Bishopston Voice June 2017 by Emma Cooper

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June, 2017 Issue 55

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Hurrah for the Morris major! New library is open at last The long-awaited Bishopston Library has finally opened its doors - and is proving popular with readers of all ages. PAGE 5

We're going to the polls again The Bristol West seat is being hotly contested at the general election. Read our profiles of the five candidates. PAGES 6 & 7

Cheers m'dears! Small is beautiful VISITORS young and old partied the afternoon away at the 41st Redland May Fair on May Day enjoying the live music,

entertainment and over 100 stalls. Singed George, Dennis the Horse and his friend Old John stopped by for the Morris Dance

and a fantastic £1,800 was raised for Caring in Bristol. Report and pictures: Page 4

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n NEWS BRISTOL is renowned for its leafy streets, especially within the older parts of the city where trees planted in Redland and Cotham over 100 years ago have spread their canopy wide. Future maintenance plans for those trees has led to much anger in the community - the plans have been criticised as poorly thought out, making no economic sense and a threat the reputation of the city as a green and pleasant place to live. To comply with Bristol City Council’s budget cuts, the street tree management budget for

A recently pollarded tree

Street trees under threat 2017-18 has been cut by 75 per cent, from £240,000 to £53,000 - a reduction of £187,000. The matter was referred to the Mayor for reconsideration at a Cabinet meeting in May by Cllr Anthony Negus (LibDem, Cotham), chair of the BCC Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Commission, Mark Ashton from the Bristol Tree Forum and Cllr Clive Stevens (Green Party, Clifton Down). Significant issues were raised about how the lack of pollarding will cause more trip hazards as pavements rise and make it more difficult for parents to push buggies along the pavements and the root growth will undermine walls, causing subsidence to properties. The very high risk of a branch falling on to a person or injury due to a trip hazard, resulting in insurance claims against the council of £100,000, was explained. It was pointed out that if two of these claims were made in a year, the council will have lost the money saved. Cllr Negus said: “I drew the attention of Cabinet to a number in the savings column of the highways department that could have a devastating effect for Bristol. “This figure of £187k

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represents the difference between maintaining our street trees and leaving them to grow unrestrained and so damaging our footpaths and buildings, increasing insurance claims for injuries and damage. Without an alternative this city will pay dearly until it is forced to cut down our fine trees, as has happened in Sheffield, and leave us poorer in every respect.” A significantly reduced budget means that there will be no pollarding of street trees or

removal of ‘epicormic’ growth the shoots that appear around the tree base. Emergency cover outside normal working hours is no longer being provided through the tree management contract and tree management will be limited to felling to address safety risks, despite greater initial costs and the long term consequent loss of tree sites. One felling costs the same as 16 years' maintenance and many more trees will be removed as there will be no maintenance.

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n NEWS There will also be no planting of street trees, either replacement or new, even when cost neutral. In the past Bristol City Council has operated a number of innovative schemes allowing residents or community groups to sponsor replacement or new street trees. Despite fully funding the planting, and maintenance for two years, such planting will no longer be permitted. Currently there is huge support from the community for replacing lost trees. Cllr Asher Craig, Deputy Mayor with responsibility for Communities - the department responsible for trees - said: “Our team are working with highways around risk factors. I am happy to look at this again.” Mayor Marvin Rees added: “I welcome someone turning up with a solution. In the whole budgeting process we said that this would increase risk. Scrutiny is how this organisation is run. We will pick up the points and take the challenge on.” Following the meeting Redland Cllr Martin Fodor said: “The impact of tree

early debate and comment, especially by stakeholders, in a public space, so that emerging plans can be challenged. “The Tree Forum pointed out the cost, amenity and environmental impacts that the supposed budget savings would cause, and made the case for a longer view taking account of the penalties from tree root damage, loss of benefits, and reduced tree cover likely if trees are instead neglected and then felled. This

looks very much like a false economy that will cost more. There are budgets for sponsored tree planting and developer funds that are waiting to be spent but the cost of replanting is likely to go up significantly.” Cllr Anthony Negus added: “The Mayor said this will be reconsidered and put out for consultation in the summer. We need to ensure that proposals are re-thought, safe and workable."

Epicormic growth needs regular removal management budget cuts was powerfully highlighted in particular by the Bristol Tree Forum when an item on the budget cut proposals was brought to scrutiny at an early stage. The whole point of scrutiny discussions is to allow

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n NEWS THIS year's May Fair fell on May Day, the 1st of May, and it felt like we were in a charmed circle of sunshine as stallholders looked at images on their phones of rainclouds surrounding Bristol. The Ambling Band got things started at 1pm as they ambled onto Redland Green (minus pink rain gear this year) and the May Fair was soon busy with fair-goers coming to explore the stalls, meet friends and enjoy everything the May Fair has to offer. As befits May Day, in the main arena there was Morris dancing from Rag Morris dancers complete with hankies, bells and a hobby horse, and maypole dancing by pupils from the Steiner School. There were fun-fuelled games for kids with the irrepressible team from Sharky & George, and Mr Brown's Pig's puppet show, Fez the Jester and storytelling with Cassandra all attracted happy audiences. The church halls, bowling club and tennis club were kept busy providing refreshments

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All the fun of the May Fair

and a chance for fair-goers to recharge before heading back to the stalls – and shelter when the skies darkened and the rain came around 4 o'clock. Thunder and rain didn't deter Sharky & George who had kids catapulting water bombs in the rain or Bristol Samba who drew an

appreciative audience to watch their dancing and drumming – and by the time they had finished their performance the sun was out again. Overall it was a lovely day (particularly given last year’s drenching) and the bucket collection came to £1,543.27

which plus Gift Aid will be given to this year's nominated charity, Caring in Bristol – a small, local charity which helps homeless and vulnerable people in Bristol. The Redland May Fair is a free, not-for-profit community event and is organised by the Redland & Cotham Amenities Society for everyone to enjoy. We’re grateful to all the volunteers who make the fair possible and we can never have too many so if you'd like to find out more about getting involved either on the organising committee or on the day itself please email RedlandMayFairVolunteers@ gmail.com. Or if you think you might like to have a stall at next year's fair, please email mayfairstalls@rcas.org.uk and we will be in touch nearer the time. Abigail Shepherd On behalf of May Fair Committee

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At last! New library welcomes readers AFTER ten years of planning, the new Bishopston Library opened its doors to the public at the beginning of May. The modern building is designed to fulfil all the needs of a 21st century library user with a wide selection of fiction and non-fiction books, a purpose-built children’s reading corner, free Wi-Fi and plug in facilities for computers. Library supervisor Tracey Wintle gave the Bishopston Voice a tour behind the scenes, explaining: “We’ve been very busy since it’s opened. The library is light, open and airy. So far the non-fiction and the children’s library have been very popular. “Many families have come in to have a look and we’ve signed up 600 new borrowers in the last two weeks.” The Bishopston Library is sited in the Swimming Baths development and replaces the former Cheltenham Road Library which was sold off to help fund the costs of the new building. The library is on two floors, with an accessible lift to the first floor where there is a dedicated area for users to plug in laptops and other portable devices, plus several study tables. There is plenty of non-fiction on this floor and a member of staff on hand for help and advice. The Children’s Library has

New stock for the shelves

been placed at the back of the building for security. Forty parents and their children arrived for Baby Bounce and Rhyme this week, signing and jiggling to the rhythms of the stories. This event is held each Wednesday at 11am and Storytime is also held for children at 11.30am each Saturday. A Shared Reading session

is run by volunteers at 11.30am each Wednesday. It’s open to all and no preparation or prior reading is required. The group discuss a reading and talk about what feelings it evokes in their minds. This group is good for busy people and those who may be isolated. There is a separate meeting room on the ground floor that is available for groups to hire. Local community groups are encouraged to enquire about the room as it can be booked ‘at cost’ or may even be free for use. The meeting room can also double up as a quiet study room when it’s empty. The new library has attracted plenty of interest with people queuing outside waiting for the doors to open. Student Bryony had come to revise for her A Levels: “There’s free parking and I find the Central Library so quiet that I almost can’t work. I prefer it in here. It’s a lot more convenient and I like how the desks are all scattered about instead of just in rows,” she said.

Tracey added: “It’s nice that there is a place for local people to come to. There are self-service machines but the library is manned too, so come on in and say hello.” Bishopston Library is open from 1 - 7pm on Mondays, and from 11am - 5pm from Wednesday to Saturday. It is closed on Tuesdays and Sundays.

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n GENERAL ELECTION SPECIAL

2017 election your vote counts BRISTOL West goes to the polls on Thursday June 8. Five candidates are standing - Thangam Debbonaire (Labour), Annabel Tall (Conservative), Stephen Williams (Liberal Democrat), Molly Scott Cato (Green Party) and Jodian Rodgers (Money Free Party). The Bishopston Voice is featuring a summary for each candidate, explaining who they are and what they will do for Bristol West if elected. Out on the campaign trail Thangam Debbonaire has been speaking about why a vote for Labour is the progressive choice. She said: "I voted against Article 50 and I'll continue to fight against a cliff-edge Brexit. As MP for two years, I've campaigned to improve housing, education, the environment and refugee rights; I'd like to be able to continue the work I've started, reflecting Bristol West's values in Parliament." Mr Williams, who was the MP for Bristol West from 2005-2015,

said: “The Liberal Democrats are the only party standing against a hard Brexit. We will stand against a bad deal that will cost jobs and put up prices. We will give the voters of Bristol West the final say on Brexit – with the option to stay in if they don't like the deal on offer." The Green Party are targeting Bristol West and MEP Molly Scott Cato has been busy campaigning around the constituency, even taking a the Green sofa out to the streets of Clifton to talk to voters. She said: “I’m really concerned about what the Tories are planning to do with taking us out of the single market. I’m sure that it will affect small businesses, those that export from Bristol and the University. It’s a really exciting local economy with lots of small businesses and as an economist I’d like to support them.” The results in 2015 were 22,900 (Labour Party), 17,227 (Green Party) and 12,103 Liberal Democrats with a 71% turnout.

Jodian Rodgers, Money Free Party Aged 39 and a father of 3, Imogen, Alicia and Theodore, I manage a PAWS charity shop for a pets and wildlife sanctuary. I want to be elected MP for Bristol West because it is now clear that the present political system cannot be fixed. Democracy in the UK amounts to the choice of red or blue every five years. It is perfectly designed to benefit the few, we live in a world where 8 billionaires own the same wealth as the poorest 3.6 Photograph courtesy of billion people - half the world's Mike Hale population! Whilst introducing a Resource Based Economy (www. thevenusproject.com) to the UK, Parliament and Bristol West, I aim to end homelessness and replace food banks with community and self sustainability projects. I plan to tackle education budget cuts and help make education and skills relevant to today’s challenges. I want to achieve renters rights, support the community of Bristol West and work for every one of my constituents to achieve justice. I need your vote on June 8, if you want to start the discussion for a Resource Based Economy, where we end government, politics and leaders and replace with a participatory competent democracy.

Thangam Debbonaire, Labour

It feels like things have been going backwards recently. With Brexit, Trump and the NHS crisis, it’s hard to stay positive. But I’m a progressive and I know many people in Bristol West are too. We believe in making life fairer. We believe in good schools for all, in halting climate change, in diversity and cooperation. We believe in renewable energy and in welcoming refugees. We believe in the NHS and in fair pay. These are Labour values too. And Labour’s bold election manifesto shows a fairer Britain is possible. As your MP since May 2015, I’ve been fighting in Parliament for things that matter to you. I’ve helped over two thousand people with housing problems, money worries and much more. I’ve answered over 15,000 letters and emails. I’ve made progress on local and national issues such as a clean air zone for Bristol, banning letting agency fees, and compulsory education on healthy relationships. I’ll continue to fight against cliff-edge Brexit where we crash out of the EU with no deal on jobs, trade, workers’ rights, or environmental protection. If you re-elect me as your MP, I’ll continue to be the progressive, positive voice Bristol West needs.

Molly Scott Cato,

Green Party candidate I’m living just behind Gloucester Road, home to the longest string of independent shops in the country. As an economist this makes me very proud, especially as many of the shops accept Bristol Pounds. Local currencies place the power to change the economy in the palm of our hands, keeping money circulating in the local economy and preventing it leaking out to distant shareholders. Small businesses are the lifeblood of any community. During my three years as your MEP I've worked to protect Bristol's small businesses from unfair competition, pushing for policies to clamp down on corporate tax dodging. Independents struggle when they pay their taxes but global corporations don't. As the party of small business, we would increase taxes on corporations but reduce them for small businesses. I am also committed to keeping the UK inside the single market. With 66% of Bristol’s exports going to the EU, leaving this market would be hugely damaging for the city’s economy and jobs. Travel down the Gloucester Road and you’ll reach 194 Cheltenham Road, our Green Party shop, where we're selling hope. Pop in and find out why voting Green on 8th June means voting for a future to believe in.

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Annabel Tall, Conservative

Stephen Williams,

I’ve lived in the Bristol area with my three sons for nearly 20 years; two of my children were born at St Michael’s hospital. I have a particular interest in disability and have been actively involved in supporting disabled children and their families for many years. Bishopston people have been telling me how proud they are to live in such a wonderfully vibrant, diverse city. But we do have problems and the Conservatives have announced a range of exciting new initiatives to address issues we are concerned about in Bishopston including replacing the outdated 1983 Mental Health Act, an increase in funding for the NHS and mental health, additional affordable housing and changes to laws governing compulsory purchase orders. In Bishopston there is a real sense of fear about Brexit and sadness that we are leaving the EU. It’s casting anxious shadow over the community. The decision is made. What we need now is to ensure that we leave in a smooth orderly way, and that Brexit works for the whole of the United Kingdom. If we want Theresa May to negotiate Brexit for Britain, rather than the shambles of Jeremy Corbyn, then every single vote is going to count.

This election will define our country. The Conservative government will march us towards an extreme Brexit. If you want Britain to be an open, tolerant and united country then there must be a strong Liberal Democrat presence in the next House of Commons. We want the public to have the final say on whether we break away from the EU or stay close to our friends and partners. Brexit will overshadow our economy, reducing taxes needed for public services. Our NHS needs more money. Only the Lib Dems have the guts to say that all taxpayers should pay a little more, according to their means. We will put a penny on each rate of income tax, investing the £6billion raised in the NHS and care. We will also raise company tax in order to reverse cuts to school budgets. We will safeguard the Lib Dem policy of giving schools extra money for each child on free school meals in order to give them a better chance to succeed. We know there will be a hard right Conservative government. For the good of the country we need a liberal, united and constructive opposition. Bristol West needs its most experienced progressive voice as its MP.

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Mayfest party for Gloucester Road THE Gloucester Road Central Mayfest was another big success on May 6 with huge crowds drawn to the area from midmorning and onwards. The Golden Lion and Room 212 organised the event with lots of local community groups, food stands and creatives setting up stalls on Bishop Road, which was closed off to traffic. The Bishopston Society, Greenpeace and Avon Wildlife Trust were all represented. Bishopston Garden Society sold plants for Bristol Refugees and Lucy Clements from Golden Hill Community Garden had already helped traders tidy up and put flowers in their pavement planters before the event. Bristol Upholstery Collective told people about their wonderful workshops while Gloucester Road WI sold cakes, raising over ÂŁ500 for the Hive Avon who work with people with learning disabilities. All That Glitters offered wonderful face-painting giving children beautiful intricate designs with sequins, while Playing Out organised chalk painting on the Bishop Road pavement. Local choirs Glos Vox and the Bishop Road Community choir entertained the crowd and live bands, such as The Slimline Shufflers, played throughout the day. The Eco House opened their

'Jack in The Green' at Mayfest doors and hundreds of interested visitors queued up to have a look around and talk to owner Sarah Thorp about the sustainable building techniques used on the house. They were also treated to tea and cake in the garden where the flower beds, made from recycled materials, are flourishing. Traders on the central section of Gloucester Road at the top of Pigsty Hill, spilled out onto the wide pavements, offering treats, activities and special deals to their customers. Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bakery offered biscuit decorating, Paper

Plane and Room 212 had creative activities, Osna had massage tasters and Odd Sox and Roll Quick offered great discounts. Gloucester Road Central were pleased to welcome back Billie Jean's Cashmere Event and Moodles for the day. Food wise there was the Burger Theory, a barbeque at Dave Giles Butchers, Gopals' Curry shack and some wonderful toasted cheese sandwiches by Jack Benny's. Millards Sweet Treats sold out of all the icecreams from their funky little van. Jack in the Green, 9 foot tall

in his foliage, and his merry procession of musicians and dancers arrived at up Gloucester Road at 3.45pm. They crossed over to Bishop Road and wowed the crowds with their traditional dance then went on up to Horfield Common for the ritual ceremony to welcome in summer. Meanwhile, the live music, food stalls and craft activities continue at Glos Rd Central until gone 5pm. All in all it was a wonderful day for the Gloucester Road Central traders and the whole community!

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n NEWS A FOOTBALL team from Westbury Park who train with a former Manchester United player have won all their games in a ‘perfect season’ to become Bristol Girls League under 14 Champions 2016-17. The Westbury Park Foxes Girls U14 team won in a thrilling climax to the season, away to second placed Wotton Rovers at Katharine Lady Berkeley School. The Foxes kept their heads to come from behind and prevailed 2-1 over last year's worthy champions. That made it 18 wins out of 18, and a first league title in three years. Ewan Paton celebrated the win on the team’s blog: “It has been a long and arduous road to get there. The seventeen prior wins might have suggested that this was an easy league, and that this team were a football equivalent of cricket's 'flat track bullies'. Nothing could be further from the truth. “With the exception of a few games where opposition legs tired and heads dropped over 70 minutes, those wins had to be played and fought for all the way. 3-2 away at Boco after trailing.

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2-1 away at Keynsham after the hosts had levelled. Tough battles with Bradley Stoke, Portishead, Emerson's Green, and Fry Club. This Bristol Girls League has been ultra-competitive. It is also a shining example to others of the joys and benefits of largescale participation in girls' grassroots sport.” Coach Martin Platt said: “We have been together for six years - originally the girls were from Westbury Park Primary school. Now we attract girls from all over

Bristol to play. This is our second Bristol Girls League title, and we have been runners up on three occasions. “We train on the Downs on a Saturday morning, with Raph Burke, who played in the Manchester United 'Class of 92' with David Beckham and Paul Scholes!”. Ewan Paton added: “So many great individual performances, so many heroines, but overall this was a team and squad triumph. Every single Fox who

played as much as a few minutes this season was part of this. “It was also achieved throughout with smiles on faces, genuine friendship and mutual respect between players, and a large element of fun. "Despite the tactical and motivational brilliance of coaching team Martin, Graham and Mark, our girls never did quite shake off their "relaxed" pre-match air of a bunch of mates larking around in the park.”

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100 years of gardening at Golden Hill GOLDEN Hill Community Garden hosted their annual Spring Fair in May along side Horfield and District Allotment Association who are celebrating their 100th anniversary this year. After a dry spring, the sun continued to shine as the gates opened to 700 visitors. The local Morris Dancing group, Pigsty Morris, opened this year's festivities which included traditional fair games, live music and a large plant sale. The fair raised a fantastic £2,000 for the Garden which will enable it to further its community outreach projects which include holiday 'Family Days' for children with special educational needs or disabilities to enjoy with their family. Bristol Jam Plan raised a further £350 for the Garden along with Joe's Bakery at the recent Gloucester Road Central MayFest. Bristol Jam Plan is

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Room 212's Sarah is named a Local Legend for community work BISHOPSTON business women Sarah Thorp, owner of Room 212 on Gloucester Road has been gaining some amazing awards and prizes over the past month. She has been nominated as Local Legend for national organisation Revive and Thrive, a national network connecting people, places and traders to work together to make places better. Sarah has put a lot of work into running the events and activities at Glos Rd Central, such as the pavement planters and Mayfest. In March Sarah was surprised to receive a phone call from the Revive and Thrive judges to say that she had won three of the top

prizes, beating Local Legends from around the country. Last month Sarah was a finalist in the Bristol Life Awards Creative section and attended a glittering night with 600 people at a uber glam marquee on the Harbourside. She is also a finalist for the Small Awards and in the High Street Hero Best High Street Business category. And to top this all off, Sarah has won the award of Best Art and Craft Gallery and Shop UK by Worldwide Business Review. Amazingly they have decided that Room 212 is one of the best businesses in the country!

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Golden Hill girls unveil new cricket kit THE girls cricket team from Golden Hill Sports have been chosen as one of the teams to be Anthem Mascots for the International Cricket Council’s Women’s World Cup this summer when Australia play New Zealand on July 2nd at Gloucester Cricket County Ground in Bishopston. The 2017 season started officially for Golden Hill on April 26 when the club unveiled their new multi-coloured team shirts. All agreed that it’s a smart outfit that really make the girls look the part. Girls Cricket at Golden Hill Sports is now in its second year and enthusiasm for the game is increasing, having gone from 13 girls interested this time last year to now 40. The girls range in age from year 3 to year 8 and train at Golden Hill on Wednesday nights from 6pm onwards and on various Sundays throughout the year. They take part in Kwik Cricket Festivals including one at

Golden Hill - Kwik Cricket is all about fun and giving every one a chance. Chris Drew from Golden Hill Sport Club said: “We would like to thank Bristol City Council and the Transformer grant for making the new shirts possible.

Also for the first time, we trained with the Ladies Cricket team and we see this as the way ahead for the future. “We are very much supporting the nationwide campaign of ‘This Girl Can’ and we want to give all girls a chance

to participate and enjoy cricket as a team sport.” If you are interested in any of the Cricket activities at Golden Hill please visit www. goldenhillsports.com

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Fairlawn Primary's pupils reach new heights CHILDREN at one of Bristol’s newest primary schools are starting to spread their wings in more ways than one. Fairlawn School pupils are enjoying using their new spider net pole climbing frame, which complements the reception play area that opened a year ago. It is part of a continued programme of development of outdoor learning and play space at the school in Montpelier, which currently has pupils aged four to six. An active group of parents is working with school staff and pupils on plans to ‘green’ the site in Fairlawn Road, which once housed Fairfield Grammar School. They raised £1,400 towards the cost of the climbing equipment and they are planning to install more trees, planters and plants. Fairlawn School opened in 2015 in the beautiful Victorian

buildings, which have been refurbished and modernised to meet the needs of primary school children. Eventually Fairlawn

will have a maximum 420 pupils aged four to 11. Places are still available for September - see the website or contact the school for

details. The school has been sharing the site with children from The Dolphin School, but they have moved to their new building behind Colston’s Girls’ School, meaning that Fairlawn children and staff now have access to the full school with its two large halls and playgrounds as well as the stand-alone Reception and Year 1 building. Both schools are among the five primaries in the CGS Trust. Head teacher Julie Molesworth said the children were enjoying having extra space and were enthusiastically using the new climbing equipment. “It is wonderful to see them testing themselves by climbing to height and building their physical strength,” she said. “We believe in developing the whole child and these additions to our site will be of enormous benefit.”

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Claudia springs into action for school OLYMPIC gymnast Claudia Fragapane was among the guests of honour at The Dolphin School's spring fair on Saturday May 6. The event was to celebrate the primary school's move into its innovative new building in Montpelier this term. The Lord Mayor of Bristol, Councillor Jeff Lovell, and the High Sheriff of Bristol, Anthony Brown, cut the ribbon at the fair. Claudia, who trains at Hawks Gym in Easton, won four gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 and was a member of the GB team at the Rio Games last summer. She will meet the pupils, who are aged four to nine, and their families, show them one of her medals, and hand out mementoes to the children. Head teacher Shelley Dixon said the children were very excited to meet Claudia, who was a semi-finalist in the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing competition last year.

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n NEWS SURGEONS, neuroscientists, psychiatrists, paramedics and GPs were among a range of experienced doctors and medical practitioners speaking at a free schools careers conference especially for girls on 19 May. The Women and Careers Conference, now in its 6th year, is organised and hosted every year by Redmaids’ High School. Working with state and independent schools across the region, 15 and 16-year old students from Bristol, Bath, Bruton, Cheltenham and Exeter come together to hear from leading specialists about the careers available in medicine and how to achieve places on scientific and medical degrees. North Bristol NHS Trust consultants Dr Karine Zander and Dr Ed Morris passed on their knowledge and experience in two keynote addresses. More than 20 other speakers led workshops exploring how the brain works, paramedicine, being a junior doctor, the 100,000 genomes project, nursing, DNA analysis and gene therapy. The delegates also gained an insight

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are leading a workshop entitled ‘Your amazing blood!’ including a simulated blood grouping exercise demonstrating how lifesaving transfusions are matched every day in hospitals. Isabel Tobias, Headmistress at Redmaids’ High School, said: “We focus this conference towards the needs of girls as the gender imbalance against women, particularly in some very senior medical roles, remains a reality. As a girls-only school, we clearly see it as our mission to help address this. “Being able to extend the opportunities presented through this conference to students from other schools is very important and we are grateful to all our speakers for giving us their time and to Swansea University for sponsoring the event.”

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FHS chosen to attend official opening of sports centre STUDENTS from Fairfield High School (FHS) Years 7 and 8 were delighted to be invited to help officially open Lockleaze Sports Centre. Bristol & District Rugby Football Combination has joined forces with Bristol City Council to develop a new modern two-storey clubhouse and two all-weather pitches for rugby and football, replacing 1950s changing rooms and underutilised, out of date playing fields. Lauren Gibbons, Girls PE Teacher at FHS, said: “It was an absolute honour to be a part of such a grand opening and it will be an experience that the girls and I will remember for many years to come. Rugby is a fantastic sport which is backed so enthusiastically by the RFU and seeing so many girls having fun and showing such great sportsmanship during the opening was amazing to see. The facilities are incredible and we hope to have the pleasure to

be playing on them in the near future.” The girls who took part were equally enthusiastic. One said: “I never realised I would enjoy full contact rugby so much, I will definitely be joining a club." The funds for this £5.2m project have come from the sale for housing development of part of the Combinations land. The University of the West of

England have recently joined the project bringing further capital and they will use the facility for student sport mid-week. The girls from FHS were given a private coaching session of full contact rugby which, for many, was their first experience of the game. This was then transferred to a full sided game which everyone enjoyed. Marvin Rees, the Mayor

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CGS appoints John Whitehead as Head of School Colston’s Girls’ School (CGS) in Bristol has announced the appointment of John Whitehead as Head of School. Mr Whitehead, who has been Acting Head of School for CGS since September 2016 assumed his new role from the beginning of the summer term on April 24th. With thirty years’ experience teaching in schools, Mr Whitehead joined CGS as Vice Principal in 2014, following seven years at Hayesfield Girls’ School in Bath, where he was Head of Humanities, rising to the position of Assistant Head Teacher. Mr Whitehead described his new appointment as a privilege and said that he is delighted to have the opportunity to ensure that the students of CGS continue to achieve the best progress scores of any state

school in Bristol. “Through the fair banding system,” he said, “students are drawn from every ability level. I am extremely proud of the hard work and enthusiasm to learn that is displayed by our students, and the excellent progress achieved as a result, no matter the starting point.” Mr Whitehead also reflected on the strength of his senior leadership team and the dedication of all CGS staff members who he described as “central to the continued success of the school and its students.” Since becoming Acting Head of School at the beginning of the school year, Mr Whitehead has pioneered a new House system, each named after inspirational and strong women from history including Anne Frank, Marie Curie, Jane Austen and Amy

Johnson. “The House system is designed to give students a sense of identity,” he explained. “Student-to-student support, mentoring and a healthy sense of competition are just a few of the benefits that we have already seen. Just like the revered women who the Houses are named after, the students of CGS embrace every opportunity to reach their full potential.” Anthony Brown, Chair of Governors for Colston’s Girls’ School, said: “John’s appointment is wonderful news for CGS. Since joining the school almost three years ago he has earned the respect of the entire school community.” Colston’s Girls’ School is part of CGS Trust which also includes five primary schools across the City – Bannerman Road

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n BISHOPSTON MUM THE new Bishopston Library opened in May and I am pleased to report that it is fantastic! It is very family-friendly and includes baby-changing facilities, plus breastfeeding is welcome. The children's library is well-stocked and has a great selection of both fiction and non-fiction books, plus audio books also. There is a large colourful rug for children to sit on, some games for kids to play, plus a few baby-friendly toys for little ones. There are also two computers for children to use in addition to the other public computers in the adult section. There is a Children's Storytime session on Saturdays 11.30am – 12 noon and a Baby Bounce and Rhyme session on Wednesdays from 11.30am – 12 noon. Both of these sessions are free and no booking is needed – simply turn up. A couple of weeks ago my family and family and I went on a day out to Stourhead, a National Trust property in Warminster which I have wanted to visit since

watching the Pride and Prejudice 2005 film! We really enjoyed our day there, exploring the house and learning the story of Harry Hoare, the little boy who grew up there. Stourhead gardens are absolutely beautiful with many exciting discoveries to make along the way such as a grotto, ice house, Gothic Cottage, beautiful temples and more. You could easily spend all day at Stourhead and still not be able to see it all and it is definitely worth the journey. This year is the 91st Bristol Scout Group's Centenary and the scout leaders are holding some exciting events to celebrate. A few weeks ago the group leaders and some parents created a Cardboard Caving experience for their Beavers, Cubs and Scouts to enjoy. Taking well over a week to complete, they completely transformed Horfield Baptist Church's Carey Hall into a tunnel and maze system – made entirely out of cardboard. The Cardboard Caving included a swinging suspension bridge, slide,

Demand rising for North Bristol Foodbank service NEW figures show that over 3,700 three day emergency food supplies were provided to local people in crisis by North Bristol Foodbank during 2016-17, compared to 3,663 in 2015-16. Of this number, 1,562 went to children. Jon Dobson, Foodbank Manager of North Bristol Foodbank said: “Anybody could find themselves in need of the Foodbank. Every week people are referred to us after being hit by something unavoidable – such as illness, a delay in a benefit payment or an unexpected bill – means food is simply unaffordable. “It really is only with the community’s support that we’re able to provide vital emergency help when it matters most, and we hope that one day there will be no need for us in North Bristol. Thank you so much to everyone in North Bristol who already donates their time, food and money to help local people. If you’re not already involved, we’d love to hear from you!” The top three reasons for Foodbank referral in North Bristol were: benefit delay 24.6 %; benefit change 23.4%; and low income 20.3%. Despite generous donations of food, there are many hidden costs to run the Foodbank. Costs include warehouse space, to sort and stock donated food, a van to pick up donated food and deliver to distribution centres, and other overheads like utilities and insurances. The foodbank welcomes any new offers of help with funding – local businesses, organisations and individuals interested in supporting the foodbank’s work can find out more at https://northbristol.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-money

ladder scramble and ball pond. As you can imagine, the children loved it! Earlier this year my son and some friends joined the Ashley Down Juniors, a community rugby club started a year ago by a local man, James Hall. The rugby sessions are fantastic and James and the other coaches really make an effort to make sure all the kids are included and encourage them all to do their best and above all, have loads of fun! A couple of weeks ago there was a special end of season event for the children and their parents. Dressed smartly in the club's shirt and ties, the boys and girls were treated to a special sit-down meal while the parents enjoyed a barbecue outside. Following this, there was an award ceremony and my son was proud as punch to receive a trophy for Most Improved Player (and his mum was pretty proud, too!). The club currently has space for new members so if your child is aged 3 years+, do email James on coots@

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Making Waves for Wellbeing Dementia Awareness Week promotes free swimming DEMENTIA Awareness Week was held in May and there were a number of activities happening across North Bristol to raise awareness. A well-attended conference was held in Henleaze with visiting speakers from the Alzheimer’s Society and BRACE, organised by Bristol Dementia Action Alliance and the Townswomen’s Guild. Bristol City Council are encouraging people living with the disease to try a dementia-friendly swimming session. The council is working with many different partners to make sure that life doesn’t stop when dementia begins. All Bristol leisure centres are now taking part, with staff specially trained by St Monica Trust on hand to support people with dementia and their carers, who swim for free. The centres also all have larger changing rooms, improved signage and carefully monitored temperature control to provide a safe and supportive environment for the swimming sessions. Becky Pollard, Bristol’s Director of Public Health, said: “A diagnosis of dementia doesn’t mean that you have to stop doing the things you enjoy or trying new things, so we’ve been working to make sure people can still access the same opportunities in Bristol. “ As well as the swimming projects, the council is supporting Active Together www.voscur.org/volunteering/activetogether which matches volunteers to help people living with dementia based on shared interests. Pairs regularly go out together to take part in activities they both enjoy – from dancing and Pilates to visiting art galleries. The first swimming session is free. To sign up or find out more visit: https://www.bristol.gov.uk/museums-parks-sports-culture/ dementia-friendly-swimming If you, or someone you know, is worried about dementia, call the National Dementia Helpline on 0300 222 1122 or email helpline@ alzheimers.org.uk

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n NEWS In Bishopston this month... A Year As Your Councillors One year ago we were elected as your councillors for Bishopston & Ashley Down. It’s been a joy and a privilege to represent the community over the past year, and we look forward to what the future holds. As always, we are happy to help with any questions or issues that you may have – our email addresses are below and other contact details are available on the Council’s website: https:// www.bristol.gov.uk/council-andmayor/find-your-councillor General Election It’s probably not escaped your attention that a General Election has been called. Whilst we are from different parties we want to emphasise is how important it is go out there and cast your ballot. The number of people who don’t vote is greater than the votes of any single party – the result could be very different if all those people voted. So check out the parties, candidates and policies

and cast your vote on June 8th – your vote really does make a difference! Bike Back The Bike Back project at HMP Bristol has recently been celebrating winning the prestigious Robin Corbett Award for Prisoner Rehabilitation. Bike Back is a scheme that takes donations of unwanted bicycles from the public and teaches prisoners at HMP Bristol the mechanic skills to strip down, repair and rebuild them. Once fixed, bikes are sold on at affordable prices to help people on lower incomes to get a bike, start cycling and reduce their transport costs. It's a great project and a well-deserved award. The work that Bike Back does is exactly the kind of reform-based project that has the most impact on the lives and rehabilitation of prisoners – long may it continue! They are always looking for volunteers and donations (bikes and cash),

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been stopped due to Council finance cuts. A successful public meeting was held on the 25th April involving local community groups, residents and councillors. We are proposing that an interim steering group is formed to continue setting up the new organisation and are currently calling the new organisation the Community Partnership. The new organisation will take over from the Neighbourhood Partnership at the final public Neighbourhood Partnership meeting on Monday 5th June, to be held at Colston’s Primary School. More information is available on the website: http:// www.bcrnp.org.uk/2017/05/02/ transitioning-to-a-communitypartnership/ Please do get in touch! Tom Brook – Cllr.Tom.Brook@ bristol.gov.uk Eleanor Combley – Cllr.Eleanor. Combley@bristol.gov.uk

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n NEWS In Cotham this month... The Bristol Tree Forum and I expressed our concerns to the Cabinet https://bristol. public-i.tv/core/portal/ webcast_interactive/285721 about the 78% budget cut for street trees. With no pollarding, or trimming, our trees will grow out of control. Roots will invade footpaths and structures resulting in injuries, damage and resulting claims which will quickly negate this saving. The only solution then would be to cut down our fine trees with no budget even to replace them with saplings. I am pleased to report that this decision will now be reconsidered but we must keep up the pressure. Contact me, below, or sign up at BTF: https://bristoltreeforum.org/ contact-btf/ Be aware also that there is an upcoming review of the 20 mph zoning that I was proud to help introduce several years ago. The feedback shows that this is improving traffic flow (less stop/ start) and air pollution but I

accept twenty may not be plenty on major routes. In our dense city the foremost criteria should remain reclaiming our streets for safety and ease for all our modes of travel. My vision remains that getting around Bristol is fastest and most convenient by bus as in many continental cities, but for many reasons this is too far off in Bristol. I am presently organising working with supermarkets to reduce the number of larger vehicle movements around the city for although daily car commuting journeys are reducing, air pollution is rising. Finally, watch out for a number of consultations over the summer period (!) on proposals to cut back on our libraries, parks and Neighbourhood Partnerships. Please make sure your voice is heard on these essential services. Anthony Negus cllr.Anthony.Negus@bristol. Gov.Uk 07833 484344

Summertime season, trees and ... SATS! So we are heading into the Summer season, the Spring fairs are over and it's a new school term. The wild garlic glut and seas of lilac purple blue bells are behind us and in true nature magic style all trees that seemed bare almost yesterday are now once again covered in leaves and rich foliage. The horse chestnut tree is particularly beautiful to me and is in abundance in Bristol - I often play a game of spot the horse chestnut with my son as we go about Bristol counting the huge sprawling largest trees to the small ones squeezed and hidden between houses; they are everywhere! For the foraging fans we are also well into elderflower season and despite some confusion

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n NEWS In Redland this month... Your Views Are Needed Look out for consultation on proposed cuts to Libraries, Parks and Neighbourhood Partnerships. The process is due to launch in early June (after the election period) and input is always important to show what views there are about the service reductions. See ‘ask bristol’ for further details - https://bristol. citizenspace.com/ Air Pollution This is a growing issue in our area and after many years of campaigning, and evidence getting stronger of the lethal impacts, the council has at last pledged to tackle the issue. Thanks to a government grant, a feasibility study will be launched over the summer to gauge the effectiveness of a number of different issues, with recommendations due in 2018. Fi, who chairs the Mayoral Air Quality Working Groups, says this may seem to be a tortuously slow process, but we need to be sure that any measures that we do put in place actually work. Many good ideas were suggested by

residents at the recent Bishopston Society/Sustainable Bishopston event and we need to see these fed in and considered. The more people who input the better the council can gauge views about what has support. Residents Parking There’s continuing need for solutions to commuter parking and other pressures affecting our streets (both sides of Gloucester Rd) which residents are of course regularly in touch about. Officers should be available to support a consultation process to find out where there is clear support for some form of parking management. Following a cabinet reshuffle, highways now falls within the Mayor's own portfolio, so we have been trying to pursue the matter. Bristol North Baths Building We understand that the Council is now looking to the open market to rent large parts of the old bath buildings. Funding for public toilets has been withdrawn across the city, so the planned public toilets outside the library

will not now be installed. There will be toilets open during the library opening hours and a new approach, trialled in Bedminster, of identifying toilets that are available for the public in the area will be drawn up and proposed instead. Neighbourhood Partnership The final meeting of the Partnership on June 5 at Colston Primary School, Cotham Grove, from 7pm. Do come along if you'd like to get involved in any future incarnation of the NP which is being developed. We value all the work people have got involved in and the new approach being put together will be essential to keeping some of the local projects going in future. An effective new voluntary organisation with plenty of residents’ involvement could be key to getting new sources of funding and sponsorship in place to help manage our area. 77 Bus Reprieved We were concerned to hear reports that the 77 bus along Cranbrook Road may be under

New byelaws for our parks THE new byelaws have been a long time coming, but, as Councillor Martin Fodor explains, at last the frustrations are past... A review of the Victorian Bye Laws started long ago as a response to anti-social behaviour in parks and open spaces, and had a number of false starts, as well as passing through the hands of various Cabinet members of different persuasions. There have also been some misunderstandings, including the difference between bye laws - that allow a response when needed, to protect communities or facilities - and criminal law, that makes something illegal. There have also been concerns that there's a bye law to ban foraging, when some of us encourage local food and the use of edible plants - what might be unacceptable is commercial foraging, or organised mass collection of herbs to strip an

area of wild plants. There's a fine balance sometimes, but the point is not to cause damage. We've had lots of feedback, thanks in part to the city Parks Forum. Of course views differ about where or whether activities should happen, like fishing, camping (as a last resort for homeless people), cycling, and music. Indeed some said there's no need for any rules at all. A thousand page report was finally compiled for the March Council meeting where I called for a commitment to communicate the changes and bye laws. We also need a very clear message about when, if, and by whom there can be enforcement so there isn't confusion or misunderstanding. Permission from the Council is required before doing any of these activities: • Camping • Lighting fires • Letting animals graze

• Putting up structures, such as buildings, barriers, posts, rides or swings, this doesn't apply to gazebos or day tents • Putting on entertainment, shows or performances • Parking overnight, between 10pm and 6am • Taking off or landing aircraft, hot air balloons, helicopters or hang gliders • Providing a service that you charge for, such as, running a forest school or providing fitness instruction. Having taken part in a few years of this process, including a detailed inquiry day and many Scrutiny meetings I and my colleagues did endorse the adoption of new bye laws and related decisions. They can’t solve all the problems but should help. One particular issue for some parks, like St Andrews, is whether the damage caused by barbecues left on the turf can be reduced.

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threat (again). Part of the route, from the Centre to the hospital, is funded by council subsidies. The budget for supported services (routes where the council funds services in part or in full) was cut in the Budget set earlier this year but the good news is another operator has been found. The winning bidder of the service 77 tender was Stagecoach and they will be taking over the operation of the service from September 3 on the existing route to the Southmead. The route in Bristol will be unchanged but it’s not yet known if Stagecoach will decide to run commercially onwards to Thornbury until the 56 day legal registration of the September proposals (due July 7).

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n NEWS In St Andrews this month... MAY 5th marked the one year anniversary of our election as councillors. It’s been a year of huge political change in the national picture: with Britain’s vote to leave the EU; a new prime minister; and the snap general election. It’s also been an eventful year in Bristol. The Mayor, Marvin Rees, appointed a cross-party cabinet and the Council saw changes in its Chief Executive; a budget was passed which involved big changes to Council services; a review was initiated into the factors which led to the city’s financial deficit; and a West of England Metro-Mayor was elected for the first time. In our own neighbourhoods, we’ve seen one library close and another open; a review into residents’ parking (with further stages of consultation to come); changes to Neighbourhood Partnerships; and the establishment of a new Community Interest Company to run St Pauls Carnival. Being a councillor has been an enjoyable, challenging and thought-provoking experience so far. It’s been great to get to know the people, businesses and organisations that make up our fantastically diverse ward. We’ve also gained a much deeper grasp on local government processes and democracy, with our participation in Full Council and the scrutiny and regulatory

bodies that we sit on. Most significantly (and sadly) however, we’ve seen first-hand the effect of cuts in government funding to how the council functions. In the last few years staffing levels have been cut, community services and facilities have been reduced, charitable organisations have lost funding, and the kinds of support given to vulnerable people scaled back. This is happening across the country and local authorities are having to make incredibly difficult decisions about how best to mitigate the impact of their financial challenge on communities. However, councils are also trialling new and innovative ways of generating income to cover the shortfall, and Bristol will be one of these. Despite the problems we are facing, Bristol is a successful, resilient city that is going from strength to strength. There are also many exciting projects planned and in the process of being completed that will enhance our way of life: the new Bristol University campus and Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone; the construction of thousands of new homes across the city; the regeneration of Broadmead; the refurbishment of Colston Hall; the Bristol Arena; the MetroBus and new layout for the Centre; and new rail stations.

There are three years left of our term and no doubt there will be further challenges, opportunities and surprises ahead. By 2020 Bristol will be a different city – we hope to be able to play our part in making it a better one. Mike Davies, cllr.mike.davies@bristol.gov.uk 07584 370 413 Jude English cllr.jude.english@bristol.gov.uk 07584 151 099 Carole Johnson cllr.carole.johnson@bristol.gov.uk 07584 370 414

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A Hint of Crime - an Bye Neighbourhood evening of shady Partnership - and stories at library hello to new forum THE Bishopston, Cotham and Redland Neighbourhood Partnership will have its final meeting on Monday 5th June, 7pm at Colston's Primary School, Cotham. This will also be the first meeting of a new interim BCR Community Partnership. Council funding has been withdrawn from Neighbourhood Partnerships as part of council budget cuts but local volunteers have been putting together plans to allow coordination amongst community groups in the area to continue. At a public meeting on 25th April, 29 local residents affiliated to 12 different community groups met to discuss what form the new organisation should take. The BCR Community Partnership would like to continue to hold quarterly public forums to bring together residents, councillors, local police and community groups. Once fully formed, it will also be able to bid for funding for future local initiatives in the area. Any individual, or any group, who would like to get involved is encouraged to come along to the meeting on 5th June, or can make contact using the existing NP email address: info@bcrnp.org.uk.

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FOLLOWING the popular author event held in March, the Friends of Redland Library are organising another free meeting in June. This time the focus will be on crime stories. Members of the Bristol Fiction Writers' Group will read extracts from their latest anthology called 'A Hint of Crime', and will also answer questions about the process of being a writer. There will also be the latest news about the consultation on how cuts to the Bristol Libraries budget will affect branch libraries, many of which may be at risk of closure. The event takes place on Tuesday 13th June, from 7pm-9pm, at Redland Library on Whiteladies Road. For further details contact friendsofredlandlibrary@gmail.com

Classic cars roll up A CLASSIC Car Show is being held on Father’s Day weekend, June 17-18, at Tyntesfield House in Wraxall, BS48 1NX. Over 100 classic cars will be on display in the grounds of the National Trust estate. Find your favourite car and bike and maybe even get a picture behind the wheel! The event is raising funds for Children’s Hospice South West and promises to be a great day out. Look out for the Austin Healey club on Sunday 18 and raise some money for a good cause.

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Women show they're on right track with upcycling TO celebrate 21 years at the Redland Station and to mark the launch of their newly formed business partnership, Nicky Hamilton and Erica Fredricksson shared a “Party on the Platform” on May 20 with their family, friends, students and customers. Hamilton & Hodson Traditional Upholstery www. hamiltonandhodson.co.uk was founded by Nicky Hamilton and Renee Hodson in 1994, after they met at a full-time City & Guilds course. They went from strength to strength from their platform premises, building a loyal client base and quirky portfolio, including pieces such as a 1710 Queen Anne wing armchair reupholstered in fabric based on a 16th century tapestry. After Renee moved away, Nicky ran the business single handedly for ten years until Erica Fredricksson turned up. Erica, like Nicky thirteen years previously, took up upholstery

as an evening class. She was on a career break looking after her children and wanted a bit of distraction for herself. Little did she realise this distraction would lead to a complete career change. She became quickly and totally hooked, persuaded Nicky to take her on as an apprentice in 2014, and the rest is history. The partnership worked out so well, they went into business together in September 2016. Nicky still gets great satisfaction from being able to see what she’s made and that she’s done a good job: “Work has kept coming over the past 20 years,” she said. “There is less traditional upholstery and much more modern work and now with Erica joining we’ve moved into the 21st century at last, got our website together and have a computer!” The ladies’ upholstery workshop is still housed in the old station building preserving

a sense of that nostalgia. Old waiting room signs are still on the doors and people often pop their heads around the door to see if they can come in out of the rain or buy a ticket! What better place to celebrate? After five years learning the trade, Erica is looking forward to a new career and business partnership: “Like many mums with small kids in Bristol, I’ve had to re-invent myself and Nicky has been a real source of inspiration for me. She’s helped me develop a whole range of new skills and I’m so excited to be working with such an experienced and talented upholsterer.” In an era of brand-new furniture bought on interestfree credit, where you’re likely to find your exact sofa in your friend’s house, the investment of re-upholstering classic pieces is so worthwhile. The appeal of upcycling continues to grow in

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n NEWS A GROUP of runners have put their best foot forward to run the Bristol 10k and raised thousands of pounds for families in need. Volunteers and supporters of Baby Bank Network, most of whom are mums themselves and some of whom have never run in a race before, took part in the annual fundraiser on May 7. The runners were keen to raise enough money to help provide more than 100 babies with pre-loved items such as cots, prams, clothes and toys their families could otherwise not afford. The charity, established in 2015 by Bishopston mums Eva Fernandes and Becky Gilbert, helps about one family a day thanks to donations from local parents and a dedicated team of volunteers. Overheads are relatively low but there are costs which need covering, such as purchasing new items (mattresses and bottle teats) and warehouse rent and bills. “We rely on fundraising efforts such as this to help us provide this service to families in need and feel very fortunate to

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have such dedicated supporters,” said trustee Laura Williams. More than 12,000 runners took part in the Simplyhealth Great Bristol 10K this year. Baby Bank Network had a team of more than a dozen runners and has already raised over £2,500. “We were inspired by This Mum Runs and got a good group together;” said Baby Bank

Network volunteer co-ordinator and runner Georgina Cairns. “We helped each other along with training tips and motivation. We know how important it is to raise money to help Baby Bank Network provide support to families across Bristol and feel this is a great way to help with that, it has the side effect of getting us fit as well!”

To donate to the team, visit: www.babybanknetwork.com Baby Bank Network is launching a crowdfunding campaign in June, as part of the 'Better Bristol' fund-matching initiative, which will double the total raised. This will enable them to take on their first permanent parttime member of staff and boost the number of families they can help. In return for donations, supporters will be able to pick from several rewards - including original bee-themed artwork, a unique guide to Bristol created in association with The Bristol Parent and full of discount vouchers for children's activities and products and entry to the big Baby Bank Network Family Fun Day, taking place in Horfield Parish Church Hall from 10am2pm on Saturday July 1.

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Bishopston’s Brunel House transformed by new development Scheme to be launched to the market at July event AN exciting new development of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments, duplexes and houses in the beautifully restored and converted historic Grade II listed building, Brunel House former home of City of Bristol College, is being launched to the open market. Independent developer and regeneration specialist Acorn Property Group has begun works on the conversion of this historic building on College Road in Bishopston next to the Gloucestershire County Cricket Ground and a stone’s throw from Gloucester Road. ‘Loft House’ as the development has been named will be home to 60 apartments, duplexes and houses, featuring the conversion of Brunel House. Regional Managing Director of Acorn’s Bristol office Robin Squire comments, “We’re thrilled to be developing a scheme in such a prime location in Bristol. Each of these homes has been carefully and individually designed to make the best use of space and features of this wonderful building.” Property agents Savills and Ocean Estate Agents have been jointly instructed to market the development. The first phase of properties, featuring a stunning mix of one, two and three bedroom homes, some including mezzanine living areas, will be launched to the open market in July at The Grace Pub on Gloucester Road. Vicky Dudbridge, Director at Savills in Bristol comments, “As well as high quality homes, the development benefits from excellent transport links and access to the City Centre. Loft House is also under half a mile from the popular Gloucester Road area which offers an eclectic mix of independent shops, cafes, pubs, bars and restaurants. This is an incredibly popular area of town with a broad profile of buyers. Young professionals and first time buyers in particular will be drawn to this scheme; the combination of the location, price

point and specification make Loft House an appealing proposition.” Chris Janiak, Senior Branch Manager at Ocean Bishopston provides us with his comments: Ocean has been selling homes in Bishopston for over 33 years and we know just how popular the area is with buyers of all types and ages. Loft House is a genuinely bespoke development, perfectly positioned for Gloucester Roads fantastic choice of local shops, cafes and restaurants. Families have a choice of excellent schools, local parks and amenities close by. The City Centre is within

walking distance and commuting is made easy with all major travel links easily accessible. These new homes will feature contemporary finishes and include some original features, combining the high ceilings and double height windows of the original period building with a contemporary interior, as well as some benefitting from allocated parking. Mezzanine floors in the

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n NEWS BS9 Arts Trail returns for its fourth year on the weekend of 10-11 June with 75 artists, 21 of whom are new for 2017. Two primary schools, Elmlea and Westbury-on-Trym Academy, are hosting for the first time, along with a dozen other individual and group venues spread across the postcode area. New and returning artists have been beavering away all year preparing fresh work for this special art weekend. Entry is free and gives you access to a huge variety of original artwork, from jewellery, linocuts and textiles to ceramics, paintings, drawings, glassware and much more. You can buy direct from the artists, making prices more affordable, and also enjoy meeting them and finding out about the inspiration behind their work. Full details, information on disabled access and a trail map can be found on the website www.bs9arts.co.uk while free brochures are available in cafés, shops, libraries and at the venues during the Trail weekend. The map makes it easy to plan an

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20-year celebration for The Moggery THE Moggery in Bishopston is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. All current and past volunteers and long term supporters are warmly welcomed to a celebration Sunday Tea at the hall of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Lanercost Road, Southmead BS10 6DY from 3pm on June 11th. Founder Christine Bayka said: “We are also inviting all adopters from 1997 to attend our second celebration at the same venue and time on Sunday June 25th. As approximately 200 cats and kittens are adopted each year we are preparing to welcome a large number of people! Adopters are asked to bring a photo of their cat for us to create a montage to film and all attendees are asked to wear their Moggery T shirts or a red top for an outside photo. “We are looking forward to two very enjoyable reunions at which many stories will be swapped and our young and 'young at heart' older volunteers can socialise while enjoying the displays and eating home made cakes.”

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embraced their hosting role with great enthusiasm, and examples of children's work will also be on show. At Elmlea School, 'Miss Rochie Makes' will run a drop-in textile workshop on the Saturday, and the children at Westbury-on-Trym will be performing music and dance. Mrs Cathy Milton, Head Teacher of the Westbury-on-Trym Academy, said: “We are very excited about being a part of the Trail and hosting the artists, especially as it fits with one of our three school values, which is ‘Cherishing the community’.” At the Bristol University Botanic Garden, show your copy of the BS9 brochure at the Welcome Lodge to enjoy free entry so lovers of art and horticulture may enjoy their twin passions. Grab a map and head off to enjoy the fabulous art all over the BS9 postcode!

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From Eritrea to Bristol - the journey of an asylum seeker HENLEAZE journalist Stan Hazell has published his first book, Long Way from Adi Ghehad. It tells the life story of an Eritrean refugee who settled in Bristol, Dr Teame Mebrahtu and describes the mindset of those who flee oppressive regimes. The book also provides insights into the history and culture of that most secretive of countries Eritrea in East Africa. Freelance writer Stan has worked for 40 years as a print and broadcast journalist, first as a newspaper reporter in South Wales, and later producing regional news and current affairs programmes for ITV in the West of England. He’s come across

many good stories in his time and knew that Dr Mebrahtu had an interesting tale to tell. “I’ve known Teame for many years and knew snippets of his story but felt I wanted to know more,” said Stan. “This book is the result of a two and half year collaboration with Teame and in my conversations with him I discovered things I knew nothing about. How he came from a little village in the Eritrean Highlands, trained as a teacher and had to leave when his life was in danger under the Mengistu regime in the 1970s.” Dr Teame Mebrahtu now lives in Bishopston. He became a senior member of staff at the Bristol Graduate School of Education and an expert on immigration and how newcomers can settle into their new country. A leading academic and teacher-trainer in Eritrea when it was still part of Ethiopia, Dr Mebrahtu experienced both the heartache of Eritrea's annexation under Emperor Haile Selassie - and the bloody regime of Colonel Mengistu Hailemariam when a close colleague was assassinated and he was forced to flee the country with his own life in danger. After Dr Mebrahtu was granted asylum in Britain the book explores his journey as a citizen of the UK, how he

integrated into a new society, served the community and, whilst adapting to his new surroundings, still maintained the basic tenets of his Eritrean culture. He was called an “educational evangelist” by one colleague and his insightful views on teaching deepens understanding of what it means to Author Robin Tetlow educate and to be educated. The book is a valuable resource for those seeking to understand Author Stan Hazell the issues of immigration, the conflicting forces facing asylum the flood of migrants seeking seekers, and the challenges sanctuary in the West. His views for countries where they gain on “living with a difference” sanctuary. point the way for diverse Dr Mebrahtu’s reflections on communities and cultures to the issues of immigration both come together in harmony and for the immigrants and the host understanding. community, based on his own Long Way from Adi Ghehad experience and that of the many is published in hardback by other refugees he helped, are Shepheard-Walwyn, ISBN thought provoking. 978 0 85683 518 6 (£19.95) He has became an and is available to order from acknowledged expert on the bookshops and Amazon. plight of those who joined

Stony Broke in No-Man’s Land set for stage BRISTOL folk group, The Hotwells Howlers, present Stony Broke in No-Man’s Land, a theatre production of songs, music and memories of World War 1. The Hotwells Howlers are a folk music and song group drawn from Bristol and North Somerset. They decided to home in on the war as it affected so many people in this area, drawing on newspaper reports and other narratives of the period, particularly those with a local focus. The show is informative with both serious and light hearted songs and music, as well as images and sound effects to match the stories of the war and local people. Geoff Woolfe said: “We were commissioned to produce a piece on World War 1 by the Friends of the Bristol Museum, and it was originally performed in November

2014 to commemorate the outbreak of the Great War. The presentation features songs, tunes, reminiscences and images from the period. It has been performed a number of times since then, and has always been

enthusiastically received. The group has been proud and moved to create this work, and it is made in a spirit of love and respect for our forebears.“ The performance is on Tuesday 27 June at 7.30pm at Horfield Quaker Meeting House. 300 Gloucester Road, BS7 8PD. There will be no charge on the door but there will be a collection on the night and all proceeds from the evening will go to the British Red Cross, the Howlers' chosen charity for this and other performances of the piece. One of the songs in the show, 'The Rose of No-Man's Land' is a tribute to the Red Cross nurses who looked after the injured close to the front line. For more information call 0117 967 3443, www.thehotwellshowlers.com

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Secret gardens open their gates FOLLOWING the success over recent years of a Get Growing Trail, three local gardens and orchards in North Bristol are holding Open Days in June to let people into their secret magical spaces. On Saturday 10 June, you can visit Blaise Castle Walled Garden. You'll find it next to Blaise House Museum on Henbury Road (BS10 7QS), open from 11-4pm. It's to the left of the Museum. Come and visit and explore this wonderful walled Victorian Garden and take part in craft activities and workshops for all the family. Learn about the history of the garden and organic growing. There will also be a plant sale and cafe serving delicious home baked goodies and drinks. https:// blaisecommunitygarden.org.uk On Saturday 17 June, there are two orchards to visit. For Horfield Organic Community Orchard, walk down the lane beside 22 Kings Drive BS7 8JP. Open 1-5pm for the Mid-Summer Orchard Open Day – enjoy exploring Bristol's pioneering community orchard. Set up in 1998, and cared for by members, who are volunteers. HOCO aims to inspire fruit growing as a way to grow community, wellbeing, and local sustainable food. See our newly planted Home Orchard Plot – a mini orchard with a 10 x 4 metre footprint. Be inspired to grow productive and delicious fruit in your allotment or garden. Homemade cakes, refreshments, produce and plants for sale. Compost loo on site. Join the orchard in June and share in this year's harvest!! http://www.community-orchard.org.uk Metford Road Community Orchard will be open from 12-5pm. Enter beside 37 Metford Road, Redland BS6 7LA. This is a small organic orchard based on permaculture principles. As the site is on a steep slope, sturdy shoes are required. With a stream at the bottom and numerous ponds, the orchard is teeming with wildlife in the summer. Compost loo and custom built gazebo-style oak shelter. Activities: guided tours, tea and biscuits/cakes, produce and plant sales. http:// mrco.wikidot.com/opendays Come and have a look at some gardens you wouldn't normally see!

Fundraising fun for Bristol Children’s Hospital charity A CHARITY day ‘La Liga Kilina’ is being hosted on bank holiday Sunday, May 28, in aid of Bristol Children’s Hospital. The day is based around a football tournament but there is lots going on for all the family including a barbecue, fully licensed bar, and a Jerk King chicken stall. There will be rounders and games to entertain the children as well as a bouncy castle, a vintage ice cream van, face painting plus a sweets and cakes stall. The organisers are keen to attract a big crowd to the event, as Ben Thomas explained: “This came about after our friend’s daughter was born with half a heart, she is now 6 months

old but has been in the Bristol Children’s Hospital in and out of intensive care. The event takes place at the Civil Service Ground, Filton Avenue, BS7 0AT from 11am.

Anyone for tennis? KING’S Tennis have linked up with Bristol European city of sport campaign, the LTA She Rallies campaign, designed by Judy Murray to inspire more women and girls into leadership roles in tennis. Coach Jo Gildersleve said: “We have timed it to be part of national women in sport week too and also the same day as one of the International women's cricket fixtures at County Ground. It's a free event and it's going to be a fun chance for women and girls to come along, have a go at tennis. “We are hoping to have some other sports represented too - so far women's basketball Bristol Women's Flyers have confirmed and it's likely we will have netball and possibly football too if not a couple more.” The event takes place on Saturday 24 June, from 1pm - 3pm at Kings Tennis Club, off Kings Drive,, Bishopston BS7 8JG. All women and girls welcome! Sign up in advance now at the Kings website and come along to enjoy this great celebration of female sport! https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/OpenDays/ KingsLawnTennisClub/

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n PRIMAL POSTURE with

Clare Chapman

Training your dog and your posture IF you are lucky enough to live with a dog, you probably enjoy a dog walk several times a day… unless you suffer with back pain or other aches and pains. Yet the regularity of dog walking is a huge opportunity for developing better postural health - improved alignment, biomechanics and

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gait - if you know what to do. By learning to use your feet and buttocks, and positioning your pelvis, spine and upper body well, you can finder greater power and freedom in your walk. And when you do bend to pick up that ball, or unclip a lead, you can do it pain-free. Bending can be transformed from something likely to trigger a ‘back episode’ into the healthy movement it should be - one that keeps the right muscles strong, hamstrings long, and hip joints mobile. See below how the back remains straight as the bend happens around the hip joint the knees can bend as necessary. Arms and shoulders remain in place, and don’t drag the upper body and shoulders around. With a little ingenuity, your daily dog walk becomes a great posture workout! Truly functional posture also enables you to engage your deep spinal and trunk muscles to protect the back when, say, throwing a ball, or to spare your shoulder if your dog pulls on the lead - though that’s best addressed by training Fido not to!

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with Ingrid Bates

YOU may have seen in the national press that some English and French vineyards were damaged by frost at the end of April. Our vineyard is almost nine years old now and we hadn’t encountered serious frost damage until last year and unfortunately again this year. It just goes to show that farming and growing can be a little like playing a roulette wheel. A lot of the small green shoots that had just started to grow were killed by two cold nights on April 25-26. Finding the damage on a chilly, clear morning was not an experience I’d like to repeat but never fear, all is not lost. Vines throw out secondary shoots so with some careful management we should still have successful flowering and grapes at the end of the summer. Thankfully, we have two sites we source grapes from: one in the Chew Valley and one a few miles further south which wasn’t affected by the cold snap. On the wine front we’ve had a hectic couple of weeks releasing the new 2016 Pinot noir rosé. We had a small launch party at a lovely restaurant we supply called

Bellita on Cotham Hill, which was great fun. For the first time I made a business venture up to London to meet some new customers, which was also very exciting. Several hundred bottles have flown out over the first couple of weeks which has been great but exhausting! At the vineyard, the damaged vines are starting to throw out fresh, new shoots and the grass has been creeping upward and producing beautiful seed heads in the dry weather. My beloved swallows are back, nesting in the barn in the neighbouring field and flying around me in the vineyard as I work. The buttercups have just started flowering so on a sunny day it’s a lovely place to be. The next task ahead for me will be tying down the reserve frost canes now the warmer summer days are ahead. hello@dunleavyvineyards.co.uk www.dunleavyvineyards.co.uk Twitter: @DYvineyards Facebook and instagram: Dunleavy Vineyards

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Diana Penny

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Yoga Pose of the Month: Chatush Padasana & Viparita Dandasana with chair (Backbend over a chair)

Practice time: 1 – 10 minutes. Benefits: Chair backbends create space in the chest, lungs and breasts. They provide the gravitational traction that lengthens the spine and allows you to focus on specific vertebral levels where muscles may be tight. Practice Notes for Viparita Dandasana: • If your neck is hurting, support it with a pile of foam pads topped with a bolster • If you are practicing for restorative purposes, position your head on the block a little further back – toward the top of the back of the head. Drawings and posture text reproduced by kind permission of Bobby Clennell, a senior Iyengar teacher in New York who teaches biennial workshops at Yogawest.

Place a sticky mat on the chair seat and turn it away from the wall. Climb backward through the chair and sit facing the wall with the soles of your feet on the floor. Holding the chair, lean back and slide your tailbone off the back edge of the chair seat until your seventh cervical vertebrae is resting on the front edge.

Pressing your hands against the sides of the chair, raise your pelvis completely off the chair seat, and coil the very top of your spine around the front edge of it. Feel the trapezium muscles being moved away from the neck and the area below the collar bones opening.

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To allow the chest to arch more easily off the front edge of the chair seat, place a thickly folded blanket toward the back edge. Slide back (toward your head) until the middle of your shoulder blades are resting on the front edge of the seat. Press your hands against the sides of the chair, and and keeping your lower front ribs down, wrap yourself around the chair seat edge.

Now slide further off the chair until the lower tips of your shoulder blades touch the edge of the seat. Straighten your legs and place your feet against the wall. Thread your arms through the chair, hold the back legs, and curving further around the edge, continue the curve through the crown of your head.

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Westbury Park gets set for 2017 fun THE annual Westbury Park Festival starts on Friday, 23rd June and will run for just over two weeks. The Festival aims to reflect the diversity and vibrancy of the local community and to bring people together to celebrate living in Westbury Park - and to have some fun! The Festival is supporting two charities – Cancer Research UK and The Bridge Foundation, a Bristol based charity which

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provides counselling to young people. There are fourteen Festival events including a Quiz Night on Friday, 23 June, A Kids Disco on Saturday, 24 June, an Antiques Evening with local expert Ian Chaney on Wednesday 28 June, an Arts Fair on Saturday, 1 July, Open Gardens on Sunday, 2 July, a Festival Buffet on Tuesday, 4 July and a Garden Party on Saturday, 8 July. Many of the events will take place in either St. Alban’s Church Hall on Bayswater Avenue or at the Methodist Church on North View. Tickets for these events are available from Flowers by Barry Toogood at 101 Coldharbour Road, Westbury Park Pub in Northumbria Drive and C The World at 33 North View. A detailed Festival Programme leaflet will be distributed to all households in

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Westbury Park's Open Gardens day EXPECT to hear the sound of mowers and frantic pruning as the gardeners of Westbury Park have a last minute tidy-up ready for visitors on Sunday July 2nd. Open Gardens is well worth a visit: there is a variety of diversity in planting and design around the neighbourhood, and some gardens simply look beautiful at the height of summer when they are flush with bloom. The event is organised by local resident Paul Thomas. “I have got around 16 gardens, at least four of which have never been open or not in the last four years,” he said. It’s a family-friendly way to explore the local streets, take a look around the neighbours gardens, explore an insect house in one of the new gardens on Linden Road, and enjoy some tea and cake along the route. Some garden owners sell plants at their house too - all of which raises funds for the Westbury Park Festival charities (see article above).

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n HORTICULTURE TIPS

Horticulture tips from our columnist Lucy Sara IN June our gardens are flourishing, flowers are in abundance and the longer days are encouraging all plants to grow and grow...including the weeds! Midsummer is just around the corner and this really is a beautiful time to enjoy nature and our outside spaces. Our weather seems to remain fairly wet during June these days and I am one of the few people who is grateful for this. I can design and plant gardens well into Summer knowing that the plants will thrive in the warm, wet

conditions. Here is a list of jobs to keep you busy and for you to enjoy this month; • Lifting and storing your Spring bulbs will not only allow for more planting space in the flower beds but it’s an economical way of ensuring more flowers for next Spring. As long as they are lifted carefully, stored in a dry, dark place in newspaper-lined trays and not overcrowded then you can replant them in Autumn and enjoy them all over again next Spring. • Look out for aphids on perennials and shrubs – they will suck the life out of a plant and make it look quite sad. I find the best way of controlling aphids/greenfly is to remove them by hand... brutally squashing them between my thumb and finger! Soapy water spray is another method but not as effective. • Deadhead Roses / flowers to encourage more of them and so your borders stay looking fresh and colourful. • Bring your beans and tomatoes out of the greenhouse. Keep watering your tomatoes – watering them is key to success • Sow pumpkins and squashes ready for Halloween. They will require a lot of space. • The warmer weather and longer evenings are the best conditions for weeds to go wild! Keep hoeing and remember a dry day is best as the root will dry out and die. • It’s been fairly windy of late so

do keep tying in taller perennials (Delphiniums/Peonies/Dahlias) climbing roses/clematis etc. • F or larger Spring flowering shrubs such as Philadelphus & Weigela cut back and remove the older stems to keep the plant a good size and encourage new growth. •C over fruit with netting to protect from the birds. To encourage strawberries and prevent them being eaten - bring them in to the warmth of a greenhouse. • Water all containers thoroughly this time of year. We have had a serious lack of rain and I am noticing dead plants in containers throughout the City! Plants will always require more water than we realise especially this time of year. •G ive Wisteria its Summer prune. The RHS website will guide you on how to do a good job. •A hoe, mow and an edge will

really help your garden to look tidy if you are short on time. I have had my yearly fix of Flower Shows at Chelsea & Chatsworth where I have planted and volunteered. As always I leave the shows excited and full to the brim with new knowledge that I want to put into practice at the earliest chance. New planting combinations, new plants and new friends - I am extremely lucky to be given the chance to be involved. Here is a picture of one of my completed gardens from last year. The brief was a mostly evergreen garden with separate rooms for entertaining and relaxing with only white flowers. The garden is now flourishing and really coming into its own. The hard work of planting a new garden is always so rewarding a year on as the plants grow and settle into their new home.

Drapers Arms voted best boozer in Bristol THE Drapers Arms, Bristol’s first ‘back to basics’ micropub, is celebrating its award as the CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) Bristol and District Pub of the Year 2017. The prestigious award is in recognition of how the micropub’s founders, Bishopston residents Garvan Hickey and Vince Crocker (the brewer behind Ashley Down Brewery), have successfully brought something new and different to the Bristol pub scene, and that has now been recognised by the judges from CAMRA. “Considering that the Drapers Arms is a micropub that only opened on the Gloucester Road in December 2015, winning branch Pub Of The Year is particularly impressive and congratulations are definitely in order,” said Richard Brooks, Chairman of the CAMRA Bristol & District Branch. “The Pub Of The Year competition, of course, considers beer quality; however

it also includes other factors such as the appearance and cleanliness of the pub, the service, welcome and offering and the community focus and atmosphere. At the Drapers Arms, the ever changing beer range and focus on conversation (there is no music or TV) clearly proved very popular with the judges.”

Garvan Hickey, co-founder of the Drapers Arms, said: “All we wanted to do was to open the kind of place, on the Gloucester Road, we’d both like to drink beer in. We wanted somewhere that anyone could enjoy a very decent pint, on their own or with friends; where talking and socialising was the focus rather than TVs, jukeboxes or fruit machines. We feel we’ve done that, we’re very pleased with the result – and it looks like a good few others are as well.” As a micropub, this one room alehouse, which doesn’t serve lager, fizzy cider or spirits, has received widespread support from the community, with many local residents enjoying the place, reflecting the values and independent atmosphere of businesses found on the Gloucester Road. As winner of the branch award, the Drapers Arms will go forward to the South West regional phase of the National CAMRA Pub Of The Year competition.

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n WHAT’S ON IN OUR AREA May 25 n Avon Organic Group - Our last meeting before the summer break is on Thursday, 25th May 2017, 7pm – 9pm at The Station (in the Dance Studio), Silver Street, Bristol. BS1 2AG. 25th May 2017: Talk "Pests & Diseases" with Tim Foster, local author & lecturer. We will be holding our annual Plant sale on the night so bring along any spare plants and seedlings too. All welcome. Visitors £5/Members £2. www.groworganicbristol.org / secretaryaog@gmail.com June 10 n Table Top Sale Children’s clothes, toys and books. And lots of other stuff too. 12noon to 4pm, Westbury Park Methodist Church 4 North View/Etloe Road BS6 7QB. Includes café with light lunches, cakes plus hot and cold drinks. £1 entrance. £10 for a table – to book one email: office@ westburyparkchurch.org June 10 & 11 n The Dig For Victory Show A 1940's festival on 10th & 11th June 2017. The North Somerset Show Ground, Wraxall, Nr Bristol, BS48 1NE. Come and join us for a fab weekend of forties fun. June 11 n SENDaWelcome Summer Social is on Sunday 11th June between 2.30pm and 4.30pm at St Michael’s

Church, 160a Gloucester Road, Bristol BS7 8NT. For more info go @SENDaWelcome Bristol on Facebook and @SENDaWelcome on Twitter June 11 n Open Farm Sunday at Elm Tree Farm, Park Road BS16 1AA, sponsored by LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming). Bring the Family to the Farm! Enjoy live music, BBQ, veggie food, drinks and cake, farmshop, plant sale, craft sale, ponies, tractor and pet area. Free entry, kids woodwork crafts and games. June 14 & 28 n Chums Micro Pub, Chandos Road, Redland BS6 6PF have a quiz every second week for the Chandos Road neighbourhood. Dates 14th June, 28th June and so on starting 8pm. Four per team, £2 per person to enter. June 16 n Bristol Ladies Choir are giving a Charity concert for St Peter' s hospice on Friday June 16th, at 7.30pm, at Tyndale Baptist Church, Whiteladies Road. Tickets £6 at the door or from choir members or tel 0117 9246587. 16-18 June n Jamaica Street Artists Open Studios event are partnering with Bristol-based Lost and Grounded brewers (so expect delicious beers

Westbury Park Festival 2017 The annual Westbury Park Festival starts on Friday, 23rd June and will run for just over two weeks. The Festival aims to reflect the diversity and vibrancy of the local community and to bring people together to celebrate living in Westbury Park (and to have fun). The Festival is supporting two charities – Cancer Research UK and The Bridge Foundation, a Bristol based charity which provides counselling to young people. There are fourteen Festival events including a Quiz Night on Friday, 23rd June, A Kids Disco on Saturday, 24th June, an Arts Fair on Saturday, 1st July, Open Gardens on Sunday, 2nd July, a Festival Buffet on Tuesday, 4th July and a Garden Party on Saturday, 8th July. Many of the

events will take place in either St. Alban’s Church Hall on Bayswater Avenue or at the Methodist Church on North View. Tickets for these events are available from Flowers by Barry Toogood at 101 Coldharbour Road, Westbury Park Pub in Northumbria Drive and C The World at 33 North View. A detailed Festival Programme leaflet will be distributed to all households in Westbury Park in early June: copies of the leaflet are also available from Henleaze Library and from the ticket outlets listed above. Full details of the events and where to purchase tickets can also be found at westbury parkcommunityassociation. weebly.com

at our launch!), Cass Art,Windsor & Newton and Niche Frames. 39 Jamaica Street, Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS2 8JP. 16 June, Open Studios Launch, 7 - 10pm. 17 - 18 June, Open Studios, 11am - 5pm daily. 18 June, Fundraising Auction, 5pm FREE ENTRY June 21 & 22 n We are Bristol U3A - we offer friendship, fun and learning. If you have retired from full-time work and would like to learn a new skill, explore a new hobby, or just socialise - we have a wide range of groups with over 100 different activities. These include art, computing, languages, gardens, music, books, walking, science and current affairs. Drop-in to one of our many social groups. Come to Browns Restaurant, by the Museum, at 10.15am on the 3rd Wednesday & 4th Thursday of every month, details: 0117 9043697. Please visit our website: www. bristolu3a.org.uk. Don't let life pass you by - join Bristol U3A. June 24 n Henbury Singers Pudding Concert 24th June 2017 Henbury logo.bmpHenbury Singers’ Pudding Concert - 7.30pm on 24th June 2017 singing lighter music for a summer’s evening at the Bradbury Hall, Waterford Road, Henleaze. Summer desserts and soft drinks provided. BYO wine. Tickets £9 tel: 0117 973 4794. June 24 n The next meeting of the South Western Branch of the Elgar Society is on Sat 24th June, at 2.15pm at the Bristol Music Club, 76, St. Pauls Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1LP. Our speaker will be Duncan Eves who will present a programme entitled - Alice Stuart-Wortley and the 2nd Symphony. Duncan will investigate the work's composition and the lady's influence on it. Visitors pay £3.00 which includes refreshments. We look forward to seeing you and any of your friends at this meeting. For more information - please contact Doug Smith - Tel. 01179673480, or email dougmusical@tiscali.co.uk July 15 n Car boot & wheelbarrow sale St. Bonaventure's Car Park (off Berkeley Road, Bishopston) Car £5, wheelbarrow £3 50p admission, children free. Tea/coffee and cakes available.

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WHAT’S ON A REGULAR BASIS Monday n Toddler group at Ardagh Pavilion, Kellaway Avenue, Horfield Common. Ages 03, cost £2.50 per family includes refreshments and n biscuits. All welcome. Friendly vibrant group just drop in. Contact Kay on 01179426580 for further details. n FitSteps, Ashley Down Primary School, Olveston Road, 7-8pm. FitSteps® the new craze in dance fitness classes from ‘Strictly Come Dancing’s’ very own Natalie Lowe, Ian Waite and Mark Foster. This really is the most fun, graceful way to get in shape. n Kick Start Fat Loss Club, Ashley Down Primary School, Olveston Road, 8-9pm. Kick Start Fat Loss is a revolutionary new diet and exercise club currently running in Bristol. There is no calorie counting, daily points, fad foods or complicated workouts. *Weekly weigh in, measure and body stat recording. n Morris for fitness and fun, 7.15pm – 8.15pm at Horfield URC, Muller Road, Horfield, BS7 9RE during term time only, no performance element, small groups. Sticks and hankies provided. Tel/text: 07813 346819 / 0117 9401566, www.thegreatcaper. co.uk n Redland Wind Band rehearses at the Quakers Meeting Room on Gloucester Road at 7.30pm. We sometimes have vacancies, currently mainly for bass instruments, horns and percussionists. Contact Andy Brown

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bishopstonvoice "Breakfast at Tiffany's" starring Audrey Hepburn. n Redland Green Bowls Club welcomes new members, come along to our club on Redland Green any Monday after 4pm , or book a free taster session any other time ,with one of our qualified coaches. Jean or Gerry :Tel 9624466 . HALF PRICE membership for the first year (£50) Tuesday n The Golden Buds is a group aimed at 18 months to 4yearolds and is a fabulous opportunity to be outside with your little ones, digging, playing, finding newts and frogs, watering, singing and making things all in the heart of urban Bristol! Sessions run from 9.30-11am and 11.30-1pm in school terms. We take booking on a term by term basis. Each session costs £5, a second sibling is £2 and under 12 months can come along free. There’s squash and biscuits and a snack from the garden as well as a hot drink for parents. For more info, visit: thegoldenhillcommunitygarden. com n Scottish Country Dancing Get fit with Westbury Scottish Club. 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). 7.30pm to 9.30pm wscbristol.com n Friendly club based at Orchard School, Filton Road. Training on Tuesday 7.30 – 9pm, play on Saturdays. All ages welcome. If you would like to join us contact Michelle on 07980 598761 or: michesaunders@hotmail.com . n MOVE INTO FITNESS. Suitable exercise for the more mature ladies ran by a qualified teacher. Held at Horfield Baptist Church, 10.15am 11.15am. Tel: 01454 614886. n Pregnancy Yoga and Birth Preparation Classes at Horfield Leisure Centre, 7.309.30pm. Each session we have time for discussion and learning around different aspects of pregnancy, birth or parenting, getting to know other women in the group, yoga postures, positions and movements for labour, breathing, and simple relaxation and meditation techniques that are useful for pregnancy, birth and beyond. Suitable from 14 weeks of pregnancy until birth. With Relaxed Birth and Parenting Childbirth Educator and Doula Ly Malnick. Cost: £10 per session. Contact: Ly

Malnick on 07843 377 718 (Booking essential) n Use the power of nutrition to improve your health, your mood and your figure. Eight week courses on Tuesdays at 2pm and 7pm, led by a BANT qualified nutritional therapist. Classes held at Lady Active, 180 Henleaze road, BS6 4NE. Tel: 07511 647 569 or email alex@ alexbarton.co.uk for more details. www.nutritioncoachbristol.co.uk n After school French Club for primary children at Gloucester Rd Quaker Meeting House. KS1 class: 4.10-4.50pm. £4.50. Playful practical classes full of games, songs and general silliness to inspire interest and confidence in French. Like French Club Bristol on Facebook or email: alice_m_watson@msn.com n Women’s Reading Group looking for new members. Meets monthly on the first Tuesday of the Month at 7:30pm. An informal group that reads a wide range of fiction. Contact Kay Snowdon ksnowdon29@gmail.com for further details. n A weekly Music Appreciation class is running throughout the winter. Come and join us as we listen to and talk about a selection of mainly classical music. No prior knowledge needed. Tuesdays 11-1 at St Mary Magdalene Church Rooms, Stoke Bishop. Music in Britain 18901939 including Elgar Delius and Vaughan Williams. Cost £15 for a single taster session or £100 for the whole 8week term. To book email matthewhm@ peacemail.com, or phone 0117 214 0418. For more info visit: heartmusicbristol.wordpress.com n Melody Makers Baby Friendly Choir A fun and friendly daytime choir for ladies running Tuesdays during term time.9:30-11:00am, The Beehive Pub, BS9 4QY. £5 per session, discounts for members. Contact Natalie www.facebook. com/melodymakerschoir 07890393175. n Bingo St Gregory’s Church hall Filton Road Horfield Every Tuesday at 2-00pm Everyone welcome all proceeds to church funds Wednesday n Golden Hill Community Garden. 10.00am – 4.00pm. Come and get involved in your local community garden! No experience necessary and kids welcome. Learn about growing and relax in our beautiful space with a cup of tea. No need to come every week or stay all day. Our site is wheelchair accessible including our toilet. For more information contact Lucy ghcgarden@gmail.

39 com or 07506 905 394. We’re just through the gates at the end of Monk Rd BS7 8NE www. thegoldenhillcommunitygarden. com n Bristol Voices Community Choir are welcoming new members, £5 a week (£3 concs) payable at the start of each term. We meet during the school term from 7.30pm to 9.30pm in St Werburgh’s Primary School, James St, BS2 9US. The school is fully accessible and has free parking. No experience is necessary and there are no auditions. You don’t have to read music either as all the songs are taught by ear. Our repertoire includes pop, folk, gospel, jazz, show tunes and world music. Find out more about the choir, at www. bristolvoices.org n New Harmony Ladies’ Choir Bristol. Established choir since 1994, we offer a chance for ladies to get together and have a good old sing! No auditions are necessary apart from placing you into the correct voice group soprano, mezzo soprano or alto. We are a very socially minded group and often enjoy activities outside the singing role. We perform several concerts a year and sometimes travel to other parts of the country to sing with other choirs. Our repertoire covers classical, choral, jazz, popular, folk, and show songs. Everyone is welcome to Horfield URC church hall, Muller Rd on Wednesdays 7.30-9. We’d love to meet you. For more information contact our website www.nhlcbristol.co.uk or our secretary, Angela nhlc@talktalk. com n Lazy Dog Film Club. A free, small, but perfectly formed community film club based at the Lazy Dog pub on Ashley Down Road. We run the club every other week (Wednesday) in the upstairs of the Pub on Ashley Hill. We screen from Oct April every year. All showings start at 8pm but we do advise people to book free places via LazyDogFilmClub@gmail.com , as we only have 35 seats per showing. For more information on the upcoming films, visit: www. facebook.com/LazyDogFilmClub n Horfield Townswomen’s Guild. This friendly Townswomen’s Guild meets on the second Wednesday of each month at St Gregory the Great Church Hall, Filton Road, Horfield, Bristol BS7 0PD at 2.30pm. Why not come along and meet us? Just turn up, or ring Edna on 949 5413, and she will look out for you. n Squirrel Camp Forest School, Badock’s Wood, 9.45 11.15 (during term time). New afternoon group

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n WHAT'S ON CONTINUED starting in autumn, 12.30, £6 per family. Contact: jennysanderson@ blueyonder.co.uk . n Reading group with a difference at Cheltenham Road Library, from 3pm. The group meets every fortnight to discuss short fiction, essays, memoirs and learn to look at these with a more critical eye. For the over 60's. No reading to do between meetings. People interested please speak to the Librarian at Cheltenham Road Library. n Mindfulness & Movement – Meditation and Qi Gong/Tai Chi for wellbeing. Gentle aerobic exercise and secular meditations for strength of body and mind. Dropin class, all equipment provided, 5.45-7.15pm £9 / £7 Bristol Buddhist Centre, 162 Gloucester Road BS7. Tel Tim Mason 07789 200685 for more info. See www. bristolbuddhistcentre. org/ otheractivities/yogaandqigong n Sing! with the Bristol Children’s Choir. Open to children aged 713 from any school in Bristol. If your child loves singing and would like to do more, Out There Music Children’s Choir could be what you are looking for. We meet every Wednesday in term time from 4.45-6pm in the performing arts studio at Cotham School. More info, contact Holly Shannon on 07866587424, admin@ outtheremusicbristol.co.uk . n Spiritual Healing at Westbury Park Spiritualist church BS6 7TH Every Wednesday, 2pm - 3.30pm every week. No appointment necessary, animals welcome. Come along and feel the benefit. Also healing after Sunday evening service@8pm. n Margaret Morris Movement dance/exercise. Bradbury Hall, Henleaze. All welcome 1.0-2.0 pm £4 per session, 1st free Tricia, 07896346486 n Wednesdays 10:00am. Baby & Me post-natal yoga class, 10:00 11:00am plus tea and chat after. Supportive, friendly class with babies made very welcome. Move, breathe, meet and chat with other new mums at YogaSpace Bishopston. Find out more at www. bristolyogaspace.co.uk or contact Clara hello@bristolyogaspace.co.uk / 07530 053 543. n Why not join welsh national opera Friends. We support this world class company and everyone is very welcome to join. We offer:Monthly evening meetings at Redmaids High School MONTHLY on WEDNESDAYS at 7.15pm-these

are talks with music. Costs-Friends £5.0 - There are many other benefits For further information contact: Margaret Borkowski:borkmail@ gmail.com Thursday n Bishop Road Community Choir. We are a mixed community choir, meeting at Bishop Road School from 7.45pm to 9pm. Everyone welcome to join, regardless of singing experience. There is no audition and the choir is open to anyone, not just parents of children at the school. We sing a variety of songs and perform locally. Looking forward to welcoming some new faces! n Bristol Ladies Choir sings a wide range of music from classical to light. The choir rehearses weekly and gives two main concerts each year. The choir also participates in approximately 9 to 10 other concerts in the Bristol area each year. Meet at 2.15pm - 3.45pm at Church of the Good Shepherd, Bishop Road, Bishopston, BS7 8NA. New members welcome. For more information contact Hazel on 0117 9246587 or visit www. bristolladieschoir.org.uk n The Stepford Singers. Come and try Bishopston’s all female community choir. No need to read music and no auditions! We meet 1pm - 3pm so you can still be in time to pick up kids from school. For more info, email fran@ naturalvoice.net n West Bristol Orchestra meet at the United Reformed Church, Muller Road, from 7.15 - 9.15pm and play a wide range of classical music arranged for our small friendly orchestra. String players of Grade 5 and above are particularly welcome. For further information please ring 0117 968 3998. n Avon Harmony Ladies A Cappella Chorus meets for rehearsals every Thursday 7.30 -10pm at Fairfield High School, Allfoxton Road BS7 9NL. Visitors are always made welcome, and we are actively recruiting new members. There is no need to be able to read music; we provide teaching tracks for learning by ear. See our website for more details www.avonharmony. co.uk or contact Mandy on 0117 652693 or Barbara on 07717 424421. n Horfield Quakers hold a halfhour meeting for worship to be held every Thursday Evening from 6.307pm, at Horfield Quaker Meeting House, 300 Gloucester

Road, Bristol, BS7 8PD. All are welcome. n Pregnancy Yoga and Birth Preparation at Horfield Leisure Centre, 7.30-9.15pm. The classes offer you the time to celebrate your pregnancy, relax with your baby, ask questions and meet other mumstobe in a safe and welcoming environment. We cover breathing, relaxation, yoga and movement, active birth, hypnobirthing and physiology of labour and birth. For more information visit www. lymalnick.info, or contact Ly on 07843 377 718 / ly.malnick@gmail. com n Slimming World Bishopston. St Michael and All Angels Church (Pigsty Hill) Gloucester Road. Groups at 9.30am and 7.30pm every Thursday. A friendly, supportive and vibrant weekly group. Full support, advice and a liberating eating plan. No calorie counting and eating to satisfy everyone’s appetite. £9.95 to join and £4.95 per week after that. 6 and 12 week countdowns available. Just turn up or Call Sue on 0117 924 3556 or 07702 578 298 for a chat. n Kings Lawn Tennis Club Rusty Rackets, 19:30-21: 00. Want to get back into tennis? Come along to our fun and welcoming Rusty Rackets session every Thursday evening at Kings Lawn Tennis Club, Maplemeade ( just off Kings Drive) BS7 8JG. Nonmembers (£8) and members (£6) welcome! Contact Head Coach Elly Shearman only tennis .kings@hotmail.com for more details! n Bridge for Beginners and Improvers West of England Bridge Club now welcomes new/novice bridge players for weekly sessions held every Thursday afternoon. Cost £3. Doors open at 1.45pm and play is from 2.00pm to 4.00pm. No partner needed and we have experienced players to help and advice. Beginners lessons also offered email bridgeclassbristol @ gmail.com or ring 0117 2302694 for more info. Venue: Golden Hill Sports Club, Wimbledon Road, Bristol BS6 7YA. Full details at www. woebc.co.uk n Spiritualist church Westbury Park Cairns Road BS6 7TH Open development circle Thursday evening at 7.15 for 7.30 start All are welcome to come along and find the Spirit within you. You don’t have to be a church member. n Sporting Memories Group at the Gloucestershire County Cricket Ground most Thursdays from 11am to 12.30pm. A group

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suitable for people that are isolated or lonely and may have memory difficulties. The group is particularly for those that are interested in sport. Please contact John Collis on 07757527634 or come along to the ground from 11am. Saturday n Gloucester Road Market runs every Saturday from 10am-5pm on Pigsty Hill. Stalls include Herbert’s Bakery, The Spotless Leopard, Lee’s Teaks and Sam’s Jams. nWhiteladies Farmers’ and Fair Trading Market is now held EVERY Saturday, from 8.30am-2pm. Takes place at the junction of Whiteladies/Apsley/Burlington Roads. Stalls cover bread, cheese, local lamb and chicken, fish, preserves, cakes, sushi, local fruit and veg, wild food larder, and recycled tools, wooden items and much more. n Coffee, Tea and Refreshments served every Saturday from 10.30am to noon at Bishopston Methodist Church, 245 Gloucester Road. Join us for a rest and a chat. n The Clifton Garden Society are eager to attract new members from all parts of Bristol. The Society offer monthly visits by coach to country houses and gardens, a quarterly newsletter. and an annual holiday. If you would like to join this friendly group please call 0117 9737296 for full details. n 10:00am and 11:30am. Pregnancy yoga and birth preparation classes with Vivien Tallis at the beautiful YogaSpace Bishopston studio. Move, breathe, calm, chat and discover helpful, practical active birth support. Find out more at www.bristolyogaspace. co.uk or contact Clara hello@ bristolyogaspace.co.uk / 07530 053 543.

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Sheena's a true archery champion MEMBERS of Bristol Bowmen and Golden Phoenix Archers were recognised nationally when they attended the governing body, Archery GB’s, AGM. Chair of Golden Phoenix Archers, Bob Brooks from Redland, David Smith (secretary and coach) and Sheena McCullagh (web master and coach) travelled to the NEC in Birmingham to represent the clubs, which had been nominated for two awards. With the emphasis on inclusion, and the sport riding high after the success of the UK archers at the 2016 Paralympics, they won Club website of the year and and there was a completely unexpected presentation for Sheena for the disabilityenabling work she does at a national level. Bob Brooks said, “Archery is ideal for those of us with disability. It is great exercise and where else do we get to compete successfully with non-disabled folk, on even terms?” “Our website is written to the highest level of accessibility for disabled people, exceeding the International Guidelines

L to R: David Smith, Bob Brooks and Sheena McCullagh with their awards and has a growing selection of community language introductions, which aim to reflect the diverse cultures present in the greater Bristol and Bath areas.” In 2006, when looking to set up Golden Phoenix Archers, a club specifically to encourage disabled people into the sport and showcase its inclusivity, they were offered a ground share with Bristol Bowmen who shoot outdoors at Keynsham Rugby Football Club and indoors at The Park in Knowle. It was a meeting of minds, the president of Bristol Bowmen, Ian Lassman, said at the time: “We

will do anything for a disabled person that they can't do for themselves and empower them to do the rest.” Although they are two separate clubs, they share a committee and a bank account, shoot together and run joint beginners’ courses. A signed Rio 2016 Paralympic shirt was awarded to Sheena for the accessibility work she does on the Archery UK magazine: The quarterly magazine is delivered to each member, but those who are 'print disabled', eg use a screen reader, need specific colour combinations or large print, can find it difficult

or impossible to read. Sheena takes all the articles and photographs and turns them into an accessible Word document to meet the needs of the UK's print disabled archers. The framed shirt, signed by the Team GB 2016 Paralympian archers, was Archery GB's 'thank you' to Sheena for that work. Neil Armitage, Archery GB CEO, said, “Archery is the most inclusive and accessible sport in the UK and as such we aim to make our communications accessible to all. We are extremely fortunate to have volunteers like Sheena who give up many hours of their own time to support Archery GB. It was a pleasure to publicly acknowledge her support at our recent Archery GB AGM and to present her with the awards.” Roger Rees-Evans, who has been an archer for more than 30 years, said: “After years of having bits of Archery UK read to me, I have read my first Archery UK magazine for myself and it has made my archery story complete. We can now read the articles that we want, not what other people think we want.”

Bristol gets its own Pottery Throw Down AS the Great Pottery Throw Down comes to an end, the Crafts Council’s Hey Clay! weekend in April gave people the opportunity to get creative with clay at free pottery workshops across the country. Pottery on Wheels, a mobile pottery studio based in Bristol, was offering pottery wheel sessions on what was a fantastically sunny weekend. The beer garden of the Crafty Cowl was full of customers

enjoying the good weather and the entertainment of the pottery wheels. It wasn't just the kids getting their hands dirty with some young women making some very attractive pots too. Some people were asking when Patrick Swayze would arrive? The sun was still shining at Caffe Clifton the next day when many hands got dirty, new skills were learnt, fun was had and some fantastic pots were created. Many of the pots made are being fired and glazed as keepsakes of the first time on the pottery wheel. If you haven't given throwing a go yet get in touch with Sarah at Pottery on Wheels. The Crafts Council commented that there were some pretty accomplished creations made. Wendy Stewart took part and said: “'I thoroughly enjoyed my first time on a wheel, Sarah was a very good teacher and I managed to make a reasonable pot.”

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n SUSTAINABILITY with Hamish Mills, Sustainable Redland WITH the sprouting of so many wind and sun energy farms all over the country, some of us might be wondering what next? The truth is we’re at the beginning of the fourth big revolution, an energy one, the first three being agriculture, industrial, and information. Whilst most of us are still living with the expectations brought to us under the fossil fuel umbrella of the second, we need to reflect on what’s happening. After all when the first mobile phones and computers arrived few of us saw those as revolutionary, but they certainly were, and now the same is happening with energy. The big change won’t be in restrictions with what we can do. That won’t be much different. What it will do is be more personal, help give us more control and awareness of it and be sustainable. In the past energy was and often still is, provided remotely for us by large and powerful corporations doing whatever they felt was necessary to keep the lights on and cars rolling. Right up until recent

The future of energy times we weren’t too fussed by that. We appreciated the improved living standards that came on the back of fossil fuels, but now that we have a much better understanding of the social and environmental harm they have caused, we are beginning to be more savvy about them. The results are the things I wrote about at the beginning. That means traceable energy that we know will not have cost the Earth to produce and will have been done close to home by a company with high ethics. That will lead to a change in the way we capture, store, use and finance it. To achieve stability it will involve a dynamic mix of technologies adapted for local conditions and it will become decentralized. As with phones and computers new developments will make huge improvements and tumble costs.

I wonder if the community ownership of energy on a big scale will be the next step. I don’t mean funding for community solar or wind farms, that’s already happening with organisations like the Bristol Community Energy Fund, but I mean areas, especially in cities, coming together to ask what their energy needs are and planning how they can work together to fulfill them using the array of technologies available. Could they use a mix by harvesting energy from a local stream, roof top PVs, wind turbines and/or a compact power unit which creates energy from waste? How will they store and distribute it? If you are interested in these questions and especially have a skill that could be useful, why not take things a step further see what you might be able to achieve through Sustainable Redland,

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n VET'S ADVICE WHETHER you are jetting off to Spain or heading to the vets for the annual booster, there is going to be some travelling involved. The first thing you will need for smaller pets is a sturdy pet carry box that is easy to lift them into and out of. Some cats cope better with the traditional wire cages as they open at the top so you can gently place them in and then close the lid. The plastic carry boxes can be more useful for nervous cats as they can feel safer hiding in these, the boxes can also often be dismantled by latches around the

Our guide to travelling with pets sides of the box. Plastic boxes can also be good for rabbits and guinea pigs as they feel hidden. Using towels or blankets to cover any type of carry box is a great idea as pets can feel vulnerable near roads and in the vet clinic. Remember to acclimatise your pet to the carry box well in advance to a trip to the vet, with cats bringing the box out a few days before the consultation and using calming sprays can also help. How about driving about with dogs in tow? First of all it is very important to make sure there is a secure area in your car for your dog to travel in, sitting on the front seat with their nose poking out of the window is not considered a safe way to travel. It is important there is enough space for them and that the car is kept well ventilated during travel to make sure they do not get too hot. Never leave a dog alone in a stationary vehicle, as even with windows open they can become too hot and this can be fatal.

Travelling abroad is an option for dogs, cats and ferrets within the EU with the pet passport scheme. They must be over 3 months old and have a microchip placed before a pet passport can be issued. You will need to contact your vet to book them in for a rabies vaccination and to issue the pet passport. Book this in well in advance of the intended travel date. Do bear in mind that recent changes to the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s status within the EU may cause changes to the pet passport scheme in the future so check this before travel. If you would like any advice on pet carriers or travelling abroad, please call us on 0117 9247832.

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I’m a Celebrity star to visit South Glos Show Sat 5th & Sun 6th August - Gates open 10:30am

A COMEDIAN who came close to winning the ITV show I’m a celebrity Get Me Out Of Here last year is to be special guest at the South Gloucestershire Show. Joel Dommett will be at the Henfield showground over the the weekend of 5 and 6 August. The performer is currently on a UK tour, but is taking time out of his schedule to come to the show. Joel isn’t the only attraction at the show, which last year saw 27,000 visitors come through the gates. There will be stunts from a top motorbike trials rider, the Rockwood dog display team as well as a special country arena. Organisers are also raising money for the charity Meningitis Now with a ‘Ham National’ pig race.

Choral drama for Elgar enthusiasts TWO of the South West’s leading choirs - City of Bristol Choir and Exultate Singers, conducted by David Ogden - are performing world class Elgar in Bristol this summer at the Colston Hall. The Dream of Gerontius is one of Elgar’s most dramatic choral works and enjoys the status of a national monument. It sets the words of the poem by Cardinal Newman to an enormous, exquisite choral and orchestral score of which Elgar said was ‘the best of me’. The music tells the story not only of Gerontius but of one of the world’s finest composers. The work is characterised throughout either by a raw or tender strength; each of which takes you on an exhilarating journey with the soul of the dying Gerontius. Gerontius will be sung by Peter Auty, well established as one of Britain’s leading tenors. The sublime and wonderful Jennifer Johnston will sing The Angel and The Bristol Ensemble will complete the line-up which will deliver the majestic enormity of the work. Supporting Children’s Hospice South West this concert is a must for Elgar fans and anyone who enjoys the unique power of choral singing on a grand scale. Tickets £5-£30, June 24, 7.30pm, call: 0117 950 7095, visit: www.cityofbristolchoir.org.uk

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Masons hand over vital transport vehicle to St Peter's Hospice staff and patients ST Peter’s Hospice is celebrating the purchase of a second patient transport vehicle, thanks to a grant from the Bristol Masonic Benevolent Institution. The £19,595 grant has paid for a VW Caddy van, which is specially adapted to transport patients in a wheelchair, as well as patients with limited mobility, to and from the Hospice. This is the second VW Caddy van that the BMBI have donated to St Peter’s, and in the three years since the first van was bought, it has made thousands of journeys. Trust Fundraiser Sarah Pryer said: “We’re delighted that the BMBI have chosen to support us again, and we know the new van will make a huge difference to our patients. The first vehicle has been an amazing success, having driven 10,000 miles and transported 476 patients in the last 12 months alone. As the only adult Hospice in our area, our services are invaluable to our patients and having these two vehicles means we can help even more people. ” Mr Alan Vaughan, The

Provincial Grand Master of the Bristol Province added: “The Free Masons of Bristol constantly fund raise to support local charities and it is a pleasure on this instance to assist St Peter’s Hospice and make a difference.” The vans are driven by volunteers, and are used Monday to Friday, every week of the year. Half of the journeys made are to St Peter’s Day Hospice, which patients attend once a week. For many of them, their symptoms mean they can rarely leave the

house so spending time at Day Hospice is a really welcome opportunity. The vehicles are also used for patients who are being looked after on the Inpatient Unit. Lots of these journeys involve taking patients to out-patient appointments, including to Southmead Hospital, the BRI, and the Oncology Centre. Before the vans, St Peter’s relied on the ambulance service which operates in two hour slots. This often meant that a 15 minute

scan could involve a four to five hour trip, with patients potentially waiting two hours either side of the appointment. Now, the same journey can take just over an hour and this makes an enormous difference to patients who are very unwell. The purchase of the new vehicle means that St Peter’s can now have one van for both Day Hospice and in the Inpatient Unit, meaning even more patients can take advantage of the service.

Dinosaurs arrive at Bristol Zoo ELEVEN life-size animatronic dinosaurs transported in three articulated lorries arrived at Bristol Zoo early in May. They were brought from Houston in Texas in huge shipping containers. The first dinosaur to emerge was the Utahraptor - it would tear at its prey with giant claws. Bristol Zoo’s director of commercial operations, Wendy Walton, said: “These dinosaurs will be brought to life using mechanical wizardry and specialist animatronics. “This exhibition is great fun but it also gives us a great opportunity to tell our guests about the very real extinction threat facing many species represented in the Zoo and around the world and the work we are doing to help protect them.”

As the sun came up over Bristol dinosaurs including a Giganotosaurus, half-size Tyrannosaurus Rex and a Dilophosaurus were unloaded. A team of 10 people were at the Zoo from 5am ready for the dinosaurs’ arrival. Technical experts from the company which built them also travelled to Bristol from America. The life-like pre-historic creatures which will hiss, roar and spray water will be installed at the zoo ready for the official unveiling of Dinomania on May 27. The dinosaurs, which roamed the Earth 85 million years ago, will be on show for 14 weeks until Sunday September 3. This remarkable exhibition will even offer budding young palaeontologists the chance to embark on their own mini

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n BOOKS OF THE MONTH 'Books of the Month with staff at Bishopston Library'

The New Earth by Eckhart Tolle BLURB: Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth will be a cornerstone for personal spirituality and selfimprovement for years to come, leading readers to a new levels of consciousness and inner peace. Library staff review: This is the third book by Eckhart Tolle which I have read by this extra-ordinary human being. You may not have heard of him (like myself ) but you may have heard of the phrase ‘the power of now’. What does it mean? Perhaps the title says it all and therefore you don’t need to read it because the title says it all? When I read Tolle’s international best seller ‘The Power of Now’, I searched the library catalogue to find out what else he had written. A New

Earth written in 2009 brought him a wider audience with the help of Oprah Winfrey, who catapulted him into the public arena with a series of online interviews, based upon this book. Tolle provides the spiritual framework for people to move beyond themselves in order to make this world a better, more spiritually evolved place to live. Shattering modern ideas of ego and entitlement, self and society, he talks about a new consciousness. Catch him on YouTube and do read the book. It will change your life.

Whodunnit? Detective Stories Chosen by Philip Pullman Read and enjoyed by Rueben BLURB: Unexplained disappearances, daring thefts, perplexing mysteries and the greatest sleuths of all time combine to make this a page-turning read.

Reuben’s review Detective Stories is a set of stories chosen by Philip Pullman about detectives and solving crimes. It has a mix of different authors including Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie and Ellery Queen. All of the stories are very tense and exciting and I would recommend any of them by themselves to people. Luckily they are all quite short and so are good for a quick ten minute read. My favourite story was The Speckled Band about a lady whose sister had mysteriously died after hearing whistling in the woods. I would recommend the book to people

aged 9 and up. For these books and many more, visit us at Bishopston Library. If we don’t have exactly what you’re looking for, there are over 2 million items from which you can reserve across LibrariesWest and collect from any library of your choice. Opening Hours: Monday……….1–7pm Tuesday……….closed Wednesday…..11am-5pm Thursday……..11am-5pm Friday…………11am-5pm Saturday:……..11am–5pm Sunday………..closed

Free places for cycle challenge as part of Bristol's City of Sport year ONE hundred free places are being made available for next month’s Break the Cycle charity cycle ride as part of Bristol’s City of Sport campaign ‘Are You Game?’ The campaign launched on May 6 and aims to give local people of all ages a chance to try a range of free taster sessions. These cover various sports and activities at venues around the city thanks to local clubs and organisations. The campaign has been organised as part of Bristol’s year as a European City of Sport. Break the Cycle takes place on Sunday 18 June and is made up of three different routes – Bronze (35 miles), Silver (65 miles) and Gold (100 miles). ‘Are You Game?’ is offering free entry for 100 people for the event’s Bronze 35-mile route. Guy Fishbourne, Bristol City Council’s Sport & Physical Activity Development Manager, said: “I’m really happy with the

reaction we’ve had from local clubs and organisations so far to this campaign and would like to congratulate everyone who has already got involved. “A key part of our aim as European City of Sport is to make activity and sport more accessible to the people of Bristol. We hope through campaigns like this that we will be able to encourage more people than ever before to take up a sport or activity as part of their daily routine. “We have a great range of free sports and activity taster sessions listed online and I encourage everyone to take look and see

if there is something for them. Regular exercise can have such a positive effect on both our physical and mental health and this could be the perfect excuse to find the right kind of activity for you.” Ben Breeze, Bristol Sport Foundation’s Chief Community Officer, said: “Bristol Sport Foundation are delighted to support Bristol as a European City Of Sport by allocating 100 promotional places on our Bronze 35 mile route to the ‘Are You Game?’ campaign and very much look forward to joining you in the saddle on Sunday 18th June”

Currently the City of Sport website has over 70 different free taster sessions to choose from with more to be added as the summer goes on. People can find more information on the campaign and some of the sessions available by heading to the City of Sport website: www. bristolcityofsport17.co.uk/areyou-game To sign up for the Break the Cycle challenge, just head to their website, www. breakthecyclechallenge.co.uk, and don’t forget to select the ‘Are You Game?’ option when asked which route you want to ride.

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n TAKE A BREAK PUZZLES FOR EVERYONE Adult puzzles Children’s puzzles O C R S O N S I B R E C H I N C U

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n NATURE WATCH With Dawn Lawrence

WRITING this on a sodden May morning with no sign of the weather clearing up I am longing for June! The month when the leaves reach their most wholesome green, the flowers are at their fullest. It is the month of Wimbledon and weddings, strawberries and roses. These two June favourites are the inspiration for poets, lovers, cooks and kings. And William Morris designed his famous wall-paper pattern Strawberry Thief when he spotted a thrush in his garden swooping down to steal a wild strawberry. Strawberries and roses are both in the rose family along with many other British fruits including those summery essentials cherries and raspberries. A close look at their flowers reveals their kinship: they all have five white or pink petals and, in the centre, a shaggy yellow

mound of stamens and styles. All those species can be found growing wild in our area and a few years ago we introduced wild strawberries to our garden bank (they do like a shady bank). Every year we look forward to seeking out their fairy fruit, variously rounded or pointed but always with an intense strawberry flavour. They have enthusiastically colonised the slope: at last, something that can outwit the ivy! Wild roses are also vigorous, arching over the other more delicate rose blossoms and even wickedly growing up from their rootstock. Last year a pink dog rose appeared above our kitchen roof, suddenly visible from our bedroom window. It had been sneaking up through the hedge, arising from the rootstock of a golden rose which modestly peeps in at the kitchen window. The dog rose is the most common wild rose in our area, so called because it has no smell, or sometimes a mild, sweet scent. The name indicates that it is of no use to man, fit only for the dogs. The dog violets share the suffix for the same reason; it is the sweet violet that has the distinctive perfume. The field rose is less common than the dog rose, both in city and countryside. It has smaller blooms of pure white with a large golden crown nestling within. The thorns are less intimidating and the scent has been described as musky and honey-like; an attractive and complex perfume. Field roses have been used in the breeding of garden roses and, like dog roses, their hips are

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n ON THE BEAT

News from the local policing team with Adam Dolling IT feels like summer is finally here and hopefully you have been enjoying the sunny weather. Unfortunately the change in season can mean we see an increase in burglary, as people open their windows and back doors, but forget to shut and lock them when they go out or head up to bed.

Please do remember to lock all doors and windows when you are out and at night, and make sure keys are not left on show. A third of burglaries across Avon and Somerset take place because opportunist thieves have spotted a window or door open or insecure, and have been able to walk right in and help themselves. We have had some good burglary arrests recently. In one incident last month, we arrested a 42-year-old man, two days after a burglary in Redland in which the resident’s car was stolen. The victim was asleep upstairs at the time, when the suspect broke in through the back door, stealing car keys, cash and then the car. The same car was used the following day in a ‘smash and grab’ incident at the Co-Op in Cotham. Thanks to CCTV at the victim’s house, we were able to identify the suspect, who was later charged and remanded in custody whilst our investigations continue. In a separate incident, a resident in Cornwall Road in

Bishopston was woken in the middle of the night by a noise. When he checked downstairs he noticed that the front and back doors, which had previously been left secure, were now open and that various items were missing. Officers attended and soon afterwards stopped a 43-year-old man nearby who was in possession of some of property stolen from the house. He was subsequently arrested. We continue our operations at HMP Bristol, in an effort to keep the surrounding residents and community safe. Over the past three months, we have arrested three separate women on suspicion of supplying drugs into the prison, after searches found them attempting to smuggle drugs in. Drugs and other contraband items are routinely thrown over the wall, and even drones are sometimes used. Please can residents in the area around the prison, particularly on Longmead Avenue, Cambridge Road, Clevedon Road and Monk

Road, and gardeners in the nearby allotments, keep their eyes and ears open and immediately report any suspicious activity to us, calling 999 if it’s an emergency. Don’t forget to follow what the teams are up to on Twitter @ ASPBristolNorth Until next time, Sergeant Adam Dolling

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n INSIDE OUT MANY interiors can benefit from having art adorning the walls, but it can be prohibitively expensive, particularly larger pieces that have the greatest impact. If you can’t decide on a favourite artist, can’t afford to invest or simply like the idea of having a try, why not create your own? It doesn’t matter whether there is artistry in your genes or not, here are some ideas for getting creative even if you don’t have much experience. One of the easiest ways to inexpensively create a large piece of wall art is to find a metre or so of patterned fabric that you simply love, then gently stretch it across a wooden frame, or staple it onto the back of a piece of wood (ideally padded first with some wadding). If you’re feeling really brave, you could try painting your own fabric. I used powder pigments to paint the flowers in this picture, but with an attractive colour palette there is no need to depict anything at all - it can be totally abstract and the colours can be enough. The bleeding of the paint into its neighbouring hue all adds to the effect, and is definitely worth embracing rather than trying to overcome. A real Jackson Pollock would set you back literally millions, and prints just don’t quite capture the real deal. Making your own would be huge fun and a great way to involve any budding young artists in the family. Simply drip, drop, splish, splash, and spill paint over the largest paper or canvas you can in any colours you like, and for added authenticity, do like the man himself and ride a bike all over it too! www.zoehewettinteriors.co.uk

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n PROPERTY

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