The Bristol Nine Magazine - September 2018 by Andy Fraser

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The Bristol Nine Magazine - Issue No. 147 - September 2018

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Between the covers this month - 11 Questions For . . . (page 17), Luke Jerram at the Botanic Gardens (page 20), the Downs in Autumn (page 35), Fantasy Football (page 38), Cleaning the Trym (page 59) and all the usuals . . . . .

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The Editor’s Small Piece Hello there and welcome to the September issue of The Bristol Nine - a chunky little number as is usually the way in the ninth month of the year (or the seventh month of the year if your name is Hadrian, Caligula or Augustus). The month of returning to school, or starting off at school - in which case the trials and tribulations of getting your little ones into a school uniform for the first time will be just one of this months challenges. I was fortunate (in some ways) to not have to wear a school uniform until Upper School, so aged 13 - at which point I just about had the manual dexterity and memory to put on a tie, even if there was no desire to do so. Yellow shirt, black trousers and a yellow and black tie. I still have the tie - and I suspect I’d be as good at tying it now as I was back on the first day of term all those years back. In Middle School my “uniform” was, I recall, Farah slacks and a green knitted jumper that I wore to death. Hopefully no photographic evidence exists. Lots and lots going on in September and hopefully you’ll find plenty to enjoy in the magazine. There is an article by SusWot about clearing the River Trym. I went to the Dingle section to chat to Alex Dunn from SusWot and while there I saw a kingfisher shooting along the river and a shoal of fish in the river - both exciting firsts in a small way. See you next month. Cheers Andy

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Supreme Court ruling confirms selfemployed plumber was a worker The Supreme Court recently delivered its ruling on the Pimlico Plumbers case, a case which has attracted media attention in recent years, regarding workers’ rights.

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Opportunities for young singers to the experience.” sing with Bristol Choral Society The Choral Society has 2 schemes in operation to encourage younger singers to enjoy singing with one of the leading choirs in the South West and to perform with professional orchestras. Below are some of the current “Apprentices” with our dynamic Music Director, Hilary Campbell.

Apprentices are aged 14-18, join the choir at no cost and with no auditions. They are provided with mentors who ensure that they are helped as they learn the music. Read more on our website or pop along to a rehearsal on Wednesdays 7.15 – 9.30 pm at Trinity Henleaze URC, just letting the member who looks after apprentices that you are coming so that we can provide music for you. apprentices@bristolchoral. co.uk. In the words of one apprentice ““Go for it! You can only decide if you enjoy it if you try at least one concert for

The scholarship scheme is ideal for aspiring professional singers wishing to develop their choral singing and sightreading and as a means of broadening repertoire knowledge. Scholarships run from October until mid-June and are worth £680. The scholars (below) completed their time with us at our June concert in Bristol Cathedral and we are now recruiting for replacements. Details on our website at www.bristolchoral.co.uk/choral-scholars/

As Ben Gutsell (far right) says “Bristol Choral Scholars with the wonderful Hilary Campbell! Thank you for being a fantastic mentor for the past two years! Last night’s concert at the Cathedral was a great way to round it off!”

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Music - present, past & future Album of the Month Hive Mind by The Internet (Columbia) Having made three excellent albums, The Internet decided to work on solo projects once duties connected to 2015’s Ego Death were over. Fans of a band who could seamlessly blend jazz, R&B and hip hop were worried; how many groups reform after such a hiatus. That the band’s singer Syd released such an impressive solo record with Fin just meant the death knell rang even louder. But now here we are. A new record with a title that perfectly reflects the contents within. It’s as if going away and working on their own material has allowed them to regroup and refine that defining sound. From start to finish, Hive Mind is a focussed effort which proves that, despite their considerable talents as individuals, their whole really is greater than the sum of their parts. A rippling bass and soulful guitar introduces the album’s opener, Come Together. It’s a gentle start, perfectly balanced with Syd’s tender vocals. Guitarist Steve Lacy then takes over vocal duties on the funkier Roll (Burbank Funk), leading on to the stripped back rhythms of Come Over. Within the space of three inventive tracks they’ve reminded everyone of just what they can do. The album’s masterpiece is the split track, Next Time/ Humble Pie. It’s the elevator pitch that will win them new admirers and the clear proof that breaking up this band for good would have been a musical calamity. Syd’s sultry vocals are dropped over a Neptunesesque beat before the song morphs into a drum and bass slow jam. Such command over multiple genres would be impressive across the breadth of an entire album, to manage it in just one song is almost unfathomable.

for a comeback album from The Internet, but such was the gap between the Queens, New York hip hop outfit’s 1998 release The Love Movement and their final record We Got It From Here… Guest spots from Jack White, Elton John, Busta Rhymes and Kendrick Lamar demonstrated just how far appreciation for the group had spread in the intervening years. Tracks like Solid Wall of Sound, Ego and Enough!! sounded fresher than anything else which dropped that year. How easy it is to fall back into the groove after almost two decades apart is impossible to say, but the evidence suggested it was the most natural thing in the world. It’s an album which has taken on even greater significance due to Phife Dawg, a key member of the group, passing away during its recording. His tragic death was felt most heavily on the track Lost Somebody, but it did not overshadow the album as a whole. Instead, Q-Tip and company delivered a classic rap album that remained a permanent reminder of what made them such a vital part of the genre’s development. Gig of the Month A Future for British Music – NMSW & Young Composer’s Academy @ St George’s Sunday 23rd September

Next Step We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service by A Tribe Called Quest (Epic)

Inventiveness and innovation are components shared by The Internet and Tribe Called Quest. Anyone who loves such traits in their music should head to St George’s this month where the Bristol Ensemble will be performing great new music by the region’s best young composers and music specially commissioned to celebrate the life and work of Martin Luther King on the 50th anniversary of his assassination. John Pickard will be the conductor on this night not to be missed.

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Conservative Councillors for Westbury-on-Trym & Henleaze Geoff Gollop •Cllr.geoffrey.gollop@bristol.gov.uk Liz Radford Steve Smith

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• Westbury Post Office closed. The Post Office has closed for the second time in a month. We are asking Post office management for a meeting and have highlighted how important this service is. • Arena decision promised for 4th September. There have been a lot of shocking revelations about the Council working with YTL (who own the Filton site) to navigate the planning process and the Mayor receiving hospitality from YTL in the form of flights and meals in Malaysia and south of France. This whole process has been shambolic and an embarrassment to the city. • Travellers on The Downs. Local residents had to suffer for 3 weeks, many feeling very uncomfortable leaving or returning to their own homes and concerned what they would find when they did. We put pressure on Police and council to remove them and will now try to work to prevent a recurrence. • Dates for your Diary. We have 2 forums coming up in the autumn, all residents are welcome. Henleaze Forum is on 20th September at 7pm at Henleaze library, and the Westbury forum on 16 October at Coombe Dingle sports centre also at 7pm. page 16

Eleven Questions for . . . . Some things happen overnight (think Banksy), some things take a little longer (think Metrobus), and sometimes things don’t ever seem to happen at all (who said Arena?). For a number of years I’ve been thinking about running a feature like this - and every now and again a local person suggests something similar (thank you John T and Gill E S). After several years of not getting “a round tuit” I finally have. So, here we go with a new monthly feature focussing on local people, finding out a little about what they are passionate about and what drives them, and then going a bit offpiste with a few questions exposing other aspects of their lives and interests. First off, Anna Arnold from Dancercise.

I saw that a growing number of people were facing the daily grind of coping on low incomes, or surviving on zero hours contracts or simply living on their own feeling isolated. I was already supporting two great organisations in our community: the Bristol North West Food Bank and the local CAP Centre (Christians Against Poverty) and I wanted to see what I could add to these services. Dancing has always made me feel better, no matter what ups and downs I’ve been facing. When I’m in a dance or exercise class I can leave all the busyness and worries of the day outside and spend an hour or so having fun, improving my health and mixing with other people. Classes can be expensive though, and if you’re already battling on a low income the luxury of a weekly dance or exercise class is likely to be low on your list of priorities. Thinking about this I realised that with support I could make a weekly class accessible to everyone and give people a safe space to dance, have fun and hopefully feel a little brighter when they leave than they did when they came in. So with the support of St Andrew’s Church in Avonmouth, St Edyth’s Church in Sea Mills and the Bristol North West Food Bank we set up these Dancercise classes. The classes run every week, even in the school holidays and are open to adults of all abilities, mobilities and age. There’s no set charge for the class, we suggest a donation of £3 to cover costs but emphasise that the classes are totally free for those on low incomes.

“Hi, I’m Anna and I’m a dancer and dance teacher. Like all dancers, I’ve known for years that dance and exercise is good for the mind, body and soul - and it’s fun! But now it’s also official; medical experts across the globe agree DANCE IS GOOD FOR YOU! So why Dancercise and why now? In 2016 I was really challenged by the difficulties faced by some in our community.

The class lasts for about an hour during which time we have a seated warm up, a few exercises to get us moving and then try a couple of simple dance routines using a variety of styles and music. The pace slows down towards the end and then after class there’s an opportunity to stay for a cuppa and a chat. Fit or never exercised, standing or seated, 20 or 80, there really is a warm welcome waiting for everyone at Dancercise. Why not come and join us? We meet in the hall at St Andrew’s Church, Avonmouth at 10am

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Eleven Questions for Anna Arnold on Wednesdays (Avonmouth Community Centre during August) and St Edyth’s church hall in Sea Mills at 1.30pm on Thursdays. You can also find us on facebook @dancercise. bristol for more information.

6. What was the last bit of culture you consumed? (e.g. book, art gallery, film etc).

1. What do you love most and dislike most about living in Bristol?

7. If there could be just one thing on your bucket list what would it be?

I most like the water. Whether its the vibrate city centre docks, Portishead Marina or Avonmouth Gorge, there’s something very tranquil about water in a city. My dislike is easy - the traffic!

Watch a performance of the ballet Scheherazade at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg.

2. What is your favourite pub or restaurant in Bristol? I love to sit and have a freshly made sandwich at the Cafe On The Square in Sea Mills. It’s a Church based community cafe run by volunteers which serves fresh food, home made cakes and a great fruit smoothie. The building, originally a derelict public toilet block, was rescued by the Sea Mills Community Initiative back in 2011 and transformed into this lovely friendly cafe right in the centre of Sea Mills. 3. Are you 100% Bristolian? If not which county are you from?

A beautiful film my son introduced me to - Cinema Paradiso directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.

8. Which one person, living or dead, would you most like to share a “set meal for two” with? I think Nelson Mandela would be on my list. He was a man who never gave up on his vision for a better, fairer world. I think sharing a meal with him would be inspiring but also, I suspect, lighthearted and fun. 9. Where do you go to escape? I love to walk or run along the footpath beside the River Avon. The river is always changing and yet it has a permanence and continuity with our Bristol history. 10. What do you think about Marmite?

No, both my parents were Bristolians but I was born in West London then moved to Bristol when I was 7.

I wouldn’t say I love it but it’s a bit of a comfort food for me, especially on a warm, buttery crumpet.

4. Which country is the most interesting that you have visited?

11. What is your most unusual claim to fame?

Israel - Turbulent, exciting, steeped in history. It’s stunningly beautiful, desert to lush green, Mediterranean sea to snow capped mountains in the space of a country roughly the size of Wales.

I once spent an afternoon sat on a studio floor next to David Essex. I wasn’t a fan or anything, he was attending a rehearsal for a new dance work being choreographed by a friend of his. I did notice however that he had the most stunning blue eyes!

5. What are you passionate about? I have two passions, my faith and dance. Being able to combine the two and use dance to help people have fun and feel good about themselves is wonderful.

Many thanks Anna - and here’s a little reminder, just for you.

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Don’t trust your eyes . . . A visit to the University of Bristol Botanic Gardens, just off Stoke Hill, is always a joy, whatever the season, and as they’ve established themselves over the last decade or so they’ve become more interesting as the variety in the various planting areas has emerged. Something else though has emerged over the last few weeks, a new feature at the garden that will appeal to those of a less horticultural persuasion and who might otherwise not venture into the verdant botanic world. The Impossible Garden is a unique set of new experimental sculptures, by artist Luke Jerram, inspired by visual phenomena. The exhibition aims to enhance our understanding of vision and is open to the public at the University of Bristol Botanic Garden until the end of November.

As you explore the garden, you can track down, with the aid of a map, twelve fun, thoughtprovoking and visually stimulating art exhibits, designed to help promote understanding and stimulate debate about how visual impairments can affect our perception of the world around us. The unique idea of The Impossible Garden came about after Luke’s nine-month residency at the Bristol Eye Hospital and Bristol University’s Bristol Vision Institute, funded by the Leverhulme Trust. Luke applied for the residency together with Cathy Williams, a member of BVI and a Consultant in Paediatric Ophthalmology at Bristol Eye Hospital. Cathy hopes this exhibition will encourage greater public understanding about the many processes involved in “seeing”, because families tell her that lack of understanding is often a barrier to getting support for children with many kinds of visual impairment.

As part of the residency, Luke (well-known for the Museum of the Moon that exhibited in the Wills Memorial Building a couple of years back, the street pianos artwork “Play Me I’m Yours” and the giant waterslide down Park Street), worked with researchers from BVI, Bristol Eye Hospital, Botanic Garden and spent time with visually-impaired children to increase his knowledge of visual perception. Luke Jerram said: “As someone who is redgreen colour blind, I’m fascinated by the processes of visual perception. Over the years, many of my artworks have explored the processes and limitations of vision. The Impossible Garden has allowed me to test new ideas and share my findings with the public.” Professor David Bull, Director of Bristol Vision Institute, added: “The collaboration with Luke is a fantastic opportunity for us to explore the power of visual illusions. Understanding how they work can tell us a lot about the properties and limitations of our visual system.” The exhibits will play with your mind in a fun way, so people of all ages will love ticking off the sculptures as you walk the grounds - which incidentally are looking fantastic at the moment. The Impossible Garden at the University of Bristol Botanic Garden is open to the public until Sunday 25 November from 10 am until 4.30 pm, 7-days-a-week, including bank holidays. Admission is £5.50 (includes 50p gift aid donation) and free to under 18s, Friends of the Garden, University of Bristol staff and ALL students. Organised groups of ten or more must book in advance.

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On This Day in Bristory News 10 September 1645 Prince Rupert of the Rhine surrendered Bristol to the Parliamentary forces of General Thomas Fairfax who had besieged and attacked the city. Fairfax’s troops had marched on Bristol following Royalist defeats in Langport, Bridgwater and Sherborne. The Cavalier forces of Prince Rupert had only held the city since July 1643, when they captured it from its weakened Roundhead garrison. 30 September 1793 A protest at the renewal of the act levying tolls on Bristol Bridge turned into a riot in which 11 people were killed and 45 injured, making it one of the major civil disturbances of the 18th century. Among those killed was John Abbott, a local builder’s labourer who was hit by a stray shot that had been fired by the military forces who been called in to deal with the disturbance. 18 September 1934 The Lord Mayor of Bristol officially opened the BBC’s new base on Whiteladies Road. At the time it contained four radio studios, the largest outside London – three of which were used for speech and drama and the other was large enough to house an entire orchestra. BBC executives chose the location while refuelling their vehicle across the road, deciding it would make an ideal spot between Wales and London. 1 September 1973 Roger Mallison and Roger Chapman (a former Royal Navy submariner from Bristol), the twoman crew of Canadian commercial submersible Pisces III, were rescued in the Irish Sea. The pair had been cramped inside their craft for 84 hours and 30 minutes by the time they were extricated and it was subsequently determined that there was just 12 minutes of oxygen left at that point.

Sport 7 September 1901 Having formed in 1894, as Bristol South End,

Bristol City played their first game in the football league. The away match between Blackpool and City was held at Bloomfield Road and ended with a 0-2 victory for the travelling side. City were the second Southern side, after Arsenal, to enter the Football League. Due to the club having no fit goalkeeper, Blackpool defender Harry Stirzaker played between the posts. 1 September 1973 Gloucestershire won cricket’s limited overs county tournament, The Gilette Cup, defeating Sussex by 40 runs in the final held at Lord’s. Mike Proctor, the county’s iconic South African fast bowler and batsman, top scored with 94 runs and Roger Knight ended with bowling figures of 4/47. This was the first time that Gloucestershire had won the competition, their next victory in the tournament wasn’t until 1999.

Music 1 September 1898 Colston Hall was destroyed by one of the biggest fire’s the city had ever seen. The blaze started at 02:15 in the neighbouring clothes factory, Clarke & Co, before spreading to the roof of Colston Hall. As well as damage to the building, including the destruction of the expensive organ, the fire also meant that the triennial music festival had to be postponed and meetings of the British Association were moved to QEH school. 22 September 1988 The influential Bristol reggae band Black Roots recorded their gig at the Moles Club in Bath, later to be released as the album Live Power a direct result of fans putting pressure on the band to put out a live record. Tracks on the album include classic singles such as Juvenile Delinquent, Let It Be Me and Suzy Wong and it was the final album put out by the band’s original line-up, with O’Gilvie, Trevor Seivwright and Derrick King all leaving before the release of their next album, Natural Reaction.

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Quiz Time - answers on page 36 General Knowledge 1. Put these people in the order they were born, earliest first - Queen Victoria, Charles Darwin, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. 2. Name the capital cities of Slovakia, Georgia and Armenia. 3. Can you identify the three organisations from the partial logos below? 4. Who is the Director General of the BBC? 5. Name the years these events happened - a) the UK bus industry was de-regulated, b) the Cuban missile crisis, and c) the Conservative / LibDem coalition took office. 6. Name the Russian President before Mikhail Gorbachev and the USA President before Ronald Reagan. 7. What was on the reverse side (i.e. opposite the Queen) on the last predecimal a) penny piece, b) halfpenny piece and c) farthing? 8. Name the three breeds of farm animal below (no points for sheep, horse and cow!) 9. If you suffered from “globophobia” what would you have a fear of? 10. UK consumers buy more per capita of what than any of their European

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The Gardener’s World with Cathy Lewis Hard landscaping The term hard landscaping refers to the structures and surfaces in your garden, such as paths, walls, pergolas, patios and water features. These provide the framework or ‘bones’ of your garden around which the soft landscaping (ie the planting) sits. Welldesigned and well-planned hard landscaping is fundamental to a successful, user-friendly garden. If you want to improve the design of your garden, hard landscaping is the place to start.

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Coaching - Anne Miller Dare to hope During the World Cup I had a conversation about our hopes for the outcome and an interesting difference in approach became apparent. I reckon we broadly fall into two camps and I wonder which you fall into: Do you dare to hope and allow yourself to become excited with anticipation (the ‘excitable camp’) or do you take it as it comes, in an effort (subconscious or otherwise) to protect yourself from possible disappointment (the ‘protect yourself camp’)?

up new lines of thinking that prove valuable to us. If you recognise that you are in the ‘excitable camp’ it may help to see why others didn’t join you and not simply dismissing them as miserable or disinterested, for example, might encourage you to reassess how excited you allow yourself to get about things. On reflection, would getting less excited and engaged with the prospect of success have made it easier to accept the outcome? Maybe you wouldn’t change anything or maybe there’s something to learn from the experience. If you’re in the ‘protect yourself camp’, you might consider what fun you missed out on and how that balances out against any disappointment. Would the disappointment in the outcome have been any worse if you’d allowed yourself to get caught up in the excitement a little bit? Do you feel you missed out by not being involved in the excitement and would it be worth taking a risk in the next situation?

Most likely whichever approach you took (if you were even interested that is!) will be the same approach you take when it comes to other possibilities and opportunities in life. It’s not about one approach being right or wrong but it’s interesting to notice your preference for a number of reasons. Identifying your own style helps you to notice others’ too and recognising these differences helps you to appreciate alternative points of view. This awareness makes communication easier and allows for more productive interactions When we accept there are other ways to look at things we can more openly consider adjusting our own thinking to be more useful and effective. It’s so easy to assume our way of thinking is the correct or only way and yet this is very limiting. A complete about-turn is not necessary- it may only take a tiny shift in the way we think to open

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The Downs in Autumn - Richard Bland Extreme events create testing times for all wildlife. We normally feel concerned about extremes of cold in winter, but the extremes of sunshine, temperature and lack of rainfall can be just as damaging. This comment was written at the start of August, and it is too early to measure the long-term impact of the drought. But it has been interesting watching the reaction of plants. Essentially they have gone into autumn mode earlier than usual. Many reduced the size of their flowers, or ended flowering early. This will have made life much harder than usual for all pollinators that can usually depend on a mass of new flowers through to the end of October. Some, such as Hawthorn and Blackberry, tried to ripen their fruit, but were frustrated by the lack of water to fill out berries.

Privet appears to have set almost no fruit at all. The leaves of some trees, including silver birch and silver maple, began to wilt and fall before the end of July, although as trees they can

generally tap into water well below the surface this was not very general. Some young trees have lost their leaves and may have died, although that depends on how much bud development has taken place. Dutch Elm Disease, which was at its worst in 1976, a hot summer that was neither as hot or as dry as this one, has begun to appear all over the place. Autumn means harvest, and the size of the wild harvest is vital to the overwinter survival of many species of birds and mammals. On the Downs the key fruit come from beech, blackberry, elder, holly, holm oak, silver birch, whitebeam, and yew. Very few species appear to eat ash keys, conkers, or sycamore and Norway maple seeds. Squirrels usually take all the hazelnuts early, and they also feast on the few walnuts.

Autumn also means colour. The slow switch from healthy green leaves to golden carpets of leaves over all surfaces

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The Downs in Autumn - Richard Bland is a variable event, the intensity of colour dependent on such factors as night time minimum temperatures, rainfall or lack of it, and wind strength. Every species has its own pattern of change and it is likely that this exceptional year will see a poor autumn for colour, and trees becoming bare earlier than usual. I hope I’m wrong. The end of October is the traditional highlight. Leaves do pose a problem as, given time, they will all have rotted away by April, but wet leaves on pavements and roads can create dangerously slippery surfaces. The Downs Ranger over the years has found a variety of nooks and crannies where tons of leaves can safely decay, but when resources are under pressure, as they are, reducing leaf clearance is a simple saving. Autumn Public Events on the Downs September starts on Saturday 1 with the Rock Concert at Sea Walls, and The Bee Festival at the Botanic Garden on the 1st and 2nd. This annual event brings together bee-keepers, botanists, naturalists and artists. Avon Gorge & Downs Wildlife Project events All these events need to be booked, and there is a charge. Contact 0117 903 0609

or e-mail mleivers@bristolzoo.org.uk The website is www.avongorge.org.uk and on Facebook www.facebook.com/ avongorge Tuesday 2 October A talk on British Owls by Ian McGuire, at the Zoo Gardens, 7.00-8.00pm Saturday 6th October Fungus Foray 10.00-12.00

The Downs are for people, and the management of a vast number of competing interests is sophisticated and subtle. If you enjoy the Downs, or use if for your sport, why not become a Friend? Membership is just £10. Contact Robin Haward at robinhaward@ blueyonder.co.uk 0117 974 3385. See our website at www.fodag.org The Avon Gorge & Downs Wildlife Project was set up to protect the outstanding wildlife interest of the Avon Gorge and Downs and to raise awareness and understanding about the importance of this site for people and wildlife. See the website at www.avongorge.org.uk

Quiz Answers from page 26 General Knowledge 1. Brunel (1806), Darwin (1809), Victoria (1819); 2. Bratislava, Tbilisi and Yerevan; 3. Walls Ice Cream, Toblerone, Mini; 4. Tony Hall; 5.a) 1986, b) 1962, c) 2010; 6. Konstantin Chernenko and Jimmy Carter; 7.a) Britannia, b) the Golden Hind, c) a wren; 8. Herdwick sheep, Clydesdale heavy horse,and Charolais cow. Music 1. Lulu sang David Bowie’s song; 2.a) Tina Turner, b) Gladys Knight, c) Sheena Easton; 3. Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells; 4. they all died in plane crashes; 5.a) Steve Strange, b) Danny O’Donaghue, c) Errol Brown; 6.a) “Red” by Taylor Swift, b) “Lexicon of Love” by ABC, c) “Hounds of Love” by Kate Bush; 8.a) cello, b) flute, c) sitar. page 36

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your fantasy team will lose points. All of which can lead to that slightly uneasy situation when you detest Chelsea in real life but you are keen on them giving Wolves a real tonking because you have three Chelsea players in your team that weekend. If you can put these divided loyalties aside then the fantasy game makes Saturday afternoons so much better. It is completeley free to take part in and it couldn’t be easier. I have registered our own little league called “BS6, 8 & 9 FPL” within the overall official Fantasy Premier League competition and they will do all the points calculation and admin. To enter all you need to do is register your team (for free), select your squad and then each week manage it just as Pep Guardiola or Eddie Howe would. Buy players, sell players, choose your starting 11 and formation each weekend, turn your hairdryer towards the TV screen at halftime on a Saturday afternoon - and enjoy. To enter all you need to do is visit the Fantasy Premier League website at fantasy. premierleague.com (so no www.) and follow the simple instructions on registering and getting started. Once you have done so you will be given the opportunity to join a league, and to take part in the “BS6, 8 & 9 FPL” you will need the following joining code

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If you’ve not played before then the concept is pretty straightforward. You are the manager of a make-believe Fantasy League football team, and you start the season assembling a squad of players from the actual Premier League teams, with a budget of £100m. Then each week you select your first eleven to play a match against one of your Fantasy League opponents, the result of which is determined by how well your respective chosen players actually perform in their real games that weekend. So if for example you have chosen Liverpool’s Mo Salah in your team and he scores a hat-trick in real-life that weekend then your fantasy team gets shed loads of points. Pick a Cardiff City defender and he has a nightmare in reality and

Although the real Premier League season has already started (with Gameweek 1) I have set up this competition to start in Gameweek 6, 26th September, to give as many readers as possible the chance to register after their summer hols. Any problems at all do please get in touch with me (andy@bcmagazines.co.uk or 07845 986650) and I’ll talk you through things. To make things a little more competitive then there is a mystery football-related prize for the overall winner of the league at the end of the season. Have fun, enjoy picking your team and remember - the Fantasy Football transfer window is always open!

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Good Reads - recommendations from Bruce Fellows CK Stead’s intelligent novel, The Necessary Angel, has Max, a literary academic from New Zealand, living in Paris, and enjoying an unusual relationship with his estranged wife, another academic from a rich family. Max is in love with a younger colleague who lives with a German theatre director. Into this swirl of relationships comes Helen, an English student who has been captivated by a poem Max published many years before. When a painting disappears, everyone is affected. Stead writes with fierce precision and can pin down ideas and relationships in just a few words. This is a fine novel about literature and love; and Paris. Hurricane Sandy has hit New Jersey but Frank Bascombe, hero of several of Richard Ford’s novels, hasn’t suffered, as we learn in Let Me Be Frank with You, an engaging, funny and always entertaining novel. Just before Christmas Frank gets a call from Arnie who wants real estate advice on the house he bought from Frank, now a splintered wreck on the shore; a black woman calls to look round Frank’s house, she grew up there; he visits his ex-wife; then a man he knew a little, way back. Secrets are revealed but Frank has his own sorrow to match the others. A great read. Woman’s Hour commemorates the seventy years of the programme’s existence with selections from the many, many interviews given to it by prominent women. Joanna Lumley, national treasure, so normal and wise; Nancy Astor, the first woman MP, her husband’s wealth was one of his attractions for her; JK Rowling, it’s useful to fail. Arranged in sections – Motherhood and Children, Friendship, the Workplace and ten others, every page is an eye opener: ‘I’m a soft and loving mother’, Bette Davis; ‘I can still do 150 sit ups’, Joan Collins; ‘The biscuit tin shouldn’t be handy’, Mary Berry. A fascinating read and very difficult to put down. In his riveting novel A Weekend in New York Benjamin Markovits tells us what happens when Paul’s family visit him, as usual, for the start of the US Open Tennis Championship. He’s a professional player but always goes out in the early stages. Paul, his brother, two sisters, mother, father and wife meet and interact. Nothing terrible happens, there are no infidelities; it’s a happy family, yet their thoughts make clear the tensions that bubble beneath the surface and might erupt. This is a spot on study of three generations (the siblings bring their children, too) that makes the result of Paul’s first match unimportant. Patricia Highsmith sets her unusual thriller, A Suspension of Murder, in Suffolk. Sydney, a struggling writer, and his artist wife, Alicia, live in a cottage on the road to Ipswich. With a friend, Sydney is trying to get a TV series on the air; Alicia paints strange pictures. Mrs Lilybanks moves in next door and Sydney and Alicia cease to get on. Alicia disappears. So does an old carpet. Sydney is an obvious suspect. But is a he a murderer as well as a creator of murder stories? What is going on? It’s quirky, gripping and full of suspense. You won’t read better than this. Bruce Fellows - August 2018 page 44

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Adult Learning at Stoke Lodge The new prospectus is out!. Bristol City Council has launched its latest course guide to encourage adults of any age or ability to learn something new. With over 550 courses on offer at Stoke Lodge, Bristol is building on its status as a Learning City by providing a broad range of courses which cover many different interests, hobbies and skills. Using the new guide, available online or as a printed copy, participants can explore the wide range of courses on offer, from art to public speaking and cookery to languages. There’s something for everyone and the benefits of taking part can be far-reaching. Research has shown there is an association between increased levels of learning and reductions in selfreported depression and GP visits, along with other improvements in health and life satisfaction.

Helping us to meet people, socialise and share the fun of learning together whilst taking on courses which will challenge and inspire. As part of the wider Bristol Learning City initiative to encourage and promote learning, I am really proud of the role Bristol City Council is playing in providing and developing lifelong learning opportunities for residents.” Jenny Wilkes, Data and Communications Officer at Bristol City Council, who is based part time at Stoke Lodge, is particularly excited by the new cookery course options. “We are delighted to be able to offer an expanded and exciting new range of courses from our newly refurbished Stoke Lodge Kitchen. Some of our courses are a mixture of hands on and demonstration and some are fully hands on. Groups are small (we are a beautiful but compact space!) and this year we have 3 new cookery tutors offering courses exploring GM free cookery, Pastry techniques, Brunch ideas as well as a course focusing on ageing well – health and nutrition” This year Stoke Lodge is also available for private hire for birthday parties and baby showers through to team building days, with a range of activities available to make for memorable events.

Councillor Anna Keen, Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, said: “In my role I get to see the impact of a whole range of learning activities across the city. Many people choose a course to develop particular skills and knowledge, but we also know that being part of group learning activities can play a significant role in our mental health and wellbeing.

Adult learning courses include short workshops to longer programmes of study or intensive courses and costs start from £13. For more information please visit www. bristolcourses.com. Participants can enrol online, by phone or by dropping into Stoke Lodge (on Shirehampton Road, BS9 1BN) and the Autumn term starts on Monday 10 September.

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Finance Matters Trustee Responsibilities This subject doesn’t affect everyone, however it is always really important to those it does. A trustee is ‘someone who has legal control and responsibility of money or property that is kept or invested for another person, company or organisation’ - Collins Dictionary

code – particularly where charities are concerned. Often there might be a team of trustees and they would have a duty to act with care and skill, managing the resources responsibly and acting within the organisations/charity’s governing document and legislation. Resources

The clue as to why those that are trustees consider it to be a crucial is in the word – ‘TRUSTee’. It’s about taking responsibility; sometimes greater than one might with their own assets or decisions?

It is not always about being an expert in all aspects of law, trusts, investment principles, but it is about recognising that where assistance is required or indeed would be beneficial, that the trustees seek that help and support. If something were to go wrong, ignorance is not really a defence and criticism will often be expressed at such times.

There are fundamental differences in how ‘the money or assets’ are looked after, depending on who the trustee acts for. Objectives can be quite different where a trustee acts for:

Reviewing existing arrangements

1) An Individual If you are acting for an individual, then their objectives are really important. Do they require growth or income, over what period of time? What other assets they may have, are there predictable changes to circumstances ahead, or is flexibility required to cope with unpredictability. Is a financial plan required to demonstrate that the capital is invested in the right way. Is it good enough that capital is simply left on deposit with the ‘real value’ being eroded by inflation over time? 2) An Organisation Responsibility here might be for a charity, although not always. However the objectives are usually more to do with collective requirements. Looking after capital for the future – often for an infinite time horizon, as opposed to being specific to an individual’s age. There is often a responsibility to act in accordance with a strategy or a moral or ethical

It’s always sensible to review existing arrangements to make sure they continue to be ‘fit for purpose’. Rules and regulations on trustees’ duties have tightened over the years and if a ‘Objectives/Trustee responsibility document’ is more than a few years old, it should be looked at. The example above where a large amount of capital is on deposit for perceived ‘capital preservation’ reasons might be leaving the trustees exposed. So checking existing arrangements is part of a trustee’s duties and taking advice may be prudent from a ‘compliance’ point of view, but also for the good of those you might be acting for: Peace of Mind for trustee, individual and organisation.

Phil James Grosvenor Consultancy Ltd. There are advantages and disadvantages to using all of these strategies and they depend on individual circumstances so don’t take action without seeking competent advice. Tax rules, rates and allowances are all subject to change. The Financial Conduct Authority does not regulate tax advice and some forms of offshore investments. The value of investments and the income from them can fall as well as rise, you may not get back the full amount you invested and past performance is no guide to future performance.

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At the Cinema - Chris Worthington Leave No Trace Directed by Debra Granik Certificate PG at the Watershed

with her or with their relationship. However it is illegal to live in the national park so an alternative has to be found.

In Leave No Trace Director Debra Granik makes a welcome return to the fringes of contemporary American society following the excellent Winters Bone (2010) where the setting was cooking up crack cocaine in the backwoods of the Appalachian mountains This time round the film starts with PTSD afflicted veteran Will (Ben Foster) camping out in a national park with his fourteen year old daughter Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie).

The solution is to place Will and Tom on a farm where the owner, Mr Walters, grows Christmas trees. At first he appears to be kind and willing to help but in reality it is a work camp with cheap labour. They have their own apartment but find it hard to adapt. The apartment comes with conditions attached including hard work on the farm, attending church on Sunday (complete with a ludicrous veiled dance by elderly members of the congregation) and Tom enrolling to attend school.

They survive by gathering food from the forest and growing plants in a small garden. To supplement this once a month they cross the bridge over the freeway to the nearest shopping mall where they buy supplies with Will’s welfare cheque. Despite the discomfort and privation of the camp they have no wish to return to a normal life and live in constant fear of being discovered. They have rehearsed an escape route to hide in the forest but the day eventually arrives when they are tracked down by the police and handed over to social services. They are forced to live separately in hostels. The social workers are kind and well meaning but what is on offer is completely at odds with what Will and Tom want to do, which is to return their life in the forest. Tom is closely questioned about her relationship with her father including “inappropriate touching” , and Will is subjected to a test administered by a computer consisting of 435 questions to assess his psychological condition. He cannot do the test because of his PTSD. The social workers reluctantly admit that having been taught by her father Tom is ahead of the average educational attainment for a girl of her age. They cannot find anything wrong

After a few weeks Will has had enough. They pack their rucksacks and head off travelling first by train in a box car and then by hitch hiking. Their last ride drops them off to walk into the forest. They barely survive the first night of rain and cold but then stay in a derelict cabin where there is the unspoken threat of the hill billy owners turning up to reclaim their home or worse. Will sets off to get food, takes a fall crossing a stream and breaks his leg. They are rescued by people living in a trailer park who have also chosen to live outside of the mainstream of American society. Sadly Will cannot adapt to this lifestyle either and when his leg has healed he departs to live the life of a hobo leaving Tom to her new life in the trailer park. Leave No Trace is a somewhat disturbing account of America as it is now. Last year I went to America for the first time since a grand tour by Greyhound bus in 1972. A great deal has changed in that time. Ben Foster is building an impressive film career including 3:10 to Yuma (2007) and Hell or High Water (2016). Leave No Trace is a major breakthrough for Thomasin Harcourt – McKenzie who is only eighteen. She is from New Zealand and her previous parts included Astrid in The Hobbit. There is likely to be much more to come. chrisworthington32@yahoo.com

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Cleaning the River Trym If you go down to the woods today... In July SusWoT embarked upon the more ...You’re in for a big - pile of rubbish? At least you would have been if you’d strolled past the Coombe Dingle car park at Blaise at the start of August. A scaffolding pole, a lorry tyre and 30 car tyres, roadworks signs, concrete blocks, a hedge trimmer, bikes, carpets, tents, clothes, shoes, toys, plastic bottles, drinks cans, tins of paint and oil, mattresses, asbestos, an enormous wooden board and even the proverbial kitchen sink - just some of the junk that a crack team of SusWoT volunteers had pulled out of the Trym that week.

Since March Sustainable Westbury-on-Trym (SusWoT) has run a monthly litter pick. There are now more than 20 local people who pick litter and about half turn out for each litter picking session. An astonishing 80 sacks of rubbish have been collected in four sessions as well as prams, a tractor tyre, and full suitcases! The footpaths throughout Westbury, Sheepwood, and the woods by Vintery Lees and Clover Ground have been tackled. There are some people who also do litter picking on their own at other times. If you feel inspired to help please get in touch. Bristol Waste has been very supportive and is keen to help local groups wishing to run litter picking activities. Their Community Engagement Officer, Lydia Francisty, helped us set up the litter picking activities, advising us on best practice, loaning the kit we need and arranging for the assembled rubbish and recycling to be collected promptly. Bristol Waste will also deal with broken glass, dog mess and needles reported to them.

ambitious task of starting to clear the river Trym. The Trym is around 4 miles long, rising in Filton and joining the Avon by Sea Mills railway station. The river runs through culverts from Filton to Southmead, through Badock’s Wood as a river, and then through the centre of Westbury in channels and finally through Blaise and to the Avon as a ‘proper’ river.

SusWoT would like the Trym, its tributary Hazel Brook, and their surrounding woodlands and meadows to become a high quality corridor for wildlife from Sea Mills to Southmead. It is possible to walk from Sea Mills station to Blaise more or less offroad and beside the river except to cross the Shirehampton Road by the Mill House pub. The Friends of Badock’s Wood and Friends of Blaise have done great work to improve the environment in those areas. There has been lots of fly tipping for many years between the Dingle Bridge and the Shirehampton Bridge. This detracts greatly from the benefits of spending time in this green oasis. It is already home to kingfishers, kestrels, eels, owls and minnows as well as the more common urban wildlife, but it could become much more - a diverse wildlife corridor linking Blaise to the Avon one way and to Badock’s Wood the other.

Before & After The rain over the weekend of 26th and 27th July proved a huge accidental boost to the project to clean the Trym. Instead of 10 people spending a couple of hours cleaning the Trym the activity was rescheduled to

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Cleaning the River Trym take place each evening from Monday to Thursday, this allowed many more people to take part on at least one evening. In all a whopping 27 people generously helped clear the river and remove the litter in the surrounding area. In all about 100 man hours were spent clearing the river and litter picking the 500m stretch from the Dingle Bridge towards Shirehampton Road. SusWot are grateful for the equipment lent and advice given, by Bristol and Avon Rivers Trust. Cleaning the river was a real team effort. Those in waders and wellies worked in the river, passing stuff up to those on the bank sometimes needing a grappling hook to make it possible to haul out tyres loaded with gravel. There was so much rubbish in the river four barrows were in constant use moving the rubbish to the collection points. Others concentrated on collecting litter from the banks and the surrounding woodland.

Before & After at Dingle Bridge So whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next? We plan to finish the initial section in August to host a picnic in the meadow in September to encourage people to enjoy the space. SusWoT organises litter picking on the last Sunday of every month. If you feel inspired to help please email SusWoT at suswot2050@gmail.com. You can find out more about SusWoT at www. suswot.org.uk. If you want to do something in your local area, litter-picking equipment can be borrowed from SusWoT, the Co-op on Canford Lane, or Bristol Waste, email SusWoT for more information.

We extracted a huge amount from a relatively small area. The water is much clearer and cleaner now and the wildlife will benefit. But the benefits will not just be local. The Trym links to the Avon and the Avon to the Severn, so all the plastic, paint, oil, asbestos, heavy metals and other materials that would have been washed out to sea wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be, and better still many will be recycled. All the money that Bristol Waste raise by recycling materials is fed back to their owner Bristol City Council. So the tin can that is picked up and put in the recycling not only improves the environment but also helps pay for our local services. page 60

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HENLEAZE guide £650,000

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A bright and exceptionally well-located 4-bedroom, 2 reception room (plus conservatory) detached family residence situated conveniently just off Henleaze Road and further benefiting from off street parking for at least 2 cars and a lovely 58ft x 38ft level rear garden. Balanced and well-arranged accommodation over 2 floors with a good standard of presentation throughout. EPC: D

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A charming, bright & surprisingly spacious 2 double bedroom converted coach house located in a beautiful and peaceful road within a stone’s throw of Durdham Downs & offering a stylish & contemporary interior, a pretty walled garden (30ft x 17ft) & parking for a city car. Sympathetically converted in 2005, this wonderful two storey home has a balanced & pleasing layout. EPC: D

Beautiful living space near the Downs - a very smart, 2 double bedroom, 2 ‘bathroom’ (1 en-suite) garden apartment of 1356 sq. ft. with 20ft x 14ft sitting room, 14ft x 10ft kitchen/diner, it’s own garage & private entrance in an elegant Victorian residence. Set in a prestigious and coveted location on the fringes of the Downs. EPC: D

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This BS9 Life - Duncan Haskell One of the biggest negatives of working from home is the lack of face-to-face interaction with other people. Despite our seeming desire to spend increasing amounts of time staring at various screens, there’s nothing quite like a conversation with someone that you can see and touch (not that I go about touching people). It’s a consideration that didn’t cross my mind when leaving office life back in 2015, perhaps not quite appreciating how lucky I was to have so many of my best friends close by on a daily basis. The lack of treats brought back by colleagues from summer holidays was something I thought about, but it wasn’t enough to hold me back, just. There are ways I try to fight it - mainly through regular meetings with people I work with, rather than phone calls or email exchanges. That includes our very own BS9 editor and our ongoing tour of the cafés and eateries of the local area. Also, chats over the fence with the neighbours (fans of obscure 90s references, think Home Improvement’s Tim and Wilson).

reminder not to take life too seriously - as I type this she’s destroying one of my slippers. She also forces me (in the loosest sense of the word) to get of the house on a regular basis and the combined effect of fresh air, fun with my canine pal, and numerous stopand-chats with familiar faces is the ultimate Radox for the soul. All that’s left is to teach her to speak, though I fear she might have a few choice words to say about some of the music I inflict upon her on a daily basis. A knock-on effect of this craving for company is an increasing friendliness to anyone who comes round to do any work on the house - in the last few months plumbers, locksmiths and delivery people have all been overzealously welcomed, showered with biscuits and hot drinks, and generally pestered in an attempt to recreate those much missed watercooler moments that are hard to have on your own. It’s not a case of being careful what you wish, I’m genuinely lucky to be able to do what I love for a living, just a gentle plea to all of us to remember the importance of life away from the computer. Duncan Haskell

Of course help is at hand courtesy of the dog. A bona fide companion and constant

Just to follow on from Duncan’s comments about missing the company and social interaction of the office environment when you work from home, next month there will be an article about “Hot Desking” / “Coworking” as a way of bringing a bit more sociability into the working life of a oneman and one-woman bands.

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A beautifully presented town house, which consists of; kitchen/breakfast room with double doors on to the rear garden, spacious sitting room, three double bedrooms and a family bathroom. Offered on an unfurnished basis from 29th September. EPC - C

So it’s difficult to judge what will happen in the coming months. Brexit looms large and interest rates have risen. That said, here on the ground, I’m hopeful that in Bristol, if you’re looking to sell or let your property this autumn, you won’t have a problem. And if you’re thinking about it, give us a call... Howard Davis, MD - Clifton

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Prize Wordsearch Do you read from the front or from the back? Have you ever thought about it? I always read a newspaper from the back to the front, and put that down to the fact that invariably that is where the sport is. Magazines I also read from the back, but books I do tend to read from front to back as I find them less confusing that way.

diagonal. All you need to do is work out which of the subjects is not in the grid and let me know which it is. All correct entries received by the end of September will go into a hat and one entry, drawn at random by computer, will win the lucky entrant a bottle of Prosecco and a £15 book token.

Why do I mention this? Well, if you are reading the BS9 from the front you’ll already know that there is a new Adult Learning prospectus out this month, detailing the dozens of subjects and activities you can learn at Stoke Lodge Centre. If you are reading from the back then you have that story to come. Anyway, this led me to think that “subjects studied at school” might make a fun Prize Wordsearch theme this month.

Entries please by email (andy@bcmagazines. co.uk), post (8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY), text (07845 986650) or phone (0117 259 1964). Right oh, here are the twenty one subjects you are looking for. Best of luck.

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History Notes no. 129 - a singularly nasty man A few months ago I wrote about voluntary and involuntary residents of Bristol Castle including the great and the good and the not so good. This month I am going to have a look at one of the very definitely not so good – in fact I’m not sure if he had any redeeming features whatsoever. Those who read the previous article may remember his name, Lord Bartholomew de Badlesmere who had been appointed by King Edward the Second as Constable of Bristol Castle from 1312 – 1316. During the last forty years, ever since I worked for a firm adjacent to Temple Church, I have been interested in, and researched, the history and presence of the Crusader Knights Templar, specifically those in Bristol. As a result of this interest the author Michael Baigent became a member of our ‘Temple Local History Group’ and, through his researches, was able to positively identify the two ships of the Templars that were registered here. As a quid pro quo I also contributed to his book, ‘The Temple and the Lodge’. During these researches I came across Bartholomew de Badlesmere’s name and learnt about the problems he caused both the medieval township of Bristol and the Templars’ estate south of the river. Another of our members, Douglas Procter, also helped by producing this illustration of the Templar’s original round church with Bristol Castle in the distance. Books on Bristol’s medieval history all refer to bad blood that existed between those in the township of Bristol and those south of the river in Redcliffe and Temple Fee, the latter being the estates of the crusading order of the Knights Templar. At one time there was a possibility that Redcliffe could even have overtaken Bristol in eminence. However one very attractive prize in Badlesmere’s sights was the lucrative Temple Fee because the land granted to the Templars came under the jurisdiction of his holiness the Pope, and neither the King nor his representatives held any sway there. Lord Badlesmere and his local crony William Randolph, by stirring up trouble, hoped to get control of the Templars’ port and trade without having to pay taxes on any proceeds to the King. It was the system known as ‘Firma Burgi’ that enabled Badlesmere to take advantage of the situation. Royal Castles had constables, or castellans, appointed by the Monarch - mainly to prevent unruly barons from taking strategic control of an area in their absence. The castellan was granted a licence, the ‘Firma Burgi’, to harvest a town’s taxes for personal gain in exchange for a fixed payment to the Monarch. As one can envisage, the difference between a fixed payment to the monarch and however much

the castellan could extract, or “mulct” from the town‘s inhabitants as a reward (or loyalty bribe) was open to abuse. Lord Bartholomew de Badlesmere aided by his cronies led by Randolph exercised his power to the full. In 1312 matters became so bad that Bristol’s Burgesses and their elected mayor petitioned King Edward II to deal with the depredations of conspirators because Randolph, under the protection of Badlesmere, set himself as an alternative Mayor. His group was known as the Castle Party or simply ‘The 14’. The dispute between the two factions resulted in open warfare and bombardment between the town and the castle. With supreme irony during that period of civil unrest someone said, “A town with two mayors will never prosper”. During this period the ‘14’ also maintained their power by manipulation of juries and thuggery. Disquietingly during my research I realised that accounts of the insurrection and the deeds of the Oligarchy had been redacted from some accounts of Bristol’s history. However what had been overlooked was that, because of Royal intervention, records also existed in the Rolls of Parliament held in the National Archives at Kew. Details of Badlesmere and Randolph’s skulduggery gleaned from both local and national records enabled me to make a reasonable guess as to their language and demeanour. These conjectured conversations, specifically in relationship to his harassment of the Templars, I have used in my historical novel about Bristol which spans the period from 1300s to 2013. “…over the business of the supposed thief Walter Page, I know The Mayor John Taverner will listen to reason as he understands that we are capable of dealing justly with Page and, if proven, will enforce the appropriate punishment – ourselves. I am just hoping that we can converse with him without any of Randolph’s men being present.” “Why?” “Because they will report straight back to the great Lord Bartholomew de Badlesmere”. Setting off back to our Fee, Jack said, “That went as well as could be expected at least they accept that we have the right to try our own tenants.” One morning shortly after our visit to the mayor we heard a commotion outside and one of the sergeants hurried in to say that the Castle Constable had arrived and was loudly demanding that the thief be handed over. Sighing, our Knight in Charge, William Burton said, “Thank you Sergeant, bye the way, who is with him?” “About five, seem to be his usual men at arms and ruffians. I think I recognise one of them as one of William Randolph’s cronies who have been stirring up trouble against us in

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the town for months”. I remember expressing surprise, “A Lord coming in person to apprehend a common thief?” “It’s not the thief he wants, it’s our authority he wants to abrogate to himself”. “Good morning Lord Badlesmere, fine morning isn’t it.” “Good morning Sir William, I think that you know why I’m here. As the King’s representative in Bristol, I have here a writ of Habeas Corpus directing you to produce your Templar tenant Walter Page, and release him into my custody to stand trial.” “Lord Badlesmere. We have been through all this before, you know that neither your or the King’s jurisdiction holds sway here, neither does your writ of Habeas Corpus. You are on his Holiness the Pope’s land as your King well recognises, it’s a pity that you don’t!” “Under the ancient law of Utfangenthef I could have had him summarily executed as being in possession of the stolen goods.” “It is a shame Lord Badlesmere that your knowledge of the law is so sketchy. Your claim is wrong on two counts. Firstly, based on the reports of the witnesses he wasn’t at any time in possession of the goods and secondly the application of Utfangenthef is limited to the Mayor and Sheriffs of the township. Castle Constable you may be but as the alleged incident did not take place within the precincts of Bristol Castle any punishment would be outside your jurisdiction. We have the man in custody and Sir John has already spoken to the Mayor of Bristol and gathered the evidence and witness statements on the basis of which we will try him and if he is guilty as you claim he will be punished.” The Constable stood in his stirrups, looked around and said, “Pah! What a few hours in your old pillory over there. It’s so weak, it once fell over and killed a child; you had to pay Deodand for that as well.” “No, if he is found guilty, he could be put to work on our galley that you can see over there at the dockside; we are always in need of fresh oarsmen.” Wheeling away and shouting back over his shoulder, “You haven’t heard the last of this. We will see what

the King has to say!” Moving forward to 1314, when all the Templars in France and England were arrested and those remaining in Bristol were taken to Bristol Castle. …finally we were gathered together and taken under the ignominy of armed escort across the bridge to Bristol Castle. Once there to our great relief we were taken not to the dreaded dungeon as expected, but told we would have separate chambers, but first we were to be taken before our arch enemy the obnoxious Castle Constable. In a gloating voice he addressed us, “At last, even the King finally recognises that your order is like lice on the back of the Kingdom.” Turning to Sir William Burton, he said, “Do you remember when you refused to accept my writ of habeas corpus? Well now perhaps you will have time to reflect upon the consequences of defying me. It seems to me that these chambers you are in are much too large for you, I will arrange for you to be placed in something more suited to your present status.”… I knew that Badlesmere fell out of favour with King Edward over Hugh Despenser but thanks to historian Kathryn Warner, who has her own Edward the Second website (edwardthesecond. blogspot.com), we have more detail which provides a fitting endnote, if not for the Templars, but at least for Badlesmere. I believe the expression is ‘comeuppance time.’ It seems that Badlesmere was angry at the rise of Hugh Despenser, once his ally, but who had supplanted him in the king’s favour. As a result Badlesmere switched allegiance to the Marcher Lords and Edward had him arrested for his treachery. And for his robberies and homicides be hung drawn and quartered and his head placed over the town gate of Canterbury.

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Inheritance Tax- how much do you wish to pay? The government rakes in massive amounts of Inheritance Tax every year not all of which it deserves to receive if people had the time and inclination to organise their financial affairs. If you wish to gift your hard won assets to HMRC this article is not you. Otherwise read on. Here are some potential tax saving tactics: Give away gifts of up to £3,000 tax-free Everyone in Britain can give away small gifts, such as Christmas or birthday presents, worth up to £3,000 tax-free. This price cap is known as an annual exemption and can be carried forward to the following tax year, but only for one year. Gifts can include wedding or civil ceremony presents of up to £1,000 per person (£2,500 for a grandchild or great-grandchild, and £5,000 for a child), payments to help with another person’s living costs, such as an elderly relative or a child under 18, and Christmas or birthday presents. Downsize and give your children the cash One of the main planks of inheritance tax is that it applies to assets you own at death – but it also applies to assets given away in the seven years before your death. This is to prevent “deathbed” giving as a way to avoid the tax. Tax on assets above the tax-free threshold, which is £325,000 per person or twice that for married or civil partnership couples, £650,000, is applied at 40pc. Since April 2017, individuals can claim an additional allowance of £100,000 to offset the sale of a family home on death, on top of their existing £325,000 inheritance

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What’s On & Community News Listings for community events, not-for-profit clubs and charitable activities are free of charge. If you have something of this nature that you would like listed please get in touch by calling 0117 259 1964 or 07845 986650, or emailing andy@bcmagazines.co.uk. Listings must be submitted in Word or text in an email only and be no longer than 75 words to be accepted. Details shown are accurate to the best of my knowledge, but dates, times & locations may change without notification. So if you are unsure, and to avoid disappointment, please contact the organiser listed to double check. Theatre, Concerts and Music A great opportunity has arisen to join Bristol Choral Society. Due to a change in rehearsal venue (after 45 years) from central Bristol to Henleaze, the Bristol Choral Society is actively recruiting for all voice parts for next season. Rehearsals are at Trinity Henleaze URC Church, on Wednesdays, 7.15 - 9.30pm. The season starts on Sept 5th. To read more about us go to www.bristolchoral.co.uk. Or just turn up to a rehearsal, letting choir@ bristolchoral.co.uk know in advance so that we can welcome you and provide music. It’s Your Ceili - Fun barn dance party for all. Dances walked through first, then called with live music from the Highly Strung Band. Friday 7th September, Friday 2nd November. 7.30pm to 10.30pm. St. Alban’s Church Hall, Westbury Park. All profit to Bristol charities - see website for details. Licensed cash bar, pasties + cookies sold at break. Tickets £10 pre-book at www.ticketline.co.uk or pay on door. Enquiries - Jill Elliot 01275 847 909. www.highlystrungcommunityband.co.uk The BCCS Choral Society is a small and friendly choir who meet weekly at the Bristol Cathedral Choir School on Wednesday evenings. We sing material spanning the core choral repertoire as well as traditional songs and contemporary arrangements. The new year starts in September and we’d love to welcome new members to come and join us! If you’re interested in finding out more, please contact Christina May on maylearner@outlook.com.

Westbury Park Orchestra is a friendly nonauditioned orchestra with a repertoire of classical and modern pieces and with an emphasis on having fun. You will ideally be of a good standard (string and brass players particularly welcome). We meet at Westbury-on-Trym Methodist Church, Westbury Hill on Monday evenings between 8.00 and 9.30 (term-time only). Free taster session for newcomers. Come and give us a try. For further information please visit www.westburyparkorchestra.com. Bristol Cabot Choir is delighted to welcome new members for all voice parts. Why not come and sing with us for a ‘taster’ rehearsal before a simple audition? We meet at Redland URC on Mondays at 7.30 pm. FFI email admin@bristolcabotchoir.org, visit www.bristolcabotchoir.org or find us on Facebook. ‘Babbers’ Radio Show every Monday from midday to 2pm on Ujima Radio - 98FM. The show is organised and presented by older people for older people with the aim of helping to reduce loneliness and social isolation - although the topics we cover are interesting and relevant to all. For more details - info@ujimaradio.com. Bristol Good Afternoon Choir meets every Monday afternoon from 1 -3, at Westbury on Trym Methodist Church. There are no auditions and everyone is welcome. We enjoy all sorts of music – from folk songs to choral favourites. For more details about the choir please contact Nikki on 01761 472 468 or email gac@grenvillemusic.co.uk – or just come along to a rehearsal. Henleaze Singing for the Brain Group meets in the Bradbury Hall on Waterford Road, on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Thursday afternoons each month from 2.00 to 3.45. We start the session with refreshments and general socializing before singing. We have song books, and sing all sorts including songs from the musicals, well-known golden oldies and folk songs, and are accompanied on the piano. If you would like to attend a session, please contact Alzheimer’s Society local office in Bristol at bristol@alzheimers.org.uk or 0117 961 0693.

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What’s On & Community News Saturday 15th September - Bristol Male Voice Choir concert featuring solo flautist Rachel Misson. At Westbury on Trym Methodist Church, 7 for 7.30pm. Tickets, £10.00, available from Kate (0117 4010646) or on the door. All profits to be split between St Peter›s Hospice new building project and Westbury on Trym Methodist Church. Bristol Chamber Choir. Come and join Bristol’s oldest choir (founded in 1837). Rehearsals are on Wednesday evenings at Redland Park United Reformed Church at 7.30pm. Further details can be found at www.bristolchamberchoir.org.uk. Please contact our Secretary, Rae Ford, on 0117 939 1685 or Rod Coomber on 01275 843 900 or email rodcoomber@aol.co.uk for more details. Organ Elevenses at Westbury Parish Church. On Saturday September 22nd Eric Tyson, 2016/17 President of Bristol and District Organists Assoc. will open our Autumn concert series. He has played in over a dozen cathedrals and has given concerts in the UK, USA, the Slovak Republic, the Netherlands and Australia. Eric starts his recital with Purcell, but then has chosen a largely 20th Century programme with music by Bridge, Howells, Easthope Martin, Whitlock and others. Coffee and cake at 10-30 included in hoped for donation of £5. Children free. All are very welcome. The recital starts at 11 am. Henbury Singers welcome new members. We meet at Stoke Bishop Primary School in Cedar Park on Thursday evenings - 7:45 to 9:15. Fees are currently £130 per year. There is no audition. We sing mainly choral music from a classical tradition, but we also sing carols, songs from musicals, gospel and folk songs. For membership or concert tickets contact Maggie Cavanna 0117 973 4794 or secretary@henburysingers.org. The Mosaic Singers is a small group but would like to grow our line-up with an additional soprano, alto, tenor and bass. We rehearse in Stoke Bishop on Tuesday evenings, where a warm and friendly welcome is assured. This need not be as heavy a commitment as with some choirs. To find out more, please phone David Vicary on 0797 346 0994.

Sunday September 23rd 7.30pm Saints & Sinners. An entertaining evening of medieval and Renaissance music – sublime and celestial for the Saints, sordid for the sinners! Sung by Nova, Bristol’s specialist early music vocal ensemble in the stunning acoustic of All Saints, Pembroke Road Clifton. BS8 3ED. Music by Peter Abelard, Alfonso X, Victoria, Lassus, Byrd, Clemens and others. Programmes £8 (students £5) at the door. Bristol-based Opera in a Box will be reviving local composer Eric Wetherell’s A Foreign Field at The Redgrave Theatre, Clifton, from 10-13 October. Set during the Great War, the lyrical opera tells the story of three soldiers who find love and betrayal when caught behind enemy lines. A Foreign Field, an easy-to-listen-to opera with music by Eric Wetherell and lyrics by Elizabeth Major, is based on Ben Macintyre’s true story of hopeless love and betrayal during the Great War. It centres around Robert, a British soldier, and Claire, a French villager who quickly fall in love, much to the horror of her family and the whole village. Opera in a Box’s production of A Foreign Field is at The Redgrave Theatre, Clifton, on October 10, 11, 12 and 13 at 7.30pm. Tickets are £15 (£5 students), available from 0117 315 7800 & www.operainabox.com Want to be involved in music? Can you count to 6? Don’t mind sitting on the floor? Join us in September - Bristol Community Gamelan play the music of Java, will be starting again next month, and are looking for new members for the 2018/9 season. We meet every Monday evening in the World Music Studio at Cotham School from 6.30 to 8.30 to play traditional & modern pieces. If interested email keithripley27@gmail. com or phone 9444241. They can be seen on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=4ND4zoKbhQs Singers Wanted! Henleaze Ladies Choir meets on Thursdays at 1.45pm in the hall at St Peter’s Church, Henleaze. We sing a range of music from works by Elgar to Bernstein’s West Side Story and lots more! Our new season starts on Thursday 13th September – come along for fun and friendship. For further details, contact Jean Wickham on 9624466 or Jane English on 07752 332278.

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What’s On & Community News Friends of Welsh National Opera and all visitors are welcome at Redmaids High School on Wednesday 19th September at 7.15pm for an evening with the WNO Artistic Director David Pountney who will talk about and illustrate examples of his production of Prokofiev’s War & Peace. Tickets at the door - Friends £5, guests £7. For further information contact Margaret Borkowski at borkmail@googlemail.com Bristol Male Voice Choir invites new singers. The choir has a broad repertoire, performing not just male voice standards, but songs from musicals, pop classics, spirituals, and classical favourites. You don’t have to read music to join the choir as a tenor, baritone or bass, but you will enjoy learning our repertoire, (re-)discovering the voice you may have forgotten about , and being welcomed into the choir’s friendly social atmosphere. We perform for charity, for weddings and a wide range of events during the year. We rehearse every Thursday from 7.00pm till 9.15 pm at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (formerly Filton College ) where the north end of Filton Avenue meets the A38. You will be made very welcome when you come along to a rehearsal. Also visit our website – bristolmvc.org.uk - to find out more, or phone 0117 968 2223. The Stoke Bishop Ladies Choir meet on Mondays at the Village Hall, Stoke Bishop, 1.45-4pm from September to April. We welcome new members. No auditions required. We sing for pleasure. Come along and give us a try. For further information, contact Carolyn on 2791409 or Maureen on 9567894. People of Note community choir is looking for new members, especially altos. We are are friendly and it›s fun, the songs we sing are very varied, pop, folk, world music, original pieces, but not traditional choral. We meet in Southville on Tuesday and Clifton on Wednesday evenings. Visit www. peopleofnote.co.uk or email peopleofnote@ btinternet.com for more details. Come along for a tree taster! Exhibitions, Markets and Meetings Coffee Morning in aid of MacMillan Nurses

on Friday 28th September from 10 am to 12 noon in Henbury Village Hall, with home made cakes and raffle. No charge – donations only. Thursday 27th September, the Friends of Redland Library are hosting a Meet The Author event, with guest Jane Duffus, author of the acclaimed “The Women Who Built Bristol”. The venue is Redland Library and the event starts at 7pm, with doors opening at 6:45pm. Admission is £3 ( pay at the door). Biography details for Jane Duffus can be found on her website www.janeduffus.com Antique Vintage & Collectables Fair, Ashton Court Mansion, Long Ashton, Sunday 30th September - 10am-3.30pm. 40 stalls inside Georgian lounges and grand music hall. Fine jewellery, china, furniture, memorabilia, pictures, retro items, vintage, clothing plus lots more. Café with afternoon cream teas - £2.00 entry under 16s free. Mansion Car park - Kennel Lodge Entrance via Portishead Rd (A369). Rooms to Hire. Subud Hall, Wesley Place, Clifton, BS8 2YD. The Subud Hall is an exWesleyan Chapel next to the Downs with 2 beautiful, peaceful spaces 7/8 metres for hire. Suitable for rehearsals, choirs, classes etc. Please call 07790 519 683 for more info. Country Market. Every Friday from 10.30 to 11.30 in Westbury on Trym Methodist Church Hall. Homemade cakes, arts, crafts, plants, vegetables, jams and chutneys. Refreshments are also available in a relaxed and friendly environment. For more details contact Sue Sills on 0117 962 8306. Fitness, Health and Wellbeing Aikido for Kids: Aikido is a modern Japanese martial art which draws on fencing (kenjutsu) and wrestling (jujutsu) techniques. Regular practice develops confidence, flexibility, strength and focus. Westbury Aikido Club offers lessons for children, Sundays from 10am to 10.45am, during term-time, at the Scout Hall (Northcote), Great Brockeridge BS9 3TY. New term starts 9th September. See www.westburyaikido.club for more detail, or email reenee@westburyaikido. club. The first lesson is free, so come along

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What’s On & Community News and give it a try! Dancercise is a fun, gentle dance and exercise class, suitable for adults of all ages, abilities and mobility. Classes take place at the Community Centre, Avonmouth on Wednesday at 10am and St Edyth›s Church Hall, Sea Mills on Thursday at 1.30pm. Classes include a seated warm up, strengthening exercises and some simple fun dance routines finishing with a few stretches, a cuppa and a chat. There is a suggested donation of £3 per class but the class is completely free to those on low incomes. Come and join us, everyone is welcome. For more details contact Anna on 07852 988 895 or check out our FB page @dancercise.bristol. New Chair Aerobics class starts Wednesday 5th September at St Peter’s Henleaze 11.15 -12.15. 1st class free! Seated and gentle standing strength, balance and stability exercises, to music from the 60s to today’s pop! Add years to your life and life to your years! Class price £5. For more information call Louisa on 0772 509 1429. Karate classes on Thursday evenings at David Lloyd Westbury on Trym (no membership required). The evening starts with beginners and advanced classes for children aged 5 and up, followed by a new class for adult beginners. Please contact Trevor on 07921 917 758 for more information. Henleaze Tennis Club welcomes new members of all ages. We are a small friendly club. Our teams play to a good standard in the Avon leagues and we have a good level of club play for those who wish to play a more relaxed game. Check out more on our website: www.henleazetennisclub.co.uk (or give Heather a call on 0117 924 7441) Keep fit with dance moves – at Filton Community Centre, Elm Park, BS34 7PS, Tuesday afternoon, from 2 – 3. Improve your mobility and general wellbeing, have fun, challenge yourself and feel more confident. The class also includes some body conditioning. Working at your own pace, the class is suitable for all ages. Come along, have a laugh and make new friends at this very social and friendly class. Pay as you go at £4 per session. Wear comfortable

clothing and appropriate footwear. For further information contact Eileen Scott on 07969 929 733, or visit www.keepfit.org.uk for more info. Yoga Classes in Westbury-on-Trym, Friday 12.15 to 1.15. Drop-in price £8. Venue: Scout Hall, Northcote, Great Brockeridge, Westbury on Trym, BS9 3TY Term-time only. Stoke Bishop, Monday 7pm to 8.30pm - Drop-in price £10. Venue: Stoke Bishop Primary School, Main Hall, Cedar Park, BS9 1BW. Term-time only. Classes are open to everyone, all levels of experience, no booking required, parking available. Full details about classes found at www.yogabristol.co.uk/ classes. Mobile: 07899 034 645. Legs, Bums & Tums and Boxercise is open to all ages and abilities. The class is designed to develop core and general strength. Boxercise is a fun, energetic, stress busting way to get fit. Every Mon and Weds mornings 10-11 (Legs, Bums & Tums) and 11.15 -12.15 (Boxercise), Tues evenings 8.15 - 9.15 (Boxercise), and Weds evenings 7-8 (Boxercise). All classes held at St Edyth’s Church Hall, Sea Mills. Book your place today - telephone 07748 198 694 or visit www.bs9fitness.uk. Westbury Folk / Country Dancing on Tuesdays 1 - 3 pm at The College, College Road, WoT. This is a sociable group meeting to have fun, get some exercise and, of course, stop for a cup of tea. No experience is necessary as all dances are called first. For further information, call Christine on 0117 962 2223. It’s £3 per person for each session. Drop-in Healing Session at the Friends Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland, BS6 6JE (Ground Floor Community Room). Thursdays 5.00-6.30, donation basis. Healing is holistic, gentle and relaxing and helps restore balance and wellbeing. Recommended if you are feeling stressed or in need of some support. Run by Bristol Healing Group with trained volunteers and links with the Healing Trust. For further information please contact Barbara on 0117 908 2061. Ladies Badminton at Westbury Village Hall, held on Friday mornings, 10 – 12. Come and see our friendly group in action. All we ask is

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Interest Rate Rise and How it Affects Those in Retirement On Thursday 2 August 2018 the Bank of England raised interest rates from 0.5% to 0.75%. While we can make this sound dramatic by saying interest rates have hit their highest level for more than nine years, it is equally true that at 0.75%, the rate is still very low. An interest rate rise is usually a cause for celebration for savers, who might expect to see an increased return on their savings. However, only one building society has passed on the increase to savers so far. While others may follow, this is only an incremental change and is unlikely to make a significant difference to individuals’ savings income and/or the ability of their savings to keep pace with inflation. An interest rate rise can be bad news for the stock market, as when savers might get increased returns from their cash they could decide to leave their money in the bank instead of investing it. However, August’s rate rise was largely expected so had already been factored into stock prices. For most people then, the rate rise will not have had a noticeable impact. This means that those who rely on income from their savings or who are worried about their money keeping pace with inflation – both typical concerns for those in retirement and living off their life savings - will need to take action independently to make sure their money is working well for them. This may involve accepting a degree of investment risk and investing in stocks and shares with the aim of beating the returns available on cash, or reviewing an existing portfolio of cash, stocks and shares to check it is up to date and delivering the best results it can. Reviewing your finances with a financial adviser is a positive step to make sure your money is in the right place to provide for your needs. Richard Higgs, Chartered Financial Planner at Wealth West Ltd, provides friendly financial advice in BS9 on a face-to-face basis in the comfort of clients’ own homes. He specialises in advising retired clients on savings, investments, Inheritance Tax and long-term care planning. He can be reached on 0117 9665699, richard.higgs@wealthwest.co.uk, or alternatively through www. wealthwest.co.uk

Trym Lodge, 1 Henbury Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol BS9 3HQ, Tel. 0117 966 5699 www.wealthwest.co.uk richard.higgs@wealthwest.co.uk

What’s On & Community News that you can play and would like to meet new people. For further details, phone Elizabeth on 0117 968 1759.

please call Leanne on 07817 189 474 / leanne@mindbodypilates.org, or visit www. mindbodypilates.org.

Henleaze St Peters Keep Fit Class, Weds 1011am at St Peters Henleaze, £5 per session. A gentle exercise class for everybody improve your health and wellbeing with a class designed for people who enjoy low impact, low intensity exercise. Strengthening muscles, improving suppleness, balance, mobility and stability whilst enjoying the benefits of general wellness and positivity. Call Louisa for more info on 0772 509 1429.

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

St Peter’s Badminton & Social Club is a small friendly badminton club and we meet every Monday and most Wednesdays from 7.30pm until about 9.30pm in St Peter’s Church Hall, Henleaze, BS9 4LD. Membersip Fees are £50 from September to May. Visitor Fees are £3.00 per night. £1.00 for Juniors who are very welcome. Contact Ann: tel: 0117 969 4882 or email: martannmitch@outlook.com. Westbury Harriers Running Club is for all ages and abilities, with a variety of different groups and sessions to suit all. Based at Coombe Dingle Sports Complex and Blaise Castle. Training nights Mondays and Thursdays 7pm with additional sessions at Yate track on Tuesday evenings and an informal social run on Saturday mornings. See www.westburyharriers.com for more information on our events or joining us. Ladies Badminton at Stoke Bishop Village Hall. We meet every Tuesday afternoon, 2pm to 4pm, . We are looking for players to join our friendly group. Interested? Please call Pat on 0117 914 9511 for more details. Morris Dancing - Bristol Morris Men welcome anyone who wants to try morris dancing. We practise on Thursday evenings in the Sports Hall at QEH School at Berkeley Place, Clifton from 8 to 10. For more information please visit www.bristolmorrismen.co.uk or call Grant on 0117 944 2165. Pilates Classes running in the local area on Tuesday’s 9:30am (improver) / 10:30am (beginner) / 12:10pm (mixed ability) / 13:30pm (Postnatal) and on Wednesday 18:15pm (intermediate). For bookings

Westbury Scottish Club country dancing classes for beginners is held at Leonard Hall, Trinity-Henleaze URC, Waterford Road, Henleaze. Contact Maggie on 01934 838 175 for more information. Classes for the more advanced dancers are at St Peter’s Church Hall, Henleaze. Tel. Cheryl on 0117 401 2416. Held every Tues 7.30 - 9.30pm. See www. wscbristol.co.uk for details. Men at St Peter’s Keep Fit meet every Tuesday morning from 9.30 to 10.30. This is a men only group of 60+ year olds who enjoy regular exercise routines taken by fitness professional Natasha Johnson. Only £4 per session payable on attendance. Please contact Keith Bonham on 0117 968 4972 or just turn up. Redland Green Bowls Club welcomes new members. Our qualified coaches will happily give you a free taster session any Monday between 4 and 6 (weather permitting) or by arrangement - contact Jean or Gerry 0117 962 4466. We are a friendly, sociable club with Mens and Ladies league teams and a calendar of friendly mixed matches. We are offering half price membership for the first year. For further details : redlandgreenbowls. webs.com. Hydrotherapy Exercise Sessions – A group exercise in Southmead Hospital’s purpose built pool. Benefits include relaxation, relief of pain & swelling, improved movement, balance & fitness. All ages & abilities are welcome. We are a friendly local team of Chartered Physiotherapists with expertise in a variety of disabilities & medical conditions. For more details please contact Chris & Ali Cowley on 07971 086 628, or email healthyhydrotherapy@gmail.com or visit www.healthyhydrotherapy.co.uk.

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What’s On & Community News Zumba Gold - Wednesdays 5.30 - 6.25pm / Zumba Fitness 6.35 - 7.30pm held in the Westbury-on-Trym Village Hall. £5 on door. Just drop in with water and a sense of humour! Phone Marie on 0117 963 4104 or visit www.bristoldancezumba.co.uk for more info. Fancy a ramble? How about joining us for enjoyable 8-10 mile walks on two Sundays per month? Our usual group size is 1215 walkers. If you are interested please come and give Stoke Lodge Ramblers a try. For more details please visit www. stokelodgeramblers.wordpress.com or call our Secretary on 0117 950 0934. Gardening and Horticulture After a summer break Sea Mills Garden Club will resume its regular monthly meetings in September. Meetings are held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7.30 pm at Sea Mills Methodist Rooms, Sea Mills Square as follows :- 19 September, Katherine Crouch “New tricks for Old Gardeners”; 17 October, Victoria Logue “Practical Propagation”; 21 November, Jon Mason “Who Knows (?) Highfield Garden World”. Visitors always welcome - £3. FFI contact Gail on 0117 9685350 or Pat 07779 203626. Friends of Old Sneed Park Nature Reserve is in the heart of Stoke Bishop. An area of wild flower meadows, a lake with ducks to feed, and a woodland to walk. Membership is £10 per adult/year. You will receive a topical quarterly newsletter and details / invite to join the free events that are held on the Reserve. For more details please contact: fospnr@gmail.com. The Alpine Garden Society meets on the 3rd Friday of every month at Westbury Methodist Church, Westbury Hill, at 7.30pm. We have speakers on various topics, plant sales and social events. Visitors are very welcome at £2 a visit. For more details please call 0117 967 3160. Henleaze & District Flower Club meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at Bradbury Hall, Waterford Road in Henleaze. Flower demonstrations are held on the second Thursday, practice classes

on the fourth Thursday. New members are always welcome. For more details please ring 0117 907 5724. Henleaze Garden Club meets on the first Wednesday of each month in the main hall at St Monica’s, Cote Lane, with a summer break when the club arranges coach trips. We have expert speakers, a quarterly newsletter, and a great Christmas event. Annual membership is £20 plus £1 per visit, visitors are most welcome at £5 per visit. Contact Brian Dury 0117 9621227 or visit www.henleazegardenclub.co.uk. Volunteering and Charities Volunteers to teach adults to read with Read Easy. This National Charity is looking for people to become reading coaches. We use a scheme that has been specially designed to be delivered by people who are not trained teachers. After an initial day of training our Coordinator will pair you with an adult reader and ask you to deliver two half hour sessions for most weeks of the year. The timings for the sessions and the venue will be decided by you and the reader to be mutually convenient. For more info visit www.readeasy.org.uk or contact our Coordinator by email: bristol@readeasy.org. uk or ring 07941 078332. REMAP is a registered charity that designs and makes custom aids for the disabled. We are on the lookout for volunteers (engineers, craftsmen, DIY enthusiasts etc) who are willing give up a little of their time to enable a disabled person to enjoy a better quality of life. If you can help please contact Colin on 01275 460 288, (colin305@gmail. com), or Ray on 0117 962 8729, (rwestcott@ blueyonder.co.uk)or visit www.bristol. remap.org.uk. If you’d like to get more active or involved in your community why not give an hour a week or a day a month and help Marie Curie as we continue to provide care to patients and their families? If you enjoy meeting new people and raising money for a great cause, we would love to hear from you. FFI please contact Helen Isbell on 0117 924 7275 or email Helen.Isbell@mariecurie.org.uk.

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What’s On & Community News RSVP (Retired & Senior Volunteer Programme). Do you like reading? Do you like helping children? If yes to both, you are just the sort of person we are looking for! If you can spare a minimum of an hour a week to hear children read in a local school you could make a huge difference. Volunteering is a great way to stay active and to feel useful, so if you are interested in joining us please get in touch. Contact Mina on 07860 669 953, or visit RSVP-west.org.uk.

people learn to cope and rebuild their lives following separation or divorce. Our next 7-week self-help course starts on Monday 1st October in Henleaze, Bristol. The course is facilitated by a group of men and women who have all experienced broken relationships or divorce. If you would like to know more call Gill on 07807 058479, email bristol@hopeafter-heartbreak.co.uk or visit www.hopeafter-heartbreak.co.uk or our Facebook page www.facebook.com/hopeafterheartbreak.

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

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

Volunteer Drivers wanted for transport, once or twice a week, of local elderly patients to the Westbury doctors’ surgery or to a hospital. We operate within the Charity RSVP-West, who provide us with liability insurance for these drives and with practical help and advice. And of course we work closely with the Westbury-on-Trym practice. For information please contact Wendy Clark (0117 962 0733) or Zina Wilson (0117 431 3671) or by e-mail on Bernzina@blueyonder. co.uk or ask at Westbury Practice Reception or your local GP on tel. 0117 962 3406. Do you love Weddings? Westbury-on-Trym Village hall is a very popular wedding venue and has a busy ongoing wedding schedule. We’re looking for more wedding volunteers to help these events run smoothly. If you’re interested please email us at enquiries@ wotvillagehall.org or leave a message on 0117 962 3399. Friendship, Social and Support Do you, or someone you know, need support following a relationship breakdown? Over the past 20 years Aquila has helped many

The Bristol Support Group of the National Osteoporosis Society is a local group for those diagnosed with osteoporosis, their families and friends interested in the condition and for those at risk. Meetings take place at the Methodist Church Hall, Westbury on Trym, BS9 3AA. At the next meeting on Monday 3rd September from 1.45pm till 3.45pm. Steve Greenhaigh, BANES safety officer, will be explaining how over 60s can be driving safer for longer. Everyone is welcome. “Simply Social” Activity and Social Club. Whether you are single or in a relationship, enhance your social life by joining our friendly social club. We are run by members for the members and enjoy a packed programme of activities including walking, live music, dancing, dining out, badminton, a reading group, weekends away and foreign holidays. There are no age limits although most of our members are 40+. Check out www.simplysocial.org.uk or phone us on 07971 427 766, and come along to one of our Thursday Club nights. Senior Film Club, every third Monday in the month, at 2pm in St Peter’s Hall, The Drive, Henleaze, BS9 4LD. Refreshments: £3.00 Easy access, carers welcome. On Monday 17th September at 2pm our film will be Hampstead (cert. 12A) starring Diane Keaton, James Norton and Brendan Gleeson. Hampstead is a 2017 British drama

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AND JOIN US AT

WESTBURY BAPTIST CHURCH REEDLEY ROAD for

THE

SUNDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER FROM 10.30AM

FOR FAMILY WORSHIP,FOOD,BOUNCY SLIDES

& FUN FOR ALL AGES!

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU!

BUZZ INTO BRISTOL BOTANIC GARDEN VISIT OUR BEE AND POLLINATION FESTIVAL

SATURDAY 1 and SUNDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 2018 10AM-5PM Imagine a world without cappuccinos, chocolate, apples, strawberries or even Somerset cider. These are all dependent on insect pollination. Find out the very latest stories on how you can help the bees and other vital pollinators. Main exhibitors include the Bristol Beekeepers Association, celebrating the 90th anniversary of their annual honey show, the University of Bristol School of Biological Sciences, Feed Bristol, Mad Apple Cider, Writhlington School Orchid Project, Avon Organic Group, nurseries selling insect-friendly plants, and wildlife charities including the global Bees for Development. Demonstrations and talks will range from beekeeping techniques and the workings of a live hive, to research projects about urban pollinators, how to build bee skeps and weave enchanting willow sculptures. Admission is £5.50 (includes 50p gift aid donation) and is free to under 18s, Friends of the Garden, University of Bristol staff and ALL students. Free tours of the garden throughout the Festival. Refreshments supplied by Chandos Deli. University of Bristol Botanic Garden, The Holmes, Stoke Park Road, Bristol BS9 1JG. Tel: 0117 42 82041 www.bristol.ac.uk/botanic-garden. page 89

What’s On & Community News film directed by Joel Hopkins and written by Robert Festinger. It is based on the life of Harry Hallowes who successfully claimed ownership of a half-acre plot on Hampstead Heath, to stop developers destroying his home. For more information please ring Home Instead Senior Care - 0117 989 8210. Friday Lunch at Westbury on Trym Methodist Church. We meet up on the first Friday of every month from 12 - 1.30. You are warmly invited to join us for our regular lunch and to meet old and new friends. For further information call Rachel (0117 330 8503) or Alison (0117 962 9715). Henleaze (evening) Townswomen’s Guild meets at 7.15 on the first Wednesday of the month in St Peter’s Church Hall, The Drive, Henleaze, BS9 4LD. Interesting speakers present a variety of topics. Visitors are very welcome. Groups that meet between our monthly meetings include: arts and crafts group, music club, book club, discussion group, gardening club, bridge club and a lunch club. We have twice yearly outings and a holiday group. Contact Shirley on 0117 962 2243 for further information. Soroptomists International Bristol is part of a global organisation founded in Bristol for women from a wide range of professional and business backgrounds who have joined together to give service, friendship and have fun. We meet on the second and fourth Mondays of the month at Long Ashton Golf Club where we enjoy a two course meal with a speaker. For more details please contact our membership officer on 0117 973 9894 or email gillbea@aol.com for more details, and see our advert on page 89. Bristol Brunel Lions Club - We meet on the first Tuesday of every month at 7 for 7.30. On the 3rd Tuesday of each month we have a social gathering normally with food. We raise money for charity both locally and beyond through a variety of indoor and outdoor activities. Lots of fun and fellowship raising and spending money for very good causes. For more details of how to apply for assistance with charitable activies in Bristol or to become involved in our activities see Bristol Brunel Lions Club on line or on Facebook or contact our Club Secretary Bill

O’Neill at lion.bill@virginmedia.com. Stoke Bishop Townswomen’s Guild meet on the first Thursday in the month at 2pm. With effect from the 4th October, we are changing our venue to Stoke Lodge Adult Education Centre, Shirehampton Road, Stoke Bishop. New members always welcome. We are a small friendly group and we have a varied programme of speakers, and other groups including theatre trips, lunch club, arts & crafts, scrabble, walking club and “tea and chat”. For more information, please contact Angela on 9686473, or Sheila on 9147159. Pat-a-Cake Toddlers group meet at Westbury on Trym Methodist Church every Tuesday during term time 1.15 - 2.45. We are a small friendly group who play, do craft and sing. Mums / Dads / Grandparents / Carers have a chance to meet over a cup of tea and biscuits. For further information please contact Alison on 0117 962 9715. The Bristol and District branch of Parkinson’s UK meets every first Saturday of the month at St Monica Trust, Cote Lane, BS9 3UN from 10am - 12 noon. Carers, relatives, spouses and people with Parkinson’s - all are welcome for a social and informative get-together, with speakers from a variety of backgrounds with many diverse interests. Please join us. We also meet at The Eastfield Inn, Henleaze, BS9 4NQ every second Friday in the month for an informal coffee morning from 11. North Bristol Alzheimer Café meets on the first Tuesday of the month at St Monica Trust, Oatley House, Westbury-on-Trym, BS9 3TN from 3.30 – 5.30. We provide a relaxed, informal and safe space in which issues surrounding dementia can be aired. Our café is staffed by trained, caring and experienced volunteers. Refreshments are served and most weeks live music is played. There is no charge to attend, free on-site parking is usually available and the number 1 bus stops right outside. FFI or to register your attendance contact Jacqui Ramus - tel 07854 185 093 or email jacqui.ramus@ stmonicatrust.org.uk. Henleaze (Morning) Townswomen’s Guild meets from 10.00 – 12.00. on the third Thursday of every month at The Eastfield Inn,

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Specialist Sale Results Diamond Clip

£6,200

Transitional Period Vase

£11,400

Godwin Table

£3,700

Clevedon Salerooms Valuers are either RICS Regulated Chartered Arts & Antiques Surveyors or Society of Fine Art Auctioneers Associate Valuers, all with at least twenty years experience and operating to the highest industry standards. Contact us for free, friendly professional advice. If you have items you may be thinking of selling why not attend a free valuation day or email us images. Home visits available.

Free Valuation Days at the Salerooms 10th & 11th and 24th & 25th September 9.30am - 1pm & 2pm - 5pm

Next Quarterly Specialist Sale Thursday 22nd November

DATE FOR THE DIARY: Free Jewellery & Watch Valuation Day at Stoke Lodge. Tuesday 30th October 10am-4pm. More details next month or contact us. Every lot, in every sale, illustrated and sold with live internet bidding Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers The Auction Centre, Kenn Road, Clevedon, Bristol, BS21 6TT Tel: 0117 325 6789 www.clevedon-salerooms.com page 91

What’s On & Community News Henleaze Road. New members and visitors are most welcome. Further information can be obtained from Elaine Anderson on 0117 907 5279. Clifton Rotary Club welcomes new members willing to give their time, interested in making new friends, building business contacts and using their skills to help others. We meet Weds lunchtimes at The Redland Green Club (Redland Lawn Tennis & Squash Club). www.cliftonrotary.org or email secretary@ cliftonrotary.org Bristol Grandparents Support Group gives support to grandparents who are estranged from their grandchildren due to family breakdown. We give support over the phone, via email, Skype and at our regular meetings held at 9 Park Grove, Bristol. BS6 7XB. Tel 07773 258 270 more information or visit www.bgsg.co.uk. Happy Days Memory Café meets 1st Friday of the month from 2.00 – 4.00 at Westbury Baptist Church, Reedley Road, BS9 3TD. The café is aimed at carers and people living with dementia and the plan is that we have fun. Why not check us out? For more information please contact Tony on 0117 968 1002 or check our Facebook page. Rotary Club of Bristol meets at the Bristol Hotel, Prince Street, BS1 4QF at 7.00pm for 7.30 pm on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Mondays and at 12.30 for 1.00 on the 2nd and 4th Mondays. Meetings start with a meal and are followed by a speaker. New members are very welcome – for more details see www. bristolrotary.org or contact Martina Peattie at mpeattie@btopenworld.com Henbury ‘Blaise’ Womens’ Institute meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm in Henbury Village Hall next to the church. Visitors and new members are always welcome. Contact 0117 962 9400 for more details or just come along! St Mary’s Church Coffee morning is held every Tuesday morning from 10 to 12. All welcome (especially those with young children – toddler toys and books available). Our Bright Sparks Carer and Toddler group meets each Monday in term time at 1.30 at

St Marys, Stoke Bishop. 0117 968 7449 for more details. Trinity Henleaze Ladies Guild meets fortnightly on Monday evenings at 7.30 in the Leonard Hall, Waterford Road. We offer a good varied programme of speakers followed by tea and coffee. All are welcome. For further information contact Jenny on 0117 962 0108. St Peter’s Ladies Guild meets at 2.00 on the third Wednesday of the month at St Peter’s Church Hall, The Drive, Henleaze. Varied programme. All welcome. Further details from Wilma on 0117 962 8895. The Friendly Club meets every Thursday from 2 to 4 (except August and major holidays) in the Methodist Church Hall, Westbury on Trym. We are a lively group of older people who meet to chat, play Scrabble and card games. Regular trips out and entertainments are arranged plus we have delicious tea and biscuits for only £1! Do come and make some new friends. Transport can sometimes be arranged if needed. Contact 0117 950 8644 for more details. Knit and Natter. We invite you to join us every Thursday between 10 and 12 at the Methodist Church in Westbury on Trym. It is a sociable and informal time when you can chat while pursuing your choice of crafts. If you prefer we can provide patterns for knitting for charity. Tea and coffee will be available! 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 2.00. We have a programme of varied speakers, outings, discussions etc. New members and visitors always welcome. For more info contact: Sue Murphy – Tel: 0117 950 2826. A three course buffet Parish Lunch is held at St Mary’s Church, Stoke Bishop, every Thursday from 12.15. Do come along and join us. Civil Service Retirement Fellowship. The Westbury-on-Trym group welcomes all retired Civil Servants and their spouses to

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Welcoming the Bristol Ensemble in their first concert as Redmaids’ High School’s Orchestra in Residence

Nicola Benedetti

& Bristol Ensemble in Concert Conductor: Leonard

Elschenbroich

Programme Includes: Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto, Beethoven - Symphony No 7 and Maria Walpurgis - Talestri, Regina delle Amazzoni: Sinfonia

Thursday 11 October, 7.30pm Redland Hall, Redmaids’ High School, BS9 3AW

Tickets: £30 Available from Monday 23 July, 9am at ticketsource.co.uk

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What’s On & Community News their meetings held on the first Thursday of the month at Studland Court, Henleaze Road at 2.00pm, Those people without a civil service background are welcome to join our group as Friends of the Fellowship. For more info phone Tony McKenna on 0117 950 2059. Westbury-on-Trym Probus Club provides a meeting point for retired and semi-retired professional / business men and women, to promote social wellbeing through friendship, discussion and companionship. The club meets for lunch with a speaker on the third Thursday of every month at BAWA, Southmead Road, from midday. If you are interested contact Peter Wright on 0117 962 4196 or email susanandpeterwright@ blueyonder.co.uk. Calling all Carers! Would you like the opportunity to share your experiences, relax and make new friends? Then come and join the Henleaze Carers’ Group. We meet on the second and fourth Thursday morning of each month, 10 to 12, in Bradbury Hall, Waterford Road, Henleaze. For more information please call Monica Rudston 0117 942 6095. Instep Club for Widows and Widowers. Weds evenings 8 -10 at Stoke Bishop Village Hall. Dancing - Ballroom and Sequence (If you haven’t danced for a long time we will help you learn). Social activities Annual membership £8. Members: £3 per session. Visitors welcome: £4 per session. Come in to see us or telephone Donna on 01275 832 676 or Wilma on 0117 962 8895 for information. The Fielder Club is an association for local women - though friends and family are welcome at all events. Membership is £5 p.a. to cover delivery of quarterly programmes of events such as lunches, theatre, visits, talks and walks. Weekly/monthly subclubs of badminton, book group, bridge, discussions, Scrabble, skittles and whist. Thursday mornings 10.30 at The White Lion in Westbury on Trym and twice-monthly pub lunches. For more details, please contact Gloria by email at gloriasimmonds@hotmail. co.uk. General Interests The Arts Society Bristol is Bristol’s own

society for those who enjoy the arts and we welcome new members. Lectures are given monthly on a wide range of subjects by specialists in their field. On 11 September the subject is Promenade des Anglais - Nice Artists. On 9 October the subject is Art UK: Uncovering the Nation’s Hidden Oil Paintings. Lectures are held at 8pm at Redmaids› High School, Westbury-on-Trym, BS9 3AW. For more information on lectures, study days and trips, visit our website www.theartssocietybristol.org.uk Bristol Scrabble Club meets every Wednesday at 7.15 pm at Upper Horfield Community Trust, BS7 0PQ (next to Eden Grove Church). New members welcome first visit free so come and give it a try. For further information contact Sue on 0117 924 7871. Bristol Bridge Club Come and play. Less experienced players: Mondays at 7.15pm and Fridays at 10.00am and 7.15pm. More experienced players: Mondays and Wednesdays at 1.15pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7.15pm. Try a free taster session on a Monday afternoon or evening, or a Wednesday afternoon. No partner? No problem - just turn up on any Monday or Wednesday session and we will find you a partner. Check our website for details: www. bristolbridgeclub.co.uk or contact 0117 929 1846. Grenville Hall, Oldfield Road, Bristol BS8 4QQ. Westbury Art Club meets every Thursday evening from 7 to 9 at The Greenway Centre, Doncaster Rd, Southmead. We are a mixed ability group of artists For more details visit www.westburyartclub.org.uk, e-mail us at westburyart@blueyonder.co.uk or phone our club secretary on 0117 962 9799. Does history give you a buzz? West Bristol History Group have some fantastic talks coming up in the next few months: Thurs Sept 13th, lan Freke - J Fry & Sons: a rough guide to the family and the firm; Thurs Oct 11th, Clive Burlton - the Making of the Modern Matthew; Thurs Nov 8th, Dr Aidan Dodson - West Theban pioneers: Belzoni, Rhind, Wilkinson and their contemporaries; and Thurs Dec 13th, John Penny - Regency and Georgian St Pauls (followed by American

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Bristol Indoor Bowls Club

198 South Liberty Lane Ashton Vale BS3 2TY

2018—2019 Season

Open Day Sunday 9th September All welcome to visit 10am until 4pm Free Coaching Equipment Provided Refreshments Available For more information T. 01179633460 E. bristolbowls@btconnect.com www.bristolindoorbowls.org.uk

During the summer did you watch bowlers through the fence of your local outdoor bowls club. Did you try bowls on College Green, or in the Millenium Square or at a school fete? Did you experience the social enjoyment and competitiveness of people of all ages playing the game, wishing you could be part of it? The good news is that during the coming dark winter months you can play bowls yourself with your friends and family. Our new season starts 1st September 2018. We have an ‘Open Day’ on the Sunday 9th September from 10am until 4pm when you can find out more, view our ‘wow’ facilities which include plenty of parking and disabled access. You can try bowls for free with all equipment provided as well as enjoying our warm friendly environment, meals from the ‘Hungry Bowler’ and drinks from our well stocked bar. Be active, ‘Get hooked’ on bowls at Bristol Indoor Bowls Club in South Liberty Lane, also now easily accessible from the South Bristol Link Road. For more information telephone 0117 963 3460, email bristolbowls@btconnect.com, view our website www.bristolindoorbowls.org.uk, look at our numerous photograph albums on www.flickr. com/photos/bristolindoorbowls/albums

Children’s Quiz Answers from page 24 - A = Palau, B = Uganda, C = the USA, D = South Africa, E -m Turkey, F = Macedonia, G = Estonia, H = Spain, I = the UK. Acronym Answers from page 40 - 1. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office; 2. Social Democratic Party; 3. Internet Movie Database; 4. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; 5. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; 6. President of The United States; 7. Anti-lock Braking System; 8. Diesel Engined Road Vehicle; 9. Electronic Facial Identification Technique; 10. SOund Navigation And Ranging; 11. Bring Your Own; 12. Blind Carbon Copy; 13. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender; 14. Good Sense of Humour; 15. Revolutions Per Minute.

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What’s On & Community News supper). Meetings are upstairs in the Friends’ Meeting House, Hampton Road, BS6 6JE at 19.30. Non-members £3. Annual membership still only £10. Contact Pat Walker Tel 07790 172451. The Bristol Astronomical Society hosts a series of astronomical talks, events and activities each week. We provide free Saturday observing at our observatory in Failand and often stage Star Parties in and around Bristol. Friday evening talks are held at 7pm at Bristol Photographic Society, Montpelier, BS6 5EE. Details of all events are on our website: www.bristolastrosoc.org.uk - All welcome. Bristol University of the Third Age (U3A) scrabble group would welcome new members. We play very friendly and informal games every Friday at the Beehive, Wellington Hill West, BS9 4QY from 2 to 4. For further info please contact Heddy Sara on 0117 924 1318 and indicate when asked to give your name that you are phoning about scrabble in order not to be blocked. Or email nigel.d.sara@btinternet.com. Bristol Adventure Sea Cadets. If you would love the chance to get on the water here in Bristol, make new friends, grow in confidence and gain qualifications, and are aged between 10 and 18, are recruiting now. We are open Tuesday and Friday evenings. Visit: www.sea-cadets.org/bristoladventure to find out more. Stoke Bishop & Sneyd Park Local History Group welcomes all to a series of talks at the Stoke Bishop Village Hall, 42 Stoke Hill, BS9 1EX. Talks start at 7.30pm and anyone interested in local history is welcome. Membership is just £6 p/a and visitors pay just £3 a meeting. Our next meeting is on Friday 7th September when Ian Beatie will be talking to us about The noble history of Sneyd Park & Stone Bishop. For more details please visit www.stokebishop.org.uk/local_ history_group, call 0117 968 6010 or email sblocalhistory@gmail.com. Please do also contact us if you are clearing out documents and pictures of Stoke Bishop! Friendly Bridge SW meets in Stoke Bishop Village Hall every Monday evening at 7:15.

New players welcome, and you can come without a partner. Also available are bridge lessons for complete beginners or more experienced players. Contact Gareth on 07921 788 605, email friendlybridgesw@ gmail.com or visit friendlybridgesw.org.uk. The Bristol Humanists is a local group for those who make sense of the world using reason & shared human values, who seek to live ethical lives on the basis of reason, humanity and respect for others, and who find meaning, beauty, and joy in the one life we have. We usually meet on the first Monday of every month (except when it is a bank holiday when it is the second Monday) at central Quaker Meeting House, Champion Square. For more details visit www.bristol. humanist.org.uk or www.meetup.com/ Bristol-Humanists. Henbury Art Club is looking for new members for our Wednesday morning club. We meet 11.15 - 1 in Southmead Library. We are a very friendly mixed ability group, and have our annual show in the Henbury Village Hall every May Day. Please contact Gill Dix by email. gill@dix.org.uk for more details. The Bristol Philatelic Society meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month in the meeting room of the United Reform Church at the bottom of Blackboy Hill (Whiteladies Road) starting at 7.30 p.m. Contact 0117 956 7853. North West Bristol Camera Club is an enthusiastic group of amateur photographers who meet each Wednesday at 7:45pm at Westbury Fields. New members of any level of ability are most welcome. For details contact Neville at nevwgoodman@mac.com. Got a speech to make? Bristol Speakers offers a relaxed environment to practise your public speaking. Learn how to construct and present a speech, gain knowledge from experienced speakers, and conquer your public speaking anxiety. Most of all, practise in a stress-free environment where members give helpful feedback. It’s a well-structured evening, fun and relaxed with a nice mix of people. Meeting 7.30pm alternate Mondays at BAWA Southmead Rd. Contact Ben@ Bristolspeakers.co.uk

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