The programme, which can be downloaded onto PC, phone or tablet for free, allows video meetings for multiple participants. It has not been without its security issues and users should be aware of such, but it has been a great

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SWIFT RETURNS - JANE & MARK GLANVILLE With less breeding pairs the number of fledglings was also down to 21 compared to 29 in 2019. It’s difficult to know exactly why so many breeders failed to return last year, but evidence suggests it was probably caused by bad weather on their migration route. We hope this was just one-off and that 2020 is going to be better year for swifts.

As plans to publish a May BS9 magazine were shelved, local swift enthusiasts Mark and Jane Glanville were eagerly anticipating the return for the summer of their resident colony. So, one momnth on here’s an update from them on these beautiful birds that grace our summer skies.

Edward Meyer of Swift Conservation says “We used to think that the main problem affecting our swifts was the rapid decline in suitable nest places, apertures in roofs and gables in our homes, as building techniques and regulations changed. Now we fear that things are going very wrong for them elsewhere. Swifts spend the winter flying non-stop over sub-Saharan Africa searching for places where flying insects are abundant. Increasingly extreme weather events are one problem they face”.

“We are lucky to have a large colony of swifts nesting at Swift House in Stoke Bishop. We have 25 swift nest boxes with 17 cameras and have been monitoring swifts for many years. Swifts return from Africa in waves and as of 15th May 2020 we have 21 back out of 30 that we had last year. We’re confident by the time you read this article our ‘missing’ birds will have returned. Since the 1st April we have been writing a daily wildlife/swift blog based on our garden with updates about how our swift colony is doing. To find out our latest swift news search type Bristol Swifts Blog 2020 into Google.

We hope new initiatives will be implemented to reverse this decline including better protection of existing swifts nests; improvements to planning application processes to clearly identify properties with existing swift nests; the requirement (a condition) for developers to install at least 1 general purpose integral nest box into each new building. However there is something that can be done immediately to help. By installing a simple exterior swift box it can make a huge difference. You can find more information and examples of both DIY and commercial swift boxes on our website www.bristolswifts.co.uk”

Swifts are in real trouble, the numbers returning back to the UK every summer continues to decline at an alarming rate. 2019 turned out to be a bad swift year not only in the UK, but also right across Europe. It was the first time their numbers dropped at Swift House since we began keeping records 10 years ago. We lost 3 breeding pairs - that is a 20% drop in just one year!

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• Premier Homecare office was rearranged to provide social distancing and only authorised staff allowed in. Carers need to phone in when in need of more paperwork and PPE and wait outside/in their cars.This is to make sure that the office can continue to work efficiently and limit the risks of illness among their staff.

An insight by Laura Pelliccia-Hedges a carer working in the community during the Corona virus outbreak.

• Thorough hand washing when entering and leaving client’s houses, gloves to be worn at all times and full PPE kit provided to be worn. • Limit our outings as much as possible. As care workers working with vulnerable people, we have been told from the very start to self isolate and avoid crowded places to limit the risk of contracting the virus.

“Looking after the elderly and most vulnerable people in their homes is part of my job as a care worker. I work for Premier Homecare, who are based in North Bristol and has a great team of employees. Both the office staff and the carers like me that work in the community pride themselves to offer outstanding care and support to their clients. The recent Corona virus outbreak has put us under significantly more pressure and brought new challenges to the team. However, we are ready to fight back to protect our clients and ourselves from this new enemy, which is claiming so many lives and putting the world on hold.

• Clients are not allowed to go out with their carers until further notice, so we need to make sure that we help as much as we can people that previously had an active social life, to feel less lonely and isolated. • Do extra shifts to cover illness and keep providing care if you are able too. The importance of care workers and what we do I have worked as a carer for 5 years now, and I find this job both as much rewarding as it is challenging. No two days are the same, and you often deal with the difficulties of looking after people with Alzheimer, Dementia and complex health issues. We also provide end of life care, which is often very emotional for us. (continued on page 50)

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staff. I sometimes get given priority in the queue as well when I wear my uniform, and one of my colleagues was applauded and given the drink she was going to buy for free at a petrol station!

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On the other hand it’s such an honour to provide care and support to the older generation, listen to their stories, provide companionship and make a real difference to their daily lives in the final stretch of their journey.

I personally hope, that once we get back to normal and resume our daily lives, the importance care workers had during this world pandemic won’t be forgotten. And we can change the way we value the people who have helped the country stay afloat during this difficult time, whether they are carers, bin man, NHS staff, delivery drivers etc..

From zero to hero: To be a good carer you need, first of all, to have a caring attitude, empathy, patience and be resilient if you want to make a difference in someone’s life when is most needed. We go through extensive training before we can work independently: First Aid, Manual Handling, Medicine Administration, Dementia Awareness to name just a few, and we are often the first to spot the signs when someone is not well; reporting to medical professionals on a regular basis and writing important reports. And yet, our job is often overlooked, underpaid and the care sector chronically underfunded. We have been characterized as being in the “low skilled” category, and under the new immigration scheme, migrant workers such as myself, probably would not be granted entry, leaving a massive gap to fill in the care industry.

Of course key workers like me feel scared and often worry about being more exposed to the risk of catching the virus, but I believe that the one thing that we have in common amongst us on the frontline, especially in the NHS and care sector, is the dedication and the willingness to be there for people when they need it the most. I am very grateful to Premier Homecare for providing us with all the necessary PPE and very clear guidelines to follow during this difficult time, but unfortunately this is not always the case for others in this line of work which is very worrying and has already cost the lives of many doctors and nurses. So please remember, not all heroes wear capes and have super powers! They wear simple uniforms and look very ordinary, but they are not afraid to rise to the challenge even when the enemy is invisible and shakes us to the core.

However when the lockdown began we were re-christened “key workers”, and it has been great to see our efforts and dedication being recognised and more appreciated: The Clap for the NHS and key workers on Thursdays is always very touching for me, as well as being able to go shopping at the supermarkets during the allocated times for Carers and NHS

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A PUZZLE WALK - WITH WHAT3WORDS The old adage is “Never work with children or animals”. Wise words, some may say. I would add ... .”or technology”. Technology you cannot argue or reason with, bribe or threaten - it just does what is supposed to do. Except of course when it doesn’t - and then that’s probably because you are expecting it to do something it’s not meant to do.

Allow yourself an hour and a half to do the walk at a gentle pace - and there are in normal times plenty of refreshment stops en-route - or just an hour if you have excitable ones who want to rush from clue to clue. It is necessary to cross a couple of busy roads during the walk but there are zebra crossings in the right places, and the route takes in the open water of the harbourside so please hold little hands where necessary. And finally, because the app is reliant on a good phone / GPS connection you may be directed to an adjacent 3m square - but you will still be able to answer the question so this shouldn’t hinder you.

Given these words of caution (also known as ‘getting my apologies in early in case this doesn’t work’) I’m now hoping to offer you a puzzle walk around a part of the city centre, guided by your smartphone and a free app, to locations where, using your old fashioned powers of observation, you have to answer questions. Think of it as a cross between a GPS-based mystery tour and a big game of i-spy. Last month I mentioned the cracking location and communication app called what3words, and it is this app that you will use to navigate yourself around. Developed by a young company based in London, what3words is a simple way of communicating about location. The developers have split the whole world into 3 metre squares, and assigned each square a unique three word reference - Cabot Tower for example has the three word reference tones.face.manual, and the front entrance to the Wills Memorial is identified by fancy.hotel.mugs. The three words are randomly generated but will not change, and allow the user of the system, via a smartphone and the GPS-based app, to pinpoint any location in the world to a 3m square, without the need for lengthy co-ordinates or error-prone descriptions. The system is rapidly growing in popularity and breadth of usage, and is now in use with many of the UK’s emergency service providers, as well as logistics companies, travel operators, taxi and food businesses and of course individuals.

OK, lets go. You need to start yourself anywhere within the confines of Queens Square. Type in the following what3words location (complete with full-stops but no gaps) into the app and press Navigate. This will show you the exact location you need to go to.

thick.riches.foal Once you get to this location you should be able to answer the following question Q1 - which monarch are you standing next to? Now enter the following w3w location and follow directions on how to get there.-

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So to follow this walk you will need to download the what3words app onto your phone - it is free and really easy to use, but maybe familiarise yourself with it before you set off. The walk itself starts in the vicinity of Queens Square near the harbourside. Although cobbled in parts the walk is along flat paths and so is suitable for buggies and the like, with the exception of one location / two adjacent clues where a big building may need to be accessed by just a handful of stairs.

Q2. What building was erected in 1656? Now enter the next w3w location -

puddles.tester.pies Q3. How did the Llandoger Trow public house get its name?

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A PUZZLE WALK - CONTINUED Q10. From Phoenix Wharf which floating nightclub can you see?

Now enter the next w3w location -

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Across the dock bridge to get to your next location -

Q4. This beautiful old granary warehouse was built in what year?

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Next location -

Q11. In this archway what can you (hopefully) hear?

guest.stews.crass Q5. And how old is The Hole In The Wall? Next location -

decay.relate.pays Q6. What is the name of the structure you are now standing on? Enjoy the walk along Bathhurst Basin until you get to your next location -

Next location (accessible via a few stone steps at the front) -

areas.author.either Q12. From the memorial plaque, look across the harbour towards the Cathedral. What country is mentioned on the front of a big restaurant?

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Across the water now to your next location -

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Q7. How many baby birds is mum feeding?

Q13. Following the explorers gaze, how many old cranes can you see?

Next (warm and dry) location -

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Nearly there now. Your final location is -

Q8. Who died in 1658 and has an amusing / scary engraving on his tombstone?

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Now head to the next location -

Q14. In front of you is a striking modern bridge. What is the name of the bridge and who is it named after?

ants.method.glass Q9. Which King is thought to have sheltered in the caves under Redcliffe Parade?

Now just a short walk up Farrs Lane behind you and into Queens Square and the end of the walk. I hope you have enjoyed the fresh air and stroll, and some fun. If you want to know the answer to the questions please tun to page 92.

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PARKING THE MINIBUS an afterthought.

(Apologies to the few of you have already read this story - it was published in the April magazine that was printed but never delivered. Thought it was worth repeating).

Which brings me back to Christine Sinclair. She is clearly an impressive footballer, at the top internationally of a competitive professional sport for more than a decade. Looking at her record though shows that she scored in a 9-1 defeat against Australia, a 12-0 victory against Guatemala, 7-1 win against Portugal, an 11-1 victory over Haiti, a 9-0 win against Jamaica, a 6-2 defeat to the USA, an 11-1 win against Jamaica, an 8-0 win versus Guyana, a 12-0 win against Cuba and, when breaking the record, in the 11-0 win against St Kitts & Nevis. Evidence of opposition defending that would make Sir Bobby Moore turn in his grave. And, by the sound of it, goalkeeping of a standard high enough to earn the Scotland number 1 shirt in the 1970’s.

A Canadian relative recently sent me a link to a story about a lady called Christine Sinclair who has become the all-time leading goalscorer, male or female, in international football (or soccer if you are from a nation that gets confused by what football really is). 185 international goals - a terrific achievement indeed, and way ahead of the leading mens goalscorer who, of course, is Ali Daei - who has 109 goals for Iran, a team currently ranked 33rd in the world.

However statistics never tell the whole story - do they? - and I have huge new respect for goalkeepers in the womens game, for a reason I had never thought of. In the UK the average height of a man is 5ft 9in, the average for a woman is 5ft 3in. Six inches difference - and yet the size of the goals is identical in mens and womens professional football. A back of a fag packet calculation tells me that because of their comparative diminutive stature female goalkeepers have over 15% more goal to cover. How can that be right? It certainly goes some way to explaining the high incidence of big scoring matches in the ladies game, and in no small way helped Ms Sincliar in her goalscoring exploits.

Now I confess that in the past I have, at times, been less than complementary about the standard of womens football - a judgement, for which I apologise, lacking in validity as it was hardly evidence based. Having witnessed (and enjoyed) much more of late, as it has become more widely covered on terrestial television, I am happy to reassess positively the female contribution to the beautiful game. But with caveats.

All of which of course brings me to Brexit. You remember Brexit? 3 years of cross-European wrangling before Boris “got it done” - and now nothing has changed. Or has it?

When you played football at school everybody wanted to be a goalscorer, no-one wanted to be a defender, and goalkeeper was the position always occupied by the slowest and most rubbish player in the team. I was asthmatic so I was a goalkeeper And not a very good one. Consequently with everyone piling forward in attack scores were usually high, often in double figures - as no-one was capable of, or enjoyed grinding out, a tactically brilliant onenil victory. Now I sense that in some ways the women’s game is similar to those schoolday games - exciting, high-scoring affairs where attack is king and defence seems, at times, like

I heard an interesting story recently on the very same subject of goal sizes. While a member of the European Union, our domestic football was governed by UEFA who set the rules by which our teams abided every Saturday afternoon. Offside rules, VAR usage, goalline technology - and goal sizes.

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PARKING THE MINIBUS to believe by a secret source that the Downs League might possibly be taking part in such trials. The casual spectator might not see the difference, but look closely and you may see the introduction of new telescopic goal posts and cross bars - with little buttons at set intervals that click into place, a bit like putting up gazebo legs. So the height and width of the goals can be set on a match by match basis - short and narrow for a Downs League domestic game, normal UEFA height and width for any visits by the likes of Real Madrid or Bayen Munich on pre-season tours.

Evidence shows (and you can check this on Wikipedia) that the average height of an English man is 5ft 9in - which is lower than men born in Switzerland, Germany, France, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Greece, Russia, Sweden, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Norway, Czech Republic, Denmark, Croatia and Holland. So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a huge jump in logic to suggest that as far as English football is concerned, under UEFA rules the playing field has never been level - our European opponents have bigger strikers playing against our smaller defenders and smaller goalkeepers. Our tiny strikers are up against men-mountains in the goals and defences of our European opposition. England football results since 1966 tell their own story.

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New Zealanders Ivan Mauger and Barry Briggs and Denmark’s Ole Olsen are all multiple World Champions at which sport? Bob Beamon made Olympic history in 1968 – in which event and in which city? Which woman won the 400m and 800m freestyle swimming golds at the 2008 Beijing Olympics? What is the lowest number of darts needed to complete a leg of darts in international competition? Put these balls in size order, smallest diameter first – golf, table tennis, football, netball.

History 1. 2. 3.

Exploration

In what year did the miner’s strike, led by Arthur Scargill, end? Which English monarch was beheaded outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall on 30th January 1649? Who preceded Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa? Which event happened first – Concorde’s inaugural test flight, Sandie Shaw wins the Eurovision Song Contest with “Puppet on a String”, or future Lib-Dem leader Menzies Campbell represents Great Britain at athletics at the Tokyo Olympics? In what year did the Euro enter circulation in the eurozone?

Geography 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

What name was given to the world’s tallest mountain before it was named Everest? In what year was the Sputnik satellite launched into earth orbit? How many men have set foot on the moon? Who beat Robert Falcon Scott to the geographic south pole in 1911? Amelia Earhart became the first woman to achieve what feat of exploration in 1932?

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Which river runs through the Grand Canyon? Name the county town of Wiltshire. Which Asian country is bigger than France, Spain and Germany combined, but has a population of less than 2.5 million? Which body of water separates the Isle of Wight from mainland UK? Which country is bordered by the most other neighbouring countries – and how many?

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4. The 1959 epic Ben Hur won eleven Oscars, including one for who as Best Actor? 5. John Gordon Sinclair and Dee Hepburn played the lead roles in which 1980 romcom?

Nature 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Music 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Who had a hit for Motown with “Band of Gold” in 1970? Name the classic 80’s band – and the missing lead singer – Roy Hay, Mikey Craig, Jon Moss and xxxxx. Name Dua Lipa’s debut album. Who has had more UK number 1 hit singles – The Osmonds, Bucks Fizz or JLS? What connects “Cotton-Eye Joe” (Rednex), “The Final Countdown (Europe), and “Wake Me Up” by Avicii?

4. 1970’s crime drama The Persuaders! featured which members of acting royalty - one American one English - in the roles of Daniel Wilde and Lord Brett Sinclair? 5. Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh currently star in which award-winning crime drama, and what are their character names?.

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GO 30 DAYS WILD - WITH AVON WILDLIFE TRUST counts. If you want to see what others are getting up to, just check out #30DaysWild on social media. June is one of the best times of the year to see wildlife fluttering, singing, nesting or in bloom. Not only will 30 Days Wild be a wonderful way to connect with nature and share our special random acts of wildness with others but it will also be a great way for us to help our much-loved wildlife. This year there will be even more ideas with simple actions that people can do to help care for wildlife near their own homes. Another great thing about this challenge is that 30 Days Wild is for everyone – wherever you live, whatever your age. This year, all the amazing resources will be available exclusively online and include a colourful wallchart, a wild bingo game, colour-in window poster and a passport log-book with ideas to record wonderful wild actions – including crafting with nature or going plastic-free for a day, to taking action for bugs, bees and butterflies in your garden.

In these difficult times, many of us will be noticing just now much better our lives are if they’re a bit wild. Spending time outside connecting with nature can help lift our spirits and brighten our days. And if you are home-schooling you’ll have probably discovered what a rich source of learning the great outdoors is. Avon Wildlife Trust is once again taking part in this year’s 30 Days Wild – June’s national nature challenge to do something wild every day for a whole month (and don’t worry if you read this after June 1st you can still register and join in the fun). Back for its sixth year, 2020’s challenge is more important than ever as we enjoy the wildlife close to our homes and the solace that enjoying nature can provide. From little things such as watching a bee from your window or feeding the birds, to giving up single-use plastics for a month or digging a pond in your garden: e v e r y Random Act of Wildness

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In 2019, a record of 400,000 people took part around the country – the highest number yet, showing just how much the challenge has grown in popularity since it began in 2015. Over 9,000 schools and nearly a quarter of a million children took part, and thousands of people shared and responded to activities across social media using #30DaysWild.

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An update from the Bristol North West Climate Action Group

A city where we build back community and environmental resilience, as well as economic recovery. One where all voices are heard, not just the loudest.

It has been nearly two months since the group has been able to meet face to face. For many of us it has been an opportunity to explore our local neighbourhood. It has also made many of us wonder if going back to ‘business as usual’ is as desirable as it once appeared to be.

What might we do differently? What alternative vision is there? What resolutions can you/will you make to change your travel habits? Work from home More employers are making this possible. It saves money and time on the commute and can improve our work life balance.

Here are a few ideas and actions you can take to help make some positive changes to the way we lead our lives, whilst also helping to restarting the local economy. No return to congested streets and toxic air Traffic volumes are at levels not seen since the 1950s. Our air is cleaner, with more people walking and cycling as part of their daily exercise routines. And working at home has become ubiquitous. This has led to commentators in some quarters suggesting that we might see a ‘new normal’ as we come out of lockdown, with benefits to our health, to communities, and even wildlife. With 20% of all trips to work in the West of England under 2km made by car, we have got to think about how we enable a shift to more sustainable forms of transport.

Stop through traffic on residential streets This makes streets safer and cleaner for young families to walk, cycle and even play in. : Even before the Covid19 crisis, 54% of residents told us they would support restrictions on through-traffic on residential streets. Use the car less The current volume of traffic on our streets is blissful. We have discovered that are our local shops and amenities are within walking distance, so let’s commit to using less polluting forms of travel and support our local businesses.

In the medium term, public transport might not be the answer. Evidence from China has shown an explosion of single occupancy car trips when lockdown was lifted, as people seek to avoid packed trains and buses. It would be a disaster if this trend were to be repeated in Bristol. The old normal wasn’t actually that good for many people living in the city. Going forward we need a more sustainable city, but one that is more equal, where the life expectancy of the poorest in the city isn’t 10 years less than the wealthiest.

Improve our transport networks Present dedicated walking and cycling routes are not wide enough to practice safe physical distancing. We need to improve the quality and connectivity of our walking and cycling networks because what we’ve currently got isn’t good enough. 68

Drive a little slower With so many novice cyclists on our roads, we all need drive slowly and carefully so we don’t put them off for life! Any motorist spotted speeding by the Police will receive a fine and points on their driving licence, plus more expensive insurance next year.

If you want to see more space for pedestrians and cyclists, please write to your local Councillor: www.livingstreets. org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-us/ national-walking-month-2020 If you have any concerns about speeding vehicles and dangerous driving, please report them to the Police: w w w. avo n a n d s o m e r s e t . p o l i c e . u k / speedingconcern Keep in touch Do share your ideas, reflections and any creative ways you have discovered to help tackle the climate emergency despite or because of lockdown.

Bristol City Council have recently announced measures to make some city centre roads safer as we come out of lockdown. But are there other things that could be done to encourage a healthy, less polluting return to the new ‘normal’?

Email: BNWclimateaction@outlook.com

WoT Village Show Cancellation It is with sadness that, due to the continued uncertainties caused by the Coronavirus, the Westbury on Trym Village Show Committee has taken the decision to cancel the 2020 show (the 41st) which was due to take place on Saturday 5th September. On a more Positive note, the next show has already been booked and will be on 4th September 2021, with entries to be submitted on the day before. The classes will remain the same, even though the theme will be updated to ‘Vision 21’. This should mean that the time and effort of participants who have already started work on their entries will not be wasted. We are giving stallholders the option of a refund or taking their booking through to next year. Further information is available on our website www.wotvs.co.uk and our Facebook page https://www.facebook. com/westburyontrymvillageshow.

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“Future Nostalgia” by Dua Lipa Back in 2017, Dua Lipa’s debut album earned platinum sales, chart topping singles and numerous awards for its young creator. More than that though, it showed promise of an artist who could become a generational pop talent. Now returning with the follow up, Future Nostalgia is proof that such premonitions were indeed accurate.

“Ray of Light” by Madonna If disco-inflected pop floats your musical boat then we’d heartily recommend that you checkout the back catalogue of the genre’s master, Robyn (in particular her self-titled release from 2005). For us though, we’re heading back to 1998 and a collaboration between Madonna and the producer William Orbit which saw the “Queen of Pop” return to the top of the UK album charts for the first since the late 80s.

Last year’s bass-heavy dance floor-filling Don’t Go Out, was an early mood setter for the album’s disco direction, cowbell included. An instant classic upon its release, it’s hard to imagine the track disappearing from playlists any time soon, if ever. Physical goes one step further by taking the title, and a whole heap of spandexy inspiration, from the Olivia-Newton John song of the same name. If you’re fed up with Joe Wicks and need a new power anthem for your work-out, then look no further.

Frozen introduced the world to the album’s fusion of urban electronica and meditative wisdom/ spirituality but it was the album’s second single, the title track Ray Of Light, which really ignited this next phase in Madonna’s chameleonlike career. A chart-friendly dose of trance with an equally hypnotic video, it won two Grammy awards in 1999. Madonna’s mysticism remained a constant thread throughout without overpowering the album’s charm. On tracks like The Power Of Goodbye, Skin and Little Star, that message was perfectly balanced by Orbit’s urban-sounding electronic beds. By the end of the album, which ended with the stark Mer Girl, you had been drawn into the star’s latest world, one which felt just as believable and exciting as any of her previous incarnations.

As you glide your way through Future Nostalgia, you’ll be reminded of a lot of artists who have made similar statements: Madonna, Chic, Daft Punk… even The Gap Band (Levitating will have you clapping à la Oops Upside Your Head). And like those others, Dua Lipa manages to pay homage to her influences without losing her own identity; introduced as the “alpha female” on the title track, there’s an empowering confidence projected throughout. That same strength permeates through tracks like Good In Bed and Love Again – the latter will be instantly familiar to those who recognise the horn sample from White Town’s 1997 No 1 Your Woman (or from Al Bowlly’s original). Taken all together, Future Nostalgia is both an empowering statement and a catchy dose of modern disco, most impressive of all is that those features fuel one another rather than collide – a generational pop talent indeed!

Podcast of the Month - Song Exploder With the world still in lockdown at the time of writing, we thought we’d recommend another podcast from the music world. If you enjoyed Sodajerker last month then Song Exploder goes even further by devoting a whole episode to a single song, revealing the story of how they were made. With the likes of U2, Bjork, R.E.M., Sheryl Crow and more taking you deep inside their craft, each episode feels like a unique glimpse behind the magician’s curtain.

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“The New Abnormal” by The Strokes It seems like forever ago that Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr, Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti blew away the cobwebs of the postBritpop music scene and heralded in guitar music’s final era (for now). As with so many iconic debut albums, the New Yorkers have failed to match the potency of Is This It, perennial victims of their early success – reaching the point that not even the band themselves seemed overly bothered about 2013’s Comedown Machine.

“Is This It” by The Strokes The Stokes arrived as in 2001 looking a if they’d be dragged out of a cupboard at the back of CBGB, the legendary New York venue. Everything about them was cool. But more than their good looks and image, here was a band who made thrilling music. This wasn’t just an era-defining moment but also a near-faultless debut album from a band who had everything – a tight rhythm section, the complementing guitars of Hammond Jnr and Valensi and, in Casablancas, a striking frontman with a unique delivery that could be either disdainfully detached or rousingly impassioned, depending on what was required. Songs such as The Modern Age, Someday, New York City Cops and Hard To Explain dragged elements of punk, indie and garage rock into the band’s dingy existence before illuminating them in neon. Not just that, with Last Night, they had written a crossover hit fit for any underground club or wedding disco.

Therefore, it’s a welcome surprise, bordering on minor miracle, that The New Abnormal is a pretty great album. It’s also a record that harks back to what came before… Before The Strokes’ rock n’ roll lifestyle fractured their bond and made them sound like five people who’d rather be anywhere else than in a room together. Here, with Hammond Jnr and Valensi’s guitars once again forming the perfect plait, and a general sense of bonhomie among the quintet, the listener is drawn back into their warped world. That familiar groove can be heard on Brooklyn Bridge To Chorus, an instant classic, and Bad Decisions, heavily inspired by Billy Idol’s Dancing With Myself. Both tracks manage to balance those essential Strokes ingredients of casual aloofness and blistering rhythm.

Even now, it’s impossible to listen to Is This It without feeling a sense of excitement. This was a gang that you wanted to be a part of and, together with The White Stripes, this was a band you were happy to have ushering in a new wave of music. Podcast of the Month - Dissect As the wait for live music continues, and may do for some time yet, we have another podcast recommendation for you. Previously we’ve mentioned Sodajerker and Song Exploder and this month’s choice, Dissect, takes the forensic analysis one step further by examining a single hip hop album per season, one song per episode. Starting with Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly in season 1, through to the most recent season on Beyonce’s Lemonade, this is seriously educational stuff.

It’s not all nostalgia. Casablancas seems more comfortable than ever when it comes to stretching his vocals. His falsetto, heard on The Adults Are Talking and Eternal Sound, no longer sounds forced or uncomfortable. Similarly, synth and organ are welcome additions throughout. Of course, no matter what they do, they’ll never recapture the zeitgeist like they did back in 2001. But that’s not the point. The New Abnormal makes The Strokes both relevant and listenable again and that’s more than enough.

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Zoom During ‘lockdown’, Geoff, Liz and Steve have kept in touch with e-newsletters, Facebook and, more recently, Zoom meetings. “We have held two community meetings by Zoom and have found it an effective way of keeping in touch with electors and local issues”, said Liz. Steve added: “We are now in a position to make this a regular ‘meeting’ and have scheduled these fortnightly on Tuesday evenings at 7pm.” To register an interest, go to the link: 9th June - tiny.cc/WH9Jun 23rd June - tiny.cc/WH23Jun 14th July - tiny.cc/WH14Jul Council meetings Geoff reports that ‘attending’ Council meetings from your own home has taken a little getting used to but the work of the Council is carrying on as usual. The ‘big’ topic of debate has been Bristol Energy: the Council has ‘invested’ over 37 million pounds in this project but according to Sky News has now put the customer list up for sale. Geoff adds, “Since the Labour Mayor took office 4 years ago, under his leadership the Council has used £30m of taxpayers money to keep this company going and he is now trying to blame anyone he can think of, when he was the one agreeing to spend your money in this way.” At the time of writing, a special Council meeting is scheduled to take place on Bristol Energy and we can report back in the future. Other matters in brief: • Travellers on The Downs: the first group moved from the top of Parry’s Lane but only as far as near The Zoo. They vacated and another group arrived the same day. You may wish to sign up to RespecttheDowns to register your support for protecting our public space. We have been in regular touch with both the Council and the Police to preserve the Downs for law abiding residents. • Pavements: The Council is proposing to widen pavements and create more space for pedestrians and cyclists in Westbury and Henleaze shopping areas. We await details. Email or phone us if you would like to know the proposals when they are available. • Thank you to all the local businesses that have kept going throughout lockdown. Our local businesses need your support now more than ever. Please use them whenever you can. 74

IN THE GARDEN WITH CATHY LEWIS nutrients. It is also thought to be semicarnivorous, trapping and digesting insects. The plant produces seeds which explode into the surrounding area and then it disappears from view until new flowers appear in spring. It can take 10 years to flower from seed, so for much of its life this mysterious subterranean plant remains hidden amongst the tangled roots of trees like Dracula in his Transylvanian castle.

One of the few positives of lockdown is the opportunity to spend time exploring the many lanes and footpaths in BS9. One of my favourite rambles follows the route of the River Trym from Sea Mills up into the woods at Blaise. It was during one of these walks that I found a mysterious w i l d f l o w e r growing by the side of a muddy footpath by the edge of the Trym. At only an inch high it would have been easy to miss amongst the surrounding spring foliage if it weren’t for the splash of colour from its violet-purple flowers. This bizarre, alien-looking plant had no leaves and no stems, only a pale knobbly growth at ground level. The lack of green chlorophyll meant it couldn’t gain nutrients by photosynthesis and so was likely to be parasitic. All of these oddities made it fairly easy to identify (after a bit of Googling) as the purple toothwort, or Lathraea clandestina.

Purple toothwort is only one of a number of parasitic plants in the UK. Some, like mistletoe and yellow rattle are semiparasitic, able to photosynthesise but pinching supplementary nutrients and water from their hosts. Others, like toothwort and the more commonly found broomrapes, are totally reliant on their hosts. Broomrapes are easy to spot as they look like tatty brown or creamcoloured orchids. I have a clump of ivy broomrape in my front courtyard. It certainly can’t be described as eye-candy but it is fascinating to have one of the vampires of the plant world growing in a orner of my garden.

The plant is native to Europe but a relatively rare introduction in the UK. It has become naturalised in the moist woodland areas of old gardens and estates such as Blaise, probably introduced by botanicallyobsessed Victorians. Although the plant may appear small above ground, the underground part can weigh several kilograms and it is this deep, brittle root system that hijacks the roots of trees for

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TALKING PETS WITH VIKING VETS - MARIA LOWE, MRCVS Mariaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lockdown Diary - April

and suddenly having to look after these creatures).

As I am writing this, we are entering the forth week of lockdown. Easter has been and gone, very subdued this year, not a single Easter egg poisoning. However we did have a symbolic Caesarean section on Easter morning. All went well, helped by our live-in motley crew. We live over the practice, and as the lockdown happened we had our youngest son back from uni, together with a friends son who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get back to Hong Kong where his parents live. We have also been joined by a colleague who helps with the extra work that being on call 24/6 brings. The teenage boys and my husband became midhusbands (is there such a title? ) while Amy was in charge of the general anaesthetic, and I did what I love the best, saving little lives that would otherwise have died. The boys took to their new job with gusto and we sent a bemused mum and three puppies home to a relived owner (I think it will be a bit of a shock to wake up

We are open, but have been seeing urgent and emergency cases only. Two thirds of the team has been furloughed. Our turnover has been halved, but we are by no means the worst off. We are starting to do more routine work from next week, but clients are not allowed into the building. People have been very understanding and appreciative of these changes, understanding why we all have to practice social distancing. I have spent a lot of my spare time cooking, I think it is my default during stress, it is also a way of showing love. Some of my dishes have been less popular. I made a lemon posset with condensed milk from 2015 - it tasted ok, but looked like calf diarrhoea. I served it in pastry casings from 2012! The teenagers were too hungry to care. Looks like for me the silver lining is getting my kitchen cupboards emptied of all those odd

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TALKING PETS WITH VIKING VETS - CONTINUED don’t bend that far! (Rest assured no animal harmed in the trials). The solution is outside consulting, which is great during the good weather, not so great when it rains. We also have introduced some colourful PPE made by a client and one of our vets, this is used when we are up close and personal.

bits that never gets used. I think I have a tin of sardines from 2001 ...... hey where are you all going, the pub is closed?!. Maria’s Lockdown Diary - May It is weird how the days just seem to merge into each other. I think it has been eight weeks now of staying at home, the kitchen cupboards are now empty of out of date food, unbelievably we have had no food poisoning bearing in mind most of the cupboard food was well out of date!

I am very lucky to have a wonderful team who have been incredibly supportive with all the changes we have had to introduce to keep everybody as safe as possible. Change is always stressful, and when things change from day to day it can make the best a bit frazzled. However the team has embraced it all, and we are finding that some of the new routines have made our job easier. It has been suggested to me that we should carry on leaving the clients outside and only take the pets in, it seem easier only to have to deal with the pet! During the summer we will carry on with this, but I think from the autumn we will let our lovely clients back in!

The practice has been busy, with only a third of the team working. We are now moving into a more challenging period with more team members coming to work. Unfortunately maintaining a 2 metre distance whilst restraining a cat is not possible. The government has given some helpful tips about working back to back, or side to side. We have tried but the cats

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

contact them. John & Peter will be pleased to help.

Despite ‘lockdown’, as your councillors we remain busy with a host of local issues : • the continuing refusal by Cotham School to allow public access to the playing fields. We have written to the school head and are seeking a mediation meeting. • liaising with police and Council officers re unauthorised traveller encampments on the Downs. • dealing with complex planning and licensing applications ; meetings are now by Zoom. increased fly tipping, which will hopefully now reduce as the Council’s recycling centres have re-opened. • Council meetings (now virtual) have continued including Mayor making. We remain ‘OPEN FOR BUSINESS’ and happy to help you with all local matters. Keep safe, stay alert and together we will beat this dreadful virus. Your comments, views and questions are welcomed - these are our contact details:• Councillor Peter Abraham • Email: Cllr.peter.abraham@bristol.gov.uk • Councilor John Goulandris • Email: Cllr.john.goulandris@bristol.gov.uk • Phone 0117 922 2227 • City Hall, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TR 77

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HISTORY NOTES NO. 148 - A FOOTNOTE - JULIAN LEA-JONES able to associate the tools with her former work as a Shorthand Typist at the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Company I asked how she came by them. Her explanation was that they had belonged to her Father and Grandfather who were bespoke boot and shoemakers. Her Uncle, seen here, was also in the trade and was Secretary of the Bristol Branch of the National Union of Boot Cutters.

My thanks to Tom Camps, whose response to my February History note, which gave substance to my comment about shoe shop x-ray machines; “C.J. Clarke where you got your feet x-rayed for no good reason except to fit shoes! The dangerous machine was proudly called a ‘Pedoscope’. It stood four- square in the middle of the shop. It had three buttons on the side, Men, Women or Children. Men, having big feet and the toughest shoes presumably got the biggest dose.” Tom’s reminiscences set me thinking about other shoe repairers and inspired this month’s history note.

Emmie left me some of the tools and a small collection of family photographs and although the purpose of some could be guessed, others were not so obvious. Intrigued as to their function I once again turned to Dr Charles Stirling of Bristol Design who let me photograph these leatherworking tools in his collection. Coincidentally his premises are only a few hundred yards away from William Bragg’s former home and workshop at Lower Park Row.

Many years ago, in 1970, I was visiting a friend, Emmie Mary Bragg, then about eighty years old, She asked me to hang a picture for her, directing me to her ‘toolbox’, which contained apart from some rusty knives and very blunt screwdrivers a bizarre collection of hand tools. Not being

Emmie gave me this reminiscence of watching her Father making hand sewn boots and shoes in the early 1900s.“Shoes made individually for each regular customer were based upon a wooden pattern carved to represent their specific foot size. These wooden blocks were known as ‘lasts’ and each customer had their own named lasts which were stored on racks that lined the walls of the workshop. I remember one reason that people initially came to my father to have custom made shoes, was because 79

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HISTORY NOTES NO. 148 - CONTINUED the outcome of which, after closure of the shop was the donation to the museum of almost everything, including leather shavings from the floor and even the shop sign! The Museum’s plan was to reconstruct the entire shop as a major exhibit, which would enhance their existing shoe making collection. Ivor had already given our history group valuable archive material comprising years of their business records which for completeness of the proposed exhibition we also donated to the museum. A gracious touch was David inviting Ivor and his wife as ‘consultants’ to formally record the history of the family business - gracious, because the kind gesture was a recognition of the value of their knowledge and ensured their gift became more than a mere collection of ‘things’ but a unique social record of three generations of a family business.

ill-fitting footwear had caused bunions, (swollen and deformed joints on the big toe caused by pressure from the shoe), and he was able to make shoes that fitted properly and could make room for the bunion. This was done by incorporating leather patches. A large bunion might require as many as six layers of leather which were then shaped and pared away, ‘skivered’, to make space in the shoe to remove the pressure on the joint and comfortably accommodate the swelling”. Shoemakers and leatherworkers, also known as Cordwainers, were amongst the oldest of the London Livery Companies and if you have any of these tools at home as relics of a family profession it might be worth contacting the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers at www.cordwainers.org/ who I am sure will be pleased to hear from you. Fast forward to May 1985 when I happened to be passing a shoe repair shop in Cotham Hill. Noticing a skip outside and indications that the shop was about to close and suddenly remembering Emmie’s reminiscences I went and introduced myself to the delightful owner, Ivor Frank Aitken. I explained that I was the chairman of a Bristol Local History Group, and also wrote monthly articles for an international magazine about items of social history. Intrigued, Ivor was very happy to explain the reason for closing; a well-earned retirement after forty-four years running the business. Everything had to go. Explaining my interest Ivor was very pleased to show me around, and even allowed me to venture into their unlit basement which turned out to be a graveyard of long outdated and disused cobblers tools and machines, (Industrial Archaeology by braille and bruised shins!). I quickly realised that this was an important nugget of working Bristol’s history and Ivor’s shop was a gold mine that if possible, should be recorded for posterity. With Ivor’s blessing, I contacted our friend, David Eveleigh, Curator at Blaise Castle Museum,

When I met Ivor in his Cotham Hill shop at number 58, now Oxfam, he explained that in that he was the third generation of family cobblers and shoemakers. In 1927 they were just around the corner at 6 & 6a Abbotsford Road, now the Psyclewerx, coincidentally where they still make and mend things. The family also had businesses at Sandy Park Road in Brislington and Cheltenham Road. That concludes this unexpected, but very well shod, trip down memory lane. Eur-Ing. Julian Lea-Jones - C.Eng., FRAeS © May 2020 80

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One way, is for you to contact them & not respond to a cold call or email. Trust is a two-way street and I used to have a rule: I’d only do Remote Support for people whom I’d met and thus, had met me. But times – they are a changing; and being flexible whilst remaining safe seems sensible.

In these uncertain Coronavirus times the British public seem to have responded brilliantly to the government advice. Stay at home, stay alert, follow some simple preventative measures, like regular hand-washing, and help us protect not only ourselves, but everyone else too. Following social distancing rules has seen a surge in people working from home, and technology has come to the fore in many positive ways.

So, if you need assistance: First, you need to make the phone call. I’m always happy to offer advice, but I won’t call you. Next, if you’d like me to help, then you need to install my Remote Software. This can only be downloaded from my server. And since I’m the only person who has access to the server, you can be sure that it’s only me on your computer and not some ne’erdo-well!

As we become more reliant on our tech’ and the internet to communicate and do business, we need to stay safe online as well. But when things stop working properly, it’s difficult to know where to get help safely. In this “Covid age”, especially if you are self-isolating, a home visit might not be appropriate. Or you just might prefer not to have someone in your home.

So, computer problems will still exist - but there are ways to resolve them remotely and safely. If you need help please give me a call.

Remote Working is a wonderful thing. Now, thanks to Covid-19, everyone is doing it. In the IT world Remote Access/ Support is a well established way of providing technical assistance and computer solutions from a distance - in effect it is just someone else Remote Working on your computer. But what if you don’t know the individual – how can you trust them? You need to be sure of who it is on the other end of the Remote Session.

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WHAT’S ON & COMMUNITY NEWS Listings are a little different this month, understandably I hope. Given the current restrictions on gatherings, and the requirement for social distancing lasting for the forseeable future, the ongoing operation of many of the clubs, societies, choirs, social groups, fitness sessions and companionship groups is, by default, “a bit up in the air”. So rather than reiterate activities in each listing that may not now be possible it seemed sensible to just list the local groups who have asked to feature, together with their contact names and details.

Alliance Française de Bristol www.afbristol.org.uk Alpine Garden Society 0117 967 3160. The Arts Society Bristol www.theartssociety-bristol.org.uk Babbers Radio Show info@ujimaradio.com. St Peter’s Badminton & Social Club Ann on 0117 9694 882 contactann999q@gmail.com

If, going forward, the organisers of any group that wants a fuller listing, detailing how they will be running things in a coronavirus-compliant manner, wishes to get in touch then I will be more than happy to include them from next month. I would like to think that as we move forward, and the various groups normally listed decide how to rearrange their activities, this section of the magazine will start to return to its normal size.

Beaufort Junior Badminton Club Penny at pennyshears@googlemail.com 07941 013 514 Biodanza Classes Sheila on 07731 697 938. Stoke Bishop Bridge Club Rene on 0117 968 4334 Bridge Tuition 07837300073 tc.stygall@gmail.com

So, here are the regularly listed clubs and groups together with ther latest contact details I have. If these are incorrect please accept my apologies, and do please update me by emailing andy@bcmagazines.co.uk. Many thanks and best wishes to all the organisers and participants who enjoy the social interaction the groups provide.

Bristol & Clifton Dickens Society 0117 927 9875 www.dickens-society.org.uk Bristol Astronomical Society www.bristolastrosoc.org.uk

Westbury Aikido Club www.westburyaikidoclub reenee@westburyaikido.club

Bristol Brunel Lions Club Bill O’Neill at lion.bill@virginmedia.com

Bristol Alexander School www.bristolalexanderschool.co.uk Caroline at cchalk19@gmail.com

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

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

Bristol Chamber Choir www.bristolchamberchoir.org.uk Rae Ford on 0117 939 1685 rodcoomber@aol.co.uk

Avon Riding Centre RDA launches emergency appeal to care for horses

whom rely on their weekly RDA sessions for physical therapy, health and wellbeing, but also their families and carers who greatly value the difference that access to the Centre’s specially-trained horses makes to the children and adults in their care. In addition to the Centre’s beneficiaries more than 200 regular volunteers were involved each week at the Centre providing support to the riders. Many of the volunteers are over retirement age and relied on their regular sessions to keep them fit and to maintain mental health via vital social connections.

Avon Riding Centre for the Disabled, an independent charity and one of the largest of the Riding for the Disabled Association’s (RDA)’s centres in the UK, has launched an emergency funding appeal today.The appeal will support the Avon Riding Centre through this immediate crisis with vital money being used to care for 23 horses and ponies. The centre operates from a 100-acre estate here in north Bristol and the emergency fund appeal will help to support it following the enforced shutdown. It currently faces serious financial hardship and without a vital injection of funds is at risk of permanent closure.

Prior to the coronavirus closedown, the Centre had embarked on an ambitious development plan to diversify and provide further services at its estate in connection with new partner charities for both the local and the wider communities of Bristol and North Somerset. These plans will be put into effect as soon as Government advice allows, but only if the Centre can achieve its funding appeal target of £150,000. Charity patron Jonathan Dimbleby said: “Long after COVID-19 becomes a terrible memory, people with disabilities will still need support. Without your help now this wonderful charity which meets that need brilliantly may be forced to close permanently and not just during the lockdown. You can help make the difference between its life and its death. Please do so.”

The Centre relies almost entirely on its income from riding, non-mounted therapeutic sessions with horses and Hippotherapy. Activity at the Centre may have stopped, but care for its horses and ponies, including feed, hay and vets bills, has necessarily continued. The emergency fundraising appeal is needed to support the costs of caring for the horses and to enable the Centre to be able to re-open (in a phased manner) when appropriate.

Donations can be made via the Centre’s Just Giving page details of which can be found on its website -

The Centre’s closure has negatively affected not only its beneficiaries (around 200 disabled adults and children), many of

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WHAT’S ON & COMMUNITY NEWS Bristol Community Gamelan keithripley27@gmail.com phone 9444241

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

Bristol Good Afternoon Choir Nikki on 01761 472 468 gac@grenvillemusic.co.uk

Country Market in WoT Sue Sills on 0117 962 8306. Dancercise in Sea Mills Anna on 07852 988 895

Bristol Grandparents Support Group 07773 258 270 www.bgsg.co.uk

Discussion Group Bob Broomfield on 0117 962 1061

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

Fielder Club gloriasimmonds@hotmail.co.uk

Bristol Philatelic Society 0117 956 7853

Filtones Choir www.thefiltones.weebly.com

Bristol Scrabble Club Sue on 0117 924 7871

Friendly Bridge SW Stoke Bishop friendlybridgesw.org.uk

Bristol Shambhala Meditation Group bristol.shambhala.info

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

Bristol Shiplovers Society www.bristolshiplovers.co.uk

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

University of the Third Age scrabble group 0117 924 1318 nigel.d.sara@btinternet.com.

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

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

Happy Days Memory Café Tony on 0117 968 1002 Henbury ‘Blaise’ Womens’ Institute 0117 962 9400

Chair Aerobics classes Louisa on 0772 509 1429 City Voices Bristol www.cityvoicesbristol.org

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

Civil Service Retirement Fellowship Tony McKenna on 0117 950 2059

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

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

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

FAIR DIVISION ASSETS

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of the marriage (for instance pensions or inherited assets). The shorter the marriage the more inclined the court is to adopt this approach. Those who argue that they should have a greater share of the matrimonial assets because they have made an exceptional or special financial contribution to the marriage will need to establish that he or she was the generating force behind the fortune rather than the product (or idea) itself, that the scale of the wealth depended on his or her innovative vision as well as his or her ability to develop those visions and that he or she has generated such vast wealth such that his or her business success can properly be viewed as exceptional.

From time to time the media reports on spectacular big-money divorce cases often focusing on short marriages where one or other of the fortunate spouses hits the proverbial jackpot. Those cases are rare, and for the most part the courts have to wrestle with the division of rather more limited assets. In exercising its wide and flexible powers the court is guided by the principle of fairness and so the start point is generally an equal division of the assets unless there is good reason to decide otherwise. A short marriage, an exceptional financial contribution by one spouse or another, a significant disparity of borrowing capacity or the needs of dependent children are all capable of being reasons to justify departing from equal division. Inequality of division is particularly common where, for instance, the main asset is the former matrimonial home which is needed as a home for the children of the family.

So the fact that an individual might have happened to have been in the right place at the right time and have taken full advantage of that opportunity and worked hard to develop it is less likely to be able to establish an exceptional contribution. Bearing these principles in mind those who already have assets and who are embarking on second marriages would do well to consider entering into a prenuptial agreement with a view to “ring fencing” assets which otherwise might be seen as matrimonial assets. Be prepared!

In deciding on what amounts to a “matrimonial asset” the court is more inclined nowadays to exclude those assets which were built up prior to the marriage and those which were acquired following the permanent breakdown

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WHAT’S ON & COMMUNITY NEWS Ladies Badminton, Stoke Bishop Pat on 0117 914 9511

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

Ladies Badminton, WoT Elizabeth on 0117 968 1759

Henleaze Flower Club Kath on 01454 412087 Marg on 0117 9075724

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mosaic Singers David Vicary on 0797 346 0994.

Henleaze St Peters Keep Fit Class Louisa on 07725 091 429

The National Trust Bristol Centre Janet Stanton on 0117 456 3497 www.ntbristolcentre.btck.co.uk

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

North West Bristol Camera Club Neville at nevwgoodman@mac.com

Instep Club for Widows and Widowers Donna on 01275 832 676 Wilma on 0117 962 8895

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

Karate Classes Trevor on 07921 917 758

Parkinson’s UK www.parkinsonsbristol.com

Keep Fit in WoT Louisa on 0772 509 1429

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

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

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

Keep Fit for Living Gill Porter on 01275 877 131.

Pilates classes Leanne on 07817 189 474 www.mindbodypilates.org

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

Redland Green Bowls Club redlandgreenbowls.webs.com

WHAT’S ON & COMMUNITY NEWS REMAP custom aids for the disabled 0117 329 5183 www.bristol.remap.org.uk.

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

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

Tai Chi www.taichiworksbristol.co.uk 0117 9424167

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

Tai Chi for over 55’s Selina on 0117 946 6434 Trinity Henleaze Ladies Guild Jenny on 0117 962 0108

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

Walking Touch Rugby Kris Tavender ktavender@bristolbearsrugby.com

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

Westbury Folk / Country Dancing Christine on 0117 962 2223 Westbury Harriers Running Club www.westburyharriers.com

Shared Reading Christine Betts 07967 332 821

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

St Peter’s Ladies Guild Wilma on 0117 962 8895

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

Stoke Bishop Ladies Choir Carolyn on 0117 279 1409 Maureen on 0117 956 7894 Stoke Bishop Townswomen’s Guild Gay Huggins on 0117 968 5813

wwZumba Classes Marie on 0117 963 4104 www.bristoldancezumba.co.uk

CRAFTING FOR CARERS The Westbury Park Women’s Institute (WP WI) celebrated their 8th anniversary in March 20, and were holding evening meetings on the first Wednesday of the month at the Redland Green Church Halls, until Covid 19 interrupted our monthly meetings.

Here are some of the drawstring bags sent to front-line workers in north Bristol and beyond, together with cute knitted face-mask extenders which have been sent to nurses and clinical staff at St Michael’s Hill hospital Can you help? If you want to donate old pillowcases or bed sheets (washable at 60), or cotton tape/cord used for drawstring, or would like to help out by making some of these items, please email westburyparkwi@gmail.com. We are also keen to know of any organisations with front-line workers who are need of these items so do contact us if your organisation would benefit. Want to find out more about the Westbury Park WI? We are a friendly group always keen to have new members join us. In more normal times you can attend our meetings at the Redland Green Church Halls as a non-member for £4, and are encouraged to join for the year at a cost of £43. We are planning to hold some meetings virtually via Zoom, so please email us if you would like the details.

Since April the WP WI have re-focussed their efforts on the crafting of home-made items for front-line workers including paramedics, nurses at Bristol Prison, care home workers and dental staff, as a result of an initial call-out from Brislington WI to begin this work. The WP WI group have made drawstring bags for putting one’s uniform in before washing to prevent double-handling, washbags, face-masks and face-mask extenders which help with a more secure fit and take pressure off the ears which can get sore after extended mask wearing. To date we have made 1,930 items, which have gone to around 40 organisations!

Joining the WI has other benefits including a regular magazine, regional events and access to cookery, craft and lifestyle courses. The WI also campaigns on topical issues locally and nationally. Recent campaigns have included the decline in local bus services and awareness-raising about cervical screening. Fundraising is also important to the WI and the Westbury Park group supports a local charity One25.org.uk which helps women trapped in or vulnerable to street sex work. For more information westburyparkwi@gmail.com Facebook page.

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