Emersons Green Voice January 2020

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January, 2020 — ISSUE 40

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Work to start soon on hotel, pub and drive-thru coffee shop

Hospitality development is given the go-ahead WORK is set to start in the New Year on a hotel, pub and drivethru coffee shop in Emersons Green.

Developer Hinton Group has been given permission by South Gloucestershire Council to build a Travelodge, Costa Coffee and a Greene King pub and restaurant after applying in July.

The developer says the new businesses on land next to the Harlequin Office Park, off Folly Brook Road, could create up to 100 new jobs.

A representative of the Hinton Group said: “We are delighted to have received planning permission.

“We hope to begin work on this significant investment early in 2020 with opening targeted for next Christmas.”

The site is close to the Wick Wick roundabout, where the Avon Ring Road meets Badminton Road, between the M4 and the Willy Wicket pub.

Hinton Group says the Travelodge hotel would have 90 bedrooms, a café bar and 95 parking spaces, and would employ an estimated 30 people in full or part-time jobs. The Greene King pub restaurant would have an estimated staff of 60 and

80 parking spaces, while the Costa Coffee drivethru would employ an estimated 11 workers and have 32 parking spaces.

Motorists would reach all three businesses via the Harlequin Office Park access road, Fieldfare, which turns off Folly Brook Road, although the site is also close to a cycle path and m3 metrobus stops on the ring road.

The developer says the site has planning permission for a three-storey office building but has not received any "viable or credible interest" from prospective tenants for the past ten years.

Residents raised concerns that nearby streets such as Westons Brake are already used as overflow parking by workers at the nearby Emerald Park development and could become even more clogged if the new building goes ahead.

Among the 18 conditions attached to the planning permission is a requirement that the new businesses draw up travel plans "to encourage means of travel other than the private car in the interests of the environment/health and to minimise use of private motor vehicles".

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Metrobus services cut DAYTIME services on the metrobus route serving Downend and Emersons Green are being cut back from this month.

Instead of every 20 minutes, buses on the m3 route between Emersons Green and the city centre will run every half hour between around 10am and 3pm on weekdays, and all day on Saturdays, meaning there will be two rather than three services per hour at those times.

Bus operator First says that the changes, which take effect from January 5, "are designed to better reflect customer demand and improve reliability and punctuality of services across the city".

Services on Sundays remain unchanged, at half-hourly intervals between 8.55am and 5.55pm from Emersons Green and 9.40am and 6.40pm from the Centre.

Rush hour m3x services, which avoid UWE's Frenchay campus and use the M32 between Hambrook and the city centre, are also unchanged.

First West of England commercial director Rob Pymm said: “As metrobus grows in popularity, we continue to learn more about people’s travel patterns and this helps us to adjust the services and make sure we have the right number of buses in the right places at the right times.

"Peak time services are exceeding expectations, so we are pleased to be able to put extra peak buses on the busiest section of m1 from January and also launch a Sunday service on the m2 from April, but to make these investments we need to ensure that we have the right level of service during the quieter periods as well.

“We are working closely with the metrobus team to develop ways of encouraging more off-peak demand and to get things moving in the new year we’ll shortly be launching a January offer aimed at getting more people to use metrobus during what is typically a quiet month after the festive period.”

From January 6 until the end of the month, a group ticket on all metrobus services will be available from 10am on weekdays, allowing up to five people to travel for £5.

First is making a number of other changes to bus services across the Bristol area but none of those announced in December affected routes to the Downend, Staple Hill, Mangotsfield and Emersons Green areas.

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Nursery set for early spring opening THE long-awaited nursery in Lyde Green is now set to open in March.

The date was announced by the provider, Happy Days Nurseries, after it took possession of the premises in December.

Initially it was intended that the building would be completed by Easter 2018, ready to be occupied in September 2018. However, listed buildings nearby and ground levels caused some delays.

Happy Days was eventually granted planning permission in 2019 for a singlestorey nursery with places for 81 children aged from three months to four years old,

and construction began in March.

The provision will include 13 parking spaces, an outdoor play area and an on-site kitchen. Happy Days expects to have up to 40 employed staff, with 27 in at any one time.

A spokesman for Happy Days said: “The manager, Sarah Line, is currently managing our Thornbury nursery and will be transferring to Lyde Green closer to opening, a number of other appointments have been made and we look forward to welcoming the new team in the early part of next year.

“We are aiming for a March opening and continue to communicate with families on

updates around opening.”

Happy Days hosted a Stay and Play event for families on Wednesday December 11, offering an opportunity for them to have a sneak preview of the building and participate in fun, Christmas craft activities.

The spokesman told The Voice that further open events are being arranged for February, providing families with the chance to have a full guided tour of the setting.

For more information on the nursery, please visit: www.happydaysnurseries.com or email: lydegreen@happydaysnurseries.com

Super! Katie finds an answer on funding THE winner of the seventh Downend Soup community crowdfunding event was Quizzes for Causes.

Katie, from Lyde Green, told how she started it after she heard about the renovation fund at St James, Mangotsfield.

She supported the fund and has since raised money for different causes every month. Katie pitched for for help with setting up online sign-ups and funds to help pay for printing/ delivering quizzes. She took home £325.26.

The other contenders were George Sheppard for The Littlest Rescue, a pet re-homing charity based in Staple Hill, and Kathy, one of the volunteer Run Directors at Page Park junior parkrun.

This was the seventh Soup event and entertainment came from Caitlin Wyn Drummond, who played guitar and sang.

Guests also heard from an initiative which will be visiting the Staple Hill Community Hub

Rev Jo Vickery, Caitlin Wyn Drummond, Katie of Quizzes for Causes, Kathy from Page Park junior parkrun, Ian Browne, Downend SOUP leader and George from The Littlest Rescue twice a month. The Matthew Tree Project will be bringing their big yellow mobile food bank

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n AROUND THE WIs BEECHMERE BELLES: EMERSONS & LYDE WI THE end of 2019 was upon us before we had time to look around.

We had a wet felting workshop at the end of November on a Sunday morning, and those of us that attended all created something beautiful to take home.

My bowl is now the perfect place for keys: at last, no more hunting around for them.

Our last meeting of the year was led by two of our talented members who showed us how to make material pine cones to hang, well, anywhere you wanted to, really, and everybody’s were beautiful.

To finish off our year we had a Teddy Tombola at the Emersons Green Village Hall on December 1, and it really kicked off the Christmas spirit.

Christmas has come and gone.

The New Year is a fresh start, and we all look at the year ahead with renewed vigour. Then we look outside the window at the cold and the rain, and decide to try all the new things we had planned for this year when the weather gets a bit better.

Well, we have plenty of things to look forward to at Beechmere Belles, no matter what the weather brings: our calendar is looking pretty interesting. January brings us a speaker to tell us all about the history of Bristol Zoo; our raffle for this month is ‘animal-themed’, so that should be interesting. We have a bee lady later in the year, which will be a good chance to find out how we can help these little bees remain busy in our gardens, as numbers are not what they should be. After a very informative talk last year on self-defence, where we learnt strategies to keep ourselves safe, this year we will be learning a bit more of the physical side to this topic.

As well as our monthly meetings, we do organise activities throughout the year as well. Our cinema club will continue, with Cats being the first one.

Our Sunday Lunch will begin again: this is an enjoyable couple of hours for ladies who would like to dine out occasionally or for ladies who like to leave a list of jobs to be done while they get away from it all.

We have a day trip planned to Denman, which is the WI Centre of learning. As well as taking part in one of the courses, it’s tea and cakes on arrival – obviously, it is the WI – then a tour of the wonderful building, followed by a lovely lunch with of small glass of something

lovely, the course and then afternoon tea and scones. Well, it would be rude not to.

If you’ve ever thought about joining a WI, there’s no better time to start than the beginning of the year. I am asked so many times when people discover I am a WI member: is it full of ‘old’people?

When I stop laughing, I explain we have ladies that are just starting their families, or just planning their weddings, we also have ladies that have a wealth of knowledge and interesting things to share. Also, let’s be fair – when we were still at school, anyone over the age of 25 was classed as ancient.

The WI really is for all ladies, and we just don’t seem to get ‘old’ any more.

Please feel free to joins us every fourth Thursday of the month at 7.30pm, at Emersons Green Village Hall. The urns will be full of hot water: grab a seat, a tea or coffee and a piece of cake. You will be very welcome.

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MANGOTSFIELD WI WE certainly know how to throw a party! 2019 ended with the gorgeous Shannon Kitchen (The Voice UK) entertaining us.

Thank you to AHM Catering for providing a lovely buffet. So with music, food and good company we closed to 2019 programme.

The year 2019 brought us crafting, Indian cookery, and the BBC’s Emma Britton. Dotty Herberts made Easter Trees, we voted on two campaigns - ‘save the buses’ and ‘don’t fear the smear’.

Partying whenever we could, relaxing with mindfulness and an auction room talk were also on the agenda.

A summer walk and multiple supper clubs and numerous fundraising events completed our activities.

The 2020 programme is now on the website.

We want to welcome any visitors to our friendship night on January 27.

This is a great night for getting to know each other quickly. If you have heard of speed dating, speed friending is the new way to go!

If you would like to come along to one of our monthly meetings, you do not need to know anyone.

We will welcome you and assign a WI member to guide you through the evening.

You will be able to enjoy cake and a cuppa and start making new friends.

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offered the best cake ever, and you may learn a new skill, too.

Our meetings start at 7.30pm and we do not charge for our visitors for the first two visits.

We have a broad range of ways to contact us: use mangotsfieldwi@ gmail.com to email the team directly.

Our website, www. mangotsfieldwi.org.uk, gives details about meetings and upcoming events for members or you can Like our Facebook page – search for @Mangotsfield to find it.

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BROMLEY HEATH WI YOU may be wondering what happened at our December meeting and frankly so am I but, as the Downend Voice’s print deadline is the day before our December bash we’ll just have to wait and see!

With no meeting to write about I started to wonder how many non-WI ladies regularly read the monthly articles featured on the Downend Voice’s invaluable “Around the WI’s” page? Possibly the majority are existing WI ladies interested to see what other local groups are up to? I was hoping that some lady readers might be considering joining the WI and could find some background information useful?

The WI was actually started in Canada in 1897 with the first UK Branch being set up at Llanfairpwll…. North Wales in September 1915. This being the case it makes you wonder why we all sing about “England’s green and pleasant land” in the WI anthem Jerusalem?

The WI is now the largest voluntary women’s organisation in the UK with almost 220,000 members in approximately 6,300 WI’s. It plays a unique role in providing women with educational opportunities and the chance to build new skills, to take part in a wide variety of activities and to campaign on issues that matter to them and their communities.

Each individual WI is a separate charitable organisation, run by and for its own members with a constitution agreed at national level but the possibility of local bye-laws. WIs are grouped into Federations, roughly corresponding to counties each with a local office. Within the Avon Federation we have a wide array of different groups each holding meetings on various days both in the daytime or evening. Groups like Mangotsfield, Staple Hill and Frenchay have been running successfully for decades and then

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we have The New Kids on the Block like Bromley Heath (Founded in October 2013) followed soon afterward by local WI’s in Downend and Emersons/Lyde Green.

Annual fees are £43 per year and if you would like to regularly attend two groups you can join the second for half price. From their various articles you can see that our local groups welcome guests or visitors for Taster Sessions free of charge so you can enjoy a few complimentary Nights Out and then decide which one best suits your needs.

I am somewhat bias towards my own group particularly as our 2020 Programme boasts a wide variety of interesting activities and speakers that I am personally looking forward to.

As an existing WI member my New Year’s Resolution is to visit some local WI’s over the next 12 months - if you are not then maybe your New Year’s Resolution could be to give us a try?

The ladies of BHWI would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year and hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you as a visitor at some stage during 2020.

Margaret Hanwell

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NOVEMBER was our last meeting of 2019 and we were joined by Susan Symons who gave us a talk on the Colourful Life of Queen Victoria, it was fascinating and her passion for the subject shone through.

We have now got our programme sorted for 2020, so please see our advert in this edition for details, you will see a real variety for subjects; that will hopefully interest all.

I would also like to say thank you to all our members and guests that have joined us this year and that it has been a pleasure spending time with and getting to know you all. The Committee would like to wish you all a Happy and Healthy New Year and that Christmas brought you all you wished for.

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday 28th January at 7:30pm in Christ Church Hall, North Road, Downend. If you want to come along as a guest and see what we are about, please feel free to join us where you can have tea, coffee and cake together with the chance to win a lovely prize in our raffle.

If you would like more information feel free to contact me by email at downendwi@yahoo. co.uk Julie, President

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Ukelele Jam n RESIDENTS of Lyde Green were invited to decorate their homes as part of a festive lights trail across the estate.

Following the success of a Halloween trail in October 2017, it was suggested that a Christmas trail would also provide a great opportunity to bring the community together.

Now in its third year, the trail, which was organised by Lyde Green residents Cate and Mark, saw a newly decorated window appear somewhere around the development each night during the month in the run up to Christmas.

The residents that took part were asked to have their window ready and lit by 4pm on their chosen day, and then every day from 4.30-10.30pm. A trail map was also produced, showing where all the lit up houses would be located so that residents could walk around the neighbourhood and look at them.

To find out more about future events taking place in Lyde Green, visit the Lyde Green Online Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ LydeGreenOnline/ If any residents would like to take part in the 2020 Christmas trail, please email: lydegreenonline@gmail.com.

PEOPLE looking for a new hobby for the new year can get into playing a musical instrument.

Mangotsfield Ukulele Jam practices every week in the Scout Hall, Northcote Road.

The group concentrates on playing the ukulele together and singing along, rather than lessons, but there is no pressure on anyone coming to perform.

All levels of skill and experience are welcome at the group - all members need is "a ukulele and a sense of humour", although newcomers can come along without an instrument to have a go first, so long as they ask for a spare to be brought in advance. The non-profit meets every Wednesday evening from 7.30-9.15pm and asks for a voluntary donation towards their hosts from anyone coming along. mangotsfieldukejam.weebly. com

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Men jailed for violence after World Cup win AN Emersons Green man has been given a suspended jail sentence for his part in a brawl which broke out after an England World Cup match.

The fight, which saw furniture thrown in Park Street in the middle of a Sunday afternoon and left onlookers “terrified”, broke out at about 3.15pm on June 24 last year – after England had just beaten Panama 6-1.

Avon and Somerset police said several of the men who ended up in court were injured in the fight: one had a broken leg while another was knocked unconscious.

A total of 16 men were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court, with 13 of them sent to prison.

They included: *Declan McFarlane, 27, of Emersons Green, who was given a three-month suspended sentence, 240 hours of unpaid

The violence in Park Street was captured on video by bystanders. work and issued with a threeyear football banning order. *Will Duggan, 21, of Mangotsfield, who was jailed for

three months. *Lee James, 33, of Soundwell, who was jailed for four months.

The brawl took place in front of families with children and one witness told police: “I found it distressing to watch that level of violence in real life, watching people get hurt and bleeding in the street.”

Another said: “What I was seeing really disturbed me. I felt terrified…this was a vicious attack and there was a lot of hate in the atmosphere.”

At the end of November the defendants all appeared before District Judge Julian Lambert at Bristol Crown Court, for sentencing for affray.

Judge Lambert described

the incident as “major disorder” which “engendered terror and distress”. He told the defendants only custodial sentences were suitable “however small a part people played”.

The longest sentence was handed to Leon Gregor, 25, of Patchway, who was jailed for a year and issued with a six-year football banning order.

Football banning orders are legal bans on attending football matches and being in specified places, such as pubs or areas close to football grounds, before, during and after games.

Avon and Somerset Police’s head of operations, Superintendent Rhys Hughes, said: “This incident of violent disorder was quickly brought under control on the arrival of police officers.

“However, those few minutes were enough to put many of those enjoying a Sunday afternoon in the city in fear of being injured.

“The effects of these men’s actions include damage to property, a cost to the public purse in bringing these prosecutions and financial losses to nearby businesses, as their customers fled.

“This type of violence has absolutely no place in our society.

I welcome these custodial sentences and hope they send a clear message to anyone involved in football-related violence that it simply will not be tolerated in Bristol.”

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Fresh appeal after man involved in confrontation dies A MAN who was seriously injured in a confrontation in Lyde Green has died in hospital.

Avon and Somerset police said Craig Wiltshire, who was injured in the early hours of November 20, died in the early hours of December 4, two weeks after the incident in Willowherb Road.

A force spokesperson said the 43-year-old had lived in South Gloucestershire, adding: "A forensic post-mortem examination will be carried out later this week as we carry out further enquiries to determine the cause of death.

"We’ve assigned a specially trained liaison officer to provide support to Mr Wiltshire’s family while our investigation continues.

"Three men, aged 25, 35

and 49, remain released under investigation after being arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.

"Our enquiries are ongoing."

At the time of the incident police reported that a man had been detained by a member of the public who believed he had been trying to break into cars.

When police arrived he was found to be unresponsive and was taken to hospital by ambulance.

As the Voice went to print the police were still awaiting the detailed results and analysis of tests carried out after Mr Wiltshire's death.

Police have appealed for anyone with information about the incident to call them on 101 and quote the reference number 5219 628 280.

LISTENING to the radio whilst driving from his home in Emersons Green to his golf club in Lansdown, Roger Snell was fascinated by one of the items being discussed.

The presenters were saying how planting trees helps towards solving the problem of climate change.

They were discussing how trees are the lungs of the planet, breathing in carbon dioxide and breathing out oxygen, limiting global warming and providing a cleaner, healthier climate.

Roger was convinced that his club should do something to help as golf courses have a lot of land and plenty of space for trees.

After speaking with the chairperson an application was made to the Woodland Trust which offers trees to suitable groups and individuals.

Roger was delighted when the application was approved and the trees recently delivered for planting.

Lansdown Golf Club in Bath is bordered by paths forming the Cotswold Way and the trees are being planted along some of these.

Roger said: “Ramblers and dog walkers will be able to watch, along with the golfers, as the trees thrive, enhancing their walk for years to come.”

The club will make further applications to ensure that tree planting continues far into the future.

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A history of Mangotsfield's workhouses - how a village treated its poor The workhouse or poorhouse evokes grim images of the Victorian world of Oliver Twist but its origins started much earlier, writes historian and Mangotsfield Residents Association member David Blackmore

THE former rural parish of Mangotsfield was a poor sort of place. Described in the 16th century as "sumtyme a good, now a poor village and ruinus", things had not improved by 1788, when the village was described as “a poor shabby place, consisting of one long street of miserable houses''.

From Queen Elizabeth I's reign, a system called 'Poore Reliefe' made every parish responsible for its own inhabitants. An overseer of the poor was appointed at an annual vestry meeting to collect money from wealthier landowners and householders to feed, clothe, house and find work for the poor.

In times of need, many families relied on poor relief to help them survive.

The 1601 Poor Relief Act instructed each parish to build a workhouse on its outskirts, where all poor people on parish relief were supposed to live, and the able-bodied set to work.

For many years Mangotsfield, which included what is now Downend, Staple Hill, Bromley Heath, Blackhorse and Emerson's Green, instead rented a succession of cheap properties or paid the rent for those the parish supported.

A map from 1750 shows an alms house for the poor, old and distressed people of the village

Women in a workhouse picking oakum from old ropes at the junction of modern day Rodway Hill Road and Mangotsfield Road, more or less where the Alec Large Memorial Gardens now stand.

Alms house residents had to dress in 'sad colours' and by law, those receiving poor relief had to wear a badge on their right shoulder bearing the letter P, so paupers became known as 'badgemen' or 'badgers'.

In 1770 it was ordered that anyone not displaying their badge "on the outside of their uppermost garments" would lose a month's pay.

This was the same year that Mangotsfield's vestry finally decided to build their own workhouse, buying a number of buildings including the Ring of Bells pub in Mangotsfield Street (now St. James Street), which were converted over the next four

Typical workhouse beds

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years to house all of the parish's impoverished under one roof and keep them in after dark, when most local crime was committed.

Fourteen named men and women were ordered to enter the poorhouse immediately. Their possessions were seized by the vestry and sold to help pay their maintenance.

Poorhouse inmates were classified as either the “impotent poor” who were unable to look after themselves – including the very old and young, the sick, unmarried mothers and the insane – or the “able bodied poor”, who were unemployed and had no money to live on.

On arrival they were washed, their hair was cut short and they were given a uniform: a shapeless, waistless ankle-length frock for women and shirts and ill-fitting trousers, tied with cord below the knee, for men. Prostitutes wore a yellow dress and unmarried pregnant women a red one.

Married couples were separated and sent to sleep in separate blocks.

No inmate could leave the workhouse, except permanently.

Many of those admitted died because of the terrible conditions, with the overseer paying for their funerals.

All inmates who could work were given tasks including stone breaking for road maintenance, corn-grinding, bone crushing, gypsum crushing and oakum

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picking – untwisting of old rope for use in shipbuilding. Commonly done by children and the very old, the blisters and bleeding caused to the hands by the old ropes left oakum pickers frequently unable to get work again.

Work was designed to be hard and tedious. A typical working day lasted about 10 hours and inmates punished if they did not work hard enough. Those who contributed to the upkeep of the inmates wanted conditions to be harsh, as they resented giving money to the “undeserving poor”. Those who were unable to work lay in sick wards with nothing to break the monotony.

No work was performed on Sundays, Good Friday and Christmas Day, except necessary household work and cooking.

Workhouse inmates ate mainly bread, supplemented with gruel or porridge at breakfast. Poorhouse broth was usually the water from boiling the dinner meat, perhaps with a few onions or turnips. The meat was generally cheap cuts of beef or mutton. Tea – often without milk – was sometimes provided for the aged or infirm at breakfast, together with a small amount of butter. Supper was usually similar to breakfast. The mid-day dinner varied the most, although on many days of the week it could be simply bread and cheese.

From the 1790s children were sent to work in Edward Thornton’s pin factory behind the poorhouse.

Records from 1792 show he paid £5.5s.9d for work done by six children over 29 weeks (around seven months). The money earned went towards their keep.

Girls were sent into service at 14 and boys would start apprenticeships from the age of 10, lowering to nine in 1800.

Mangotsfield churchwardens and overseers always tried to apprentice a pauper boy outside the parish, as he would become his new parish’s responsibility if he completed his apprenticeship elsewhere and later became unemployed.

Next month: Mangotsfield’s second workhouse and the end of the system.

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Charities benefit from community efforts A COMMUNITY fundraising group is celebrating a year in which it raised more than £8,000 for charity.

Mangotsfield Community Association organised a get-together at Mangotsfield United Football Club to hand over donations to chosen charities St Peter's Hospice and Special Friends Autistic Club after a series of events organised by members and supported by residents.

They events included barbecues, a 24hour spin bike challenge, a talent night and the Mango Reds v Blues football match held in October.

Community association members presented each charity with a cheque for £3,700 at handover event also attended by match sponsors LoveYrMotor.

It followed a presentation of £828 to Macmillan Cancer Support earlier in the year.

Gerrian Baker, from the association, said: "We can’t thank everyone enough who all came together and supported our journey this year, you all know what a massive part you all played, and we would like to extend our thanks and gratitude in your most wonderful continued help making Mangotsfield a village where people really do come first.

"We express our thanks to Mangotsfield United Football Club and the Red Lion Public House for their continued support, as without them we couldn't have made the events happen "We are planning to do the same next year, with some great ideas in the pipeline,

and hopefully spread our fundraising talents to far, far away places such as Staple Hill and Downend – if we can sort passports!"

New fundraising events for the coming year will be announced on the Mangotsfield Community Association Facebook page.

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Luke Hall wins seat again IN the Thornbury and Yate constituency, which includes Pucklechurch, sitting Tory MP Luke Hall was re-elected with an almost identical majority to the election in 2017.

Both the Tories and Liberal Democrats increased their share of the vote on an increased turnout, with Labour slipping to under 10 per cent.

Mr Hall, who first won the seat in 2015, received 30,202 votes, 58% of the total cast and up from 28,008 (55%) in 2017. His majority was 12,369 - up by 298 from 12,071.

Lib Dem Claire Young finished second on 17,833 (34%) which was a three per cent increase on her share of the vote in 2017, when she received 15,937 votes (31%).

Labour’s Rob Logan mustered only 4,208 votes (8%), down from the 6,112 (12%) his party achieved in 2017.

Just three candidates stood in the constituency this time after the Greens withdrew as part of their Unite to Remain pact

with the Lib Dems. The Brexit Party withdrew from all Tory-held seats.

Turnout was up from 50,690 (75%) in 2017 to 52,243 (76%) In his victory speech, Mr Hall said: “It has been the most enormous privilege in my life to serve my constituency since 2015.I would like to say thank to the residents who have elected me for a third time which is a huge privilege and I will do everything I can for you.”

Ms Young, who is the Lib Dem group leader on South Gloucestershire Council, said: “I am proud to have run a positive campaign, and rest assured my Liberal Democrat colleagues and I will continue to serve our communities with whatever lies ahead.”

Mr Logan said: “I would like to thank the other candidates for the tone and manner in which this election has been fought. I’m not sure the campaign nationally has quite lived up to that standard and I think all parties need to learn how to be nice to each other again.”

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Tory majority in Kingswood tops 11,000

CONSERVATIVE Chris Skidmore has increased his majority in Kingswood, which includes Emersons Green and Lyde Green, to more than 11,000 at the general election.

The Conservative MP received 27,712 votes – 56 per cent of those cast – ahead of Labour’s second-placed Nicola BowdenJones, a Bristol city councillor, on 16,492.

It means the Tory share of the vote was about one per cent higher than the last general election in 2017, while Labour’s share, at 33 per cent, was just over six per cent lower than two years ago.

Liberal Democrat candidate Dine Romero, who is the leader of Bath & North East Somerset Council, saw her party’s total vote almost double to 3,421, giving them about seven per cent of votes cast.

The Greens’ Joseph Evans polled 1,200 (two per cent)

and the Animal Welfare Party’s Angelika Cowell received 489 votes, or one per cent.

The Kingswood constituency, which also includes Mangotsfield, has been held by the Tories since Mr Skidmore

won the seat from Labour’s Roger Berry in 2010.

Mr Skidmore said: “It has been a remarkable night for the Conservative Party nationally and also in South Gloucestershire.

“I cannot explain to you how great a privilege it is to represent an area that I grew up in.

“We have a number of issues that we will need to respond to nationally.

“People told me they wanted to see Brexit done but they also wanted a party that was best to lead our country.

“During this election I also had another lovely surprise, which was the birth of my baby daughter, who this evening is three weeks old.

“I would like to thank the candidates who put up a very fair fight.

“I know how difficult it is to be candidates at the general election, there is a lot of pressure on you.

“It is testament to South Gloucestershire that we had a clean fight.”

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Double celebration for MP Chris NEWLY elected MP Chris Skidmore has another reason to celebrate – he's just welcomed his third child.

Ottilie Florence Skidmore was born on Thursday November 21 at 6.19pm, weighing 6lbs and 7oz. She was eight days overdue.

The Kingswood Conservative MP, who recently marked his fifth wedding anniversary to wife Lydia, said: “I’m so proud of my wife Lydia who has been amazing, and want to thank the NHS staff who have cared for us.

“Ottilie is beautiful and I’m an extremely proud dad. Her sister Clemmie and brother Henry are also delighted to have a little sister. I took some time off the election trail to spend it with my family - it’s certainly a new challenge getting used to three children five and under! It’s an amazing time despite the lack of sleep.”

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New era for The Littlest Rescue charity AFTER more than a decade at the helm of the successful east Bristol animal charity The Littlest Rescue, Bev Taylor has decided to call it a day.

Now in her sixties, Bev says the job had become allconsuming, although she has loved every minute of it.

Running the sanctuary and rehoming service from her home in Staple Hill, Bev could never entirely switch off and says it is time to hand over the reins.

The Littlest Rescue will become an umbrella organisation, with the job of looking after guinea pigs going to Little Wheekers, a small self-funded rescue based on the outskirts of Bristol.

Supporting this will be 25-year-old Brittany Roberts who will run B's Rescue and Sanctuary from her home in Kingswood, looking after rabbits.

Further help will come from 17-year-old George Sheppard

Bowing out: Bev Taylor, of The Littlest Rescue who runs Shepp's Rescue from his parents' home in Fishponds.

George, who is studying animal

care at SGS College, already looks after a variety of animals including chickens, rabbits, fish and reptiles.

Both Brittany and George came to Bev as volunteers and share her love for animals.

Bev, however, won't be giving up entirely, turning her attention to looking after injured pigeons and boarding rabbits and guinea pigs, a service she has always offered.

She will also continue with her work visiting care homes where her animals are used as therapy.

Bev said: “The rescue will still be active – just not from my premises. Everything will be under the umbrella of the Littlest Rescue but based in slightly different areas.”

Bev started rescuing animals in 1995, later opening Noah's Ark in Westbourne Road, Downend.

The base took in a variety of animals – including rats. She also operated Pet Search aimed a reuniting owners with their lost pets.

“This was before social media came along with its lost and found pages. We kept a register of lost and found pets and had an office where the phone never stopped ringing.”

The Littlest Rescue started when Noah's Ark ground to a

halt in 2005 following a change of ownership.

“It was 10 years of total dedication but the new owner, who said they were going to take it from strength to strength, sadly managed to close it within 18 months. At that point people were finding me to ask about rescued animals so I thought I'd better start again, so I did but this time from my home.”

Visitors to her base can instantly tell Bev has a genuine love for animals. She is supported by an army of volunteers – vet runners, tip runners and cleaners, to name but a few.

“They all share one thing – a love for animals and without their help the Littlest Rescue would not be what it is today,” Bev said.

It has been her life's work but now she feels the time is right to ease up. “I'm 64 now and you do get burnt out working in rescue.

The Littlest Rescue is now way too big for me to run from my garden.”

Bev has always been community focussed: “I don't just do what I do for the animals; I do it for the community. I have people with learning difficulties and students volunteering here.

It does mean your home isn't your home any more though you have people running in and out to go to the loo! It's come to the point where the Littlest Rescue needs to be split in the hope it can carry on growing.

“There's a lot of work which goes into running a rescue, it's a full time job.

You have health and safety issues and you have to fundraise to keep it going. I'd like to have a bit more relaxation and more holidays – you don't get many holidays when you run a rescue.

“Brittany and George are a lot younger and have a lot of energy.

I feel confident that between the three rescues the Littlest Rescue is in good hands.

“I've been doing it for so long that it's going to be hard which is why I'm carrying on with pigeons and boarding rabbits and guinea pigs, otherwise I'd miss it too much. I've got to have animals in my life.”

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A WOMAN was hit by a car in NEW designs for some of the the Emersons Green retail park. busiest sections of the Bristol The incident took place by and Bath Railway Path have been the Boots store just after noon unveiled. on November 21. An ambulance People are being asked to service spokesman f said: “We have their say on the designs, sent various resources to attend, which are part of a £1.1 million including land ambulance crews scheme to improve the path on and an air ambulance crew. Our its busiest stretch. crews treated a female patient Thousands of east Bristol and a male patient at the scene. cyclists and pedestrians use They transported the female the path, which passes through mrSTAPLEhill(0319)1PP 13/3/19 11:54 Page 1 patient to hospital by land Mangotsfield and Staple Hill, ambulance for further care and each day and it is popular with discharged the male patient.”

commuters looking for a car-free route to and from the city centre.

Transport charity Sustrans is running a 'community-led redesign' focusing on the stretch between Clay Bottom, near Whitehall, and the end of the path at Newtown Park, St Philip's, which is used by up to 1,800 people per hour in morning and evening peak times.

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unveiled at two workshops at the Rose Green Centre and Easton Community Centre in December.

The designs on display concentrated on changes to six trouble spots: the 'Clay Bottom Wiggle' near Greenbank Cemetery, where the path goes through two tight bends; the pedestrian crossing next to Whitehall Primary School; the 'Parklet' near Chelsea Park in Easton; the area next to Easton Community Centre, close to the Easton Road and Whitehall Road junction; the railway bridge at Russell Town Avenue; the underpass under St Philip's Causeway.

Ideas ranged from straightforward segregation and raised sections at St Philip's Causeway to park areas with seating and planting at Russell Town Avenue and Easton Leisure Centre, where the course of the path would be diverted to slow cyclists down.

The designs were set to be published online via the Sustrans website and Bristol & Bath Railway Path – OnePath Facebook group, for comment.

Staple Hill residents Catalina and William Lee, and Sarah Ward, from Downend, were among those who attended the workshops.

Catalina said the changes were trying to "change the mindset of the speedsters", the small minority of cyclists who assumed slower path users would just get out of their way.

She said: "It's not a cycle path, it's a shared path. Some people haven't quite got that yet."

Sustrans South area director James Cleeton said some people called for the path to be widened and segregated between cyclists and pedestrians along its whole length, but this was not possible everywhere.

He said the aim of the changes was to reduce conflict between path users and ensure everyone who wanted to use it felt safe to do so .

James said: "We’ve heard that the excessive speed and close-passing of a handful of the people cycling on the path really does put others off using it."

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Bristol Starlight cheerleaders take prizes GIRLS from a cheerleading squad have more of a spring in their step than usual – they've just come away from a competition clutching a haul of awards.

The squad from Bromley Heath-based Bristol Starlight recently travelled to Devon for the Exeter Cheer Festival.

The outfit, made up of 26 girls aged from six to 13, fielded four pom teams, with some of the girls competing for the very first time.

But despite this they managed to win four first places and one third.

As if that wasn't good news enough, they then discovered they had won the muchcoveted Spirit award which is given to the team that shows best sportsmanship by cheering on their competitors.

Bristol Starlight is based in Quakers Road church hall, next to the Sandringham pub, and is run by head coach Deb Denny.

She said: “The cheerleaders who competed for the first time said they were excited and that the best bit was winning!

They were most excited to hear our club name announced just before they had to run out on to the floor to perform.

“As coach I was totally overwhelmed that we won the Spirit award. This is awarded to

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Cleeve Wood event nets £2k for charities ORGANISERS of a festive celebration have already set a date for their 2020 event after raising more than £2,000 for charity.

People turned out in force for the Christmas at Cleeve Wood Road Shops event on December 1, with the area outside the shops filled with stalls – which included a raffle, a cake stall, a mulled wine and mince pies stand, a used book and used toy stall as well as a tombola and sweet shop – and fairground rides.

Money raised from collections and stalls generated £825 each for the event's three charities: BUST breast cancer support, Paul’s Place for adults with disabilities and Manor House Frenchay care home.

Adam Jones, of West 70 Photography, said: "The weather was perfect, with clear blue skies and although it was (very!) cold a lot of locals still came by to support the event.

"We’re really pleased to also confirm that the Christmas event will be back in 2020 due to the success of the event. We’re very thankful to everyone who supported the event either by coming along, giving their time, donating prizes or by other means. It was a really lovely community event and helped raise money for some great local causes."

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A PROJECT set up to help throw new light on Downend's past is appealing for more photos and stories.

The Downend Community History and Arts Project(CHAP) was set up a year ago to produce a historical map of the area, including Emersons Green and Frenchay.

The map will include items and topics of interest such as the Cave Family and hospital in Cleeve Hill, its old houses, churches, graveyards, pubs and workhouses.

John Lockwood, from CHAP, said: "What is the identity of Downend, its heritage and its future?

"Downend has changed considerably over a few short years, from a rural settlement to a large suburban area.

"We are piecing together illustrations, focusing on people as well as buildings and actions, to give an identity for all.

"We recognise that we have many newcomers to the area, with the building of many new homes at Emersons Green as well as along the Badminton Road.

"We have so far found out much about the mining, farming, and quarrying history of Downend, and have come across many stories, some sad but some funny ones too, that we will relate to you over the coming months.

"If any of you have photographs or stories that you can add to our collection, we will be more than pleased to accept them.

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Birthday tribute to cancer victim Lee THE family of a Lyde Green boy who fought cancer for almost three years marked what would have been his ninth birthday by releasing doves at his graveside.

Lee Belgium was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in May 2016 when he was six. After doctors said there was nothing else that they could do for him, in December last year his family decided to try to raise £90,000 for Lee to go abroad for a treatment trial and a bone marrow transplant, which they hoped would save his life.

After raising nearly £80,000 earlier this year through of fundraising events including cake sales, family fun days, football matches and discos, his mum Clare had planned to take superhero-fan Lee to Turkey for treatment. But Lee came down with a bug called klebsiella pneumonia, forcing the family to put the plan on hold. Lee then developed mucormycosis, a rare fungal infection, and lost his battle for life on April 6.

Following Lee’s death, his family announced that they were setting up a charity in his memory called Lee Belgium Lasting Legacy, to help other families who have lost a child.

The charity will provide free

haircuts for funerals, as well as items such as teddy bears with heart-shaped lockets of hair and photo pillows, in order to help families remember their loved one.

They marked his birthday on October 31 with a moving ceremony.

Clare told the Voice: “We all went to Westerleigh Crematorium to spend it with Lee for his birthday. I did a speech and then doves were released for his birthday.

“Lee is nine now and I know how much he loves a party, so we got him balloon and we did a balloon from me and his sister Courtney with a beautiful message for him.”

In the run-up to Christmas, Lee Belgium Lasting Legacy announced that the charity would be giving a day trip to a poorly child and their family at a location of their choice, up to the value of £200. Followers of the charity’s Facebook group were asked to post suggestions for who they could help, and the recipient was due to be drawn at random from all entries received on Christmas Eve. To find out more about Lee’s charity, join the Facebook group Leebelgiumlastinglegacy.

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Barley Close in Mangotsfield has been working to get more children and teachers to walk, cycle, scoot or use public transport to travel to school. A majority now do this, with a further 25 per cent using a 'Park and Stride' scheme.

As a result, Barley Close is the first school in South Gloucestershire to achieve a Modeshift Sustainable Travel Accreditation and Recognition for Schools (STARS) Bronze Award for promoting sustainable methods of transport and reducing carbon emissions and congestion.

Council road safety officers and representatives of walking charity Living Streets attended the school recently to present the children, staff and governors with the award.

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glare, and from the number of comments I’ve had I know this rang true for many of you. If you experience glare and have yet to have your eyes looked at then how about a New Years resolution to see us soon?

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ELL a Happy New Year to you all! I trust that however you celebrate Christmas you had a truly super time. I’m sure you’ve all noticed the year 2020 is upon us. As an Optometrist, it would be a missed opportunity, short sighted even, if I didn’t mention the year, seeing as how it’s almost a vision standard.

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Repairs begin at fire-hit park WORK is under way to renew a children's play area wrecked after it was set on fire.

The play area at Springfield Park has been fenced off since the incident on April 30 last year, when the safety matting and slide were destroyed.

A 14-year-old boy from Emersons Green later admitted starting the fire.

South Gloucestershire Council initially said repairing the damage would cost around £30,000 to repair and it needed to “explore options” for funding.

In July it was announced that £30,000 had been found and now the total being spent on the park has been boosted to £45,000 from money paid

The damaged safety flooring at Springfield Park has been removed

to the council by developers as part of legal deals to secure planning permission.

In mid-December contractors moved in to remove the old matting and they are due to return in early January to finish the revamp.

A council spokesman said: “The contractor has been working on the clearance of the damaged items and installing new land drains. They will be returning in the week commencing January 6 to refurbish the equipment, replace the fencing and install new safer surfacing.

“Provided we don’t experience a prolonged period of very bad weather, the work should be complete by early February.”

The funding is part of £295,000 spending on improving play areas this year, which also includes the replacement of a fence and gates at Heathfields in Downend.

Springfield Park is inside the Emersons Green ward of councillors Rachael Hunt, Colin Hunt and Judy Adams, who said: " We had spoken to many residents in Mangotsfield about how we could work towards raising the funding to repair it and bring it back into use.

"As such, we are delighted that the previously announced £30,000 will now be supported by a further £15,000 in developer contributions to improve it for local residents and their children to enjoy.”

n A BUS shelter has been installed in Mangotsfield Road to serve passengers using the Y5 route between Bristol Bus Station and Chipping Sodbury.

Its arrival has delighted ward councillor Michael Bell, who says it is the result of many requests to South Gloucestershire Council.

He said: "If residents have concerns on any other issues, that they wish myself or my fellow Councillors Ian Boulton and Katie Cooper, to take up on their behalf, please contact us at any time.”

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n WHAT’S ON IN OUR AREA Saturday January 4 n The first Saturday of every month there will be a Christ Church family walk alongside the river, leaving Vassalls Play Area at 8:45am, through to Snuff Mills 9.15am and to Ikea for brunch 10:00am. All are welcome. Please feel free to join us at any part of the walk, or even just at Ikea for brunch! Our first walk will take place on January 4, 2020.

Sunday January 5 n Bible Hour - ‘A review of events in 2019 in light of Bible knowledge’, Christadelphian Hall, Hill House Road, 2.30pm, admission free. Further details go to BristolDownend.com Sunday January 12

Yoga with Yolanda Smile - Heal - Empower

Come and join our Yoga tribe, to relax your mind & body, to empower & nurture your soul.

All levels welcome.

Contact Yolanda 07982418847 or email at yogawithyolanda.me@gmail.com Mondays 7.30pm Thursday 9.30am & 10.45am Thursday 7.00pm AT Pomphrey Hill Pavilion. BS16 9NF. Mangosfield/Emersons Green.

Tuesdays 9.15am & 10.30am AT Quakers Church Hall. BS16 6NH. Downend Wednesdays 7.00pm AT Steiner Academy. St. Matthias. BS16 2JP. Fishponds

n Bible Hour - ‘What we believe about the Kingdom of God’, Christadelphian Hall, Hill House Road, 6pm, admission free. Further details go to BristolDownend.com Monday January 13 n Senior Film Club 2pm @ Christ Church Parish Hall on North Street.

This month’s film is “Relative Values” starring Julie Andrews and Stephen Fry). Join us for film and cake! Carers welcome, easy access, refreshments £3.

Tuesday January 14 n Christ Church Fellowship 7.45pm in the Parish Hall. Bernard Merrick speaks on “The Islands of Scotland”.

All welcome.

Wednesday January 15 n Messy Church @ Christ Church Parish Hall 4.30-6.30pm. Come and enjoy some special family time with crafts, toys, challenges a story time and we share a hot meal together at 6pm. This is a free event, but there is a donations pot for our mealtime costs. If you would like to know more or plan to come along, please let us know (this helps our catering planning) by contacting Helen Buick on children@christchurchdownend.

Sunday January 19 n Bible Hour - ‘The way that leads to life’, Christadelphian Hall, Hill House Road, 6pm, admission free. Further details go to BristolDownend.com Tuesday January 21

n Bereavement Group at 2 -4pm in the Garden Room, Christ Church. A small, friendly group meet for chat, refreshments and support. Newcomers welcome, you don’t have to be a member at Christ Church to attend. More information available from the parish office 0117 908 9867 or just turn up and meet Val and Wendy our hosts.

Sunday January 26 n Bible Hour - ‘Hope for a Hopeless World’, Christadelphian Hall, Hill House Road, 6pm, admission free. Further details go to BristolDownend.com Thursday February 6 n Dementia: Who Cares? Free event hosted by Alzheimer’s research charity BRACE. Includes information about planning a loved one’s care and the costs involved. Also guidance on some of the key challenges and advice to avoid pitfalls. 6-7.30pm, Badminton Road Methodist Church, Badminton Road, BS16 6NU. To book email reply@alzheimersbrace.org or call 0117 414 4831.

REGULAR EVENTS Please check these events are still running

Mondays n Am/pm Star Jumpers-Pre-school gym classes, village hall, contact

Steve Denny 0117 9570009 n 10.30—11.30, Coffee Drop-In session—village hall, Free tea or coffee, contact Kevin Donaghy 0117 9575418 n 10.30am -12.30pm, Knit & Natter—Knitting Group, Village Hall. Tel 01454 862182 n 10.00—11.45, and 13.45-14.45, Diddi Dance—Preschool dance class, Village Hall contact Emily Norman 07850 983821 n 4.15pm – 6.30pm Ballet, tap and modern dance contact Kathy Plaster, 0117 9655660 n 19.00—21.00 The Daisy Foundation—Antenatal class Village Hall, Carrie Cherrington 07752 467535 n 20.00—21.00 Pilates Village Hall, contact Miriam Roberts 07889 243998 n 19.00 – 20.00 Flow Yoga, Village Hall, Hayley McAlinden 07748 452956 n Zumba Fitness with Sam & Karen, 7-8pm, Downend School n Phoenix Wind Band (20+ concert level players). Emersons Green Library, 7.30-9.30 p.m.

Varied, challenging, will appeal to Grade 6 players or above, e-mail phoenixwindband@hotmail.com. n Royal Naval Association, South Glos branch. Downend Cricket Cub, 7.30pm for 8pm 2nd Monday of every month. Call Bob Walker 0117 9567617. n Social badminton. Kingswood Leisure Centre, 2-4pm, intermediate level. n Drop in art group, Page Hall, Page Road, Staple Hill (please use side entrance), every Monday, 10am-12.30pm. No tuition. A friendly welcome guaranteed. Call Judith on 0117 957 0327.

News from Downend, Staple Hill and Emersons Green libraries Library Digital Services Have you had a new Ipad, tablet or smartphone for Christmas? Then why not try our FREE e-book lending service? E-resources with free access 24/7 anywhere in the UK with an internet connection, using your borrower card number. If you require further assistance please ask library staff or book a FREE session with one our ICT Volunteers who can assist you with a wide variety of computer and phone enquiries. They are available on Tuesdays 2pm – 4pm at Staple Hill Library, Friday 10am – 12 at Downend Library or Friday 2pm – 4pm at Emersons Green Library.

We offer 100+ popular digital magazines you can read on your mobile device or PC. All you need is your library card number to create your free account and start downloading your favourites to read at your leisure. Download to your device in advance to access offline later – plan ahead for holidays abroad or time without an internet connection.

Find out more about all of these digital services by visiting http://www.southglos.

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FREE IT classes start again at Downend & Emersons Green Libraries in early 2020.

Subjects covered include using the Internet safely, for on line shopping/booking holidays, creating documents & using email. For more details contact Susannah Griffiths 0117 9092296, susannah.griffiths@sgscol.ac.uk or ask at either library.

DOWNEND LIBRARY EVENTS Rhyme Time – every Wednesday at 10.30am : Free session of nursery rhymes and singing for pre-school children.

Friday Fun Time – every Friday from 2.15pm : Free games, crafts and activities for pre-school children Lego Club - Saturday 25th January – 11am – 12pm Lego Club : its free for all primary school aged children! Again no booking required.

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session of story reading & crafts for pre-school children.

Rhyme Time – every Thursday at 10.30am : Free session of nursery rhymes and singing for pre-school children.

Tea, Talk & Stories – an open to all reading group meets every Tuesday at 1.30pm, everyone welcome STAPLE HILL LIBRARY EVENTS Rhyme Time – every Thursday at 10.30am : Free session of nursery rhymes and singing for pre-school children.

Tea, Talk & Stories – an open to all reading group meets every Monday at 2pm or Tuesday at 10.30am, everyone welcome Staple Hill Library’s team of Housebound volunteers have capacity to visit people who are unable to visit the library in their own homes, and deliver books, audio books, DVDs and music CDs. If you know someone who would benefit from this service please contact us by email staplehill.library@southglos.gov.uk or phone 01454 868006.

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January, 2020 n Indoor short mat bowls at Pucklechurch Community Centre.

Established and beginners welcome. Bowls provided. Sessions Sunday afternoon, Monday and Wednesday evenings. Contact Roger Payne 0117 937 3653. n 4-8pm Ages 3 -15yrs Hip Hop classes, RedX Dance, Staple Hill, 07722 128159 n 18:30-19:30 Pilates Christ Church Hall, Downend. Kerry 07919 051019 n 19:35 – 20:35 Flow Yoga Christ Church Hall, Downend. Kerry 07919 051019. n Keynsham Machine Knitting Club 2nd Monday Of Each Month 2.00pm-4.00pm Sterling Way Community Centre Park Road Keynsham BS31 1DF A friendly, supportive, enthusiastic group of people.New members welcome Contact Pat Hames 01454322553 n Pucklechurch Handbell Ringers meet from 7-8pm, termtime only.

You don’t need to be able to read music. Call Marion on 01179373528. We welcome all ages but to join in our activities, we would prefer members to be over 16. n Zumba session”– with Sam & Karen. 7pm -8pm 07799628308 n Bootcamp HIIT style 6pm – 7pm – Paul Green 07890742566 n Book club for carers – 11.45am -12.45 3rd Monday of each month – Stacey Vallis 01179652200

Tuesdays n Morning Jo Jingles—music for babies & young children. Village Hall, Tracy Bees 077139 43666 n Am/pm Star Jumpers—Preschool gym classes, Village Hall, contact Steve Denny 0117 9570009 n 10.30--11.40, Sing & Sign-Baby signing class, Village Hall, contact Katherine Amor 07594 460448 n Afternoon/Evening, Ballet, Tap & Modern Dance—for children & Adults, Village Hall, contact Kathy Plaster 0117 9655660 n 19.15—21.00, Downend Art Club—for adults, Village Hall, contact Steve Wheeler 07928 799835 n 18.30-19.30, W.W. Village Hall, contact 0345 345 1500 n 19.30—20.30 Boogie Bounce— Fitness class for adults, Village Hall, contact Claire Boon 07805 360411 n 20.00—20.55, Emersons Green Community Choir—For adults, Village Hall, contact Rachael Hunt 07908 211174 n 1pm – 2pm – Seated Pilates for seniors Village Hall, Emily Doe 07737250042 n Meditation group, Soundwell Road Spiritual church, Staple Hill.

Every Tuesday 7.30pm to 9.30pm.

All welcome, details 01454 320179 or soundwellroadchurch@yahoo. co.uk n Willow Ladies Club Downend, meet the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 10am-11.30am at the Assembly Rooms, Salisbury Road,

Downend. Guest speakers, outings, new members welcome for ladies of any age. n 4-8pm Ages 8 -25 yrs Hip Hop & Contemporary dance classes, RedX Dance, Staple Hill, 07722 128159 Tuesdays n Pucklechurch Folk Dance club. English Folk Dancing Club that meets alternate Tuesdays, 7.45pm to 10-15pm. Pucklechurch Community Centre. All ages and abilities are welcome .Contact details, Von 0117 937 2818 n Downend Camera Club. 7.4510pm, Assembly Hall, Salisbury Road, BS16 5RA. All abilities and interests catered for but beginners particularly welcome. n Messy Space – term time group for parent/carers with babies, toddlers and pre-school children.

Badminton Rd Methodist Church BS16 6NU, 10.00–11.45 am.

Wednesdays n Flower Arranging – Downend Folk House, Lincombe Barn, Overndale Road, 7.30 p.m. every 1st and 3rd Wednesday, September – May. All levels welcome. Call Isabel 0117-9568504 n Am/pm Music with Mummy pre-school music group, Village Hall, contact Debra Denny 0117 9574443 n 10.00—11.30 Rainbow Tots— Parent & Toddler Group, Village Hall, contact Kevin Donaghy 0117 9575418 n 10.00—11.25 Book Club, Village Hall, contact Diane Roberts 0117 9566963, Monthly n 18.00—2100 Pilates, Village Hall, contact Rose Skinner 07901914969 n Am/pm, Baby Sensory—Early Learning for Babies, Village Hall, contact Gemma Irwin-Porter bristoleast@babysensory.co.uk n 19.00—20.00, Flow Yoga Village Hall, contact Hayley McAlinden 07748 452956 n 20.00—21.00 Zumba—Dance Fitness Village Hall, Amy Millard 07971 901686n Diamond fellowship at Fishponds Baptist Church hall, Downend Road, 10.30am. Open to everyone, first and third Wednesdays every month. Contact 0117 9653421. n 13.45— 14.30, Diddi Dance, pre-school dance class, village hall, Emily Norman, 07850 983821 n 13.30— 15.30, Bingo—Win Prizes, Village Hall Tel 01454 862182 Fortnightly n 6-6.50pm All Boys Ages 7 -15 yrs Hip Hop classes, RedX Dance, Staple Hill, 07722 128159 n 17.30—19.30 T.A.G.B. Tae Kwon Do, Village Hall, Lee David Newman Tel. 07795 467262 n 10:30 – 11:30 Pilates Christ Church Hall, Downend. Kerry 07919 051019 n 19:00-20:00 Pilates Pomphrey Hill, Mangotsfield. Kerry 07919 051019 n Frenchay Folk Dance Club meets

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alternate Wednesdays for English and American country dancing.7.45 - 10.45 at Frenchay Village Hall.

All dances are explained and walked through before dancing to live music. New dancers of all abilities always welcome. Call 0117 9868534. n 10-1130am Oldland Common Friendship & Exercise Club at The Community Building (rear of Redfield Edge School), High Street, Oldland Common, BS30 9TL. Contact Spencer on 07825 155954 n ‘Mango Jams @ Lyde’ Parent / Carer Toddler Group run by St James Church, meets every Wednesday during term-time from 9.15-10.45am. at Lyde Green Community Centre, BS16 7AG www.stjameschurch.co.uk or Sally: 07733 25637 n Support your Self-Care with Monthly Maintenance Shiatsu Clinic in Iron Acton every Wednesday between 3-8 pm.

Naturally restore your energy levels and improve your overall health and lifestyle for just £35 per month.

Contact Anna on 07487 511516 or email anna@wholehearted-health. co.uk for more information and to book your 1-1 treatment session. n Wednesday Café, Badminton Rd Methodist Church 10 am – noon.

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n WHAT’S ON for 19:30. Please email Contact@ FandDRotary.Club to make arrangements. n Am/pm, Baby Sensory—Early Learning for Babies, Village Hall, contact Gemma Irwin-Porter bristoleast@babysensory.co.uk n Am, Mini Professors, science for pre-school children, Emily Hellewell, 07848 930513 n 12noon —14.00 Senior Citizens Lunch Club Village Hall, 01454 862182, Monthly n 12.45—13.45 Ballet & Modern Dance for Children Village Hall, contact Kathy Plaster 0117 9655660 n 14.00—16.30 Whist Club—Card game group for all abilities. Village Hall, Contact Pat Weymouth 0117 3732017 n 16.00—17.30. 3D Street Dancing—for ages 8—13 yrs Village Hall, Louise Hopton 07754 039059 n 17.30—18.30, Emersons Green Rainbows Village Hall, Lindsey Naldrett 078755 47434 n 19.00-21,00, Spanish language sessions, village hall, Fabiola Doano, 07960 426326 n 19.30— 21.15, Beechmere Belles W.I. Evening Group, Village Hall, contact Katie Bateman 07800 981777. Monthly n 19.30—21.00 Real Fitness with Sarah—Fitness class Village Hall, Sarah Buscemi 07975 943589 n 20.00—21.15 Karate—for adults Village Hall, Allan Harris 01179 323249 n 4.15-7pm Competition Crew Ages 7- 18 yrs Hip Hop classes, RedX Dance, Staple Hill, 07722 128159 n Zumba Fitness with Sam & Karen, 6.45-7.45pm Christchurch Infant School n Hatha Flow Yoga, gentle and nurturing. Pomphrey Hill Sports Pavillon. 10.45 - 11.45 am. All levels, ideal for beginners. Contact Yolanda 07982418847 or email at hola@yogawithyolanda.me n 930-11am or 1115-1245pm

Staple Hill Friendship & Exercise Club meet weekly for gentle exercise at Staple Hill Methodist Church (Hall), High Street, Staple Hill, BS16 5HQ. Contact Spencer on 07825 155954 n Hatha Flow Yoga, gentle and nurturing. Pomphrey Hill Sports Pavillon. 10.45 - 11.45 am. All levels, ideal for beginners. Contact Yolanda 07982418847 or email at hola@yogawithyolanda.me n 6.45pm – 8pm Qi Gong, Village Hall, Donna Pinker 07968158918 n 6pm-7pm –Flame Fitness, Village Hall, Alex Lambert 07769329027 n Yoga 7pm -8pm with Siobhan 07535971874 n Emersons Green Quilters, Christ Church Centre, Quakers Road, 7.30pm-9.30pm on second Thursday of every month. Contact Ann Price 07505267931 Email: emersonsgreenquilters@gmail.com n Pucklechurch Players drama group meets at 8.15pm in the meeting room, Pucklechurch Community Centre. Anyone interested in being onstage or helping backstage is welcome to come along. For more information text 07748 160562 or visit the group’s Facebook page.

Fridays n 10.00—11.30, Rainbow tots, parent and toddler group, village hall, Kevin Donaghy 0117 9575418 n S13.15-14.45, Splatt Messy Play, baby and toddler group, Contact Lynsey Abbott on 07713 480102 n 4.10-8pm Ages 6-18 yrs Hip Hop & Contemporary dance classes, RedX Dance, Staple Hill, 07722 128159 n 13.30—16.00. Positive Steps— Adult Support Group Village Hall, Tim Dunton 01225 287431 n 14.00 –16.00 Emersons Green Ladies group Village Hall, Edith Anderson 0117 9573422 Monthly n 18.00—19.15 GKR Karate Village Hall, Mark Woods 07951 947280 n Zumba Fitness with Karen,

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9.15-10.15am, Winterbourne Community Centre n Zumba Gold with Karen, 10.30-11.15am, Winterbourne Community Centre n 7-9.30pm Kingswood Photographic Society, St Barnabas Church Hall, Church Avenue, Warmley, BS30 5JJ, welcomes and supports all levels of experience including beginners. n Kingswood Probus Club, Warmley Community Centre, Deanery Road, Warmley, second, fourth and fifth Thursdays www. kingswoodprobus.co.uk n Spiritual healing at Soundwell Road church Staple Hill every Friday 7pm -8pm. Free entry.

Details 01454 320179 n ‘Mango Jams’ Parent / Carer Toddler Group run by St James Church, meets every Friday during term-time from 1.15-2.45pm. at St James Church Hall, Richmond Rd, BS16 9EZ, 07733 256372 n 12noon – 1.15pm – Over 60’s Seated Exercise, Village Hall, Caroline Aqui 07946201923 n 10am-11am – Spirals exercise class Village Hall – Carol Ramsey 07768732111 n 11am – Midday – Sosa dance class Village Hall - Carol Ramsey 07768732111 n 9.15am – 11.30am – Diddi Dance Village Hall, Emily Norman 07850983821 n 9.45am – 12.15pm – Spanish lessons Village Hall – Fabiola Doano 07960426323

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Saturdays n From 12pm T.A.G.B. Tae Kwon Do, Village Hall, Lee David Newman 07795 467262 n 10-11 am Saturday Sports Club for 4-8 year olds at Mangotsfield Primary School, Church Farm Road, BS16 7EY. £5 per session.

Discounted if pay termly. Contact Spencer on 07825 155954 / info@ sportingchance-pt.co.uk n 10.30am -12.30pm –Meditation, Monthly sessions, Village Hall, Eve Robshaw – 01179742633

Sundays n 10.30—11.45, Emersons Green Baptist Church Service, Village Hall, Kevin Donaghy. 0117 9575418 n 7.15pm Pucklechurch village badminton club meet in Pucklechurch village hall w members alway welcome. n Servicesat St Thomas a Becket, Pucklechurch - 1st Sunday in month 8.30am, Holy Communion said; 10am, Cafe Church; 2nd/3rd/4th Sunday 10am, Family Communion n Soundwell Road Spiritual church Staple Hill, Sunday service 6.30pm to 7.45pm. Doors open 6pm, all welcome. 01454 320179 n The Village Church,10.30am -11.45am, at Mangotsfield Primary School, Emersons Green. n Shortwood Methodist Church worship, 2.45pm, all welcome n St James Church, Mangotsfield.

8am weekly Holy Communion.

10.30am Ist Sunday: All-Age Worship; 2nd: Morning Worship; 3rd & 4th: Communion; 5th: Healing / Worship n Badminton Road Church.

Charlotte Close. The Big White Building. Morning Worship 1030am. Each Sunday morning.

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n MANGOTSFIELD RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

Something special happened in Mangotsfield ABOUT six months ago, a member of the residents association said: “I think the Dame School would be an ideal place to have a nativity scene."

Well, we made it happen and “amazing”, “how good is this”, “wow, beautiful”, “absolutely fabulous” and “something special happened in Mangotsfield tonight” are just some of the comments we have received now that it’s in place.

Some 50 people came along to an openair carol service on Saturday December 7 to “formally open” the nativity scene.

The carol service was taken by the Rev Teresa Taylor and Clive Heath, chair of the residents association. Our local scout group provided some much-needed hot chocolate.

The nativity scene has been lit up every evening since, from about 5.30pm until about 11.30pm, and will be there until January 5.

Please go and see it: we think it’s worth the effort.

We are grateful to the many people, organisations and businesses who donated money to fund this or gave up their time to build it. They know who they are.

Our next meeting will take place on Friday January 24 at 7.30pm in the scout hall, where

we’ll start planning for 2020.

If you are interested in getting involved then please get in touch by email at mangotsfieldourvillage@gmail.com or via the

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And finally, can we wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Stay safe and look after one another.

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n CRAFT COLUMN Button bag With Liz Freke of Hattie’s Hooray’s A VERY Happy New Year to you all!

With a new year comes a fresh start, and what better way to begin than with organisation? A key staple in any home should be a ‘button bag’ filled with random and odd buttons that can be used for repairs or embellishments. Why not create this simple but oh, so useful, bag to store all of your buttons?

You will need: Two pieces of fabric measuring 15cms x 18cms Pen or pencil Safety pin Pins Sewing machine (optional) Complementing colour of thread Fabric scissors Length of 50cm ribbon Button with large eyes Iron

2. Now either machine or hand stitch along the fold line, removing the pins as you go. Now repeat for the other piece of fabric. You have created channels around the top of your fabric.

5. Turn right side out. Now take your length of ribbon and knot one end, then pin a safety pin into the knot. Insert this end of the ribbon into one of the channels you have created and pull through to the other end. Now re-insert the ribbon into the start of the next channel and bring it out back where you originally started, with the end of the ribbon poking out of the other end. You will now be able to draw your bag open and closed.

7. Take your button and thread an end of the ribbon through one hole in the button, then repeat for the other hole. Tie a knot at the ends of each piece of ribbon to secure in place. You now have a lovely button bag, embellished with a gorgeous button that can be stored in your sewing kit or taken out and about, should you wish to have an emergency stash of buttons!

3. Take both pieces of fabric and placing right sides together, pin all around the 3 edges, leaving the top turned over edge unpinned.

See you next month for a lovely Valentines make.

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4. Starting and finishing approximately 2cms underneath your turned over top edge, sew along these 3 sides, removing the pins as you go and then fasten off your loose ends with a knot.

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Tributes to Chopper and derby win for Mangos IT’S been another mixed month for Mangotsfield United.

The period since last month's Voice report began with a 2-0 away defeat against second-placed Thatcham Town. It was one of those games where, had we taken some clear first half chances, we could have got something up in Berkshire against one of the top two sides in the division, but two second half goals for the hosts punished us dearly and in the end Thatcham ran out clear winners.

The following week saw a goalless home draw against fellow mid table side Highworth Town.

This proved to be a game we could easily have won, as we created far more chances than the visitors did, but simply could not turn those chances into goals.

A particularly moving moment before the game saw both sides (pictured) join the crowd for a minute’s applause in memory of John “Chopper” Hill, a former Mangos player from the 1960s

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and 1970s, who died in November aged 75. In his career, John played in over 700 games for the Mangos, a tremendous record even at nonleague level.

The final day of November, however, saw perhaps our best result of the season, as we were deserved 1-0 winners away to Bristol Manor Farm down at The Creek. This was one of those games where every player gave 110 per cent as Farm threw everything they could at us, but we managed to keep them out and Lee Hartshorn’s 20th-minute drive into the roof of the net earned us

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The first game of December saw a lively 3-3 draw at Cossham Street against Hampshire side AFC Totton, but the hosts will again rue numerous missed chances and not closing the game down in the dying seconds, when the visitors snatched an unlikely point. Totton went ahead on 5 minutes through a free kick by Adam McWilliam, but Mangos striker Dan Demkiv turned the tables by hammering home a first half hat-trick, with goals on 16, 36 & 43 to give the Mangos a deserved 3-1 half-time lead. Patrick Nolan got one back for Totton on 57 minutes to make it 3-2, but there were more missed chances by the Mangos, who could and

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Escape to Lake Placid

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OME people will do anything to escape all that Brexit and general election chatter.

It may seem like I took flight from all the pre-Christmas politics to make my escape to the United States – but the visit to Lake Placid was more snow business than show business!

Regular readers of this feature might remember that I have a nice part-time job working for a few of the elite competitors in the physically tough and often scary world of skeleton bob – that’s why I found myself boarding a plane from Heathrow to Montreal on a gloomy winter weekend in December.

It was a bitter-sweet occasion, having just left my family in Bristol celebrating our son Harry’s fourth birthday. While he was still engrossed with Paw Patrol’s Mighty Pups Tower, I was turning my attention to the dizzy heights of the Adirondack Mountains in New York State.

The gorgeous scenery of the High Peaks region provided a fitting backdrop to the

International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation World Championships and, just a few hours after my arrival in Montreal, it was down to the serious business, alongside Milly (our latest sport therapist, who is out working for Skelton for the whole winter season), of working with two of the biggest names in winter sports.

On my first day at Lake Placid, I spent a couple of hours treating Kimberley Bos, from The Netherlands and Norway’s Alex Hansen. They both responded well and were in good fettle for the competition, which was an important part of their countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022.

Then I bumped into another old friend, Great Britain Olympic bronze medallist Dom Parsons, who also needed a chiropractic helping hand. It certainly was another fascinating experience for me, working alongside some of the top athletes in their field.

As part of the “backroom team”, I stayed in an amazing Americanstyle ski chalet, with huge wooden beams and staircases, which was

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built for the 1980 Winter Olympics.

While these lodgings were lovely and comforting, the food menu was a little odd, particularly as the hosts were catering for hundreds of elite performers.

There were a lot of meat dishes served up smothered in cheese sauces! Even though, at times, the temperatures plummeted to as low as minus 20 during the course of the week, I found myself craving some fresh fruit – just to try to keep things healthy.

Back at base camp, the newlook Cleve Chiropractic continues to impress our patients with its spacious treatment rooms and state-of-the-art equipment. Don’t forget that, to celebrate our recent move in Mangotsfield – just across the road to Cossham Street – we have a special offer for you.

It will cost just £10 for all new patient examinations, including any treatment needed during that first visit. The offer runs until the end of January and includes all practitioners, chiropractors and physios. To make an appointment, just pop in to the new Cossham Street clinic or call us on 0117 957

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Finally from me this year, a big thank you to all patients, both old and new – it’s been a pleasure to look after you.

Everyone at Cleve Chiropractic wishes all Downend Voice readers a very happy Christmas and a healthy New Year – see you in 2020!

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Club's work with youngsters wins award

A CRICKET club has received national recognition for its work coaching players.

Frenchay Cricket Club was named Coaching Club of the Year at the 2019 ECB Coach Awards.

Having been shortlisted for the award, representatives from the club were invited to attend a black tie dinner at Ashbridge House in Hertfordshire in November, along with club coaches from all over the country.

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Youth chairman Matt Hunkin said: “We cater for over 200 boys and girls, along with other members of our community, including our disability squad the Frenchay Falcons.

"To receive a national award for our coaching set-up is a reflection of the tremendous effort put in by the many volunteers who contribute in so many different ways."

Over the last four years, 13 coaches

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from the club have achieved ECB Level 2 coaching qualifications, which could not have been done without a lot of hard work and invaluable support from South Gloucestershire Council and the Gloucestershire Cricket Board.

Matt added: “To see our ground full of happy young cricketers on a Friday evening suggests that we are doing something right.

“And with 23 junior members playing senior cricket last season the future of the club looks bright.”

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Home Instead Senior Care Bristol North currently has its base in Westbury-on-Trym but will be opening a second office in North Street from early January 2020.

The company already supports clients in the area.

John Moore, director of Home Instead Bristol North, said: “We are really excited to be opening an office in Downend. Building meaningful relationships is at the heart of our ethos and so being based amongst the community we are supporting is wonderful.

Visitors to the office can be assured of a warm welcome, whether their enquiry is about our home care services or joining our amazing team of CAREGivers.”

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