The Bristol Nine magazine - June 2014

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June 2014 No 98

A community magazine for the people and businesses of NW Bristol - delivered free since 2006, to 12,000 homes and shops monthly across Stoke Bishop, Sea Mills, Coombe Dingle, Henleaze, Westbury on Trym and Sneyd Park

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The Editor’s Small Piece “As the sun beats down and I lie on the bench….“ I can nod off safe in the knowledge that another magazine has been put to bed. It’s a lovely day today and I hope you all enjoyed the BH weekend I’m about to enjoy. Does that make sense?

Life is full of surprises and so this month has work. Not only were my eyes opened to a terrific woodland here in BS9 that I didn’t know existed (see p10) but I also had the opportunity to go litter picking with a very popular television presenter (p 35). Both activities reminded me what a lovely part of the country we live in, but also how fragile it can be, and how important it is to have people willing to get involved and do important (and often unsung), stuff to maintain that beauty.

Two prize competitions for you this month with our usual prize wordsearch (Tickets to the Old Vic up for grabs) and a World Cup sweepstake that anyone who lives in BS9 can enter free of charge. All you need to know is your road name and have access to a phone on the day of the World Cup Final.

I hope you enjoy June. I have a big birthday this month, so maybe everything isn’t rosy in the garden after all! Cheers for now, Andy.

0117 9687787 / 07845 986650 andy@bcmagazines.co.uk www.bcmagazines.co.uk @BS9Andy on Twitter

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Useful Information Gas Emergencies

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Postal Services Westbury on Trym Post Office 9 ‐ 5.30 Mon to Fri, 9 ‐ 4 Sat Henleaze Post Office 9 ‐ 1 , 2 ‐ 5.30 Mon to Fri, 9 ‐ 12.30 Sat Westbury on Trym Parcel Collection 7 ‐ 1 Mon to Fri, 9 ‐ 12 Sat

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 Henleaze ‐ tel. 903 8541 Mon 9.30 ‐ 7.00, Tues 9.30 ‐ 5.00 Wed 9.30 ‐ 5.00, Thur 9.30 ‐ 5.00 Fri 9.30 ‐ 7.00, Sat 9.30 ‐ 5.00

Westbury on Trym ‐ tel. 903 8552 Mon 9.30 ‐ 5.00, Tues 9.30 ‐ 5.00

Wed 9.30 ‐ 5.00, Thur ‐ closed Fri 9.30 ‐ 7.00, Sat 9.30 ‐ 5.00

Sea Mills ‐ tel. 903 8555 Mon, Tue, Fri, Sat 9.30 ‐ 1.00 , 2.00 ‐ 5.00 Wed ‐ closed, Thur 9.30 ‐ 1.00 , 2.00 ‐ 7.00

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.

Local Churches St Mary Magdalene, Stoke Bishop www.stmarysb.org.uk 0117 968 7449

Methodist Church, WoT www.westburyontrymmethodistchurch.org.uk 0117 962 2930

Baptist Church, Reedley Rd, WoT www.westburybaptist.org.uk 0117 962 9990

Holy Trinity Parish Church, WoT www.westbury‐parish‐church.org.uk 0117 950 8644

Sacred Heart Catholic Church, WoT www.sacredheartchurch.co.uk 0117 983 3926

St Peter’s Church, Henleaze www.stpetershenleaze.org 0117 962 4524

Trinity URC, Henleaze www.trinityhenleazeurc.org.uk 0117 962 9713

The Community Church, WoT www.the‐community‐church.net 0117 946 6807

Recycling and Household Waste The Household Waste and Recycling Centre on Kingsweston Lane, Avonmouth for pretty much everything. The Avonmouth centre is open from 8.00am to 6.45pm, 7 days a week from 1st April.

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… you’re sure of a big surprise...

Live in London, as I did last century, and you easily become familiar with the unfamiliar. The place is so vast that walking or driving around it is a constant adventure, you find yourself always discovering new places, new sights.

Compare that with where we are now.

Settling in a little corner of north Bristol, living here for a couple of decades, and producing a local magazine, I tend to think I know the area pretty well and though things are always changing there is nothing of great size or significance that I’ve not discovered by now. Yep, I’m pretty familiar now with the area.

“Bishops Knoll Wood Rising up the slopes from the Avon Valley right at the edge of Stoke Bishop, and indeed of Bristol, is Bishops Knoll Wood.

Much loved by those who go there, it is surprisingly little known further away. Yet it packs a punch. Of course as in any wood there are pleasant meandering paths among the trees with occasional glimpses of Leigh Forest on the other side of the Avon. But a new walker will encounter many surprises.

Near the entrance a mighty oak looms through the branches of apple and other fruit trees. It could be as old as 600 years, so dating back to when this was the deer park of the Bishops of Worcester. Measuring 7 metres round its trunk, this is one of the great trees of Bristol.

I should know better or course. Just when domiciliary complacency sets in someone who knows the area far better than I tells me of a treasure here in BS9 that I knew nothing about. And it is a gem.

Local gent Bev Knott contacted me to enquire if I was interested in a piece about Bishops Knoll Wood. After a long chat on the phone, which can be summarised as me saying yes, Bev duly obliged. So here is his article.

Not far away towers a majestic Monterey Cypress. This, and the fruit trees, are reminders that the present wood was once the grounds of a great house called Knoll House - demolished in the 1970s, its site

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12 now occupied by modern flats next to Bramble Lane. A 19th century mansion often had to have its own arboretum. That is why as you walk along the path next to the railway (the Severn Beach line) you suddenly come across the unexpected sight of a Coast Redwood soaring skywards, or a strange feather-leaved Beech, grafted, I`m told, onto a native Beech (you can still see the graft line about eye level). Then there`s the Western Red Cedar with 3 of its trunks first spread along the ground before shooting upwards. Further on you come to the tall Jeffery`s Pine with its huge cones, the rare Lawson`s Cypress, and the vast Austrian Black Pine half way up the hill.

These exotic trees are not clustered in one place but are scattered among British native trees.

You`re hardly into the Wood when you encounter relics of its past as a 19th century estate. Wrought iron fences emerge from the undergrowth, sometimes upright, elsewhere sadly fallen on the ground.

Further into the Wood you turn a corner and a great wall confronts you, holding up one of the many terraces of the former gardens.

If you climb the steps to the top of the terrace wall (both restored a few years ago by the Woodland Trust ), you can explore further terraces which are less well preserved, entangled with trees and bushes.

At the foot of the steps is one of the crowning glories, a long wrought iron pergola, once probably trained with apple trees, a few of which still survive and bear apples, a thick carpet on the ground in autumn.

You can explore the Wood to find these special sights or can simply enjoy a pleasant woodland, and perhaps combine your walk with the adjoining Old Sneed Park Wildlife Reserve. Entry into Bishops Knoll Wood is at the junction of Knoll Hill / Church Road and Bramble Drive in Sneyd Park.”

(Map courtesy of purchased licence from the Ordnance Survey)

Preserving Bishops Knoll Wood is clearly a work in progress, and I plan to watch with interest the work of Bev and his volunteer colleagues, working in conjunction with the Woodland Trust, as the coming months pass. In the meantime if any reader has any knowledge, history or old photographs of Knoll House and Bishops Knoll Wood that they would be willing to share it would be brilliant if you could get in touch, either through The Bristol Nine or via Bev at bev.knott12@gmail.com

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Constituency Matters with Charlotte Leslie MP Many strange things have happened to me as an MP, but maybe none more so than seeing a full length picture of me on the front page of the Daily Express recently ... with me in a Pamela Anderson -style swimsuit during my days as a lifeguard in Cornwall. The only thing missing seemed to be a slow-motion film of David Hasselhoff in red shorts running across the sand!

It followed an interview I gave in Swimming Times in which I spoke about the importance of exercise and I also highlighted the amazing job lifeguards do at beaches all around the country, keeping people safe as they enjoy themselves.

I am immensely proud of my time as a lifeguard in the 1990s at Bude and I am still in touch with the Surf Life Saving Club down there as they get ready for their 60th anniversary next year.

Minister David Cameron at Prime Minister’s Questions and there’s a video of this on my Youtube channel, www.youtube.com/ BristolNWMP. Among the firms attending were First Bus, Redrow, the Police, Rolls-Royce, McDonald’s and many more.

During the day I was able to speak to many people and really find out the issues facing jobseekers. It is easy for politicians to become detached from ‘real life’ but this event helped me understand the kind of measures we need to put in place if we are to sustain this downward trend in unemployment.

I am very aware that although the number of jobseekers has fallen across the constituency, this is little comfort for those who have been out of work for a long time as well as younger people trying to get their foot on the jobs ladder.

Like many of the best things in our society, sadly money is always a challenge for the self-financing club as they have to provide both patrols and training for the volunteer lifeguards.

The ‘Baywatch’ picture is a bit of fun but I am hoping it will raise the profile of clubs life Bude which do so much for their community and visitors. And as a former competitive swimmer, I will never tire of banging a big drum for the sport. One of my proudest achievements was helping Portway Swimming Club to defeat council red tape which threatened its very existence. I have so many fond memories of time spent there both as a child and as a lifeguard and I hope they can thrive for the next 60 years. ************************************************ It is so pleasing to say North Bristol’s jobs fair was a huge success with more than 200 jobseekers brought in contact with around 35 employers and training agencies. It was even mentioned by Prime

This was our first jobs fair and, with so many jobseekers and firms in attendance, we have decided to make this a regular event with hopefully another one in the autumn – watch this space. The event, at the Greenway Centre in Southmead, also had special sessions on CV writing, interview techniques and debt advice which proved invaluable for many people. These CV and jobhunting sessions were being run by Theodora Clarke of Lifestep (www.lifestep.org.uk) which offers help for jobseekers, with a particular focus on young jobseekers.

I would like to take this chance to thank everyone who attended as well as the superb team at the Greenway Centre who were such perfect hosts.

Charlotte Leslie ‐ MP for Bristol North West Office: 184 Henleaze Road, BS9 4NE , 0117 962 9427 E: charlotte.leslie.mp@parliament.uk www.charlotteleslie.com

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will have been adopted by several roads. If, Algeria and the Netherlands H for example, Belgium win and you live in A Downs Cote Drive, Dorset Road etc you Cameroon and Italy stand a chance of winning.

Ghana and Colombia T, U, V 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.

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21Â It seems hard to believe that it was almost five years ago that I wrote a little article on well-known and respected local painter and decorator Geoff Knott as he celebrated forty years in the business here in Bristol.

Yet is was, and so now it is forty five years of service to the paintbrush, plumb line and pasting table that Geoff is celebrating.

Geoff lives a few doors away from me and is a regular sight heading off to work in his old red van. Indeed I am sure he is a familiar sight to many people here in BS9 as he drives around, waving to the hundreds of people he must have worked for in the intervening years since man first walked on the moon.

However there is no sigh of letting up yet as observant readers will soon realise, for the old red van has just been replaced by a shiny new red one. That is about the only

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change Geoff is making to the business though. He still continues to employ a team of 7 time-served staff (5 have between 15 and 25 years experience each) so none of his work is subcontracted out. So you can be sure that your work will be done by people who know there stuff and take a real pride in their work. So if you have a painting and decorating job, internal or external (small jobs a particular favourite) flag down the man in the red van.

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The Downs Recorder - Richard Bland operation was expensive, and at the time controversial. But of course if you cut down scrub without killing the roots it at once shoots back, often more vigorously than Have you seen the goats ? 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.

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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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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Lady Ac ve Ladies Health & Fitness Club 180 Henleaze Road

Grand Re‐opening BBQ on Wednesday June 18th 7‐11 pm

Many of you are aware that Ladyzone, the ladies‐only gym on Henleaze Road, shut suddenly in April due to bankruptcy. This was a huge loss to the community as there were 400 members of the gym who enjoyed the half‐hour exercise circuit which fit so easily into their busy lives, and the friendly and sociable environment. Being a par cularly un‐in mida ng gym with no men, no mirrors, and for women of all ages from 18 to over 80, o en who have never been to a gym before, and with tea and coffee provided, many members were le disappointed.

The community aspect of the gym was demonstrated when 150 members met at the Eas ield pub to discuss the future of the gym, much to the amazement of the new owner, a local businessman with 3 other gyms in Horfield and Shirehampton. His goal is to give back the women a gym which he could see is very important to the local community. He listened to the members and worked fast, redecora ng and re‐installing the iden cal half‐hour circuit which the women felt was important, installing air condi oning, central hea ng, water cooler, sofas and no ceboards for community no ces, and he is currently conver ng the old conservatory into a newly built changing area with shower. He even asked the women to name their new gym themselves.

We all know that regular exercise is essen al to our health. A recent study has found that people who exercised for just half an hour a day lost a third more weight than those who did an hour long work out. The scien sts behind the study found that the shorter exercise sessions le the par cipants with more energy and mo va on to live healthier lifestyles. Lady Ac ve is unusual among gyms in that it provides a specific half‐hour work‐out, suitable for women of all levels.

GRAND RE‐OPENING BBQ

To celebrate our new gym we will be having a BBQ in the garden of the gym on Wednesday 18th June from 7pm‐11pm. We are invi ng everyone to come and have a look around, meet members and staff, and most of all, enjoy the BBQ !

Please do give us a call or just pop in next me you are passing. We would love to show you around the gym and give you a free trial on the circuit. We look forward to seeing you !

Ally Bussell, Manager, Lady Ac ve, 180 Henleaze Road, Bristol BS9 4NE

Tel: 0117 329 4642 Email: ladyac vehenleaze@outlook.com

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Catering Tips - from Tara Hofman

Catering anywhere!

We never know what treats the weather has in store, by the time this drops on to your doormat, we could be experiencing a heatwave or we could be facing gusty winds and rain!

As a nation, we Brits love to eat outdoors whatever the weather, and with all the planning in the world we are powerless against the elements, or are we?

As I write this, I’m fresh from a day outdoors, at the Badminton Horse Trials where we catered for a very high end crowd.

My colleague and I set out a beautiful table with spotless, white starched tablecloths, sparkling glassware, bottles of Bubbly, not to mention a delicious picnic – and awaited our fate. Just as the last oregano leaf, fresh from my garden, garnished the salad of green beans & tomato, we felt the pitter patter of rain. “At least it will keep the food fresh” I thought, hopefully, putting a positive spin on it. But it was all OK in the end because that’s all it was, just a few drops and then sunshine. So the moral of the story is, when entertaining, hold your nerve!

The second moral is, choose food that will hold its own nerve and be appropriate for the occasion. Some foods look beautiful when first laid out but left out in fresh air, they can buckle under the pressure. Herbs appear a vibrant green atop a salad, but only if added at the last minute.

We all remember the good old faithful Coronation chicken. Here’s a recipe for something a bit more contemporary which is delicious and still looks good when it’s been sitting on a plate for a while, rain or shine.

Roast chicken with basil and caper mayonnaise Choose a free range or organic chicken; season well with salt and pepper and stuff it with half a lemon which you have pricked all over to release the oils and aromas, and a sprig of thyme. Roast in the oven, starting at 200oC for the first half hour, then turn down to 150oC for the remainder of the cooking time. Leave to cool and you will have some delicious lemony, herby juices.

When it is cool enough to handle, pick the chicken off the bones and shred into largish pieces with your hands. Mix with the juices and put in a container. This can be done the day before. When you are ready to go on your picnic, make a mayonnaise or grab that jar of Hellmans. Roughly chop some capers and a generous amount of fresh basil leaves and mix with the mayonnaise. Tip the shredded chicken and juices into a large bowl and mix well until it is all coated.

What’s your favourite picnic food? I’d love to know your ideas, get in touch at info@tarastable.co.uk or leave a comment on our website www.tarastable.co.uk

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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

36 you put your head under water you are in a 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.”

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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.

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They can be cordless or connected by a wire.

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.

it a try! You can also disable the trackpad on your laptop to stop problems of 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 Also just because you are using a laptop with discover it’s true potential! inbuilt mouse doesn’t mean that you can’t plug a mouse in! Many people find Happy trackpads tricky on laptops. It is easy to computing! 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

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Talking Pets with Viking Vets Summer time for bunnies Sadly every summer we are confronted with fly strike in rabbits. This is a condition that we dread, mainly because we have to put a lot of rabbits with this condition to sleep, but also because it can be prevented.

Fly strike is a condition where the green and

blue bottle fly have laid eggs in soiled fur on the rabbit, generally underneath. Rabbits have a very odd digestive tract, they will pass food through the system twice, the first poo, or night droppings, is soft and the rabbit will eat it directly from its anus. They are rather secretive about it and it tends to be done at night. The second poo is the small black pellets we are more familiar with. They become soiled, either due to dental disease, being too fat or finding it painful to groom and are unable to reach to eat the caecotrophes (fancy name for the night droppings). When the fly lays its eggs in the soiled fur, the caecotrophs are providing nutrition for their larvae to eat. Depending on the temperature the larvae will hatch out and will initially be surface eaters, but as they grow and go through further changes they will start to eat the rabbits flesh. The shortest time from egg to flesh eating larvae is 24 hours. (con nued on page 46

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We do have sprays and washes that least twice a day during the summer will prevent the eggs to hatch into months, once during colder months. larvae, this can be helpful if you are Any soiled fur should be cleaned. The going away. eggs will look a bit like sawdust prior to them hatching into larvae.

Also remember that rabbits are very sensitive to heat, so make sure the hutch is Make sure your rabbit is slim, most partly sitting in shade all day. rabbits should only have 1 tbsp of pellets per day. 80% of their food should be hay.

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48 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.

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?

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

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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!

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50 The gift that pays for itself - How leaving money to charity can save you Inheritance Tax

by Shelley Faulkner, solicitor with AMD Solicitors While most of us support a number of charities in our lifetime, it is perhaps not surprising that a smaller number choose to remember a charity in their Will.

Government policy is clearly to encourage giving to charity, and a recent development in the law is intended to promote gifts to charity being made by Will. This change may also, on occasion, serve to save Inheritance Tax, or even to create a gift which literally pays for itself.

Where a Will is made after 6 April 2012 the rate of Inheritance Tax applied to the estate can be reduced from 40 % to 36 % provided that at least 10 % of the estate passes to charity.

Clearly it is not possible to determine in advance exactly what values the assets you leave by Will will have on your death for Inheritance Tax purposes, or what 10 % of those values will be. However a Will can be worded to provide that a gift which is ‘a sum equal to 10 %’ of the value of the estate is given to a charity of your choice.

Advice Making a Difference

In some circumstances, it has been calculated that this reduction in the tax bill can serve to leave the estate, even after payment of the gift to charity, with a value as high as if the gift had not been made.

Thus the gift can in some cases quite literally pay for itself.

Even where a Will has not been prepared in these terms, it may be possible to take advantage of this tax break. If the beneficiaries of the estate agree, it is possible to effectively amend the terms of a Will within two years of the date of death.

A ‘Deed of Variation’ can be drawn up which sets out the family members’ agreed arrangements for the distribution of the estate, and the estate can then be divided as if the Will had been made in these terms.

This change in the law is clearly very good news both for charities, and potentially for some estates as well. However the detail of the application can be complex. For example, the estate is divided into different ‘components’ depending on how the property will pass to the beneficiaries, in order to calculate whether the 10 % test has been met. Taking specialist advice on the implications for your particular circumstances is essential.

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Friends of Blaise - - Patrick Clarke

The Castle now entered a period of decline, the building remaining locked, Last month, we looked at the Castle, as to when, and possibly why, it was built on this forgotten and deteriorating. The site. Its hay day was probably in the years saddest day in its between 1766 and about 1875 when guests history came in 1954 could enjoy the views and its unique when it was set atmosphere. Unfortunately, Thomas Farr, ablaze. There was no for whom the Castle was built as the centre way to stop the fire, piece of his Estate was adversely affected by no water and no access for a fire engine, so the American War of Independence, and was declared bankrupt in 1778. Bad news for all the interior was destroyed. It became a dangerous ruin and stayed surrounded by a Mr Farr, but good news for the future of high safety fence for 28 years, between 1954 Blaise. and 1982.

The Estate was bought in 1789 by a A decision on its future had to be made and successful Bristol Banker, Mr John Scandret Harford. He had sufficient finance there were suggestions that it should be demolished and left as a small ruin. to employ Humphry Repton, the leading Fortunately, local Landscape Architect of the day to produce residents set up the plans to convert the Estate into a pleasure Friends of Blaise in an ground, with the Castle at its centre. This is effort to stop this probably how it remained, with the Castle as happening and in an unusual venue to entertain guests, who conjunction with the could enjoy the panoramic views which it City Council managed offered. In 1875 John Battersby Harford to raise sufficient funds died and it is likely that after his death there to repair the damaged were few visitors, and the Castle remained stonework, install a empty and neglected. staircase to the top and Then in 1922 a young worker on the Estate, repair the roof.

Mr Castell married and had nowhere to live, so was offered the use of the ground floor of Since that date in 1982 the Friends have opened the Castle every summer and many the Castle. He remained living here until thousands of visitors have been able to climb 1926 and wrote a description of his life and to the roof, to enjoy the views. experiences, which the Friends have incorporated into their display, now on Unfortunately these are much changed from show within the Castle. It was a hard and the rural views of 1766, but never the less, it challenging life with no modern facilities. has been well worth preserving.

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54 Minis Theatre Club is a local group for children between the ages of 9 – 14, specializing in musical theatre. This summer they are proud to present: The Wizard of Oz.

Made famous by the MGM film starring Judy Garland, the story is based on the books of L. Frank Baum who wrote them for his children.

When Dorothy’s house is whisked away by a cyclone, she finds herself in the curious and magical land of Oz where she meets some memorable friends. Come and see the Good Witch of the North, along with the Munchkins, the Scarecrow, Tinman and Cowardly Lion, as they bravely follow the yellow brick road to find the Wizard who will help them. With the Wicked Witch of the East out to stop them and reclaim the ruby slippers now worn by Dorothy, will she ever find her way home?

Our talented Minis will perform all the well‐

known classics such as “Somewhere over the Rainbow”, “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” and “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead!” in a bright and colourful bonanza, which is sure to enthral the whole family.

If you know a child who would be interested in joining Minis (and they are always especially happy to see boys!), please visit their website at www.ministheatreclub.com for details. Acceptance into the Club is subject to audi ons, which will next be held in September 2014.

In the mean me, they look forward to welcoming you at the Olympus Theatre, Wise Campus, Filton 16‐19 July each evening at 7.30pm. Tickets are all priced at £10 and are selling fast! To book, please call Nicky Buckley on 0117 956 7463 or email ministheatre ckets@yahoo.co.uk.

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provide for their employees by their ‘staging date’. The largest companies in the UK have already implemented Auto

Enrolment over the past few years. Since Have you heard of Auto Enrolment? If not the beginning of the year, I have been or if you have, but have put it on the ‘to do’ helping my own and Grosvenor Consultancy list, I would suggest you need to consider clients complete their Auto Enrolment this issue a priority now. obliga ons. There is much to learn!

Auto Enrolment is a new type of pension This pension is different because of the arrangement that all employers have to ‘mandatory nature’ imposed on employers

IMPORTANT ‐ All Business Owners to Read

59 by the Government. You have to offer a scheme, you have to pay into it and employees have to be enrolled (they can opt out if they wish, but to‐date less than 10% have done so). Encouraging an employee to opt out will result in fines and the employee has to sign to say they fully appreciate they are effec vely taking a pay cut, by op ng out.

I am in two minds as to whether employers who have provided a pension scheme to employees in the past, have an advantage over those that have not? I’m finding some falling into the trap of thinking, how different can this be? They are assuming exis ng company systems such as payroll, HR records, salary structures, pay frequencies and ming will all cope with the new rules and arrangements, with the minimum of modifica on.

Step 1 for employers is to find out their staging date. Rule 1 – Act now if it is before the end of 2014!

Then in order to prepare for Auto Enrolment, employers need to start considering the following issues:

▪ Who in the current workforce will take responsibility for ins ga on and ongoing administra on?

▪ Do they have the necessary skills and experience?

▪ Categorise your workforce – who are Eligible, Non‐Eligible and who are En tled?

▪ What will be the cost of employer contribu ons during the phasing stage & at full contribu on stage?

▪ Is the exis ng payroll system compa ble?

▪ Consider the ming of pay day and when pension contribu ons have to be paid?

▪ The impact of cost of the 4 different defini ons of ‘pensionable earnings’ for Auto Enrolment?

▪ Do different categories of employee have different needs in terms of pensions?

▪ The degree of responsibility the employer feels towards their employees?

▪ What the rate of staff turnover is in the company and its impact on Auto Enrolment?

▪ Adjustments to contracts of employment

This is just the beginning of the journey. It’s not a one off piece of work that once completed can go on a shelf; The toolkit (if that is a way to view it) remains open. It will require a en on as frequently as payroll, maybe more. Companies that have not previously offered pensions, will have to recognise the number of hours work required each month. Those that have offered a pension arrangement will have to adapt to a new way of working – one which has poten al li ga on wri en all over it if rules are breached. To find out what ‘tools you need’ consult a financial adviser.

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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!

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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.

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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?

18.

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?

10.

And what poli cally links Bristol, Torbay and Doncaster?

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Clubs and Companionship Men at St. Peters (MASP) is a bi-monthly group which meets Saturday mornings at St Peter’s Hall, Henleaze. The meetings start at 8.30am with a full English breakfast. This is then followed by entertaining and interesting talks by a guest speaker. New members are always welcome. In conjunction we also provide well directed “Keep Fit” sessions for men every Tuesday morning.

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Westbury on Trym Women’s Institute meets on the 3rd Monday of the month (not in August) in the Methodist Church Hall, WOT (next to the car park) at 2.00pm. We have a programme of varied speakers, outings, discussions etc. New members and visitors always welcome. For more information please contact: Sue Murphy – Tel: 950 2826.

Do join us for Parish lunch at St Mary’s Church Stoke Bishop, every Thursday from 12.15. 3 course buffet lunch, tea and coffee. £3.50.

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

Instep Club for Widows and Widowers meet weekly on Wednesday evenings 8.00 - 10.30 at Stoke Bishop Village Hall, Stoke Hill. New members welcome. Ballroom and Sequence dancing (If you haven’t danced for a long time, don’t worry, we will help you).

Refreshments, social activities. Please telephone Mary on 968 3170 or Wilma on 962 8895 for further information.

Stoke Bishop Townswomen's Guild are now meeting in the Hulbert Room, St Mary's Church, Mariner's Drive, Stoke Bishop. The Hulbert Room is reached via a path to the left of the steps just past the church; our meeting are on the 1st Thursday of the month at 2.00pm - come and visit us a little before 2pm free of charge. Further details from Maureen at 9685638 or Sheila at 9147159.

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

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

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What’s On & Community News 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.

The Fielder Club is an association for local women - though friends and family are welcome at all events. Membership is £5 p.a. to cover delivery of quarterly programmes of events such as lunches, theatre, visits, talks and walks.

Weekly/monthly sub-clubs of Badminton, Book Group, Bridge, Discussion Group, Scrabble, Skittles and Whist plus coffee Thursday mornings at Cafe Mundo and twice-monthly pub lunches. Come along and meet new friends!

Details from Gloria on 92393376 or Anne on 9077425.

Henleaze Townswomen's Guild meet on the first Wednesday of the month (except Aug) at St Peter's Church Hall, The Drive, Henleaze. Lady visitors are always most welcome to attend.

Further details can be obtained by ringing Jean Wickham on 962 4466.

Westbury on Trym Townswomen's Guild has moved. We still meet on the second Monday of each month as usual, BUT our venue is the WOT Methodist church in the Portland Room and starting time is 2.00pm. We have speakers, whist, coffee mornings and social events. New members and visitors always welcome. If interested please contact Angela Morris, Chairman, on 968 6473 or Margaret Smith, Secretary, 924 1728.

Calling all Carers. Would you like the

opportunity to share your experiences, relax and make new friends? Then come and join the Henleaze Carers’ Group. We meet on the second (GWAAC4) and fourth Thursday morning of each month, 10am to 12, in Bradbury Hall, Waterford Road, Henleaze. For more information please call Mrs M Rudston 942 6095.

Henleaze (Morning) Townswomen's Guild.

This is a recently formed Guild and we meet from 10.00am – 12.00 noon on the third Thursday of every month at The Eastfield Inn, Henleaze Road. New members and visitors are most welcome. Further information can be obtained by ringing Elaine Anderson on 907 5279.

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.

Gala Dinner at St. Peter's Church, Henleaze on Friday 4th July. Come and join us for a superb 5 course dinner in our beautiful church. Our guest

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What’s On & Community News speaker is Rob Salvidge of Radio Bristol fame and former captain of The Matthew. You will be amazed by Paul Preager who will be performing some table top magic, amused by the poetry of Alan Shellard and entertained by Jonathan Price at the piano. Tickets are £35 each available from the parish office, 0117 9624524, Alison Heming 01454 631399 or Elisabeth Perry 0117 9623895.

Do you like reading? Our Book Group meets on the last Thursday of the month at Westbury Library, from 2.30pm til 4pm. We would love you to come and join our lively group. For more information call Sue on 959 4365.

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.

Stoke Bishop & Sneyd Park Local History Group Next get-together is a Visit Behind the Scenes at the Bristol Old Vic, King Street on 21st June, meeting in the foyer beforehand at 11.15.pm. Actual timing of meeting one hour, from 11.30. to 12.30.pm. (Only 15 places left as the Theatre stipulate a maximum.) Initial enquiry as to availability to Diana Bourne me on 0117-9686575. Cost £5.50 pp. to be paid beforehand. New members and visitors (£2 charge) always welcome. Please ring Jenny Weeks for more information - 0117 968 6010.

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.

Helios Medical Centre, 17 Stoke Hill, Stoke Bishop, BS9 1JN gapsbristol@gmail.com, tel: 07584 719348.

Stoke Lodge History and Archaeology Group meet on the first Thursday of every month at the Friends Meeting House in Hampton Road at 7.30pm. We have speakers on a varied range of topics, many of which have a strong emphasis on local history. New members are always made very welcome. For further details please contact Annette Martin on 0117 979 3209.

Ray Bridge Club meet every Tuesday 6.30pm to 9pm at the Sea Mills Methodist Church, Shirehampton Road (new venue) for social rubber bridge. New members welcome. Please ring 942 7760 or 968 2652 for further details.

West of England Bridge Club meets for duplicate bridge on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Golden Hill Sports Club, Wimbledon Road, Henleaze from 7.30pm - 10.30pm. New members and visitors welcome. £4 per evening for members, £5 for non-members, special rates for juniors/unemployed. Licensed bar. For further details of the club or lessons please contact Gareth Evans on 07921 788 605 or visit www.woebc.co.uk.

Social Bridge, every Tuesday at 7.30 p.m. at Stoke Bishop Village Hall. New members welcome. Tel Chris on 968 5640.

Westbury Art Club meet every Thursday evening from 7pm to 9pm at The Greenway Centre, Doncaster Rd, Southmead. We are a mixed ability group of artists For more details

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130 Westbury Road, Westbury on Trym, 0117 962 0008

For all your complementary healthcare needs

The Bowen Technique Anne Brunton

Now Spring, the longer days and warmer weather are here, is your back suffering from a flurry of gardening and grass mowing? Are your knees star ng to complain as you increase your mileage ahead of a 10k or half‐marathon? Or do you just want to uncurl properly a er a winter of hunching up against the wind and rain?

Bowen Technique might very well be your saviour! Bowen is a gentle, non‐invasive hands‐ on remedial therapy, which offers effec ve pain relief. Even long standing chronic pain may be relieved within 3‐4 sessions. It has a great record of success with an extensive range of condi ons.....o en when nothing else has helped. As it’s such a gentle therapy, it is suitable for people of all ages and condi ons including children and babies. Even the tough adventurer, Bear Grylls, turns to Bowen Technique to help maintain his body through his gruelling schedule.

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.

Bowen addresses the whole body and although considered par cularly effec ve for musculo‐skeletal problems, such as back ache, neck and shoulder pain and sports injuries, many people also report that they sleep be er and that their overall sense of wellbeing is increased

Anne is a qualified Bowen Technique Therapist and Reflexologist To book an appointment and for further informa on please contact The Chiron Centre on 0117 962 0008 or info@chironcentre.co.uk www.chironcentre.co.uk www.annebrunton.co.uk

Taster Day at The Chiron Centre. Saturday 7 June 1‐5 pm Come and a have a taste of complementary therapies www.chironcentre.co.uk

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What’s On & Community News visit www.westburyartclub.org.uk, e-mail us at westburyart@blueyonder.co.uk or phone our club secretary on Bristol 962 9799.

Westbury Walkers is a group of walkers who assemble at Lloyds Chemist Canford Lane Westbury on Trym. We meet usually at 9.30am on a Tuesday morning. New walkers always welcome. Forthcoming walks include 3 June Willsbridge Mill (9am start), 10 June Festival Way, 17 June Coach Trip to Hereford with a guided walk (9am start) and 24 June Clevedon Poets Walk. If you would like details of any of these walks, or our future program please contact Jean Maish 0117 3301194 / 07789 741892, email jmaish@blueyonder.co.uk, or Pam Henderson 0117 9624329 / 07837 857033.

Scottish Country Dancing for beginners and experienced dancers at St Monica’s Trust Hall on Thursdays, 7.30 pm. All new dancers welcome; come on your own or with friends. Contact Margaret, 01275 794638 or Graham 01275 854782, or visit www.rscdsbristolinfo.co.uk 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 In a fun-filled atmosphere, Stand and Deliver Drama School learn to further develop their imaginations and drama skills through acting, mime, improvisation, poetry and music, as well as learning techniques to write their own small scenes and plays. This exciting new class is

suitable for students aged 9 to 11 years of age. The class takes place on Saturday mornings, 11 til 12.30 at Westbury Park Methodist Hall, North View. For more information or to book a free first session contact Julia Mulligan LLAM (dip), ALAM (dip) on 07771 634060 or email julia@standanddeliverdramaschools.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 Scottish Country Dancing classes for beginners at Leonard Hall, Trinity-Henleaze URC, Waterford Road, Henleaze, ( Tel: Tina 0117 9075462). Classes for more advanced dancers at St Peter's Church Hall, Henleaze, (Tel: Cheryl 0117 9590970). Every Tuesday 7.30-9.30pm. See www.wscbristol.com for details.

Stoke Lodge Ramblers provide a varied range of walks that will suit all levels of walking ability.

Walks are scheduled for the first and third Thursdays and Sundays of every month.

Thursdays are either medium walks of 5 - 7 miles or short walks of 4 miles. Sunday walks are approximately 8 - 11 miles. A number of social events are also held. New members welcome. www.stokelodgeramblers.wordpress.com or ring our Secretary on 968 4140 for more information.

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

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What’s On & Community News 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.” 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 Music at Holy Trinity Church, Westbury-onTrym, in aid of the East / West Appeal. Saturday July 19th 10-30 am. Soprano Elevenses with Vikki Champion accompanied by Elizabeth Cockitt (piano.) Vikki will be showcasing her wide repertoire, so expect to hear operatic arias, Art song, including 20th century American Art song, and some cabaret numbers to finish. Songs from Puccini, Rossini, Fauré, Copland, Ivor Novello and others. Vikki is almost 'local' - her childhood was spent in Westbury Park. Real coffee and home-made cakes from 10-30 am followed by the 40-minute recital at 11am. Donations of min. £5, children free.

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).

Friends of Henleaze library invite you to a Summer party with Jazz provided by The Park Row Five. Enjoy jazz standards from Gershwin to Brubeck via Ellington and Jobim, plus celebrations for the 400th Anniversary of Bristol's public library services and Book swap. At Henleaze library, Northumbria Drive, BS9 4HP on Thursday 5th June from 7pm (doors open at 6.45). Tickets £5 to include glass of Pimms or soft drink and celebration cake. Contact Henleaze library 0117 903 8541.

June 21st, 7.30pm Midsummer Concert in the Holy Trinity Church, WoT, with a Trio of Young musicians. Chris Docherty - flute, Laura Baker clarinet and Hannah Slavin - piano. A varied programme of solos, duets and trio pieces with Pimms in the interval! For further details ring 9624624 or 9502800.

St Mary’s Church, Henbury, BS10 7QF – Summer Concert, Sunday 22nd June 3.004.00pm. An afternoon concert of secular music from St Mary’s organ, choir and piano. Music

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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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What’s On & Community News ranging from Dvorak’s New World to Sinatra’s New York and suitable for ages 10 to 110.

Afterwards cream teas, drinks and delicious home-made cakes will be served in the garden, Proceeds to the Church Roof Fund.

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.

‘Hansel & Gretel' at St Mary Magdalene Church, Stoke Bishop. Tessitoura perform Humperdinck's fairy-tale opera. Wed 25 June, 7.30pm. Tickets £15 (Under 18s £5) from Church Office. 0117 968 7449.

Henbury Singers welcome new members. We are a non-audition and friendly choir who meet at 7.30 pm at Stoke Bishop Primary School in Cedar Park, on Thursday evenings in term time. We sing mainly choral music (Vivaldi, Handel, Schubert etc) but also sing carols, folk and gospel.

We have 2 or 3 events each year usually raising funds for a charity. Do call Maggie Cavanna on 973 4794, email secretary@henburysingers.org, check our website www.henburysingers.org, or drop in on a Thursday evening.

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.

Westbury Singers. We are an enthusiastic group of people who love singing in four-part harmony.

We rehearse on Monday evenings during school term time in Reedley Road Baptist Church. We give performances in a variety of local venues. If you are interested in joining us please contact the

Secretary Marilyn Baker on 968 3993 or email mazzb@hotmail.co.uk.

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.

Do you love weddings? Westbury on Trym Village Hall is a very popular wedding venue and has another busy wedding schedule set for 2014.

Would you like to put your skills into action? If so, why not become a wedding volunteer and help organise these happy events. If you are interested, please contact Anne on 968 0872 or Cat on 07931 112 192.

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).

Enjoy a day out on a coach trip with the WoT

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'H' is for Harmony

Bringing close harmony close to you with the 'H' Club of the Great Western Chorus of Bristol

7.00pm onwards ‐ £12.50 including a great supper

Bookings – 0117 962 3241

Having problems with your Upvc windows and doors? Misted panes, broken handles, faulty hinges or locks!

Why replace if you can repair?

For all types of Upvc maintenance and repair, contact Malcolm on 01179 686486 or 07548 928251 for a free quote.

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What’s On & Community News Allotments & Gardens Association on 17th June when we visit a National Trust property in Somerset plus nearby gardens, with lunch inbetween. Some vacancies exist for non-members who will be most welcome. For full details please contact Roger Smith on 0117 962 4828.

Henleaze Garden Club is a thriving club for anyone interested in anything to do with gardening! With a healthy membership of 200 we meet the first Wednesday of each month in the main hall at St Monica's, Cote Lane, with a summer break when the club arranges coach trips. Expert speakers, a quarterly newsletter, an annual plant sale and great Christmas event.

Annual individual membership is £20 plus a £1 per visit, visitors are most welcome at £5 per visit, both to include refreshments and raffle. Visit www.henleazegardenclub.co.uk or contact Jane Voke 9622440 for more info.

Stoke Lane Community Garden Open Day 12– 3pm Saturday 7 June. The Stoke Lane Community Garden is a peaceful haven just behind the shops on Stoke Lane. It was a disused allotment that has been turned into a lovely community garden, maintained by volunteers.

Come along to our Open Day on Saturday 7 June 12 – 3pm to find out more and join in the fun.

Activities include: Plant Sales, Face Painting, Music, Gardening Advice, Cookery Demonstrations and Refreshments. The Open day is part of the Get Growing Trail: www.bristolfoodnetwork.org/2014/03/bristolsget-growing-trail.

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.

Henleaze & District Flower Club meets on the

second and fourth Thursdays of the month at Bradbury Hall, Waterford Road in Henleaze.

Flower demonstrations are held on the second Thursday and practice classes on the fourth Thursday. New members are always welcome just come along and join in.

Markets, Fairs and Exhibitions Westbury-on-Trym Local Produce Market Closure “It is with sadness and regret that it has been decided that the Local Produce Market to be held on Saturday 24th May will be the last one, and that it will close permanently thereafter. The Market has been in operation for more than 7 years, but, over the past 12 months, the number of people shopping at the market and the number of stallholders trading has decreased to a level where it is uneconomic to carry on. Attempts were made to move the Market into the Carlton Court precinct in the centre of the village, where it had been hoped more people would use it. However, it proved impossible to reach the necessary agreements for this to happen. The Management of the Market would like to thank all the traders and everyone who has shopped with us for their support and loyalty. We also wish to thank the Partners of the Westbury-on-Trym Primary Care Centre for their generosity and support in allowing the Market to be held in their private car park for the past four years.”

Myra and Derek Jones - Market managers 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.

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What’s On & Community News 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 on Trym Village Show 2014 Saturday 6th September at WoT Village Hall, Eastfield Road. Make a note in your Diary now to help us celebrate the 35th Show. it is our "Coral" anniversary so look out for "red/orange" as well as "sea/fish" themed classes on our website www.wotvs.co.uk Volunteers to help us now or on the day are needed. Contact the Show Chairman through the website or via Andy at the BS9 magazine.

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 Orpheus Cinema. www.westburyparkarttrail.weebly.com Quiltfest 2014 - an exhibition by Bristol Quilters from 29th – 31st May at Badminton School, Westbury Road BS9 3BA. Thurs 1pm–6 pm; Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. Admission £4. Refreshments, sales table, traders, and charity tombola in aid of the Great Western Air Ambulance. Disabled access, parking. For more details www.bristolquilters.co.uk or email infoquiltfest14bristol@gmail.com.

Country Market. Every Friday morning from 10.30 to 11.30 in Westbury on Trym Methodist Church Hall. Homemade cakes, arts, crafts, plants, vegetables, jams and chutneys.

Refreshments are also available in a relaxed and

friendly environment. For more details contact Sue Sills on 962 8306.

Health & Wellbeing Henleaze Tennis Club has vacancies for players of all standards and ages. Whether you are an established player looking for a club, someone who is rusty or a student come along and try us out. For further information take a look at our web site www.henleazeltc.com or contact the secretary Philip Price Tel: 07787 566246 E-mail: philpriceqs@gmail.com 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, friendly classes with an experienced teacher . Tuesday 11-12am Greenway Centre, Wednesday 11-12am University of Bristol. “I’ve been going for 3 years and enjoyed every class.

Refreshed and invigorated, I go home with a spring in my step. Thoroughly recommended!”

Ffi: Karen 0117 9424167 or www.taijiworks.co.uk Moves Fitness – exercise to music for all ages and fitness levels at St Peter’s Church Hall, Henleaze from 10am till 11am every Wednesday. A fun, effective and friendly welcoming class. Come and give it a try – £4 per session. Just turn up, phone Jane on 968 1042 or visit www.movesfitness.com Yoga Classes in BS9 with Sara-Jo Cameron at Bristol Chiropractic & Pregnancy Clinic, 130 Westbury Rd, WoT,BS9 3AL on Wednesdays (from 9.30 to 10.45 stretch and relax yoga, 11.45 to 12.45 pre- and post-natal yoga) and Thursdays (6.30 to 7.30 pre- and post-natal yoga, 7.40 to 9.00 beginners yoga). Also at Stoke Bishop Village Hall, BS9 1EX on Wednesdays (2.00 to 3.15 General yoga, 6.00 to 7.00 stretch and relax yoga, 7.30 to 8.45 General yoga) and on Fridays (2..00 to 3.00 pre- and post-natal Yoga ). NB Preand Post-Natal Yoga must be booked in advance.

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What’s On & Community News Please ring Sara-Jo on 07789 552 052 or visit www.yogawithsara-jo.com for more details.

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.

Pilates Classes in Henleaze and Westbury on Trym. Classes held at:- Henleaze URC, Monday 9.30- 10.30 & 10.30- 11.30 am (Beginners New January classes); Keith James Physios, Coldharbour Rd, Monday 7.30pm (Pre-Natal Pilates ); Henleaze United Reformed Church, Tuesday 6.15 pm (Beginners) and Wednesday 6.15 pm (Intermediate); Westbury on Trym Methodist Church, Tuesday 9.30 am & 10.30 am (Intermediate/ Beginners). For bookings please call Zoe Rayne 07747 696 938, or visit www.adaltapilates.co.uk.

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.

Keep Fit for Ladies class every Thursday between 9:45 am and 10:45am at St. Peter's Church Hall, Henleaze. An enjoyable class of mixed ages and abilities introducing the use of balls, scarves, ribbons and clubs. Coffee is available to finish the class. New members welcome - just turn up or for more info contact Margaret Clarke on Bristol 950 1967.

Zumba Light 5pm/ Zumba Fitness 6.30pm.

Westbury -on-Trym Village Hall. Weds. £5 on door. Just drop in with water and a sense of humour! Phone Marie on 963 4104 or visit www.bristoldancezumba.co.uk for more info.

Always wanted to try Tai Chi? For centuries the Chinese have practised Tai Chi as simple but powerful form of exercise for strength, balance and mindfulness. Always want to give it a try, now you don't have to go to China. The Bristol School of Tai Chi has lots of daytime and evening classes in Henleaze and Bishopston starting from the 28 April. Please contact Ben Milton 0117 9493955. taichi@bristoltaichi.com www.bristoltaichi.com Weekly yoga classes in Stoke Bishop – Mondays at 7pm to 8.30pm, each class costs £9. Stoke Bishop Primary School, Main Hall, Cedar Park, BS9 1BW. Drop-in class, no booking – come any week, come every week. Mixed ability class, suitable for most levels of ability. FFI visit www.yogabristol.co.uk; email gary@yogabristol.co.uk or call 0789 903 4645

Playgroups and Pre-School Little Monsters Pre-school, Sea Mills (based in Sea Mills Boys & Girls Club, Bluebell Close).

We have places for 2-4 yr olds and offer Government assisted Nursery places. We open term-time 9.15- 12.15. We are Ofsted registered and are a registered charity. Call us on 9684634 or email little.monsters@hotmail.co.uk for more information.

Wiggles & Giggles Music Group meets daily in small groups for fun sing a longs at Westbury on Trym Methodist Church. Each child has their own basket of props and percussion. Classes are held in a colourful, stimulating & safe environment. For babies from 4 months – children of 4 yrs. For more information or to book a place please contact Sadie 07812 503062, sadie@wiggles-and-giggles.co.uk www.wigglesand-giggles.co.uk.

Teddy Praise is a short informal service for preschool children and their carers. It is held monthly on the second Monday of the month at 10am. St. Peter`s Church Hall in Henleaze, and all are welcome to join in bible study, prayer and activities - followed by toddler group in the Main Hall.

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What’s On & Community News Happy Hands and Twinkly Toes. Music and movement sessions for babies 0-4, running at The Eastfield Inn, Henleaze. Sessions Monday/ Wednesday/Friday at 9.30,10.30 and 11.30am. £4.50 per session, pay as you go. Contact Sharonhappyhandsbristol@yahoo.co.uk 07779797919 Facebook-happyhandsbristol Fallodon Playgroup offers childcare for children aged 2 ½-5 years old. We meet Monday – Friday (9.15 – 12.15pm) in Fallodon Way Scout Hut, Henleaze, and take the early years entitlement for 3-4 year olds. Our recent Ofsted inspection rated us as ‘Good’ (April 2013). To arrange a visit please email fallodonplaygroup@hotmail.co.uk or text our mobile 07585 817 173 and we will get back to you.

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Little Hearts Toddler Group meets every Wednesday during term time, 10am-1145am at Newman Hall, Grange Court Road, Westbury on Trym, BS9 4DR. Story time followed by a snack for the children and tea/coffee and cake for the grown-ups, a craft activity, free play and singing.

Email littleheartstoddlers@yahoo.co.uk for more details.

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Westbury-on-Trym Toddler Group. New members welcomed to join a fun and lively group Wednesdays in term time 9.30-11.30am at Westbury Methodist Church Hall. Run by group members we have a baby area, crafts, toys and ride-ons. For mums and carers, a termly night out! So come and make some new friends - please book a taster session. For more info visit www.westburytoddlergroup.co.uk or email westburytoddlers@gmail.com.

Deadline for inclusion in the July magazine is Thursday 12th May. Don’t be late!

Pat-a-Cake Toddlers. We are a small friendly parent/carer and toddler group for babies to preschool aged children. We meet on a Tuesday 1.15 - 2.45 at Westbury Methodist Church Hall. We have a baby corner, crafts and lots of toys to play with. £1.00 per family per week, each session finishes with a lively singsong. For more information contact Caroline on 968 4894.

Do you have an active pre-school child who would like to have some fun and do something different? 'Little Sports' is an exciting class for 2-3 year olds and 3-4 year olds, held in Henleaze.

Limited spaces available in each class so book your free trial session early! Contact Bryony on 9499688, email littlesportshenleaze@yahoo.com www.little-sports.com for more info.

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