The Bristol Nine - December 2016

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A free community magazine delivered each month through over 12,000 le erboxes across Coombe Dingle, Sneyd Park, Henleaze, Sea Mills, Westbury on Trym and Stoke Bishop

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The Editor’s Small Piece Hi there. Just 22 more sleeps before the big day - the shortest day of the year, after which winter will pretty much be over and we’ll be sprinting towards springtime. Before then of course we have the festive bunfight that Christmas has become, so however you choose to celebrate it I hope you get to do so with family and friends and do so warmly, healthily and cheerily.

As usual at the end of another year I’d just say a big thanks my team of delivery people who ensure that you receive your Bristol Nine each month, come rain or shine - thirty two kindly people without whom the whole thing would collapse. I think I have probably walked every road in BS9 now filling in the gaps when people are off sick or on holiday or revising, but while I thoroughly enjoy delivering the magazine on occasions I am extremely grateful to the team for getting out there each month.

I’d also like to thank everyone who receives the magazine (obviously not personally) and feed back their thoughts to me, enter the competitions, send me their content, without which it would be a much duller affair, and support the local businesses who make it all possible. The Bristol Nine celebrated its tenth birthday earlier this year and even after that length of time it never feels like a chore - in fact it never really feels like a job at all.

Next month there will be a slight change in when you receive the magazine as I’ve decided to merge the January and February issues. This will give me the luxury of not having to cobble together the January issue on Christmas Eve, as is usually the case. So the January joint issue won’t be out until the middle of the month, and then there won’t be anything in February with normal service being resumed at the start of March. As such the deadlines for inclusion are different this time around - 9th January for the Jan/ Feb merged issue and then 15th Feb for the March issue.

Back to this month though and I hope you enjoy the new puzzle walk that covers the southern flank of the harbourside around the M Shed and Redcliffe.

Weather permitting we’ll be out, en famille, on Boxing Day exploring the area.

Have a great December and we’ll do it all again in 2017.

Cheers, Andy

Get In Touch - 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY, 0117 259 1964, 7845 986650, andy@bcmagazines.co.uk or @BS9Andy

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Useful Information Emergencies, Support & Information

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Local Trains

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Westbury on Trym Post Office 9am - 5.30pm Mon to Fri, 9am - 4pm

Trains run from Sea Mills station to Temple Meads (via Clifton Down, Redland, Montpelier, Stapleton Road and Lawrence Hill) regularly throughout the day and at weekends. Cheap, fun, quick and scenic. Visit www.gwr.com for more details or pick up a timetable from your local library.

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Stoke Bishop Post Office (in Spar) 7.00am to 8.00pm Mon to Sat, 7.00am to 5.00pm Sun

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Westbury on Trym Parcel Collection 8 - 3 Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri, 8 - 8 Wed, 7 - 2 Sat

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Late Post - there is a late post box at the main Post Office sorting depot on the A38 at Filton. Currently the late post is at 7pm.

Public Transport Visit the excellent Bristol City Council website www.travelbristolorg to plan out your routes in, around or out of the city - whether you are planning

St Mary Magdalene, Stoke Bishop www.stmarysb.org.uk 0117 968 7449 WoT Methodist Church www.westburyontrymmethodistchurch .org.uk 0117 962 2930 WoT Baptist Church, Reedley Rd, www.westburybaptist.org.uk 0117 962 9990 WoT Holy Trinity Parish Church, www.westbury-parish-church.org.uk 0117 950 8644 Sacred Heart Catholic Church, WoT www.sacredheartchurch.co.uk 0117 983 3926 St Peter’s Church, Henleaze www.stpetershenleaze.org 0117 962 4524 Trinity URC, Henleaze www.trinityhenleazeurc.org.uk 0117 962 9713 The Community Church, WoT www.the-community-church.net 0117 946 6807 St Edyth’s Church, Sea Mills, www.stedyths.org.uk, 0117 968 6965

Waste & Recycling The Household Waste and Recycling Centre on Kingsweston Lane, Avonmouth for pretty much everything. The Avonmouth centre is now open Winter hours from 8.00am to 4.15pm, 7 days a week.

The Silver Line The Silver Line is the new and only free confidential helpline providing information, friendship and advice to older people - open 24 hours a day every day of the year. Call anytime on 0800 4 70 80 90.

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Bruce Fellows’ Good Reads Marian Sutro opens the door of her Swiss home and finds an old flame there, Sam. He wants to learn exactly what happened fifty years before when Marian disappeared. Simon Mawer’s tense and exciting espionage thriller, Tightrope, takes us with Sam as he makes his discoveries. Marion, a wartime SOE agent and exconcentration camp inmate emerges as a courageous and passionate woman who walks a tightrope of family loyalties and principles through the forties and fifties, an era overshadowed by the threat of nuclear holocaust.

You’ll be glued to this and be rooting for Marion as she exploits her spy craft to make her escape.

dealing, romantic complications, a mad woman, secret doors, a haunted wood, terrible screams in the night and masses of pheasants are shot. It’s a magnificently entertaining book. If you liked The Thirty Nine Steps, you’ll love this.

In Deborah Levy’s gripping new novel Hot Milk, Sofia accompanies her mother Rose to Spain in search of a healer for Rose’s legs. An anthropologist with a half-completed Ph D, Sofia has become Rose’s carer.

Sofia spends her days finding the right water for Rose, pushing her wheelchair, and roaming the beach meeting local characters while trying to avoid jelly fish. Then there is Dr In his excellent novel All That Man Gomez, a miracle worker stroke Is, David Szalay tells nine stories of charlatan, and his daughter, Nurse contemporary men across Europe; Sunshine. Sofia is also missing her from youth to old age. A schoolboy Greek father, a rich man who left them seeks a rite of passage, a drop out takes penniless. This is a compelling read a holiday, a bodyguard gets too and an intriguing examination of involved in his work, an academic mother, daughter; daughter, father delivers a car, a developer has to decide relationships. to go for broke, a journalist is ruthless, a Scotsman finds despair, a Russian New York, and Richard Smith arrives oligarch confronts ruin, a civil servant with a bill for £1,000 but there isn’t faces life alone. Each man struggles enough cash in town to pay him. Well, with life: what it is; what it means; he’s wearing breeches and a tricorn hat; success; failure; the passage of time. it’s 1746 and New York’s population is This book enthrals from its first spare only 7,000. What’s to be done? Read sentence to its last.

Francis Spufford’s riveting and original novel, Golden Hill, and find out.

E. Phillips Oppenheim was a best Smith mingles with merchants, selling author a century ago and The lowlifes, slaves, lawyers and politicians Great Impersonation, probably his and in a month or so experiences more finest novel and recently re-published, ups and downs than come the way of shows you exactly why. Just before the most people in a lifetime. Very First Word War, two old school friends cleverly written, with intriguing meet in West Africa. One is German, characters, from page one this novel one is English. The two are lookalikes never flags. And what does Smith want his money for? and equally fluent in each other’s language. The plot is off on its devious Bruce Fellows - December 2016 route. There’s a conspiracy, double-

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Christmas Services 2016 at TrinityHenleaze United Reformed Church, Waterford Rd, Henleaze, BS9 4BT

Christmas Services 2016 at St Mary’s Church, Henbury, BS10 7QF

Carol Service: Carols by candlelight - Sunday 18th December 7:00 pm. Music led by the Keynsham Brass Band.

Sunday 18 December 6pm – Carols by Candlelight A Service of readings and carols for the festive season followed by mince pies, coffee and mulled wine

Christmas Eve celebration: Short, all age (family) celebration led by the children of Junior Church - acting out the traditional Christmas story - Saturday 24th December at 4.00 pm.

Saturday 24 December – Christmas Eve 4pm – Crib Service The story of Christmas for children of all ages 11pm – Midnight Mass Traditional service of Holy Communion for Christmas

Christmas Eve communion service: Saturday 24th December, 11:30 pm. A quiet, reflective communion to start the Christmas Day celebrations.

Sunday 25 December – Christmas Day 10am – Christmas Morning Christmas Day service: Sunday December 25th Family Communion Service at 10:30 am.

Most services last for about an hour. For more details check out www.thurc.org.uk

THE BRISTOL NHW NET WORK 2017 CALENDAR IS NOW ON SALE! With beautiful photographs of Bristol submitted by local residents. Useful crime prevention safety tips have been included as well as the popular ‘Spot the Landmark’ competition, with prizes for the top winning entries.

Calendars cost £2.50 each.

Order forms can be downloaded from our website: www.bristolnhwnetwork.org.uk In addition to local police stations, there are a number of pick up points across the city to save people having to pay postage costs. However, calendars can be posted if you send an A4 size, self addressed, stamped envelope or we will provide the envelope if you send a sticky self addressed label together with stamps to cover the cost of postage.

Postage cost details are on the order form.

All funds raised from calendar sales go towards supporting local Neighbourhood Watch groups.

If you would like information on how to set up a Neighbourhood Watch scheme, which can help build a stronger local community, details can be found on our website.

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Library News

Henleaze Library (0117 903 8541) Opening Hours Monday 11-5 Tuesday 11-5 Wednesday 1-7 Thursday 11-5 Friday 1-7 Saturday 10-5

Sea Mills Library (0117 903 8555) Opening Hours Monday 10-2 Tuesday 10-2 Wednesday 1-5 Thursday 1-5 Friday 1-5 Saturday 11-5

Volunteers have been hard at work across Bristol, giving a helping hand at their local libraries. At Avonmouth Library volunteers helped us to give one to one support for people wanting to get online and learn basic IT skills.

Whilst young volunteers at Henleaze Library helped to sign up children to the Summer Reading Challenge and support them choosing new books to earn their prizes.

Westbury Library (0117 903 8552) Opening Hours Monday 2-7 Tuesday 11-4 Wednesday 11-4 Thursday 11-4 Friday 11-4 Saturday 11-4

to watch the progress being made by each child.

Our first Bristol Shares Reading Volunteers have been inducted recently as part of a new project with The Reader. The volunteers will run weekly sessions with adults to share short stories out loud whilst sparking conversation about the characters and plots.

Now we are looking for volunteers across libraries in the North West of Bristol to lead either weekly or monthly sessions for members of the community. There are volunteers carrying If you would like to volunteer for Bristol Libraries then contact Nia Crouch at out these roles in other libraries across the city libraries.volunteering@bristol.gov.uk or speak to and we want to spread this success. your local library to find out more.

Reminiscence If you would like to find out what library groups Group Volunteers you could join take a look at our website will lead monthly sessions with a small https://www.bristol.gov.uk/libraries-archives. group of people to share memories and Westbury Library will have Extended Access from January reminisce on the local area. It is great way to make friends and learn something new over a There will be a coffee morning and afternoon on cup of tea.

Monday 16th January, 10:30-11:30am and 46pm. This will be a chance for you to find out Code Club Volunteers will lead weekly more about Extended Access and meet sessions for children aged 8-11 to learn basic coding techniques. The lessons are pre-planned members of the Westbury Library Group, who and there is lots of flexibility to inspire creativity. are putting on the event in collaboration with Volunteers have particularly found it rewarding the library.

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Rough Sleeping in Bristol “I arrive at approximately 10.15pm by which time the guests who are staying overnight will ▪ in November 2011 it was estimated there have had their beds allocated to them. Those were 20 rough sleepers in one night; in who don’t have a bed are making their way out November 2015 this number was 97 in the hope that they might be luckier in securing ▪ Bristol has the highest number of rough a bed another night. Already our evening sleepers outside London. volunteers will have served between forty and The Julian Trust Night Shelter is unique within sixty hot meals to all of our guests including the the context of the many agencies in Bristol that ones who will not be able to stay overnight.

They will have also distributed fresh clothes, help the homeless, in that it offers open access socks, underwear etc. to food and a bed without the need for a referral. It was founded originally as a Christian organisation in 1986 and whilst the Christian ethos remains its bedrock, most volunteers are not practising Christians but are interested in helping the homeless.

Some facts about homelessness in Bristol:

The Julian Trust’s founding principle is to accept people as they are and not try to change them.

So our volunteers treat guests in a totally nonjudgmental way.

We then collect in the washing. Each guest’s laundry is individually listed, apart from the socks as they all look the same! Blankets are given out and facilities opened up for showering.

We wish them goodnight and encourage them to settle down to sleep. They want to sleep because they’re exhausted from being on the street.

Vera, who is a member of All Saints Church Clifton, has been a volunteer at the Trust for over 25 years. She explains what being an overnight volunteer involves:

As there are always two volunteers on duty, we split the night between us so one goes upstairs to the volunteer’s bedroom to sleep for half the night, while the other volunteer processes the washing and prepares breakfast. By that time it’s my turn to sleep from around 3am-6am then we start serving breakfast at 6.30am. The guests then prepare to leave by 7.30am.

The night shelter is staffed entirely by volunteers

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Rough Sleeping in Bristol with no paid staff. It is funded solely through donations with no local authority help or government support. Churches and local businesses also help to support the shelter, but inevitably, the need is constant.”

vegetables, washing powder, cleaning sprays, washing up liquid etc.

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we always welcome concerned people who are willing to help with fundraising.

Although we have no paid staff and we try to keep our expenses to a minimum, there are always basic housekeeping costs such as heating, lighting and catering so individual donations are always welcome.

There are a variety of ways to get involved and help including: ▪ e.g.

donating used young people’s clothing jeans, t-shirts, hoodies etc. Not many people are aware that we welcome second hand pants and socks unlike many other charities!

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donating non-perishable items such as UHT milk, tinned meats, tinned

If you feel you could help, then please contact Jenny Oates our Volunteers’ Co-ordinator on telephone number 01275 852806 or email her at volunteers@juliantrust.org.uk.

You can also find out more on our website at www.juliantrust.org.uk

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Henleaze Westbury and Sea Mills libraries under threat of closure and Canford Park and the Downs at risk of losing park staff. These are just two examples of threats to our services under the Mayor’s Budget proposals.

Please respond to the online consulta on at h ps://bristol.ci zenspace.com/bristol-city -council/corporate-strategy-2017-2022. Papers copies available from local libraries.

Geoff and Liz thank you for your support and wish you a very happy Christmas and best wishes for 2017.

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Puzzle Walk around the harbourside Boxing Day always seems a good one for going out for a walk, to get some fresh air into the lungs and blow away the excesses of the previous days feasting.

So this year if you fancy a walk with some added interest why not have a go at this new puzzle walk?

There is a huge amount of development going on in and around our fabulous harbourside, and each time we go down we discover something new. This walk takes you around the south side of the docks, exploring the area from the SS Great Britain along the waterfront to the M Shed and beyond to Redcliffe.

Just strolling the route will be a pleasure, especially if you pick a crisp clear winters day, but to add to the interest (useful if you have youngsters with you or are of an inquisitive mind) there are a series of questions for you to find the answers to as your amble round.

No prizes, it is just a bit of fun. Answers on page 94.

Walk Essentials This walk is largely flat and suitable for all ages and those with buggies and wheelchairs. There is a slight incline up and down around Redcliffe Parade - this can be avoided if, when you get to the turquoise bridge at Bathurst Basin, you turn right and continue along Bathurst Parade rather than crossing the bridge.

The section you avoid is in italics and you will miss out quiz questions 9 to 12. Although easy walking the stroll requires care and attentiveness - some of it is on cobbled pavements, some of the route is criss-crossed by tramlines that are easy to get your feet caught in, and there is the potential for trains to be running in the area. Above all the whole walk takes place alongside the harbourside where the water is deep and the edges often unfenced. Please take care especially if you have children with you. There are loads of opportunities to stop for refreshment of all sorts enroute, and there are public toilets in the M Shed. In total the whole walk is about 2 miles and, without refreshment stops, should take you about an hour and a half.

Your walk starts in the carpark for the SS Great Britain on Gas Ferry Road, well signposted off Cumberland Road that runs alongside the Avon New Cut from the Create Centre to the old Bristol General Hospital. Walk from the car park out onto the dockside, past the old maritime mine and anchors, then turn right so that you are on the harbourside with the water on your left and with terrific views across to Cabot Tower.

Q1. What is the maximum fine for swimming in the docks?

Keep heading towards the M Shed, and look across the water to the café with the dipped roof in the shape of a Pringle, designed so as to not obstruct the line of sight across the docks to the Cathedral beyond.

Q2. The pretty boat ‘De Jonge Iede’ won an award in 2016 - what was it?

Continuing along the waterside you past the legendary Brunel’s Buttery.

Q3. What is the name of the Bristol Ferry Boats stop here where you board and alight the famous yellow ferries?

Looking across the water now you will see the circular Lloyds building and amphitheatre come into view and (I hope it is still there) the new ferris wheel.

You will now pass the first of five giant dockside cranes. The first one which stands alone is the Fairbairn Steam Crane, a piece of industrial history and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Q4. How many of this type of steam crane are still in service? (Grown ups may need to give little people a lift to find this answer).

Continue a little further past the varied boats moored at the waterside until you reach a largish vessel call simply ‘Bee’.

Q5. At what level on Bee’s hull is the Plimsoll Line? (the marking introduced in the UK by Samuel Plimsoll MP in 1876). (continued overleaf)

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Puzzle Walk around the harbourside Now you will have arrived at one of Bristol’s most famous landmarks (unless it has sailed off for the day!) - the ‘Matthew’. Well worth a visit on board.

suffering behind much of Bristol’s maritime affluence.

Now turn the corner and walk past the end of the L Shed.

Q8. When did Brunel’s SS Great Western make its maiden voyage to New York and how many days did the journey last?

Resist the temptation to walk across the Prince Street bridge, now only open to pedestrians, but cross Wapping Road instead and continue the route of the southern waterfront (Merchants Quay) in what is now a much quieter part of the walk. As you head towards St Mary Redcliffe, clearly in view ahead, look across the water to your left and see if you can see a couple of Bristol’s most famous canine and ovine residents (Gromit and Shaun). Adults of a certain age can also at this point recount to their children their memories of visiting the Thekla in times gone by. Turn right at Q6. When did Giovanni Cabbato set sail in search the end of the terrace (you have no choice! If you of new lands? Older Bristol residents may well want to keep your feet dry), and head up to the remember this from the maiden voyage of the replica turquoise bridge across the Bathurst Basin.

Matthew a few years back celebrating Cabot’s original voyage.

Cross over with the Ostrich pub now to your left. Walk up Guinea Street ahead of you then, if they are open, walk through You will now be facing the imposing sight of the M- the impressive wrought iron gates of the old Bristol General Shed and the four stunning electric cranes, built Hospital which is now under serious renovation. In this many years later by the same Bath company Stothert courtyard enjoy the terrific architecture that used to part of & Pitt that produced the steam crane you passed BGH including the chapel. earlier.

Q7. If you add up the big serial numbers on the four electric cranes what total do you get?

At this point of the walk do, if you have the time and / or inclination, visit the M Shed, a brilliant museum showcasing Bristol past and present from many perspectives. To continue the walk though, carry on along the front of the M Shed and past the Balmoral moored outside. If you ever have the opportunity to go on a trip on the Balmoral do take it.

Keep an eye out for the poignant memorial plaque on the wall of the M Shed reminding us of the

Q9. What is the inscription at the base of the fountain?

Head back out of the gates, turning right then immediately left, opposite the Golden Guinea (crowned not long ago as Bristol’s Best Back Street Pub), into Jubilee Place. The turn left into Barossa Place and follow the road along and around to the right into Clift Place and then into Redcliffe Parade West.

Q10. What was, or is, No. 10 Redcliffe Parade West the home of?

Cross Redcliffe Parade to enjoy the views of the city from the

(continued overleaf)

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Puzzle Walk around the harbourside walls of Redcliffe Parade car park, then descend the narrow sloping road by the car park down to the waterside once more.

Q11. When was Redcliffe Parade built?

At the bottom of the slope double back on yourself and walk around the base of the cliff to have a closer look at some of the excavation works going on in this part of the harbourside, and the slavery memorial mural painted on the side of one of the derelict buildings. Retrace your steps now and head back past the base of the sloping path so that Redcliffe is now on your left and the water on your right.

the pedestrian crossing to read more about the bridge if you wish, but return to the north side of the road.

You are now at the top of Gaol Ferry Steps, an area with a very interesting, if not necessarily pleasant, past.

Q14. How many inmates were released from the gaol when it was stormed as a part of the 1831 riots?

This fascinating area has undergone extensive development recently and is buzzing now as a home for several independent food and drink outlets. (I’ve Q12. What was the small red brick building on not tried them all out but the lunches at Better Food your left used for? are really good and the coffee at Little Victories is as superb as you might expect given that it is the latest Continue around the base of the cliff and round to the left, venture of the team behind Small Street Espresso in trying not to miss the plaque on the wall on your left telling you the Old City). Walk down through the new more about the history of this part of Bristol. You will now pass development of eateries until you get back to the right in front of the Ostrich pub - note the fab gas lamp hanging harbourside. The M Shed will be on your right now over the door. Cross back over the turquoise footbridge and this but you should turn left - you’re on the home straight. time veer leftish along beautiful Bathurst Parade with Bathurst Keep an eye out for the giant mural depicting the Basin and marina on your right. history of Bristol Docks.

Q15. What are manufactured in the harbourside premises on the mural, and what is the one girls name that appears?

Continue to head away from the M Shed, and enjoy the views across the water up to Cliftonwood, beyond the masts of the SS Great Britain.

Q16. Which children's TV characters can you see aboard the boat named Energie which is moored at the dockside?

Finally you will arrive back at Brunel Square at the entrance to the SS Great Britain.

Q13. Look very carefully - what did Bathurst Basin used to be called?

At the junction with Bathurst Bridge and Wapping Road, by the Louisiana pub, cross straight over onto Cumberland Road. Please be very careful here and be wary of vehicle traffic in this area - hold little hands. Keep on the narrow right hand pavement for about 150 yards, past the ruined (and sealed off) walls of the old Bristol Gaol until you come to the new development opposite the Gaol Ferry Footbridge that allows pedestrians to cross the Avon New Cut (I’ve crossed this beautiful little bridge many times in the past, not always sober!). Cross the road carefully at

Q17. How many masts and how many chimneys does the SS Great Britain have? (clue - you don’t need to go aboard, in fact you don’t even need to see the ship).

And to finish the walk off have a look at the Great Tile Mural in Brunel Square.

Q18. How many white unicorns can you see in the mural?

Hope you’ve enjoyed the walk. There will be another Puzzle Walk in the next issue.

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Talking Pets with Viking Vets I love Christmas, but not when it starts in September.

My husband generally hates Christmas, possibly because I love to have three Christmas trees! I know it is excessive, but one is outside and has become a welcome addition to everybody going past Viking Vets. I then have one in the sitting room and one in the kitchen. We used to have one living in a pot, he was called Norman, but he got sick of living in the pot so we planted him in the garden where he is now a happy tree.

When our two boys were small, they thought Norman was a magic chocolate growing tree. They had two little baskets that they hung on Norman, and chocolates would appear. One year the baskets had not yielded any chocolates after 24 hr of the baskets being placed on his branches. My five year old came to me complaining that Norman no longer seemed to be able to grow chocolates. I asked him if he had spoken nicely to Norman and said 'please' . He ran back into the room and I heard him asking Norman if he could ' pleeeeease' grow some chocolates. The next day when both my sons found some chocolates in their basket, Isak explained to his brother that it normally takes about 24 hr for Norman to grow chocolates after you have been nice to him.

Talking about Christmas and pets, we know it's Christmas when dogs come in to have their stomachs emptied due having been tempted by all the seasonal goodies. We use a drug to make them be sick, it is amazing how quick it works. It also incredible how much vomit dogs can bring up. Once we had a dog that brought up a whole rat, an other time we had a dog that brought up a lump of illegal substance that the owner wanted back, we explained that we would have to inform the police. Chocolate vomit is the nicest vomit, poo vomit the worst.

We know chocolate contains a compound called theobromine, and the toxic dose for dogs can vary from 90-250 mg/ kg theobromine. Simply put, a 10 kg dog can die from eating 50 gram of dark chocolate.

As long as you know the weight of your dog and how much he/ she has eaten you could check it online www.petsci.co.uk has a chocolate toxicity calculator.

If in doubt please phone your vet.

Also remember that grapes and any products with raisins can cause kidney problems in pets.

I hope you all have a happy and healthy Christmas, from Maria Lowe and all the team at Viking Vets.

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Huge concert on Downs Again!

The Council has received an applica on from Team Love to hold a large scale concert on the Downs in 2017. Team Love would like a follow up the 2016 Event with a similar 30,000 capacity rock concert. The ma er has referred to the Downs Events sub group for considera on and their recommenda ons will go to the next full mee ng of the Downs Commi ee.

We would welcome your views.

Stoke Bishop Conserva ves work at ward level by having local branches. These are both social and poli cal. We would love you join us. If you are interested contact John or Peter for more details.

We wish all readers a Merry Christmas and a very happy 2017.

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The Sports Pages From the football of Sea Mills Park FC last month we switch our focus to a sport where GB currently has two world number ones - in Andy and Jamie Murray . Our club of the month for December is Henleaze Tennis Club, tucked away on Tennessee Grove. I’ll declare a vested interest only in that we have two members of the club in our house, and both love the friendly family feel that HTC creates.

The Past Henleaze Lawn Tennis Club started life as an activity club for the Young Peoples Fellowship of Henleaze Congregational Church (now known as Trinity-Henleaze United Reform Church, on the corner of Waterford Road and Henleaze Road). The youngsters played on a grass court in the grounds of Henley Park Mansion - a house which was situated on land around Lawrence Grove, Henley Grove and Springfield Grove. We do not know the exact date that the club started only that it was definitely in existence by 1920.

Springfield Farm. They provided two grass courts and wooden pavilion for the use of church members who paid a rent for the use thereof. The grass courts were replaced by tarmac in 1947. The pavilion had no plumbed sanitation (Elson toilets only) and no electricity.

In 1955 club members put in drains and laid a pipe line to the nearest sewer and also put in the internal wiring for electricity. This clubhouse was replaced by the present clubhouse (complete with showers and a kitchen) in 1973.

Changing fashions ‐ members of Henleaze tennis Club pictured in the late 1950’s.

In 1961 the club was able to buy the land from the church with the help of a loan from the LTA. In 1993 with the aid of a grant from The Foundation for Sport and Arts the club bought and resurfaced two courts, also situated in Tennessee Grove, from the Bristol Waterworks company

The Present Nowadays HTC is a small, friendly club of about 120 members, with four newly resurfaced all weather tarmac courts surrounding a clubhouse Possibly the first members of Henleaze Tennis Club, with kitchen, changing rooms and showers and a including Reverend Eric McNeill, Minister of the lounge area. The club welcomes new members Henleaze Congrega onal Church (back row centre, of all ages and abilities whether they want to join smoking a pipe) in a photo taken in the 1920’s. in social play, League competition or receive coaching from our LTA coach Ondrej Toman.

In 1923 Mr Edward Corner, the church secretary, together with Mr Leonard, the church There are various levels of membership depending upon your level of experience and the treasurer and another church elder, Mr Laing, bought land at the end of Tennessee Grove, off type of play you wish to take part in, from full membership to daytime membership to juniors Springfield Grove from Mr Curtis of

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The Sports Pages (under 11 and 11+).

The Daytime Membership was established back in 1991, initially made up of a group of enthusiastic ladies from the St Peter's Wives Guild who were already hiring the courts one morning a week. That has grown over the last quarter of a century and now the mixed membership also includes older retired players as well as young mums who prefer to play during the day, and creates a friendly social atmosphere.

Indeed the whole HTC set up creates a friendly and welcoming club, and the tennis ethos is one of being a social club. Don’t get me wrong, the tennis can be very competitive, and the club have a great track record of producing really good players, but it done in an encouraging, almost traditional manner where players of all abilities are welcomed, nurtured and developed as their experience and confidence grows. My daughter, who has played there half her life, says Henleaze Tennis Club is her second family, which is a lovey epithet for this local sports club.

The Future Henleaze Tennis Club is in an enviable position of owning its own courts, a valuable asset that it seeks to utilise as fully as possible. Go along to an evening club session or at the weekend and the courts will be buzzing with the thwack and smash of tennis matches and coaching. However during the day, and especially the afternoons,

access to the courts is much easier, and the club are keen to encourage people in from the local community groups to take advantage of the great facilities and the benefits active sport can bring.

So if you are a member of a local school, community organisation, mental health group, church or social club, or a group of mums and dads keen to fill an hour before the school run, do please get in touch with the club and have a chat with any of the committee to see how you reap the enjoyment and benefit of some gentle exercise and some fresh air.

If you are interested in finding out more about Henleaze Tennis Club or fancy coming along for a free trial session please in the first instance contact Phillip Price on 077870566246 or email Phil@PAPQSServices.co.uk. Our Daytime Players are holding free taster sessions on Tuesdays in January from 9.30am and would love to welcome any who would like to attend.

These are relaxed, social mornings open to men and women players of all standards whether you have played recently or not! Just turn up (or give Anne Dickins a call on 01179 621066) to find out more.

Thank you to Heather Forrest, Anne Dickens and Pat Thomson for sharing their love of Henleaze Tennis Club, and to Veronica Bowerman, the family of Rev. Eric McNeill (in particular Roderic McNeill), and Mr Don Harris for their kind permission to publish these lovely old black and white photos.

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No‐Prize General Knowledge Quiz 1

How many animals (not humans) in total are there featured in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”?

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In which countries would you find the following lakes? a) Lake Balaton, b) Bow Lake, c) Konigssee, and d) Lake Thun.

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Name the first person (seen right) to swim the English Channel and when.

England, and who was his /her predecessor?

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A list of London landmarks - can you identify which are north of the Thames and which are south of the river - The Oval cricket ground, Tate Modern, The Millennium Dome (O2 Arena), Wimbledon All England Tennis Club, Lambeth Palace, and The Shard?

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Name these former BBC Radio 1 presenters

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Weight for weight, which is the most valuable gift - gold, frankincense or myrrh?

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Name the classic albums that these classic tracks come from - a) ‘Second Hand News’, b) ‘Two out of Three Ain’t Bad’, and c) ‘Sledgehammer’?

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Name the last three winners of golf’s The Open.

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What are the road numbers allocated to these main roads in to Bristol - a) the Portway from Avonmouth to the Cumberland Basin, b) the road from Cribbs Causeway to The Downs, and c) the main road from Warmley down Two Mile Hill to Old Market?

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London receives on average 25 inches of rain a year - how much do a) Rio de Janeiro, b) Istanbul, c) Tokyo, and d) Mumbai receive on average?

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Good King Wenceslas, seen right, was monarch of which historic European kingdom?

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In which wars or wars were the following battles fought - a) the Battle of Waterloo, b) the Battle of Agincourt, c) the Battle of Naseby, and d) the Tet Offensive?

How many member states are there of the United Nations? Three of them begin with the letter ‘F’, and five with the letter ‘K’ - can you name them?

Which swimmer won BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1962 and why was this significant?

Answers on page 94

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BUYING A PRESENT FOR AN ELDERLY FRIEND, NEIGHBOUR OR RELATIVE If you’re like me, your mind may go blank when it comes to buying gifts for loved ones! As Christmas is almost upon us I thought you may like a few suggestions for presents for an elderly friend, neighbour or relative…..

Time. Enjoying time with others is core to our emotional needs. Good company is always welcome, and it shows you want to spend time with them too! Giving them an event or trip to look forward to (in say February) can really help lift the winter blues. And the fun doesn’t stop with the trip itself – they create great memories that can be recounted to others or relived in quiet moments.

Yum Yum. Everyone loves a varied and exciting food parcel! Customised hampers from a deli, or perhaps a homemade cake really show you’ve thought about your loved one. If they don’t have a sweet tooth, try a selection of their favourite teas, or perhaps some foods that will bring back memories, for example from where they used to live or visit. …. Of course, with foods we do need to give a thought to any changing preferences or allergies they may now be managing.

Music. Music is the language of the soul! It can lift moods and bring back many happy memories. We can of course browse and buy online for their favourite pieces or artist. Do think about the equipment your loved one is familiar with… MP3 or CD or Tapes even! Don’t forget to buy some headphones so the neighbours aren’t disturbed J. Hobby gifts. Crafts and other hobbies really help with mental stimulation, dexterity and of course mood. Everyone loves to show off their latest creation….. So why not seek a painting or sewing set, of perhaps a colouring book (therapeutic & fun), or weaving set, or puzzle set.

Pamper gifts – soaps, perfumes, manicure, massage…. Perhaps subscription to a weekly or monthly magazine – they’ll feel pampered each time it arrives!

Practical Gifts – smoke alarms, torches, hot water bottles, new electric blanket, kettle or Iron (this will Clothing. Many senior folk really feel the cold, and help with home safety too – it’s amazingly easy for a may be worried about energy costs, so a new and worn our item to be overlooked), or perhaps an easy jolly piece of clothing, that makes them feel snug, to use radio, with a large day & date display….. will be most welcome. How about warm socks, How about something for outside?.... boot fingerless mitts, soft scarfs, slippers (new ones may removers, new walking stick, litter-picker-handle prevent a fall), fleece pyjamas, or new dressing (which is great around the house too), and for gowns…. someone who likes to walk how about a florescent jacket, and perhaps a GPS tracker if they wonder Talking Books or Videos too far.

– Great for those cold winter evenings an ideal Finally, why not ‘Be a Santa’ this Christmas by for someone who now delivering a present to an elderly neighbour on finds it hard to get Christmas Eve, and label it from Santa….. or even out…… There’s loads to better, invite them to your home for Christmas day choose from – different – that‘s the best gift for a live-alone person! eras, box-set series, life Hope this helps…. I’d best get to the shops now histories, explorer’s tales, …. ! political memoirs, old comedies (e.g. Flanders & Swan or The Goons), and Brought to you by John Moore of Home of course romance or general fiction. Videos are Instead Senior Care – specialising in bring joy also welcome – try and find out their favourite or to the elderly through practical support and fun meaningful film or a perhaps seek a box set from in their homes and nearby. the distance past that they’ll enjoy.

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Choosing not to work, destroys a daughter's Will dispute Another case of a daughter dispu ng her parent's Will (Ames v Jones) has been in the news recently. This follows the muchpublicised case of Heather Ilo 's successful claim against her late mother, Melita Jackson's estate.

In this new case, Danielle Ames, aged 41, failed to persuade the court to award her any money from her late father, Michael Ames' estate a er he died.

Danielle argued that she had two teenage children, and because she did not work, she had an income deficit of around £2000 each month. She asked for nearly half of her late father's estate - a sum of £300,000.

Elaine's defence Elaine, on the other hand, was 63 and in rela vely poor health and could not work.

Her income was largely made up of her pension and was only just sufficient to maintain her. The court agreed with Elaine that she should not be required to supplement her income by selling or remortgaging her home.

Danielle's story was that her parents, Michael and Carleen, divorced when she was young, a er which Michael remarried The court also found that the estate of Danielle's step mother, Elaine. They enjoyed a long marriage and on Michael's £700,000 was not large enough to support both Danielle and Elaine. death, he le all his £700,000 estate to Elaine.

The court's decision

Danielle's claim Unhappy, Danielle applied to court for a share of the estate. All children, whether minors or adults, are automa cally en tled to apply to court to request financial provision from their parents' estate, under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.

Whether they are successful in receiving any award depends on several factors.

At court, the Judge was not impressed with Danielle's evidence. He considered that it was exaggerated in its nature and that, as she was capable of working but chose not to as a 'lifestyle choice' she ul mately had some control over her own financial des ny.

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father's estate and Elaine retained the whole estate.

Each case is different These cases turn on their own individual facts, which is neatly demonstrated by the very different results achieved by Danielle Ames in this case compared with the success achieved by Heather Ilo in her claim against her late mother's estate, which we have reported on previously.

facing these types of claims, as both claimant and defendant, having resolved many disputes over the years.

The team is experienced in advising on the pi alls of choosing to exclude a key family member from a Will when taking Will instruc ons and can advise on how to reduce the risks of a poten al claim being brought against an estate.

For further These types of claims must be ac oned bespoke advice, promptly to succeed and require specialist contact advice.

Michelle Rose at Veale Wasbrough Vizards' Private Client mrose@vwv.co.uk team comprises specialist prac oners in or on both conten ous probate and non0117 314 5246. conten ous ma ers. The team can provide prac cal advice to individuals

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In the Garden with Cathy Lewis Autumn leaf colour The trees have rewarded us with particularly stunning colours this autumn. Thanks to light winds and very little rain during October and early November leaves have been late to fall and we’ve been able to watch them gradually change from green to glorious shades of red, gold and russet.

not freezing nights means more nutrients in the leaves, and so more anthocyanin.

Gardens and parks are all the more beautiful for trees with colourful autumn foliage. The beech avenue in Clifton (left) has been jaw-droppingly lovely this year. Tulip trees, Ginkgo and Liquidamber also have fabulous autumn foliage, but are big and require plenty of space.

For city gardens, spindle trees have the advantage of vibrant leaves as well as fuschiapink fruits that split to reveal orange seeds.

Rowans, too, offer a colourful combination of leaf and fruit. For small gardens and courtyards Japanese maples, like the one below at the University of Bristol Botanic Gardens, are ideal as they grow happily in containers providing they have some shelter from cold winds and scorching sun. They may not be the biggest of trees but they certainly pack quite a punch when it comes to foliage colour.

Leaf colour comes from three different pigments produced by leaf cells. These are chlorophyll for green, carotenoid for yellows, browns and oranges and anthocyanin for the reds we see in berries for example. Green and yellow pigments are in the leaves all the time during the growing season, but the green chlorophyll masks everything else. As the days shorten and light decreases, trees produce less and less chlorophyll until it eventually breaks down and allows the golden carotenoids to show through.

Not all trees contain anthocyanin, and its production is particularly affected by good growing conditions. The red pigment enables trees to recover the nutrients in the leaves before they fall. A warm, sunny autumn with cool but

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

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Sam, Camilla, James, Oliver, Tracy and the rest of the team at Zest would like to thanks all their customers for their support in 2016 and wish them, and all readers of the Bristol Nine, a very Happy Christmas!

Our Christmas menu is being served right up to Christmas - choose from one, two or three courses but please you book your table to be sure of ge ng a seat Short of ideas for fes ve presents? We have a wide range of seasonal and speciality foods to choose from, whether you are a er a stocking filler or if you wish us to help create your own custom-made hamper.

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Music with Duncan Haskell Album of the Month December

Here by Alicia Keys (RCA)

Next Step

The Miseducation of Lauren Hill by Lauren Hill (Ruffhouse / Columbia)

Here is Alicia Key’s most convincing record to For this month’s next date and comes as a step it was a tossup complete surprise after between the eventual her previous two albums, winner and Baduizm The Element of by neo soul supremo, Freedom and Girl on Erykah Badu. Both Fire. It’s not that Keys records would have lost her way with a tune been more than on them, rather they felt slightly flat and worthy and are worth passionless. Blending elements of soul, R&B, checking out but The gospel and hip hop her new release is a Miseducation of Lauren Hill is an album of such commanding and enthralling effort from start to power that it still demands attention almost two finish. decades after its 1998 release.

The album begins with The Gospel on which a hip hop beat provides the canvas on which Keys can paint a picture of black history in America, and New York in particular. The vibe continues on Pawn It All as a soulful Keys pours her heart out, singing “I would give you everything / Just so I could start my life over again”.

Larger themes present themselves as the album progresses; Kill Your Mama addresses the harm currently being done to the planet and the fear of Mother Earth reaping her revenge.

Hill’s own fusion of styles married together hip hop, soul and reggae and presented a more universal version of the music she had been making with The Fugees. Ex-Factor was an Aretha Franklin-style ballad, aching with palpable hurt.

The other big single, Doo Wop (That Thing) was a flashier pop number with more than a little swagger added to the mix.

But this was an album whose riches ran way beyond its best known tracks. Songs such as the Carlos Santana collaboration To Zion, the rhythmic When It Hurts So Bad and the album closing title Here continues in this vein, with Keys looking both track, got under your skin and illuminated the inside and outwards. The stripped back ballad listener. That Hill has never been able to better her Blended Family (What You Do For Love) is a debut, and has spent so much time away from deeply affecting celebration of her own family life, music, somehow makes this album even more especially the relationship with her stepson. The special and turns it into a rare moment in time Latin-flavoured Girl Can’t Be Herself tackles the where everything came together perfectly. pressures society continues to place on women.

“Who says I must conceal what I'm made of?” she Gig Of The Month laments. There’s a rawness to her voice that only The Coral @ O2 Academy (Thursday 15th Dec) heightens her message of frustration.

As with Alicia Keys, By sharing these songs about inclusivity and The Coral’s most celebrating each other’s differences, Keys sounds recent album Distance more committed and real than ever. There’s also Inbetween was a plenty of hope, none more so than on another supreme return to form standout track, More Than We Know. Over a for the Wirral indie simple beat and piano loop she sings of band. This unimaginable possibilities and you can’t help but be performance at the O2 swept along with her.

Academy will give the audience a chance to see tracks from the album Without a doubt, Here is a record that will performed live and it’s sure to be a psychedelic empower those who choose to listen. treat. Throw in a few classics like Simon Diamond and Dreaming Of You and it’s sure to be a rousing end of year spectacle.

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First there was Brexit, now Trump – But what about my investment por olio?

We have had our fair share of poli cal shocks in 2016 and, with important elec ons looming on

the horizon in Europe over the next 18 months, the poli cal uncertainty looks only set to

con nue. What does this all mean for your investment por olio?

Our advice would be to:

▪ Keep a cool head Short-term stock market vola lity is expected in the wake of significant poli cal changes, so don’t make any rushed decisions - s ck to your long-term investment strategy.

▪ S ck to any regular savings When you invest regularly over a period of stock market vola lity this will smooth out your returns and minimise the ' ming risk' of inves ng at the wrong moment.

▪ Hold a mix of assets If your por olio is made up of a diverse mix of assets this should strengthen your por olio, making it be er able to withstand any short-term poli cal risks wherever and whenever they present themselves.

▪ Look for opportuni es When prices are fluctua ng, at certain points some investments will seem under- or overpriced. This can be an opportunity to trade to take advantage of these anomalies. Unless you keep a very close eye on the markets, a professional investment adviser is likely to be best placed to make these decisions.

The main thing any investor can do to ensure they are in the best possible posi on to work through the expected vola lity is therefore to make sure their por olio is diversified and invested in quality, well researched, ac ve investment funds. For personalised advice on your por olio, please contact Richard Higgs at the contact points below

Remember we are unique in that we do not charge any upfront investment fees and instead ask that new clients make, if at all possible, a voluntary dona on to a local charity in lieu of any ini al work done on the client's behalf. Our recommended charity is Jessie May however of course any dona on can be made to a charity of your choice. Dona ons to Jessie May can be made at www.justgiving.com/jessiemay

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Coaching with Anne Miller that within the client relationship they were assuming all the responsibility and that by asking their client to help, by also taking responsibility for the timing of their input, they were able to relieve the pressure and perform more efficiently within their role.

In a recent article I shared how aware I am of the prevalence of helpful people- both amongst the clients I work with and in my personal experience, when I was encumbered by a broken wrist. So if there are so many people around who like helping, is it ok to ask for help? And perhaps more importantly; what happens when we don’t ask for help?

Of course that depends on the situation but broadly speaking we either accept the additional workload/pressure and suffer the consequences: stress, overwhelm, tiredness, reduced effectiveness and therefore less enjoyment in life. Or, if it’s help with our thinking we require; we stay stuck, frustrated, dissatisfied or unhappy. Put simply, we miss out!

A business client who is regularly going beyond their agreed service in order to be helpful and provide additional value is recognising the cost to themselves and choosing to ask for my help to be more realistic about what they can provide, whilst maintaining their pride in the service they deliver.

Some of us find it hard to ask for help for fear of it seeming like we can’t cope and appearing inadequate. Whether it be practical or emotional help we could usefully receive, there is a feeling that we ‘should’ be able to manage by ourselves.

This particularly seems to be the case for people who are busy, resourceful and helpful themselves!

I believe the opposite is the case: that asking for help is a sign of strength. It’s being honest. It’s acknowledging that we are not perfect or invincible. It’s recognising the value of others’ resourcefulness and honouring their willingness to help. We are human and we function better when we pool our resources. Time honoured expressions If we’re overstretched or unable to manage a “a problem shared is a problem halved” and “two difficult situation well, there are people all around heads are better than one” are good reminders that us who are able and willing to help. Once we have we all benefit when we come together to help each got over any reluctance on our part to ask for help, other. finding someone can often be the easy part.

Clients that I work with have usually been trying to Visit www.annemillercoaching.co.uk for ‘sort out’ their thinking on their own for some time more information and to book a free coaching consultation Tel: 07722110228 before accepting that getting some coaching help will enable them to achieve what they want more easily and quickly. They tend to be busy people who like helping others along the way and it is a pleasure to work with them to enable them to enjoy what they do as they work towards what they want to achieve. Quite often during the coaching process they will identify people they know who they can approach for help in one form or another.

A member of my small business mastermind group, who was struggling with the pressure of keeping to project deadlines, was able to recognise

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Films with Chris Worthington

I, Daniel Blake Directed by Ken Loach

I, Daniel Blake follows the familiar theme of many of the films directed by Ken Loach - the impact of major political forces on people and their relationships. In this film the political force in question is the current policy to assess people for work in a rigid points system with the aim of getting them off sickness benefit and into “the reserve army of the unemployed” (Karl Marx).

essential “referral” from the Job Centre. A recurring feature of the film is the kindness of ordinary people willing to help - the charity workers at the foodbank, the Job Centre adviser who helps Daniel fill in the forms and is disciplined by the management for not following the rules and the shop manager who lets Katie go when she is caught shop lifting for tampons.

Daniel is still unable to work and submits an on line claim for Employment and Support Allowance. This is referred to the “decision maker” at the Job Centre and in a scene reminiscent of a Franz Kafka novel receives a recorded message turning it down. His next move is to a “CV workshop” where the class are harangued by a another Job Centre clone, complete with felt tip pens and a flip chart, who informs them that the latest thing that employers need is a CV video sent from a smartphone.

The film opens with Daniel being interviewed tick box style by an incompetent “health care professional” who is more interested in his bowel movements than his recent heart attack.

Daniel Blake is an out of work carpenter played

by Dave Johns whose background in improvised comedy is evident in the film. At the Job Centre he befriends young mother Katie (Hayley Squires) who is being escorted out with her two kids by a security guard following a dispute with the officious manager. They make an unlikely couple but Daniel helps out with some DIY in Katie’s flat and later, as they get to know each other, looks after the kids while Katie tries to get a cleaning job.

Their battle with the Job Centre bureaucracy continues. Daniel tries to get the hang of using on line forms and Katie struggles to get enough money to feed the kids. They end up in the queue at a food bank but only after getting the

Frustrated by the appeal process Daniel turns up at the Job Centre with a spray can and writes that he wants a date for the appeal on the wall outside. A crowd gathers and starts to cheer led on by a group of young women on their way to a party dressed as bunny girls and a street drinker who with total conviction berates the job centre staff and the police as they arrest Daniel for criminal damage.

The film ends with Katie finding a note written

by Daniel for his appeal hearing. The last sentence reads “I am a citizen, no more or less than that”.

Chris Worthington chrisworthington32@yahoo.com

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The Veg Growers Diary ‐ Reg Patch Turn your back and it’s December, the year’s slipped through your hands, punctuated by the weather and the effects it has had on the garden and the dear old gardener that tends it. I do get reflective at this time of year, as the garden is at its quietest and I’ve time on my hands - but don’t tell Mrs P or I’m sure she’ll find me a chore or two.

A worthwhile job that there never seems time to do at other times of the year is sharpening tools.

Use a sharpening stone to give a good edge to secateurs, hoes and spades. This will enable a good clean cut, and the slicing through of weeds when the blighters start to grow once more. The dormant season from November to the end of February is a good time to propagate many plants, and hardwood cuttings can be taken of fruit bushes, shrubs and roses. Pruning can take place of gooseberries, redcurrants and whitecurrants, removing any dead or weak growth, taking out about a third of older wood to encourage new growth.

the space to grow a few. Add well rotted manure before planting to give them a flying start. Keep watered well in dry weather, and mound soil around base in September for added stability.

Trusted varieties are Maximus, Abacus and Revenge with Chronos being a new club root resistant variety. Sometimes with a bitter taste and sulphery smell its easy to see why they can be disliked. However picked small, just after a frost, snapped off the stalk from the bottom up, these cabbage like veg can have a delightful sweet nutty taste and once hooked you'll never turn them away.

It wont be long before we start to think about sowing seeds again so get ahead and wash all tools, pots and seed trays in anticipation. It’s surprising how wintry winds can rock plants around, especially tall ones, so wrap up warm and have a frequent tour of the garden heeling in any casualties.

Holly branches covered in berries are best cut early before the birds eat the lot. Garlands of Plant of the Month Ivy, Holly, Old Mans Beard and seedheads are Brussels Sprouts epitomise Christmas lunch just a few things that can be used from the with all the trimmings. But, they're often the most garden to decorate your house for Christmas. loathed of vegetables particularly by children, Mrs P makes a champion job of bringing the ending up pushed around the plate or hidden in a outside in at this time of year, as she knows how napkin. The sprout hater is often encouraged to much I miss it. Please see the pics of her efforts eat these little chaps under the premise they are good for you but just how true is that? There are last year, not bad I reckon. at least a dozen compounds in sprouts that have piqued scientists interest, including sulforphane which triggers the liver to produce enzymes that detoxify cancer causing chemicals, also decreasing DNA damage. They are rich in Vitamin A, C, K, B6, iron and beta carotene, and are a good source of dietary fibre. Only ever lightly steam to retain as much of their goodness as possible there's nothing worse than a soggy sprout, Mrs P can tell you that! Or try roasting until the edges turn slightly brown, delicious.

Growing Brussels is pretty straight forward, either plant seed out in Feb, March or April transplanting plants into a sheltered, sunny spot protected from strong winds from May, or buy plants from the garden centre if you only have

With Christmas just around the corner, books are often high on Santa’s list, so here's one that I would certainly like to find in my stocking on Christmas morning, followed by a delightful

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read currently on order for Mrs P… shush don’t bit on saving the future. tell her…

Books of the Month

Heirloom Plants: A Complete Compendium of Heritage Vegetables, Fruit, Herbs & Flowers by Thomas Etty & Lorraine Harrison £15.99 Heirloom plants have an allure that even the most hardened gardener finds tough not to succumb to.

These plants have a charm lacking in mass produced commercial varieties, with their names alone sounding inviting such as Moon & Stars watermelons, Jefferson plums and Green Zebra tomato. Beyond their romantic appeal lies the very important issue of biodiversity. These unique seeds will be lost and forgotten forever unless they are grown and perpetuated. This fact packed book, which is based on the popular heritage seed catalogue by Thomas Etty, features information on over 500 cultivars, to be grown and harvested.

Packed with detailed profiles of each plant, and tips on growing successfully, this well written and interestingly illustrated book also has several chapters on antique herbs and flowers. Maybe growing from the past could guide us to doing our

Floristry: A step - by step guide by Judith Blacklock & Lesley Young £25 Judith and Lesley believe that good floristry techniques and design skills can be achieved by all. In this book they take the reader through the basics of wiring techniques to more advanced floristry design work. Each page offers simple logical design stages with the aid of colour photography, line drawings and the very best tips these ladies can offer. The reader will enjoy entering the fascinating world of the professional florist. From the complete novice to the skilled professional this book should be owned by you, to be enjoyed and skills built on.

According to Belgian folklore if you eat Brussels sprouts at the beginning of your meal you wont get drunk! A top tip this Christmas I think..

Yuletide greetings and best wishes for the vegetable gardening year to come. Thanks for reading.

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Prize Wordsearch A prize wordsearch with a difference this month as it doubles as a quiz. Listed here are twenty one English counties, but you are not looking for them in the grid. Rather you are looking for the county towns of each of the counties, so first of all you need to work out what their county towns are and then see if you can find them in the grid. There are twenty county towns hidden in the grid, listed forwards, backwards, up, down or on a diagonal. You need to find which is the missing county town and let me know which it is.

Get your answers in to me - post to 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY, email to andy@bcmagazines.co.uk, telephone 0117 259 1964, text to 07845 986650 or tweet to @BS9Andy. Entries in please by 10th January 2017, and the first correct entry selected at random after that date will win a boxed set of three full colour Collins geographic guides - a World Atlas, The World’s Most Amazing Places and Fragile Earth, and a fun 1,000 piece “We Love the Country” jigsaw.

Remember I just need the missing county town, not the county.

(If you really need some help the county towns are listed on page 94 - but why not test yourself first?)

Right, here are your counties, what are their county towns?

WILTSHIRE NORTHUMBERLAND HAMPSHIRE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SHROPSHIRE SUFFOLK DORSET BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RUTLAND ISLE OF WIGHT CORNWALL

SOMERSET LANCASHIRE DERBYSHIRE WEST SUSSEX NORFOLK KENT CUMBRIA EAST SUSSEX LINCOLNSHIRE DEVON

Thank you to everybody who entered the October competition. Sadly only one person could win and that person is Joan Tanner who wins herself a copy of the film Golden Years. Joan correctly spotted that the missing Prime Minister was John Major.

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How much did the bus say we sent to the EU each week?

In which month did interest rates in the UK fall to 0.25%?

Who is Donald Trump’s vice president?

Leicester FC won the Premier League this year - but how many points did they get by the end of the season?

The world’s largest Cruise Ship sailed into Southampton in May. It cost £783 million and will carry 6,780 passengers – but what is it called?

Who won the US Open Men’s Singles Tennis Tournament in 2016? Djokovic, Murray or Wawrinka?

Which Interna onal Tech Company has been ordered by the EU to pay £13bn Euros in back tax in Ireland? Microso , Google or Apple?

This year we saw a new £5 note – but who, apart from the Queen is on the old one?

How did a teenager save himself £7.72 on his usual train journey from Sheffield to Essex in 2016? a) took 25 different local buses, b) Flew via Berlin c) He posted himself.

The Royal Mail has created specific stamps for Christmas for how many years? 40,50 or 60 years.

The BBC TV series, The Night Manager was a major hit. Who wrote the book on which it was based?

How many of the 6 founding members of the EU can you name (point for each)?

The Zika Virus hit the headlines in 2016, but where does it get its name from?

Beijing overtook New York this year as the city with the most what?

What did an enterprising New Yorker try to adver se on Accommoda on website Airbnb this year for $200 a night? a) a cardboard box, b) an igloo or c) a wheelie bin

That’s it for 2016. What a year it has been. From everyone at Grosvenor Consultancy Ltd can we wish you all a very happy Christmas and joyful New Year.

Phil James p.james@grosvenorconsultancy.co.uk Grosvenor Consultancy Ltd. 01275 373348 The Financial Conduct Authority does not regulate tax advice and some forms of offshore investments. The value of investments and the income from them can fall as well as rise and you may not get back the full amount you invested.

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Book Reviews Doing this job often provides me the opportunity to try different things, listen to music I’d not heard of or normally choose, and occasionally read a book which I’d usually not get past the cover of. This month is no different, with books by two local ‘writers’ promised an Editor’s review - and in both cases doing so has been a pleasure. And what a diverse pairing they are.

The first is a small offering from local reflexologist Kate McEwan entitled “A Simple Step” - advice from a qualified Foot Health Practitioner on how to look after your health through your feet. I must confess that when Kate asked if I would read and review the book, whilst I was willing I wasn’t sure how I was in any way qualified to comment on a book about feet - other than that I have a pair. I needn’t have worried - I could already vouch for Kate the foot specialist, having experienced the pleasurable relaxation of a reflexology session with her, and I can now praise her for an equally light and enlightening touch as she successfully puts her enthusiasm for and experience of footcare into words.

Ps - if you aren’t an Amazon fan but would like to get hold of a copy of Kate’s book do get in touch with me at The Bristol Nine and I will put you in touch.

For the second half of this review I had to spend £1.99 downloading “It Was You” by Henleaze based writer Jo Platt onto my Kindle. I know the cliché is that a book can sometime be hard to put down, but in this case cliché equals fact, and having read it I’m not sure I have got better value out of two quid all year.

It would be easy to label “It Was You” as a rom-com - it is after all both romantic and comedic. However in this instance the label would somehow demean what is a beautifully observed and written slice of life that just happens to be funny and with love at its heart.

Set in north Bristol the book follows the lives, loves, friendships, hardships and other emotional tribulations of a group of people bound together by, you guessed it, life, love and friendships, both longstanding and fledgling - oh, and by common readership of short books. Seen through the eyes of Alice, a member of the Short Book Club, “It “A Simple Step” takes a wide ranging view on the Was You” takes the reader through Alice’s attempts impact of healthy feet and good footcare to our to get back on the dating scene, with her friends overall wellbeing, and distils it down into a number of “help”, while those same friends battle with the short readable chapters. As well as an overview of minefields of their own relationships. The story is how and why reflexology might help in ones general littered with warmth and charm, and plenty of state of health, Kate goes on to outline, in an unfussy humour - some of it gentle and whimsical, some of it way thankfully devoid of too much scientific snortingly funny (the battle re-enactment followed by wordiness, the potential impact of reflexology on the hideously awkward drinks reception at the lead issues such as fertility, pregnancy and the menopause, characters most awful client had me, as I uncurled my back pain, migraines and IBS. Further chapters look toes, wishing I could write that well. at common ailments and causes of foot pain, including verrucae, corns, problems experienced by I’d read another assessment of “It Was You” in which runners or those inclined (no pun intended) to wear the reviewer suggested that they could tell where the high heels, hard skin, calluses and nail infections. story would end right at the start. Maybe I’m just an Kate also mentions some of her top footcare tips unperceptive bloke because I couldn’t - but the practical and money-saving ideas on things such as comment made me think that with most journeys good hydration, beneficial foot scrubs and fungal even though you know where you are going to end up infection remedies. it doesn’t stop you making the trip - and that the sheer joy of the ride often makes it all worthwhile. Jo Available online through Amazon (with nine 5* Platt’s latest novel is well worth making that journey. reviews), “A Simple Step” is priced at just £6 and could be worth it’s weight in gold. Rather like a “It Was You” is available from Amazon as a Kindle healthy foot, this is a great little stocking filler. ebook or an audio download if that’s your thing.

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“From a Post Box near you” ‐ History Notes no. 109 ‐ Julian Lea‐Jones This month many of us will be looking forward to the postman’s rattle of our letterbox hoping for something more exciting than junk mail. Nowadays whether or not the missive is welcome at least it is delivered to our home – it was not always thus.

Although the concept of a public mail service was the brainchild of Sir Rowland Hill in 1840 when the Penny Post was introduced, you had to collect your mail from a Post Office which may have been miles away. Within a town the penny post deliveries were divided into districts, with Bristol having 63 of which Clifton with the greatest number of mailings was designated Penny Post Number One. With the increasing popularity of the new service, (Bristol had up to six deliveries a day), it was decided to introduce home deliveries, however the postman or woman, (post person sounds ridiculous), often had miles to walk in all weathers and having reached the address had to wait for the recipient to come to the door. In country districts, dogs were an even greater problem, with one postman near Brockley Combe being issued with a horse whip to fight the beasts off!

With more and more mail to deliver, the waiting time often extended the postman’s working day to unacceptable limits. As an example of what all the possible ‘front door waits’ added up to; Bristol’s Post Master and Surveyor of the Posts, Mr R C Tombs, gave most praise to Hannah Brewer of Bitton who’s daily route was eleven miles up and down the Somerset hills around Bitton and by the age of 72, having walked a quarter of a million miles in all weathers, she felt it was time to retire. The postal delivery staff were obviously a hardy lot! The Postmaster also praised Martha Pike of Wraxall who although in her late 80s still managed a three mile round as well as a mile and a half trudge to collect the mail bags from the railway station. The position was often passed down the family, at Stoke Bishop the postmistress and her father had run the office between them for over half a century, until her death at 84. An even longer tenure was that of Hannah Vowles at Frenchay who only resigned at the age of 95!

they were identifiable by being painted in Imperial Airways Blue, with a white enamelled plate bearing the words ‘Airmail’. Clifton had one of these boxes adjacent to the RWA outside Beacon House, once Taylor’s ladies department store, later one of Terence Conran’s Habitat shops and now a Bristol University Student Centre.

Do you remember when, until the recent ‘rationalisation’, whenever the box was emptied the enamel collection time plate was always changed to show the next collection time, (they were stored in a pocket inside the door). Sadly nowadays the plate is often a generalised notice which is of no help if you want to know whether or not you have caught the post - a far cry from when there were up to six deliveries a day. An oft’ quoted account was of people The Post Office’s answer to the long delays caused by receiving a rsvp dinner invitation in the morning and the need to hand the mail directly to the addressee was being able to send a written acceptance for delivery the same day. Before the introduction of Optical this appeal dated in May 1849 which requested every Character Recognition, OCR, enabling automatic mail householder to fit a letter box or slit in their street sorting machines, business districts such as Baldwin door. This would enable a free delivery to the front Street had twin oval boxes, (still there), with separate door; reduce missed calls, obviating the need for the slots for ‘Local’ and ‘Elsewhere’. London boxes were householder to make regular visits the nearest post similarly marked ‘Town’ and ‘Country’ but with the office to find out if there was any mail. added notice, “To avoid delay please post in the proper box.”

When an airmail service was introduced between London and Paris in 1935 the Post Office acceded to Nowadays Post Offices, once a familiar High Street or business requests for separately designated pillar neighbourhood presence, are an increasing rarity. The boxes. Although of the standard Post Office style C

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History Notes no. 109 location of a former Post Office is often indicated by a standard pillar box but surmounted by a truncated bracket which formerly held an oval cream painted sign bearing the words, Post Office’ in red script - yet another reminder of a service that has gone forever.

But before you grieve too much, when was the last time you wrote and posted a personal handwritten letter? Having posed that question, this month many of us will still be writing Christmas letters and cards to family and friends as written communication hasn’t yet been completely supplanted by email, SMS or Skype, although the latter can be a valuable adjunct for far off families.

Lastly, when the Post Office archive was at Freeling House, Glasshill Street in central London the building was named in honour of Bristol’s Redcliffe boy made good – Sir Francis Freeling Bart. Francis rose from apprentice to John Palmer, instigator of the mail coach from the Bush Tavern in Corn Street (still marked by a commemorative wall plaque) to London, eventually becoming Secretary General of the National Post Office. His memorial may be seen in Saint Mary Redcliffe Church almost opposite his 1764 birthplace at 24 Redcliffe Hill.

Further reading: The Bristol Royal Mail, R.C.Tombs, Arrowsmith, Bristol, Perhaps you have a favourite pillar box; 1901.

Pillar Boxes, Jonathan Clancey, Chatto Curiosities series, residents in Henleaze’s Owen Grove Chatto & Windus, 1989. are very proud of their particular very Francis Freeling’s surprising career - read chapter seven, ‘a special one (left). It bears the Royal cypher of King Edward the eighth – a fateful decision’ in my book, Bristol Curiosities.

Rara Avis indeed! The late Tony Benn’s Bristol Curiosities also has further information on own favourite was the wall box on some of my other 108 articles in this series of history Osea island in the estuary of Essex’s notes. For £10 plus postage, to 23 Henleaze Park Blackwater river. Linked to the shore Drive, BS9 4LH. It would make a nice Christmas by a causeway which is submerged at high tide, the present, (just drop me a letter!). box bears the notice: ‘Collection according to the tides’. Perhaps this caveat also applies to St Michael’s © Julian Lea-Jones FRAeS, 2016 Mount in Cornwall?

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Schools News Some fun good-news stories from our local schools.

A reminder of the present for the future “We have had a very busy and exciting first Term of this year, at Westbury-On-Trym C of E Academy with a range of interesting and varied activities. In September, during restoration work at ‘Holy Trinity’ Church, an interesting discovery was made. Items from many years ago were found hidden in a secret hole in the wall.

From this, an interesting idea was born. Our School Councillors were invited to put together their very own ‘Time Capsule’ that would be buried back in the hole at the Church.

This project really sparked the children’s imagination and curiosity and they spent time thinking of items and objects they could place inside this capsule, in the hope of them being discovered many years from now.

Choices were limited due to the small size of the hole!

They chose some locally made honey (in a tiny pot), a children’s book, a memory stick (with messages, photos etc), some English currency, a mobile phone and some W-O-T CE Academy memorabilia. These items were then put all together inside a container small enough to fit back inside the hole. On the last day of term, the School Councillors went down to the Church, met up with a stonemason working there and watched him place the time capsule into the hole in the church wall.”

20 years spent making a difference For the last 20 years, while working as part of the Catering Team at The Red Maids’ School, Christine

Barrett has taken part in the school’s Christmas shoebox appeal. This year alone she has made up 55 boxes to send to families living in poverty-stricken parts of Europe and estimates to have made up well over 1,100 boxes in total.

Well-respected by staff and students alike, earlier this year the school council unanimously decided to give Christine the 2016 School Council Award. This is an annual prize, given by the students to a member of the school community who ‘makes a positive difference’.

When presenting the award the Head Girls Romilly Leech and Emma Jones said, “Christine goes out of her way to look after everyone. Her enthusiasm, compassion and warm heart help make life at Red Maids’ special.”

Re-enforcing this sentiment, Headmistress Mrs Tobias said, “We’re a school with an international outlook that strives to make a difference. Christine is doing just that. She has made an immense contribution to our charitable endeavours over many years.”

Badminton Junior School Race for Life The girls, staff and parents at Badminton Junior School recently held their own ‘Race for Life’ event in support of Cancer Research UK. The youngest girls ran 1km around the School’s campus with the older girls running a mile, all dressed entirely in blue and pink. A fantastic £4225 was raised for Cancer Research UK, money that will be dedicated to funding the fight against cancer.

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Aunt Tilly’s Ten Top Tips for an ECO, Frugal and Happy Christmas Buy bargain food in advance and freeze it. Local supermarkets heavily discount on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day.

out. Put the photo in with the decorations to view in future years.

Make your own crackers. Cracker kits are easy to find (Oxfam do a good one). Fill each one with quality yet inexpensive small gifts such as chocs, hair accessories, lip balm, party blowers, earrings, etc. These are much nicer than plastic toys that will soon be discarded.

Don’t just buy presents for your children to give to other family members. Involve them in the choosing and wrapping. Encourage them to contribute some of their money towards it, if only a few coins from little ones.

Gather holly and ivy from your garden or if you Use minimum sticky tape or ribbon when spot any in lanes or woods. If you can’t find any, wrapping presents. This can be easily removed and don’t be shy and ask your neighbours if they have then the paper can be re-used. some. Use the greenery to decorate picture tops, the mantelpiece and window sills.

Alternatively use gift bags and tissue paper.

If you send a card to someone you haven’t seen all Alternatively use pretty fabric and wool or ribbon year, try to put in a short message. to wrap presents Japanese-style.

Make gifts e.g. jam, Ask Father Christmas not to wrap presents in chutney, biscuits, stockings. This is a waste of his time and paper. little cakes and put Just tell him to pop the presents in and cover the in fancy jars or bags. top with tissue paper or a cloth.

Alternatively give a Set a time in the morning for your kids to come promise (“I will into your room with their stockings. No peeking cook a meal once a week” is a much appreciated before. one from teenagers).

Buy a new tree decoration every year. Try to choose one which has meaning for your family or will remind you of a significant event that year.

Alternatively, write the year on a shiny bauble with a gold or silver marker pen and decorate it.

Write your child’s name and the year on any tree decoration that they make in nursery or school. In future years, you will enjoy reading these and reminiscing. (This is so true - Ed) Take a family photo on Christmas day and print it

Have a tradition of reading a nativity story on Christmas Eve (e.g. Jesus’ Christmas Party by Nicholas Allen or The Nativity Play by Nick Butterworth).

Even if you are not Christian, it can be good to remember the origin of the festival.

Don’t plan too much. The meal is really only a big ‘Sunday lunch’. Remember to give the little ones time to rest and recuperate (and yourself too).

Relax and enjoy. Remember it only comes once a year! xx

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The Downs Recorder ‐ Richard Bland History of the Downs in ten Objects. No 8 The Telegraph Pole at the Observatory.

The telegraph pole in the photo is high above the Suspension Bridge by the Observatory, which was a Barrage Balloon site, and has its number and 39 incised into the wood, indicating the date it was put up. Three of the original series of poles, which ran down the slope and across the road to the local Barrage Balloon Headquarters at 3 Caledonia Place, remain.

A plaque has recently been attached as a result of the efforts of Maggie Shapland, whose dedicated research is the basis of what follows.

of the balloons took place between March and July 1939 both for training, and to stimulate recruitment.

In the event, though the first bombing raid was on June 25 1940, when the first real attack of November 24th 1940 came, the Balloons had little effect. It seems to be clear that some of the sites were deliberately attacked, and more than one balloon was cut adrift, but they entirely failed to prevent massive destruction of many areas of the city, though the key objective, to destroy the operation of the city docks, failed. There were further attacks between January and April 1941, and the balloons continued to be flown, but it was clear by then that fighters and radar were the best defence.

In 1943 the American Second Army came to Clifton, followed by the First Army, and they took The outbreak of war saw the Downs transformed. over most of the buildings around the Downs, and all Protection of Bristol from bombing was the the area to the west of immediate need, and the example of Guernica in Stoke Road which became 1936 had forced both the civil and military authorities to prepare in advance for both popular a major Tank Depot.

Large temporary buildings panic and the probability of the use of gas. Plans were carefully laid as the issue of gas masks to all, were established, including and the scattering of London children around the a drainage system down the Gully, and tanks were landed in Avonmouth and thundered up Stoke Hill country, demonstrated. Bomb shelters were to be got ready for action. The entire planning for commandeered or created, and static water tanks erected at locations around the city on the correct D Day was done in Clifton, and the tanks all assumption that water supplies would be disrupted. vanished on June 4th 1944. The damage they did to the surface was massive, and it was not until 1949 that the Downs Football League was able to To prevent bombing attacks on cities barrage resume play. balloons were prepared. They were placed randomly around cities, at a height of 5000 to The Downs are for people, and the 10000 feet to force the bombers either to drop their weapons from such a height that they would management of a vast number of competing interests is sophisticated and subtle. be inaccurate, or to come in low and risk attack from anti-aircraft batteries or fighters. The balloons were 68 feet long, 27 feet in diameter, and If you enjoy the Downs, or use if for your sport, why not become a Friend? Membership is just filled with hydrogen. £10. For more information please visit our website fodag-bristol.weebly.com or contact There were 50 balloon sites around Bristol, 32 Robin Haward by emailing around Avonmouth, and 16 protected Filton. On robinhaward@blueyonder.co.uk the Downs there were sites at the Look Out on 0117 974 3385 or visit Sion Hill, the Observatory, the top of Bridge Valley Road and the Water Tower. Public demonstrations

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What’s On & Community News Listings for community events, not-for-profit clubs and charitable activities are free of charge.

If you have something of this nature that you would like listed please get in touch by calling 0117 259 1964 or 07845 986650, email andy@bcmagazines.co.uk, or post details in to 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY. Details shown are accurate to the best of my knowledge, but dates, times & locations may change without notification. So if you are unsure, and to avoid disappointment, please contact the organiser listed to double check.

Theatre, Concerts and Music Christmas at Westbury on Trym Village Hall Saturday 10 December. Bringing close harmony and Christmas cheer close to you - the 'H' Club of the Great Western Chorus of Bristol. 7.30 pm. Tickets £12.50 - 2 course meal included. Admission by ticket only. Tel 9623399/email enquiries@wotvillagehall.org Friends of Welsh National Opera and visitors are all welcome at Redmaids School on Wednesday December 14th to enjoy some Christmas Comedy Crackers. Ian Cartwright presents a programme of light-hearted moments from mainly well-known operas, which we hope will provide pleasure and some amusement using DVD’s and CD's. Members £5 Guests £7, pay at the door.

Saturday 17th December 2016 7.30 pm. Colston Hall, Bristol BS1 5AR. George Frederic Handel’s “Messiah” Bristol Choral Society and the Corelli Orchestra. Tickets from £11 to £28. (under 25s £5.00, Seniors 10% discount). Full details at www.bristolchoral.co.uk. Book online at www.bristolchoral.co.uk or by phone on 01452 768 928 The Maplemeade Guide Panto present the Ugly Panto. On Saturday 10th December 2016 at St Peters Church Hall, Henleaze. Tickets £5 for adults and £3 for children (14 and under) can be bought online at guidepanto.guidesite.org.uk Performances start at 2.30pm and 7.00pm. Doors open 30 minutes before.

Cakes and refreshments will be for sale during the interval. All money raised will be split between St Peters Hospice and Lifeskills. This is our 15th annual pantomime written by, directed and acted by members and of GirlGuiding aged 10-14.

century classics: Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, Gustav Holst’s Christmas Day, Morton Lauridsen’s beautiful O Magnum Mysterium and Ola Gjeilo’s haunting Ubi Caritas. There will also be congregational carols for all to sing. Tickets are £8 (concessions £6) at the door.

Bristol Cabot Choir Christmas Concert – Noel!

Noel! - Monday, 12 December at 7.30 pm at Bristol Cathedral, College Green, BS1 5TJ. With the Bristol Brass Consort and Andrew Kirk on organ, we will be presenting a programme of beautiful sacred Christmas music and carols from across the ages for choir, brass and audience. Tickets: Reserved £15 - Unreserved £10/£5 (under 18s) From Opus 13, 14 St. Michael’s Hill, Bristol BS2 8DT Ticket Line 0117 923 0164/ or via 0117 9626521. www.bristolcabotchoir.org.

Retiring collection for The Bridge Charity.

Organ Elevenses is a monthly Saturday morning recital series. Come and enjoy coffee, tea and cake served from 10.30am and a 40-minute recital on the newly-restored organ of WOT parish church from 11am with a large screen projection of the performer.

The recitals are given in aid of the parish church organ fund. Occasionally recitals are also given by other solo musicians and choirs. Suggested donation £5 on the door, under 18s free of charge. December's concert on December 17th will be given by our talented young organist Richard Johnson. He has chosen a seasonal programme of music. He is much in demand locally, accompanies the City of Bristol Choir and sings with Exultate.

“The Spirit of Christmas” - Christmas at St George's. Join us for our traditional sparkling evening of uplifting choral music, witty and entertaining readings, audience participation - and lots of brass! For one night only! Saturday 17 December 2016, 7.30pm at St George’s, Bristol. Ticket prices from £9 to £20 (students and under 18s - £5, subject to availability) Please contact Bristol Bach Choir Box Office (Tel: 0117 214 0721, Online: bristolbach.org.uk/tickets.php or email tickets@bristolbach.org.uk) or St George's Box Office (Great George Street, Off Park Street, Bristol BS1 5RR, Tel: 0845 40 24 001, www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk Stoke Bishop Ladies Choir are holding their Christmas Concert on Monday 12th December at 2.30pm at Stoke Bishop Village Hall. Free admission and tea with a collection in aid of Southmead Hospital Prostate Cancer Appeal. All welcome.

The Redland Green Choir’s Christmas Concert Sat 17th December 6-7pm a t Westbury Park will take place at 7.30pm on 12th December, at St Alban’s Church, Bayswater Road, Westbury Park. The Methodist Church. Christmas Charity Concert and Carols. With Saint-Saëns Christmas Oratorio, sung in programme will include a number of twentieth

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What’s On & Community News English by 7 Soloists Chamber Choir in aid of the One25 Charity. Hot drinks and mince pies to follow. Tickets £10 adults £5 students. North View, Bristol BS6 7QB.

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Westbury on Trym Methodist Church Orchestra are a group of instrumentalists of all ages who play for Sat 17th December 7.30 pm - Gurt Lush Christmas. morning worship once a month. Our rehearsal time A Christmas concert like no other as Bristol’s popular is before the service from 10am. If you play any orchestral instrument, but particularly violin, you are community choir, directed by the inimitable Sam very welcome to join us. Experience of orchestral Burns, visit Westbury Park to present a diverse playing is not essential, but you will need to be able to ‘Christmas platter’ including songs from all over the world, in Gurt Lush multi-part harmonies! £10 (£6) read music. We’re a friendly and helpful group, who enjoy playing together. Parts are always provided for Family Ticket (4 people) £30. personal practice. To find out more telephone Horfield Parish Church – Sunday, 18th December, at 9686589.

6.00 p.m.: Come and join us for our annual Festival Bristol Male Voice Choir sing to a wide range of of Nine Lessons and Carols in Candlelight. The audiences, performing not just male voice favourites, service includes the traditional sequence of readings but songs from musicals, pop classics, spirituals, and with well-known carols for the congregation and classical favourites. You don’t have to read music to special Christmas music performed by the church join as a tenor, baritone or bass, but you will enjoy choir, including several settings newly composed for learning our repertoire, (re-)discovering the voice you the occasion. may have forgotten about, and being welcomed into the choir’s welcoming social atmosphere. We Melody Makers Pop Choir. Come and join a fun rehearse every Thursday from 7.00pm till 9.15 pm at new choir for men and women. Starting at The Eastfield Inn 11th January 2017. We will sing popular South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (formerly Filton College ) where the north end of Filton Avenue music, mash ups and medleys, some with groovy meets the A38. Come along to a rehearsal, go to our moves! There will be termly performance opportunities at local venues and we will rehearse on website – bristolmvc.org.uk - or contact our Wednesday evenings (7:30-9:00pm) during term time. secretary on 0117 942 4378.

No previous experience or auditions necessary. Get in West Bristol Orchestra play a wide range of classical touch to book your free taster session. music arranged for the smaller orchestra, and meet at www.melodymakerschoir.wordpress.com the United Reformed Church, Muller Road on Thursdays 7.15pm to 9.15pm. Additional string Melody Makers Baby Friendly Choir. We are a players of Grade5+ standard welcome. Experience of daytime ladies choir. Feel free to bring your baby/ orchestral playing not essential. For more info please toddler too. Escape the real world and spend a fun contact the Secretary on 968 3998. packed hour singing uplifting popular songs and classic choral favourites. We are open to all levels, so Vocal Harmony - an exciting contemporary choir no auditions and no previous experience necessary.

No nursery rhymes or backing tracks - strictly a choir based in Bristol. Meet new people, learn contemporary songs and have a lot of fun. You do full of grown up music. Come along on Tuesday's not need to read music and there is no audition. We 10:30-11:30am (term time only) to our new venue at sing modern music by the likes of Adele, Michael The Eastfield Inn, Skittle Alley, Henleaze Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Take That, Queen, all parts Road. www.melodymakerschoir.wordpress.com are taught in call and response. We run three 10 week terms, with a performance at the end of each term.

Bristol Cabot Choir is delighted to welcome new FFI contact eliza@vocalharmonychoir.co.uk or visit members for all voice parts. Why not come and sing www.vocalharmonychoir.co.uk. with us for 2/3 ‘taster’ rehearsals before a simple audition? We meet at Redland URC on Mondays at Wednesday afternoon choir are a friendly group of 7.30 pm. FFI email admin@bristolcabotchoir.org, people who are The Filtones. We sing four part visit www.bristolcabotchoir.org; or find us on harmony, but ability to read music, although useful, is Facebook. not essential as we supply CDs and MP3 files as teaching aids. For more information please ring Jilly ‘Babbers’ Radio Show every Monday from midday (0117 923 2281) or Shirley (0117 965 4348), email to 2pm on Ujima Radio - 98FM. The show is dorothy.bryant@btinternet.com visit organised and presented by older people for older www.thefiltones.weebly.com or alternatively, just call people with the aim of helping to reduce loneliness and social isolation, however the topics we cover are in at Eden Grove Methodist Church Horfield BS7

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What’s On & Community News 0PQ between 1.30 and 3.45 pm on a Wednesday afternoon for a listen and a chat.

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

Henleaze Ladies Choir is a friendly welcoming group which meets in St Peters Church Hall, Henleaze, on Thurs between September and May from 1.45 – 3.45 pm (with a short break for tea). We give 2 charity concerts a year in December and May and from time to time we are invited to entertain community groups around the city. There are also occasional social events organised. We are always pleased to see new members but would particularly welcome first sopranos at the moment. Please come and try a rehearsal without obligation. To find out more please contact either Jane English (0117 9511430 or 07752 332278) or Jean Wickham (0117 962 4466).

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

Exhibitions, Markets and Meetings

Arranged jointly by the IET, IMechE, RSC and NI. Please reserve a seat (and a mince pie) at http:// tinyurl.com/Xmas16Lecture.

The friends of Henleaze Library are proud to present Jenny Stephens the artistic director of the Bristol Old Vic for an evening talk "Acting the art and craft".

This will be on Tuesday 13 December at Henleaze Library. Tickets available from Henleaze Library £5.00 to include a glass of wine and a mince pie.

Doors open at 6.45 for a 7.00 pm start. Henleaze library is opposite Waitrose Northumberland Drive BS9 4HP. The annual Cards for Good Causes pop-up shop in Tyndale Baptist Church on Whiteladies Road runs until 14 December. The shops will be selling a huge selection of charity Christmas cards, including cards from local Bristol charities BRACE and Great Western Air Ambulance, some of which feature Bristol winter scenes, as well as a lovely range of Christmas goods including wrapping, stocking fillers and small gifts. Cards for Good Causes is the UK’s largest charity Christmas card organisation, selling cards on behalf of over 250 charities across the UK. Country Market. Every Friday morning from 10.30 to 11.30 in Westbury on Trym Methodist Church Hall. Homemade cakes, arts, crafts, plants, vegetables, jams and chutneys. Refreshments are also available in a relaxed and friendly environment. For more details contact Sue Sills on 962 8306.

Fitness, Health and Wellbeing

Ladies Badminton. We meet every Tuesday afternoon, 2pm to 4pm, at Stoke Bishop Village Hall.

We are looking for players to join our friendly group.

Saturday 3rd December. Family Christmas Craft Interested? Please call Pat on 0117 914 9511 for more Session in Sea Mills Library from 2pm to 4pm.

Friends of Sea Mills Library are hosting a craft session details. making Christmas tree decorations to go on a special The Bristol West Diabetes Group would be grateful Christmas tree which is being entered in the St Mary if you could include in the next/appropriate edition of Redcliffe Treefest. You can also make some 'Bristol 9' our meeting at 2 pm on Thursday 23 decorations to take home. The event is free but February 2017 at the Primary Care Practice in donations towards the cost of materials are very Westbury-on-Trym: Our speaker will be Angeliki welcome. Suitable for 3 years upwards accompanied Papadaki speaking on 'The Mediterranean Diet.' by an adult. We will also be decorating the library's own Christmas tree during the afternoon. FFI on our Bristol Shambhala Meditation Group offers free website: www.friendsofseamillslibrary.co.uk meditation instruction from a qualified instructor at the Open House evening each Wednesday from 7.30 Free child-friendly family Christmas science 9.30 pm at 17 Lower Redland Road, Redland, BS6 lecture at the University of Bristol (School of 6TB and the opportunity for a longer period of Chemistry, Cantock's Close, BS8 1TS) on Friday 16 practice on the second Sunday of each month. For December 2016, 6pm start with refreshments from 5:30. "A Room with a Boom" will take you from hair further information please see our website: gel to a hydrogen explosion in sixty minutes via more www.bristol.shambhala.info than a dozen chemistry demonstrations. Explore the Free Flu Jabs for carers! If you are the main carer of importance, fascination, beauty and fun of science.

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What’s On & Community News an elderly or disabled person whose welfare may be at risk if you fall ill, you qualify for a free flu jab. This service is open to all unpaid carers including those who receive carers allowance. Flu jabs are now available at many community pharmacies as well as through your doctor’s surgery. For information about other support services for carers contact Carers Support Centre. Carers Line: 0117 965 2299 or visit www.carerssupportcentre.org.uk.

Morris Dancing - Bristol Morris Men welcome anyone who wants to try morris dancing. We practise on Thursday evenings in the Sports Hall at (QEH) Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital (School) at Berkeley Place, Clifton from 20:00 to 22:00 (ish). For more information please visit www.bristolmorrismen.co.uk or call Grant on (0117) 9442165 .

locations. For more details contact Karen on 0117 9424167, see www.taijiworks.co.uk or email taijiworks@phonecoop.coop.

Ladies Keep Fit, Thursdays 10:00 - 11:00 am, at St Peter's Church Hall, Henleaze - with new instructor.

This friendly session, which has a dance element to it, is suitable for all ages, levels, and abilities, including the older adult or young mum, who wants to maintain their general fitness, mobility, range of movement, and well being. New members are always welcome. £5:00 per class, pay as you go - which includes refreshments. 01454 618488, laili@tiscali.co.uk, or look up the www.exercisewithlailibrooks.com for full information; or just turn up.

Zumba Gold / Light 5.30pm/ Zumba Fitness 6.35pm. Westbury -on-Trym Village Hall. Weds. £5 on door. Just drop in with water and a sense of Pilates Classes running in the local area on Tuesday's 9:30am (improver) / 10:30am (beginner) / humour! Phone Marie on 963 4104 or visit 12:10pm (mixed ability) / 13:30pm (Postnatal) and on www.bristoldancezumba.co.uk for more info.

Fancy a ramble? How about joining us for enjoyable 8 Wednesday 18:15pm (intermediate). For bookings -10 mile walks on two Sundays per month ? Our usual please call Leanne on 07817189474 / Email group size is 12-15 walkers. Interested ? If so, please leanne@mindbodypilates.org, or for further details come and give Stoke Lodge Ramblers a try. Visit visit www.mindbodypilates.org www.stokelodgeramblers.wordpress.com for more details or phone Secretary 0117 9684140.

Scottish Country Dancing for beginners and experienced dancers at St Monica Trust’s Hall on Thursdays, 7.30 pm. New dancers welcome - come on Bristol based charity LinkAge hold a number of fitness classes for the over 55’s running in the your own or with friends. Contact Margaret, 01275 Henleaze area. Contemporary Dance 55+ on Monday 794638 or Graham 01275 854782, or visit from 10am-11am at Bradbury Hall, Trinity Henleaze www.rscdsbristolinfo.co.uk Church. Cost £4. Tai Chi 55+ on Tuesday between 11am-12pm at Studland Court Community Room, Westbury Scottish Club country dancing classes for beginners at Leonard Hall, Trinity-Henleaze URC, Henleaze. Cost £3.50. Zumba Gold 55+ on Tuesday between 1pm-2pm at St Peters Church, Henleaze.

Waterford Road, Henleaze. Tel. Maggie on 01934 Cost £4. For more details please contact Laura on 838175. Classes for more advanced dancers at St 0117 353 3042 or visit www.LinkAgeBristol.org.uk Peter’s Church Hall, Henleaze. Tel. Cheryl on 0117 4012416. Every Tues 7.30 - 9.30pm. See Zumba Gold Class @ Horfield Parish Church Hall www.wscbristol.co.uk for details. every Weds 2pm-2.45pm (£4.00 per class) for the mature movers aimed at age 55+ (All other ages Hydrotherapy Exercise Sessions - group exercise including Beginners) Zumba Class @ Orchard in lovely warm water at Southmead Hospital's purpose built pool. Benefits include relaxation, relief School every Thurs 7pm-8pm Contact Georgina for further details on www.bristolzumba.com or tel: of pain & swelling, improved movement, balance & fitness. All ages & abilities welcome. We are a friendly 07545 625 089. local team of Chartered Physiotherapists with Tai Chi Classes for beginners - Start something expertise in a variety of disabilities & medical conditions. We have a regular group of local members new in 2017. Always wanted to try Tai Chi? For but new people are always welcome. For more details centuries the Chinese have practised Tai Chi as simple please contact Chris & Ali Cowley on 07971 086 628, but powerful form of exercise for strength, balance and mindfulness. Always want to give it a try, now email healthyhydrotherapy@gmail.com or visit you don't have to go to China. The Bristol School of www.healthyhydrotherapy.co.uk.

Tai Chi has lots of daytime and evening classes in Henleaze and Bishopston starting from the 9 January.

Tai Chi – These gentle movements can ease the Any questions contact Ben Milton 0117 9493955, body, quiet the mind and restore vitality. Local friendly classes with an experienced teacher. Classes email taichi@bristoltaichi.com or simply visit at all levels at The Greenway Centre and other Bristol www.bristoltaichi.com

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What’s On & Community News Gardening and Horticulture

more info.

The Clifton Garden Society invite you to come and join is as a new member. Monthly coach visits are arranged to great houses and gardens. There is a quarterly newsletter, an annual holiday and a Christmas party. If you would like to join this friendly group please contact 0117 973 7296 for further details .

Volunteering and Charities

The Alpine Garden Society meet on the 3rd Friday of the 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.

Sea Mills Garden Club have regular monthly meetings, every 3rd Wednesday, held at Sea Mills Methodist Rooms, Sea Mills Square at 7.30 pm.

However please note that our Christmas party will be on Thursday 15th December. Our forthcoming programme of talks in the New Year is :- 18 January, Ed Drewitt “The Amazing Migration of Birds of the Severn Estuary”; 15 February, David Martyn “The Work of KWAG and plans for the future of Kings Weston”; and 15 March, Sally Gregson “Shady Ladies and Damp Damsels”. Subscriptions due January 2015 Single - £13, Double - £24. Visitors always welcome at £3 per meeting. Hope to see you there. FFI contact Gail Mitchell 0117 9685350 or Esme James 0117 9682571

Home Care in Bristol – Lay Assessors needed to become involved in the RSVP Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme. Lay assessors are part of a team visiting people in their homes across the city that have home care services, to talk to them and find out if the quality of the service is satisfactory. The Lay Assessor scheme works in partnership with the council and forms part of their monitoring process.

This voluntary role is interesting, rewarding and flexible. Full training is provided along with regular opportunities to meet and share experience with other lay assessors. If you are interested please email homecare@rsvp-west.org.uk or telephone 0117 922 4392 and leave your contact details and either Paula or Ken will call you back.

REMAP is a registered charity that designs and makes custom aids which enable a disabled person to enjoy a better quality of life. We design, make or modify equipment to suit their specific needs. No charge is made for our services. Please contact us if we can help - visit www.remapbristol.org.uk, contact Colin 01275 460288 colin305@gmail.com or contact Ray 0117 9628729 rwestcott@blueyonder.co.uk

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 Henleaze & District Flower Club meets on the week to hear children read in a local school you could second and fourth Thursdays of the month at make a huge difference. Volunteers do not teach Bradbury Hall, Waterford Road in Henleaze. Flower children to read, but spend time on an individual basis demonstrations are held on the second Thursday, with them, hearing them read and talking to them practice classes on the fourth Thursday. New about the stories in their reading books. We want members always welcome. For more details please contact Debra Ward on 07974 937741 or email Debra children to enjoy books and reading, and individual attention is always a great way to do it. Volunteering is at debragailward@hotmail.com a great way to stay active and to feel useful, so if you Friends of Old Sneed Park Nature Reserve. It only are interested in joining us please get in touch.

Contact Mina on 07860 669953, or explore the costs £5 a year to become a friend of the nature reserve, a wonderful area for wildlife in Stoke Bishop. website RSVP-west.org.uk The land is owned by the council and run with the Volunteers needed to support carers. Could you help of volunteers & Friends. There are regular please help us develop and increase our support to newsletters, and regular events on the reserve. Fore more details please check www.spnaturereserve.com. carers, people looking after an unwell, disabled or elderly family member or friend in Bristol and South Henleaze Garden Club is a thriving club for anyone Glos? Could you help us develop the support that interested in anything to do with gardening! We meet carers can access through their G.P. surgery and other the first Wednesday of each month in the main hall at sources? If you are outgoing and could offer two mornings a month to meet, greet and give St Monica's, Cote Lane, with a summer break when information to carers when they visit their GP the club arranges coach trips. Expert speakers, a surgery, I would very glad to hear from you. Full quarterly newsletter, and great Christmas event.

Annual membership is £20 plus a £1 per visit, visitors training and support for this role is provided. Please are most welcome at £5 per visit. Contact Brian Dury contact me, Mike Hatch, GP Carer Link Volunteer on 07503 577830: or email your name and telephone on 9621227 or www.henleazegardenclub.co.uk for

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What’s On & Community News number to 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 telephone our Carersline on 0117 965 2200 or visit www.carerssupportcentre.org.uk .

0117 9621061 or Alan Routledge on 0117 9682246 for further information.

Henleaze (evening) Townswomen’s Guild meets at 7.15 pm on the first Wednesday of the month in St Peter’s Church Hall, The Drive, Henleaze, BS9 4LD. Interesting speakers present a variety of topics.

Visitors are welcome. Groups that meet between our monthly meetings include: Arts and Crafts group, Music club, Book club, Discussion Group, Gardening club, Bridge club, Lunch Club. We have twice yearly outings and a holiday group. Join us to make new friends and have fun! Contact Shirley on 0117 9622243 for further information.

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

Senior Film Club - St Peter's Hall, The Drive, Henleaze. Home Instead Bring Joy Foundation is pleased to support the Henleaze Senior Film Club and bring you the following fun Monday afternoons, each starting at 2pm. December 12th “It’s a Wonderful Life” - 1946 Christmas drama starring James Stewart Wanted - Volunteer Drivers for transport, once or twice a week, of local elderly patients to the Westbury a fun way to get into the swing of Christmas. January 16th - "Iron Lady" - 2011 Film starring Meryl Streep doctors’ surgery or to a hospital. We have a small as Margaret Thatcher. Refreshments (Tea & Cake) £3. group of volunteer drivers, all over 50, who enjoy being active in the Westbury community. Please come Transport offered by Dial-A-Ride, Tel 0845 139 875.

For further details, please ring 0117 989 8210 and join us and experience the gratification from helping others in your own neighbourhood. We operate within the Charity RSVP-West, who provide Westbury Park WI has changed its meeting day to the first Wednesday in the month. Guests are us with liability insurance for these drives and with welcome, it costs £4 per session and it is possible to practical help and advice. And of course we work be a guest 3 times in a year without having to become closely with the Staff of the Westbury-on-Trym practice. For information please contact Wendy Clark a member. We meet at Westmoreland Hall, (0117 962 0733) or Zina Wilson (0117 431 3671)or by Westmoreland Road, Redland from 7.30pm. e-mail on Bernzina@blueyonder.co.uk , or ask the Westbury Practice Reception or your local GP on tel. Soroptomists International Bristol are part of a global organisation founded in Bristol for women 9623406. from a wide range of professional and business Do you love Weddings? Westbury-on-Trym Village backgrounds who have joined together to give Service, Friendship and have Fun. We meet on the hall is a very popular wedding venue and has a busy second and fourth Mondays of the month at Long ongoing wedding schedule. We're looking for more Ashton Golf Club where we enjoy a two course meal volunteers to help these events run smoothly. If with a speaker. For more details please contact our you're interested, please contact Debbie Furlong on membership officer on 0117 9739894 or email 07791 882127. gillbea@aol.com for more details.

Friendship, Social and Support Pat-a-Cake Toddlers meet at Westbury on Trym Methodist Church every Tuesday during term time Saturday 17th December. Friends of Sea Mills Library monthly coffee morning 11am to 12 noon. 1.15 - 2.45pm. We are a small friendly group who play, do craft and sing. Mums/Carers have a Join us in the library for a special Christmas Coffee morning and a chance to stock up on some Christmas chance to meet over a cup of tea and a biscuit. For further information please contact Alison on 9629715. reading material.

The Discussion Group. Do you want something enjoyable to do on Monday mornings? If so why not join us. We are a small, mixed, convivial group who meet locally to discuss wide-ranging topics of mutual interest. We are currently looking for new members.

If you are interested please call Bob Broomfield on

On the first Tuesday of the month the North Bristol Alzheimer Café opens at St Monica Trust, Oatley House Atrium restaurant, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, BS9 3TN from 3.30pm – 5.30pm. We provide a relaxed, informal and safe space in which issues

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What’s On & Community News surrounding dementia can be aired. Our café is staffed by trained, caring and experienced volunteers. Every week refreshments are served and most weeks live music is played. There is no charge to attend, free onsite parking is usually available and the number 1 bus stops right outside. FFI or to register your attendance contact Jacqui Ramus (Dementia Lead for St Monica Trust) on 07854 185093 / email jacqui.ramus@stmonicatrust.org.uk

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Do you, or does someone you know, need support following a relationship breakdown?

Over the past 20 years Aquila has helped many people learn to cope and rebuild their lives following separation or divorce. Our next 8-week self-help course starts on Wednesday 25th January in Southmead, Bristol. The course is facilitated by a group of trained men and women who have all Henleaze (Morning) Townswomen's Guild. This experienced broken relationships or divorce. If you is a recently formed Guild and we meet from 10.00am would like to know more call Gill on 07807 058479, – 12.00 noon on the third Thursday of every month at email bristol@hope-after-heartbreak.co.uk or visit www.hope-after-heartbreak.co.uk.

The Eastfield Inn, Henleaze Road. New members and visitors are most welcome. Further information Westbury Art Club meet every Thursday evening can be obtained by ringing Elaine Anderson on 907 from 7pm to 9pm at The Greenway Centre, 5279.

Doncaster Rd, Southmead. We are a mixed ability Clifton Rotary Club welcomes new members willing group of artists For more details visit www.westburyartclub.org.uk, e-mail us at to give their time, are interested in making new westburyart@blueyonder.co.uk or phone our club friends, building business contacts and using their skills to help others. We meet Wednesday lunchtimes secretary on Bristol 962 9799. at The Redland Green Club (Redland Lawn Tennis and Squash Club). FFI visit www.cliftonrotary.org or Stoke Bishop Townswomen's Guild will not meet in December, so their next meeting will be on email secretary@cliftonrotary.org Thursday 9th January in the Hulbert Room, St Mary Bristol Grandparents Support Group gives support Magdalene Church, Mariner's Drive, Stoke Bishop, at 2pm. This room is reached via a path to the left of to grandparents who are estranged from their the steps to the main hall. Visitors welcome at no grandchildren due to family breakdown. Family charge for the first visit, so greet the New Year with a breakdown can be as a result of separation/divorce, change; the usual meeting day is the first Thursday in alcohol/drug dependency, domestic violence within the month. the home, bereavement or family feud. We give support over the phone, via email, Skype and at our Henbury ‘Blaise’ Womens’ Institute meets on the regular meetings held at 9, Park Grove, Bristol. BS6 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm in Henbury 7XB. Tel 07773 258270 more information or visit Village Hall next to the church. Visitors and new www.bgsg.co.uk. members are always welcome. Contact 962 9400 for more details or just come along!

Laugh, Live and Learn with Bristol U3A. If you have retired from full-time work, and want to take part in enjoyable learning with friendship and fun, we St Mary’s Church is open to visitors each morning from 10.00am to 12.00 noon, with a Coffee morning have a wide range of groups with over 100 different activities, including art, computing, languages, music, every Tuesday. All Welcome (especially those with young children – toddler toys and books available). walking, and science. Come to one of our social Our Bright Sparks Carer and Toddler group meets groups - either at the Eastfield Inn, Henleaze, 10.30am on the second Thursday and third Monday in each Monday in term time at 1.30pm at St Marys, Stoke Bishop. 9687449 for more details. every month, phone Barbara 0117 9629331. Or at Browns Restaurant, by the Museum, at 10.15am on Trinity Henleaze Ladies Guild meet fortnightly on the third Wednesday and fourth Thursday in every Monday evenings at 7.30pm in the Leonard Hall month, phone Jenny 0117 9043697. Please visit Waterford Road. Good varied programme of speakers www.bristolu3a.org.uk. followed by tea and coffee. All are welcome. For further information contact Jenny on 9620108.

Rotary Club of Bristol meet at the Bristol Hotel, Prince Street, Bristol BS1 4QF at 7.00pm for 7.30 pm St Peter's Ladies Guild meets at 2.15 on the third on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Mondays and at 12.30pm for 1.00 pm on the 2nd and 4th Mondays. Meetings start Wednesday of the month at St Peter's Church Hall, The Drive, Henleaze. Varied programme. All with a meal and are followed by a speaker. New welcome. Further details from Wilma on 0117 members are very welcome – for more details see 9628895. www.bristolrotary.org or contact Martina Peattie at

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Buying a property without building regulation consent for alterations – What are the options?

Are you thinking of buying a property but are concerned that alterations have been made to it without the appropriate Local Authority Building Regulations Approval? Laura Wilkinson a Property Law Specialist Solicitor at AMD Solicitors looks at the issues.

By law building works carried out to a property must comply with certain standards to ensure that they are safe and energy efficient.

However, unfortunately it is quite common to discover that building works have been carried out without the necessary Building Control Consent having been obtained. The reasons for this vary but range from ignorance of the law to a deliberate decision not to apply for consent where it is clear that Building Regulation Approval would not have been granted for the works.

Your Conveyancing Solicitor will be aware of the circumstances where Building Regulations would be required. Therefore it is important that you or your surveyor makes them aware of any works that may have been carried out on the property to enable them to make the necessary enquiries.

The seller should also disclose any works undertaken at the property in the information supplied to the buyer prior to purchase.

What if there is no Building Regulation Approval for the works undertaken?

If there is no Building Regulation Approval for the works, they could be structurally dangerous.

The Council could take enforcement action against you requiring you to undertake costly rectification works and causing you considerable inconvenience.

If you are a cash buyer you can choose to take on these risks but if you are buying with a mortgage your Conveyancing Solicitor will need to report the facts to your mortgage lender and they will almost certainly require some form of further protection from the risks.

What can I do to protect myself against the risks?

The best solution for you may be to ask the seller to apply for retrospective Building Regulation Consent from the Local Authority. A building inspector will need to come out to the property to inspect the work and, if they are satisfied that it complies with Building Regulations, they will issue a “Regularisation Certificate”. However, by contacting the Council the seller would not subsequently be able to take out an Indemnity Insurance Policy (as referred to below).

Currently the most common way to deal with a non -compliance issue is to take out a Lack of Building Regulation Consent Indemnity Insurance Policy.

Your solicitor will request that the seller’s solicitor obtains at the seller’s expense a policy to provide cover for the owner against the cost of any expenses or losses resulting from the Local Authority taking enforcement action against them.

The Indemnity Policy route will be quicker (policies can be taken out online and put on risk A Local Authority can take enforcement action immediately) and may well be cheaper than against the owner of a property (even if that person requesting Retrospective Consent. A typical policy did not undertake the work themselves), requiring premium will be between £100 to £400 and is a the property owner either to undo the works one-off payment. undertaken or to carry out rectification works.

However, there can be significant problems in Should you choose to proceed with the purchase relying upon an Indemnity Insurance Policy and of the property despite the lack of Building before choosing this option you should discuss the Regulation Consent you will be exposed to the level of cover and the insurer’s terms with your following risks:Conveyancing Solicitor.

An insurance company may refuse to pay out under a Buildings Insurance Policy if there is inadequate Building Regulation Consent for alterations to the property.

Buying and selling a property can be a complex and sometimes stressful experience. Our experienced Conveyancing Team at AMD Solicitors can advise you on issues such as these.

If you would like any advice or assistance with the process of buying or selling your property, please give us a call on 0117 9735647or call in to our office at 139 Whiteladies Road.

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What’s On & Community News The Friendly Club meets every Thursday from 2 to 4pm (except August and Christmas ) in the Methodist Church Hall, Westbury on Trym. We are a lively group of Senior Citizens who meet to chat , play Scrabble and card games. Regular trips out and entertainments are arranged plus we have delicious tea and biscuits for only £1 ! Do come and make some new friends. Transport can be arranged if needed.

Contact 0117 950 8644 for more details.

Knit and Natter. We invite you to "knit and natter" every Thursday between 10am and 12 at the Methodist Church in Westbury on Trym. It is a sociable and informal time when you can chat while pursuing your choice of crafts. If you prefer we can provide patterns for knitting for charity. Tea and coffee will be available.

Men at St. Peters (MASP) is a group which meets Saturday mornings at St Peter’s Hall, Henleaze. The meetings start at 8.30am with a full English breakfast.

This is then followed by entertaining and interesting talks by a guest speaker. New members are always welcome. In conjunction we also provide well directed “Keep Fit” sessions for men every Tuesday morning. Further information may be obtained from Keith Bonham tel 968 4972.

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

Do join us for Parish lunch at St Mary’s Church Stoke Bishop, every Thursday from 12.15. 3 course buffet lunch.

Civil Service Retirement Fellowship. The Westbury-on-Trym group welcomes all retired Civil Servants and their spouses to their meetings held on the first Thursday of the month at Studland Court, Henleaze Road at 2.00pm, Those people without a civil service background are welcome to join our group as Friends of the Fellowship. For more info phone Beryl Webb on 01454 614 451.

share your experiences, relax and make new friends?

Then come and join the Henleaze Carers’ Group. We meet on the second and fourth Thursday morning of each month, 10am to 12, in Bradbury Hall, Waterford Road, Henleaze. For more information please call Mrs M Rudston 942 6095.

Instep Club for Widows and Widowers. Weds evenings 8.00 pm-10.00 pm at Stoke Bishop Village Hall, Stoke Hill. Dancing - Ballroom and Sequence (If you haven’t danced for a long time, don’t worry, we will help you learn). Social activities Annual membership £8. Members: £2 per session. Visitors welcome: £3 per session. Come in to see us or telephone Donna on 01275 832676 or Wilma on 9628895 for further information.

The Fielder Club is an association for local women though friends and family are welcome at all events.

Membership is £5 p.a. to cover delivery of quarterly programmes of events such as lunches, theatre, visits, talks and walks. Weekly/monthly sub-clubs of badminton, book group, bridge, discussions, Scrabble, skittles and whist plus coffee. Thursday mornings at Coffee#1 in WoT and twice-monthly pub lunches.

Details from Gloria on 0117 239 3376.

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

Bristol Brunel Lions Club. We have our business meeting at Shirehampton Golf Club on the first Tuesday of every month at 7 for 7.30. On the 3rd Tuesday of each month we have a social gathering normally with food. We raise money for charity both locally and beyond through a variety of activities. Lots of fun and fellowship raising money for very good causes. For more details see Bristol Brunel Lions Club on line or contact Bill O’Neill at lion.bill@virginmedia.com.

General Interests

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 Westbury-on-Trym Probus Club provide a meeting 7.30pm and anyone interested in local history is point for retired and semi-retired professional welcome. Membership is just £6 p/a and visitors pay business men, to promote social well being through just £2 a meeting. For more details please visit friendship, discussion and companionship. The club www.stokebishop.org.uk/local_history_group, call meets on the third Thursday of every month at 0117 9686010 or email sblocalhistory@gmail.com.

BAWA, Southmead Road, from 12 midday. If you are Please do also contact us if you are clearing out interested contact Peter Wright on 962 4196 or email documents and pictures of Stoke Bishop! susanandpeterwright@blueyonder.co.uk Have lessons and play Bridge at Bristol Bridge Club.

Calling all Carers. Would you like the opportunity to Would you like to learn to play bridge? We offer a full

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What’s On & Community News programme of lessons for all levels. If you can already play try a free taster session at one of our 7 weekly sessions. 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. No partner? No problem! On Mondays just turn up and Terry, the Director, will find you one. He also gives advice on bidding! For more details phone Stephen, the Club Manager, on 0117 9291846. 99 Oldfield Rd, Hotwells, BS8 4QQ. www.bristolbridgeclub.co.uk Bristol Decorative Fine Art Society (BDFAS) is Bristol’s own society for those who are passionate about the arts. History of Art related events are organised including monthly lectures and study days led by specialists in their field and cover a wide range of topics. We organise stimulating visits and day trips home and abroad, often with special, exclusive visits to places of interest. Lectures are held in the “The Lecture Theatre”, The School of Chemistry Cantocks Close, BS8 1TS. For more information visit our website www.bristoldfas.co.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, without the need for an afterlife. We meet every month on the first Monday at 7.30pm in Kingsdown.

Contact Margaret Dearnaley on 07986 555817 (evenings and weekends only) or email bristolhumanists@gmail.com for more information.

The National Trust Bristol Centre Talks Programme 2016-2017 continues on Saturday 17th December with a talk on the Life and Music of Irving Berlin. Irving Berlin (1888-1989) was an American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history. His music forms a major part of the Great American Songbook.

Our speaker Terry Merret-Smith, who over the years has built up an extensive collection of musical memorabilia, will outline Berlin's story and punctuate his account with examples of the great man's music.

There will, no doubt, be an opportunity to join in with a rendition of the Berlin classic White Christmas.

The talk will take place at 2.15 in the Hall at St Monica Trust, Cote Lane, WoT. A charge of £3 is made to both members and visitors to help cover the costs associated with the talks programme. This charge includes the provision of tea and biscuits at the end of each talk The Bristol Branch of the English Speaking Union meets in the Apostle Room of Clifton Cathedral at 7.15 for a 7.45 talk which ends by 9 pm. Entrance is

£5. The aim of the ESU is to encourage friendship and global understanding through English. On Tuesday 6th December we present “Gurkhas- there is no better place to be in combat than next to a Gurkha (Prince Harry) - 200 years of Service to the Crown”.

Brigadier Bruce Jackman, who served with the Gurkhas, will tell us more about this remarkable people from the foothills of the Himalayas, in Nepal Henbury Art Club are looking for new members for our Thursday morning club. We meet at 10am till noon in Henbury Village Hall, next to St Mary’s Church. We are a very friendly mixed ability group, and have our annual show in the Henbury Village Hall every May Day. Please contact Gill Dix by email. gill@dix.org.uk for more details.

Twyford Art Club. We are a small group of artists of mixed ability, we meet at the public hall, Station Road, Shirehampton, 10am to 12am Mondays and Wednesdays, chose your day. New members welcomed, help and advice given. For more information visit www.shirepubhall.org.uk, contact John Case on 950 7916 / jacase@blueyonder.co.uk The Bristol Philatelic Society meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month in the meeting room of the United Reform Church at the bottom of Blackboy Hill (Whiteladies Road) starting at 7.30 p.m. Contact 0117 956 7853.

Stoke Lodge History and Archaeology Group meet on the second Thursday of every month at the Friends Meeting House in Hampton Road, Redland, BS6 6JE at 7.30. We host a rich diversity of lectures.

New members are always made very welcome. For further details please contact Annette Martin on 0117 979 3209.

North West Bristol Camera Club, are an enthusiastic group of amateur photographers who meet each Wednesday at 7:45pm at Westbury Fields.

New members of any level of ability are most welcome. For details contact Pete on 07870 589555.

Got a speech to make? Bristol Speakers offers a relaxed environment to practise your public speaking.

Learn how to construct and present a speech, gain knowledge from experienced speakers, conquer your public speaking anxiety. Most of all, practise in a 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 @ BAWA Southmead Rd. Contact Ben@Bristolspeakers.co.uk The Bristol Astronomical Society host a series of talks each week and we regularly get experts to talk

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What’s On & Community News about historical and topical aspects of astronomy, as well running hands-on demonstrations, activities, free Saturday observing sessions at our Observatory in Failand (weather permitting), and often stage "Star Parties" around Bristol and at Tyntesfield. All details are on our website www.bristolastrosoc.org.uk. All welcome, held at Bristol Photographic Society, Montpelier, BS6 5EE.

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Index of Adver sers Around the Garden

Pet Care and Pet Services

Compu ng, A/V & IT

Fencing

D & N Borderline

66 Computer Repairs

Fencing

E C Fencing

32 Computer Repairs

Garden Design & Mtce

Meadow Landscapes

83 Finance, Legal & Business

Garden Design & Mtce

Cathy Lewis

42

Garden Design & Mtce

Red Oak Landscaping

98

Garden Maintenance

Blossom Gardening

93

Garden Services

Declan McManus

6

Manure & Compost

Mr Manure Man

31

Ar ficial Lawns

Meadow Landscapes

61

Plants & Garden Supplies

Garden Trappings

31

Tree Surgeons

Crest Tree Services

77

Tree Surgeons

Neville Tree Services

59

Around the House

F.A.B. IT Rescue Schneider Computer Services

7 Pet Care Services Pet Care Services

Walbrook Services

Accountancy

Avonhurst

21 Funeral Directors

Accountancy

William Price & Co

29 Property & Accommoda on

Coaching

Anne Miller

Financial Advice

Grosvenor Consultancy

Financial Advice

Wealth West

47 Estate Agents

Solicitors

Corfields

2,3

Solicitors

AMD Solicitors

89

Solicitors

Devereux & Co

98

Solicitors

Veale Wasbrough Vizards

UK Blinds Direct

15

Bathrooms & Wetrooms

Paul Whi aker

Bathrooms & Wetrooms

Three Sixty Services

13 Fitness, Beauty, Sport & Leisure 66 Yoga

Carpets and Flooring

Choice Carpets

93 Complementary Therapies Celeste

Cleaning Services

Carmens Cleaning Services

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Cleaning Services

Henleaze & Bristol Carpet Cleaning Bonne Fresh Clean

31

48 Estate & Le ng Agents 62, 63 Estate & Le ng Agents

Sara-Jo Cameron

Personal Training & Gyms Cli on College Sports Ctre My Body Posi ve

20

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Oven Cleaning Bristol

70 Hairdressing & Salons

Evans Hair Design

65

Oven Gleamers

17 Hairdressing & Salons

Classic Cuts

31

Cleaning Services

Home Gleamers

39

Furniture

Gareth Jones Furniture

21

Handyman Services

JD Handyfix

31

Handyman Services

A & D Handyman Services

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Handyman Services

Tony Anderson

66

Upholstery / So Furn

CAP

Window Cleaning Window Cleaning

AquaTec Cleaning Windows

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Building Services Architect Services

Cad-Plan

Gi s, Arts, Food & Retail

7

Ocean

73

Support’d Shelter’d Housing Abbeyfield

Badminton School

37

Pre-School & Nursery

Brentry & Henbury Children's Centres Bristol Adult Learning

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Adult Educa on

Electrical Services

Daley Electrical Services

Electrical Services

MB Electrical

Electrical Services

Lek Trix

Pain ng & Decora ng

G R Kno

Tara’s Table

65

Food Retail & Restaurants Zest Deli Cafe

59

Food Retail & Restaurants Manna

55

Food Retail & Restaurants Prego

35

Retail Outlets

99

83 Healthcare Services

Building & Construc on

Garcia Building Services

77 Chiropractors

Garage Doors

Up & Over Doors

17

Property Maintenance

Prime Maintenance

25

Property Maintenance

A & S Property Services

18

Property Maintenance

Ace Preserva on

13

Property Maintenance

MSP Maintenance

Windows & Doors

Avonmouth Windows

Windows & Doors

Crystal Clear

Julie Anne Palmer Jewellery Kemps

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Sarah's Decora ng Services Top Notch

Pain ng & Decora ng

James Fox

32

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A & P Plastering

31

Plastering

Ar orm Plastering

70

Plastering

McCall Plastering

61

Plumbing & Gas

J Presland

70

Plumbing & Gas

Peter Harris

85

S & P Plumbing Services

83

Appliance Services

61

A & D Plumbing Services

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Food Retail & Restaurants Molesworth Butchers

The Mall

27

Trades

Catering Services

BS7 Driveways

74

Schools

70

Mark's Mini Diggers

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Estate Agents

93 Pain ng & Decora ng

Building & Construc on

C J Hole

56

KP Badges & Trophies

Plant Hire

Maggs & Allen

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Pocket Money Photography

83 Jewellery and Gi s

68

Richard Harding

Trophies & Engraving

Jewellery & Gi s

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Leese & Nagle

Photography Classes

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20

Estate Agents

15

Cleaning Services

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31

Friends 4 Paws

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Cleaning Services

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30

Paws2Park

Schools & Educa on

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15 Healthy Ea ng

Viking Vets

29 Funeral Services

Accountancy

Blinds & Shu ers

Cleaning Services

98 Veterinary Care

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44, 45 Plumbing & Gas Plumbing & Gas 15 Plumbing

Home Care Services

Bristol Chiro & Pregnancy Clinic Premier Homecare

4,5 Chimney Sweeps

Bristle Chimney Sweeping

15

Home Care Services

St Monica Trust

69 Chimney Sweeps

Shaun Doughton

83

Man & Van

63

Autotec

97

Home Care Services

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Home Instead

39 Waste & Rubbish

The Chiron Centre

87 Rubbish Clearance

Bristol Foot Clinic

6 Cars & Motoring

Keon Williams

91 Garage Services

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