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Houses 1–50 Calcott Road:
“Our neighbours are really friendly, it makes living here so comforting and homely, we were really welcomed to the road.� Jake Toms, No.1 Calcott Road
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“It’s a great place to live with the dogs. There are a variety of parks really close by which is fantastic.” 8
“Calcott Road is the perfect location for us, there is plenty of parking and we’re within walking distance from Temple Meads station and the city centre.”
Tracy Francies, No.1 Calcott Road
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Meet the neighbours 10
Meek 3 People, family Aged 46, 10 & 11 1 Male, 2 Females Lived here for 12 years Unemployed Rented Pet Fish
Childs 1 Lady Aged 50 Lived here for 6 Months Organises dance events Owned 1 Car 1 Dog & 1 Cat
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King 1 Man Lived here for 9 years Software Engineer Owned 1 Car
Jones Married couple Aged 74 & 65 Lived here for 20 years Home care assistant Owned Daughter from Ashton court lived here. The house was then sold to the local cider merchant, hence the photo of the cider jar. When Mr. Jones was a boy, he found a cricket bat in a park. His father told him to give it to the police. However the officer on duty didn’t want to do any paper work so he told Mr Jones to keep the bat.
Everett 1 Lady Aged 68 Lived here for 7 years Retired Owned 1 Car 1 Dog Mrs. Everett was a very sweet and shy lady, She allowed me to ask my questions but with what seemed like some hesitation. Her dog on the other had was more than happy to run around my feet like he’d never met anyone new before. His enthusiastic attitude and her shy personality were very much welcome.
Slader 4 People, family Aged 60, 60, 22 & 25 3 Males, 1 Female Lived here for 22 years Computer Consultant Owned 2 Cars
Garlnham 3 People, family Aged 52, 51 & 20 Lived here for 28 years 1 Male, 2 Females Post Office Management Owned 2 Cars
Williamson 3 People, family Aged 33, 33 & 6 months 2 Males, 1 Female Lived here for 3 years Researcher Owned 1 Car Pet fish
Every neighbour I spoke to was helpful and willing to answer my questionnaire. This just goes to prove the kind of neighbourhood I live in. Being the only students in the road we can at times feel excluded but it goes to show that if we need their help, our neighours will always pull through for us. Most people I spoke to asked me inside and offered me a drink, one even went to the trouble of phoning her friend for additional information about they road. She also pointed me in the direction of a lady who had lived here all her life and a man who lived in the road parallel to Calcott and gave history talks about Knowle and the surrounding areas. She said he could help me with the history of my road and the old police station. When I spoke to him he was more than helpful, going out of his way to make calls to his friends and then his brother to help gain information. A lot of the people in this community have lived here for the majority if not all their lives and it has become second nature for them to go the extra mile to help a friend. This is clearly a very tight knit neighbourhood and I like it very much.
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Results from the seventeen houses who answered my questionnaire
Seven Families Four Single Six Married Couples One Shared
Three Rented Fourteen Owned Seven Pets Twenty Cars
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1pm-1.15pm I sat outside my house for 15 minutes one Monday and recorded the amount of things that happened around me. The amount of people who walked past, the amount of vehicles parked and how many drove by. Initially I wanted to do this to work out what kind of people used my road and what for. As I live quite near Temple Meads stations and there are no parking restrictions here I thought that there would be a lot of commuters. However, this turned out not to be the case and the majority of people passing through my road were either residents or tradesmen coming to work in or around the houses in the street.
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Men Women Parked Cars Cars Drove Past Push Bikes Motor Bikes
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