The Bristol Eight magazine - June 2014

1 THE BRISTOL EIGHT

June 2014 No 63

A free community magazine for the residents and businesses of Clifton, Hotwells, Cliftonwood, Failand and Abbots Leigh. 8,000 copies hand delivered each month.

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The Editor’s Small Piece Hello there and welcome to the latest issue of the magazine. I hope June has started well for you or indeed May is ending well for you, depending on how speedy my delivery team is being. The usual disorganised but hopefully readable assortment of things for you this month, one of which came as a complete surprise to me - turn to page 14 to see who has been collecting rubbish here in BS8. As the World Cup arrives we are running a prize sweepstake that all readers can take part in, and there is also our usual prize wordsearch where there are tickets to the Old Vic up for grabs.

Thank you for supporting, if you have the need, the businesses who feature in The Bristol Eight and who fund this little venture. And thanks also to my delivery people, Paul, Muriel, Tara and John and his team, who every month are reminded that, whatever the weather, this part of Bristol isn’t flat.

Our front cover this month features the tiny community garden that links Wesley Place and High Street up behind the shops of Blackboy Hill. I hope you enjoy June. I have a big birthday this month, so maybe (and unlike the front cover) everything isn’t rosy in the garden after all! Cheers for now, Andy the Editor 0117 9687787 / 07845 986650 andy@bcmagazines.co.uk www.bcmagazines.co.uk @BS9Andy on Twitter

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6 Useful Numbers and Information Gas Emergencies Electricity Emergencies Water Emergencies Avon & Somerset Police Non‐Emergencies number) Crimestoppers

Southmead Hospital Frenchay Hospital BRI / Children’s Hospital NHS Direct

Bristol Blood Donation The Samaritans

Alcoholics Anonymous ChildLine

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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.

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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 Summer hours from 8.00am to 6.45pm, 7 days.

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8 course there is an outside chance that both your adopted teams reach the final so you are guaranteed to be in a position to make a The World Cup in Brazil kicks off on 12th winning claim call regardless of the result. I June, and for a bit of fun The Bristol Nine still won’t answer the phone before the final and Bristol Eight is once again holding a free whistle though. prize sweepstake. Listed below you will find Four years ago I recall Spain won and a the details of all 32 competing teams. Each friend and near neighbours was the first to one is annotated with one or more letters. get through. I reckon he has me on speed Every road in BS9 and BS8 has been given a dial. Anyway here are the team and road pair of teams to adopt, according to the pairings. Hope this adds a little fun to the letter your road name starts with. So if you tournament. live in Caledonia Place your teams are Road Names Honduras and Croatia, if you live in Alma Country Road your teams are Cameroon and Italy, Uruguay and Switzerland F and so on. Some pairs of teams have roads R beginning with more than one letter (this is Iran and Spain done to ensure fairness and is based on the Japan and Russia B numbers of roads starting with the same Portugal and Ecuador W, X, Y, Z letter). So when the final whistle blows on Sunday 13th July the World Cup winners Algeria and the Netherlands H

World Cup Prize Sweepstake

will have been adopted by several roads. If, Cameroon and Italy for example, Belgium win and you live in Dowry Square, Downfield Road etc you Ghana and Colombia stand a chance of winning.

Ivory Coast and Germany The first person, living on a road linked to the Cup winners, to ring me on 0117 968 7787 after the final whistle has gone (or final penalty if it goes to a shoot out) will win a pair of tickets to see a Bristol Rovers or Bristol City home game next season.

Please note - I will not be answering the phone until the Final has finished! And of

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Nigeria and France

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Costa Rica and England

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The Downs Recorder - Richard Bland controversial. But of course if you cut down scrub without killing the roots it at once shoots back, often more vigorously than before, so the decision was taken to reintroduce grazing animals to control the Six fine wild white neutered male goats arrived in July 2011, from a population that scrub, which had been done elsewhere for lives on a cliffside in Wales. They vary in age, the same purpose. The enclosure was and live together as a harmonious flock in an necessary because of the Portway, and a water trough was built. enclosure especially built for them around the Gulley on the Downs.

The goats have been munching their way through the scrub for two an a half years, and at first made little impact, as there was much more food than they could consume.

But this past winter their impact has been dramatic, and the whole appearance of the site has changed. The Buddleia and Hazel and Bramble and Privet have almost all gone. There is more open rock and scree, which may begin to be covered in grass.

Have you seen the goats ?

The Gulley is a steep natural valley, called Yewcombe by the Anglo-Saxons, down which, as we saw in 2012, a river runs in very wet weather. Its steep sides were once more of less covered in fine grass and the rare plants for which the Gorge is famous, plants that cant face competition from rough tough neighbours, and thus flourish on thin soils and almost vertical slopes.

The Goats have also chewed the bark on a number of the trees- presumably to get at the sap, so that some trees are dying as wellthough the older trees are safe, and some of the younger ones have guards around them.

The Goats are checked daily by a combination of Downs staff and volunteers, the site has been kept litter free, and the rules about dogs being on a lead have been The sheep that grazed the Downs until 1926 kept. It is surprising how easy it is to lose six white goats in a fairly confined area, but kept this fine turf clear of invading tree people love to look for them, and they are seedlings, but once they had gone the Ash and Hawthorns, Buddleia, Bramble and Yew very tolerant of human intrusion. Do go and see them. grew up, took over, and shaded out all the former grassland If you enjoy the Downs, or use if for your sport, why not become a Friend?

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Tales from the riverbank I’ll be honest I thought it was a wind up, a belated April Fool. Complete stranger rings up and says “Hi there, would you like to interview Kate Humble?” But sometimes facts is stranger than fiction and the following day I was on the banks of the Avon, underneath the suspension bridge, chatting to the effortlessly charming and clearly passionate presenter of Springwatch, Lambing Live, The Spice Trail and more.

Passionate of course about why we were there, not about her interviewer alas. Kate was taking part in a sponsored river bank clear up in her role as the ambassador of the Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project.

“Barefoot Wine have been hosting Beach Rescue Projects, and in Bristol’s case the banks of the Avon, and we are urging local communities to get involved. We are extremely lucky to have such beautiful beaches in our country - it’s only right we do what we can to create coastal communities that exist in harmony with nature. I have always been passionate about the environment and this is exactly why I jumped at the chance to become the ambassador for the project”.

The event was co-hosted by a great bunch of guys from Surfers Against Sewage who were equally passionate about the need to be more careful about how we dispose of our little when at the seaside or riverside.

“It is too easy to drop litter or discard rubbish at the seaside, or in Bristol’s case right in the city centre, and for it to disappear, because of tides, waves or the wind, without giving it a second thought.

But it hasn’t gone, it will travel into the ecosystem and appear further downstream, maybe in smaller forms, to be potentially

digested by marine, animal or bird life with devastating, often fatal consequences.” Kate and the SAS campaigners were keen to emphasise that any bit of rubbish collected, or even better every piece not discarded, was beneficial to the environment and our wildlife.

In our couple of hours on the bank of the river the team of 16 volunteers collected 145kg of rubbish much of it plastic bottles, tin cans and polystyrene food containers but some more obscure items including a men at work sign, an intact DVD and case entitled “Intimate Moments” (!), a yellow plastic duck, bike wheels and (sadly) numerous hypodermic needles.

Chatting, as we waded around the rivers edge in our wellies and protective gloves, Kate was keen to highlight her enthusiasm for people volunteering to help out on causes, whether they be environmental or others, and actually getting out there and getting involved. Not for her the fashion of campaigning just by Twitter and Facebook, but a strongly held belief that people need to work together face to face, side by side, to really get things done. I asked her how she had become so keen on the beach cleaning campaign having been brought up inland in Berkshire. “Learning to dive when I was younger, firstly off the Irish coast and then taking my diving exams off the Cornish coast, made me realise that once you put your head under water you are in a

15 whole new world, a magical, exciting and inspiring place that people should be encouraged to explore but also to protect.”

This enthusiasm, and I sensed almost a moral obligation to protect our environment, was a theme that cropped up again when I asked what ambitions she still had. “I’m exhausted by my ambitions, I want to achieve so much. We are moving in the right direction but progress on environmental issues is so slow and we don’t have time. We can’t afford to be the generation who en-masse realise what we are doing to harm our planet but then do nothing about stopping it. I don’t want to leave a legacy which causes our children and grandchildren to look back in a hundred years time and say “they were the custodians of the planet and they ****** it up.”

For more details about the Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project please visit www.barefootwine.co.uk or www.sas.org.uk

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Prize Wordsearch Competition time and this month the popular wordsearch puzzle is, at the request of a regular reader, aimed at those of you with an interest in the theatre. The list below contains 15 actresses and actors with a strong connection to Bristol over their careers. 14 of them are also hidden in the wordsearch grid, either forwards, backwards, up, down or on a diagonal. Just track down the missing thespian and send me his or her name.

All correct entries received by the 30th June will be entered into the computer for one to be selected at random - and that person will win a £25 voucher to spend at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre on King Street.

Entries please by post (8 Sandyleaze, WoT,

BS9 3PY), telephone (0117 968 7787), email (andy@bcmagazines.co.uk), text (07845 9866540) or tweet (@BS9Andy).

Anthony Head Arnold Ridley Barbara Leigh Hunt Cary Grant Chris Harris Dave Prowse Derek Thompson Jeremy Irons John Cleese Paul McGann Pete Postlethwaite Peter O’Toole Stephanie Cole Timothy West Trevor Eve

In the meantime congratulations to Jenny Needs for winning the March puzzle - the missing rivers were Tamar and Usk (anyone spotting either was included in the draw). And a prize is on its way too to Mrs C Wilkie who discovered that Propsero was the missing Shakespearean character from the April puzzle.

Many thanks as ever to everybody who entered.

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Mrs PC - Friendly Computer Training Mice We take it for granted nowadays that we interact with a computer using a mouse. A mouse is a pointing device, which rolls on a surface and displays a pointer on the screen which allows you to point to what you want and select it. It features 2 buttons and a wheel in the middle, which can also be used as a button and a cord if it is one that is plugged in.

Mice come in many shapes and sizes, and some are built in, as in the case of laptops. I thought it was a worthy subject to talk about as mice are often overlooked, and can be more useful and interesting than you might think!

Mice have been in wide use since the 60’s.

Their early history is fascinating, and stemmed from the military. If you are interested, do look this up on Wikipedia!

They started as 5 pin bowling balls.

They can be used in many ways- most of which you probably already know, but perhaps not!

▪ Hovering over text with a mouse will often reveal information that is hidden. Try this to see what date a photograph was taken.

▪ Single left click, used to select.

▪ Double left click, if done quickly will allow you to open programmes. You would do this automatically to open an icon on the desktop, and you need to do so to open a folder. You can also use double left click to select a single word in text.

▪ Triple left click will select a sentence or paragraph in text.

▪ Right click will bring up a menu. This menu will change according to what you are doing.

▪ Click the middle button- can also be used to select.

▪ Click and drag- used to move things around in your folders or on the desktop.

▪ Roll the middle button to travel up and down on your screen. Many people overlook this feature. It is so useful and easier than any other method when it comes to moving about on the screen.

▪ Clicking while holding down another key to select multiple files.

▪ Gestures- gamers will be familiar with these- swiping might make your character move to the right or left.

▪ If mice have other buttons on them, these can be set up to do shortcuts.

Different type of mice include: ▪ Optical or LED. ▪ Laser.

▪ Ergonomic. These are comfy and designed to avoid RSI. ▪ Gaming. These come set up with lots of programmable buttons.

▪ Wand, doesn’t need to be on a flat surface.

▪ Ball mouse, great for very young children or those who struggle to control a mouse because of a shake. They are large, and you use a finger to move the ball rather than move the whole mouse about.

They can be cordless or connected by a wire.

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Mrs PC - continued from page 39 There are things to consider about using a mouse. Make sure it isn’t too small for the size of your hand. Make sure you are comfortable when using it. I very often teach people who are using cheap and tiny mice, and they wonder why they are struggling. For older people, the bigger the mouse, the easier it is.

accidentally clicking on something.

Mice can be adapted to your needs. If you are left handed, you can set them up the opposite way. You can also make the cursor (pointer arrow) larger or blacker so that you can see it better on the screen. If the mouse is moving too fast, you can slow it down.

Hope that after reading this, you will have learned something new, and will look anew at your mouse and discover it’s true Also just because you are using a laptop with potential! inbuilt mouse doesn’t mean that you can’t Happy plug a mouse in! Many people find computing! trackpads tricky on laptops. It is easy to catch them with your wrist and do things

that you hadn’t anticipated, so if this is happening to you, plug in a mouse and give it a try! You can also disable the trackpad on your laptop to stop problems of

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During a treatment, the therapist uses fingers and thumbs to make a series of gentle rolling moves over muscles and other so ssue at key points of the body. There is no manipula on involved, yet these precise moves are very powerful and effec ve. As the moves may be made through light clothing, there is no need to undress for the treatment.

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Gardener’s Corner with Cathy Lewis Clema s, made easy!

As I write, the pearly pink flowers of Clema s montana are beginning to fade, while the stems of my summer flowering clema s are reaching skywards, full of promise for the months ahead.

Clema s is too versa le and gorgeous not to have in your garden. As climbers they take up very li le space, their flowers vary from dainty and subtle to big and blousy, and there are types of clema s for every season and situa on. You can grow clema s ver cally through shrubs, hedges and trees or horizontally scrambling through flowerbeds. Just give them some sunshine but keep their roots in the shade and they should be happy.

Varie es of clema s have different pruning requirements that can, at first, seem confusing. The Royal Hor cultural Society has divided clema s into three different pruning groups. The earliest‐flowering varie es, like the dainty but decep vely tough alpinas, are classed as Group One and bring colour to the garden just when we need it. In the same group, and following hot on their heels are the flamboyant and irrepressible Clema s montanas, which smother walls and hedges with billowing clouds of scented blooms in late April and May. June brings the large flowering hybrids such as the pink and white striped ‘Nelly Moser’, and these make up pruning Group

Two. Finally, the mul tude of summer‐ flowering clema s which bloom from late June onwards (such as the lovely Clema s ‘Abundance’) make up pruning Group Three.

Pruning early flowering clema s in Group One is easy – they only need a light prune a er flowering is over or, if your Clema s montana is ge ng out of hand, be ruthless and shear it right back. Group Two also requires very li le maintenance, if any. Once flowering is over just snip off the old flowers to the bud below. Clema s in Group Three flower on the current year’s growth and need to be pruned back hard in February, right down to the lowest pair of buds. If you don’t do this, it’s not a disaster, but the flowers will only appear at the top of the plant, too high for you to fully enjoy their beauty.

If this seems a tad confusing, just remember that clema s that flower before mid‐ summer can be le to do their own thing, while those that flower from July onwards need to be cut back in February. Simples!

Cathy Lewis Dip. PSGD Cathy Lewis Gardens & Design Professional garden design, consultancy and maintenance. Tel: 07985 008 585

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General Knowledge Quiz

Which contains more calories ‐ a standard custard cream or a standard diges ve biscuit?

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Who came first, second and third in the recent Eurovision Song Contest?

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Name the outgoing President of the European Commission.

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The Aus n Maxi won European Car of the Year in which year?

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Put these four countries in order of area, largest first. France, Germany, Poland, Ukraine (including Crimea).

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Who was UK Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War One?

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Name these four flags

The 1989 movie ‘Scandal’ was a depic on of which event in 1960’s Bri sh poli cs.

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Winnipeg is the capital of which Canadian province?

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Halibut, plaice, flounder, gurnard, turbot ‐ spot the odd one out.

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What is the lowest number of darts needed to achieve a score of 501, ending on a double?

‘Summer Breeze’ was a hot for who in 1974?

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The River Danube flows through or forms the border of which ten countries?

‘The Burnley Express’ is the nickname of which English interna onal sportsman?

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Dame Elisabeth Frink was a leading English name in which field of the arts?

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Name this European city.

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More than 3/4 of the Caribbean popula on live in just three of the Caribbean islands. Name the three countries.

Ignoring any bonus squares what score would the word ‘haphazard’ score on a standard Scrabble board?

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What links the ci es of Salisbury, Lincoln and Chester for the first me in 2014?

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And what poli cally links Bristol, Torbay and Doncaster?

Answers at the bo om of page 38

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What can hypnotherapy help with?

Difficul es sleeping Exam nerves stopping you from achieving your best?

Lack of confidence & self esteem Nerves and anxiety can o en prevent us from doing Achieving your goals ▪ Public speaking our best at mes when things mean the most to us. anxiety Worrying can affect our concentra on and how much Exam / interview nerves produc ve me and energy we spend on revising ‐ our Anxiety, stress & tension levels mind using the me instead to go over nega ve Fears and phobias ▪ Weight management thoughts of worry and panic.

Unwanted pa erns of behaviour

Nega ve thought pa erns ▪ Stopping FRE E If you are about to take exams and feel that you need r smoking elax a o help in focusing on what you want to achieve and to n CD Pregnancy and childbirth

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ded help reduce your anxiety then hypnotherapy might be wit and much more hyp h yo not u r her the solu on you are looking for. It combines leading apAll sessions are completely tailored y brain research and solu on focused coaching with a according to your individual needs. state of relaxa on enabling us to come up with FREE relaxa on CD included with your solu ons and not problems. hypnotherapy sessions

If you have not considered hypnotherapy before why not come along for a free ini al consulta on and I will explain how the brain works and how we may be able to help you to achieve the results you want in your exams and your life.

Book your free ini al consulta on during June quo ng “Bristol 8/9” and you will receive a £10 discount off each session. (Offer applies to all sessions and not just for help with exam nerves.)

Alison Jones Solu on Focused Clinical Hypnotherapist & Psychotherapist DHP ▪ HPD ▪ MNCH (Reg) ▪ LNCP ▪ CBT (Hyp) ‐ SFBT (Hyp) ▪ SFBT Sup (Hyp)

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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.

Clubs and Companionship The Probus Club of Bristol for semi or retired Professional Business men, meet on the fourth Tuesday of each month at BAWA Southmead Road. At these meetings we have a three course lunch with a speaker. In addition there is a substantial programme of social events to which our Ladies are invited to participate. If you are interested in joining our club, please contact our Membership Secretary Martin Harker on 01275 857324, email probusbristol@hotmail.co.uk or visit www.bristolprobus.org.uk Rotary Club of Bristol – we meet at Redwood Lodge Hotel Failand at 7.00pm for 7.30 pm on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Mondays and at 12.30pm for 1.00 pm on the 2nd and 4th Mondays. Meetings start with a meal and are followed by a speaker.

New members are very welcome – for further details visit www.bristolrotary.org or contact our Club Secretary – philfrier1943@hotmail.com.

Clifton Rotary Club welcomes new members of all ages and backgrounds - all we ask is that people give their time, are interested in making new friends, building business contacts, using skills to help others and try new things you would never normally have thought of doing. Please find out more by emailing secretary@cliftonrotary.org.

Bristol Brunel Probus Club for retired professional and businessmen meet at BAWA

Southmead Rd, once a month to enjoy lunch and a mix of social events, regular speakers, visits and outings, to which wives and friends are warmly welcomed. For more details please ring Fred Martin on 968 3875.

Interest Groups & Events Local winemaking and social club are looking for new members to join us. Meeting the second Wednesday of every month at the Common Room, Studland Court elderly peoples residence on Henleaze Road, from 8pm to 10pm. Small friendly group now in our 37th year, with a varied programme of wine making, tastings and social events. For further information please contact the club secretary Liz Johnson on 0117 950 8370.

North West Bristol Camera Club (NWBCC). 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.

Like making Airfix models? Avon Branch of the International Plastic Modellers Society meets on the third Wednesday of every month at the BAWA on Southmead Road at 8.00pm. New members are very welcome. For more information contact Andy White on 0117 330 0288 or visit www.ipmsavon.org.uk GAPS (Gut and Psychology / Physiology Syndrome) Support Group Bristol meet to learn more about how to improve our gastrointestinal health and restore it back to optimal function and to assist us in coping with many of today’s disorders relating to digestion (IBS, CFS, Allergies, Food Intolerances, Arthritis, etc.) Next meeting - Thursday 19th June Time: 6.45pm, voluntary donations are welcome. Topic: GAPS Practical Issues: Fuzzy eating habits, Failure to thrive, Constipation, Enema, Infections with high temperature, Nose, mouth & throat problems, Ear infections, Eczema and dry skin, Controlling yeast, Eye problems. Speaker: Dr Jens Rohrbeck.

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Bristol Dowsers’ Club meet monthly at The Theosophical Society, 14 Tyndalls Park Road, Clifton, BS8 1PY for 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 Friday, 19 June E 2014.

The speaker is Rory Duff and the title of his talk is “How Energy Lines Move and Change Over Time and How They Can Affect Our Daily Lives.” Rory has been mapping energy lines every day for the last 8 years. Come and make new like-minded friends. Cost: £5 including tea/coffee/biscuits. For further information, please call Lea on 01749 678 834 or visit www.bristoldowsers.co.uk New Dimensions meets every month and we have talks on a wide range of esoteric subjects.

The meetings are held at the Friends’ Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland, Bristol BS6 6JE. Admission: £5 (including tea/coffee/ biscuits). The next meeting will be held on Sunday 22 June 2014 at 3pm. The speaker will be Veronica Croft and the title of her talk is “Use the Enneagram to Explore Relationships”.

Veronica will explain how the Enneagram describes ‘9’ personality types and their interrelationships. It provides a fascinating insight into ourselves and other people. For further information, please telephone 01749 678 834 or write to: leasurs@tiscali.co.uk

Music and Concerts Charity Concert by the Filtones Choir, on Saturday 28th June 7.30 p.m. at St Peter's Church, The Drive, Henleaze. Tickets £10, including refreshments, obtainable in advance from 0117 9690654 or 0117 9083778. This is a very special event as we are especially privileged to have as our guest performer, Miss Julia Hwang, a virtuoso violinist who was a finalist in the Young Musician of the Year 2012. We normally have our concerts at Eden Grove Methodist Church, but in anticipation of an

increased audience we have moved our venue to St Peter's Church. Proceeds towards our chosen charity "Action for M.E.”

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On Sunday 29th June Bristol Chamber Choir will be giving a concert in Redland Park United Reformed Church to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare.

The music will include madrigals from the great Elizabethan collection, 'The Triumphs of Oriana'.

The Choir will also be singing settings of Shakespeare by Vaughan Williams (including his wonderfully atmospheric, 'The Cloud-capp'd Towers'), a rarely heard setting of 'Take, O take those lips away' and three of the Swiss composer Frank Martin's 'Songs of Ariel'. The concert is at 3pm at Redland Park United Reformed Church, Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS6 6SA. Tickets £10 (Concessions £8.00) Children Free. Available from the Choir Secretary on 07762 563 044 and from Opus 13, 14 St Michael’s Hill. www.bristolchamberchoir.org.uk Bristol Cathedral Choir School Choral Society Summer Concert and Pudding Tasting at St Alban's Church, Bayswater Avenue – Westbury Park on Wednesday 25th June at 7.30pm. Enjoy a programme of light music and some delicious puddings. Tickets : £ 10 including Puddings.

Available from: tel: 01225 873262/ 0117 9241318 or from choir members or at the door .

Join us for an evening of uplifting gospel songs and spirituals when Bristol Cabot Choir performs its summer concert at Christchurch Clifton. The choir will be performing a variety of soulful music including a stunning collection of arrangements by Richard Allain. This include classic and lesser-known spirituals covering a wide range of styles and moods, from simple four -part settings to eight-part compositions. Music for the Soul takes place at 7.30 pm on Saturday 28th June 2014 at Christchurch Clifton, Clifton Down Road, BS8 3BN. Tickets cost just £10 and £5 for students. Tickets can be ordered through tickets@bristolcabotchoir.org or by calling the Choir’s ticket line on 0117 949 7164. Tickets are also available to buy online via the choir’s website www.bristolcabotchoir.org (10% booking fee applies).

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Louise’s tips for an easier life Want to feel less overwhelmed? Learn to say “No” For most of us, the state of ‘overwhelm’ isn’t an objective fact about our lives, like our height or our bank balance or level of education. It’s the result of a mismatch between what we expect of ourselves and what we manage to get done. If we don’t give a stuff about having a really clean home, we won’t feel overwhelmed by not having vacuumed for a while.

Do we set these expectations ourselves as individuals or are they set by our culture?

And somehow expectations just keep getting bigger.

So how about thinking about things differently?

Step 1: Identify what seem to be – right now – the most meaningful ways to spend your time.

Step 2: Schedule time for those things Step 3: There is no step 3..... everything else just has to fit around them – or not!

If you approach your life like this, a lot of the

unimportant things won’t get done, and also a lot of important things won’t get done either.

The only way to live is learning to say “No”.

And that means learning to say no to stuff that matters – so that you can focus on doing things that really matter. Our only hope of beating overwhelm may be to limit what we’re willing to get whelmed by in the first place.

So re-group, take stock and make a list – and remember to give me a call if you can’t face tackling the really important stuff without a little assistance!

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.

Website: www.louiseengland.co.uk Mobile: 07780 474256 Email: louise@louiseengland.co.uk Twitter: @L_England

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What’s On & Community News Bristol Ladies Choir is giving a Charity Concert in aid of "Bristol Air Ambulance" on Friday 20 June at Tyndale Baptist Church, Whiteladies Road, Clifton, at 7.30pm. Tickets are £6 available at the door or from choir members or telephone 0117 9246587.

West Bristol Orchestra. A Chamber Orchestra, playing a wide range of Classical Music arranged for the smaller orchestra, meets at the United Reformed Church, Muller Road on Thursdays 7.15pm.to 9.15pm. Additional String players of Grade5+ standard welcomed. Experience of orchestral playing not essential. For more info please contact the Secretary on 968 3998.

Volunteering Volunteers Wanted: Bristol charity African Initiatives is looking for friendly volunteers to be trained up to run fun and engaging stalls at local festivals & events, based around global themes such as diversity and development. Gain skills to interact with the local community about important world issues. Contact Holly for more info: holly@african-initiatives.org.uk Volunteers Wanted - RSVP/CSV Reading in schools. We are looking for volunteers over 50 both male and female to go in to local schools on a regular weekly basis to help children with their reading. We organise your references and a short training course and the school would do any necessary checks. If you think that this is something that you would like to be involved in please email vckitchen1949@gmail.com or ring 909 6858.

Gardening and Horticulture The Clifton and Hotwells Labour Party are hosting their annual Goldney Gardens Summer Party on Sunday 29th June from 2pm to 6pm.

Everybody welcome for this great opportunity to visit the splendid English Heritage listed gardens

and architecture, and enjoy live music, stalls and entertainment. Cream teas and homemade cakes.

Admission on the day is £4 for adults, £3 for unwaged, £2 for children and under 5’s go free.

Entrance on Constitution Hill (sorry, no dogs except guide dogs).

Pond dipping at the Old Sneed Park Nature Reserve: Sunday 6th July at 2.30pm. Join local ecologist Rupert Higgins for some wet fun, identifying pond life. Booking is essential and we request a donation of £5 per family group to cover costs. For more info and to book please contact Gwenda Wedge: gwendoes@hotmail.com or 0117 9686038.

Markets, Fairs and Exhibitions Midsummer Arts Festival at Elsie Briggs House, from Saturday 21st June until Tuesday 24th (10am – 4pm at the weekend, 2.30 – 4.30 on the Monday and Tuesday). This year several local artists will be exhibiting. Many will remember the striking photographs of both Sheona Beaumont and Amy Bullock from last year, and they both have more in store for us. There will also be colourful textiles by Bobby Brown and Catherine Richards, and exquisite calligraphy by Gina Eastman. This is a really varied exhibition, right in the heart of Westbury. The Midsummer Arts Festival is organised by the Friends of Elsie Briggs House, a charity which raises money to support the work of the House, which has been available to all seeking silence and retreat for over 20 years.

The house, which is next to Westbury Parish Church, (38 Church Road), is a 15th century cottage (a Grade II* listed building) and is an important part of Westbury’s history. Needless to say, keeping such an ancient building in good repair is a big responsibility. Some of the exhibits will be for sale, and proceeds from the exhibition will go towards the cost of repairs to the roof and chimneys to be undertaken later in the summer.

Admission to the festival will be £3, (children free). There will also be refreshments available, and a chance to see the inside of the House and to sit in the beautiful garden.

Westbury Park Art Trail, Friday 6th June 18.00 – 21.00 and Saturday 7th June 11.00 – 17.00.

Easily walkable trail near Waitrose and the

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What’s On & Community News Orpheus Cinema. www.westburyparkarttrail.weebly.com

practising for 19 years and teaching since 2002. You can find out more about Gary and his classes at his website, www.yogabristol.co.uk; email gary@yogabristol.co.uk or call 0789 903 4645

Health & Wellbeing 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.

Tai Chi for Health class. Mondays from 10.45am -11.45am at GH Health and Fitness, Pembroke House, Pembroke Grove, Clifton BS83DA. Non members and beginners welcome. Sessions £5.

For further information contact Sue on 07929 030209, visit www.sueqi.co.uk or just drop in.

Zumba Gold Class @ Horfield Parish Church Hall every Weds 2pm-2.45pm (£4.00 per class) for the mature movers aimed at age 55+ (All other ages including Beginners) Zumba Class @ Orchard School every Thurs 7pm-8pm Contact Georgina for further details on www.bristolzumba.com or tel: 07545 625 089.

Weekly yoga classes in Clifton – Wednesday 10am to 11.30am, each class costs £9; and Thursdays 5.30pm to 6.30pm, each class costs £7. GH Health & Fitness, Grove House, Pembroke Grove, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3DA – near Pembroke Road.

Drop-in class, no booking – come any week, come every week. Mixed ability class, suitable for most levels of ability – come along and try the class out to find out for yourself. Learn how to practice yoga postures, connect with your breathing and quieten the chattering mind with meditation – good for bringing balance and health to our life. Gary Osborn-Clarke has been

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Follow the Redland Sound to Cli on College

Music lovers in Cli on can count themselves very fortunate on July 12th because Cli on College is hos ng the Redland Green Community Chorus Summer Concert.

It’s not about abandoning roots – the choir love performing at St Alban’s. However on this occasion they will be accompanied for the first me by Long Ashton Orchestra, and they need the space! It’s only a mile‐and‐a‐half across the Downs, and what’s on offer will be well worth the short journey.

The choir, now up to around 80 enthusias c members, will be performing Mozart’s Requiem, conducted by Musical Director Nicholas Bromilow. This masterpiece, unfinished when Mozart died in 1791, was completed by Franz Xaver Sussmayr. For singers, musicians and audience alike, to be performing or listening to the Mozart Requiem is a truly rewarding experience. The choir has also been rehearsing Karl Jenkins’s Adiemus, Leonard Bernstein’s Somewhere from West Side Story, the tongue‐twis ng Rhythm of Life from Sweet Charity, a brand new Beach Boys Medley, arranged by choir tenor Steve Hull ... and much more.

As usual ckets are available at the door (£10, £8 concessions and £4 children). So follow the Redland Sound over to Cli on for what promises to be a memorable night’s music.

More informa on at www.rgscommunitychoir.wordpress.com

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