The Bristol Nine - November 2015 by Andy Fraser

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A free community magazine delivered each month through 12,000 letterboxes across Stoke Bishop, Westbury on Trym, Sea Mills, Coombe Dingle, Henleaze and Sneyd Park. Inside this month - an introduction to footgolf, Bristol from a bus, Bristol from the Water Tower, tablets vs. laptops, fireworks, Christmas events, plastic bags, new film, new music, old music , the quiz, the prize wordsearch and lots of goings on.

The Editor’s Small Piece Hello there and welcome to a chunky November magazine. I was grateful for the clocks going back last night, even though the start of winter just gave me an extra hour of production time. The final assembly of the magazine often stretches into the wee small hours so an additional sixty minutes was most welcome. As we approach the festive season the number of events, shows, concerts and fairs starts to rise, and there are plenty of local activities listed this month to make a note of in your diaries. Henleaze Christmas Festival is on Wednesday 2nd December, Stoke Lane sees the arrival of FC on Saturday 12th December and he then reappears in Canford Lane at the Westbury Christmas Fayre on the 19th of December. Even before you dust off your mistletoe and polish your baubles there is much to get excited by in the form of Bonfire Night. The large Canford Park firework display, sponsored by Leese & Nagle, is on Saturday 7th November, the evening after Henleaze Infant School hold their traditional bonfire night party on 6th November. Do come along to any of these great community events and get into the end of year spirit. I hope you enjoy this issue - plenty to read this month and the chance to win tickets for a great seasonal open top bus tour of the city (see p 67). Cheers for now - Andy (the editor). How to get in touch— Tel: 0117 259 1964 (NEW NUMBER) Mob: 07845 986650 E: andy@bcmagazines.co.uk P: 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY Tw: @BS9Andy

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WESTBURY‐ON‐TRYM guide £500,000 Coniston Road. A well‐propor oned 4 bedroom, 2 recep on room semi‐ detached family home. Further benefi ng from oﬀ street parking, a garage & a level rear garden. Enjoys a fabulous loca on on a well‐regarded cul‐de‐sac backing onto the Coombe Dingle Sports Ground & enjoying open views to the rear and the convenience of the shops and ameni es of Stoke Lane nearby. A superb house with further poten al. EPC: D

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The Downs Recorder - Richard Bland Of Barbeques and Litter. Fires are not permitted by the Byelaws controlling activities on the Downs, and this probably goes back to the years when there was a lot of long grass and a lot of gorse on the Downs, and open fires were a danger. But BBQs are contained and safe, but because the DIY ones you buy have no legs, if they are not set on bricks or stones they burn the turf, and leave an ugly black rectangular hole that can take a year to recover fully. The Downs team are very good at putting in a little sterile soil and sowing a little grass seed to help recovery, but what they cannot do is ensure that the complex blend of native limestone plant species that still exist in many parts of the downs can easily spread back.

The Friends of the Downs run a Deep Litter Hunt on the last Saturday of every winter month, and in September the clumps of scrub around the new BBQ site were searched. There was the odd can and bottle, but it was clear that, in general, the system has worked. Either the litter had been left visible, and been collected in the normal way by the Downs team, or it had been taken home. There was one place where unused charcoal had been scattered, but, as a natural material, this will rapidly be incorporated in the soil.

Both these sites have a grass surface that is botanically poor, and easily repaired. The areas used for football pitches are rarely chosen for BBQ use as they feel rather exposed and barren, and I think people respect the need to maintain a good grass surface on them. The areas of the Downs that have somehow managed to retain a rich variety of native limestone grassland plants have been managed for the past twenty years as hay meadows. This means that they are cut once About five years a year only, usually in late July or August. This ago the Downs enables the plants to come into flower, and to set management seed, and for all the insects such as grasshoppers decided to try to and butterflies, and a huge variety of beetles and solve the spiders to live out their lives in a normal way. And problem by when it is hot enough for a BBQ, the grass is long declaring that an and often damp, and unsuitable for family party. area close to the Gully was an The Downs are for official BBQ area. people, and the They had cut management of a back a lot of vast number of scrub, put down competing a few slabs of interests is concrete on sophisticated and which the BBQs could be set, and put in a couple subtle. of bins. The area was not well signposted, and the wet summer of 2012 did not help, so this year The recent they tried a new system. They put down half a “Bristol dozen stout tables around Ladies Mile, with Murmura on” cement bases, and scattered rather odd notices on the Downs around the Downs with a map showing where the tables were. But they did not put down any rubbish bins, and there are none in the area. This If you enjoy the Downs, or use if for your carried one clear message; Take your litter home. sport, why not become a Friend? This summer has been a cool one, but on the few Membership is just £10. fine days several large family parties were seen Contact Robin Haward at making use of the facilities. robinhaward@blueyonder.co.uk

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Constituency Matters Charlotte Leslie MP As an MP, I am privileged to meet so many remarkable people doing valuable things, often without much reward. For some of them, the background is painful yet they keep on going, sometimes against the odds and often with their work being a constant reminder of their own personal anguish.

Thousands of grandchildren are missing out on the benefits full family access to their grandparents. Jane Jackson runs the Bristol Grandparents Support Group, and wants national change to the law, to put children first, in deciding family access rights.

Occasionally there are cases where children must be protected from family members, but One such person is Jane Jackson, a lovely lady where this is not the case, we should enshrine the children’s right to a full family life. I see so who lives in BS9 and who campaigns for the rights of grandparents to continue to see their many constituent cases where parents and grandchildren, often in cases where the family grandparents are not getting the access they should - and it is the children who miss out home has broken down. most. Family courts are notoriously hard to penetrate, but we must continue the battle to ensure that our children’s welfare comes first, when family relationships sadly break down. I will be helping Jane in her bid to change the law, and I will now be looking to international comparisons to find a solution. I doubt there will be a quick solution to this, but every long journey begins with a single step." In some cases the hostility of one of both marital partners to the other can lead to the parent with access effectively shutting out both their former partner and his or her extended family.

In the meantime, for all families – the majority thankfully – where relations between all parties are good and contact exists, please cherish this special bond, and give a thought to those like Jane who are not so fortunate.

As a result, almost by accident, grandparents lose access. In other cases, a family dispute between the grandparents and their child can lead to similar estrangement from the grandchildren.

If you are a grandparent affected by family breakdown, go to www.bristolgrandparentssupportgroup.co.uk

Sadly, in all these cases, the children lose out due to the failings of the adults and both Jane and I think this is not right.

Charlo e Leslie MP for Bristol North West

Grandparents play a massive role in the raising of a child and to deny this contact when it has nothing to do with the child in the first place seems plain wrong.

Oﬃce: 184 Henleaze Road, Henleaze, Bristol BS9 4NE 0117 962 9427 www.charlo eleslie.com E: charlo e.leslie.mp@parliament.uk

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Bristol from the bus A little survey for you. You’ve lived in Bristol for a chunky period of time. So how many of you have a) been around the harbour on a yellow Bristol ferry, b) been to Severn Beach on the railway, c) eaten at Bells Diner in Montpelier, and d) been on an open top bus tour of the city? Four great things to cross off your Bristolian bucket list. Done any? Maybe just the one?

personality and we never use scripts. The idea being that the passenger can sample many different guides throughout the day, as they hopon and off our buses, and get a different flavour of Bristol. “

The tour takes a rough figure of eight route around the city and although it starts and ends at the Centre (and on the tour I discovered why it is called the Centre) you can climb on and off any of the buses at any of the twenty stops. Traffic permitting the full tour takes about an hour and After over a quarter of a century in this wonderful a quarter, the first half taking in the SS Great city I can now say I’ve done all four, with a tour Britain, suspension bridge, the Downs and Clifton last week of the city in one of the instantly village and the second half covering Bristol recognisable open top red buses, crewed by Bridge, Broadmead, Temple Meads and St Mary driver Kate and guide David. And I’d heartily Redcliffe. “With a 'two day' valid ticket you recommend you don’t wait as long as I did get the best chance to explore this amazing city, because the tour is lovely, giving you a great and if you show your ticket to many attractions, opportunity to learn more about the city both cafes and restaurants around our route you from the knowledgeable guides and from simply qualify for some great discounts. “ seeing Bristol from a higher vantage point than you get as a pedestrian or a car-bound Sat atop the bus on a chilly afternoon, snug commuter. under one of the supplied blankets, I learned from cheery guide Dave stuff about “Bristol Time”, what happens at sunrise on Brunel’s birthday, why Finzels Reach is so called, what is likely to cause major traffic delays in the city centre for the next 18 months, and loads more. Bristol Insight are expanding their fleet in early 2016 with the addition of a fully closed, and half covered double decker buses - to offer "any I’d always assumed that the bus tours were run weather" tours. They also have 3 vintage buses by the council or tourist office but in fact they are and are building a new side to their business with provided by an independent local business, weddings and special occasions. One such Bristol Insight. To find out more I had a chat with special event will be a number of “Twilight and Managing Director Mary Cook. “We have recently Illuminations” tours on Fridays and Saturdays in come out of a large world-wide franchise and December. Check out the details opposite, and if have set up independently as Bristol Insight. We you’d like the chance to win tickets for one of want to be known as a real "Bristol" company and these festive tours do have a go at our Prize hope that we fit in with the independent 'vibe' Wordsearch on page 67 when you can win tickets that the city has. We are a very small team whose for two adults and two children, kindly donated main concern is to show everyone how by Bristol Insight. wonderful Bristol is!!!! We ONLY have live guides no cheap red headphones offering impersonal www.citysightseeingbristol.co.uk commentary! Each guide has their own 0117 403 1994

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203 Whiteladies Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2XT Is it just me or has Bristol City Centre suddenly sprung to life? Regeneration has largely concentrated on the Harbourside in the last twenty years or so with all the interesting developments clinging to the water. Yet all of a sudden (why does it always appear that way?) Bristol’s old commercial centre is buzzing with energy, cash and a new lease of life. With an integrated transport plan underway, and a city council demanding a leaner, greener, healthier place to live and work, the Old City feels as though it really is now on course to become Bristol’s ‘Covent Garden’. With an influx of students, first time buyers and young professionals in this cultural and historic centre comes a thirst for quality accommodation as well as cafes, restaurants and independent retail, like our vibrant and European style St Nicholas’ market. Cabot Circus and the Shopping Quarter are enjoying continued growth and there is no doubt that these new neighbourhoods around the High Street, Wine Street and Castle Park will seamlessly connect the city across to the waterfront. Exciting times for Bristol. Don’t you just love this city? Howard Davis MD Clifton

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For Sale Clifton - £269,950 A two bedroom retirement apartment in a very popular complex just off Whiteladies Road. Communal garden and car park as well as Residents Lounge. EPC C

SSTC - Sneyd Park Stunning views in this two bed apartment which is beautifully presented throughout. Off street parking for one car. EPC D

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SSTC - Stoke Bishop A detached three bedroom family home on a corner plot in Stoke Bishop. Extensive views and 18 metre private garden. EPC F

To Let City Centre - £1,300 pcm plus fees A unique opportunity to live in a stunning two double bedroom stunning triplex apartment in an historic building at the foot of Park Street. EPC D

Three bedroom ground floor purpose built flat. Garage and visitors parking as well as communal gardens. EPC E

To Let Clifton - £995 pcm plus fees Newly refurbished period conversion of stunning one bedroom apartments with brand new kitchens, bathrooms and boilers. Original features and decorated to a very high standard. EPC tbc

Clifton Lettings 0117 946 6588 www.cjhole.com

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Mrs PC - Friendly Computer Training

Desktop, Laptop or Tablet? Many of us started using computers at work, and when they were more widely available, bought home versions. This was usually a desktop with a keyboard, monitor, mouse and a tower. Many people still think of their computers as a work related item, and keep them in an office or spare bedroom or the top of the house. They confine their computing to email and the occasional browse of the Internet, and perhaps compose the occasional letter or store their photos. If this sounds like you, you are probably not making the most of your computer. It might also be the case that you bought your computer quite a while ago, and you might like to consider replacing it because it has become outdated or slow. There is such a choice nowadays, but it boils down to whether you choose to keep the conventional desktop in an office or move to a more portable machine like a laptop; or a tablet. There is nothing wrong with desktops though.

come with many usable ports such as USB and HDMI, so you can connect anything, even a TV. A tablet is the ultimate in portability. They won’t work without Wi-Fi though. You can plug in a separate keyboard if you want, but when you want to type with a tablet, a keyboard appears on the screen, so you don’t need a separate keyboard. Tablets are easy to use, but are designed for use with fingers not for touch typing, so they are not designed for writing long documents. Tablets are usually cheaper than laptops but iPads are the exception to this, but they are expensive for a reason- they are exceptionally easy to use and very reliable. You can do most computer activities on either device. Just because it is small, doesn’t mean that a tablet isn’t powerful. If you want something simple, a tablet could be for you. You will have to get used to the world of Apps- they are programmes that work well on your tablet to make browsing the Internet easier. So if you want to shop at Amazon, you need the Amazon App. If you really can’t decide, then you might consider having both or a hybrid device, which is a combination of small laptop and a tablet which can be used separately or together. The Microsoft Surface Pro is an example. They are usually expensive.

A desktop can be useful as the monitor is larger, and can display things clearly, which is handy if your vision is impaired, but also if you like to work on 2 things at once. Desktops can also have more storage capability and ports to connect to. If you have any questions about anything mentioned in this article, please don’t hesitate to Laptops are very powerful, portable and come ask. Email info@mrspc.co.uk. with a built in keyboard. If you are able to type, you will like this. If you are used to using a Happy computing! mouse, you can still plug one into a laptop, or you can learn to use the mousepad or trackpad. It is very useful to be able to use your laptop wherever you want to in your house, assuming you have Wi-Fi. The screen size can be large or smaller, but laptops with large screens are heavy, so not so easy to move about. You have more precise control over what you do on a laptop. You can install the Office software and use Word, Excel and other programmes, store your photos in folders of your choosing etc. You can also connect a multitude of things, from a camera memory card to a printer. Laptops, like desktops

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Guests coming for Christmas? Update that spare bedroom with some redecora on !

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The Veg Growers Diary - Reg Patch November is the time to be cutting back and covering up any tender plants, and moving any that are in pots that don’t tolerate freezing temperatures into the greenhouse for winter protection. Brassicas such as Brussels sprouts and kale are loved by the pigeons as well as myself, and they can easily decimate an entire crop in a very short space of time. To keep your plants safe cover them in netting, try using a finer net as this will deter smaller pests too. Keep an eye out if snow forecast as the weight can damage plants and netting, so best remove until weather improves. Stake top heavy brassicas and draw up the soil at the base to prevent wind rocking the plants and causing damage to the roots. Book of the Month “How to Create a New Vegetable Garden: Producing a Beautiful and Fruitful Garden From Scratch” by Charles Dowding £18. Charles draws on his many years of experience, to show us how easy it can be, to turn any plot into a productive and beautiful vegetable patch. His no nonsense and straightforward advice is the perfect starting point for both the novice or experienced gardener. This well laid out book is full of step by step advice on all aspects of starting a new project. It is also filled with the labour saving ideas and the techniques that Charles uses to garden so successfully. This book is beautifully illustrated throughout with photos and tales from Charles first year in his new vegetable garden.

Tidy away any canes used in the vegetable plot, store in a dry place for the following season. Now is a good time on a dry day to tidy the shed so that you’re all ready to go the following year. Autumn planted broad beans can go in now, but be aware in wet heavy soils germination might be lower than in more free draining conditions. Plants will be hardy to a degree, but in severe winters young plants will benefit from some protection of fleece. A good variety is Aquadulce Claudia with long pods and high yields. Mice can steal seeds soon after they are planted, so be wary and if necessary use traps.. just don’t let the wife know. Plant of the Month Parsnips are a delicious hardy winter vegetable with so many uses, enjoyed in hearty stews, casseroles, soups, and roasted. They can also be made into a scrumptious parsnip and maple syrup cake www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes. They are best left in the ground to be harvested after a hard frost, which turns the starches in the roots into sugar, developing a sweet nutty taste. Parsnip seeds are best sown in April when the ground has warmed up a tad, as they take a minimum of 30 days to germinate. Sow the seed in well drained finely raked soil in a sunny spot. If you have heavy clay or stony soil opt for a shorter rooted variety. Plant the seeds as per packet instructions and avoid a windy day, as the seed are so tiny and easily blown away on a breeze, I’ve learnt this the hard way! Also, keep your spectacles close to hand, as once sown the seed are devils to spot. Parsnips have undergone a change in the last 30 years or more, because there are now F1 hybrid varieties. These are very smooth skinned and shrug off diseases such as canker. A variety I’ve grown for many years is ‘Tender and True’ and its champion to enjoy them roasted with Christmas turkey and all the trimmings cooked by my dear lady wife, but harvested by me early on Christmas morning... you can’t get fresher than that! If you have access to well rotted manure spread over the surface of your vegetable plot to rot (Con nued on page 28)

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The Veg Growers Diary - Reg Patch down over the winter months. This is a lovely job to be done on a crisp and frosty morning and certainly gets the old circulation going. I love December with its lovely long evenings, Top Tip of the Month At this time of year there’s a bounty of free soil conditioner to be had right in your own back garden. Fallen leaves make fantastic leaf mould and if chopped up by the lawn mower first, they rot down and can be used in about a year. The best way to do this is to fill a black bin liner with as many as you can jam in, then moisten with a watering can as this will hep them to rot down. Use a garden fork to stab the bag a couple of times and store out the way until the leaf mould is ready to use. This valuable soil conditioner has so many uses, and is a great way of making a heap of leaves into something useful. Plus fallen leaves should always be raked off a lawn as they can adversely effect its condition.

giving me a good excuse to catch up on any TV that I’ve missed over the summer months. And reading all the garden books I always plan to read on a sunny day in the garden, but seem every time to get up and enjoy working in it more. Mrs P dabbles in some flower arranging and the like, and at this time of year often sends me out with the dog in search of fallen cones, moss and lichen coated logs, and old man’s beard and the like. I must say bringing a bit of the outside in at this time of year, makes me feel not so far from my garden... and the growing season to come. Next month I will share some of Mrs P’s tips and hints on dressing up your home for Christmas and making this special time of year very festive .. .. in a green and natural way. Until then don’t let any bad weather put you off getting out in your garden... wearing the proper gear to do so is the key. I’ve still got in the back of my shed, my hand knitted balaclava in abeyance yet to be used. I must be a hardy old chap.

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Music - with Duncan Haskell Album of the Month November Grey Tickles, Black Pressure by John Grant (Bella Union) Speaking about his third solo album, former Czars frontman John Grant has said, “I wanted to get moodier and angrier on this record.” When you also consider that the title is a combination of the literal translations of the Icelandic for ‘mid-life crisis’ and the Turkish for ‘nightmare’, you expect to find a bleak and melancholy hour awaiting you. Strangely though, what you’re actually faced with is a surprisingly uplifting record packed with grooves and giggles alike. Grant may well be trapped in a world of anxiety but he manages to disguise it under layers of squelchy synth and humorous lyrics. Snug Slacks is a funk-filled moment of wanton lust whereas You & Him is a hilarious diss track complete with the line “You seem like someone they should chemically castrate”. Whatever suffering Grant is going through he’s certainly enjoying it. Fans familiar with Grant’s previous albums will recognise the way he switches between electronic tracks and orchestral ballads and if anything he’s fine-tuned this process even further to discover a perfect sonic harmony. It sounds completely natural for the minimalistic beats of Voodoo Doll to lead into the stirring symphonies of Global Warming and Magma Arrives. Tracey Thorn makes an appearance on Disappointing, swapping lists of items which disappoint when compared with the smile of a loved one. To hear Grant master the nearimpossible rhyme of “Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Prokofiev/ Dostoevsky, Bulgakov, Vysotsky and Lev” provides a particular highlight on an album full of memorable moments. If the closing track Geraldine provides the strongest hint about Grant’s creeping paranoia, you’ve already heard enough mischief in the preceding music to know that all is far from lost.

Next Step Coles Corner by Richard Hawley (Mute) Just as the breakup of his band The Czars allowed John Grant to truly find his unique voice, Richard Hawley’s solo career dwarfs anything he achieved as a touring member of Pulp or as part of Longpigs. Coles Corner was his third fulllength release and as with Grey Tickles, Black Pressure, it is the record on which he mastered his sound. Rightfully nominated for the 2006 Mercury Prize, it is still Hawley’s finest release to date. There is a vintage sheen to the album which augments Hawley’s retro croon throughout. From the title track, an achingly sumptuous homage to his hometown Sheffield, right through to the final piano chime of Last Orders, Coles Corner is a record that resonates on every level. The precise orchestration on songs like The Ocean and Tonight carry you off whilst allowing each sentiment to linger. Fans of Roy Orbison, Scott Walker and Fred Neil will find a kindred spirit in Richard Hawley. Like them, his sorrow has a strength and dignity in it. Singing “don't look for me in lands of gold/ I won't be there I won't get old” on (Wading Through) the Waters Of My Time, the lament of the deceased have never sounded so beautiful.

Gig of the Month Richard Hawley @ Colston Hall, Monday 9th November Coincidentally, the man himself is returning to Bristol this month as he tours his new album Hollow Meadows. One thing which stands out when watching him play live is just how exceptional his guitar playing is, equally capable of creating a Duane Eddy-esque twang or painting huge walls of sound on his six-stringed ally. Hopefully he will mine his full back catalogue on the night, there’s plenty of great material to choose from.

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Planning For Inheritance Tax ‐ What To Do About The Family Home ? Part One. With residen al property prices seemingly booming again in BS9, more local families than ever will find themselves caught in the inheritance tax (IHT) net over the next few years. The new addi onal main residence nil rate band for inheritance tax will help, however we are s ll finding a high demand for planning around the family home ‐ par cularly where it represents a significant part of the estate and where there is a strong desire to maximise the amounts received by beneficiaries. There are three main op ons for IHT planning around the family home and this month we focus on planning via life me gi s. Gi ing of the main residence to, say, a son or daughter, and then con nuing to live in the property is not, in itself, effec ve for IHT planning due to the 'Gi With Reserva on' rules. As such, there are only really two effec ve gi ing op ons each of which has significant pros and cons; you can gi your home to your son/daughter but you must then pay them a full market rent for the privilege of con nued occupa on. The other op on is to gi a propor on of the property (say 50%), and live together with your son/ daughter as a close family and each pay a propor onate share of the outgoings. Other effec ve strategies to be considered are 'trading down' to a less expensive house and gi ing away the cash released. Alterna vely, you could take out an equity release arrangement and gi the funds raised to your beneficiaries. The debt caused by the life me mortgage would also reduce your taxable estate for IHT purposes.

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The No - Prize General Knowledge Quiz

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Time to jump start your cerebral cortex and give it a work-out. 15 questions for you - random in nature - with answers on page 100. Happy quizzing. 1. 2.

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Name the four member states of the EU beginning with the letter ‘S’. Name the lead singers of the Commodores, Joy Division and The Animals. In alphabetical order name the first and last of Jacob’s biblical sons. Name these hairstyles and the decades in which they were allegedly the height of fashion.

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In terms of surface area name the Earth’s smallest ocean and its largest sea. Which other UK city do you come to first, as the crow flies, if you head in the stated direction from the following UK cities:due north from Brighton; due east from Chester; due south from York; and due west from Sunderland (well done if you get any of these). Lonicera periclymenum is the Latin name for which (usually) fragrant climbing shrub. Name the plays of William Shakespeare from the following anagrams:ACT ONE AND ONLY A PART STEALTHIER NEWT CAUSAL JURIES ONE JILTED AMOUR REGAL KIN If you were at Giverny in France who or

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what would you be visiting? Who are featured on the reverse of the £5 note, the £10 note, the £20 note and the £50 note?

Name the capital cities of Bangladesh, Rwanda and New Zealand. Name the FA Cup winners in 1961, 1991 and 2011. Put these people in age order, starting with the youngest:Bruce Forsyth, Vera Lynne, Murray Walker, David Attenborough, Warren Mitchell In which year did “the summer of love” occur? In which English cities or towns would you find the following prisons?

Wormwood Scrubs

Strangeways

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Westbury on Trym Heritage Trail This month sees the launch of a new Westburyon-Trym Heritage Trail leaflet that provides a guide to a walk around this lovely part of BS9. Sponsored and produced by the Westbury-onTrym Business Association and funded through a Wellbeing Grant from the local Neighbourhood Partnership NP3, the Trail has been written by local historical author Veronica Bowerman with assistance from a number of local residents.

Many people from the community have helped with the project including Westbury Library, local businesses, schools, walkers, wildlife enthusiasts, local historians, photographers and numerous local residents of all ages.

This trail leaflet is now ready and available free of charge from web sites and at various locations including local libraries, shops and businesses throughout the area. With the help of the map and the appropriately numbered 1 - 26 suggested stops, the walker is taken on a circular tour to give an interesting and varied insight of historic Westbury on Trym. The trail guides walkers through some of the Conservation Area plus other fascinating, often hidden places that this unique ‘Village within the City’ has to offer. Black and white and coloured photographs help to highlight the development and diversity of the area. The Heritage Trail Leaflet also incudes suggested links to websites for walkers and readers who want to find out more information about the locations, further activities and relevant organisations. The walk can also be downloaded from the Neighbourhood Partnership website www.activenp.co.uk and The Bristol Nine website www.bcmagazines.co.uk. Care has been taken with health and safety issues to help walkers of all ages obtain the maximum enjoyment of the Village.

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Westbury-on-Trym £450,000 Three bedroom house Sold on the successful open day. Similar required. The original elements of this historic home are believed to have been built circa 1780. Nestled at the end of a pedestrian cul-de -sac only accessible from Chock Lane which winds into the historic village centre of Westbury-on-Trym. EPC – TBC

Westbury-on-Trym £430,000 Four bedroom house Sold on first day of viewings. Similar required. Carving along a stone walled raised path Chock Lane ends at 'Trym Road' which has the River Trym running alongside it. The elevated position of 11 Chock Lane gives an over whelming sense of light and space throughout. EPC – TBC

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Gardening with Cathy Lewis This month I’m singing the praises of the humble Berberis. This prickly shrub is so common in gardens and urban landscapes it has become almost invisible, but put it in the spotlight and its many virtues begin to be appreciated. (Close up of the Berberis flower, where the dainty flowers hang like earrings)

There are hundreds of different types of Berberis. Some, like Berberis darwinii, are evergreen, sporting small glossy leaves and a profusion of orange flowers in late spring. Others, like the many thunbergii varieties, are deciduous and come in a multitude of foliage colours ranging from lime green to marbled pink and burgundy. Most become even more colourful in autumn when the foliage takes on fiery hues, set off to perfection by bright berries. Berberis is pretty bomb-proof, being happy in most soil types and growing conditions. Many are medium to large shrubs but there are some that stay knee high such as (Branch with multiple red berries – the berries of Berberis ‘Georgei’ are a spectacular sight)

Berberis ‘Admiration’, or grow straight and narrow such as ‘Helmond Pillar’. Whatever their shape and size, Berberis can be pruned to within an inch of their lives or even shaped into topiary. Give some of the larger varieties a little space however and their natural form can really be appreciated. Berberis ‘Georgei’ is one such example. In autumn its elegant arching branches drip with elongated scarlet berries so spectacular it can stop you in your tracks. In some parts of the world the berries of Berberis have culinary uses. They have a sharp acid flavour comparable to citrus peel and are sometimes added to rice pilafs in Persian cookery and to jams in parts of Russia. (Purple leaved Berberis – Varie es of Berberis thunbergii have rich burgundy foliage)

The only down side to Berberis – unless you’re after a burgler-proof hedge – is its vicious prickles. If you need to prune it, move it or weed around it, handle with care!

Cathy Lewis, Dip. PSGD Cathy Lewis Gardens & Design Professional garden design, consultancy & maintenance Tel. 07985 008 585 www.cathylewisgardens.co.uk

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Henleaze Christmas Festival

through the crowds high fiving anyone who wants to be friendly.

Henleaze Christmas Festival is set this year for Wednesday 2nd December. The ever popular event will once more have an array of stalls selling everything from craft work, jewellery, ceramics and pottery to cakes, sweets, cheeses , and hand-made chocolates.

Food and drink of all sorts will be much in evidence with two fast food outlets selling roast pork, sausages and exotic burgers, as well as local restaurants and cafes opening for the evening and many businesses offering a welcoming glass of mulled wine and a mince pie.

There will be a childrens ride area in Cardigan Road which sees the return of the helter skelter and roundabout – a big attraction in previous years. And just nearby, in the Lloyds Bank car park, will be Father Christmas in his grotto.

Festival Prize Draw which raised money for local charities has some great prizes, donated by local businesses, starting with dinner for two and a night in luxury hotel Berwick Lodge. There`s also a hot air balloon flight courtesy of First Flight. Other prizes include hampers, champagne and prosecco, a basket of fruit, beauty products, a meal for 4, chocolates, toys, a shoe care kit, a “mystery” present from Bristol City FC, plus vouchers and gift cards. Last year over £2000 was raised.

Entertainment is a big feature of the festival, both in the Arena in Waterford Road and in the Bradbury Hall. This year there are some new faces with the Bristol Rock Choir and the Westbury Singers making their first appearances. The choir from Henleaze Junior School will open proceedings in the Arena at 4.00 pm with some traditional festive songs before the arrival of Father Christmas. Red Maids choir and handbell ringers will be performing in the Bradbury Hall shortly afterwards. Other entertainers include The Panama Jazz Band, the Hum and Drum Recorder Group, and SAMs band, who made their first appearance last year to much acclaim. The Festival would not be the same without the Salvation Army band who will play in the Arena and around the festival during the evening. The festival wraps up with community carol singing led by the choir from TrinityHenleaze Church. The two stilt walkers, Ritchie and Jamie, will be walking tall

The 2015 charities are: The Lord Mayor`s Appeal a charity which raises money to support the city`s poorest children at Christmas; Bristol Refugee Rights, a Bristol based charity which runs a Welcome Centre for asylum seekers and helps them to rebuild their lives; Raphael House, a home for 9 adults with learning difficulties who are helped to live as independently as possible, and Alive, a charity dedicated to improving the quality of life of older people in care. Tickets will be on sale at local shops and at the festival. Big crowds are once again expected and the organisers are taking steps to make it easier to get around the festival site. So the stalls in the lane between Dublin Crescent and Cardigan Road have been removed this year and transferred elsewhere around the festival. The aim is to make the lane, which is a convenient route between the two areas of the festival, less congested than t has been in previous years. The Festival Committee has also had to take steps to deal with the heavy flow of festival goers on the pavement between Waterford Road and Cardigan Road. They have asked businesses, who in the past have set up stalls on the pavement outside their shops, to move inside (Con nued on page 44)

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Henleaze Christmas Festival their premises in order to eased the congestion. “It`s a sign of the success of the festival and the popularity of what is on offer” said Festival Coordinator James Goodchild of Maggs and Allen, main sponsors of the event. “In order to fulfil health and safety requirements we have had to do something to limit the amount of congestion caused by the queues at the pavement stalls while other festival goers were trying to pass” he said. “The businesses have been understanding and will still be offering their popular wares - but away from the pavement” he added.

“There is a lot of work involved” says James Goodchild. He asks anyone who would like to be a part of running the festival to contact him at: As ever the Festival Committee are on the lookout for more volunteers to help organise and jgoodchild@maggsandallen.co.uk run the event. Support is not just needed on the night, helping to set up the festival and take it Henleaze Christmas Festival down at the end, but also to assist in the Wednesday 2nd December 16.00 to 20.00

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Final Salary Pensions ‐ are they right for everyone? Final Salary Pensions are usually quite rightly considered to be the ‘Rolls Royce’ of pensions. They are the schemes o en provided to employees of large firms, i.e. FTSE 100 private sector companies as well as public sector workers such as teachers, nurses, civil servants etc. The appeal for many is that the pension you receive from them is linked to your length of

service and salary. No stock market vola lity to worry about and for many people this provides a degree of ‘security’ which is very important. Of course they are not without issues; one being the liability such generous terms can give an employer or the state. People are living longer and with a guarantee to pay a pension for as

p47 long as someone lives, no ma er the cost, many schemes in the private sector have ‘funding holes’ and have been closed to current and new employees as the cost of the liability increases. So if you have such a scheme, you may be right in assuming you would want to hang on to it at all costs. Many feel the security of a pension in re rement is “not something you mess around with”. However part of the roll of a financial planner is knowing a client’s circumstances to the extent that you can discuss and ques on a client’s objec ves and at least consider any alterna ves. Some mes the best way forward is surprising and not in line with someone’s ini al thoughts. I remember a client of mine making the comment to me a few years ago, that I knew more about them than members of their family! Not all advisory companies get involved in assessing final salary pensions. The addi onal qualifica ons required and costs in terms of professional indemnity insurance alone, means it is not viable for many. However the risk there is that they may turn a blind eye to someone’s final salary scheme and in so doing might leave the client and themselves exposed. Take this example – Mr Smith is a single person with no dependents. He has 25 years’ service and membership of a final salary scheme which will provide an excellent pension for him in re rement of £20,000 p.a. He likes the security

this provides, but is concerned about his health having had 2 heart a acks last year. Had anyone asked for a transfer value they would have found out it was £333,000. The scheme rules dictate that on death a er re rement a 50% spouses pension (£10,000 p.a.) would be payable. Mr Smith re res at age 65, but dies 12 months later. Nothing is paid as he is single and his children are not dependent. One of his sons is a li le curious as he has a private pension of his own and is aware that on death either before or a er re rement the full value of his pension fund is passed on to whoever he wants to receive it. He men ons this to his father’s adviser, whose response is, “He could have transferred it to a private pension (£333,000) and this would have been paid out but I don’t get involved in that type of work!” Not much consola on to the children is it? Next month I will provide a few more scenarios where there are surprising advantages to in considering an alterna ve to a final salary scheme. It is extremely important to state that the above does not cons tute advice and because everyone’s circumstances are diﬀerent, it is always best to seek financial advice.

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Foot Golf Football fans of a certain age will doubtless remember Shoot magazine, the one that at the start of every season gave away a free League Ladder made of thin card complete with slot in tabs for all 92 league teams. It also contained a weekly cartoon on a football related issue. One that has always stuck in my mind was of a goalkeeper, facing a penalty wearing a huge pair of comedy gloves that filled the goal, and saying to the referee “There’s nothing in the rules that says you can’t”.

tensing with horror at the prospect at a group of lads hacking up and down their fairways and churning up the greens with their studded boots. But calm down I say. The footgolfer, who must wear flat soled shoes, tees off (or hoofs off, as I think it should be known) from a separate tee alongside the one used by traditional golfers, shares the fairway and then putts out on a separate green which displays two significant differences to the greens recommended by the R&A. Firstly the grass is cut to the length of your average lawn, and secondly, and more obviously, the green contains a hole that you could lose an average toddler in.

I thought of this cartoon last week when I visited The Bristol Golf Club just over the M5 at the Cribbs junction on the way to Easter Compton. As a mediocre golfer I’m often left wishing that the holes could be a little larger, and that if this was coupled with a ball that was easier to hit it would benefit my handicap hugely. Necessity being the mother of invention and all that, I guess it was only a matter of time until my prayers were answered - and they have been, in a funny sort of way. My sister and brother in law mentioned that they had recently played footgolf for the first time and that I’d probably love it. Watching it online I knew that they were right. Footgolf. Guess what. It’s a hybrid of those two great games - and you can now play it up at The Bristol. In very simple terms the golf ball is replaced with a standard football, the club is replaced with your right leg (or left peg if you are that way inclined), and the hole is replaced with, well, a hole - but one the size of a dustbin. This really appealed to me - so I went up to the course to get some tuition and to tee off .

Tuition isn’t really needed. In essence the game involves you kicking a football around a golf course in as few a kicks as possible and hope that your partner takes more shots, or hoofs, than you do. The Bristol course is a par 72 (you play the nine hole par 36 course twice) with a mixture of par 3’s, 4’s and 5’s, ranging from 55 yards to The game is played over nine or eighteen holes, 170 yards. That might not sound very long but and at The Bristol it utilises their par 3 course that having played I now have much more respect for “proper” golfers use. I can sense many a golfer (Con nued on page 60)

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The Plastic Bag levy - Councillor Glenise Morgan

Golden Hill. The management did in the end undertake to keep these areas clear and it looks so much better. And for many of us, won’t it be a Well, we are the last to join in, but finally England great relief to run down our stocks of old bags has joined Scotland, Wales and Ireland in trying that are stuffed into various corners of the house? to reduce our use of plastic bags by introducing a Always welcome at your local charity shop of 5p charge. course! I’m sure some of you have been converts for years. For others, I wonder how many of you have now got into the routine of using a ‘bag for life’ or reusing a plastic bag? It can take a while to break old habits. When I go over to Ireland, I try to remember to keep several large bags or a box in the car ready for the supermarket or fruit and veg shop, and to have an old bag stuffed in my handbag for emergencies, although the local Co-op sensibly leaves out old boxes for their customers. The Welsh have been doing this since 2011 and we’re told there is a 70-80% reduction in plastic bag use there. It does seem a shame to me that, not only are we the last in the UK to introduce this measure, we’re also not going the whole hog, despite the evidence. There is no charge if a business employs less than 250 people, and a number of, sometimes peculiar, exemptions are allowed – “unwrapped blades, including axes, knives and razor blades”! The general consensus seems to be that this is just adding unnecessary confusion – for both staff and customers - and I can’t see it lasting long but it’s a huge inefficiency and waste of resources.

More disappointing for me is that the 5p charge does not have to go towards reinvestment into energy-reducing or recycling projects. Will the Treasury put any of the projected £19m income per year gained through VAT towards renewable energy schemes? Are you aware that there is nothing in the legislation that requires shops to donate the 5p (less any administrative charge) to a ‘green’ or any other charity? No doubt customer pressure will ensure that charities do benefit but I hope people won’t be tempted to buy bags, as a positive way to support charities. It’s the reduction that’s the important thing! It’s great that we’re making a start on doing away with these blights on our countryside, parks and beaches but the recent publicity has reminded us of some of the horrible deaths plastic bags cause to wildlife and the damage to our eco-system. I and another member of Sustainable Henleaze went round Henleaze shops a number of years ago, surveying the use of plastic bags and asking if shopkeepers would try to reduce consumption by not automatically handing them out to customers. They were very co-operative; a few had already moved to paper ones.

So why don’t we carry over the good practice of not using a plastic bag in the big stores into the little ones in our area. Keep it simple! We could Lloyds in Henleaze have been charging for plastic ask our local small businesses to join the many bags for years and it certainly hasn’t harmed their others in the country who are signing up to the business. Most people do bring their own bag or charge voluntarily. Why wait for more take one of the boxes on offer. Of course, there legislation? Do you agree? Clare and I would will always be times when we do forget or make love to hear your views - do get in touch. an impulsive purchase, but the evidence is already out there that keeping it simple works. Glenise Morgan - Henleaze Councillor glenise.morgan@bristol.gov.uk Locally, my colleague Clare Campion-Smith and I were often contacted in the past about the Clare Campion-Smith - Lord Mayor of Bristol plastic bags blowing around on the grass verges, and Henleaze Councillor in hedges and caught up in bushes near Tesco at clare.campion-smith@bristol.gov.uk

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p54 The ground on which the tower sits has been a key part of bringing clean water into Bristol since 1848, when the land was brought by the newlyFeeling the pressure on top of Durdham Down founded Bristol Water Works. It formed part of Water Tower the 16km ‘line of works’ built in those early years of Bristol Water that Meet Sam Gillett, one brought clean fresh drinking water into the of Bristol Water’s Structures city from Chewton Maintenance Mendip. The tower, as we know it today, was Engineers, which means he spends his not built until 1954 and time crawling through Sam has to regularly the tunnels, inspecting inspect the structure reservoirs and climbing inside and out to ensure the towers that make it is up to scratch. up Bristol Water’s vast So what does a water tower actually do? Most infrastructure. This people reading this will know this of course, but week he was tasked with the inspection of the just in case, over to Sam….“Most people believe, iconic Durdham Down Tower. Built in 1954, the tower provides a key visual for those enjoying the probably having not thought about it much, that water tower only store’s water for the local area. wide open space of the Downs. And, as Sam knows more than most, if you ever get to the top And although there is some water stored it’s not much. In fact only 20 minutes supply in peak it provides stunning 360 degree views of the hours. What they primarily do is help maintain entire city.

Bristol from the Water Tower

p55 the pressure needed to all the homes and businesses in the area.” To provide that pressure the tower needs to be tall. Each foot of height provides 0.43 PSI (pounds per square Inch) of pressure. A typical municipal water supply runs at between 50 and 100 PSI (major appliances require at least 20 to 30 PSI). “It is not easy to maintain these structures but I love doing it, I feel really connected to the city and everyone in it – but the stairs get me every time,” said Sam. Blackboy Hill from the Water Tower

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Talking Pets with Viking Vets I was taking our two dogs for a walk this morning at Blaise park. It was one of those beautiful autumn mornings when the mist is still sitting over the grass and the sun is just burning through the mist. The grass is heavy with dew, and the buzzard is sweeping over the field. Taking the dogs out is a great joy even when it is raining, you just see things from a different perspective even when you do the same walk. At present we have two rescue dogs, one is an eight year old Labrador. We have had her for four years and she has been a divine dog, her only bad habit is poo eating, so we do not let her lick us! She is calm, kind and gentle. We also has a two year old Greyhound cross, who has been with us for a year. I am fairly sure she is crossed with a Border Collie, even if the DNA test suggested she had Bichon Frise ( I was checking out the DNA testing kits you get on the Internet, my conclusion was that you may want to save your money). She has the energy of the

Greyhound on walks, it is amazing to see her run. It is very rare that anybody can keep up with her, if she has nobody to run with at her speed, she will pester our other dog by dive bombing her. I wish the old dog would tell her off a bit more. In addition to the energy she is also very intelligent, which makes for a different challenge. She always need something to do otherwise she will get up to mischief. I feel that we have been living with a dog with ADHD for the last year. It has been exhausting, but also fun. Her redeeming feature is that she just want to be loved, and likes to lie on top of us while we watch telly, it is the only time she stays still. Taking on a rescue dog is a bit like buying a second hand car, you can never be sure of what you buy. I think it is essential to be clear in your expectations and also what you can offer the dog. Be honest with yourself about this, it is no

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Foot Golf (Con nued from page 48)

each other, getting some exercise and fresh air in lovely surroundings . I also had two deer run across in front of me on the second hole - so I had a couple of bambis but just the one birdie.

football goalies who can launch a goal-kick well into their opponents half.

I thoroughly enjoyed my introduction to footgolf and will definitely play again with the family. The course is open 7 days a week at certain times so While it might not have the tradition and check The Bristol Golf Course website for details etiquette that comes with real golf there are and available hoof-off times. For adults the cost is similarities. From a playing perspective you still £10 for 9 holes, £15 for the full 18 holes , and for have to weigh up how to play each shot - do you juniors it is £5 and £7.50 for 9 and 18. There are go aerial and chip the ball over a mound or “putt” also special rates and deals for groups and hen along the ground and read the contours? And, and stag nights are welcome. Now you wouldn't as I found out to my cost, there is still the find that at The Belfry. potential to make a complete horlicks of the game - I two putted from less than a yard i.e. the distance I had to kick the ball was less than the diameter of the hole size and I still missed. However there are clearly significant differences which make the game easier and more accessible. For starters you don’t have to lug a huge bag of expensive equipment around with you - all you need is a football (which can be supplied) and a foot or two. And if you are ambidextrous of the feet you have a natural advantage over golfers in that you can play your shot with either foot. Indeed this is the only issue you might face concerning club selection, so the speed of play is swifter too. Sure, the football is bigger than the golf ball, so you have to carry it round rather than pop it in your pocket, but it also has the advantage in that you’d do well, or rather very badly, to lose a ball in footgolf. The game is, dare I say it, a bit more family friendly than golf - not many youngsters, boys and girls, are brought up without kicking a football around and so the game of footgolf is accessible to all the family - it requires less strength, less dexterity, less formality and, unless you are really rubbish, less walking. I saw a dad and his two young sons having a whale of a time playing

Bristol Golf Club, Almondsbury, BS10 7TP

01454 620 000 www.bristolgolfclub.co.uk. (for the record I went round 9 holes in 3 over par including one birdie and one seven, and I also fell into a ditch trying to retrieve my ball very undignified).

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North Bristol Arts Trail

Many of our artists are recognised at local, regional and national levels for their art, craft or design work, others work on international If you’re looking for an antidote to Black Friday commissions. For some of these ambitious, full2015 then why not enjoy an alternative time artists, the Trail offers a network of likeexperience by following the North Bristol Art Trail minded people and also keeps them in contact over the weekend of 28th and 29th November? with a public. This long established trail offers an unhurried opportunity to buy original artwork from paintings and prints to stone sculptures and jewellery with a myriad objects between, to lift your spirits and soothe Lorna Rankin your brow. You can pay by via credit card, Bristol Pounds or old fashioned cash and cheques. Better still, you can receive a smile and chat about the work while you do! The areas of St Andrews, Bishopston, Westbury Park, Redland and Montpelier become alive as walking the Art Trail,’ carrying a Trail Map, is a passport to talking with neighbours, friends and even strangers! Look out for the venues such as St Bart’s Church at Venue 53 and again at Venue 44, 9 Burghley Road, where you can drop in to a lively programme of music alongside artists’ exhibitions. This year is the 13th Trail and NBA artists recognise that the enthusiasm and encouragement of the local community towards the Trail has been an inspiration and a guide in their development as artists. “I remember the first Trail that I did being amazing – such lovely feedback. The Trail has really given me a focus for each year’s work.” Mary Collett, printmaker

‘The Trail has allowed me to meet and enjoy the company of some fantastic local makers, who I might not have met otherwise!’ Chuck Elliott.

This year NBA artists have made great contributions back into the Bristol community. The new Southmead Hospital has not only bought a permanent collection of local art from NBA artists but hosts an on-going exhibition in the foyer which changes throughout the year. Art on the Platform, at Temple Meads train station, is another setting for several members work, offering a delightful welcome to Bristol’s visitors. Many of our artists were chosen as ‘Shaun the Sheep’ artists and had their ’Shauns’ in both Bristol and London, raising funds for Bristol’s Children’s Hospital.

Kathy Luders The skills of North Bristol artists are wide and varied from curating exhibitions, publishing books and starting new arts projects in education to community support and public works. The North Bristol Art trail is a time for every member to connect with the local community and share the wonderful wealth of art in the area.

‘Being one of the original Trail artists, it is wonderful to see how, with the public’s support, Over the past years galleries, studios and it has grown into a valued event in our local independent shops, such as those at ‘Gloucester Road Central’, have been set up by individual and calendar.’ Cath Read groups of artists to give a year-round showcase of local artists’ work. This has enlivened the area and made it a ‘go-to destination’ for art and The NBA website offers full details on every artist original gifts (Con nued on page 63)

p63 member, year round, while the Artists Profiles, Facebook and twitter will give you lots more exciting news of our projects and achievements.

The North Bristol Art Trail 10am – 6pm November 28th & 29th 2015, Preview night Nov 27th

www.northbristolartists.org.uk Jane Alexander

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Not an Oscar but a ‘Voscur’ for Home- Beverley Symonds, Home-Start Bristol Scheme Manager, was at the award ceremony to receive Start Bristol! People at local family support charity Home-Start Bristol were jumping for joy recently when they won a public vote and were chosen for the ‘Happy, Healthy Bristol’ award presented by Voscur, the organisation supporting voluntary work in Bristol.

the award. She said ‘We owe our success as a scheme to our volunteers – this award is recognition of the time and commitment they give to help others.’

Home-Start Bristol also have 18 new volunteers who Home-Start recruits and trains parents and have just started grandparents so that they can befriend their training. struggling families with young children. Jenny This means that Harris, who has done voluntary work for Homethere will soon be more than 90 experienced Start Bristol for the last twelve years, nominated parents ready to go out and help families in and the charity. She said ‘I have seen from the inside around Bristol to feel happier and healthier. what an impact this charity has on the health and That’s really something to celebrate! happiness of the parents who no longer feel alone, the children who are excited about the There is more information about Home-Start volunteer’s visit each week – and the volunteers Bristol on the charity’s website: themselves. It is so rewarding to be able to make www.homestartbristol.org.uk . You could also a difference for people who are going through visit the charity’s Facebook page or follow them hard times.’ on Twitter: www.twitter.com@HSBristol

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Prize Wordsearch The people at Bristol Insight, who feature on page 14, have kindly sponsored the Prize Wordsearch this month, with tickets for two adults and two children aboard one of their Twilight Illumination tours of Bristol up for grabs. These must be used on either Friday 5th December or Friday 12th December, so the closing date for the competition is Wednesday 28th November. Listed below are seventeen well known Bristol landmarks. Sixteen of them are hidden in the wordsearch grid and can be found written forwards, backwards, up, down or on a diagonal. Just work out the missing landmark and let me know which it is. First correct entry out of the hat wins the tickets for the terrific open top bus tour. Send your entries to 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY, email andy@bcmagazines.co.uk, phone 0117 259 1964 (new number), text 07845 986650 or tweet @BS9Andy. Right, here are your 17 landmarks to look for best of luck Avon Gorge Brandon Hill Cabot Tower Castle Park College Green Lead Shot Tower M Shed Park Street Queens Square St Mary Redcliffe Temple Meads The Downs Thekla The Old Duke Watershed Welshback Wills Memorial Congratulations to the winner of the September competition. Amber Garton wins herself 4 tickets to the Orpheus cinema in Henleaze for correctly spotting that my favourite subject at school was Economics. Thanks to all who took part of course - and better luck this time around.

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Acupuncture Acupuncture is a tried and tested system of medicine. Acupuncture and herbal medicine are the two key components of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which is the world’s oldest continuously practiced professional medical system with detailed textbooks dating back 2,500 years. Its beneficial effects are now widely recognised. According to Chinese medicine theory, our health is dependent on the body's motivating energy – Qi (also spells as Chi in the West) moving in a smooth and balanced way through a series of channels. Inserting fine needles into the specific points can stimulate the body's own healing response and help to restore its natural balance. The principle aim of acupuncture is to treat the person as a whole and by doing so recover the equilibrium of the body, mind and spirit. Research has shown that acupuncture can help to regulate brain chemicals and hormones, strengthen the immune system, improve blood circulation and enhance the repair of damaged or inflamed tissues. Acupuncture can be beneficial for a wide range of conditions including musculoskeletal, neurological, gynaecological/fertility, pregnancy and childbirth, respiratory, gastrointestinal, ENT, mental health, and other miscellaneous conditions. For example, you can use acupuncture to enhance fertility. It is a very holistic approach, compared with fertility treatment from conventional medicine. However acupuncture has been proven to boost IVF success rate, by improving the reproductive system’s blood flow to the endometrium and ovaries; improving the quality of eggs and sperm; balancing hormone levels; minimising the side effects of IVF drugs etc.

To arrange an acupuncture consultation please get in touch with our practitioners Sarah May and Ying Liu.

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Community Fireworks in Henleaze

The event will be run by parents volunteers for the benefit of Henleaze Infants School and a donation from the profits raised will be made to each of the schools involved. At Henleaze Infants, it is hoped that the funds will contribute to a new outdoor play structure encouraging active play. At Claremont and Westbury Park schools, funds will go towards valuable equipment and resources to enhance the children’s leaning and enjoyment.

The Henleaze Infants School Fireworks Spectacular, a popular family-friendly event in the local area is once again, open to the local community. The display, kindly sponsored by Maggs & Allen, will be taking place on the Henleaze Junior School field on Friday 6th November. Gates on Park Grove will open at 6pm, along with a bar and food stalls. The display will start at 7pm. Parent volunteer Lucy Bendon says “We’re lucky to have such a large school playing field allowing us to safely enjoy an exciting large display within Henleaze Fireworks Spectacular has gained a the warm friendly atmosphere of our school. reputation as a dazzling, high-quality display, visible for miles. For the first time neighbouring We’re looking forward to sharing this lovely schools that do not have their own displays are event with the wider community.” teaming up with Henleaze Infants. Westbury Park Primary, Claremont Primary and Henleaze To add to the excitement there will be hot dogs, veggie dogs, burgers, mulled wine, beer, soft Juniors are selling tickets directly to pupil’s drinks, glow sticks, and sweets available to buy families, bringing together four school on the night. Please be aware that any street communities. Local residents and children attending other schools are also very welcome to sellers outside of the school gates are not connected with the school. Advance tickets cost attend. Advance tickets can be purchased from £4 for adults (£5 on the night) and £2 for children the popular Henleaze Road eateries, Chandos Deli and the Eastfield Inn. Tickets will also be (£3 on the night), and pre-school aged children are free. available on the gate, located on Park Grove.

The Bristol NHW Network 2016 calendar is now on sale! There are beau ful photographs of Bristol, and once again useful crime preven on safety ps have been included as well as the popular ‘Spot the Landmark’ compe on, with prizes for the top winning entries. Calendars cost £2.50 each and Order Forms can be downloaded on our website: www.bristolnhwnetwork.org.uk in addi on to local police sta ons, there are pick up points in Stoke Bishop, Henleaze Westbury and Bishopston to save people having to pay postage costs. However, calendars can be posted if you send an A4 size, self addressed, stamped envelope or we will provide the envelope if you send a s cky self addressed label together with stamps to cover the cost of postage.

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At the cinema with Chris Worthington

Suffragette - Directed By Sarah Gavron A film about the suffragette movement is long overdue and this is the first feature film about the movement. Until now film coverage has been very limited. Several short satirical comedy films were made in 1913 and a television film was made in the UK in 1951. The suffragette movement is strongly associated with Emmeline Pankhurst, the charismatic leader of the movement in the UK. However it was a worldwide movement with major suffragette organisations established in the USA, Ireland, New Zealand and several European countries from 1850 onwards. Emmeline Pankhurst was rejected by the newly formed Independent Labour Party because of her gender and she then formed the Women’s Social and Political Union in 1903. This was an all women suffrage advocacy organisation dedicated to “deeds not words”. It became known for physical confrontations including smashing windows, arson, use of explosives and assaulting police officers. The film takes up the story through the radicalisation of a group of women working in a laundry in London in the early 20th century. The main character, Maud Watts, played by Carey Mulligan, is a one of the laundry workers. She is struggling to cope with the exploitative working conditions and looking after her sick young son. Her husband Sonny is sympathetic but finds it hard to depart from the traditional role of

husband and father. Maud is drawn more deeply into the activities of the radical wing of the suffragette movement through her friendship with Edith Ellyn, the pharmacist who is treating her son’s illness played by Helena Bonham Carter. The period setting is excellent and the soundtrack composed by Alexandre Desplat helps to build the dramatic tension as the group get involved in more extreme forms of protest. They soon attract the unwelcome attention of a police surveillance operation. Brendan Gleeson is well cast as the police inspector who has recently returned from similar duties in Northern Ireland. As the situation becomes more serious politicians including Lloyd George begin to take an interest. A parliamentary committee agrees to take statements from the suffragettes and Maud discovers a talent for public speaking when she deputises for a friend who has been beaten up by her husband. Despite increasing pressure at work and at home Maud soldiers on and attends a rally to hear a speech by Emmeline Pankhurst. The speech is a charismatic performance by Meryl Streep and this is the only time that she appears in the film. The film could have been based on the life of Emmeline Pankhurst whose husband and daughters were all involved in radical politics. However basing the film on a group of laundry workers works very well because it highlights the conflict and difficulties that they faced in their personal lives because of their involvement with radical politics. Towards the end of the film there is dramatic scene at the Epsom Derby when one of the group is killed by stepping in front of the King’s horse. The funeral of Emily Davison was attended by thousands of people. Women aged over twenty one finally got the vote in the UK in 1928. Now the only countries in the world where women do not have any voting rights are Saudi Arabia and the Vatican. Chris Worthington chrisworthington32@yahoo.com

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Life at the Botanic Gardens Memories of the summer gone. I love autumn, the slowing down of the season and summer a memory. If the year was one day then autumn would be that time in the evening when you’ve had a meal and are reading a book or watching a show on telly silently reflecting on the day just gone. Of course, in the Garden we can’t be resting right now, but I like to think the plants are evaluating their summer before most of them become dormant for the winter.

The second inspirational visitor was Monty Don, the nation’s head gardener who delivered two talks in July. Monty’s lectures were entitled ‘Why Garden?’ and gave the audience an idea of the powerful healing properties of gardening and a step by step walk through of the planning and development of Longmeadow garden in Herefordshire. Monty felt that gardeners are conductors rather than controllers, gently encouraging plants to express themselves and create a natural symphony in the borders. This ethos meant that he was receptive to new arrivals (weeds), an idea that went down well with the audience!

My memory of summer in the Botanic Garden is of a bit of a classic with two visitors standing out. Firstly was the visit of Shaun of the jungle as part of the Shaun in the City trail around Bristol. Shaun attracted thousands of visitors many of whom returned to see the Garden and will have left knowing more about the world of plants than when they arrived. The diverse population of Bristol arrived, many with the same exclamation “I didn’t realise Bristol had a Botanic Garden” as they posed for selfies with Shaun.

The leaves of 2015 sit under the trees like a shadow of the summer gone, the plants have their metaphorical feet up, take a well-earned break and think of spring. While the plants are dormant we spend the winter preparing the ground for next year with landscaping projects, teaching continues in our study room and at the University Life Sciences building and the seasons move us on.

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however bleak life might be. For more details about us visit www.bristolcads.org.uk Tickets £10. 25th – 28th November. 7.30pm www.almataverntheatre.co.uk NOVA, Bristol’s new specialist early music vocal ensemble, invite you to Requiem. Renaissance masterpieces on a remembrance theme by Josquin, Binchois, Ockeghem, Clemens and Duarte Lobo. Sunday November 15th at All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton BS8 3ED. 7.30pm. Programmes £5 at the door. More on www.choirsites.co.uk/Nova

Come and Sing: 'A Ceremony of Carols' by Benjamin Britten. The Bristol Ensemble's adult education project, All 4 Music, is holding a Come and Sing day on November 28th 10am - 4pm at St Monica Trust in Westbury-on-Trym. Join us at the outset of advent as we welcome Steven Theatre, Concerts & Music Kings to direct us through the entirety of this enchanting work. The day will culminate in an informal performance featuring local soloists. Bristol Phoenix Choir presents Great Choral Tickets for the day are £27.50 with earlybird and Classics at St Mary Redcliffe on Saturday 14th November at 7.30pm. A special selection of some group discounts available. Find out more and book online at www.all4music.co.uk or email of the best, and most loved, music of the past dylanmljones@gmail.com 350 years. We will be featuring everything from the serenity of Mozart’s Ave verum and Brahms’s Westbury on Trym Methodist Church How lovely are thy dwellings to the ceremonial Orchestra are a group of instrumentalists of all splendour of two of the Handel coronation ages who play for morning worship once a anthems, Zadok the Priest and The King shall rejoice, plus two of I was glad for the price of one month. Our rehearsal time is before the service from 10am. If you play any orchestral instrument, – the ever popular Parry and the dancing and but particularly violin, you are very welcome to joyous Purcell. Also featured is music by join us. Experience of orchestral playing is not Stanford, Elgar, the beautiful Crucifixus by essential, but you will need to be able to read Antonio Lotti, Haydn’s Little Organ Mass and music. We are a friendly and helpful group, who Mendelssohn’s Hear my prayer, which includes enjoy playing together. Parts are always perhaps his most popular tune, ‘O for the wings provided for personal practice. To find out more of a dove’. The famous solo will be sung by telephone 9686589. Madeleine Lloyd, last year’s Head Chorister at Bristol Cathedral. Tickets £12.50, under 16’s free, Saturday 5th December 'A Festive Night at the available from Opera' 7.30pm at St Mary Magdalene, Stoke tickets@bristolphoenixchoir.org.uk, 07779 915155 or Opus 13, St Michael’s Hill. Bishop. Featuring soloists from Welsh National Opera- Tickets £10 until 1st December - £15 on Clifton Amateur Dramatics presents “Off the door (10% group discount for 10+). White Horse “written by Adam Wells. Between a mother who had an affair three years ago, a Come and Sing: 'A Ceremony of Carols' by youngest daughter who hates her father and a Benjamin Britten. The Bristol Ensemble's adult heavily autistic oldest daughter, life in the Liddell education project, All 4 Music, is holding a Come family isn’t easy. Enter Olivia, a vindictive and and Sing day on November 28th 10am - 4pm at manipulative aunt, and latent tensions within the St Monica Trust in Westbury-on-Trym. Join us at family bubble over and erupt with violent the outset of advent as we welcome Steven consequences. The Off-White Horse explores Kings to direct us through the entirety of this themes of family ties, loyalty, sacrifice and the enchanting work. The day will culminate in an importance of getting by one way or another informal performance featuring local soloists.

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What’s On & Community News Tickets for the day are £27.50 with earlybird and group discounts available. Find out more and book online at www.all4music.co.uk or email dylanmljones@gmail.com In the season of Remembrance, Bristol Bach Choir proudly presents an evening of comfort, consolation and hope. Faure's incomparably beautiful Requiem will resonate from the four corners of the stunning church of St Mary Redcliffe, as it beguiles and inspires the listener. Herbert Howell's a cappella Requiem has been described as "one of the most beautiful and searingly moving works in the entire English sacred musical canon" (Charlotte Gardner, BBC). Similarly, his majestic and deeply profound anthem Take him earth for cherishing, composed following the death of President John F Kennedy, exhibits music of the most astonishing depth, colour and imagination. Saturday 7 November 2015 7.30pm, St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol. Tickets from £10: students and under 18s, £5

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 £40 per term. There is no audition. We sing mainly choral music but we also sing carols, songs from musicals, gospel and folk songs. Contact Maggie Cavanna 0117 973 4794 or secretary@henburysingers.org or just come along on 24th September for a free ‘Taster Session’. www.henburysingers.org Local choir City Voices Bristol are delighted to present ‘It's Christmas’ – a wonderful mix of fun and uplifting songs from near and far, which are guaranteed to liven up any winter evening. St Georges Hall. 12th December 7pm. Tickets available via St George's Hall Box office and at www.cityvoicesbristol.com The Elgar Society is dedicated to promoting the works of Sir Edward Elgar, our greatest English composer. Our next meeting is on Saturday 28 November at 2.15 at the Bristol Music Club, 76 St Paul’s Road, BS8 1LP. Limited free parking is available at 1 Pembroke Road. Admission for visitors costs £3.00 including refreshments. Our speaker will be Dr Christopher Redwood, our branch Chairman. Christopher is an authority on English music, and is the author of ‘Elgar Companion’ and ‘Delius Companion’. He will speak about the music that Elgar is likely to have listened to as he developed his skills. FFI visit www.elgar.org/elgarsoc/branches/south-western

Concert event with a Singalong, featuring The Mosaic Singers and The Filtonaires. Saturday November 7th, 7.30pm at St Mary Magdalene Church Hall, Stoke Bishop, BS9 1QJ. Tickets £6.00 including glass of wine and nibbles during the interval. All profit to Wateraid. For more details contact David Vicary on 950 2232 or Mike Bullas on 962 3465. Concert promoted by Onen Hag Oll, West Bristol Orchestra. A chamber orchestra, a not for profit company dedicated to helping playing a wide range of classical music arranged charity fund raising. for the smaller orchestra, meets at the United Bristol Cabot Choir invite you to their Christmas Reformed Church, Muller Road on Thursdays Concert on Monday, 14 December 2015 at 7.30 7.15pm.to 9.15pm. Additional string players of pm at Bristol Cathedral, College Green, BS1 5TJ. Grade5+ standard welcomed. Experience of Conducted by their Musical Director, Rebecca orchestral playing not essential. For more info Holdeman, with the wonderful Bristol Brass please contact the Secretary on 968 3998. Consort and Joachim Schwander, Organ, their programme will feature the Gloria from Bach’s B 'Vocal Harmony' - an exciting contemporary Minor Mass, Haydn’s Te Deum, Lauridsen’s O choir based in Bristol. Meet new people, learn Magnum Mysterium and a mix of traditional and contemporary songs and have a lot of fun along modern carols for choir, brass and audience. the way! You do not need to read music and Charity No. 1162680. Tickets: Reserved £15 - there is no audition. We sing modern music by Unreserved £10/£5 (under 18s) From Opus 13, 14 the likes of Adele, Michael Jackson, Stevie St. Michael’s Hill, Bristol BS2 8DT Ticket Line 0117 Wonder, Take That, Queen, all parts are taught in 923 0164 or tickets online at call and response. We run three 10 week terms, of each term. Our www.bristolcabotchoir.org (+10% Booking Fee). with a performance at the end rd Sept 7:30pm at new term starts on Weds 23 Retiring Collection for Bristol Samaritans. See us Fairfield High School (BS7 9NL). Contact on Facebook. eliza@vocalharmonychoir.co.uk for more details or check out www.vocalharmonychoir.co.uk

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“Timeless Musicals” on Friday 27th & Saturday 28th November 2015 at the Public Hall, Station Road, Shirehampton Doors Open at 7pm The Grainger Player’s invite you to a wonderful evening full of variety, come along and bring the whole family, join in the fun and all for a bargain price of £5.00 per cket, which also include refreshments during the interval. Tickets can be purchased from the friendly staﬀ of “A Nigh ngale Electrical Store, Shirehampton” and of course also on the door on show night. We look forward to seeing you on the night and would like to thank you for your con nued support

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What’s On & Community News Henleaze Ladies Choir is a friendly and welcoming group which meets in St Peters Church Hall, Henleaze, on Thurs between September and May from 1.45 – 3.45 pm (with a short break for tea). We give 2 charity concerts a year in December and May in St Peters Church Hall 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 951 1430 or 07752 332278) or Jean Wickham (0117 962 4466):

587424 www.outtheremusicbristol.co.uk The Mosaic Singers are a compact group sharing a love of performing in concerts. With a broadly light repertoire, we aim to provide great entertainment in support of good causes. We rehearse at St Mary Magdalene's church hall, Stoke Bishop and new members are assured of a friendly welcome. Why not 'phone Mike on 9623465 or 07929 622 485? Stoke Bishop Ladies Choir meet 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 (Christmas and Easter) to raise money for charity. Please contact Maureen on 9567894 or Carolyn on 2791409 for more information. Gardening & Horticulture

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 More information via m.h.morse@btinternet.com, www.bristolcabotchoir.org; or Facebook.

Friends of the University of Bristol Botanic Gardens Lecture: The Gardens of English Heritage - Christopher Weddell. 19 November 2015, 7.30 pm -9.00pm. With 11 major garden sites, from Belsay in Northumberland to Osborne on the Isle of Wight, the gardens of English Heritage provide a remarkable cross section of Bristol Cathedral Choir School Choral Society garden and social history, presentation and design styles, and horticultural challenges. Be is always looking for new singers to join our prepared for a whistle-stop tour from choir! We are an enthusiastic amateur choir Elizabethan England to the 1930s taking in an specialising mainly in classical works (ancient to eclectic range of people, gardens and plants. modern). We are loosely associated with the Christopher Weddell is the Senior Gardens Choir School, joining in with some of their concerts and using the school (on College Green) Advisor for English Heritage. Venue: The Frank for practice on Wednesday evenings. There is no Theatre, Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL. Admission: free to audition and no requirement for musical Friends on production of their membership card; expertise. Contact Matthew Smith visitors will be asked for a donation (suggested mattmsmith@virginmedia.com if you are £5). Attendees can use any University car park: interested. the nearest are in University Walk and The Hawthorns. Out There Music Bristol Children's Choir has been running for eight years and we have Sea Mills Garden Club holds its regular monthly recently moved to Cotham School. The new meetings, every 3rd Wednesday at Sea Mills rehearsal facility is amazing and is helping build the Choir into something quite special. Founded Methodist Rooms, Sea Mills Square at 7.30 pm. by local musician Tom Jones, the Choir is open to Our next talk is on 18th November - Summer children age 7-13 from any school in Bristol. We Tranquillity in 10 Days with David Manners. Visitors always welcome at £2 per meeting. meet every Wednesday in term time in the Performing Arts Studio, Cotham School, BS6 6DT Hope to see you there. FFI contact Annet 0117 3738038 or Esme 0117 9682571 from 4.45pm – 6.00pm. Come along to a free taster session before deciding whether to Henleaze & District Flower Club meets on the audition. We sing songs that children are guaranteed to love and we always have fun! For second and fourth Thursdays of the month at Bradbury Hall, Waterford Road in Henleaze. more information contact Holly Shannon on Flower demonstrations are held on the second admin@outtheremusicbristol.co.uk / 07866

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Come & meet our donkey guests!

Admission Free

WINTER WARMER (Christmas Sale) Saturday 21st November 11.30am ‐ 3.00pm

Cra s Books ‐ Cakes ‐ Gi s ‐ Toys Tea, Coﬀee, Cakes, Bric‐a‐Brac ‐ Raﬄe Lunch and Candles seasonal Tombola refreshments St Mary Magdalene Church Games Mariners Drive Stoke Bishop BS9 1QJ

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What’s On & Community News Thursday and practice classes on the fourth Thursday. New members always welcome. 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 4 informative newsletters a year, and regular events on the reserve. Check the website www.spnaturereserve.com for more details and to download an application form to become a Friend. Henleaze Garden Club is a thriving club for anyone interested in anything to do with gardening! We meet 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. Expert speakers, a quarterly newsletter, and great Christmas event. Annual membership is £20 plus a £1 per visit, visitors are most welcome at £5 per visit. Contact Brian Dury on 9621227 or www.henleazegardenclub.co.uk for more info. Fitness, Health, Walking & Dancing Westbury Walkers is a group of walkers who assemble at Lloyds Chemist Canford Lane Westbury on Trym. We meet usually at 9.30am on a Tuesday morning. New walkers always welcome. If you would like details of any of our forthcoming walks please contact Jean Maish 0117 3301194 / 07789 741892, email jmaish@blueyonder.co.uk, or Pam Henderson 0117 9624329 / 07837 857033. Dance fitness - for flexibility, co-ordination and body conditioning, exercise to music every Tuesday, 2pm - 3pm at Filton Folk Centre, Elm Park, BS34 7PS. Have fun whilst keeping fit, all abilities welcome. For further information, contact Eileen Scott, 07969929733 / email scottyartois@hotmail.com, visit www.emdp.org or Facebook www.facebook.com/ KFAMovesAvon Moves Fitness - exercise to music for all ages and fitness levels at St. Peter's Church Hall, Henleaze, every Wednesday morning from 10am to 11am. The class carries on throughout the summer. The session consists of structured and

enjoyable routines designed to promote overall fitness and mobility. You put as much energy as you feel like it on the day and you should leave feeling great. This is a friendly welcoming class come and give it a try - £5 per session. Phone Jane on 9681042 for more information, website www.movesfitness.com Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing (TMW) is a specially developed sequence of movements which promotes physical, mental and emotional health. Based on the essential elements of both Tai Chi and Chi Kung, the simple TMW sequence is easy to learn, allowing greater confidence, reducing stress and releasing tension. A new 8 session course starts in September at TrinityHenleaze URC, Waterford Road, BS9. £68 including DVD or book for support at home. Contact experienced teacher Jackie Wright on 07741 609885/jackie@tmwtraining.com Bristol Shambhala Meditation Group offers free meditation instruction at the Open House evening each Wednesday from 7.30 - 9.30 pm at 17 Lower Redland Road, BS6 6TB. For further programme details please see our website: www.bristol.shambhala.info Pilates Classes at Henleaze URC, Monday 9.3010.30 & 10.30-11.30 (mixed ability), 11:30-12:30 (Postnatal),18:30-19:30 (beginner), Tuesday 9:3010:30 (improver), 10:30-11:30 (beginner), Wednesday 18:15-19:15 (intermediate); Southmead Community Centre 12:10-12:50 (mixed ability). For bookings call Leanne 07817 189474 or visit www.pilatesdowntime.co.uk Pilates classes and well being therapies in Henleaze. Lovely airy studio offering all levels of Pilates, adult ballet fusion and salsa classes. Also we have a fully equipped beauty room to pamper you after your workout. For more info www.mindbodystudio.co.uk or call Efuah 07881825142. Henleaze Tennis Club has vacancies for players of all standards and ages. Whether you are an established player looking for a club, someone who is rusty or a student come along and try us out. For further information take a look at www.henleazeltc.com or contact the secretary Philip Price Tel: 07787 566246 E-mail: philpriceqs@gmail.com Zumba Gold / Light 5.30pm/ Zumba Fitness 6.35pm. Westbury -on-Trym Village Hall. Weds.

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What’s On & Community News £5 on door. Just drop in with water and a sense of humour! Phone Marie on 963 4104 or visit www.bristoldancezumba.co.uk for more info. Ladies Badminton. A friendly group that meets on Tuesday mornings is looking for some more players. Westbury Village Hall, Eastfield Road, 9.45 am to 12 noon. Please contact Anne on 909 1714 for more details. LinkAge Contemporary Dance (55+). Do you ever get the feeling you just want to dance but don’t get the opportunity? Feel energised in a new way and ignite your creative ideas. Open to all abilities. Every Monday 10am-11am, Bradbury Hall THURC. £4. Contact LinkAge on 0117 3533042 for more information. Get Involved in Netball. The Avon Netball League is well established in Bristol and welcomes all types of players – whether new to netball, taking it up after a few years absence and all the way up to premier division teams that cater for high level players. Independents Netball Club is a friendly team looking to recruit new members, with training on Monday evenings at Red Maids School. Please email bristolnetball@hotmail.co.uk for more information. The Lawrence Weston Badminton Club play at the Greenaway Centre ,Greystoke Ave in Southmead on a Monday night from 7.00pm until 8.30pm. Our players are of a good standard, both male and female, and we are a very friendly club. We would welcome new players – please contact Marilyn on 0117 239 1005 for more details. Tai Chi – at The Greenway Centre. Come and find out the benefits of Tai Chi with an experienced teacher. FFi about this and other local classes please contact Karen 0117 9424167 or www.taijiworks.co.uk. 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 Lipreading class. An evening lipreading class to

help you cope with your hearing loss runs in Clifton from 6.15pm to 7.45pm every Monday, term time only, at Redland Park United Reformed Church, Whiteladies Road. Fee is £6 per session. For more details email Mary Hall at lipreadingmary@yahoo.com or telephone 07790 283 939. 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. Interested ? If so, please come and give Stoke Lodge Ramblers a try. For further details www.stokelodgeramblers.wordpress.com or phone Secretary 0117 9684140. Tai Chi Classes for beginners. For centuries the Chinese have practised Tai Chi as simple but powerful form of exercise for strength, balance and mindfulness. Always want to give it a try, now you don't have to go to China. The Bristol School of Tai Chi has lots of daytime and evening classes in Henleaze and Bishopston starting from the 21 September. Any questions contact Ben Milton 0117 9493955 www.bristoltaichi.com Zumba Gold Class @ Horfield Parish Church Hall every Weds 2pm-2.45pm (£4.00 per class) for the mature movers aimed at age 55+ (All other ages including Beginners) Zumba Class @ Orchard School every Thurs 7pm-8pm Contact Georgina for further details on www.bristolzumba.com or tel: 07545 625 089. Westbury Scottish Club country dancing classes for beginners at Leonard Hall, Trinity-Henleaze URC, Waterford Road, Henleaze. Tel. Maggie on 01934 838175. Classes for more advanced dancers at St Peter’s Church Hall, Henleaze. Tel. Cheryl on 0117 9590970. Every Tues 7.30 9.30pm. See www.wscbristol.com for details. Volunteering & Charities REMAP is a registered charity that designs and makes custom aids which enable a disabled person to enjoy a better quality of life. We design, make or modify equipment to suit their specific needs. No charge is made for our services. Please contact us if we can help - visit www.remapbristol.org.uk, contact Colin 01275 460288 colin305@gmail.com or contact Ray 0117 9628729 rwestcott@blueyonder.co.uk Team members needed. At Bristol Child Contact Centre in Henleaze children of all ages

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What’s On & Community News spend time with the parent they no longer live with, in a session supported by our volunteers. Most of the ‘contact parents’ are fathers, so we would especially welcome more men to join us. The volunteer team prepares the hall and toys, serves refreshments, welcomes parents and children, listens non-judgmentally when needed, and keeps everyone safe and happy. If this appeals to you, and you’d be free to join our Saturday volunteer rota every 4-6 weeks, do get in touch for further details. You will get an enhanced DBS check, training and support, plus the satisfaction of maintaining a much-valued service which helps families stay in touch after separation. For more information see our website www.bristolchildcontactcentre.org.uk. and/or ring Helen or Anna on 07511 290505. Wanted - Volunteer Drivers for transport, once or twice a week, of local elderly patients to the Westbury doctors’ surgery or to a hospital. We have a small group of volunteer drivers, all over 50, who enjoy being active in the Westbury community. Please come and join us and experience the gratification from helping others in your own neighbourhood. 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 Staff of the Westbury-on-Trym practice. For information please contact Zina Wilson on tel.nr 9078744 or by e-mail on Bernzina@blueyonder.co.uk , or ask the Westbury Practice Reception or your local GP on tel. 9623406.

Full training and support provided. Please contact Mike Hatch, Carers Support Centre volunteer on 07503 577830 or e-mail gp_volunteers@outlook.com More Reading Buddies Wanted! Would you enjoy offering reading and language support to children for whom English is a second language? Can you help them improve their reading ability, benefiting both them as individuals and the wider class? Can you commit to giving one hour of reading time a week in term-time? We are working with twelve schools in the Southmead, Brentry and Horfield areas. Training is offered, and your enhanced DBS check is paid for by Bristol City Council. You would read with the same children each week and be part of a growing group of well over 100 volunteers. For more information please contact Paul Harrod, paul.harrod@gmail.com Friendship, Social and Support Groups The Bristol and District branch of Parkinson's UK meet every first Saturday of the month at St Monica Trust, Cote Lane, BS9 3UN from 10am 12noon. 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. We are a friendly and supportive bunch, exchanging tactics, information and social banter!

On the first Tuesday of the month the North Bristol Alzheimer Café opens at St Monica Trust, Oatley House Atrium restaurant, WestburyDo you love Weddings? Westbury-on-Trym Village hall is a very popular wedding venue and on-Trym, Bristol, BS9 3TN from 3.30pm – 5.30pm. The purpose of the café is to provide a relaxed has another busy wedding schedule set for 2016. We're looking for more volunteers to help and safe space in which issues surrounding dementia can be aired in a friendly and informal these events run smoothly. If you're interested, please contact Debbie Furlong on 07791 882127. environment. Our café is staffed by trained, caring and experienced volunteers and you will find a very relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Our Volunteers needed to support carers. Could café provides families, supporters and you please help us to develop and increase our professionals with the opportunity to share their support to carers, people who are looking after feelings and discuss problems. It also allows an unwell, disabled or elderly family member or people to give and receive support, guidance friend? If you are outgoing and could offer two and information. Every week refreshments are mornings a month to greet and give info to carers when they visit their GP Practice, or could served and most weeks live music is played. There is no charge to attend, free on-site parking offer two to three hours a week to sit with an is usually available and the number 1 bus stops older or disabled person so that their carer can right outside the main gate. For further info or to have some time off, we’d love to hear from you.

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What’s On & Community News register your attendance, please contact Jacqui Ramus (Dementia Lead for St Monica Trust) on 07854 185093 or email jacqui.ramus@stmonicatrust.org.uk Bristol Grandparents Support Group. Founded in 2007 BGSG gives support to grandparents who are estranged from their grandchildren due to family breakdown. Family breakdown can be as a result of separation/divorce, alcohol/drug dependency, domestic violence within the home, bereavement or family feud. We give support over the phone, via email, Skype and at our regular meetings held at 9,Park Grove, Bristol. BS6 7XB. T:07773258270 more information or visit www.bgsg.co.uk St Peter's Ladies Guild meets at 2.15 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 9628895. We are the Bristol U3A – an organisation of lively and interesting people who offer all sorts of groups for enjoyment, friendship and learning. If you are no longer in full-time work, we have a wide range of over 100 different activities, including art, computing, languages, music, walking, and science. Please visit one of our social groups, either at the Eastfield Inn, Henleaze, on the first Monday every month at 10.30am - phone Barbara 0117 9629331, or at Browns Restaurant by the Museum on the third Wednesday or the fourth Thursday every month at 10.15am. For more details phone Jenny 0117 9043697 or visit www.bristolu3a.org.uk. Stoke Bishop Townswomen's Guild will meet as usual at 2pm on Thursday 5th November in the Hulbert Room, St Mary Magdalene Church, Mariner's Drive, Stoke Bishop - this room is accessed via the path next to the steps to the main hall in Mariner's Drive. However, we shall also be meeting on the last Thursday, 26th November instead of 3rd December, and not in December at all, the next meeting being on Thursday 14th January 2016, when we look forward to seeing old members and visitors to greet the New Year. The Friendly Club meets every Thursday from 2 to 4pm (except August and Christmas ) in the

Methodist Church Hall, Westbury on Trym. We are a lively group of Senior Citizens who meet to chat , play Scrabble and card games. Regular trips out and entertainments are arranged plus we have delicious tea and biscuits for only £1 ! Do come and make some new friends. Transport can be arranged if needed. Contact Carita de Lancey 0117 9629409. Simply Social is a non-profit making social club. New members always welcome. Our weekly club nights start at 8.30pm every Thursday. We have a varied programme of events ranging from meals out and walks to gliding and badminton. For further info please contact our New Members Secretary Sue on 07757780201 or visit www.bbivc.org.uk. Knit and Natter. We invite you to "knit and natter" every Thursday between 10am and 12 at the Methodist Church in Westbury on Trym. It is a sociable and informal time when you can chat while pursuing your choice of crafts. If you prefer we can provide patterns for knitting for charity. Tea and coffee will be available. Men at St. Peters (MASP) is a group which meets Saturday mornings at St Peter’s Hall, Henleaze. The meetings start at 8.30am with a full English breakfast. This is then followed by entertaining and interesting talks by a guest speaker. New members are always welcome. In conjunction we also provide well directed “Keep Fit” sessions for men every Tuesday morning. Further information may be obtained from Keith Bonham tel 968 4972. Westbury on Trym Women’s Institute meets on the 3rd Monday of the month in the WoT Methodist Church Hall, next to the car park, at 2.00pm. We have a programme of varied speakers, outings, discussions etc. New members and visitors always welcome. For more information please contact: Sue Murphy – Tel: 950 2826. Do join us for Parish lunch at St Mary’s Church Stoke Bishop, every Thursday from 12.15. 3 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

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Where a current Tenant wants to assign a lease, he must not allow a new tenant in before the Landlord has consented. Otherwise there will be a breach of the terms of the lease. This might result in the unhappy outcome of the lease being forfeited ie the Landlord taking back the lease and allowing neither the old or new tenant to have the premises.

Without a written agreement it will not be clear who will be responsible for repairs and outgoings at the property, who is to insure both the building and its contents and how long the lease will last. A Landlord may also Vacant properties are expensive for unwittingly allow an occupier to obtain full Landlords. Whilst empty they earn money for rights of security of tenure under the Landlord neither the Landlord nor a Tenant Business. It and Tenant Act 1954. is not surprising therefore for one party or the Having said this, the commercial reality is that other to be ‘champing at the bit’ to have a people do want to move in before completion property occupied. of the paperwork. So what are the options? To complete the legal formalities of granting It is possible to enter into a written agreement or assigning a lease will often take weeks, which will provide certainty and a degree of perhaps much longer. Understandably both protection for both Landlord and Tenant for the landlord and the tenant may become the interim period before the final Lease is frustrated at the uncertain timescale. ready to be completed. This can be by either So why not just hand over the keys and let what is called a ‘tenancy at will’ or a short the formalities follow? term licence to occupy. Both a tenancy at will and a licence come with a ‘health warning’ as There are substantial risks for both Landlord neither presents a complete solution and and Tenant in allowing occupation before carry their own significant risks. appropriate documents of the terms have been signed. For a landlord, there is the As a solicitor, I would usually advise both danger that the tenant may start on making parties to wait for completion of the legal alterations to the premises and then simply formalities, and not give possession or enter change his mind and walk away, leaving into occupation of commercial premises behind an unlettable and expensive mess. without proper advice. For the Tenant, he may invest large sums in fitting out premises for his business, only for the Landlord to change his mind and refuse to grant the lease leaving the tenant without premises and out of pocket.

Tony is a member of the Commercial Property Team at AMD Solicitors. The team will be pleased to advise or answer queries . Telephone 0117 9621205 or e-mail tonymoore@amdsolicitors.com or janineharris@amdsolicitors.com. AMD have offices at Henleaze, Clifton, and Shirehampton.

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welcome to join our group as Friends of the Fellowship. For more info phone Beryl Webb on 01454 614 451.

Henleaze Townswomen's Guild meet on the first Wednesday of the month (except Aug) at St Peter's Church Hall, The Drive, Henleaze. Lady visitors are always most welcome to attend. Further details can be obtained by ringing Shirley Phillips on 0117 962 2243.

Westbury-on-Trym Probus Club provide a meeting point for retired and semi-retired professional business men, to promote social well being through friendship, companionship & discussion. The club meets on the third Thursday of every month at BAWA, Southmead Road, from 12 midday. If you are interested in joining contact the secretary on 968 4270 or email graham.horne5@btinternet.com.

Westbury on Trym Townswomen's Guild meet on the second Monday of each month at the WoT Methodist church in the Portland Lounge, starting at is 2.00pm. We have speakers, whist, coffee mornings and social events. New members and visitors always welcome. If interested please contact Angela Morris, Rotary Club of Bristol – we meet at the Bristol Chairman, on 968 6473 or Margaret Smith, Hotel, Prince Street, Bristol BS1 4QF at 7.00pm for Secretary, 924 1728. 7.30 pm on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Mondays and at 12.30pm for 1.00 pm on the 2nd and 4th Soroptomists International Bristol are part of a Mondays. Meetings start with a meal and are global organisation founded in Bristol ninety followed by a speaker. New members are very years ago for women from a wide range of welcome – see www.bristolrotary.org or contact professional and business backgrounds who our Club Secretary Martina Peattie at have joined together to give Service, Friendship mpeattie@btopenworld.com for more details. and have Fun. We meet on the second and fourth Mondays of the month at Long Ashton Calling all Carers. Would you like the Golf Club where we enjoy a two course meal opportunity to share your experiences, relax and with a speaker. As a member of Soroptomists make new friends? Then come and join the International we have the opportunity to form Henleaze Carers’ Group. We meet on the second friendships, not only in our own club but other and fourth Thursday morning of each month, countrywide clubs and throughout the world. 10am to 12, in Bradbury Hall, Waterford Road, Our charitable projects enable us to participate Henleaze. For more information please call Mrs M in all manner of fund raising events. So if you are Rudston 942 6095. interested in joining our club and helping women and girls throughout a global network of Instep Club for Widows and Widowers. Weds members please contact our membership officer evenings 8.00 pm-10.00 pm at Stoke Bishop on 0117 9739894 or email gillbea@aol.com for Village Hall, Stoke Hill. Dancing - Ballroom and more details. Sequence (If you haven’t danced for a long time, don’t worry, we will help you learn). Social Henleaze (Morning) Townswomen's Guild. activities Annual membership £8. Members: £2 This is a recently formed Guild and we meet from per session. Visitors welcome: £3 per session. 10.00am – 12.00 noon on the third Thursday of Come in to see us or telephone Donna on 01275 every month at The Eastfield Inn, Henleaze 832676 or Wilma on 9628895 for further Road. New members and visitors are most information. welcome. Further information can be obtained by ringing Elaine Anderson on 907 5279. The Fielder Club is an association for local women - though friends and family are welcome Clifton Rotary Club welcomes new members. at all events. Membership is £5 p.a. to cover All we ask is that people give their time, are delivery of quarterly programmes of events such interested in making new friends, building as lunches, theatre, visits, talks and walks. business contacts and using their skills to help Weekly/monthly sub-clubs of badminton, book others. We meet Wednesday lunchtimes at group, bridge, discussions, Scrabble, skittles and Redland Lawn Tennis and Squash Club. FFI whist plus coffee. Thursday mornings at Coffee#1 please visit www.cliftonrotary.org or email in WoT and twice-monthly pub lunches. Details secretary@cliftonrotary.org

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What’s On & Community News Interest Groups Wild and Free Orienteering at Ashton Court, Sunday 22 November. 11am mass race start. Register on-line for free entry and full details via Bristol Orienteering Klub web site. Everyone welcome, suitable for beginners, plus refreshments afterwards. Philosophy Discussion Group. We are a friendly and welcoming group who enjoy taking a turn to bring topic to share. We meet at 7 – 9pm every fourth Thursday evening of the month at Eastfield Inn, Henleaze, Bristol BS9 4NQ, and 10 12 noon every second Friday morning of the month, also at Eastfield Inn, Henleaze. If you would like to be involved please contact Lorna Tarr on 0770 245 3827. The National Trust Bristol Centre programme of Winter talks continues on Saturday 14th November, 2.15pm, in the Hall at St Monica Trust. Cote Lane, WoT, with “The History of Punch and Judy with “Prof” Alix Booth. A charge of £3 is made to members and visitors. Visit www.ntbristolcentre.btck.co.uk or call 0117 9658014 for more details. The Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society: On Monday 30th November at 7.45 p.m. in the Apostle Room in the basement of Clifton Cathedral, Pembroke Road, Clifton, Dr. Kent Fedorowich will give a talk on "'Returning Home to Fight': Bristolians in the Dominion Armies, 1914-1918". Using census records, wartime personnel files, local war memorials, newspapers and family records, this talk will map the return of some of those men who were part of one of the largest return migrations in British history.

18th November, Bristol Society for the Arts of Asia lecture “Deeper than indigo - travels in search of Thomas Machell”, Jenny Balfour-Paul, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Exeter, and President of the Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers; 6.30 to 8 p.m. at 3/5, Woodland Road, Clifton (Entry 1), Bristol, non -members welcome but donation of at least £7 required; University students welcome free of charge on sight of their student I.D. card. Bristol Photographic Society is now based at Montpelier Central (opposite Montpelier Station) The Society caters for all levels of photographer and meets every Wednesday evening at 7.30 throughout the year when it has a full and varied programme of courses, visiting speakers and inhouse competitions. You can find out more about the Society by visiting its website at www.bristolphoto.org.uk or emailing membership@bristolphoto.org.uk New Dimensions meets every month and we have talks on a wide range of esoteric subjects. The meetings are held at the Friends’ Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland, Bristol BS6 6JE. Admission: £5 (including refreshments). The next meeting will be held on Sunday 15th November at 3pm. The speakers will be Jenny and Alan Cox and the title of their talk is “Learn How to Restore Balance in your Life”. “The Balance Procedure” is a new and quick way of cleansing negative emotional patterns which you may be holding onto. This will be a fun and informative afternoon! For further information, please telephone 01749 678 834 or email: leasurs@tiscali.co.uk

Local winemaking and social club are looking for new members to join us. Meeting the second Wednesday of every month at the Common Room, Studland Court elderly peoples residence on Henleaze Road, from 8pm to 10pm. Small The Bristol Branch of the English Speaking friendly group now in our 37th year, with a Union welcomes guests to their meetings which varied programme of wine making, tastings and are held in the Apostle Room of Clifton Cathedral social events. For further information please at 7.15 p.m. for 7.45 p.m. There is ample parking contact the club secretary Liz Johnson on 0117 and entrance is £5. The aim of the English 950 8370. Speaking Union is to encourage friendship and global understanding through English. Our The Bristol Philatelic Society meets on the 2nd forthcoming meetings include on November and 4th Thursdays of each month in the meeting 13th “What have we learnt from the Financial room of the United Reform Church at the bottom Crisis?” with Sir Hector Sants, former Chairman of of Blackboy Hill (Whiteladies Road) starting at the Financial Services Authority (7.15 for 7.45, £5 7.30 p.m. Contact 0117 956 7853. entry for guests, £2 for members). Twyford Art Club. We are a small group of

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What’s On & Community News artists of mixed ability, we meet at the public hall, Station Road, Shirehampton, 10am to 12am Mondays and Wednesdays, chose your day or days. New members warmly welcomed, help and advice given. For more information visit www.shirepubhall.org.uk then click hall users. Contact John Case Tel: 01179507916, or email : jacase@blueyonder.co.uk Social Bridge for Improvers Stoke Bishop Village Hall Thursday afternoon 2 - 4 p.m. Further details can be found at www.BridgeTuition.co.uk. Stoke Lodge History and Archaeology Group meet on the second Thursday of every month at the Friends Meeting House in Hampton Road, Redland, BS6 6JE at 7.30. We host a rich diversity of lectures. New members are always made very welcome. For further details please contact Annette Martin on 0117 979 3209 North West Bristol Camera Club are 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. Excel Bridge Club meets in Stoke Bishop Village Hall on Stoke Hill every Monday, beginning promptly at 7.15pm. There is a very cheerful & relaxed atmosphere and as we just play 24 boards we are always finished by 10.15pm. For more info ring Ralph Smith on 01275 840006. Stoke Bishop & Sneyd Park Local History Group New members and visitors (£2 charge) always welcome. Please ring Jenny Weeks for more information - 0117 968 6010. Ray Bridge Club meet every Tuesday 6.30pm to 9pm at the Sea Mills Methodist Church, Shirehampton Road (new venue) for social rubber bridge. New members welcome. Please ring 942 7760 or 968 2652 for further details. West of England Bridge Club meets for duplicate bridge on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Golden Hill Sports Club, Wimbledon Road, Henleaze from 7.30pm - 10.30pm. New members and visitors welcome. £4 per evening for members, £5 for non-members, special rates for juniors/unemployed. Licensed bar. For further

details please contact Alan Williams on 07538 509670 or visit www.woebc.co.uk. Social Bridge, every Tuesday at 7.30 p.m. at Stoke Bishop Village Hall. New members welcome. Tel Chris on 968 5640. Westbury Art Club meet every Thursday evening from 7pm to 9pm at The Greenway Centre, Doncaster Rd, Southmead. We are a mixed ability group of artists For more details visit www.westburyartclub.org.uk, e-mail us at westburyart@blueyonder.co.uk or phone our club secretary on Bristol 962 9799. Would you like to learn to play Bridge completely free of charge? I will be starting my next Bridge for Beginners group in the Autumn, meeting in Coombe Dingle. For further details please contact Terry Stygall on 9091714 or email tc.stygall@gmail.com. Exhibitions, Meetings, Fairs & Markets A Family Fun Event will be held at Westbury-0n -Trym Methodist Church on Saturday November 14th starting at 11am. There will be games for the children, stalls which include Cakes, Gifts, Toiletries, Children’s Toys, and Books. Hot Lunches will be served from 12 noon. Please come along and bring a friend. You will be made very welcome. In aid of the World Church. Free Admission. NCSF (the Nicola Corry Support Foundation) Charity Christmas Craft Fare. Come and join us on Saturday 28 November - 10.00am to 1.00pm at Bradbury Hall Coffee Shop, HURC for all your Christmas goodies. We have hand made and knitted soft toys, home made preserves, Christmas cakes and puddings, hamper raffle, lucky dip and home baked refreshments. A collection of Nativity scenes from home and abroad will be on display in Holy Trinity Church, Westbury-on-Trym on Saturday, 28th November, from 11.00am until 3.00pm. Light refreshments will be available. Donations in aid of the East/ West Appeal, to repair the East end and improve access at the West end. Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Christmas Makers Market, Sunday 29th Nov 11am-5.00pm at the Freemasons Halls, 17 Park St, Bristol. 50 handmade artisan stalls including artwork, photography, prints, candles, lotions,

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woodwork, glassware, jewellery, bags, felting, needlecraft, knits, stained glass, lampshades, cushions, toys, kids T shirts, upcycled vintage, furniture, artisan beers, roasted coffee, preserves plus lots more. Unique quality Christmas gifts. Lounge bar open serving drinks mulled wine, tea, coffee cakes. £2.00 Entry (under 16s free) E: anniehawksley@blueyonder.co.uk

1. Spain, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia; 2. Lionel Richie, Ian Curtis, Eric Burden; 3. Asher and Zebulun; 4. Mullet (1980’s), Beehive (1960’s), Flat-Top (1950’s); 5. Arctic Ocean, Philippine Sea; 6. London, Lincoln, Portsmouth and Carlisle; 7. honeysuckle; 8. Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter’s Tale, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet; King Lear; 9. Monet’s gardens; 10. Elizabeth Fry, Sunday 13th December – Wednesday 16th December Christmas Tree Festival 2.00pm – Charles Darwin, Adam Smith, Matthew 8.00pm daily Entrance is Free - Tea and Cakes Boulton & James Watt; 11. Dhaka, Kigali available - There will also be music performed and Wellington; 12. Tottenham Hotspur, each day by local choirs, orchestras, groups and Tottenham Hotspur (again) and Manchester individuals. St Mary Magdalene , Stoke Bishop. City; 13. Bruce Forsyth (87), Warren Mitchell (89), David Attenborough (89), Murray The Church in Westbury Park, Winter Charity Fair, Saturday November 21, 2.30-4.30. Westbury Walker (92), Vera Lynn (98); 14. 1967; 15. London, Manchester, Princetown. Park Methodist Church, North View BS6 4QB. Cakes, gifts, plants, children's activities, local artists, Father Christmas, teas etc. All proceeds to Save the Children Child Refugee Appeal and St Mungo's Centre in Stokes Croft

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 Saturday 21st November Winter Warmer Bristol Community Magazines Ltd. The inclusion of (Christmas Craft Sale) 11.30am- 3.00pm- St any business or organisation in this magazine does Mary Magdalene Church, Mariners Drive, Stoke Bishop - Crafts, Games, Refreshments (including not imply a recommendation of it, its aims or its methods. Bristol Community Magazines Ltd cannot lunches be held responsible for information disclosed by St Peter's Church, Henleaze: Christmas Craft and advertisers, all of which are accepted in good faith. Reasonable efforts are made to ensure the accuracy Card Fair, Saturday 7th November 10:00 - 12:00 of the information contained in this magazine but in the Church Hall. A great selection of charity Christmas cards and charity and other gifts. Entry no liability can be accepted for any loss or inconvenience caused as a result of inclusion, error £2 to include a cup of tea or coffee. or omission. All content is the copyright of Bristol Community Magazines Ltd and may not be Country Market. Every Friday morning from reproduced without the prior written consent of 10.30 to 11.30 in Westbury on Trym Methodist Church Hall. Homemade cakes, arts, crafts, plants, Bristol Community Magazines. vegetables, jams and chutneys. Refreshments are also available in a relaxed and friendly Get In Touch environment. For more details contact Sue Sills on 962 8306. ▪ 8 Sandyleaze, Westbury on Trym, BS9 3PY ▪ andy@bcmagazines.co.uk We are really pleased to be holding another ▪ 0117 259 1964 (New Number) Bristol Vintage Market on November 21st. We ▪ 07845 986650 have a great selection of traders showcasing all things vintage - clothing, accessories, homeware, ▪ @BS9Andy vinyl and furniture. Vintage makeovers will be on offer along with amazing homemade cakes in Deadline for contributions for the our tearoom. Find us at The Elmgrove Centre December magazine - 15th November just off the Gloucester Road - 10-4pm. BS6 6AH. www.facebook.com/events/973789889347543.

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By popular demand The Marione es return to the

VILLAGE HALL on Saturday 12 December 2015

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Doors open 7.00pm for 7.30 pm All for £12.50 inc. great supper. Bar. Ticket only. 0117 962 3399 or mail enquiries@wotvillagehall.org

Excellent local knowledge and advice throughout the process, professional and friendly staﬀ. Mr & Mrs Swash, Downs Road, Westbury on Trym (seller) October 2015

Eﬃcient, straight talking, hardworking agency which is professional in its approach and homely in its individual care. Mr Hunter, Westover Road, Westbury on Trym (seller) October 2015

I am very happy with the service I received from everyone I dealt with at Maggs and Allen during the process of selling my house. All the Staff I dealt with were very helpful and dealt with everything in a very professional manner. James arranged an Open Day and subsequent viewings and this resulted in a very quick suitable offer which we accepted. Since then we have dealt mostly with Lewis, who guided us through all the process very efficiently and in a very friendly manner and was most helpful throughout the whole stressful process and we would most certainly recommend Maggs and Allen to anyone wishing to sell their house. We would like to thank everyone at Maggs and Allen for guiding us through the process and making it as smooth as possible. Mr & Mrs. Davidson, Grove Avenue, Coombe Dingle (seller) October 2015

Maggs and Allen were very professional in every way. A big thanks to James Goodchild for his nego a ng skills in the sale of my mother’s bungalow.

Mrs C Hole, Knights Close, Henleaze (seller) September 2015

Just a small selec on of the le ers & tes monials we have received from sellers. If you are thinking of selling or would like advice please contact us: 0117 949 9000 agency@maggsandallen.co.uk