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The Bristol Nine Magazine - Issue no. 141 March 2018

12,500 copies delivered free each month across Sea Mills, Henleaze, Stoke Bishop, Sneyd Park, Coombe Dingle & Westbury on Trym

Between the covers this month Quiz Time (page 10), Bristol Choral Society (page 16), Bristol Processes (page 31), Win SS Great Britain season tickets (page 36), On This Day in Bristory (page 43), Prize Wordsearch (page 56), The Cutting Garden (page 77) etc etc

The Editor's Small Piece Hello there. I hope this finds you well and looking forward to the month ahead. Lent has begun as I type this late evening on Pancake Day. Earlier today I had the chance to witness one of those wonderfully quaint and quirky English traditions - a pancake race. This though was the mother and father of all pancake races - the original Olney Pancake Race, first held in the pretty Buckinghamshire village way back in 1445, and still going strong. Some aspects of the race may have changed - I daresay it wasn't sponsored

by Teflon back then - but it is still a "women of the parish only" dash from the market square to the church. I have to say in one way I was a little underwhelmed - the good ladies of Olney tossed not once to my knowledge, it was essentially a 400m race in a pinny with a pan - but as an example of a simple, fun and slightly eccentric tradition that brings a village together it was a joy to behold. And I have to say we drove home earlier today wondering whether such an event might look good in Canford Park, around The Crescent or through Blaise this time next year......

Last month I mentioned the search for a great local Sunday lunch. Fingers crossed by this time next month the exciting major refurbishment of the Beehive on Wellington Hill West (p11) will be complete and they will be looking for someone to come and sample their Sunday roast. There will be a competition to win a meal there in the April issue. In the meantime if you fancy a great prize do check out page 36 for a chance to win one of ten family season tickets to the SS Great Britain, kindly offered by the team there to celebrate the opening of "Being Brunel", a major new museum opening this month alongside the famous ship.

OK, the bottom of the page is approaching - just time to say that the front cover photo was taken at RSPB Ham Wall reserve near Glastonbury, the best place around here to witness a starling murmuration (and last week a huge flock of lapwings also coming in to roost). Well worth a visit.

Have a good month.

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Quiz Time (answers on page 88) General Knowledge

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1. The cheery garden bird Erithacus rubecula is better known by what name?

1. Name the Pet Shop Boys first UK number 1 hit single?

2. Put these in order in terms of length, shortest first – the distance between the goal line and the penalty spot in football, the length of a classic original London Routemaster bus, and the length of the men’s world long jump record.

2. Add the number of Nena’s “Red Balloons” (1984) to the number of Eddie Cochran’s “Steps to Heaven” (1960) and the average age of a US Vietnam solder according to Paul Hardcastle’s only hit (1985) – what total number do you get?

3. What is the capital of Belarus?

3. Name the four band members of U2.

4. Name the narrow stretch of water that divides eastern Russia and the most westerly point in the USA.

4. In which US state was a) Katy Perry born, b) Woodstock held in , and c) Glen Campbell’s 1968 hit “Wichita Lineman” set?

5. What is the most common road name in the UK, and what is the most common pub name in the UK?

5. Name the three albums shown below.

6. In what year did Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan “get married” in Neighbours?

7. Name the Channel 5 daytime quiz show that ran from 2002 to 2007 and was hosted by BBC Points West presenter Alex Lovell.

8. How many square yards are there in an acre?

9. Name the characters played by John Thaw and Dennis Waterman (shown below) in the 1970’s series The Sweeney.

10. Umber is a shade of what colour?

11. Nissan cars used to be marketed under what name in the UK?

6. Name the only female presenter of the Old Grey Whistle Test.

7. What was Thin Lizzy’s highest reaching UK hit single?

8. Name the lead singers of a) Yes, b) Suede and c) Jethro Tull.

9. In what years did the first and last regular episodes of Top of the Pops broadcast?

10. “Low Life”, “Republic” and “Power, Corruption & Lies” are albums by which UK band?

11. Which European solo artist had a number 1 hit in 2001 with "Hero"?

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Keep hydrated - It is important that your family member stays hydrated, even if they say they’re not thirsty. It is advisable to drink 6-8 glasses of water a day.

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Bristol Choral Society at The Colston Hall As the Colston Hall prepares for the next phase in its history, with its extensive refurbishment project, the Bristol Choral Society is preparing for its last concert there for a while on March 10th.

It is an interesting time to reflect on history and look forward to a bright future for classical choral performances in Bristol.

The Choral Society gave its first performance in the Colston Hall in 1890 and has been performing principally there ever since, interrupted only by fire, rebuilding and the two world wars.

The first concert under its founder George Riseley, then organist of Bristol Cathedral, was in May 1890 – Mendelssohn's St. Paul (oratorio) with a choir exceeding 500 singers.

The close association between the choir and the Colston Hall grew rapidly and was recognised in the 1917, 4-page article in the Bristol Observer

victim to a stray cigarette and burnt down again.

The present Colston Hall is the 4th incarnation, built and opened in 1951, so it will be close to 70 years before the 5th incarnation is unveiled.

Throughout its time, the Choral Society has attracted first class musical directors including Sir Herbert Brewer, Sir Thomas Beecham and from 2000-2016 the ever popular Adrian Partington. It is now under the wing of Hilary Campbell, the first female musical director and a freelance choral specialist.

It has had many guest conductors, including Sir Edward Elgar and Sir Arthur Bliss (see overleaf) conducting their own works, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Henry Wood and Vernon Handley.

The concert programme for the 6 April 1941 Colston Hall performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion under Sir Adrian Boult was headed with the following note: "In the event of an air-raid warning being received a notice will be displayed from the organ loft. The concert will continue, but patrons wishing to leave may do so."

In more recent times when large choruses are needed, BCS has joined forces with the Gloucester Choral Society and/or the BBC National Chorus of Wales performing at the Royal Festival Hall, St David’s Hall Cardiff and of course at the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, under the batons of John Wilson, Sir Martyn Brabbins and Mark Wigglesworth

By then, the Coston Hall was in its second incarnation, having been burnt down by fire in 1899 and reopened in 1901.

Whilst not performing in the Colston Hall the Choral Society used the Central Hall on Old Market near Temple Meads, a venue that no longer exists.

The Colston Hall was closed for a year 1935- 36 to re-modernise it, then again in 1941 when ironically having escaped bombing during WWII, it fell

But it is not all about history, both the Choral Society and the Colston Hall are looking forward to sustained excellence in music in Bristol.

The Choral Society is a registered charity with education being at the core of its charitable object. It actively encourages the next generation in the pursuit of singing and music through a range of youth development and outreach activities with schools and young people.

Its final performance in its spiritual home on 10th March will include the extremely popular choral work, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. The stage will be shared with the Bristol Youth Choir under

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Bristol Choral Society at The Colston Hall chorus master David Ogden. And there will be a pre-concert performance in the foyer by the Choral Scholars, young aspiring musicians (shown below) who are awarded 1 year scholarships to sing with the Choral Society and receive coaching from the choir’s musical director.

Alongside preparing for this concert, members of the Choral Society are also working on Alexander L’Estrange’s “Zimbe”. They will perform this with children from 8 Bristol primary schools in collaboration with Bristol Plays Music and Orchard School Bristol. This is part of the Choral Society’s Outreach programme involving young singers.

Next month we will take a closer look at the Choral Society's development programmes working with local schools and local young people.

Arthur Bliss conducting the Bristol Choral Society in his own composition in preparation for the Armistice Day service at Colston Hall - 25th Oct 1933

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Acronym Time An acronym is an abbreviation formed from initial letters and which is then pronounced as a word. An initialism is an abbreviation formed from initial letters and then pronounced as those initial letters. So Radar is an acronym, and DTI is an initialism. For the purposes of this little quiz I’m using the term acronym to cover all.

So, what do the following acronyms stand for?

All are in pretty common useage in day to day language and the media, so much so I wonder if you ever question what they stand for?

Each one has been assigned a points value of 1, 2 or 3. Score yourself and see how you fare in our end of test assessment. There are some hints that might you to the right answer, especially if there is more than one possible answer.

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Answers are on page 88 The maximum score is 27 so on a scale of 1 to 27 22 and above - goals 15 to 21 - basic 14 and below - epic fail (Apologies to all readers under the age of 18 if you have beef with my categorisations - lol).

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Inheritance Tax Doesn’t Just Affect the Very Rich

Will you be able to pass on your home Inheritance Tax-free?

In the 2009/2010 tax year the government raised £2.3 billion in Inheritance Tax. In the year The current nil rate band for Inheritance Tax. (IHT) is £325,000 and has been estates for almost a subject ending May 2017 it was more than £5 billion In 2010 approximately 10,000 were decade.

In the mean� me, house prices in BS9 have risen by 34% on average.

The increase . to Inheritance Tax; by 2017 over 40,000 paid an IHT bill This shows the effect of keeping thein the value of their homes frozen has brought many more within the scope of IHT.property) has Inheritance Tax threshold at £325,000 whilepeople the value of assets (especially : . gone up more people are paying more Inheritance Tax In April 2017 a residence nil rate band was introduced to help cover the value of the family homethe when passed to direct (i.e. children, etc.) on death. is When average house pricedescendants in BS9 is £540,697 it’s not grandchildren hard to see that many familiesThis in this currently will increase April 2020. area will be£100,000 affected and

by Inheritance Taxto. £175,000 The tax is,by however, largely avoidable by planning ahead. If you expect to be affected by Inheritance Tax the sooner you start planning the more Married you mightcouples save. and civil partners can pass any unused nil rate band to their surviving partner.

On the second death the nil rate band can therefore be up to £650,000 and the residence nil rate bandofcan be up tothat £200,000 currently, risingtime to upyou to £350,000 April 2020. : Examples strategies work better the more give themby include means it commonly will soon beknown possible tooutright pass on gifts an estate of up toafter £1,000,000 without . It is . Butpaying • This Gifting that are IHT-free seven years manyIHT. The family home may be exempt from IHT as a result in some cases.

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Many of our clients makes it very clear that their pets are the most important being in their life. For people living by themselves pets not only offer company in the house, but is a great way of making social connections when they take the pets out.

Also taking dogs for walks is not only good for physical health but also psychological wellbeing.

There are many people who would love to give a pet a home, but are concerned about the commitment, especially when they want to go away. One of the great things with the Internet is that you can be matched up with somebody who has a dog that need walking,

or get involved with charities where you can help out walking dogs for people unable to take them out, or walk dogs living in kennels.

Being a vet means we meet a huge mixture of people. People like the gruff burly builder who came in carefully carrying in his 21 year old tiny jack russell terrier that had turned up on a building site 15 years ago on a Friday - hence he called her Friday. And people like the small children bringing in their hamster Fiona. When asked what colour she is, they said "pink". "That is an unusual colour for a hamster" I said as I unwrapped it from its bedding - and it became clear that it was indeed "pink" since it had lost every hair on its body.

Their main concern was that she had developed two lumps that had never been there before.

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Soggy Rabbit I bet that if you asked a random cross section of society the question "What are you good at?" there would be a pretty sizeable number of people who would say "not much" or words to that effect.

Maybe that's "the British way" - keep your light under a bushel and all that. If pressed though, most of us I'm sure could come up with some skill or talent or party piece that we are good at, no matter how obscure or useless it might be. Asked a different question - what would you like to be talented at I'd wager that the majority of us would say "I'd like to be good at sport", "I'd like to be musical" or "I'd like to be artistic". Which would you be? I'd love to have some artistic talent.

Which beings me nicely onto Soggy Rabbit, the business of local artists and illustrator Gail Read. I can't vouch for her musical gifts or sporting prowess but I certainly can for her artistic talent. Having seen her advert in last months magazine I got in touch to see if she would be willing to do a drawing for friends of a couple of their best loved family toys. Gail specialises in creating original drawings of soft toys - and I bet most families with young (and not so young) children have much loved soggy rabbits, chewed teddies and crumpled kittens who are almost part of the family.

How Gail manages to turn a simple photo into a perfectly coloured, warm re-creation, so lifelike and textured you'd almost think it is a 3D image, is beyond me. The detail is exquisite and yet the methods are, I'm told, simplistically traditional - graphite pencils and dipped pen and ink.

Good art, like good food and good music, doesn't need reams of wordy explanation - it just needs the consumer to get stuck in and see if he or she likes it. This customer loves Gail Reid's work - and the new owner of "Uncle Ping & Bernard", well he does too.

Gail's work can be seen on her website - www.soggyrabbit.com as well as on regularly updated Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts. There you will also find details of the easy process by which you can get in touch with Gail and commission your own magical "cuddly" artwork.

My thanks to Gail for the beautiful artwork - and also for very kindly offering 10% discount to readers on all new commissions ordered before the end of March 2018. Just quote BCMAGAZINES10 when ordering online or in conversation with Gail direct.

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History Notes - Julian Lea-Jones No. 123 - When trades were grandly processed When searching for something in the attic I came across a poster published in 1831 that gave the processional order for Bristol’s celebration of King William the Fourth and Queen Adelaide’s Coronation on Thursday the eighth of September that year. Before you ask; “No I didn’t pick it up on the day.” The poster listed all participating groups and organisations. The procession was led of course by the Great and the Good of the township. The rest of the procession included representatives of most of Bristol’s trades extant in 1831.

I thought the list would interest readers, especially when compared with an imagined trade procession today. What was fascinating about the 1831 procession, apart from the many and diverse trades were the descriptions of the various devices paraded by each trade. The wide diversity is easily explained when we remember that most of what was needed by the citizens for the running of the town was made here and not imported. This was the procession order, (after of course the G & the G), and is exactly as described on the poster: My own observations, italicised.

1. Shipwrights – with numerous emblems and flags. The organisers presumably recognised the importance of our shipbuilding by placing them at the forefront of the trades.

2. Tinplate Workers. Nothing listed.

3. Basket Makers – with banners and emblems.

4. Coach makers and Coach Smiths - with banners and emblems.

5. Cork Cutters - with banner and emblems.

6. Sawyers - with banners and emblems.

7. Brush Makers - with banners and emblems.

8. Rope Makers and Twine Spinners - with flags and emblems.

9. Glaziers. Nothing listed, perhaps their emblem was transparent?

10. Curriers – with flag.

11. Bakers - Nothing listed.

12.Floor Cloth makers – and banner.

13. Cordwainers - Nothing listed.

14. Wire-Workers – A British Cross Bowman in mail armour. Wireworkers had the skills to make chain mail. But a cross-bowman,I wonder who picked the Quarrel?

15. Coopers – with two banners.

16. A Knight in full armour attended by pages and esquires. Processional rivalry?

17. Bellows-Makers - with banners and emblem.

18. Carpenters - with banners and emblems.

19. Sailmakers - Nothing listed.

20. Glass Makers - Nothing listed.

21. Tobacco Pipe Makers - with banner and emblems.

22. Hatters - with banners.

23. Printers and bookbinders withbanners.

24. Tilers, Plasterers and Painters - with banner.

25. Tailors – with their ancient banner. In Tailors Court just off Broad Street their former Guild all still has a splendid shell hood doorway depicting their Guild Arms.

26. Cabinet Makers and Cabinet carvers - with banners and emblems.

27. Smiths - Nothing listed.

28. Potters - Nothing listed.

29. Wheelwrights – with numerous emblems.

30. Confectioners - Nothing listed. Eaten on the way?

In the past centuries similar trade processions were both an important opportunity for the

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History Notes - Julian Lea-Jones trades to advertise their skills and to remind everyone who headed Bristol’s pecking order.

Banners depicting these past processions can be seen in the galleries of the M Shed Museum.

When it formally opened on Friday 17 June 2011 part of the celebrations included Bristol's firstever ‘Procession of 21st century professions' led by then Lord Mayor, Councillor Geoff Gollop.

Trades & professions have always been replaced by new ones due to advances in knowledge and technologies or resources. Apart from the aforementioned trades and skills listed above a search through Bristol’s nineteenth century street directories shows even more diversity of occupations including; Block makers, Fellmongers, Lath Renders and Patten makers.

For example; once miners from Kingswood, Speedwell, Easton, Bedminster and St George toiled beneath Bristol to extract, ‘black gold’ - the coal needed to fuel the industrial revolution.

Although mines have long gone miners can still be found living and working in our leafy suburbs; the difference being that modern miners toil above ground, perhaps you have guessed that I am referring to ‘data miners’. Their skill lies in using computational analysis techniques to discover patterns in large sets of data and mine the otherwise invisible information and collate it in a form that is usable, often in an entirely different field.

Some of the old trades are as incomprehensible to us today as a data miner would be to a nineteenth century coal miner. In another example Hatters (no 22 in the procession) employed ‘Plankers’.

No, not a pejorative expression or anything to do with woodwork, Plankers were the people who prepared the felt for hats.

Once workers would all have lived near or above their workplaces, but changing trades resulted in significant changes to the city’s demographic.

By the mid to late eighteenth century the slopes of Kingsdown were populated by a mercantile class, eager and able to afford houses above the stink of the city. Wealthy merchants and factory owners had long fled to the heights of Clifton and Durdham Downs, unlike the middle ages when great merchant families such as Canynges and

Spicers lived ‘over the shop’ in their mansions in Redcliffe and the ‘Backs’. But who first inhabited our leafy suburbs? Market Gardeners once occupied much of what is now Whiteladies Road, but the land was gradually built over, (Garraway’s in Chantry Road was the last to go), and the growing of plants was supplanted by the growing of minds. Back in 2008 (Issue No.13) I commented on the large number of schools established in the 1920s, concluding that it was possibly the availability of large houses and gardens, together with the knowledge that children learn better in pleasant surroundings.

Sadly there was another reason. After the First World War many ladies whose husbands or fiancées had been killed set up ‘Dame Schools’ in order to support themselves.

Private detectives, often much of their work involved searching for errant spouses or debtors, whereas nowadays a scientist living in the same vicinity, also a type of detective, is a member of the team at CERN searching for Higgs – Bosons.

In 1857 a resident of Alfred Hill in Kingsdown was a Vell Factor. Vell was a veal calf’s stomach used for making rennet necessary to set milk junkets.

Nowadays, a computer programmer might use ‘Factor’ a stack based language to manage data flow or even be a Robotics Process Automation, RPA, Developer. Although many people now have to commute miles to work, the availability of Broadband internet connection has enabled increasing numbers of new professionals once again to live ‘over the shop’. Nevertheless it would be interesting to conjecture what form the new banners and emblems could take for an equivalent 21st century procession; 3D holograms perhaps?

Lastly another example of people separated by time but united in mutual incomprehensibility would be the role of Java Developer. Nothing to do with coffee as the coffee cup product icon would have suggested to our Grand Parents but nowadays an ubiquitous computer software language. Developed by Sun Microsystems in the 1990s, (now Oracle™) it is used to run applications on your computer or smart phone. © Eur Ing Julian Lea-Jones C Eng FRAeS 2018

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Coaching with Anne Miller Make it Happen� For a variety of reasons we all of us have thoughts about what we want to be different, but get stuck in the ‘wanting’ stage without very much action� We may get ideas about what we could do but quickly see the snags and hurdles and our resolve to make change dwindles, leaving us where we are, only more despondent�

And yet, there are always options� That doesn’t mean it’s easy. But recognising this does give us hope and the motivation to find a new way to look at our situation more objectively. Perseverance and a strategy will help to keep us on track, recognise our progress and keep our eye on the end goal.

Like most decisions and dilemmas in life and business, it helps to break it down, so here is my suggestion for how you can motivate yourself to work through the stages of making a change: 1. Get absolutely clear about what you want and know WHY you want it. Without the ‘why’ any efforts you make will likely fall at the first hurdle� You need to know it and feel it and really engage with it. Tell it to someone, write it down, and expand it: the more important it feels the more compelling the reasons to persevere.

attention. Visualising what you want using images (vision boards) works well for some, as do mind maps. Talking about it to trusted confidants is also really helpful.

4. Now that you have a clear image of what you want and the components of it, you need to create a plan. This needs to be realistic and have timings attached to each of the actions. You need to be able to see progress so having this written down will help to keep your focus. Sharing with another may also help you to commit.

5. Take the actions you have identified and chart your progress. Enjoy the journey too, there’s pleasure to be had from the process as well as the achievement of the actual goal� If you’ve not had too much success with making changes in the past, it’s likely you’ve given most of your attention to number 2 and come up with a couple of ideas to do something about it, but without the vital ingredients of clear motivation and a plan.

So if you’re serious about wanting something different, apply these steps, enjoy the journey and celebrate your success� I’d love to hear how you get on….

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2. Consider the implications of not achieving this goal. Feel the pain of this loss and be honest with yourself about the consequences. If you don’t persevere, this is the option you are accepting.

3. With the motivation to move away from how things are currently, the motivation to move towards what you want needs some

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NEW BRUNEL MUSEUM NEEDS VOLUNTEERS Being Brunel, an exciting new national museum, will be opening alongside the SS Great Britain in Bristol at the end of March 2018. This new visitor experience will act as an addition to Brunel’s SS Great Britain, Bristol’s number one thing to do (TripAdvisor), and around 50 new volunteers are needed to inspire, inform and educate visitors.

Brunel was a great engineer, entrepreneur, designer and showman. The new museum will tell the man’s extraordinary story through never-before-seen personal possessions, as well as interactive exhibits and audio-visual experiences. Being Brunel also recreates the interiors of his London office and the Great Western Steamship Company’s Bristol office set within the Grade II* listed Dock Office building, which has been structurally restored as part of the project.

From talking to visitors a b o u t Brunel’s life to showing original objects from the Brunel collection, volunteers are needed to help bring history to life and will play a key role in the new museum. Volunteers will also be able to go behind the scenes, get involved in exciting events leading up to the new museum and be part of a lively team.

one morning or afternoon each week. We are particularly keen to hear from people interested in working directly with visitors, or those interested in taking on a new costumed role - that of Brunel's Chief Clerk.

You would be joining our popular, wellestablished volunteering programme based on board the SS Great Britain and in the new museum For individuals interested in volunteering, please go online to www.ssgreatbritain.org/ volunteer-enquiry and complete an enquiry form, or alternatively please email volunteer@ ssgreatbritain.org or ring 0117 926 0680.

Anyone who is interested in volunteering is also invited to attend a taster session on Saturday 3rd March, 11am- 1pm. The taster session will include a welcome and introduction from the volunteering team, a volunteer led tour of the site and tea/coffee. People can sign up for the taster session using the contact details above.

The SS Great Britain are looking for people who will enjoy engaging with our visitors and would enjoy being part of a vibrant, dynamic team.

Volunteers do not need to have any existing knowledge of Brunel, the SS Great Britain or Victorian history, just the interest and enthusiasm to take part. Ideally, volunteers will be able to commit to a minimum of

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Win a family ticket to Being Brunel, Bristol’s newest museum On 23 March, doors will open to the new museum celebrating our most iconic of engineers, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Being Brunel will tell his extraordinary story through never-before-seen personal possessions, as well as interactive exhibits and audio-visual experiences. It will be a major addition at Brunel’s SS Great Britain, which is already rated as Bristol’s no.1 visitor attraction by the public on TripAdvisor.

To celebrate, Bristolians are being offered the chance to win one of 10 family tickets, valid for two adults and up to three children for unlimited visits all year. To enter, visit ssgreatbritain.org/win and answer the following question:

"If Brunel were alive today, what would you want him to design for Bristol?"

The best 10 answers win an annual ticket for you and your family. Winners will be announced on 19 March. Only one entry is allowed per person, and entrants must live within the BS postcode area. Family tickets allow entry to up to three children (aged 16 and under) and two adults or seniors. Tickets cannot be exchanged for any monetary value. Visit the website for more information.

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Music now and then - with Duncan Haskell Album of the Month The Thread That Keeps Us by Calexico For a band indelibly linked with their hometown of Tucson, Arizona, Calexico don’t seem to be spending too much time there of late. Having travelled to New Orleans and Coyoacán for their previous two albums, Joey Burns, John Convertino and the other members of the Americana / desert-noir band headed to the Northern California coast to write and record much of their latest album.

From opening track End Of The World With You onwards there’s a palpable sense of urgency to the album. Being out amongst nature has had the duel effect of both energizing their music and reinforcing how uncomfortable they are with some of Trump’s anti-conservation policies. This beauty is fragile but still needs to be enjoyed.

Songs like the racing Bridge to Nowhere and Another Space reinforce this feeling.

Of all the songs on the album, it’s the swampy blues of Dead in the Water which tackles these concerns head on. It’s not hard to work out who they’re talking about when singing, “I got the world in my hands, can make it rain or flood/ I've got my fingers in all the pots and toxic waste in my blood.”

It’s also clear that home isn’t too far from their minds. In particular closing track Music Box, a love letter to Burns’ family and one of the most direct songs in their entire catalogue. As he sings “I need you now more than ever,” you get a feeling that as much as these new surrounding have inspired the band they’ve also helped them focus on what’s most important.

Of course there are still those songs and lyrics which could only belong to Calexico. The Town & Miss Lorraine, is one such moment. “There's a bad accident on the interstate/ A snake of engine oil reaches out,” is a quintessential Burns line and another reason to love this album.

Next Step Through the Trees by The Handsome Family Of all Calexico’s hallmark traits, it’s their evocative lyrical storytelling that has inspired this month’s next step and the husband and wife duo of Brett and Rennie Sparks are masters of telling memorable (often gruesome) tales through their music.

Now well into their career, this 1998 breakthrough album remains their standout release with its unique blend of murder ballads, gothic fiction and the mystic. Starting with the phenomenal Weightless Again and containing other favourites such as The Woman Downstairs and The Giant of Illinois, who “died from a blister on his toe after walking all day through the first winter's snow,” it is a record of unparalleled lyrical drama on which Brett’s gravelled voice is the perfect vehicle for conveying Rennie’s words.

A guest spot from Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy adds weight and authenticity to the album, helping to make Through the Trees a must for any fan of alternative country. More than that though, if you love songs that paint a picture in your mind, this is up there with the very best.

Gig of the Month Calexico @ Trinity Centre, Wednesday 28th March We love it when a plan comes together. You’ve now read the review and (hopefully) listened to the album, all that’s left is to go and see the Arizona legends live. As much as they’ve mastered the art of recording music, it’s during their live shows that Calexico’s songs truly come to life. It’ll be interesting to hear how the tracks from the new album have been changed plus they’re a band who have never been against delving deep into their past when it comes to their gigs.

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Fraudulent Calumny - Challenging Wills and Poisoned Minds As legal advisors, we routinely encourage people to make a Will to ensure their assets will pass as they want on death.

However, as the spotlight has recently shone on claims against estates and in the wake of headline-grabbing cases like Ilott v Blue Cross, we are often asked: "What is the point of making a Will, if that Will can be challenged after my death?".

A straightforward question, which yields a complex answer. Will challenges are legitimate claims as long as they are founded upon established legal grounds.

But that does not mean that they are easy to win, and they must be proved by evidence of fact.

all familiar with, and a rough and ready translation can serve as: 'deliberate deception'.

The courts, in the case of Re Edwards in 2007, gave a wonderfully descriptive definition of what a Will challenge founded on fraudulent calumny looks like, saying: "The basic idea is that if A poisons the testator’s mind against B, who would otherwise be a natural beneficiary of the testator’s bounty, by casting dishonest aspersions on his character, then the will is liable to be set aside”.

An Example

One form of legally-established Will challenge, featuring of late in the courts, sounds as if it's come straight from the pages of a Dickens novel. Fraudulent calumny cases are well established, but what does fraudulent calumny mean?

Peter plans to include his two sons, John and David, in his Will. John, however, succeeds in poisoning his father's mind against David by reference to false facts or events. As a result, David is excluded from Peter's Will. In this case, David is likely to be successful in challenging Peter's Will on the grounds of fraudulent calumny.

What Is Fraudulent Calumny?

A Recent Case in the Courts

Calumny comes from the French word 'calomnie' and broadly means deception.

Add fraud, the meaning of which we are

Last year the case of Christodoulides v Marcou was heard, involving a Cypriot family and two sisters who fell out over their mother's Will.

One of the sisters, Niki, was found by the court to have deliberately poisoned her mother's mind against her sister, Andre, in a number of ways. Niki's actions constituted a campaign of deception, most notably in that Niki persuaded her mother that Andre had taken large sums of money from her mother's bank account.

As a result, the mother excluded Andre from her Will, where she had previously intended to include her.

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The court ruled that Niki had deliberately deceived her mother and Andre succeeded in her challenge to her mother's Will.

This will depend upon whether former Wills existed and what their provisions were.

What did this mean for Andre? The mother's last Will was set aside, (declared invalid) and as there were no former valid Wills, the mother's estate was divided up between Niki and Andre equally, in line with the statutory intestacy rules which govern estates where no Will exists.

If you believe that a Will has been affected as a result of deliberate deception, or you have other concerns about the contents of a Will, it is essential to seek specialist advice to assess your prospects of success.

The Outcome of Successful Cases You should always examine carefully what will be achieved in bringing any form of Will challenge (not just those brought in fraudulent calumny) before embarking upon one.

The question must always be asked: what result will a successful challenge produce?

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Computer Corner with Mrs PC Technology for seniors There is no upper age limit for people to learn new skills, or buy new technology. In fact, research shows that learning something new enhances the grey matter. The only barrier is the price of the items and in some cases a resistance to change. Perhaps also fear of something new, or of breaking it by not doing something correctly.

Helpful family members of the younger generation are often the ones who try and encourage their parents and grandparents to join the 21st century and stay up to date with technology.

They sometimes aren’t as patient when it comes to showing older people how to do something new. Young people do things so quickly that it’s hard to even see what they have done. When it comes to replicating what they did, it’s nigh on impossible. By the way, this also happens to me� As a result of not knowing how a device works, and not being taught how to use it properly, older people often feel like failures. Most people who phone for my help tell me within the first sentence that they are stupid, useless, or some other sad description. They seem to forget that in a former life they may have run a business, been a high court judge or held some other position which clearly shows that there is a discrepancy between their capabilities and how they perceive themselves.

Technology can make you feel terrified, disempowered, and out of control especially when it’s not used regularly. I really sympathise with people who are struggling and not confident. If you identify with what I am saying, consider this… would you think you were stupid if you couldn’t play the piano or drive a car, having never had a lesson? No, of course not� The fact that you might struggle with a computer, be it a phone, laptop or tablet, does not mean you are not intelligent� You are only lacking skills, which can be learned.

As with any skill, the key is to practice regularly.

Remember all the scales you had to play when learning the piano? Also, all the lessons you took before you learned to drive a car.

Once you have been taught by a trained and

sympathetic teacher, you should expect to improve, to the point of not having to even think about it anymore but if you never practice, then the lessons are not very worthwhile.

Adults can learn from how young children interact with technology. They are not afraid of trying and are curious. They learn by doing, rather than being taught. This is useful to remember. Once the fear is removed, a curious, confident adult can teach themself just about anything with enough practice.

If you are still reading at this point, there is one more thing I would like to mention. Well meaning family members often donate their old devices to their parents and grandparents or friends. It is very generous but in my opinion can sometimes cause problems. These old machines aren’t as reliable, fast or secure.

There’s little point in someone learning new skills when the device might need replacing soon, which means re learning something new.

If you want encourage people to use something new, it needs to be up to date, reliable, and not complicated. So rather than give your mother a 2nd or 3rd hand laptop, get her a brand new iPad if you can. It will be so much easier in the long term and she won’t be as discouraged from trying something new. If your Dad needs a new phone, don’t give him your old one with a tiny cracked screen, he needs to be able to see what he is doing in order to enjoy it.

Older people don’t have as much time on the planet to cope with things that don’t work or are difficult to use. My suggestion is always to go for a regular sized iPad for any new beginner.

Spoil your parents and grandparents if they won’t spoil themselves, club together with your family to try and help them get the right technology.

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On This Day In Bristory News 17 March 1845 Bristol baker Henry Jones was awarded the patent for self-raising flour. Jones invented it a year earlier, with the intention of helping sailors who previously had to consume almost inedible bread during long sea journeys. The success of the invention, championed by Florence Nightingale, meant that Jones became a very wealthy man. Other successes included his southern biscuit and being awarded a U.S. patent in 1849 for his flour-making process.

9 March 1889 Large parts of Bristol were flooded during March of 1889. The combination of rapidly thawed snow and 36 hours of continuous rain meant that areas of Bishopston, Eastville and Montpellier were under water. Sevier Street was reported as impassable by 9th March. John Chenhall, who ran a steam engineering firm in Wolseley Road, Eastville reported that his workshop had taken on 7 feet of water. His family lived upstairs and could hear furniture bumping against the ceiling below.

10 March 1951

Chocolate workers at J.S. Fry and Sons factory at Somerdale, near Bristol (shown here c.1919) decided to end their unofficial strike and return to work. Roughly 2000 employees had been on strike because four women workers had refused to join the Transport and General Workers Union. Talks between management and union representatives were planned for when work resumed.

7 March 2000 Having been officially opened by HRH Princess Royal, the new terminal at Bristol airport welcomed its first flights. The work had begun in 1998 and the cost of the build programme was £27 million. In the first year following its opening the terminal handled just over 2 million passengers. Other improvements included a new all-weather landing system and the old terminal building was converted to offices.

Sport 13th March 1937 Gloucestershire defeated East Midlands by five points to nil in the final of the Rugby County championship in Bristol. This was the ninth time Gloucestershire had won the title, and the seventh time they’d been victorious since the end of WWI. In 1934 they had met the same opposition in the final, and were beaten by a dropped goal and two tries to nil. The 1937 match was attended by the England Selection Committee, who picked two players from the match (P.L. Chandler and R .Bolton) for an upcoming fixture against Scotland.

18th March 1950 Whilst watching a Third Division (South) match between Swindon Town and Bristol Rovers, Charles Reep, an accountant and former RAF wing commander, started gathering the data and writing notes (using a series of symbols he had invented for annotating his analysis) which would form the basis of the “long-ball” strategy. One of his observations was that, ‘85% of goals tend to be scored from passing sequences that involved a small number of passes, usually three or less.’

Music 15th March 1963 The Beatles first performance at Colston Hall was on a bill which was headlined by Tommy Roe and Chris Montez. John Lennon re-joined the group for the six-song set, having missed the band’s previous three shows due to illness.

This was the first of three performances by The Beatles at the venue, the other two came on 15th November 1963 and 10th November 1964.

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Bristol folksinger Fred Wedlock died aged 67 following a heart attack, after contracting pneumonia.

Known for combining comedy with his songwriting, his most famous composition was the hit song The Oldest Swinger in Town which reached No 6 in 1981. Wedlock was raised in a Bristol pub and made his performing debut singing to customers when he was just four.

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WHAT HAPPENS TO A BUSINESS ON DIVORCE? In a divorce the sharing out of the family assets can become tricky if a business is involved. Broadly speaking a “family asset” means property acquired during the marriage otherwise than by inheritance or gift.

If the business is a family asset then its’ value will usually be shared equally between the parties. If it is not a family asset it will not be shared except in a very limited set of circumstances (for instance where there is a significant capital need which would not otherwise be met). The present thinking of the court appears to be that: • A business built up before or inherited during the marriage will not be a family asset.

• A business built up after the permanent separation of the parties (without using existing matrimonial assets) will not be a family asset.

• The fact that the family may have benefited during the marriage from the income of the business does not of itself make that business a family asset.

• If capital from the business is used, say, to buy a matrimonial home then that home will be treated as a family asset.

• If during the marriage the business which is

a non family asset grows the increase in value will not be regarded as a family asset unless active steps were taken to increase its’ value.

If the business is a family asset then the spouses may well be encouraged by their advisers to try and reach a negotiated settlement which allows the business to continue for that may well be to the benefit of both of them. As an example if it is not possible to raise a one-off capital sum against the business to pay off the other spouse one potential solution is to agree a succession of lump sum payments over a period of years.

The court has limited powers at its’ disposal so the use of family mediation and the greater flexibility it offers may help to achieve an imaginative settlement which the court might be unable to order. For instance it may be possible to negotiate a re-structure a business to achieve the desired outcome. At all stages parties should be aware of the potential tax implications before concluding any settlement.

The use of pre-nuptial agreements or premarital shareholder agreements can often be an effective way of reducing any issues about the business which may arise in the unfortunate event of a marital breakdown.

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Following on from our well-attended cycle from Holy Trinity to Worcester Cathedral in June, which saw riders from age 10 to 70+, we decided to start a Parish Cycling Group. It will run on one Saturday a month, starting provisionally on 10th March at 9.00 from Holy Trinity churchyard, at an easy pace for around 20/25 miles with a coffee stop mid-morning and back to Westbury by lunchtime.

The main aim is to get more of us cycling regularly with all the health and mobility advantages that follow. It is also a very social activity.

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Finance Matters Why we should welcome investment volatility

- can create opportunities and - can act as a way of defusing over exuberance in sentiment; a letting off of steam as it were.

Better that than the risk of an investment bubble.

I’ve always felt that writing about the stock market is riskier than investing in it, as so much can change so quickly, so there is every chance by the time you read this article, the outlook looks very different� Today is Monday 12th February, immediately after the falls on the global stock markets last week. Of course as usual one would be forgiven (listening to the media) in thinking the world was coming to an end. Interesting how one day when the markets fall, it’s a “plunge”, “crash”, “turbulence” or “collapse”, but the next day when they recovered those losses, it hardly gets a mention and even if it does, it’s about “continued volatility”, “wild swings” and “uncertainty” as opposed to “recovery”.

So while there are challenges ahead for investment fund managers, these companies with all their analysts, research and experience will find opportunities. They will look for those companies that are tomorrow’s winners, companies making profits, those using technology to expand into new areas, to provide greater efficiencies, to secure new contracts.

Despite all of this, I think it’s a good thing to see the return of investment volatility. The one certainty about investing in stock markets is that they go up and down. However in the last year or so, this has not really been the case. We have seen values rise to new highs and despite all that is happening in the world, very low volatility. There are many issues that the global economy has to deal with, which investment/fund managers need to consider such as changes to global monetary policy, rising interest rates, debt levels, bond yields and currency fluctuations to name just a few.

However the truth is most economies have been growing collectively rather than in isolation and markets seem to have focussed positively on this. There are concerns about other asset classes like Gilts and Bonds and despite share prices fluctuating in value, most still provide income through dividends which is good for the long term investor. Of course in the UK we have our own unique set of challenges ahead because of Brexit so the short term expectation is of more muted growth in the UK economy than elsewhere.

Finally have an element of perspective. The chart above from JP Morgan shows the annual calendar return from the FTSE All Share Index since 1986 (as at 31/12/17). The red dots show the intra year decline from which the index recovered during that year. Therefore the message is not to panic. Long term investing means exactly that and what we have seen so far in 2018 is more normal than you may think.

My headline above is purely based on two investment fundamentals however, and they are that despite the negative headlines, volatility:

Phil James Grosvenor Consultancy Ltd. There are advantages and disadvantages to using all of these strategies and they depend on individual circumstances so don’t take action without seeking competent advice. Tax rules, rates and allowances are all subject to change. The Financial Conduct Authority does not regulate tax advice and some forms of offshore investments. The value of investments and the income from them can fall as well as rise and you may not get back the full amount you invested.

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At the Cinema - Chris Worthington Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri Written and directed by Martin McDonagh Certificate 15 (Review contains spoliers!)

Starring Frances McDormand (Mildred Hayes), Woody Harrelson (Police Chief Bill Willoughby) and Sam Rockwell (Jason Dixon).

Mildred Hayes is grieving over the rape and murder of her daughter Angela seven months previously, and is furiously angry that no progress has been made with the police investigation. In desperation she rents three derelict road side bill boards from fair minded local business man Red Welby. The bill boards read “raped while dying”, “and still no arrests” and “how come, Chief Willoughby?” The Police Chief is hugely liked and respected in the town and it is an open secret that he is dying of pancreatic cancer. He is sympathetic towards Mildred’s anger and frustration but he has no leads to take the investigation forward.

The messages on the bill boards divide the town.

Mildred and her son Robbie are harassed and even the local dentist takes against Mildred by starting to treat her without an anaesthetic.

Mildred grabs the drill and drills a hole in his finger. There is more trouble in store for Mildred at a local bar but she is befriended by James, a sharp tongued dwarf. However the biggest threat for Mildred is Jason Dixon, a corrupt and racist police officer and a violent bully. Dixon lives with his scheming and bigoted mother and has no other friends or relatives. His first move is to arrest Denise, a young black woman and Mildred’s co - worker in a gift shop. She is charged with possession of marijuana and sent to prison.

family, writes several thoughtful suicide notes and shoots himself. Incensed by the death of his chief Dixon beats up Red Welby before throwing him through a window into the street. For this Dixon is sacked by the new black police chief.

Mildred’s problems continue with a visit from Charlie, her abusive ex -husband and his 19 year old girlfriend Penelope. Charlie blames Mildred for their daughter’s death but Mildred is having none of it and shows the door to Charlie and his “s**t girl”.

Willoughby’s suicide notes are not only to his family but also to Mildred and Dixon. In the note to Mildred he explains that he has paid the next months rent on the bill boards and that they were not the cause of his suicide. In the note to Dixon he says that he could make a good cop but first he has to let go of hate and learn to love. This is not the kind of advice that might be expected from a Chief of Police but it turns out to be prescient. Charlie turns up again and in a final act of revenge he burns down the billboards. The denouement is a step in the right direction for Dixon, but it lacks credibility.

This is the third film directed by Martin McDonagh, he also directed In Bruges (2008) and Seven Psychopaths (2012). The film was made in the town of Sylva, North Carolina in 2016 where several other films have been made including Deliverance (1972) and The Fugitive (1993).

The film has some similarities with Deliverance in terms of a violent clash of values and culture but I was also reminded of Easy Rider (1969) The script was written several years before the film was made and long before the Trump Presidency divided America. Can it really be that bad in towns like Ebbing and will it get any better?

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It can attack memory, personality, language and physical abilities. It can last for years, even decades.

And it has no cure. Without careful planning, the financial toll can be nearly as cruel as the personal loss. This year help is at hand.

On Friday 20th April, Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is joining forces with financial and legal experts for an important seminar that will provide a real insight into coping with the costs of care.

This initiative will also highlight and support the work of BRACE, a charity which funds world class dementia research to defeat these diseases.

This free event is being generously hosted in Bristol by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, and all who attend the morning seminar will be given free entry to the first day of the Gloucestershire v Glamorgan Specsavers County Championship match.

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WHAT IS THE GDPR? The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force on 25 May 2018 and will build upon the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998). It is important for UK businesses to plan for the GDPR and begin implementing the necessary changes to business practices and procedures as early as possible to ensure compliance once the GDPR becomes effective.

WHAT WILL GDPR MEAN TO MY BUSINESS? The GDPR will apply to most businesses. If you obtain and hold personal information relating to any living individual, including your existing and prospective customers and employees, then the GDPR will apply to your business.

The GDPR imposes direct obligations on data processors as well as data controllers so it will apply whether your business processes personal data or controls how the data is processed.

DOES MY BUSINESS HOLD INFORMATION THAT IS CLASSIFIED AS ‘PERSONAL DATA’?

The definition of ‘personal data’ is wider than before and includes any information which either directly identifies an individual or which can be used to identify an individual. Such information includes names, dates of birth and addresses including online identifiers such as IP addresses.

Most businesses hold at least some personal data, whether it relates to their clients, employees or their contacts. It is imperative that businesses carry out an assessment of what information they hold and what changes, if any, should be made to ensure compliance with the GDPR. WHAT OBLIGATIONS DOES THE GDPR IMPOSE ON ME AS A BUSINESS OWNER? The GDPR requires data controllers to include specified data protection obligations in processing contracts. It also requires businesses to be able to demonstrate compliance with the GDPR, for example by having relevant data protection policies and procedures in place: • A company-wide data protection policy paired with staff training, data audits and regular HR policy reviews; • A compliance programme and privacy governance structure; and • An updated electronic system that protects data by default by e.g. encrypting data.

WHAT IF MY BUSINESS BREACHES THE GDPR? The ICO has the power to award compensation to individuals and impose fines up to the equivalent of €20m or 4% of the worldwide turnover of the business who has breached the GDPR, although the ICO has indicated that its first resort will normally be one of the other sanctions available to it, such as warnings, reprimands and corrective orders. A business that fails to comply with the GDPR also puts itself at risk of reputational and professional damage and it is important to take the necessary steps to ensure compliance.

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• Welcome to the new shops in Westbury and Henleaze. Please support your local traders, we must keep our shopping areas vibrant.

• After many months of requests, North View has at last been properly patched. Please let us know of any potholes or damaged road surfaces that need attention.

• A new Planning Application has gone in regarding 12 Southover Road ref 18/00317/F. You can access information on the planning portal, or call us for more information.

• The next Westbury Forum is on Tuesday 17th April at Coombe Dingle Sports Centre at 7pm.

This is the chance to meet with all your local councillors and discuss local issues of concern.

Please email or phone if you want to know more.

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Prize Wordsearch I indulged in a guilty pleasure earlier this week, catching an episode of my favourite 1970's police drama The Sweeney. It brought back memories of being allowed to stay up late to watch it on a Monday night as my one TV treat of the week as a 12 year old. So our prize puzzle this month draws its inspiration from John Thaw and Dennis Waterman, and is based upon classic TV detectives that I liked.

Listed below are twenty one names of fictional television coppers. Twenty are hidden in the wordsearch grid (forwards, backwards, up, down or on a diagonal), meaning that one detective has escaped. Just discover the one sleuth who has gone missing, let me know who es - WordMint they are and, if your entry is correct and the first one drawn at random after the closing date of 1st April, you will win yourself a DVD boxed Name: ___________________________________________ set of either The Sweeney, Starsky & Hutch or Inspector Morse.

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Feel Better with a Book Shared Reading Are you a lover of reading? A hater of reading? A non-reader? An occasional reader? Are you feeling a little lonely sometimes and would like to meet new people in a relaxed and informal setting?

Do you like tea and biscuits? Shared Reading has the unique ability to suit everybody – a chance to read together, to share thoughts and experiences with relation to the reading material, or to just listen. There are no expectations of, or pressures on, anyone to join in if they don’t wish to – just relax and absorb.

Shared Reading is run by trained leaders from The Reader, an award winning national charity, in partnership with Bristol Libraries. Each session lasts about an hour and a half, and centres round a short story or a book extract, and then a poem. It is completely free.

All reading materials are provided and are chosen by the Reader Leader, so there is no need to buy a book you don’t like, or to read on at home in order to keep up. Each session is self-contained so it’s no problem if you miss one.

Groups are available at libraries throughout Bristol, and local to our area are: • Clifton, Thursdays 2 – 3.30pm • Redland, Tuesdays 2-3.30pm • Sea Mills, 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month 10.30-12pm • Southmead, Wednesdays 2 – 3.30pm •Westbury, Thursdays 11.00 – 12.30pm For more information contact Samantha Weaver: samanthaweaver@ thereader.org.uk, or just drop in, have a cup of tea and be as involved in the group as you would like to be� “You need it, you just don’t know you need it,” Shared Reading Group Member

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This BS9 Life - Duncan Haskell It’s with great joy that we’ve welcomed the return of the birds recently. As mentioned in my very first BS9 column, one of our reasons for moving to the ‘burbs was so that we could have a garden and the chance to see some feathered friends on a regular basis. So once again I present a few of my recent ornithological observations…

27/01/18 10:30 Tried to take part in the RSPB’s “Big Garden Birdwatch”. Started the clock, watched an empty garden for an hour, stopped the clock.

Then the birds arrived.

29/01/18 09:43 I’ve been reading that it’s possible to befriend a robin. My clumsy first effort to charge at one with a mealworm can only be described as “misguided”.

01/02/18 11:03 Feel sorry for the female blackcap in the garden this morning. With a beautiful bonnet of her own, surely the man should be known as a male rustcap.

enough for me to take a proper look.

04/02/18 16:03 Five magpies are sat ominously on the fence, can only remember the first four lines of the nursery rhyme. Not sure what to expect.

07/02/18 12:07 Great tit, robin and long-tailed tit will only eat from the south-facing side of the feeder. Food can’t be too scarce if they’re that picky.

09/02/18 08:42 A particularly plump pigeon fails to balance on an especially thin branch. Should we admire his confidence or lament his lack of self-awareness.

12/02/18 14:02 The song of the blackbird is one of the few I instantly recognise, thanks to Paul McCartney. If only more bird calls featured in Beatles songs.

01/02/18 15:38 I always wondered how many long tailed tits could fit on one of our feeders at the same time, now I know the answer. 6 ½.

03/02/18 11:37 A goldcrest happily flitters about in the bushes.

There’s a small chance it could even be a firecrest, if only it would stop flittering for long

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The Building of Bishop's Knoll Mansion - Chris Stephens Local writer Chris Stephens continues his story of the development and ownership of this significant place in the history of Sneyd Park.

"Bishops Knoll, then known as “The Knoll” was the first house William Baker built on the land he had purchased from James Martin after the passing of the Martin’s Act in 1853. It seems from the advertisement reproduced below that the house was intended for Baker and his family.

This is confirmed by the monograms of Baker and his wife Hester and the date 1861 which appeared above the windows at the front of the house.

In March 1870 the house was advertised for sale as follows:

Hester and William’s monograms and the date which appeared to the left of the front door of “The Knoll” However by the time of the 1861 Census “The Knoll” as it was first known was not yet occupied and perhaps not completed. More surprising is the fact that 10 years later the house was still not occupied and the Census of 1871 records Baker with his 5 daughters and three sons, (but for some reason, not his wife Hester) occupying Sneyd Park Villa in The Avenue.( This was later renamed Braidlea and is now the Well House in Ivywell Road.)

So The Knoll was first occupied by Peter Prankerd as stated by Beeson (Beeson A. North Bristol through time. Amberley Publishing, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 2014, p 76.). As it cannot have taken Baker and his men more than 10 years to complete the house why was this?

Perhaps the answer is the resolution taken by the Bristol Chamber of Commerce in 1860, asking the city council to undertake establishing a rail connection from Bristol to the proposed new dock at Avonmouth. By this time

construction of the Knoll must have been well underway and perhaps the prospect of 6 trains a day in each direction a mere 50 metres from the house did not please William Baker� The Bristol Port Railway and Pier Act was passed in July 1862 and construction began in February 1863. The line linking Hotwells and Avonmouth was opened in March 1864 but in the mean time the decision to link Temple Meads to Clifton had been launched in 1861 - but it was not until 1875 than the link between the Clifton Extension Railway and Bristol Port Railway and Pier forming what is now known the Seven Beach line, was finally opened to passengers.

Thus what might have viewed as a disadvantage by a prospective purchaser in the 1860s was transformed into the advantage of a direct rail link from Sneyd Park Halt to Paddington which was just what Robert Edwin Bush needed 30 years later he joined the Board of the London based Dalgety Company.

Auction : Messrs Fargus & Co Saleroom, 4 Clare Street, at 2.00pm 14th April 1870 The Mansion, erected a few years since by the present proprietor for his own occupation is an elegant solid building of pleasing design.

It stands in an elevated and healthy situation commanding extensive views of the Rivers Avon and Severn, the Bristol Channel with the Welsh Coast and Hills in the distance and contains ample accommodation for a large family.

On the ground floor are a lofty entrance hall 27ft by 15 ft; a drawing room 31ft by 18 ft; a dining room 28 ft by 18 ft; a breakfast room 21ft x 18 ft; a lavatory, a water closet and a well fitted china pantry. On the next two floors are 14 bedrooms, a bathroom and water closet also a mesmaine room (probably a misprint for mezzanine room) or library and a tower room with an open belvedere or summer observatory over. In the basement are a billiard room 41 ft long, spacious kitchens, servants hall, pantry, larder and other offices. The house is warmed by extensive heating apparatus with pipes running

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The Building of Bishop's Knoll Mansion through the building.

Well timbered pleasure grounds and a kitchen garden extending to about 8 acres The property is held on a 1000 year lease from July 1855 on the apportioned yearly rent of £40.

This appears to be the first time The Knoll was advertised as being for sale. A notable feature missing from the description was the large single story music room which must have been added later in the time of its first occupier Peter Prankerd (see below).

The layout of the ground floor of the house has been deduced from the measurements given in the details of sale and from interviews with two of Bush’s surviving grandchildren who had visited the house soon after the Second World War. The layout of the upper floors remains unknown except that there were in all 14 bedrooms arranged on two floors, presumably for the servants, the upper being within the roof

Prankerd made his fortune as a Land Agent and when his sons were of school age returned to Bristol though this was not until 1872. It is clear that he build the Lodge, the only part of the house to exist today, as it bears the inscription PDP 1876 high up on its north wall. It also seems likely that he built the Gardeners Cottage and was probably also responsible for the arboretum which run the length of the garden where it overlooks the railway.

Peter Prankerd’s eldest son Percy entered Clifton College as a day boy in 1873 and his younger brother Herbert three years later. They were contemporaries of Robert Edwin Bush who left the College in 1876 and then sailed to Australia in December 1877. Whether the boys remained in touch after that is unknown but it is notable that Bush bought the house in 1905 after their father died.

Next month - the first owners of Bishop's Knoll

The Knoll was sold at the auction 14th April 1870 to Peter Dowding Prankard (Prankerd) (1819-1902) who had been born in Langport Somerset into a family of solicitors. He had gone out to Australia as a Government clerk (it seems on a Government paid passage) arriving in Sydney on 28th November 1839. He is noted in the ships passenger list as “Protestant” and “Reads and writes”� Perhaps like Robert Edwin Bush later, this is what professional families did with younger sons who had shown little academic ability (Prankerd’s elder brother went to Oxford and became a lawyer).

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Kemps Jewellers Est. 1881

Dazzling Jewellery - Sparkling Prices Rings and jewellery, new and old - a great range of modern new pieces to complement our existing selection of beautiful traditional second-hand jewellery.

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Why not come in and browse and see what catches your eye, and have a chat with our friendly and knowledgeable staff.

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Good Reads - recommendations from Bruce Fellows In Robert Olen Butler’s thought-provoking novel, "Perfume River", the marriage of Vietnam vet Robert Quinlan is just jogging along. His draft- dodger brother Jimmy is estranged from the family. There’s a mysterious down and out whom Robert takes under his wing and where does Robert’s father, a World War II veteran drive off to most days? Is it another woman as his wife suspects? The strands of the tale weave effortlessly together, along with disturbing memories of Robert’s service - not the pen pushing doddle he’d hoped for. This is an intriguing study of family relationships and of how the past can never be forgotten.

Cows babysit for each other, nurse grudges, invent games, make friends for life and love music; that’s what Rosamund Young says in her surprising and captivating "The Secret Life of Cows". She should know, she’s spent her life raising cows, interacting with them and letting them lead their own lives on Kite’s Nest Farm, where gates are left open so that cattle can wander around and look up old friends when they feel like it; and seek out their own plant remedies – willow seems to be good for injuries. When you’ve finished, you’ll never look at a field of cows in the same way again.

Worried about the power of social media, about the death of argument and the discussion of issues, about instant judgements and reactions circling the globe in an instant, about unelected tech company leaders wielding too much power over the rest of us? Well, so is Dave Eggers as he demonstrates in his brilliant and disturbing novel "The Circle". Mae is delighted to get a job with the world’s most influential internet company and to progress through its ranks despite her loss of privacy and the effects on her family. Does it all end happily? Read this terrifying warning of things to come and find out.

Hanny is mute. His brother speaks for him. Every year they and their parents, family friends and priest go on pilgrimage to St Anne’s shrine where his mother is sure Hanny will be cured. They stay at the Moorings close by a wild stretch of English coast called "The Loney", also the title of Andrew Michael Hurley’s atmospheric, gripping and frequently chilling novel. There are local ne’er do wells, a rifle, a man in a Daimler and a girl in a wheelchair, oh, and a woman whose blindness is cured. Will Hanny be cured, too? There’s only one way to learn. You won’t be disappointed.

Nora is off to visit her sister. But Rachel isn’t at the station. Oh, dear� From there it’s downhill all the way for Nora in Flynn Berry’s terrific thriller mystery, "Under the Harrow". Nora soon discovers why Rachel didn’t turn up and sets out to learn what she can about Rachel’s life in the town she’d moved to. In the process she has to re-visit the past and re-examine previous relationships and events as well as meet Rachel’s friends and acquaintances.

Berry writes with verve and pace and at times poetic directness and precision. Once you’ve started reading, don’t expect to be able to stop.

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• No News Still waiting for the outcome of the Judicial Review on the Town & Village Green for Stoke Lodge.

• Make your views known. The next Stoke Bishop Forum is to be held at St Mary’s Stoke Bishop on Monday 12th March, 6.30pm for for 7pm. John & Peter will be present for Q & As. • Parking review. The Downs/Sneyd Park parking review was completed many months ago.

Your Councillors believe this delay is not acceptable and we will continue to press for the recommendations to be actioned.

• Still Open. The City Council are closing most of the public toilets in the city. Your Councillors are delighted to report the Downs public toilets will kept open thanks to public pressure and the support of the Downs Committee.

• Litter. We appeal to residents and students who live or visit our area to respect the environment and not drop litter. Your councillors have been undertaking "litter picks" and would encourage others to do likewise.

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What's On & Community News Listings for community events, not-for-profit clubs and charitable activities are free of charge. If you have something of this nature that you would like listed please get in touch by calling 0117 259 1964 or 07845 986650, email andy@bcmagazines.co.uk, or post details in, to 8 Sandyleaze, Westbury on Trym, BS9 3PY. Details shown are accurate to the best of my knowledge, but dates, times & locations may change without notification. So if you are unsure, and to avoid disappointment, please contact the organiser listed to double check.

Theatre, Concerts and Music Melody Makers Choir. A fun and friendly, mixed non audition choir, singing uplifting pop and rock music. Book a free taster with our Pop Choir on Wednesday's 7:309:00pm in St. Peter's Church, Henleaze, or our Baby Friendly Choir on Tuesday's 10:30-11:30am in The Eastfield Inn, Henleaze. www.melodymakerschoir.co.uk A Come and Sing Workshop of Faure's Requiem will be held at Redland Hall, Redmaids' High School on Saturday 3rd March.

The Workshop will be followed by an informal performance with a collection for charity at the end. For details on how to participate please contact Sarah Hunter by email sarah@theyews.net or call 07870 208789.

Westbury Park Orchestra is a friendly nonauditioned, orchestra with a repertoire of classical and modern pieces with an emphasis on having fun. You will ideally be of a good standard (string and brass players particularly welcome). We meet at Westbury-on-Trym Methodist Church, Westbury Hill on Monday evenings between 8.00 and 9.30 pm (termtime only). Free taster session for newcomers.

Come and give us a try. For further details visit www.westburyparkorchestra.com Henbury Singers is a friendly choir and welcome new members. We meet at Stoke Bishop Primary School (BS9 1BW) in Cedar Park on Thursday evenings - 7:45 to 9:15 pm. There is no audition. We sing mainly choral music from a classical tradition, but we also sing carols, songs from musicals, gospel and folk songs. For membership contact Maggie Cavanna 0117 973 4794 or secretary@henburysingers.org

Bristol Male Voice Choir will be singing in and around Bristol in the coming year. You don’t have to read music to join the choir as a tenor, baritone or bass, but you will enjoy learning our repertoire, (re-)discovering the voice you may have forgotten about , and being welcomed into the choir’s friendly social atmosphere. We rehearse every Thursday from 7.00pm till 9.15 pm at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (formerly Filton College) Come along to a rehearsal, or visit bristolmvc.org.uk - to find out more.

Bristol Cabot Choir is delighted to welcome new members for all voice parts. Why not come and sing with us for 2/3 ‘taster’ rehearsals before a simple audition? We meet at Redland URC on Mondays at 7.30 pm. FFI email admin@bristolcabotchoir.org, visit www. bristolcabotchoir.org or find us on Facebook.

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

From Earth to Heaven with Bristol Bach Choir, Saturday 24th March 2018, 7.30pm at St Mary Redcliff, Bristol BS1 6RA. Victoria “Tenebrae Responsories” and Dan Forrest “Requiem for the Living”. Tickets cost £10-£20 (£5 for students and under 25s subject to availability) and are available online at bristolbach.org.uk or by phoning 0117 214 0721 or emailing tickets@bristolbach.org.uk.

The Bristol Good Afternoon Choir meets every Monday afternoon from 2pm-4pm, at Trinity-Henleaze United Reformed Church, Waterford Road, BS9 4BT. Rehearsals are from 2pm to 4pm, there are no auditions and everyone is welcome. We enjoy all sorts of music – from folk songs to choral favourites.

For more details about the choir please contact Nikki on 01761 472468 or email gac@ grenvillemusic.co.uk – or just come along to a rehearsal. No cost for your first rehearsal.

Henleaze Singing for the Brain Group meets in the Bradbury Hall on Waterford Road, on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Thursday afternoons each month from 2.00pm to 3.45pm We

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Bristol Chamber Choir. Come and join Bristol’s oldest choir (founded in 1837) and visit parts of the repertoire that larger choirs can’t reach� The music we have sung recently ranges from Ockeghem and Palestrina, through Schütz to Bruckner and Rachmaninov and many others. We invite experienced singers who enjoy a capella singing to join us. Rehearsals are on Wednesday evenings at Redland Park United Reformed Church at 7.30pm. Further details can be found at www.bristolchamberchoir.org.uk. If you are interested please contact our Secretary, Rae Ford, on 0117 939 1685 or Rod Coomber on 01275 843900 or rodcoomber@aol.co.uk Bristol Chamber Choir present The Resurrection and the Life - English Music for Lent from the 17th to the 20th centuries.

Robert Lucas Pearsall: Requiem; William Croft & Henry Purcell: The Burial Sentences; John Sanders: The Reproaches. Sunday 18th March 2018, 3.00pm at Christ Church, Broad Street, Bristol, BS1 2EJ. Tickets £10.00 (Students and children free) from: www. eventbrite . com / e / the-resurrection-andthe-life-tickets-42121655004; Opus 13, 14 St Michael’s Hill, Bristol, BS2 8DT or at the door. www.bristolchamberchoir.org.uk The Stoke Bishop Ladies Choir Concert will be held on Monday 26th March at 2.30pm At Stoke Bishop Village Hall. Admission free to include refreshments, but donations will be requested for Colon Cancer department of Southmead Hospital. All are welcome� Westbury-on-Trym Parish Church Organ Elevenses is being held on Saturday March 10th. This month's guest soloist is Richard Pilliner, Organist at St John the Evangelist Shirley, near Croydon. Richard gained his Licentiate at the age of 16, then won prizes at the Royal Academy for organ playing, accompanying and improvisation. He has

given concerts in the U.K., Tokyo, Hong Kong and Moscow. Coffee and cake from 10-30 followed by recital at 11 am. Come and join us� Henbury Singers’ Spring Concert is at 7.30pm on 24th March 2018 in support of Crohns and Colitis Bristol at Trinity-Henleaze United Reform Church. The programme, directed by Richard Jones will include Schubert’s Mass In C & Pergolesi’s Magnificat. Tickets £10 (£8 conc., £5 students). Henbury Singers welcome new members. We meet at Stoke Bishop Primary School in Cedar Park on Thursday evenings - 7:45 to 9:15 pm. Fees are currently £130 per year. There is no audition. We sing mainly choral music from a classical tradition, but we also sing carols, songs from musicals, gospel and folk songs. For membership or concert tickets contact Maggie Cavanna 0117 9734794 or secretary@henburysingers. org or tickets can be bought on the door.

Bristol Cabot Choir Easter Concert is being held on Saturday, 14 April 2018, at Clifton Cathedral, Clifton Park, BS8 3BX at 7.45 pm.

Staring Gabriel Fauré ‘Requiem’ and JS Bach motet ‘Jesu meine Freude’. Tickets: £15/£5 NUS card/under 18s. On line: www.opus13. co.uk/tickets Tel: 0117 9230164 / 0117 9626521. www.bristolcabotchoir.org. Charity No 116260. Supporting Bristol Off the Record.

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

Henleaze Ladies Choir is a friendly welcoming group which meets in St Peters Church Hall, Henleaze, on Thurs between September and May from 1.45 to 3.45 pm (with a short break for tea). We give 2 charity concerts a year in December and May and from time to time we are invited to entertain community groups around the city. There are also occasional social events organised. We are always pleased to see new members but would particularly welcome first sopranos at the moment.

Please come and try a rehearsal without obligation. To find out more please contact either Jane English (0117 9511430 or 07752

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People of Note community choir is looking for new members, especially altos. We're friendly and it's fun, the songs we sing are very varied, pop, folk, world music, original pieces, but not traditional choral.

We meet in Southville on Tuesday and Clifton on Wednesday evenings www. peopleofnote.co.uk email peopleofnote@ btinternet.com Come along for a tree taster� Bristol Cathedral Choir School Choral Society Concert on Saturday 17 March 2018, at 7.30pm, at Henleaze URC (Waterford Road).

Programme includes Haydn ‘Spring’ from The Seasons; Stanford Te Deum; Schubert Mass in G. Tickets £12 – from choir members/at the door/from box office: 07807 841260 Bristol Choral Society and Bristol Youth Choir conducted by Hilary Campbell - Saturday 10th March 2018 7.30 pm. Colston Hall, Bristol, BS1 5AR Carl Orff : Carmina Burana Bob Chilcott: Songs and Cries of London Town.

Prior to the concert the Bristol Choral Society Scholars will give a performance in the foyer, starting at 6.45 pm. Tickets from £10.75 to £31.18. (under 25s £5.38, Seniors 10% discount) Full details at www.bristolchoral. co.uk Book online via www.bristolchoral. co.uk or by phone on 0117 203 4040.

Stoke Bishop Ladies Choir meets at Stoke Bishop Village Hall, new members welcome and no auditions are necessary. We are a friendly group that sings for pleasure, and we hold a concert at the end of each term to raise money for charity. Please call Maureen on 0117 9567894 or Carolyn on 0117 2791409 for more information.

Exhibitions, Markets and Meetings Redland Green School Car Boot Sale. Starting on Sat 21st April then every 3rd Saturday in May, June and July. £10 per pitch, admission £1 (kids go free). Over 50 pitches, Indoors if wet (tables available to rent). At Redland Green School, Redland Court Road, BS6 7EH. This is a fund raising event organised by Redland Green School PTA. To book, contact rgsptacarbootsale@gmail.com or call 07720 387982.

Country Market. Every Friday from 10.30 to 11.30 in Westbury on Trym Methodist Church Hall. Homemade cakes, arts, crafts, plants, vegetables, jams and chutneys.

Refreshments are also available in a relaxed and friendly environment. For more details contact Sue Sills on 0117 9628306.

Whiteladies Farmers and Fair Trading Market has been going more than 10 years, every Saturday 8.30 - 2.00 at the junction of Apsley Road and Whiteladies Road. A wide range of locally grown/ produced foods/ meats/cakes and on the first Saturday of most months local beer and wine....lovely coffee too. Run by Sustainable Redland the market aims to reduce CO2 by reducing distances and by supporting the local shops.

A Jumble Sale is taking place on Saturday 10th March starting at 10am, at the Methodist Church Hall, Westbury-on-Trym.

Proceeds are in aid of World Mission.

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

Ladies Badminton, held on friday mornings at Westbury Village Hall, 10 – 12 noon.

Come and see our friendly group in action.

All we ask is that you can play and would like to meet new people.

For further details, phone Elizabeth on 0117 9681759.

Henleaze St Peters Keep Fit Class, Wednesdays 10-11am at St Peters Henleaze is £5 per session. Come and join us� A gentle exercise class for everybody� Improve your health and wellbeing with a class designed for people who enjoy low impact, low intensity exercise. With music from the 60s to todays pop for a fun filled work out� Strengthening muscles, improving suppleness, balance, mobility and stability whilst enjoying the benefits of general wellness and positivity.

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Clifton Cathedral, Clifton Park, Bristol, BS8 3BX

Gabriel Fauré

J S Bach Motet: Jesu meine Freude

Conducted by: Rebecca Holdeman Baritone: Matthew Clark Soprano: Ffion Edwards Organ: Claire Alsop and Chamber Orchestra www.bristolcabotchoir.org Charity No. 116260

Tickets: £15/£5 NUS card/under 18s From Opus, 14 St Michael’s Hill, BS2 3DT On line: www.opus13.co.uk/tickets Tel: 0117 923 0164/ 0117 9626521 Supporting the Charity: Bristol Off the Record

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UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL BOTANIC GARDEN EASTER SCULPTURE FESTIVAL FRIDAY 30 MARCH – 2 APRIL 2018 10AM-5PM Dragon’s egg planters, ghost flowers glistening in the twilight, stained glass masterpieces to brighten the gloomiest of days, stone flautists and graceful cranes, are a few of the delights to see at this year’s Easter Sculpture Festival.

The Botanic Garden makes a perfect environment for displaying both traditional and modern sculpture with its constantly changing natural light and backdrop of architectural plants, colours and textures. Now an established event in the south west arts and gardening calendar, this year’s Festival features more sculptors than ever before, working in a wide range of different materials. New sculptors include chainsaw artist, Denius Parson, Hayley Jones (wire work), Kathryn Shorthouse (ceramics), Valda Jackson (bronze) and Colleen Du 73

“This year for the first time chainsaw artist Denius Parson will be demonstrating his art through the use of a chainsaw. This is fast paced and exciting work and I look forward to seeing his work emerge through the Festival Weekend.

With the Garden bursting into life, this will create the perfect environment for visitors to enjoy.” Curator, Nick Wray.

Demonstrations of chainsaw sculpting and willow weaving will give visitors a chance to meet the artists and see how they work. A display of Narcissus illustrating all horticultural groups of this colourful spring flower forms a trail through the garden for adults and children to enjoy. With thousands of different well labelled plants set within an intensely planted award winning garden and glasshouses the Botanic Garden attracts people year after year.

Refreshments, garden tours, plants & book sales. Admission: Adults £6.00. Free to Friends, Uni. staff and students and children under 18.

University of Bristol Botanic Garden, The Holmes, Stoke Park Road, Bristol, BS9 1JG. 0117 42 82041 www.bristol.ac.uk/botanic-garden

What's On & Community News St Peter’s Badminton & Social Club is a small friendly badminton club and we meet every Monday and most Wednesdays from 7.30pm until about 9.30pm in St Peter’s Church Hall, Henleaze, BS9 4LD. Membersip Fees are £50.00 from September to May. Visitor Fees are £3.00 per night. £1.00 for Juniors who are very welcome. Contact Ann: tel: 0117 969 4882 or email: martannmitch@outlook.com.

Westbury Harriers is for all ages and abilities, with a variety of different groups and sessions to suit all. Based at Coombe Dingle Sports Complex and Blaise Castle. Training nights Mondays and Thursdays 7pm with additional sessions at Yate track on Tuesday evenings and an informal social run on Saturday mornings.

See www.westburyharriers.com for more information on our events or joining us.

Ladies Badminton. We meet every Tuesday afternoon, 2pm to 4pm, at Stoke Bishop Village Hall. We are looking for players to join our friendly group. Interested? Please call Pat on 0117 914 9511 for more details.

Morris Dancing - Bristol Morris Men welcome anyone who wants to try morris dancing. We practise on Thursday evenings in the Sports Hall at QEH School at Berkeley Place, Clifton from 8pm to 10pm(ish). For more information please visit www.bristolmorrismen. co.uk or call Grant on 0117 9442165.

Pilates Classes running in the local area on Tuesday’s 9:30am (improver) / 10:30am (beginner) /12:10pm (mixed ability) / 13:30pm (Postnatal) and on Wednesday 18:15pm (intermediate). For bookings please call Leanne on 07817 189 474 / leanne@mindbodypilates. org, or visit www.mindbodypilates.org.

Scottish Country Dancing for beginners and experienced dancers at St Monica Trust’s Hall on Thursdays, 7.30 pm. New dancers welcome - come on your own or with friends. Contact Margaret, 01275 794638 or Graham 01275 854782, or visit www.rscdsbristolinfo.co.uk Westbury Scottish Club country dancing classes for beginners is held at Leonard Hall, Trinity-Henleaze URC, Waterford Road, Henleaze. contact Maggie on 01934 838175 for more information. Classes for the more advanced dancers are at St Peter’s Church Hall, Henleaze. Tel. Cheryl on 0117

4012416. Held every Tues 7.30 - 9.30pm.

See www.wscbristol.co.uk for details.

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

Ladies Keep Fit, Thursdays 10:00 - 11:00 am, at St Peter's Church Hall, Henleaze. This friendly session, which has a dance element to it, is suitable for all ages, levels, and abilities, including the older adult or young mum, who wants to maintain their general fitness, mobility, range of movement, and wellbeing.

New members are always welcome. £6:00 per class, pay as you go - which includes refreshments. For more information, Ring 01454 618488, or email laili@tiscali. co.uk, or look up the website www. exercisewithlailibrooks.com or just turn up.

Hydrotherapy Exercise Sessions – A group exercise in Southmead Hospital’s purpose built pool. Benefits include relaxation, relief of pain & swelling, improved movement, balance & fitness. All ages & abilities are welcome. We are a friendly local team of Chartered Physiotherapists with expertise in a variety of disabilities & medical conditions. For more details please contact Chris & Ali Cowley on 07971 086 628, or email healthyhydrotherapy@gmail.com or visit www.healthyhydrotherapy.co.uk.

Zumba Gold / Light 5.30pm/ Zumba Fitness 6.35pm held in the Westbury -on-Trym Village Hall. Wednesdays £5 on door. Just drop in with water and a sense of humour� Phone Marie on 0117963 4104 or visit www. bristoldancezumba.co.uk for more info.

Fancy a ramble? How about joining us for enjoyable 8-10 mile walks on two Sundays per month? Our usual group size is 12-15 walkers. If you are interested please come and give Stoke Lodge Ramblers a try. For more details please visit www.stokelodgeramblers.wordpress. com or phone Secretary 0117 9684140.

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What's On & Community News Sea Mills Garden Club have regular monthly meetings, every 3rd Wednesday, held at Sea Mills Methodist Rooms, Sea Mills Square at 7.30 pm. Our forthcoming programme of talks is:- 21 March Julie Henderson - Pruning Made Easy, 18 April Carrie Pakenham How to Grow & Use Herbs, 16 May Bee Keeping + Community Matters. Visitors are always welcome at £3 per meeting. For more information, contact Gail Mitchell 0117 9685350 or Pat Prior 07779 203626.

Stoke Bishop Open Gardens has its sixth annual open gardens that will take place on Sunday 1 July 2018 from 1pm with last entry to gardens at 5pm. This year, the popular trail will return to the Sneyd Park area, featuring some gardens new to us and some old favourites – more offers of gardens are always welcome� The hub for information, teas and homemade cakes will be St Mary's Church Hall.

For further information contact the organisers at stokebishopopengardens@gmail.com; phone 0117 9686592 or visit the website www.stokebishop.org.uk/opengardens Friends of Old Sneed Park Nature Reserve. It only costs £5 a year to become a friend of the nature reserve, a wonderful area for wildlife in Stoke Bishop. The land is owned by the council and run with the help of volunteers & Friends. There are regular newsletters, and regular events on the reserve. For more details please check www.spnaturereserve.com.

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

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

Flower demonstrations are held on the second Thursday, practice classes on the fourth Thursday. New members are always welcome.

For more details please ring 0117 907 5724.

Henleaze Garden Club meets the first Wednesday of each month in the main hall at St Monica’s, Cote Lane, with a summer break when the club arranges coach trips.

We have expert speakers, a quarterly newsletter, and a great Christmas event.

Annual membership is £20 plus £1 per visit, visitors are most welcome at £5 per visit.

Contact Brian Dury 0117 9621227 / www. henleazegardenclub.co.uk for more info.

Volunteering and Charities Volunteers to teach adults to read with Read Easy. This National Charity is looking for people to become reading coaches. We use a scheme that has been specially designed to be delivered by people who are not trained teachers. After an initial day of training our Coordinator will pair you with an adult reader and ask you to deliver two half hour sessions for most weeks of the year. The timings for the sessions and the venue will be decided by you and the reader to be mutually convenient.

For more infor visit www.readeasy.org.uk or contact our Coordinator by email: bristol@ readeasy.org.uk or ring 07941 078332 REMAP is a registered charity that designs and makes custom aids for the disabled. We are on the lookout for volunteers (engineers, craftsmen, DIY enthusiasts etc) who are willing give up a little of their time to enable a disabled person to enjoy a better quality of life. We design, make or modify equipment to suit their specific needs. Please contact us if you can help please contact Colin on 01275 460288, colin305@gmail.com, or Ray on 0117 9628729, rwestcott@blueyonder. co.uk or visit www.bristol.remap.org.uk If you’d like to get more active or involved in your community why not give an hour a week or a day a month and help Marie Curie. as we continue to provide care to patients and their families. There are plenty of opportunities to volunteer for us. If you enjoy meeting new people and raising money for a great cause, we would love to hear from you. FFI please contact Helen Isbell on 0117 9247275 or email Helen.Isbell@mariecurie.org.uk RSVP (Retired & Senior Volunteer Programme). Do you like reading? Do you like helping children? If yes to both, you are just the sort of person we are looking for� If you can spare a minimum of an hour a week to hear children read in a local school you could make a huge difference. Volunteering is a

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The Gardener's World - Cathy Lewis The Cutting Garden If, like me, you love filling rooms with cut flowers but don’t have enough in the garden to plunder for the house, a dedicated cutting garden may be the answer. It doesn’t have to be anything grand. A small area in full sunshine with reasonable soil is sufficient to grow a good selection of flowers. Choose your plants wisely and you could have vases overflowing with blooms throughout the summer months.

Thanks to a little juggling, I’ve found space for a small raised bed that I can use just for flowers. I’ve filled it with topsoil and good quality compost to give the plants plenty of nutrients.

The area gets the sun for much of the day but because it is quite exposed I will add some hazel twigs between taller plants for support.

My plan is to grow a few perennials such as dahlias, together with a range of annuals such as cornflowers, love-in-a-mist, English marigold, poppies and, of course, sweet peas. All of these are hardy annuals which means I can sow them directly into the soil outdoors – a real plus if you don’t have a greenhouse and are reluctant to clutter your windowsills with seed trays.

area like a vegetable patch and sow in rows to make weeding easier labeling the rows as you go. As always, follow the instructions on the seed packets for best results.

The great thing about all these plants is the more you cut them the more they flower, so by the time your first vase of blooms is past its best there should be another batch ready for cutting. The general advice seems to be to gather flowers either early in the morning or late evening. Try to cut just above some side shoots as these should then go on to produce more flowers. An added bonus is that many of these plants are great for attracting pollinators.

If you don’t have room for a dedicated cut flower area you could always grow annuals in pots or make a few gaps in your borders to fill with cut-and-come-again flowers.

You should be able to start sowing in spring once the ground has warmed up. Treat the

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What's On & Community News great way to stay active and to feel useful, so if you are interested in joining us please get in touch. Contact Mina on 07860 669953, or visit RSVP-west.org.uk Volunteers needed to support carers. Could you please help us develop and increase our support to carers, people looking after an unwell, disabled or elderly family member or friend in Bristol and South Gloucestershire? If you are outgoing and could offer two mornings a month to meet, greet and give information to carers when they visit their GP surgery, I would love to hear from you. Full training and support provided. Please contact Mike Hatch, GP Carer Link Volunteer on 07503 577830 or email mikeh@carerssupportcentre.org. uk. If you look after someone who couldn’t manage without you, and would like some information about our services for carers or would just like someone to talk to about caring for the person you look after, please call our Carersline on 0117 965 2200 or visit www. carerssupportcentre.org.uk.

Volunteer Drivers for transport, once or twice a week, of local elderly patients to the Westbury doctors’ surgery or to a hospital.

We operate within the Charity RSVP-West, who provide us with liability insurance for these drives and with practical help and advice. And of course we work closely with the Westbury-on-Trym practice. For information please contact Wendy Clark (0117 962 0733) or Zina Wilson (0117 4313671) or by e-mail on Bernzina@blueyonder.co.uk or ask at Westbury Practice Reception or your local GP on tel. 0117 9623406.

Do you love Weddings? Westbury-on-Trym Village hall is a very popular wedding venue and has a busy ongoing wedding schedule.

We’re looking for more volunteers to help these events run smoothly. If you’re interested please email us at enquiries@wotvillagehall. org or leave a message on 0117 9623399.

Friendship, Social and Support Coffee Morning on March 24th at Westbury Park Methodist Church, North View, BS6 7QB. All welcome. 10.30am-12.30pm. All funds towards several capital projects at the Methodist church and St Albans church.

Westbury Park WI is the local WI for Westbury Park, Henleaze and Bishopston. We meet on the first Wednesday of the month from 7.30pm in Redland Church Hall, Redland Green Road, BS6 7HE. Guest fees are £4 per meeting (up to 3 visits allowed). Refreshment options available, biscuits/cake free. Email westburyparkwi@gmail.com or visit www. westburyparkwi.org.uk for more details.

Upcoming meetings are; 7th March "FODAG - Friends of the Downs" telling us more about the amazing open space on our doorstep.

“Simply Social” Activity and Social Club.

Whether you are single or in a relationship, enhance your social life by joining our friendly social club. We are run by members for the members and enjoy a packed programme of activities including walking, live music, dancing, dining out, badminton, a reading group, weekends away and foreign holidays.

There are no age limits although most of our members are 40+. Check out www. simplysocial.org.uk or phone us on 07971 427766, and come along to one of our Thursday Club nights.

Senior Film Club, every third Monday in the month, at 2pm in St Peter’s Hall, The Drive, Henleaze, BS9 4LD.Easy access, carers welcome. Refreshments £3. Please spread the word and bring a friend. Supported by Home Instead Senior Care 0117 9898210.

Friday Lunch - We meet up on the first Friday of every month - at Westbury on Trym Methodist Church from 12 noon - 1.30 pm. You are warmly invited to join us for our regular lunch, to meet with others and enjoy a light lunch.

For further information call Rachel (0117330 8503) or Alison (0117 962 9715).

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

We have twice yearly outings and a holiday group. Contact Shirley on 0117 9622243 for further information.

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What's On & Community News Soroptomists International Bristol is part of a global organisation founded in Bristol for women from a wide range of professional and business backgrounds who have joined together to give Service, Friendship and have Fun. We meet on the second and fourth Mondays of the month at Long Ashton Golf Club where we enjoy a two course meal with a speaker. For more details please contact our membership officer on 0117 9739894 or email gillbea@aol.com for more details.

Bristol Brunel Lions Club meets at Shirehampton Golf Club on the first Tuesday of every month at 7 for 7.30. On the 3rd Tuesday of each month we have a social gathering normally with food. We raise money for charity both locally and beyond through a variety of indoor and outdoor activities. For more details of how to apply for assistance with charitable activities in Bristol or to become involved see Bristol Brunel Lions Club on line or contact Secretary Bill O’Neill at lion.bill@virginmedia. com Pat-a-Cake Toddlers meet at Westbury on Trym Methodist Church every Tuesday during term time 1.15 - 2.45pm. We are a small friendly group who play, do craft and sing.

Mums / Dads / Grandparents / Carers have a chance to meet over a cup of tea and biscuits.

For further information please contact Alison on 0117 9629715.

The Bristol and District branch of Parkinson’s UK meets every first Saturday of the month at St Monica Trust, Cote Lane, BS9 3UN from 10am -12 noon. Carers, relatives, spouses and people with Parkinson’s - all are welcome for a social and informative get-together, with speakers from a variety of backgrounds with many diverse interests. Please join us. We also meet at The Eastfield Inn, Henleaze, BS9 4NQ every second Friday in the month for an informal coffee morning from 11am.

North Bristol Alzheimer Café meets on the first Tuesday of the month the opens at St Monica Trust, Oatley House, Westbury-onTrym, BS9 3TN from 3.30pm – 5.30pm. We provide a relaxed, informal and safe space in which issues surrounding dementia can be aired. Our café is staffed by trained, caring and experienced volunteers. Refreshments are served and most weeks live music is played.

There is no charge to attend, free on-site parking is usually available and the number 1 bus stops right outside. FFI or to register your attendance contact Jacqui Ramus - tel 07854 185093 or email jacqui.ramus@ stmonicatrust.org.uk.

Henleaze (Morning) Townswomen’s Guild meets from 10.00am – 12.00 noon on the third Thursday of every month at The Eastfield Inn, Henleaze Road. New members and visitors are most welcome. Further information can be obtained from Elaine Anderson on 0117 907 5279.

Clifton Rotary Club welcomes new members willing to give their time, interested in making new friends, building business contacts and using their skills to help others. We meet Weds lunchtimes at The Redland Green Club (Redland Lawn Tennis & Squash Club). www.cliftonrotary.org or email secretary@ cliftonrotary.org Bristol Grandparents Support Group gives support to grandparents who are estranged from their grandchildren due to family breakdown. We give support over the phone, via email, Skype and at our regular meetings held at 9, Park Grove, Bristol. BS6 7XB. Tel 07773 258270 more information or visit www. bgsg.co.uk.

Happy Days Memory Café meets 1st Friday of the month from 2.00. pm – 4.00.pm at Westbury Baptist Church, Reedley Road, BS9 3TD. The café is aimed at carers and people living with dementia and the plan is that we have fun. Why not check us out? For more information please contact Tony on 0117 968 1002 or check our Facebook page.

Rotary Club of Bristol meets at the Bristol Hotel, Prince Street, BS1 4QF at 7.00pm for 7.30 pm on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Mondays and at 12.30pm for 1.00 pm on the 2nd and 4th Mondays. Meetings start with a meal and are followed by a speaker. New members are very welcome – for more details see www. bristolrotary.org or contact Martina Peattie at mpeattie@btopenworld.com Henbury ‘Blaise’ Womens’ Institute meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm in Henbury Village Hall next to the church.

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What's On & Community News Visitors and new members are always welcome. Contact 0117 9629400 for more details or just come along� Coffee morning is held every Tuesday at St Mary’s Church, open to visitors each morning from 10.00am to 12.00 noon. All welcome (especially those with young children – toddler toys and books available). Our Bright Sparks Carer and Toddler group meets each Monday in term time at 1.30pm at St Marys, Stoke Bishop. 0117 9687449 for more details.

Trinity Henleaze Ladies Guild meets fortnightly on Monday evenings at 7.30pm in the Leonard Hall, Waterford Road. Good varied programme of speakers followed by tea and coffee. All are welcome. For further information contact Jenny on 0117 9620108.

St Peter’s Ladies Guild meets at 2.00 on the third Wednesday of the month at St Peter’s Church Hall, The Drive, Henleaze. Varied programme. All welcome. Further details from Wilma on 0117 9628895.

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

Knit and Natter. We invite you to join us every Thursday between 10am and 12 at the Methodist Church in Westbury on Trym. It is a sociable and informal time when you can chat while pursuing your choice of crafts. If you prefer we can provide patterns for knitting for charity. Tea and coffee will be available� Men at St. Peters (MASP) is a group which meets Saturday mornings at St Peter’s Hall, Henleaze. The meetings start at 8.30am with a full English breakfast. This is then followed by entertaining and interesting talks by a guest speaker. New members are always welcome.

Further information may be obtained from Keith Bonham tel 0117 968 4972.

Westbury on Trym Women’s Institute meets on the 3rd Monday of the month in the WoT Methodist Church Hall, next to the car park, at 2.00pm. We have a programme of varied speakers, outings, discussions etc. New members and visitors always welcome. For more info contact: Sue Murphy – Tel: 0117 950 2826.

Bristol U3A - a unique organisation offering friendship, fun and learning. If you have retired from full-time work and would like to learn a new skill, explore a new hobby, or just socialise - we have a wide range of groups and activities, including art, computing, languages, gardens, music, books, walking, science and current affairs. Come to Browns Restaurant, by the Museum, at 10.15am on the 3rd Wednesday & 4th Thursday of every month, details: Jenny 0117 9043697. Or our coffee morning and talk in the Broadmead Baptist Church on the 3rd Tuesday at 10.00am. Please visit our website: www.bristolu3a.org.uk.

Parish lunch come and join us at St Mary’s Church Stoke Bishop, every Thursday from 12.15. Includes three course buffet lunch.

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

Westbury-on-Trym Probus Club provides a meeting point for retired and semi-retired professional / business men and women, to promote social wellbeing through friendship, discussion and companionship. The club meets for lunch with a speaker on the third Thursday of every month at BAWA, Southmead Road, from midday. If you are interested contact Peter Wright on 0117 9624196 or email susanandpeterwright@blueyonder.co.uk.

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

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Lifeskills is holding a Healthy Ageing and Safety Event for older people on Thursday March 15th 2018 10:00am to 3:00pm Clubs, groups and individuals are welcome any time during the day Come and find out more about: Fire safety Avoiding scams Healthy eating Staying active Medication Home safety Memory cafes Falls prevention Legal advice And much more Stalls include: Bristol Staying Steady, LinkAge, RNLI, Avon & Somerset Police, Bristol Older People’s Forum, Avon Fire & Rescue Service, BRACE, Macmillan, Trading Standards, The Co-op and more

Venue: Lifeskills The Create Centre Smeaton Road Bristol BS1 6XN Tel: 0117 9224511 Email: louise@lifeskills-bristol.org.uk Parking at the Create Centre is limited so, where possible, use public transport and Park & Ride 83

What's On & Community News Hall, Waterford Road, Henleaze. For more information please call Monica Rudston 0117 942 6095.

Instep Club for Widows and Widowers. Weds evenings 8.00 -10.00 at Stoke Bishop Village Hall. Dancing - Ballroom and Sequence (If you haven’t danced for a long time, don’t worry, we will help you learn). Social activities Annual membership £8. Members: £3 per session.

Visitors welcome: £4 per session. Come in to see us or telephone Donna on 01275 832676 or Wilma on 0117 9628895 for information.

The Fielder Club is an association for local women - though friends and family are welcome at all events. Membership is £5 p.a. to cover delivery of quarterly programmes of events such as lunches, theatre, visits, talks and walks. Weekly/monthly sub-clubs of badminton, book group, bridge, discussions, Scrabble, skittles and whist. Thursday mornings 10.30 at The White Lion in Westbury on Trym and twice-monthly pub lunches. For more details, please contact Gloria on 0117 239 3376.

Henleaze Townswomen’s Guild meets on the first Wednesday of the month (except Aug) at St Peter’s Church Hall, The Drive, Henleaze.

Lady visitors are always most welcome to attend. Further details can be obtained by ringing Shirley Phillips on 0117 962 2243.

General Interests Clevedon Lions Club Annual Charity Classic Vehicle Event is held in support of the Children's Hospice takes place on Sunday 22 April starting at Wyevale Cadbury Garden Centre, Congresbury at 10.00, followed by a country drive from 12 noon to the Seafront at Clevedon for the public display of cars, vans & bikes in the afternoon. All vehicles must over 25 years old to join in. 160 vehicles took part last year, so it's a great day out to see some exceptionally well renovated old cars. Owners must pre book their vehicles and should contact clevedonlions@gmail. com for a booking form - also see the website lionsbrimar.org.uk for more information.

The Arts Society Bristol is Bristol's own society for those who enjoy the arts. Lectures are given monthly on a wide range of subjects

by specialists in their field. On 19 March the subject is "Faber & Faber - 90 Years of excellence in cover design". On 16 April it is "Lover, Teacher, Muse or Rival? Couples in Modern British Art". Lectures are held at 8pm in the University of Bristol School of Chemistry, Cantocks Close, BS8 1TS. For more information on lectures, study days and trips, visit our website www.theartssociety-bristol.org.uk Bristol French Circle. The Cercle français de Bristol is for all those who enjoy speaking and listening to French. We meet at BAWA on alternate Thursdays from October to May each year. Our programme is very varied and we have French speakers on a wide range of subjects. We also organise dinners in local restaurants and trips to see French films.

Whether you use your French frequently or studied it at school years ago and would like to dust it down, you will find a really warm welcome with us.For more details visit www. cfbristol.org.uk or email or call me if you have any questions: charlottejanetaylor@tiscali. co.uk / 07976 922636.

Bristol Bridge Club (BBC) Come and play…

Less experienced players: Mondays at 7.15pm and Fridays at 10.00am and 7.15pm.

More experienced players: Mondays and Wednesdays at 1.15pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7.15pm. Try a free taster session on a Monday afternoon or evening, or a Wednesday afternoon. No partner?

No problem� Either ring Stephen, the Club Manager, on the number below, or just turn up on any Monday or Wednesday session and the Director will find you a partner.

Improve your game… We offer a programme of lessons for beginners and more advanced players. Check our website for details: www. bristolbridgeclub.co.uk or contact 0117 929 1846 before coming along. Grenville Hall, Oldfield Road, Bristol BS8 4QQ. Westbury Art Club meets every Thursday evening from 7pm to 9pm at The Greenway Centre, Doncaster Rd, Southmead. We are a mixed ability group of artists For more details visit www.westburyartclub.org.uk, e-mail us at westburyart@blueyonder.co.uk or phone our club secretary on Bristol 0117962 9799.

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

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Westbury on Trym

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Outisde there is off road parking, a single garage and a 48ft x 30ft lawned rear garden. A welcoming, traditional family home in a lovely location. EPC: E

Stoke Bishop

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A rather special and individual 2 double bedroom, 2 reception room apartment, presented to the highest of standards and occupying the entire upper floor of this impressive detached period building, There is a ‘hidden’ private roof terrace, communal lawned front garden and off street parking. EPC: D

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What's On & Community News activities each week. We provide free Saturday observing at our observatory in Failand and often stage Star Parties in and around Bristol.

Friday evening talks are held at 7pm at Bristol Photographic Society, Montpelier, BS6 5EE. Details of all events are on our website: www. bristolastrosoc.org.uk - All welcome.

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

We play very friendly and informal games every Friday at the Beehive, Wellington Hill West, BS9 4QY from 2 to 4pm. For further info please contact Heddy Sara on 0117 9241318 and indicate when asked to give your name that you are phoning about scrabble in order not to be blocked. Or email : nigel.d.sara@ btinternet.com The Bus Pass Poets is a small, informal group of Bristol pensioners who write poetry. We meet once a month at branch libraries on local buys routes. Come along and read and share your own poetry to the group, whether it is a limerick, ballad, sonnet, humour or rap.

There are no enrolment fees or subscriptions.

Our next meetings are Wednesday February 14th at Henbury Library on Crow Lane (buses 1, 3 and 4), Friday March 16th at Westbury library on the corner of Falcondale Road and Canford Lane (buses 1, 11, 11a), and Friday April 20th at Bedminster library on Bedminster Parade (buses 75 and 76 from ther Centre). All meetings are 2.30 to 3.30.

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

The Raleigh Club is a small and welcoming, informal speaking and literary club. We meet in Westbury Village Hall at 7.30pm on the 2nd Friday of each month from October until April, with a dinner in May and an annual summer outing. It is a great opportunity to practice public speaking in a friendly and supportive environment. New members always welcome.

For more details please contact smigie2@ yahoo.co.uk or lorna.watson@btinternet. com.

Stoke Bishop & Sneyd Park Local History Group welcomes all to a series of talks at the Stoke Bishop Village Hall, 42 Stoke Hill, BS9 1EX. Talks start at 7.30pm and anyone interested in local history is welcome. Membership is just £6 p/a and visitors pay just £3 a meeting. For more details please visit www.stokebishop. org.uk/local_history_group, call 0117 968 6010 or email sblocalhistory@gmail.com.

Please do also contact us if you are clearing out documents and pictures of Stoke Bishop� Friendly Bridge SW is a welcoming Bridge Club that meets in Stoke Bishop Village Hall every Monday evening at 7:15. New players welcome, and you can come without a partner. Also available are bridge lessons for complete beginners or more experienced players. Contact Gareth on 07921-788605, email friendlybridgesw@gmail.com or visit friendlybridgesw.org.uk The Bristol Humanists is a local group for those who make sense of the world using reason & shared human values, who seek to live ethical lives on the basis of reason, humanity and respect for others, and who find meaning, beauty, and joy in the one life we have. We meet every month on the first Monday at 7.30pm in Kingsdown. Contact Margaret Dearnaley on 07986 555817 (evenings and weekends only) or email bristolhumanists@ gmail.com for more information.

The West Bristol History Group. Do you love to find out about our local history? We hold monthly talks on the 2nd Thursday of each month by excellent speakers – upstairs at the Friends’ Meeting House, Hampton Road, BS6 6JE - starting at 7.30pm. March 8th "The causes and consequences of the Bristol Riots of 1831" by Garry Atterton. Membership of our group is only £10 a year. Visitors pay £2 a meeting. For further information please contact Annette Martin on 0117 9793209 or Pat Walker on 07790 172451.

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

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

North West Bristol Camera Club is an enthusiastic group of amateur photographers who meet each Wednesday at 7:45pm at Westbury Fields. New members of any level of ability are most welcome. For details contact Pete on 07870 589555.

Got a speech to make? Bristol Speakers offers a relaxed environment to practise your public speaking. Learn how to construct and present a speech, gain knowledge from experienced speakers, and conquer your public speaking anxiety. Most of all, practise in a stress-free environment where members give helpful feedback. It’s a well-structured evening, fun and relaxed with a nice mix of people.

Meeting 7.30pm alternate Mondays at BAWA Southmead Rd. Contact Ben@Bristolspeakers. co.uk Disclaimer The Bristol Nine is published by Bristol Community Magazines Ltd (Co. No. 08448649, registered at 8 Sandyleaze, Westbury on Trym, Bristol, BS9 3PY). The views expressed by contributors or advertisers in The Bristol Nine are not necessarily those held by Bristol Community Magazines Ltd. The inclusion of any business or organisation in this magazine does not imply a recommendation of it, its aims or its methods. Bristol Community Magazines Ltd cannot be held responsible for information disclosed by advertisers, all of which are accepted in good faith. Reasonable efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this magazine but no liability can be accepted for any loss or inconvenience caused as a result of inclusion, error or omission. All content is the copyright of Bristol Community Magazines Ltd and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of Bristol Community Magazines.

Teaser; 8. 4,840 square yards; 9. Jack Regan and George Carter; 10. Brown; 11. Datsun.

Music 1. “West End Girls”; 2. 99 + 3 + 19 = 121; 3. The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr and Adam Clayton; 4. a) California, b) New York, c) Kansas; 5. “Making Movies” by Dire Straits, “So” by Peter Gabriel, c) “Band On The Run” by Paul McCartney & Wings; 6. Annie Nightingale; 7. “Whisky In The Jar”; 8.a) Jon Anderson, b) Brett Anderson, c) Ian Anderson; 9. 1964 and 2006; 10. New Order; 11. Enrique Iglesias.

Acronym Answers from page 24 1. North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 2. Bacon Lettuce Tomato, 3. Pay As You Earn, 4. RAdio Detection And Ranging, 5. Fear Of Missing Out, 6. Her Majesty’s Ship, 7. Estimated Time of Arrival, 8. Intelligent Quotient, 9. Anno Domini, 10. Stamped Addressed Envelope, 11.

Statutory Assessment Tests, 12. Unique Selling Point, 13 Universal Serial Bus, 14. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, 15. Grams per Square Metre.

Deadlines and Contact Details To be sure of inclusion in the April issue of the BS9 or BS6+8 magazines, either as an advertiser, or provider of a listing or article, your artwork / listing needs to be received and approved no later than 9th March. The deadline for inclusion in the May magazines is 10th April. Dated events and activities that take place before the 15th of the month should be submitted fore publication in the previous month's magazine to be sure of maximum publicity.

Do please get in touch if you are interested in advertising in The Bristol Nine and / The Bristol Six + Eight magazine, or if you have a not-for profit event, club, concert or activity you would like featured.

Quiz Answers from page 10 General Knowledge 1. The robin; 2. Bus 27 feet 6 inches, long jump 29 feet 4 and a quarter inches, penalty spot 36 feet; 3. Minsk; 4. the Bering Strait; 5. High Street, and the Red Lion; 6. 1987; 7. Brain 88

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Walbrook Services William Price & Co

Property & 59 Acco��oda�on Estate & Le�ng Agents Maggs & Allen 59

Anne Miller

34

Garden Maintenance

Blossom Gardening

Garden Services

Declan McManus

87 Finance, Legal & 54 Business Accountancy 57 Accountancy 4

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Graham Cook

14 Coaching

Garden Design & Mtce Red Oak Landscaping

Garden Machinery Lawncare

North Somerset Garden Machinery Green Thumb

Plants & Garden Supplies Garden Trappings Tree Surgeons

Crest Tree Services

Tree Surgeons

Neville Tree Services

Around the House Blinds & Shu�ers

UK Blinds Direct

54 Financial Advice

Grosvenor Consultancy

75 Financial Advice

Wealth West

81 Solicitors 71 Solicitors 87 Solicitors 69

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Bathrooms & Wetrooms Threesixty Services

12 Solicitors

Bathrooms & Wetrooms Paul Whi�aker

28

Cleaning Services

85

Estate Agents

Ocean

50

Schools & �duca�on

2,3 53

Devereux & Co

61

Lyons Solicitors

44 Childcare

Schools

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5

Schools

QEH

7

9 Electrical Services

Bonne Fresh Clean

19

Cleaning Services

Oven Cleaning Bristol

12 Yoga Classes

Urban Soul Beauty Therapy Sara‐jo Cameron

Cleaning Services

Oven Gleamers

40 Golf Clubs

Shirehampton Park GC

8 Electrical Services

The Piano Gallery

9

Home Gleamers

69

Cleaning Services

Avon Carpet Cleaning

17

Musical Instruments Cycle Servicing

45 Pain�ng & Decora�ng 22

57

Thornbury Stairli�s

60 Fitness Training

Handyman Services

Mar�n the Maintenance Man Tony Anderson

17 Hairdressing & Salons Evans Hair Design

81

62

Hairdressing & Salons Hair In Trym

42

Gi�s, Arts, Food & Retail Pubs & Restaurants

Pain�ng & Decora�ng

Boing Bicycles

The Iron Lady

Stairli�s

Handyman Services

Electrical Services

BS9 Fitness

Ironing Services

Rascals Holiday Childcare

81

Gary Castell

58

Daley Electrical Services

28

Trades Carpentry

42

20, 21

Richard Harding

AMD Solicitors

Veale Wasbrough Vizards 38, 39

92

Estate Agents

Cleaning Services

Cleaning Services

Beauty Treatments

25

Estate & Le�ng Agents C J Hole

Corfields

Fitness, Beauty, Sport 57 & Leisure

Carmens Cleaning Services

48, 49

Funeral Directors

MB Electrical

17

Lek Trix

19

Top Notch

4

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Sarah’s Decora�ng Services James Fox

17 67

Plastering

A & P Plastering

19

Plastering

Ar�orm Plastering

62

Plastering

McCall Plastering

87

Domes�c Appliance Repairs Locksmiths

AASP Domes�cs

19

LockRite

75

The Beehive

11

Upholstery / So� Furn

CAP

Upholstery / So� Furn

Nice Things for Nice Homes

4 Retail Outlets 42 Gi�s

The Mall Bristol Fashion Week Soggy Rabbit

89 Plumbing & Gas 30 Plumbing & Gas

Peter Harris

55

Window Cleaning

AquaTec

28 Jewellery and Gi�s

Kemps

65 Plumbing & Gas

S & P Plumbing Services Appliance Services

62 28

A & D Plumbing Services Shaun Doughton

58

Building Services Building & Construc�on BS7 Driveways

89

Building & Construc�on Garcia Building Services

24

Building & Construc�on L & P Brailsford

57

Garage Doors

Healthcare Services Home Care Services

Premier Homecare

Home Care Services

St Monica Trust

46, 47

Plumbing & Gas Plumbing

79

71 Home Care Services

Home Instead

Property Maintenance HAL Maintenance

33 Dental Care

The SmileSuite

27

Property Maintenance A & S Property Services

23

Property Maintenance Ace Preserva�on

22

Property Maintenance MSP Maintenance

87

Windows & Doors

Avonmouth Windows

61

Windows & Doors

Crystal Clear

13 Massage Therapists

Up & Over Doors

Plastering

14, 15

Chimney Sweeps Chimney Sweeps

Footcare

Bristol Foot Clinic

12

Footcare

Kathleen Nicholas

61 Rubbish Clearance

Sports Massage

Heather’s Sports Massage

42

Keon Williams

17 Garage Services

JSH Plastering

14

J Presland

64

75

Bristle Chimney Sweeping

19

Man & Van

81

Autotec

29

Waste & Rubbish

Cars & Motoring

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