The Bristol Eight - March 2015

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Mar ‘15 Issue 72

A free community magazine for the residents and businesses of BS9.

A free community magazine for the residents and businesses of BS8.

A free community magazine for the residents and businesses of BS9.

Delivered each month through 12,000 le erboxes across Delivered each month through 12,000 letterboxes across onwood & Cli on Delivered each month through 8,000 le erboxes in Hotwells, Cli Stoke Bishop, Sea Mills, Coombe Dingle, Henleaze, Westbury on Trym & Sneyd Park Stoke Bishop, Sea Mills, Coombe Dingle, Henleaze, Westbury on Trym and Sneyd Park.

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The Editor’s Small Piece Hello dear reader. I hope you are full of the joys of spring. I’m full of pancakes as I write this as it is Shrove Tuesday - and I am giving up pancakes and sherry for Lent. Shouldn’t be too difficult.

One of these days I will get to grips why Easter is on a different day each year - it always confuses me, although to be truthful as I mature gently more and more things confuse me. Why haven’t umbrellas been banned under H & S legislation? Why is it that the more space there is in a carpark the harder it is to park? Why do your ears get bigger as you grow older? Why do the same old failing football managers resurface for consideration every time one of their mates is sacked? Maybe life wouldn’t be so interesting if it weren't for these little mysteries.

In an attempt to ignore the ageing process I’m off next week for a couple of days of student reminiscences to the lovely city of Nottingham.

Before the footy match I’m going to see I’ll probably have a large pot of tea, and afterwards I might have a nice meal and a glass of wine in a gastro pub. Last time I went it was 4 pints before, and 4 more afterwards with a double cod and chips on the way home. Maybe getting on is no bad thing after all.

Enjoy the magazine, Do Get In Touch E: andy@bcmagazines.co.uk T: 0117 968 7787 M: 07845 986650 P: 8 Sandyleaze WoT BS9 3PY Tw:@BS9Andy W: www.bcmagazines.co.uk

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Useful Numbers and Information Gas Emergencies 0800 Electricity Emergencies 0800 Water Emergencies 0845 Avon & Somerset Police Non-Emergencies 101 Crimestoppers 0800 Southmead Hospital 0117 BRI / Children’s Hospital 0117 NHS Direct 0845

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Bristol Blood Donation The Samaritans Alcoholics Anonymous ChildLine The Silver Line

0117 988 040 08457 909090 08457 697555 0800 11 11 0800 4708090

National Rail Enquiries Telephone Pref Service Mailing Pref Service Bristol Dog Warden

08457 484950 08450 700707 0845 7034599 0117 9222500

Postal Services 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, Local Libraries Clifton - tel. 903 8572 Redland - tel. 903 8549 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 to go by bus, train, ferry, air, bike, car or foot.

Recycling and Household Waste 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, 7days.

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It is fast approaching spring market time here in BS8.

The coming weeks are traditionally the most buoyant in the Residential Sales and Lettings markets so now is the time if you are thinking of selling or renting to consider a few insider tips.

First impressions DO count: declutter and depersonalise; tidy paintwork, gardens and pathways; air and heat your property so rooms are warm but fresh smelling; and make sure your windows sparkle.

Line up your team: research and choose the best people to support you in your move- from solicitor and financial advisor to estate agent and property manager.

Recommendation and local knowledge are key.

My team at CJ Hole Clifton would be delighted to offer you a FREE no obligation market appraisal. We can also offer advice and support in how to present your property to attract the best possible price. To book an appointment, please call any one of the team on 0117 923 8238.

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For Sale £430,000 Clifton Four bedroom end of terrace house in a great Cliftonwood location. Garden and parking area.

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SOLD £245,000 Clifton Top floor apartment in a lovely Georgian building in the heart of Clifton. Two double bedrooms and offered with no onward chain

For Sale £775,000 Clifton A Victorian house with a versatile interior currently arranged as flats but could be returned to full family home. Lots of original charm.

To Let £1,550 pcm plus fees - Sneyd Park A stylish first floor apartment on a private road. Three double bedrooms, large living room with balcony and two allocated parking spaces.

To Let £1,100 pcm plus fees - Clifton A newly refurbished top floor apartment in immaculate condition with period features. Two double bedrooms, large living room and private balcony.

To Let £1,400 pcm plus fees - Redcliff Backs Luxury Harbourside apartment. Two double bedrooms, open plan living/kitchen area, underground parking. Available on furnished basis.

To Let £900 pcm plus fees - Clifton A very well presented hall floor flat offering one double bedroom, lounge/diner and decorated to a high standard. Great location and close to lots of local amenities.

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The Downs Recorder - Richard Bland Scrub For the first thousand years there was no problem with scrub control on the Downs. It was done by the sheep and the goats, and the only scrub that existed was on the slopes of the Gorge which were not being quarried, or which were too steep even for goats. There were trees, planted in avenues to guide the traveller along the roads that crossed the Downs. and to ensure that even in snow or fog or the dark you could not readily get lost. The earliest maps show these avenues, and they have been maintained by every successive generation even though today their original purpose is redundant. There were also occasional individual trees, Oak, Ash, Hawthorn, which had got themselves established somehow. They are marked as scattered trees on old maps.

The ending of sheep grazing in 1925 meant that mowing with horses became the main form of maintenance over much of the surface, which was rapidly replaced by more efficient machinery until 1939. War saw the surface of the Downs studded with pyramids of stone to prevent gliders landing, and then the takeover by the American army of large areas, and the end of normal maintenance procedures. Very rapidly Nettles, Brambles, Ivy, Elder, and then saplings of Ash, Yew, Holly and Sycamore began to spread in the shelter of the brambles. After the war there was a huge effort to get the surface back to level grass, to remove all the wire and temporary buildings and to fill in the bomb craters, and a lot of new trees were planted especially on Clifton Green.

Today the Downs team work flat out to maintain the grass, to ensure that damage done by circuses and funfairs and water mains is quickly covered, to remove the rubbish left after every summer weekend, and they do a marvellous job. But there isn’t the time to stop the clumps that have developed all over the Downs in the past fifty years, many of which have an ancient hawthorn at their heart, from spreading, combining, and then becoming secondary woodland. Much of the Zoo banks are now woodland dominated by dark Holm Oaks whose shade inhibits all plants beneath it. The amount of open grassland is diminishing each year. And increasing areas are becoming inaccessible to man and beast, especially along Upper Belgrave Road and the Dumps, and the Ashwood in the north.

Now scrub is a great habitat and a natural process in succession. It provides nesting habitat for birds that does not exist on open grassland, and a variety of plants that are the feed plants of some butterflies and moths. It provides a variety of seeds and nuts vital to over winter survival, especially ivy berries, and it provides homes for Foxes and Badgers. But there is an assemblage of about thirty unusual limestone plant species that you wont find together anywhere else, and a number of them now occur in only a single location on the Downs. A century ago they were all fairly widespread and abundant, now they are threatened, and threatened not by man’s activities but by his inaction. They include Harebell, Clary, Vervain, Red Bartsia, Yellow Rattle, Salad Burnet, Burnet Saxifrage, Dropwort, Marjoram, Betony, Yellowwort, Centaury, Dwarf Thistle Fairy Flax, Pale Flax, Golden Rod, Wood sage, Horseshow vetch and Kidney Vetch and Bladder Campion, Pignut RockRose Tormentil Musk Thistle and Bloody Cranesbill.

The names themselves are a joy- but to find all these plants, and more in such close companionship is an untold privilege. If the scrub takes over their habitat and is then removed it is not these species that come back, at least not at once, and maybe never. That is why there is an urgent need first to stop the advance of scrub, and then begin to drive it back. And this will need a great deal of volunteer support because it is quite clear that there will not be the money for the foreseeable future to pay for professionals.

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Celebrating 50 years of law Unbelievably, John Todd of AMD Solicitors has now been working in law for over 50 years!

John began work as an “articled clerk” on 27 November 1964 and so celebrated his golden anniversary of legal work at the end of 2014. Matters have improved somewhat since John’s first employment contract which was both unpaid and somewhat less stimulating than his work in later years!

In the course of his career John has worked in divorce, family disputes, criminal law (including murder trials!) and civil litigation.

For the last 40 years he has practised in Bristol, including sitting as a Deputy District Judge at local courts for over 10 years.

John started his legal career working largely in conveyancing and debt-collection, which was not the work of his legal dreams. While John grew up his father worked, initially as a barrister and latterly as a High Court judge in Kenya, so John knew very well that a more exciting legal world existed beyond the walls of his office, and at the first opportunity he left conveyancing behind and started work in litigation. This was clearly the right move for him.

The aspect of legal life John has most enjoyed throughout his career is presenting cases at court. Nerve-wracking while

preparing certainly, but full of challenge and adrenalin on the day, and a great sense of achievement afterwards.

Being a glass-full person John can’t remember many low points to his career.

However he did think that being ‘on call’ for long periods over the weekend as a duty solicitor (in criminal law) was not always a lifestyle choice. John recalls answering a call late at night and hearing a perhaps worse for wear client shouting “I am an innocent man repeatedly down the phone”.

Being a duty solicitor was clearly not the recipe for a good nights sleep.

Working in family law inevitably exposes you to some of the worst aspects of family life.

John recalls advising a client whose family home had been stripped by his wife whilst he unsuspectingly continued his day at work.

Practising as a Deputy District Judge enabled John to see litigation from the ‘other side’, the judge’s perspective. He feels this experience was invaluable in helping him to approach Court proceedings in a balanced and reasonable way, in the light of his understanding of the judge’s likely point of view.

Despite his work commitments, John enjoys a busy social life, including singing in two local choirs. Clearly the work-life balance is another lesson John has learned over the course of his long career.

John is based at AMD Solicitors’ Henleaze Road office, and is a much-valued member of the team of specialist litigation solicitors who provide advice and assistance in civil, family and commercial disputes. You can contact John and the AMD litigation team on 0117 9621205, email info@amdsolicitors.com or call into one of our Bristol offices.

Copyright AMD Solicitors

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No Prize General Knowledge Quiz 1)

What do the initials DVLA stand for?

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If something is described as hirsute what would you expect to see?

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How many players are there in a) a netball team; b) a speedway team; and c) a tug of war team?

The UK’s first National Park is primarily located in which English county?

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Name the five boroughs of New York City.

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What is the highest score achievable with three darts on a standard board where each dart lands in a direct sector of the board?

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Which has the highest speed - the top speed of Stephenson’s Rocket, the pool entry speed of Tom Daly when diving off the 10m board, or the off-road speed of the Challenger II battle tank?

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For what film did Julianne Moore win the Leading Actress BAFTA in 2015?

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The following films are biographies of which people - a) The Imitation Game; b) Amadeus; and c) Raging Bull?

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These cities are the capitals of which countries - a) Zagreb; b) Valetta; and c) Windhoek?

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What is the link between Len Murray, Norman Willis and Frances O’Grady?

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What is the link between George Thomas, Bernard Weatherill and Michael Martin?

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World War II rationing formally ended in which year?

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What would the following people do for a living - a) a fletcher; b) a farrier; and c) a cooper?

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On what London tube lines would you be travelling between these stations - a) Upton Park to Hornchurch; b) Highbury & Islington to Pimlico; and c) Kilburn to Bond Street?

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On what “scales” are the following things measured a) the heat of a chilli; b) the magnitude of an earthquake; and c) the sweetness of apple and grape juices?

In what year was the Aberfan mining disaster?

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Who is the oldest of the Top Gear presenters?

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Travelling due west from London, which US state would you arrive in first and which would you leave last?

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How many MP’s are elected at the UK General Election?

Answers on page 42

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Active Eight: Keeping Fit

in and around BS8

By Kayna Tregay, Pilates teacher and Personal Trainer

Being active in BS8’s great outdoors With spring around the corner, it’s great to come out of hibernation and get more active.

If you’d like to get fitter, don’t like the idea of gyms and treadmills, and just want to get out and about, then the streets, green spaces and waterfront paths of beautiful BS8 are waiting.

you have arranged meet a friend, partner or family member. Websites like www.findafitnessbuddy.co.uk or www.joggingbuddy.com can help you.

Vary your speed: Varying your pace can really improve the efficiency of your heart and lungs. You can use a technique called Fartlek (from the Swedish word for “Speedplay”). Next time you are out, pick landmark ahead of you, such as a tree, bench or clump of daffodils. Then increase your pace until you reach it. Slow down again until you pass another landmark of your choice, and repeat. The fun of Fartlek is the variation and that you choose the pace that feels right for you.

So embrace the longer days, put your trainers on and enjoy being active this Spring! * Fab charity promoting sustainable transport www.sustrans.org.uk

Here are my top tips: Buy (or borrow) a map: For a few pounds (or a trip to your library), an Ordnance Survey map of the city and countryside will show you footpaths and bridleways you didn’t know existed. Did you know there is a continuous Community Forest Path footpath crossing the Clifton Downs, and up to the Blaise Castle Estate and beyond? Or that from the Harbourside, you can cycle off -road to Bath on the Sustrans’* Railway Path? Ashton Court and Leigh Woods have great beginner mountain bike trails …more on those next time.

Get fit with a friend: Once you’ve found a route, you’re much more likely to get out if

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Fl. Lt. Malcolm Nares RFC AFC and the laconic afterword

The ninth of June 1917 dawned bright and sunny; ‘A good omen for today’s special event’ Malcolm probably thought as the mechanics wheeled his Be 2e plane - A/8651 out of Number 5 Aircraft Acceptance Park’s hangar at Filton. The Tower said visibility was good with a clear sky over his destination and a fresh Westerly 18 Knot breeze, although experience told him to be very wary of dangerous cross winds. However he would have been reassured that the Bristol built ‘e’ version he was testing was a significant improvement on Bleriot’s Experimental first design, the Be1 from the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough. All these factors made him confident that the day’s flight, a first for him, would be successful.

Malcom (c) with crew members of the Bristol Fighter

A glance at Malcolm’s flying log for that day revealed that his twenty five minute flight at fifteen hundred feet would be almost due south until he was over the Tobacco Bonds with the Clifton Suspension Bridge in his sights. Once beneath the bridge he continued along the course of the Avon before returning safely to Filton. It would be understandable if he’d congratulated himself that he’d now joined Sir Alan Cobham and fellow Royal Flying Corps pilot, Lt Basil Scott -Foxwell who’d managed the feat in 1912 and 1916 respectively. However records show that although many others later repeated their exploits Malcolm was the only test pilot to fly under the Suspension Bridge successfully four times, viz.

24th April 1918 in Bristol Fighter No. C879, again on the 29th March 1919 in Bristol Fighter No. F4863, and lastly, on the 16th September 1919 in a Bristol Fighter No h1614. For that flight his log stamped and signed off by his CO included the laconic words, ‘and stunting’.

But who was the intrepid aeronaut? Malcolm Dent Nares aged 20 entered the Army in 1913.

From beginnings as an assistant inspector of Aircraft for the Royal Engineers three years later Captain Nares was a test pilot, before transferring to the newly formed Royal Flying Corps, during which time Flight Lieutenant Nares was awarded the Air Force Cross.

After ‘de-mob’ he became a flying instructor and test pilot for the Austin Motor Company.

However by 1921 the lure of the Air services called him back this time to join the fledgling Royal Air Force. Thus in addition to his flying distinctions he must have been one of the few aviators who served in all three branches of our national air services.

This article was to be about Malcolm flying days at Filton however discussions with his son, also Malcolm, revealed a forgotten bit of Henleaze’s history. In the 1940s they lived at 72 Downs Park East. During one of the many bombing raids there was a direct hit on a house on the far side of Northumbria Drive. The house was completely destroyed and, as well as damage to other houses, the blast blew in the back of their own house. It is likely that the date was 11th & 12th April 1941, (the Good Friday raid). That night the bombers route was northwards from Bristol Bridge to Filton), when two homes in Hill View were also hit. Whilst it was being repaired they moved to 15 Westbury Road. However much to the family’s chagrin, being a large house theirs was requisitioned for the American servicemen based in the area.

Story courtesy of Julian Lea-Jones FRAes (www.history4u.info)

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23 would depend upon individual circumstances, but for those who have a choice as to when they can earn money, such as company directors, the advice has o en been to take ac on now whilst we have On March 18th, we will hear this Government’s final certainty on the rules rather than to defer and trust budget. In many ways this may be a strange budget that later rule changes won’t lead to significantly as some of the announcements may come into force higher tax liabili es or less generous reliefs. for only a ma er of months, whilst others may

never see the light of day. Unless the Conserva ves For many self employed, their business year will also and the Liberal Democrats form another coali on be coming to an end and for those people it may be then we might expect a second budget before the worthwhile speaking to their accountant to see if end of summer. there is something that they should be doing now.

What does this mean – uncertainty? In the past we If you have any par cular ques ons you would like have been able to plan ahead as many tax changes covered, please don’t hesitate to get in are o en no fied well in advance. Even when touch pjones@wilkinsonandpartners.co.uk budgets have preceded Elec ons, we have had a

good indica on of which party would be in power Un l next month… and whether or not we might expect significant

changes. This me round, there are a lot more Phil Jones is a director of local possible outcomes and much more difficult to independent tax & accountancy predict which party or par es will form the next firm, Wilkinson & Partners based Government. on Jacobs Wells Road, BS8.

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Prize Wordsearch If ever I was banished to a desert island and could take one foodstuff with me it would, without doubt, be cheese. So compiling this months prize wordsearch has left me craving for the crackers and a little something fromagial to go on them.

phone to 0117 968 7787, text to 07845 986650 or tweet to @BS9Andy. First correct entry out of the hat will win a special edition Gromit Unleashed Monopoly board game.

In the meantime thank you to everybody who entered the Listed below are 21 well known European Grupo Lounge cheeses. 20 of them are hidden in the competition in wordsearch grid, so your job is to find the the January missing cheese. They can be hidden written magazine. The forwards, backwards, up, down or on a winner was diagonal. Once you have found the missing Morgane Dambrun who wins the Grupo cheese get in touch and let me know what it Lounge voucher. is.

Right, here are your cheeses so get Entries must be in by 31st March and should hunting … be sent by post to 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY, email to andy@bcmagazines.co.uk, Blue Vinny Brie Caerphilly Camembert Cheddar Cheshire Cornish Yarg Dolcelatte Double Gloucester Dunlop Edam Emmental Gorgonzola Gouda Livarot Manchego Red Leicester Sage Derby Saint Agur Stilton Wensleydale

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green to start with; Go Green is about encouraging all businesses to take part across the city. Due to support from Bristol 2015 this scheme is free for all to join. It’s a unique opportunity to show the world that firms in Bristol lead the way in sustainable business prac ce.

Go Green officially launched with an event at At‐Bristol Science Centre on 10th February 2015 to packed audience of Businesses of all sizes are being asked to nearly 400 a endees, represen ng over Say It, Do It, Prove It to show their support 200 businesses. for Bristol’s year as European Green

Capital in 2015.

The Go Green website is full of top ps

from experts, plus case studies and stories of how businesses are already going Go Green is a brand new scheme to join up businesses and organisa ons in Bristol green. Members who have created their that are working towards a greener future. Ac on Plan can look forward to a ending Go Green works to celebrate the success green business networking events, of the greenest companies, whilst also masterclasses and behind the scenes tours encouraging many more to seize the at venues such as the ss Great Britain, opportunity created by the Green Capital Bristol Zoo Gardens and more. These year to benefit from free advice on how to events give members the opportunity to learn more whilst mee ng and sharing become a greener business, save money ideas with other local businesses, thus and find new customers. helping them to progress their Go Green

Ac on Plan.

Go Green is open to all businesses, chari es and organisa ons of all shapes

and sizes ‐ from the very smallest to the Find out more and create your Ac on Plan very largest. A free online tool helps today at www.gogreenbusiness.co.uk businesses to consider many different Twi er: @GoGreenBristol issues, not just recycling and electricity use, but also how to make green purchasing decisions, support sustainable travel op ons and support staff wellbeing as well as encourage nature and biodiversity in the local area. Go Green helps businesses to think about a whole range of op ons they have do to improve, and allows them to start with the ones that ma er most to them. Businesses do not have to consider themselves to be

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Louise’s Tips for an Easier Life Dastardly De-cluttering - The 30-Day Challenge I recently read an article by Victoria Lambert who decided to take the 30-Day Get Chucked Challenge. It is a very simple idea – on Day 1 your identify one thing to chuck out, on Day 2 two things, Day 3 three things and so on. This can lead to 465 possessions being binned in a month! The options of where these items can go are endless – charity shop, free-cycle, recycle, regift, tip, car boot sale, generally giving ‘stuff’ away….

The really good thing about this challenge is that you start decluttering gently. It’s easy to be sentimentally attached to things, but this way of having a sort out gives a sense of purpose and helps you to keep going. I often hear clients say ‘I’ve kept it as it might come in useful one day’.

As tempting as this is, especially if you have storage space, I would suggest to really ask yourself if it will come in useful. If you can’t part

with it, put a date on said item and when 12 months have passed and it hasn’t come into use….be strong and let it go.

Victoria’s determination had led to a huge number (currently unknown exactly how many) of others being motivate to take the challenge too – see #30DayGetChucked on Twitter. There are loads of photos showing what people have been letting go of. Check it out and maybe you will feel inspired too - just imagine what you could get rid of, but even more so how much clearer could your house be?

Louise England is a Lifestyle and Home Assistant and her service aims to free-up your free time. Her passion is to make a positive difference to people’s lives by helping them sort things out and complete jobs in their homes quickly and efficiently.

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Walking Whiteladies with Brian Leith It’s a bit weird writing this column a month ahead of when you’re likely to be reading it.

As I write it’s St Valentine’s Day – mid February – and I still have fresh memories of those dark cold wet mornings (not a month ago) when I could hardly summon up the energy or enthusiasm for my daily run across the Downs...

By the time you read this – probably mid March - spring well be truly ‘springing’ and the early morning sunshine will be warmer and brighter an hour earlier than they are now - and we’ll be closer to mid-summer than to midwinter. I’ll be running (or ‘trotting’, as my two fit sons describe it, witheringly) across the downs most mornings, my spirit lifted by the increasing light and heat… As summer approaches the Downs seem to come back from the dead - and literally burst into life.

Again this year I’m caught afresh by the surprise at how rapidly the year changes – by how different our world looks and feels across the year. Like everyone else, I hate those dark, short, winter days but as I’ve got older I’ve become increasingly grateful for the changes the seasons bring.

When I was a teenager I was lucky enough to live for a couple of years in Kenya – a world of fabulous warmth and year-round sun-filled blessings, from gorgeous flowers and fruits to what must be the world’s most

stunning wildlife. I miss it still…

But one (GWAAC4) aspect I don’t miss at all is the boring predictability of the tropical daylength –– virtually the same all year-round – as well as the suddenness of sunrise and sunset. You can set your clock by it: at 6:30 in the evening you’re outside sipping a beer in glorious ‘sundowner’ twilight… but by 7pm it’s more or less pitch black – dark enough to silence the world (except the raucous frogs in the ponds) for a full twelve hours.

No, give me the variety any day! My favourite time of year is midsummer evening, a time of day that seems to go on for hours – the days are almost 8 hours longer than those mean wintry days. I’ve come to appreciate the warmth and the extra light of our summer evenings (and mornings!) all the more because I know just how cold, dark and wet it can be at the other end of the year.

By the way: I’m told that new paved cycle paths are to added to the Downs this year, which should make every time of day that bit more accessible to us all, whatever the season!

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Book Reviews with Bruce Fellows When Duke Morrison became John Wayne, America found a hero. In the thirties Wayne made endless budget westerns. He mucked in with everyone, learnt to do most jobs on a film set and taught himself to speak and move naturally in front of the camera. He found fame with Stagecoach, and always claimed he owed everything to director John Ford. After the war, he suffered endless guilt for not having served. In John Wayne: The Life and Legend, Scott Eyman’s enthralling biography of the actor, we learn of Wayne’s impoverished upbringing, his college days, and his slow rise to stardom. As an actor, he knew his limitations; ‘Talk low and slow,’ he advised Michael Caine. He always wanted to work with Doris Day but never did. Movie buffs, and many others, will love this book.

Hidden Knowledge is the title and the subject of Bernadine Bishop’s fine new novel. When novelist Hereward Tree faces a routine operation, he leaves his latest manuscript with his sister Romola, just in case. Dogged by his past, Hereward’s brother Roger is about to go to gaol but Roger keeps a further secret, too. Julia Winterborne has something she can’t tell her mother Betty and Betty herself has discoveries to make about her son Mark’s death. And then there’s Carina. As the secrets unravel each one bears upon the others to produce an intelligent, gripping but harrowing and ultimately heartbreaking story.

James Sallis writes highly literate thrillers like the excellent Drive, but his recent The Killer is Dying is a thriller with a difference. We’re in Phoenix, Arizona. Christian is a hired killer whose victim is attacked by someone else. He should walk away from the job but he chooses instead to

track down the wounded victim and the attacker.

Meanwhile a cop with a dying wife is on Christian’s trail, and Jimmie, a boy living on his wits, begins to experience Christian’s dreams. These characters never meet but all are linked and so are the Moscow dogs that get around by metro.

Brilliant!

The Last British Dambuster by George ‘Johnny’ Johnson tells the fascinating tale of a farm labourer’s son who made his way from the fields of Lincolnshire to the nose of a Lancaster in 1943 and dropped a bouncing bomb on one of those dams. It’s a revealing and moving story of normal people, whom we now call heroes. Guy Gibson is there though Johnny had little contact because Gibson didn’t talk to sergeants. Typically, after the medal presentation at the Palace there was a party for the officers while the sergeants were left to celebrate on the train home!

Screenwriter Nora Ephron’s husband left her for the wife of the British Ambassador. Nora’s writer mother had often told her, ‘everything is copy’, so she wrote Heartburn, a novel that lampooned her husband and the ambassador’s wife. The Most of Nora Ephron is a smorgasbord of her other writing, including a description of the genesis of her film When Harry Met Sally, with that famous scene in the diner. This very funny collection of Ephron’s best work is guaranteed to raise a smile and cheer your day.

Bruce Fellows

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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 with Andy Fraser by telephoning 0117 968 7787 or 07845 986650, post details in to 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY or emailing andy@bcmagazines.co.uk (in email or Word format - no PDF’s please). All notices must be received by the 12th of the preceding month to guarantee consideration for inclusion.

Welsh National Opera Friends next meeting is at 7.15 pm Wednesday 18th March 2015. Few opera conductors have achieved their ambition of performing Wagner’s complete Ring Cycle. One who has is Anthony Negus, who led the production at Longborough in 2013. He will tell us about the years of careful preparation leading up to the production and of the very successful performances that followed. All are welcome at, The Performing Arts Centre, Red Maids’ School, Westbury Road, BS9 3AW. Further details: 0117 974 3615 or pkieran@tiscali.co.uk Bristol Cabot Choir will be performing Puccini’s Messa di Gloria and Vivaldi’s Gloria and other wonderful Italian pieces at Clifton Cathedral on 25 April 2015 at 7.30pm. Conducted by Rebecca Holdeman and accompanied by orchestra, superb up and coming young soloists, and the talented Joachim Schwander on continuo organ, Tickets: £15 and £10 (under 18s) from Opus 13, 14 St Michael’s Hill, Bristol BS2 8DT – on 0117 9230154; or on line at www.bristolcabotchoir.org (+10% Booking Fee). Retiring collection for the Julian Trust Night Shelter.

The Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society: On Monday 25th March at 7.45 pm in the Apostle Room in the basement of Clifton Cathedral, Pembroke Road, Clifton, Martin Palmer will talk on “Walking Our Sacred Landscape”. using Bristol and archaeological sites around Bristol we will explore not only how burial mounds, stone circles, and city churches were created but why.

Just beneath the surface of our modern world lie myths, legends, sacred directions, mountains and entrances to the holy world which our forebears knew and built their worlds around.

Learn a health maintenance routine – BodyTalk Access. This course gives you a simple set of techniques based on the BodyTalk System to help enhance and maintain your well-being. Sat 28 March, The Natural Health Clinic, Cotham, £100, early bird £80. For more details: email or phone Helena Kangai 07817651006 helena@bodytalkbristol.co.uk Brahms: Requiem at St George’s Bristol, Saturday 21 March 2015, 7.30pm. Join Bristol Bach Choir for a musical voyage of discovery as you listen anew to Brahms’ iconic Requiem in this intimate performance, and be spellbound by the drama of Jonathan Dove’s distinctive and powerful work, The Passing of the Year. Tickets: £10, £15, £20; students and under 18s, £5 from www.bristolbach.org.uk or tel. 0117 214 0721.

Bristol Women's Voice are partnering with Fairplay South West and Bristol Fawcett for a series of Women's Question Time across the city in the lead up to the General Elections in May. We are organising four events for each of the constituencies in the city of Bristol and we have invited all candidates to take part. We are inviting women from within each constituency to attend our events, to find out about each party, the policies they represent and the opportunity to ask their candidates a question. Free to attend, no need to book! Doors will open at 7 to start at 7:30pm.

Bristol North West will be on 12th March at The Greenway Centre, Doncaster Rd, Bristol, BS10 5PY. For help with transport or for more information, please contact Bristol Women's Voice on 07972 673782 or via email to info@bristolwomensvoice.org.uk Bristol Concert Orchestra's concert at St George's Bristol on 14th March at 7.30pm features Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, which opens with perhaps the most famous notes in all classical music; Debussy’s Ibéria with its vivid depiction of the sights, sounds and scents of Spain, and Liszt’s dazzling 1st Piano Concerto with renowned soloist Ashley Wass. There will be a retiring collection in aid of Bristol Child Contact Centre. Tickets available from www.bristolconcertorchestra.org.uk or from St George's Bristol in person, online or by phone: 0845 40 24 001.

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Train Times from Clifton Down to BTM Regular readers will have seen a few mentions of the very splendid Severn Beach railway in recent issues of the magazine, and in many respects it is a great way of getting into the city centre if you can cope without the car. It is also a really interesting journey, whether you head north to Severn Beach or south to Temple Meads. I’m conscious though that there are many people who have never used the line and some who aren’t even aware of its existence.

Encouragingly though I have had a number of readers who ask if it is possible to print the train times, especially between BS8 and Temple Meads.

So with the permission of First Great Western I’m

pleased to print the latest timetable, as a source of information for those who do, or might wish, to let the train take the strain.

The latest times below are for all the scheduled departures from Clifton Down and the arrival times at Temple Meads. The average journey time is about 20 mins. Along the route the trains also stop at Redland, Montpelier, Stapleton Road and Lawrence Hill.

Train times in Blue are for Monday to Friday Train times in Red are for Saturday Train times in Green are for Sundays

d. Clifton D

0625 0643 0740 0816 0849 0929 1016 1049 1130 1216 1248 1330 1416 1448

a. T Meads

0641 0701 0758 0832 0910 0948 1032 1110 1149 1232 1310 1350 1432 1510

d. Clifton D

1531 1616 1647 1729 1816 1911 1945 2016 2151 2232 2316

a. T Meads

1551 1632 1708 1750 1836 1928 2004 2034 2207 2253 2332

d. Clifton D

0647 0731 0816 0847 0930 1016 1048 1131 1216 1246 1331 1416 1448 1531

a. T Meads

0706 0749 0832 0906 0948 1032 1110 1153 1232 1603 1350 1432 1510 1550

d. Clifton D

1616 1647 1731 1816 1929 2009 2152 2231 2316

a. T Meads

1632 1707 1750 1832 1944 2026 2209 2250 2332

d. Clifton D

1008 1104 1204 1304 1404 1504 1604 1707 1806 1834

a. Clifton D

1021 1120 1220 1320 1420 1520 1620 1722 1822 1847

d. T Meads

0514 0548 0630 0703 0803 0836 0916 1003 1034 1116 1203 1234 1316 1403

a. Clifton D

0527 0600 0644 0716 0816 0850 0929 1017 1048 1129 1217 1248 1329 1417

d. T Meads

1434 1516 1603 1635 1713 1803 1847 1933 2034 2137 2216

a. Clifton D

1448 1529 1617 1648 1728 1817 1910 1946 2049 2152 2229

d. T Meads

0603 0634 0716 0803 0834 0916 1003 1034 1116 1203 1234 1316 1403 1434

a. Clifton D

0617 0648 0729 0817 0848 0929 1017 1048 1129 1217 1248 1329 1417 1448

d. T Meads

1516 1603 1634 1716 1803 1903 2034 2140 2216

a. Clifton D

1529 1617 1648 1729 1817 1917 2048 2154 2229

d. T Meads

0908 1023 1123 1223 1323 1423 1523 1623 1652 1753

a. Clifton D

0921 1036 1136 1236 1336 1436 1536 1636 1706 1806

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We are the Bristol U3A – an organisation of lively and interesting people who offer all sorts of groups for enjoyment, friendship and learning. If you are no longer in full-time work, we have a wide range of over 100 different activities, including art, computing, languages, music, walking, and science.

Please visit your local social group at Browns Restaurant by the Museum on the third Wednesday or the fourth Thursday every month at 10.15am phone Jenny 0117 9043697, for meetings.

Details: www.bristolu3a.org.uk. Don’t stay at home, come and join the Bristol U3A! Ukelele Funhouse Orchestra. Just ukes, bass and percussion. 30 odd songs, some odder than others.

Loads of new stuff for 2015. Come and Walk on the Wild Side and on Sunshine. There’ll be Dancing in the Street when we celebrate new speed limits. Everything from Sting to The Village People, from battery hens to operatic aria.

Guaranteed to raise a smile. Tickets £10 at the door or from the Tobacco Factory 01170 020 344.

Contact: Steve Pearson (musical Director) at themightyzarg@gmail.com or on 01275 390152.

Website: www.ukulelefunhouseorchestra.co.uk. We are on Facebook too.

Drop In Healing Sessions held at The Friends Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland BS6 6JE on Thursdays from 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm. Run

by NFSH The Healing Trust trained volunteers on a donation basis. Healing can help whether you're feeling stressed or in need of support or just want time for yourself. Everyone welcome, no need to book. For more information phone 07748 358206.

The Elgar Society is dedicated to promoting the works of Sir Edward Elgar, our greatest English composer. The Society has regional branches, and the South-western Branch is based in Bristol. We have meetings monthly throughout the year, and also excursions to places of Elgarian interest. Our next meeting is on Saturday 28 March at the Bristol Music Club, 76 St Paul’s Road BS8 1LP. Limited free parking is available at 1 Pembroke Road.

Admission for visitors costs £3.00 including refreshments. Our speaker in March will be John

Drysdale who will talk about Elgar’s financial life.

More information is available on the Elgar Society website. http://elgar.org/elgarsoc/branches/ south-western/ Redland Green School Car Boot Sale- Get ready, FORGS Car Boot Sales will be back on Saturday 18th April, 16th May, 20th June and 18th July, 1pm4pm. In the school car park, (indoors if wet), at Redland Court Road, BS6 7EH. Sellers £8 per pitch, book via forgscarbootsale@hotmail.com or 07968 493013. Buyer admission 50p. Kids go free.

Antique, Vintage & Collectables Fair. Sunday 29th March - 10am-4pm. Ashton Court Mansion, Nr Bristol, BS41 9JN. Step inside this beautiful and historic mansion house and you will find 40 quality stalls selling antiques, collectables, vintage fashion vintage and retro items, antique furniture, fine china and jewellery plus more. Café open all day for light bites. Teas, coffee, homemade cakes. £2.00 entry (under 16s free). Note: Car Park access to Mansion House via Kennel Lodge Entrance on A369.

Team members needed. At Bristol Child Contact Centre in Henleaze children of all ages spend time with the parent they no longer live with, in a session supported by our volunteers. Most of the ‘contact parents’ are fathers, so we would especially welcome more men to join us. The volunteer team prepares the hall and toys, serves refreshments, welcomes parents and children, listens nonjudgmentally when needed, and keeps everyone safe and happy. If this appeals to you, and you’d be free to join our Saturday volunteer rota every 46 weeks, do get in touch for further details. You will get an enhanced DBS check, training and support, plus the satisfaction of maintaining a much-valued service which helps families stay in touch after separation. See our website at www.bristolchildcontactcentre.org.uk. and/or ring Helen or Anna on 07511 290505.

Henbury Singers - Spring Concert. On Saturday March 14th at 7:30pm in support of Motivation providing wheelchairs for disabled people in developing countries. Choral music by Faure, Brahms, Mozart concluding with Pergolesi’s vibrantly attractive setting of the ‘Magnificat.’

Soloists, orchestra and choir will be directed and (ConƟnued on page 40)

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conducted by Richard Jones at Trinity-Henleaze United Reformed Church, Waterford Road, BS9 4BT. Tickets £10 in advance from choir members or £11 on the door. For more details contact: secretary@henburysingers.org. Henbury Singers welcome new members. Contact Maggie Cavanna 0117 973 4794 or secretary@henburysingers.org or visit our website at www.henburysingers.org Bristol West Diabetes Group invites you to attend our meeting on Thursday 19 March 2015 at 2 pm. Our Speaker will be Anne Williams, speaking on the topic 'Diabetes and your feet''. We meet at the Primary Care Centre in Westbury on Trym, Westbury Hill, BS9 3AA. Please ring Anne on 9621311 for further information.

New Dimensions meets every month and we have talks on a wide range of esoteric subjects. The meetings are held at the Friends’ Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland, Bristol BS6 6JE. Admission: £5 (including tea/coffee/biscuits). The next meeting will be held on Sunday 15 March 2015 at 3pm. The speaker will be Steve Judd and the title of his talk is “How Astrology Can Improve Your Life.” Also, he will advise us of important dates in 2015 and explain how Astrology works – in simple English! Come and meet new likeminded friends. For further information, please telephone 01749 678 834 or write to: leasurs@tiscali.co.uk The Bristol Dowsers meet monthly at The Theosophical Society, 14 Tyndalls Park Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1PY. We hold talks and demonstrations and field trips in the summer.

Come along and learn the ancient art of dowsing!

Our next meeting will be held on Friday20 March 2015 at 7.30 pm. Our speaker will be Tony Hathway and the title of his talk is “Water Dowsing Experiences and Tips for Beginners.”

Tony will share with us some of his extensive and successful experiences in dowsing for water in the local area around Bristol. He will also give us helpful tips on the best way to dowse. Admission: £5 (including tea/coffee/biscuits). For further information, please telephone: 01749 678 834 or write to leasurs@tiscali.co.uk

Redland Wind Band Spring Concert 2015, Saturday 18 April 7.30pm at Westbury-on-Trym Baptist Church, Reedley Road, BS9 3TD. Tickets £8: email redlandwindband@gmail.com or on the door. 14 and under free. An exciting and varied evening of wind band music will include pieces from the stage, screen and the classical repertoire. FFI visit www.redlandwindband.co.uk On Friday 6 March at 7pm, best-selling travel writer, Sara Wheeler, will visit Redland High School (BS6 7EF) to talk about her career including her time as writer-in-residence at the South Pole. Tickets, which include a drink and canapés, cost £12.50 for adults and £8 for those in full-time education and are available from the Development Office of Redland High School. Please ring Linda or Emily on 0117 916 6711 / email development@redlandhigh.com. Sara has been described by The Independent as producing ‘Some of the greatest travel books of our time’ and this should be a truly inspirational evening.

Bristol Cathedral Choir School Choral Society is always looking for new singers to join our choir!

We are an enthusiastic amateur choir specialising mainly in classical works (ancient to modern). We are loosely associated with the Choir School, joining in with some of their concerts and using the school (on College Green) for practice on Wednesday evenings. We put on 2 or 3 concerts a year, including a main concert with orchestra and ‘pudding’ concert in the summer (the choir provides music and dessert!). There is no audition and no requirement for musical expertise – the only thing needed is an urge to sing! Contact Matthew Smith mattmsmith@virginmedia.com if you are interested.

Bristol Vintage Market is a new market for Bristol on Sat 14th March selling all things vintage, inc. clothing, homeware, furniture and vinyl. Our first market is being held at The Elmgrove Centre (BS6 6AH) in Redland, just off the Gloucester Road.

10am -3.30pm. FB www.facebook.com/ BristolVintageMarket Twitter @bristol_vintage Rotary Club of Bristol – we meet at the Bristol Hotel, Prince Street, Bristol BS1 4QF at 7.00pm (ConƟnued on page 42)

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for 7.30 pm on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Mondays and at 12.30pm for 1.00 pm on the 2nd and 4th Mondays. Meetings start with a meal and are followed by a speaker. New members are very welcome – see www.bristolrotary.org or contact our Club Secretary Martina Peattie at mpeattie@btopenworld.com for more details.

Clifton Rotary Club welcomes new members. All we ask is that people give their time, are interested in making new friends, building business contacts and using their skills to help others. We meet Wednesday lunchtimes at Redland Lawn Tennis and Squash Club. Please find out more about us by visiting www.cliftonrotary.org or emailing secretary@cliftonrotary.org The Bristol Branch of the English Speaking Union welcomes guests to their meetings which are held in the Apostle Room of Clifton Cathedral at 7.15 p.m. for 7.45 p.m. There is ample parking and entrance is £5. The aim of the English Speaking Union is to encourage friendship and global understanding through English. Our forthcoming meetings include on March 3rd “the Family Court” with Judge Richard Bromilow, and on March 26th "The New Southmead Hospital" Tricia Down, Project Director for the Brunel Building. Do come along to any of our meetings, preferably by telephoning the Chairman, Tony Williams on 2393187 or the Secretary, Jenny Haines, on 9628075.

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.

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 - Colin 01275 460288 colin305@gmail.com or Ray 0117 9628729 rwestcott@blueyonder.co.uk Web site

www.remapbristol.org.uk Lip-reading class. An evening lip-reading class to help you cope with your hearing loss runs in Clifton from 6.15pm to 7.45pm every Monday at Redland Park United Reformed Church, Whiteladies Road. Fee is £5 per session. For more details email the tutor, Mary Hall at lipreadingmary@yahoo.com or telephone 07790 283 939.

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0117 968 7787 / 07845 986 650 andy@bcmagazines.co.uk 8 Sandyleaze, Westbury on Trym, Bristol, BS9 3PY Twitter: @BS9Andy The Bristol Eight is published by Bristol Community Magazines Ltd (Co. No. 08448649, registered at 8 Sandyleaze, Westbury on Trym, Bristol, BS9 3PY). The views expressed by contributors or advertisers in The Bristol Eight are not necessarily those held by Bristol Community Magazines Ltd. The inclusion of any business or organisation in this magazine does not imply a recommendation of it, its aims or its methods. Bristol Community Magazines Ltd cannot be held responsible for information disclosed by advertisers, all of which are accepted in good faith.

Reasonable efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this magazine but no liability can be accepted for any loss or inconvenience caused as a result of inclusion, error or omission. All content is the copyright of Bristol Community Magazines Ltd and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of Bristol Community Magazines Ltd.

Quiz Answers from page 16 1. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency; 2. something hairy; 3.a) seven, b) seven, c) eight; 4.

Derbyshire (The Peak District); 5. Brooklyn, Queens, Manhatten, the Bronx and Staten Island; 6. 171 (T20, T19, T18); 7. Tom Daley at 35mph (Stephenson’s Rocket 28mph, Challenger II 25mph); 8. Jeremy Clarkson is 54, James May is 52, Richard Hammond is 45; 9. trick question, you would pass north of the USA and travel through Canada; 10. 650; 11. Still Alice; 12. Alan Turing, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jake LaMotta; 13.

Croatia, Malta and Namibia; 14. All have been General Secretaries of the Trades Union Congress; 15. All have been speakers in the House of Commons; 16. 1954; 17. a) makes arrows, b) makes and fits horse shoes, and makes barrels; 18. a) District, b) Victoria, and c) Jubilee; 19. Scoville, Richter and Brix scales; 20. 1966.

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This email arrived for me a few weeks ago.

Refund Reference Number is: Ref/14377/2014 Dear Taxpayer, *Refund Amount : GBP 521.78 >> Your *Refund Reference Number is: Ref/14377/2014 << ************************* Account ID: 748200162 E‐mail ID: 930155328 ************************* NOTE: If you've received an Income Tax 'repayment' it will either be following a claim you've made or because HM Revenue & Customs has received new informa on about your taxable income or en tlement to allowances. The refund may come through your tax code or as a payment and could relate to the current tax year or earlier years.

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