National Teddy Bear Picnic Day

Teddy Bear Picnic Day is observed on July 10 of every year. On the day, take your kids along with their teddy bears for a picnic. This day is majorly celebrated by the people of the United States, Canada, Australia, and few parts of Europe. These stuffed toys are always the kid’s favourite companion, so grab this day as a chance to go out for a picnic with your children and their stuffed partner. Teddy bears play an essential part in kids life as they are always together, sometimes even when they grow up to adults. Pack your lunch, seize some teddy bears and your kids, go to park, beach, forest or lake, find a shady place to spend some time with them.

It is believed that Teddy Bear Picnic Day was created on July 10 of 1988 by Royal Selangor, after a song about Teddy Bears Picnic became popular. Soon many people started to buy and gift them for birthdays and other occasions. The theme became popular among the kids, schools, parents, etc. The exact reason for the creation of the day remains unknown. What Teddy bears itself was invented after President Theodore Roosevelt failed to hunt a small bear in 1902, which was later made into a cartoon, then a toy store owner, Morris and Rose Michtom, gained permission from the president to name their stuffed toy as teddy bears. Soon teddy bears became most popular among the people.

How to celebrate the day

Celebrate Teddy Bear Picnic Day by taking your teddy bears out for a picnic. If you can’t find time to go out, you can observe the day at your home with your kids and the teddy bears, by letting them play with it inside a built tent and you can also serve lunch to them in the tent. You can spend some time cleaning and changing clothes for your teddy bears. If you have wanted to buy a teddy bear, then today is the right day to shop for them. Make sure you celebrate the day with a picnic and a packed lunch. You can also buy teddy bearshaped foods for the trip. Go creative with your teddy bears; the point is that this day will give you some time to spend with kids and loved ones. Post pictures and share your Teddy Bear Picnic Day celebrations on social media by using the hashtag #TeddyBearPicnicDay.

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Jos and Andrew report on: Portway travel consultation:

Full Council update:

Unsightly hoardings on Bath Road:

Tuesday evening is Full Council, with questions, statements, petitions and lively debate on the agenda! We have submitted questions on the dilapidated state of Sparke Evans Park Bridge, Bristol’s new tree strategy, protecting our green spaces and active travel infrastructure in Brislington. We also have a statement on the lack of action on public EV recharging infrastructure. Jos will be making a speech on the petition against the proposal to site a new 5G mast in the middle of Redcatch Park, an welcome precedent, and Andrew will be making a speech on the cost of living crisis. You can watch all the action on the council’s own You tube channel: https://youtube.com/c/ BristolCityCouncilLive

BS4 Good Gardens 2022:

Judging has now started on this year’s BS4 Good Gardens Awards. As usual, Andrew will be helping with the judging. Good luck if you are participating and thank you to the organisers for all their hard work. Just to update you on the hoardings at the construction site on Bath Road opposite Arnos Vale Cemetery. We were in contact with the developers and they have agreed a plan to remove all of the timber advertising and replace with solid Heras fencing. They are looking to undertake the work within 2 weeks.

Community litter pick:

Our next litter pick will be Saturday, 30 July. We are meeting at the bottom of Sand Hill by the junction of Bloomfield and Whitby Roads at 10am. As usual, we will provide litter pickers, hi-viz and bags, please bring your own gloves and hand sanitizer

Portway travel consultation:

Yet another consultation on travel in the city. Hopefully, one day, we might see some action! People who live or travel along the A4 Portway are being encouraged to give their views on improvements to this route into the city.

An early engagement exercise is seeking to gather feedback on how buses can move more quickly through traffic, and cycling and walking can be safer and more enjoyable. The scope of the A4 Portway project starts at the M5 flyover, it travels along the A4 passing the Avon Gorge and onto Hotwell Road to the Jacob’s Wells Road roundabout, then along Anchor Road, and up to Explore Lane.

The project is part of a wider transformation by Bristol City Council and the West of England Combined Authority over the next decade to make Bristol’s transport network better for all. Views can be given through an online survey and via an interactive map, which allows participants to add comments about specific locations on the route and read what other people have said. The engagement closes on Wednesday 17 August 2022. Hundreds of Brislington West residents have signed up to receive our monthly newsletter via email. You can register using this link: http://www.bristollibdems.org/efocus. By Jos Clark, Liberal Democrat Councillor (Brislington West) Email: cllr.jos.clark@ bristol.gov.uk Mobile: 07584 370429 & Andrew Varney, Liberal Democrat Councillor (Brislington West) Email: cllr.andrew. varney@bristol.gov.uk Mobile: 07584 183381

To find out more and have your say, visit https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/A4PortwayEngagement/