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Community loses battle to save popular St George pub A POPULAR St George pub has been forced to shut down despite the community's vigorous effort to save the 'thriving and viable business'. In September, we reported that the Three Crowns, on Blackswarth Road, succeeded in becoming an Asset of Community of Value status, protecting it from development for five years. However, despite the community's efforts to help save the pub from closure and redevelopment, the Three Crowns sadly closed its doors for the last time on the 8th October. Landlady Ash Bird told the St George & Redfield Voice that after the freehold of the pub went into liquidation in September 2016 she was not allowed to renew the lease or continue paying rent. The sad news comes just three months after the pub, which has been trading since at least 1828, suffered a break-in costing over £5,500. Ms Bird, 32, said: "It is with the saddest regret that we have been forced to close. The current landlord will not accept any
In your free local monthly newspaper: Dundridge Woodland to benefit from Lottery money Dundridge Woodland has been selected as one of eight sites that will benefit from Heritage Lottery Fund money.
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Petrol bomb attack on learning disabilities centre A petrol bomb attack on a drop-in centre for adults with learning disabilities has caused around
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Suspicious caller report leads to arrest A man has been arrested for burglary after witnesses reported suspicious callers at an elderly resident’s home.
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New traffic measures for Whitehall Primary School form of rent, not offer a new lease or get the pub valued so the community can buy it. Now an asset to the community has been closed and a thriving and viable business has been shut down.
"The pub was home to Bristol County Pool teams and hosted regular pool tournaments with teams coming from all over the South West to play. All the locals Continued on page 2.
A consultation has been launched for parking restrictions, new one way system and changes to road humps near Whitehall Primary School and The Limes Childrens’ Centre.
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WELCOME to this packed issue of the St George and Redfield Voice. This month’s theme is to be community- and self-preservation. In our cover story you’ll have seen the sad news that the Three Crowns – one of the area’s oldest pubs – has closed despite the fact that the community fought to keep it open by giving it Asset of Community Value status. We’ll be sure to keep you up-to-date when we learn more about its future. Elsewhere, Bristol Energy Network has kindly got in touch to provide us with some tips to keep warm for less this winter and Avon and Somerset Police has provided advice on how to avoid
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From page 1. and pool teams are angry with the closure." Ms Bird and the community had previously fought against plans for the pub to be developed into flats. A local campaign group, 'Save the Three Crowns', has launched a petition where people can show their support for the re-opening of the pub. St George West Councillor Asher Craig, who supported the ACV application, said: "I was very disappointed to learn that the Three Crowns has had to close
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for now despite efforts by the staff and customers to secure the pub as an Asset of Community Value. "I have had the opportunity to meet with the landlord and customers of the Three Crowns, which is considered an important community asset and well used by both the local and wider community. A lot of hard work has been put in by locals to protect the pub from being sold off and listing the Three Crowns as an Asset of Community Value will enable the community to raise the funds to buy it.
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doorstep cons. We also caught up with council representatives and community groups concerned over the increasing number of bins and amount of rubbish in the Bell Hill area and have provided some information on what part you can play to make improvements. Finally, we look to the future and speak to Rob Acton-Campbell to understand more about how the new St George Community Network will differ from the neighbourhood partnership that it has replaced and how it will help residents stay on the front line of local decision making.
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"I understand that the staff are continuing with their application to Historic England to have the building listed and I will continue to work with the Three Crowns staff and customers in their efforts to keep the pub in the hands of the community." Ms Bird added: "We are hoping the community can buy the pub and I would love to carry on running it and continue to make it thrive. Myself and the staff would like to thank everyone who has supported us and for all your custom. We will
be going to work at our other site for the time being, hope that we and the 'Save The Three Crowns Group' group can still campaign to reopen The Three Crowns in the future. "We need people to write in to the council and complain and object to any planning permission and sign the petition. Our aim is for the community to buy the pub and save it." You can find the petition at: https://www.change.org/p/ asher-craig-save-the-threecrowns-blackswarth-rd-let-s-getthis-community-pub-re-opened
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n NEWS DUNDRIDGE Woodland has been selected as one of eight sites from around Bristol that will benefit from Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) money thanks to a new project that will be led by The Avon Wildlife Trust in partnership with Bristol City Council. The project is part of the My Wild City initiative, which aims to give local residents opportunities to learn more about their local wildlife sites, as well as the skills and knowledge to play their part in protecting them for the future. Avon Wildlife Trust will use the money to restore and improve the eight spaces over four years, and help people in nearby communities get closer to their local wildlife. A £41,500 development grant has been awarded to enable the project to progress. Once detailed proposals have been approved, the project will have access to £457,500 of HLF funding. Matt Collis, Avon Wildlife Trust My Wild City Project Manager explained that how and how much of the funding will be spent on each site had yet to be decided and that it
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Dundridge Woodland to benefit from Heritage Lottery Fund money would be based on the habitat restoration work and community engagement programme agreed during this development year. “These discussions are open to everyone to input into and we will be actively seeking out communities around these eight sites to engage with them throughout this process.” “We will be combining our specialist environmental management knowledge with the communities’ specialist local and historical knowledge of the site and its surrounding area.” The sites put forward for the scheme needed to be owned by Bristol City Council and show potential for both habitat restoration and community engagement, which would benefit a range of wildlife and a diverse
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set of communities. “The funding will go beyond doing work just at these eight sites,” explained Mr Collis. “We’ll be working with local schools to help educate children on urban wildlife and assist teachers with planning and feeling comfortable with outdoor learning activities. What we learn through restoring these eight sites will be shared with people accross the city who want to do the same at their local sites and we will support them as best we can.” He explained that the project planned to expand to cover specific urban species and would build on previous work to show how any space in the city could be improved for wildlife. The
project organisers will also be working with the Parks Forum to device a model that will improve the parks for wildlife and work with existing groups to see what the barriers and keys to success are. The My Wild City team will work closely with Friends of Dundridge Park and other community groups to deliver wider benefits. In a statement on its Facebook page the group said: “Friends Of Dundridge Park are thrilled that Dundridge Woodland at Conham Vale has been chosen as one of eight sites to benefit and look forward to being involved and assisting in this exciting project.”
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n NEWS A PETROL bomb has been thrown through the window of a drop-in centre for adults with learning disabilities causing around £3,500 worth of damage. The Hive Avon, which is at 322 Two Mile Hill Road, suffered extensive smoke damage and has had to rearrange its Christmas fair in order to make repairs. Luckily no one was on the premises at the time and the fire did not spread. The incident happened on Monday 16 October at around 12:30 am. A nearby resident called the police after hearing a noise, who in turn called the fire brigade. “It has concerned and upset
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Petrol bomb attack on learning disabilities centre all of us but especially some of our members who wonder why someone would do something like that to a place that they love,” explained Liz Cook, CEO of The Hive Avon. “We have cleaned up as much as we can at the moment but can't do too much until insurance is sorted. We are going to need new flooring, new ceiling tiles, new blinds plus other small items and complete redecoration.” “As always there are going to be some items that fall between the buildings and contents insurance and for which we will have to find the money.” Mrs Cook explained that the police had taken fingerprints from the wine bottle that was thrown through the window but expects the investigation to be difficult as no witnesses have so far come forward.
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The Hive Avon is a drop-in centre for adults with learning disabilities aged 18 and over from Bristol and South Gloucestershire. It is open 5 days a week and provides leisure, socialising and workshops, as well as advocacy and selfadvocacy support. The group’s Christmas fair was scheduled for 26 November, however this has now been rescheduled for 8 December between 1:00pm and 4:00pm. The fair will feature games, a craft stall with many items made by members, good quality donated items for sale as well as tea and cakes. The organisation is now seeking donations to help with the clearing up. If you would like to donate then call: 0117 9614372 or visit their Just Giving page at: www.justgiving.com/ thehiveavonlimited A representative of Avon and Somerset Police said: “Our CSI team have carried out a full forensic investigation of the scene, and we are in the process of conducting house to house and CCTV enquiries.”
“The fire service attended the scene and confirmed that a bottle containing accelerant had been thrown through the window, hitting the back wall/internal door frame, causing burn marks to the interior of the property.” They said that attacks like this are not common. Anyone with information about the incident should contact PC Chris Arthur via the Avon and Somerset Police website, or by calling 101, quoting reference 5217235908
Father Christmas seeks support from local shop Father Christmas has been in touch with the Little Treasures shop at 134a Church Road, Redfield, to ask for some help. He asked if he may borrow the shop to make some more toys for the local children, and has said that he’d be happy to meet any children who’d like to visit him. On Sundays 3rd, 10th and 17th December children (and parents and carers) will be able to visit Father Christmas. Jo Webster-Green, who runs Little Treasures, told the St George & Redfield Voice, that the shop will be transformed for these special days to make Father Christmas feel more at home, and that there will be an opportunity for children to look around, talk to Father Christmas, have a photograph taken with him and receive traditional Christmas stocking toys. Visits to Father Christmas on 3rd, 10th and 17th December need to be pre-booked, so to arrange a visit you can visit the Little Treasures shop or call 07974 449801.
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n NEWS COUNCILLORS and community groups are in discussion over the future of St George Library after the results of the Your Neighbourhood 2017 Consultation appeared to show more support for proposals that would see its funding withdrawn. The consultation offered citizens the opportunity to give their opinion on the council’s wide-ranging proposals for £62.199m in budget cuts. As well as libraries it also covered: Bristol community links, public toilets, school crossing patrols and the withdrawal of funding for neighbourhood partnerships. The libraries consultation offered three proposal options. The option that would see St George Library continue to be funded has come second with 17% of the vote, compared with 30% for option one. However, the largest number of respondents (39%) chose to reject all three of the options. Deputy Mayor Asher Craig, who is also councillor for the library’s ward of St George West, says that a decision will be made over the future of the library
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Extended access offers library hope after consultation service at a cabinet meeting on 5 December. She explained that extended access, a scheme that allows members to access the library outside staffed hours could be the future for St George and other libraries. “We have received proposals about retaining the extended access libraries, of which St George is one. The consultation feedback has been very positive about this project and we are considering the operational implications of how St George remains connected to the library service.” “I am keen to see the library opened up to wider community use and will continue to speak to local groups, including St George Community Network and St George Community Centre to explore how we can
continue to deliver a service which better meets and responds to the way more of our citizens live their lives and can provide additional benefits to communities, particularly those in our city who experience more challenges and have less access to opportunities.” However, some have expressed concerns over the extended access scheme highlighting that many library users today are more interested in using computers than reading books. “The current proposal will be removing computers from the buildings,” explained Diane Jones, a representative of Friends of St George Library. “Also they are not specifying the problems with anti-social behaviour and the lack of
security. Mrs Jones also pointed to criticism from support group Bristol Loves Libraries over proposals to have community run libraries. She explained that the reliance on unselected, unvetted, untrained, unsupervised and unsupported volunteers is very risky both for volunteers and the public. The consultation had a poor turnout of less than 1%, which has led to some groups calling for the result to be invalidated. In particular, the number of respondents was weighted heavily towards more affluent areas of the city, with submissions from Westbury-onTrym and Henleaze, Redland and Clifton making up over a third of responses.
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Cultural change required for cleaner streets THE St George and Redfield Voice joined council and community representatives in a walk of St George to discuss solutions to improve the tidiness of the area in the face of mounting rubbish and graffiti. The walk was organised by the St George Community Network’s urban streetscape champion Grenville Johnson and was attended by councillors, council officers and Bristol Waste. “A lot of my neighbours say they think that the quality of the urban streetscape has declined,” explained Mr Johnson, who is also Chair of St George in Bloom. “Some parts of Bell Hill are beginning to look slightly drab and neglected because of several issues: there is rubbish on the pavements, as well as graffiti and tagging on walls. It’s also about finding ways to store bins so that they are not obstructing access – I have heard complaints from disabled people and those with prams that they can’t get through.”
Mr Johnson is keen to raise public awareness of what can be done to make the area look brighter cleaner and tidier. He said that he wants to encourage a sense of civic pride and to achieve a cultural change where community volunteers work with councillors and council officers to take responsibility for the condition of their local area. “All the research shows that when people take pride and an area changes from grey to green with flowers plants and an attractive looking or tidy streetscape, people's health and wellbeing can be improved – people can come out of their front doors see a lovely area close to them and that just raises their spirits,” said Mr Johnson. He went on to explain that if
What can you do to help? • Make sure all their litter goes in the bin or take it home • Recycle and reuse as much as possible • Report littering, fly-tipping or not managing household waste and recycling correctly • Ensure you know what can and can’t go in the recycling containers to prevent build-up of waste • Use lids and nets on boxes to ensure items don’t escape • Keep the area outside your property tidy • Take in bins and boxes promptly once they are emptied • Take part in litter picks To report an issue, visit: www.bristol.gov.uk/streets-travel/ street-that-needs-cleaning
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things continue on the current trajectory that it would be harder to bring things back to where they were and that we owe it to future generations to set an example. During the walk a concerned local resident who wished to remain anonymous told the St George and Redfield Voice about his experience with a particular problem spot on Bell Hill: “A guy came out and threw a bag of rubbish onto the pavement. I spoke politely to him and said that he should put it away properly and that it was all over the place and I was told to F-off – I’m not going to get into a confrontation over this!” Jessica Tulit, Community Engagement Officer at Bristol Waste, echoed Mr Johnson’s comments that there is a need for shared responsibility. “Simply saying that it is the
council’s responsibility to keep the streets clean absolves us all of acting responsibly and, ultimately, costs the council large amounts of money,” she explained. “This money could be spent on other things rather than clearing up after people.” “We appreciate that many residents do take part in litter picks, report issues and try to help neighbours manage their waste and we are very grateful for their support. We really want people to take pride in their local areas.” She explained that Bristol Waste needed to work with landlords and tenants to come up with better bin storage solutions. “We’ve had really positive results where residents or community groups have got involved in door knocking or litter picked while we tried to speak to residents at their doors. This sets an example and helps improve community spirit and cohesion.” The walk follows this month’s announcement from Mayor Marvin Rees of a crackdown on littering. From next month, tougher enforcement measures will be put in place to target people who persist in dropping litter, leaving dog mess behind or defacing property with graffiti. People caught dropping litter in Bristol could face fines of up to £75 as part of the new enforcement campaign.
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Suspicious caller report leads to arrest AVON and Somerset Police have praised residents after their quick-thinking helped lead to the arrest of a burglary suspect. Officers were called at about midday on Friday 13 October to the Two Mile Hill area of Bristol by witnesses reporting suspicious callers – a man and woman – at an elderly resident’s home. Police found that a gentleman in his 80s had had cash stolen after a man called on him offering to do work on his roof. The gentleman handed over some money up front, but the suspect took the rest of his cash as well and left without carrying out any work. Thanks to the details the witnesses gave about the vehicle, police were able to trace a suspect to Trowbridge in Wiltshire, where a man was arrested on suspicion of burglary at about 2pm. He was later
released under investigation. Crime Scene Investigators carried out a forensic examination of the property, door-to-door enquiries were been made and the householder received home security support from Avon and Somerset Police’s specialist crime prevention carpenter. Officers are keen to hear from anyone else in the area who may have had a similar suspicious caller on Friday, or who has any information which could help their investigation. Anyone who can help should call 101, quoting reference 5217233908 or visit: www. avonandsomerset.police. uk/contact. Alternatively ring the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. They never ask your name or trace your call.
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Looking after our community spaces is becoming more important with council budgets, services and buildings being reduced. At the heart of St George, there’s a community space that has been looked after by volunteers for over 20 years. Here are a few things you may, or may not know, about St George Community Centre... ST George Community Association was set up in 1987 by a group of local residents who felt that there was a need for a community centre in St George. They originally met in the library and held events in St George Park. After many years of campaigning a local building was found on the site of the old grammar school canteen. The building was in complete disrepair and eventually, in 1995, grant aid was given by Bristol City Council and the new Community Centre was built. The membership of the voluntary management committee has changed over time, but the current team is proud to say that the build-
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ing is still volunteer-run for the benefit of the community. All hire income is used to maintain and improve the building and develop new community services. The centre receives no grant funding from the council towards running costs. If you’ve not been to the community centre before, it backs onto St George Park, next to the Sikh temple. Activities at the centre include Yoga, Pilates, three different toddler groups (including a German group and one specially for twins), dance classes, Slimming World, Jolly Tots music group, WI, Tai Chi, Woodcraft Folk, plus plenty of family parties and gatherings. The centre is managed by a volunteer committee who meet once every six weeks to make plans for the building’s future and organise community events. They are currently working on a ‘Winter Crafternoon’ on Sunday 3 December. This is a family event of making things, fuelled by tea/cake. It will be free to come along to, with craft activities for both children and adults and games to play. There are also some big plans afoot to redevelop the outside space at the centre. The team is working with an urban design student to transform the park entrance with a statement archway entrance, new fencing and planting
(phase one) and re-developing the outside space including the existing garden and car park to turn it into a venue for outdoor events (phase two). This is your local community centre, so if you have ideas for events and activities you would like to see happening here, one way to help make this happen is to join the team who manage it! Can you help in a small, medium or big way to keep the centre running and plan for the future? From
joining the committee to helping serve tea at an event – if you have skills such as gardening or event planning then the centre would love to hear from you! Contact the current Chair, Tamsin Harcourt, on stgeorgecc@hotmail.com or pop into the centre to talk to Jo Drummond, Centre Coordinator (ring 07757 319 582 as not always on site). More info www.stgeorgecc. co.uk or search Facebook for ‘St George Community Centre’.
Tackling fuel poverty in St George ACCORDING to government data (Sub-regional Fuel Poverty England 2017, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) 12.9% of Bristol households are unable to keep their homes adequately heated (fuel poverty). In parts of St George, such as Two Mile Hill East and Whiteway, this figure is 13.6%. Fuel poverty is caused by high fuel prices, low incomes and poor quality housing. Older and Disabled people are also more likely to be affected as often they need to keep their homes warmer. Winter is the most expensive season when it comes to energy use, forcing some people to choose between food and heating. Here are some tips on reducing your energy bills and
keeping your home warm: • Check to see if you could save money by switching to another energy supplier or tariff. Have a look at comparison websites such as Citizens Advice. • Check to see if your energy company can offer you any grants to improve your home or get money off your bill (particularly Warm Home discount if you are in receipt of benefits, this takes £140 a year off your bill) or call Centre for Sustainable Energy for advice on 0800 082 2234. • Check if there are any improvements you can make to your home. Some examples include: plugging gaps in floors, walls etc with draught-proofing, secondary glazing and boosting loft insulation. A Cold Homes
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Energy Efficiency Survey (www.cheeseproject.co.uk) can help identify areas that need addressing. • Update your light bulbs to LED bulbs, this will save 90% off your lighting bill if you still have traditional bulbs. Another way to reduce energy bills is to be more aware of how much energy you are using. Smart meters will soon be rolled out across the country for free, providing you with up to date information on your how much gas and electric you’re using via monitors in the home, as well as providing exact meter readings to suppliers to ensure you’re only charged for what you use. Your energy supplier must offer you a smart meter by 2020, but you don’t have to have one here
are some more reasons why you might want to consider it: • Smart meters mean you will not need anyone from an energy company to visit your home to read your meter • Smart meters will allow customers who prepay for their energy to top up via their mobile or online • Smart meters mean you could choose to use energy during times of the day when it’s cheapest • Smart meters will help energy companies to know when you’ve lost power (e.g. have been cut off in a storm) For more information visit our website Bristol Energy Network www. bristolenergynetwork.org
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Brunel Academy students take to the skies STUDENTS from Bristol Brunel Academy have taken to the skies, touring Bristol and the surrounding areas in a helicopter. Three students Zhongwen Chen, Tony Lin and Joel Callicott from Year 8 along with maths teacher Sam Thompson, spent 35 minutes flying over the city. Taking off from the academy grounds they took in the sights of the Suspension Bridge, the river Severn and the two Severn crossings before returning to the academy. Last July the team entered a competition on the TimesTable Rockstars website which is a times table gaming educational site, that helps students improve their basic understanding of numeracy skills. The team competed against other primary and secondary schools in a head-to-head competition over the course of a day. Schools entered from as far afield as Swansea, Swindon
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Didn’t we do well! WE were delighted to have been invited to the awards ceremony of St George in Bloom 2017 and throughout our Association receive no less than eleven awards from The Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor of Bristol, Cllr Lesley Alexander. Prestigiously, the Chairman’s Award went to Plot 20 at St. Aidan’s Allotments whilst we received five Highly Commended and five others for Outstanding Achievements. The awards ceremony was a great opportunity for us to learn more of how St George in Bloom has played an important part in our community. Whilst thanks must go to their willing volunteers it was evident that much valued support has also been provided by many local businesses who obviously want to share in the growing success of the area, as indeed we as an Allotment Association look forward that we can achieve even higher horticultural standards with St. George in Bloom 2018. During late autumn our plots offer a somewhat different appearance from that of just a few weeks ago. Most if not all our summer crops have long finished and been cleared away to reveal bare patches of ground, and left unattended weeds and grass will almost certainly begin to appear there. To help stem any unwanted growth throughout the winter the ground could be covered with large cardboard boxes (bike boxes from the local cycle shop are excellent) or black plastic sheet may be quicker and re-useable. But best of all, spread a mulch of homemade compost over the area. This will feed the soil over the coming months in readiness for next season and supress any weeds at the same time, and should any annoying green shoots pop through the surface, simply hoe them off. Consequently this month, it can seem as if everything starts to turn against us at the allotment, with days becoming shorter, colder and usually wetter, but the months of November and December do in fact have their advantages.
Winter vegetables will soon be ready for harvest, leeks for one and parsnips in particular will need frosts to turn their starches into sugars and produce their distinctive flavour. These shorter days are also a great time to consider what was successful on the plot this year and what wasn’t whilst it’s still fresh in our minds (if like me, notes are not always written down when they should be) and decide our plans for next year. Bear in mind of course that crop rotation is important, not only does this reduce the risk of any disease building up in the soil, but actually one crop succeeding another helps new growth. For example, follow nitrogen-fixing legumes such as peas or beans with nitrogen-loving leaf or fruiting crops such as lettuce or tomatoes. Make a list too of seeds you’ll need next year, take stock of the tools you have, any need replacing? Thermal gardening gloves are a real bonus to keep the cold and wet out. A few ideas perhaps for someone’s Christmas wish-list who’s always difficult to buy for! Making early preparation for those crops you want to grow next year is essential, and one seed almost everyone will include and want to grow is potatoes. Whether you have a large plot or just a patio you can grow them easily in bags or buckets and as we’ve said in our reports before, the tastes and textures are
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always exceptional. Our allotment shop will as in previous years, have an excellent range of seed potatoes of over thirty-five varieties and can be bought singly if you want to try just a few of several different ones. But this year we are offering a new twist to start our annual sale, by opening our shop on New Year’s Day from 11.00am to 3.00pm no less! We’re inviting everyone to come and join us; our kitchen will be serving bacon butties and veggie soup. It will be an opportunity to well, shall we say, for the family to take in a little fresh air after the recent festivities and pick-up where we left off before Christmas and at the same time look forward to the new gardening year ahead. Make a note of our potato sale in your diary, or if you’d like us to remind you a few days beforehand please send us an email, our address is just below. And finally for now, you may remember our report last month included an idea to start broad bean seed germination; ours are now underway and will be ready for planting out soon. To help them through whatever the weather throws at us over the next couple of months our allotment shop supplies a thermal net which we have used to create a protective, snug tunnel for the plants to develop in. Our picture, taken at the end of March this year, shows how well the plants had progressed throughout last winter which produced a crop of beans ready for picking a few weeks later. If you would like more information of thermal net or how we set-up our tunnel please call in at our shop or drop us line. Email: beaanews@gmail.com or call 0117932-5852. www.bristoleastallotments.com.
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Grenville Johnson’s fond memories of St George from his childhood MUCH of our food was grown by my father who had a local allotment in St George, and I spent a lot of time assisting him with the latest crops. We ‘ate seasonally’ which meant that treats in the summertime included raspberries and strawberries or gooseberries, and later in the year sprouts and root vegetables were also added to the menu. Monday was washing day and I remember returning home from school from the age of five, and could smell the soap suds permeating the house. In the garden yard was a cast iron mangle that squeezed out the excess water from the washing, and was hand operated. Meat was usually obtained from Harry Palmer’s Butchers shop that was located on the corner of Glen Park in the street just off Bell Hill where I was born. Fish was purchased from a fresh fish shop in Kingswood and eaten once a week, or we sometimes ate fish and chips as a treat for
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drawer was opened. On Sunday afternoons, I was dispatched to the shop to buy a rectangular block of plain ‘Walls’ ice cream that accompanied tinned fruit, homemade cake and salmon sandwiches for afternoon tea. My parents did not own a fridge or freezer in those days, so ice cream was usually purchased once a week from Mr and Mrs Dears shop, and traditionally on a Sunday afternoon for tea. Later in the 1960s the flavours of the ice cream became more exotic to include strawberry and raspberry ripple and ‘neapolitan’ with alternating stripes of chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla. Next to the Worlds End pub were several Coop stores. The shop interiors at the local Coop were still very Victorian in character with mahogany shelves and counters, and the cash was sent in metal cash dispensers along a series of overhead wires that sped across the ceiling to the cashier’s desk.
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St George drink driver jailed Bethany Wash reports A 56 year old man from St George has been jailed for eight weeks after pleading guilty to drink driving. Peter Highton, of Clouds Hill Road, was sentenced to eight weeks' imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, and disqualified from driving for 36 months. Highton was also given an eight week curfew between the hours of 5pm and 5am following his guilty plea. He was ordered to pay £85 court costs and £115 victim surcharge.
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Electric Vehicles LOCAL councillors get to deal with lots of local stuff in the local community. But that isn’t the only stuff that we have to deal with. There are lots of decisions that are made by national Government that have implications for us locally in Bristol. I thought that you might be interested in hearing about one of these (especially as it will affect many of us). So, in July Her Majesty’s Government announced that petrol and diesel cars would no longer be available for sale after 2040. I think we all knew that this decision was going to come at some point, though I didn’t expect it quite so soon. With climate change and the awful air quality in many of our cities, it was inevitable really. We’ll start to see the effects of this decision pretty soon. Sales of electric vehicles (EV’s) have been increasing (albeit from a low base) for several years
and hybrid vehicles are now a familiar sight on our roads, but sales of full-on EVs are now predicted to take off. 2040 might seem like a long way away but the way we currently buy cars in this country means that the majority of the cars on the road will become electric long before that. How are we to keep all of these extra EVs running? Aside from generating more electricity, where are we going to plug them all in? OK, if you’ve got your own garage or driveway you can just plug it in there. But how about if you don’t have off street parking? How much extra pressure does this put on already scarce parking spaces? Who fancies picking their way along the street, past all the trailing cables on the pavement? That isn’t going to work, is it? Do you think the council should provide road-side charging points? How ugly is
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There has been a proactive effort in St George to create a successor to its neighbourhood partnership after the council withdrew its funding from these organisations earlier this year. The St George Community Network is now taking shape and so we caught up with its newly elected Chair Rob Acton-Campbell to find out more about how it will help keep the community at the heart of local decision making. Why were neighbourhood partnerships (NPs) closed down? The NPs were council-led and the structure meant that meetings were also formal council committee meetings. That meant a lot of paperwork and a lot of admin cost. With government cuts, the council decided to save money by closing them down. Unfortunately it also means we have lost much of the support of the council officers who used to pursue issues raised by residents with other council departments such as highways or parks. How will the community network differ? The St George Community Network (SGCN) is led by volunteer residents. We organise meetings and decide the agenda. We will work with the four St George councillors and contact council officers, but it is us as residents who are making the decisions about which issues we tackle and where we focus our energy. We hope that the organisation will continue and build on the good things about the NP but be less bureaucratic and therefore encourage more people to get involved. What is the main aim of the community network? There are two main aims; the first is to act as a voice for St George, promote it and ensure we get our share of any funding. The second is to act as a ‘community of community groups’ to give the opportunity for community groups to exchange information and learn from each other. We will also support anyone wanting to start
a new group or project in the area and help put them in touch with the right people to try and make things happen. How is the community network structured and who has positions on it? Once we realised that the NP was likely to be wound up we held meetings to talk about what we wanted from any new organisation. Out of those discussions came the idea that we could be part of the St George Community Association which runs the Community Centre. They agreed to support us in this way, avoiding the need to set up a new group from scratch. Our working group was elected in early July with myself as Chair. Each member of the group takes the lead on different subjects. Each leader will organise meetings or events as necessary to address individual issues. The full list of working group members can be seen at www.stgeorgecommunity. org.uk/network/about/ If there are issues people think we should be addressing but aren’t then we would welcome more members to take the lead on those issues. Almost all funding that NPs enjoyed has been withdrawn. What funding do you still have access to? We hope that the council will allocate funding to cover the costs of meetings etc., and to be able to give small grants. However, the bulk of funding will come from grants or donations. For the most part our aim will be to support local groups to raise funds rather than applying ourselves. The council still has funds received from developers of building projects in St George which it has to spend in the local area. In the past councillors allocated this money at NP meetings; the new process for allocating these funds has not yet been decided but we will be in there trying to ensure it is spent on schemes that benefit St George residents. What lessons did you learn from the NP that will impact the community network? One big improvement – less paperwork! People have busy lives and do not want to spend them sitting in meetings. Many people who are willing and have time to volunteer already help run other groups, so we do not want to impose
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on them unnecessarily, we want people to leave our meetings or events feeling they were worthwhile. Where we can we will work through existing groups and support them rather than running separate meetings. What is the biggest challenge currently facing the community network? What are the biggest challenges facing organisations like this in general? The council’s message to us is that they want to ‘step back’ and be a facilitator rather than doing everything themselves. Unfortunately a lot of what we aim to do still needs permissions or support from council departments; with the constant changes of structure and people leaving it is difficult to find the right person in the council to make things happen. It is also frustrating that six months after the last NP meeting it is still not clear how we can influence the allocation of funds. Why are local decision making groups like this important to our community? Local groups bring together people with a range of knowledge and experience that can consider local issues in much more detail and with a different perspective to officials who are often pushed for time. They give local people an opportunity to get their voice heard and interact with councillors, the police, council officers and others to work towards solutions that have broad support rather than waiting until poor decisions are made and then trying to campaign against them. What drives you personally to be involved? Troopers Hill forms the magnificent view from my bedroom window, and trying to help preserve that unique site is what initially got me involved in local issues. Having found who to talk to in the council we started to talk to them about other issues in the area. It is very satisfying when you see even small improvements that you helped make happen. When, where and how often do you meet? How can others get involved? We haven’t established a regular meeting pattern but we intend to have get-togethers every four months for community groups across the area to share experiences and learn from each
other – see our website for details. The members of the working group who lead on different issues will organise meetings for people or groups interested in those issues and then we will hold public meetings from time to time. We encourage all residents to sign up to our mailing list at www.stgeorgecommunity.org. uk/network/contact/ but we are particularly keen to ensure that anyone involved in running a community group in the area knows of us and lets us know how we can help them. What are your hopes for the future of the community network? I see the network as a facilitator helping St George residents with ideas and projects that would benefit the area to get things done. We are aiming to bring existing community groups together so that by sharing experiences we can overcome some of the barriers to making things happen. As time goes on I hope that the Network and its members will inspire new groups to form and new community led projects to emerge. We must make sure that everyone in St George benefits, so I hope that we will be able look at where there are gaps in the provision of community facilities and actively encourage groups to do more or new groups to form to fill those gaps. One of the roles that the NP took on was to try to get news and information out to residents. While we did this to some extent at our fora and through the website and social media it was clear that we needed a newsletter for St George. I am very pleased that the St George & Redfield Voice is now filling this gap. Long may it continue.
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n ON THE BEAT Hello again! I hope you have all had a safe, crime free and healthy month. Unfortunately for me I was both a victim of a crime (my personal bikes stolen from my garage) and full of cold, which hasn’t been pleasant. However, I am here to cheer everyone up with a great story of what one of our local officers has been up to and to let you know of something which we are very proud of that’s coming very soon! Over recent months we have received a number of complaints of anti-social behaviour (ASB) in Naseby Walk, predominantly around groups of teenagers loitering, smoking cannabis, drinking alcohol, revving car engines, riding mopeds erratically, littering in the area and fly tipping. PC Claire Coates, who is the local beat officer for St George, put her problem solving hat on and identified that one of the aggravating factors could be the state of the road and gardens. The large overgrown hedges were making a perfect location to hide from sight and carry out ASB. By working with Bristol City Council, Catch22, local officers and residents, she arranged for a community clean-up day. This happened in October and was a huge success! Lots of people turned up and mucked in. It was a great example of agencies and communities working together to send out a clear message that we will not tolerate ASB. We are once again opening up our popular Cop Shop – which we are very proud of in the Galleries this Christmas – to help Christmas shoppers stay safe. Our shop will be on the ground floor, next door to Thornton’s and this year we are sharing the space with our partners in Avon Fire and Rescue, as well
Claire Coates and members of the community as with Cycle Republic, Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal and Wessex 4X4 Response. As well as crime prevention advice, we will be running competitions for both younger and older children and will be inviting shoppers to become detectives, following the clues through our mocked up crime scene. Shoppers can also spread a bit of festive cheer, by leaving a present under our tree for young people spending Christmas in hospital, as part of the Wallace and Gromit Grand Appeal. Last year we had nearly 4,000 visitors to the shop and we hope to see even more people this year. The Cop Shop opens on 27 November and closes on 23 December. Opening hours are 09.30am – 18.00pm. Follow #CopShop on Twitter and post your #PoliceSelfies with officers at the shop. As well as this column you can also keep up to date with what we are doing in the following ways:
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stgeorge&redfieldvoice n TROOPERS HILL NATURE REPORT
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SO what’s good about winter? The leaves drop from most trees, the birds stop nesting, it’s colder and maybe a bit greyer. Well, while nature is taking a bit of a rest, humans can do a lot of work so when spring comes, the plants that provide habitats for the highly valued wildlife on Troopers Hill have the best chance to thrive. This is the time of year when Friends of Troopers Hill, a truly ‘outstanding’ group of people need the most help from you, local people living near the Hill. If you can give just 2 hours of your time between now and March you could make a tremendous difference to the survival of very special wildlife and plants on Troopers Hill. This work cannot be done during the bird nesting season which runs from March until the end of September. It would be illegal for Friends of Troopers Hill to disturb nesting birds. Winter is also ideal because with no leaves on most trees and shrubs, you can easily see where cutting tools need to go and it is a lighter job removing debris. The Friends will not be the only people working on the Hill. At this time of year Bristol City Council’s Parks team will have met
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with the Friends to review the Hill’s conservation management plan and agree the tasks for the winter that need heavy machinery and strimmers. Most of the work concentrates on pushing back seedling trees and bramble to preserve as big an area of acid grassland and heathland as possible.
It is the grassland and heathland that provides the important habitat for species ranging from common lizards to mining bees. 75 species of bee have been recorded on Troopers Hill, 24 types of butterfly, 92 moths and over 500 other invertebrates. Why have I called the Friends ‘outstanding’? For the 6th year in a
row the Royal Horticultural Society South West in Bloom assessment of the Friends of Troopers Hill in the It’s Your Neighbourhood category is the highest level “5 – Outstanding”. The Friends are really proud of this. Please give your Local Nature Reserve a helping hand to not only be outstanding for 2018 but to preserve this very special area for wildlife, local people and their children, into the future. Just turn up a little before 10:00am on the 3rd Thursday or 1st Saturday of any month at the red slide on Troopers Hill Field. You will be given a warm welcome, provided with gloves, tools and guidance on what to do and why. to protect you from scratches. If you have any questions please contact Susan on 0117 947 5037 or email friends@troopers-hill. org.uk.
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stgeorge&redfieldvoice n THANGAM DEBBONAIRE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR BRISTOL WEST
November, 2017
I ENJOYED reading about St George in Bloom in the last edition of St George and Redfield Voice. I’ll happily add my voice to the others at the recent awards ceremony and applaud the hard work of local residents and community groups in making the area more colourful and attractive. I’ve certainly noticed a difference over the last two years, and I’m sure most residents have too. Congratulations to all award winners, who put my own gardening efforts to shame, though having to be in Parliament for most of the week is a handy excuse. I have, however, made one important addition to my garden over the last year – bee-friendly plants. There’s a reason for this. People write to me all the time with concerns about climate change, about species decline, or about air pollution. And many of you have urged me to do as much as possible to protect bumblebees, as the populations of most species are declining dramatically. I’m proud to say I’ve now become the species champion for the Shrill Carder Bee (Bombus Sylvarum), working closely with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and other wildlife organisations. The Shrill Carder Bee was common a century ago throughout the UK but it’s now confined to just a few areas in the South
West, South Wales and the South East and risks becoming extinct. This matters because bumblebees are great at pollinating fruit, vegetables and wildflowers. Declining populations will therefore affect our ability to grow crops, and generally undermine our whole ecosystem. So you can expect to hear a lot about the Shrill Carder Bee from me over the coming years! In the meantime, if you’re a gardener you can certainly do your bit to help, as I’m trying to do. Your garden can easily provide bee-friendly flowers that are rich in pollen and nectar which bees can easily access from spring until late summer. This will ensure there’s a good supply of pollen at all the important times in the bee season. The greater the number of suitable flowering plants in your garden the better but you should aim for at least two kinds of bee-friendly plant for each flowering period. Lavender, crocuses, cotoneaster, rosemary and lily of the valley are just some of the plants I can suggest, but you’ll be able to find all sorts of colourful, exotic things in garden centres and catalogues; some to plant now and some in spring. Check out the Bumblebee Conservation Trust website www.bumblebeeconservation.org for
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Katana Judo Kai ON Sunday 15th of October two members of Katana Judo Kai took a trip to Didcot for the Oxfordshire Area Open Competition at Didcot Leisure Centre. Both members were selected to attend this event as part of the Avon Area Squad with Tayler-Anne taking part in the Junior section of the competition and Club Coach Matt, who is also the Avon Area Squad Coach for 2017, selected to participate in the Senior Dan grade part of the competition. Tayler-Anne didn’t quite make it past the pool stage and finished in fifth place overall. Her first contest was against a much taller, more experienced, opponent who was able to take a dominating grip and although Tayler-Anne never gave up and kept trying to attack and do her Judo, she was unable to overcome her opponent and was thrown for two middle scores (Waza Ari) which combined to earn her opponent the win. In her second contest Tayler-Anne was taken down into groundwork by another opponent, who was also taller and more experienced than her, and was unfortunately pinned for the full 25 seconds
for her opponent to claim the win. Throughout the whole time that the hold down was on, Tayler-Anne showed great determination and kept trying to escape right until the referee awarded the contest. Earlier in the morning Matt not only took part in the Heavyweight, Over 81 kilograms category but also agreed to take part in the Open Weight category to give the two entrants in the Light Weight, Under 81 kilograms category some additional contests. In the Heavyweight category Matt’s first contest was against another Avon Area Squad member and was able to throw him flat on his back to earn the win. The second and fourth contests were against members of the Avon Area that had not been selected as part of the Area Squad but had entered themselves, both of these contests ended with Matt throwing both opponents by a straight win in the fourth contest but with a combination of two middle scoring throws in the second. The third contest for Matt was against the eventual Gold medallist, from Barnet Judo Club, as Matt ended up
submitting from a strangulation technique which can only be used in competition by Seniors (aged 16 years and above). This combination of results meant that Matt earned a Silver medal for the Heavyweight category. From there, Matt entered the Open weight category in good spirit and won the two pool stage contests by throwing both opponents onto their back for the win. This meant that Matt set up a Final contest against the same opponent who had beaten him in the Heavyweight category and
this time Matt was caught and thrown to settle for the Silver medal again. Katana Judo Kai always welcomes new members to come and learn Judo with us. As a club we encourage members to attend competitions and training events both within Bristol as well as some slightly further destinations such as Oxfordshire. For details about training sessions or to get in touch can be found on the club website www.katanajudokai. co.uk
Summerhill Academy Friends becomes charity Summerhill Academy Friends (SAF) has now become a registered charity. It will allow the group to work in a more financially efficient way and to apply for a wide range of grants. The group has enjoyed a successful 12 months, having secured £2,380 from its own events and has received £5,000 from the John James Foundation and £2,000 from the Big Lottery. This has helped to relaunch the school’s library, assisted with the cost of school trips and has helped the school community grow closer together. Anyone is welcome to join SAF and parents at the school automatically become members. SAF will benefit pupils by holding events and fundraising to contribute towards resources, equipment and experiences that the school might not otherwise have been able to afford. Its next meeting will take place on Friday 10 November at 9:00am at the Orchard Coffee and Co. To get in touch, visit the group’s Facebook page or email: summerhillacademyfriends@ gmail.com
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n WHAT’S ON IN OUR AREA 5 November n St Patrick’s Church Fireworks display. 4:30pm (display at 6:00pm). Adults £5, children under 12 £3:00. Chips, burgers, hot dogs and bar. 7 November n Summerhill Academy Friends Autumn Disco. Y3/Y4 4.30-6pm, Y5/ Y6 6.30-8pm. Tickets will cost £1.50 on the door and refreshments will be on sale. Parents/carers will be responsible for collecting their child after the event. Contact: summerhillacademyfriends@gmail.com 8 November n Meadowvale Community Centre Annual General Meeting, 1:00pm at the community centre. Your chance to become a member, give us your ideas for next year, learn more about the plans for the upgrade of the centre, and the new equipment for Meadowvale park. Contact Fiona: 078 4980 1709 16 November n Taster Bowen Technique Clinic, 10:00am till 2:00pm at Eastern Yoga in Easton, 1 hour session only £15, to book a slot email healingwithbowen@gmail.com or call 07963 250310, www.healingwithbowen. com 18 November n St Patrick’s Christmas Bazaar. 2:00pm, Blackswarth Road, Redfield, Bristol BS5 8AS. Lots of stalls, early visit from Father Christmas. n St Aidan’s Christmas Fair, St Aidan's Church Hall, Fir Tree Lane, St George. 11:00am-2:00pm. Lots of festive stalls including toiletries, fancy goods, chocolate, second
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hand toys, books, grand raffle, hot snacks, homemade cakes and teas. Contact: 01179677812 23 November n Avon Organic Group: The local group for everyone interested in organic growing and organic foods. 7:00pm–9:00pm at The Station (in the Dance Studio), Silver Street, Bristol. BS1 2AG. All welcome. Visitors £5/Members £2. www. groworganicbristol.org/secretaryaog@gmail.com 2 December n Air Balloon Hill Primary School Christmas Fair. 11:00am-2:00pm at the School. Lots of stalls, activities and Christmas Shopping, as well as hot food and refreshments. New Harmony Ladies Choir and Bristol Male Voice Choir Seasonal Concert also featuring Oldland Brass. Starts 7.30pm at Horfield United Reform Church, Muller Road. Tickets £10 from choir members or at the door. Visit our websites: www.nhlcbristol.co.uk www.bristolmvc.org.uk 8 December n The Hive Avon Christmas Fair. 1:00pm–4:00pm. 322-324 Two Mile Hill Road, Kingswood, Bristol, BS15 1AJ Tel: 0117 9614372 Email: office@thehiveavon.org.uk
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REGULAR EVENTS Monday n 55+ Wellbeing Group, 11.00am to 1.00pm, Beehive Centre n Ping Pong Club, 1.00pm to 4.00pm, Beehive Centre n IT Support and Advice, 10.30am to 12.30pm, St George Library n Baby Bounce and Rhyme, 10.15am, St George Library n ESOL – Learning Direct 9:30am– 11.30am, Speedwell Nursery and Children’s Centre. Please call to find out when the next course starts, tel: 0117 903 0329 n Baby Clinic, 1:00pm–2:30pm, Cossham Hospital seminar room n Messy play, 1:30pm–3:00pm, Speedwell Nursery and Children’s Centre, tel: 0117 903 0329 n Capoeira: Easton Community Centre, 6:30pm–7:30pm, call Rad on 07734 469251 or Lise on 07590 408705 Tuesday n Walking Group, 10.30am to 11.30am, Beehive Centre n Lunch Club, 12.30pm to 2.00pm, Beehive Centre n Film Club, 1.45pm, Beehive Centre n Arts & Crafts, 10.30am to 1.00pm, Saffron Gardens, Prospect Place, 0117 935 4471 n Branching Out 9:00am–11:00am, n Messy play, 1:30pm–3:00pm, Speedwell Nursery and Children’s Centre, tel: 0117 903 0329 n Stay and play, 9:30am–11:00am, St Aidan’s Church Hall n Baby Clinic, 10:00am–12:00am, St George Health Centre n ESOL Conversation Club, 1:30am–2:30pm, Speedwell Nursery and Children’s Centre, tel: 0117 903 0329 n Capoeira: Gracie Barra School BS5 9JU 6:30pm–8:00pm, call Rad on 07734 469251 or Lise on 07590
408705 Wednesday n Holistic Massage, 10.00am to 12noon, Beehive Centre n Tai Chi, Beginners 10.30– 11.30am, advanced 11.30am– 12.30pm Beehive Centre n Art & Craft Class, 1.30pm to 4.00pm, Beehive Centre n Keep Fit, 2.00pm to 3.00pm, Beehive Centre n Easton Food Assembly, 12.30pm to 7.00pm, collect orders from Easton Community Centre, info eastonfoodassembly@gmail.com n Community / Parents Group Meeting, Summerhill School n Theatre 4 Tots: Develop confidence and co-ordination through the diverse practices of performing arts. Sessions run at The Bristol Hippodrome 11.00am to 12noon, for 0 - 4 years. Info Marie on 0117 961 1686 n Nurturing programme and parenting puzzle. Please call to book, 9:30am–11:30am, Speedwell Nursery and Children’s Centre, tel: 0117 903 0329 n Under 1’s social group, 1:30pm– 3:00pm, Speedwell Nursery and Children’s Centre, tel: 0117 903 0329 Thursday n Community Café, 9.00am to 1.30pm, Beehive Centre n Over 55 Ballroom Dance, 12.30pm to 1.30pm, Beehive Centre n Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing and Sailing for the over 55s. 10.00am to 12noon. Baltic Wharf. Info 0117 935 4471 n Coffee Morning, 10.00am to 12noon, St Aidan’s Church, Fir Tree Lane. Info 0117 960 6592 n Pre-School Children’s Story Time, 10.15am to 10.45am, St George Library n Childminders’ group, 9:15am– 10:45am, Speedwell Nursery and Children’s Centre, tel: 0117 903 0329 n Growing together, 9:30am– 11:30am, Speedwell Allotments n Rock-a-bye, 9:30am – 10:30am, please call to book, Community
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