Fishponds Voice May 2018

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'Give us a fair share of £97k' PEOPLE living in the central part of Fishponds are calling on Bristol City Council to invest in community facilities in the area.

Councillor Nicola Bowden-Jones told a meeting at the Vassall Centre that the Frome Vale ward had been neglected for too long.

She said that she and the other councillor for the area, Councillor Lesley Alexander, were united over concerns that their area is continuing to miss out.

The meeting was called to decide on priorities for spending money that has come to the council from housing developers, including £97,000 from projects in Frome Vale.

Councillor Bowden-Jones said: “It is not a level playing field. Some areas have better community facilities. We haven’t got anything.”

The meeting discussed a number of issues and agreed to hold another meeting on May 2 to talk about transport priorities, including the Hockey's Lane junction.

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Death of war veteran John John Skene, who was injured fighting in Burma in World War Two, has died at the age of 99.

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Last-ditch bid to stop McDonald's Campaigners have asked Communities Secretary Sajid Javid to overturn the planning inspector's ruling in favour of a McDonald's in Fishponds Road.

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Slow down: saying it with flowers They're jumping for joy at Jump Start Food & Fitness, a social enterprise helping children gain teambuilding, fitness and healthy eating skills, after being given a team football strip. Full story: Page 11

People living in Symington Road in Fishponds are aiming to stop rat-run drivers - by installing two giant planters in the road.

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Join our war on litter FISHPONDS Clean Streets is looking for more people to join its band of volunteer litter-pickers.

The group is part of the national Litter Action Programme and was established in 2016. It aims to meet monthly on a Saturday morning for about an hour and a half to pick up rubbish. It usually concentrates on the Straits Parade area of Fishponds and neighbouring streets, though it has also tackled sections of the cycle track.

The group has a number of litterpicking grabbers provide by Bristol City Council on long-term loan along with

hi-viz vests. Bristol Waste Company supplies with recycling and waste sacks (as members find that we often collect more recyclables than non-recyclables) and removes the rubbish collected .

A spokesman said: "Of course people can't manage every event, but the more the merrier and as the group grows in number, we find we are more able to keep the picking regular."

To get involved and to find out when the next litter pick is taking place, email: FishpondsCleanStreets@gmail.com or go to http://www.litteraction.org.uk/ fishponds-clean-streets

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Your chance to try out the Metrobus ...

FREE rides are being offered on the Metrobus to mark the opening of the first service from Emersons Green to the city centre later this month.

The m3 route along the ring road stops at Lyde Green, Bristol & Bath Science Park, Emerald Park Industrial Estate, by the Willy Wicket pub and near the Hambrook traffic lights, before crossing the M32 to UWE. From there, it will travel through Stoke Park before joining the M32 on the new busonly junction and heading to Cabot Circus, Broadmead and the Centre.

Passengers are being offered free journeys on the m3 route between May 29 and June 9. After that, fares will cost between £1.50 and £2.50 per journey - but tickets must be bought in advance.People can use existing First mTickets and paper variants, concessionary passes and smart cards.

Tickets can also be bought at the iPoint machines being installed at Metrobus stops, using a bank card, or at a Payzone shop using cash.

Buses will run every 20 minutes from 6am until 7pm, then every half an hour until 9pm on Mondays to Saturdays during the summer. A more comprehensive winter timetable is due to be introduced by the operator in September.

Mhairi Threlfall and others at a Metrobus launch A number of other local bus services are changing, to take account both of the Metrobus and the reopening of the southern viaduct on the ring road. Some service alterations came into force on April 30 while others, including the dropping of the X48 and alterations to the route of the Number 5 service, are scheduled for May 27 Although Metrobus recently unveiled a grey, black and red double-decker in Bristol, it says the m3 route buses will be green. They will have USB charging points at every seat and free wi-fi. First has spent more than £1.5 million on the m3 route vehicles, which use lower-emission Euro VI technology.

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Councillor Mhairi Threlfall, Bristol City Council’s cabinet member for transport and connectivity, said: “Metrobus has already provided many benefits, from an enhanced city centre to new walking and cycling infrastructure. And, crucially, it will provide a fast, reliable, direct route from the south of the city to the north. I for one will use it and I hope many more people will join me to give it a try. The bus-only junction will also noticeably speed up the journey.”

First West of England managing director James Freeman said: “ Metrobus promises to revolutionise bus transport in Bristol and South Gloucestershire by offering a premium service, faster getting on and off, and speedier travel by virtue of the dedicated road infrastructure and off bus ticketing.”

The Metrobus project has cost an estimated £230 million and the m3 route is the first of three to get up and running. The m1 will link Hengrove Park in South Bristol to Cribbs Causeway, via Bedminster and the city centre, while the m2 will link the Long Ashton park and ride to the city centre and Temple Meads. Both are behind schedule.

First will operate the m3 and m2, with Bristol Community Transport, part of the transport social enterprise HCT Group, operating the m1.

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Farewell to John Skene, 99, Glorious Glosters veteran

From Page 1 The seven priorities identified at the meeting were: • youth provision on Oldbury Court estate • opening the public toilets in Fishponds Park • upgrading the pathways, entrance and car park in Oldbury Court park • finish paying for the play equipment in Fishponds Park • new scout hut in Begbrook • supporting Glenside Museum • securing alleyways from fly tipping, vandalism and burglary.

The councillors will meet colleagues from Eastville, Hillfields and Lockleaze wards to agree on spending priorities across the wider area.

Previously, such discussions went through Neighbourhood Partnerships, but these were scrapped a year ago because of Bristol City Council's need to reduce its budget.

FORMER Gloucester Regiment soldier, John Skene MBE, from Frenchay, has died at the age of 99.

John’s wartime service saw him fighting against the Japanese in Burma. He survived injury and illness in the jungle before eventually returning to Bristol, where he had a career in engineering.

He was awarded an MBE in 2002 and the Lord Mayor’s Medal in 2013 for voluntary charitable work. He was a Freemason for more than 50 years.

John was born in Kingswood in 1919, a couple of months after the end of the Great War and on the day that Romania annexed Transylvania. His father was an engineer and his mother worked in a shoe factory.

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months old, but his mother died when he was only five, so he was cared for by his grandparents in Kingswood. On leaving school at 14, HE started work for the Douglas Motorcycle Factory before becoming a machinery inspector for the aeroplane company at Patchway.

In the spring of 1940 and aged 21, John was called up to join The Glosters and served in France with the British Expeditionary Force before Dunkirk. He was posted to defend the Yorkshire coast with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and met his wife-to-be on a train to Bridlington in May 1940; they were married just months later.

Setting sail to war in the Far East, John was forced to leave behind Muriel and their twoweek-old daughter. In 1944, he was involved in heavy fighting, taking Kohima back from the Japanese, but he was wounded when a 600lb shell exploded close by. The injury was to give him headaches for the remainder

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of his life. He contracted malaria and dengue fever while convalescing in a field hospital and was eventually sent home in December 1945.

The couple had two children, Wendy and Janet; and later two granddaughters, Janine and Annalea, and two great granddaughters, Sophie and Rebeka.

John was in the Territorial Army in the 1950s, rising to Captain. He and Muriel enjoyed ice skating, cycling, roller skating, swimming, dancing and fishing; Muriel set up a ‘fishing for the disabled’ scheme which John financed through car-boot sales and auctions. Muriel died in December 1988.

In his later years John enjoyed holidaying in the Mediterranean, listening to jazz, photography and his charity work. He travelled to India and Burma to visit the graves of his fallen war comrades.

He was a member of the St Keyna Lodge in Keynsham and was its almoner for 15 years. He was proud of the charitable work his lodge did and even towards the end of his life was still actively engaged raising funds for the Kohima Education Trust and Help for Heroes. He also had a raffle named after him with the ‘Not Forgotten Society’.

John Skene's funeral is on May 11 at 1.15pm, Waterside Chapel, Westerleigh; family flowers only, but donations in his memory can be made to the Kohima Educational Trust.

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Minister urged to overturn decision on McDonald's in Fishponds Road CAMPAIGNERS against a McDonald’s drive-through in Fishponds have made a last-ditch attempt to stop the development.

They have written to the Communities Secretary Sajid Javid, who grew up nearby in Stapleton Road, asking him to overturn the planning inspector’s decision to allow the restaurant on a former tile depot site in Fishponds Road.

Their letter, from chairman Mike Jempson, begins: “We believe your knowledge of East Bristol will help you to appreciate why the decision to give McDonald's the go-ahead to open a huge, two-storey drive-through restaurant on the busy Fishponds Road, in the face of extensive local opposition and rejection of their plans by Bristol City Council, is both inappropriate and an insult to the notion of local democracy and public health.

It concludes: “Neither demolition nor construction work has yet started on the site, where much will need to be done to clear hazardous materials and sunken fuel tanks. There is still time for you to intervene and assert the rights of the local community not to be colonised

by McDonald’s, and to keep their footprint off the Fishponds Road

to the benefit of our health and safety.”

The campaigners are calling for a full health impact assessment, to look at air quality, noise, sanitation, traffic safety and environmental considerations.

They point out that the Fishponds plan was seen by McDonald’s as a test case for a new strategy of moving into residential areas to increase footfall.

Mr Jempson's letter highlights the record levels of opposition to the development: Bristol City Council received 495 written objections and another 1,667 people signed an online petition set up by a local mother who lives very close to the site, and a variety of local residents presented their specific concerns about McDonald’s plans. This continued throughout the public inquiry into the plans, where another 86 people submitted objections.

The fastfood giant treated local residents with disdain throughout the process. "The Planning Inspectorate has allowed a multinational company to ride rough-shod over the local planning authority, the local community and government policies," the letter says.

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Slow down - for the sake of our flowers!

PEOPLE living in Symington Road in Fishponds are aiming to stop rat-run drivers - by installing two giant planters in the road.

They are one of eight streets in Bristol taking part in the Community Corners scheme, devised by Transport Research Laboratories (TRL) and funded by UK charity Road Safety Trust. Four streets are using planters. The aim is to slow down traffic and to help generate a sense of community.

The idea of taking action began late last year when, after consultation with all households, Symington Road Residents Group was formed.

On Saturday April 7, the road was shut while adults and children set up the planters and painted motifs on the road.

The plants were chosen and supplied by Blaise nursery. Children from Little Hayes Nursery, on Symington Road, are also growing seedlings for the plantersr.

The scheme, backed by Bristol City Council, is an experiment - surveys were carried out before it came in and more will be conducted later this year to assess its impact.

A residents association spokesman said some people were not sure about the scheme but others had found it had transformed life, enabling them to stop and chat with

One of the planters installed in Symington Road in an effort to curb rat-run drivers neighbours, and discuss ideas for future activities that are fun, safe, and inclusive of the young and the older.

“The hope is that this will be the first of a series of measures that will help to signal

to drivers that Symington Road is not a drag strip, but a community with people determined to make their road both safe and welcoming for all,” he said.

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Outdoor play crusade chalks up successes

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CREATIVE children at two Fishponds schools have been taking part in activities to promote outdoor play.

May Park Primary has been involved in a Chalk Challenge while Chester Park Junior School held a Stay and Play, the CPJ Way after-school event.

The fun was organised by Jo Chesterman, from the Bristol-based organisation Playing Out, which supports temporary road closures to let children play safely and freely in their street.

Jo said that 100-150 people came to the CPJ event - “It’s hard to count when people don't stay still!” - and children (and adults) enjoyed skipping, giant Connect 4, tug of war, French skipping, giant bubble making and chalking.

“It was great to see the front/side of the school used for playing and having fun - with grown ups getting the chance to have a chat with each other too,” she said.

At May Park, the Chalk Challenge was a great success in spite of two

Community's hopes A COMMUNITY event at The Hub, Thicket Avenue, Hillfields, to bring people together was well supported by residents.

Supported by Playing out, Bristol Rugby Community Foundation and Greater Fishponds Community Champions, the event aimed to find out what families would like to see happening at The Hub and what they could offer.

Claire Littlejohn, project worker for Community Champions said: “The Hub is a great space and has huge potential.

Traditionally it is seen as the youth centre, but we want that to change so there is something on offer for people of any age.”

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The challenge was to take a piece of pavement chalk home and draw a picture in their street, then enter the competition by emailing this to Jo. She chose six winners: Darya Abdullah, Jacob Day, Luther DaltonDale, Naman Singh Kasba, Theo Moseley, and Zaina Kashif.

Playing Out sessions take place in residential streets all across Bristol and Fishponds has a high number of active streets. The road is closed for one/two hours weekly, fortnightly or monthly and allows children to play out and neighbours to get to know each other.

Residents can still drive in or out during the session, but are escorted a bit like royalty while the children step back onto the pavement.

If you would like to know more please get in touch with Jo Chesterman by email (jo@playingout.net) phone (07811816620) or visit the playing out website (www.playingout.net).

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Fishponds flies flag for St George

THE sun shone on Fishponds Park for the celebration of St George’s Day and the Queen’s 92nd birthday.

Entertainment was provided by the Bristol Morris Dancers and the Concord Wind Band.

Children enjoyed the Punch and Judy Shows and the balloon modelling.

The afternoon was organised by Activate, a group that provides activities in the community. Its next event will be the Annual Horticultural Show which will be held at Fishponds Methodist Church, Guinea Lane on Saturday August 18. Schedules will soon be available in the library and local shops.

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I didn't pick fostering - it chose me!

Could you provide a home for a child in need? In the month that includes Foster Care Fortnight , one person who's done just that tells his story MY name is Lloyd, and I'm a single parent of Caribbean descent. I live in Fishponds, and have four children who are all now young adults. Two of them are now parents themselves, and I could not be more proud. I am also a foster carer.

My journey as a registered foster carer began nearly four years ago, and people often ask me, “what made you decide to become a foster carer?"

Four years before becoming a registered foster carer I was approached by a family I barely knew; they asked If I would look after a young lad who was fourteen at the time. I knew this child because he was friends with my children, and sadly his father was also a single parent who was no longer able to look after

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The rest is history. It wasn’t me who picked fostering, it was fostering that picked me.

“What is it like to foster?” This is the other question I get asked the most, especially by those who are considering fostering themselves.

I'd be lying if I didn’t admit that it can be challenging. It’s a big ask taking a child into your home, a child who may well come with difficulties due to their past. I've fostered around thirty-five children, all boys who were six to seventeen years old, and all of them very different with different needs.

The one thing that I can say was common among them was the need to be accepted, to be valued, to be understood and shown love.

A foster carer needs to be committed, dynamic, and resourceful. The preparation training and the ongoing training helped me to gain the skills and understanding that I have needed and will need again. I take up as many training opportunities as I can. Another good source

of support is the foster carers support groups. These can consist of social workers and carers, or just carers. They are normally held in a informal setting where you can gain extra training, but most importantly, they are opportunities to meet other carers, share stories and experiences and have a laugh.

A sense of humour is a very important quality to have as a foster carer. I know many carers from Bristol and beyond, some of which are now good friends. We often meet up with our fostered children to do activities and have days out, sometimes just meeting up to hang out at the local park while our kids play. The fostering community is probably one of the most important elements of my fostering, and in it I have found much friendship and support.

Looking back at my childhood I remember a very happy, secure and nurturing upbringing here in Bristol. Sadly, that is not the same for all children. I've now witnessed the plight of children whose life experience has been far from ideal, and I'm glad to be part of the process that is trying to turn that around for them. I have a love for Bristol, its streets, its shops, parks and its people. It is where I grew up happily, and I'm proud to be giving back to Bristol, the place where I was born.

As part of Foster Care Fortnight 2018, a member of the fostering team and a foster carer will be at Fishponds Library from 10.30am – 1.00pm on Tuesday May 15, to answer your queries. For details of venues across the city holding drop-ins, visit bristol.gov.uk/ fostercarefortnight

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A MUM has helped to put a smile on the faces of children in Fishponds after she decided to hand over her competition prize to their after-school sports sessions.

As reported in the Voice, Jane Rogers pitched at Downend Soup in March for her social enterprise Jump Start Food & Fitness, and was successful in winning £400 to support her activity sessions that help children from local housing estates gain teambuilding, fitness and healthy eating skills.

After hearing about Jump Start and Jane’s sessions on the grass outside Ledbury Road flats in Fishponds, local mum Gemma Wallis decided to donate the football kits that she had won in a McDonald’s competition. She had entered to win football strip for her two sons, aged four and 15 months, but after receiving enough kit for a whole team, she decided to give them to Jane instead.

Gemma said: “This all came about from a competition I actually forgot that I entered!

My two boys love their football and I thought it would be useful to have a few things for them to play with in the garden. A few months passed and I had an email from McDonald’s saying they had been trying to contact me and that I was one of 250k winners of a football kit. The kit arrived a few weeks later, and much to my surprise it was actually a grassroots football kit for an entire team - totally not what I thought I’d be getting!

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Some of the youngsters at Jump Start celebrate their good fortune this amazing kit, which included footballs, bibs and cones, as it was too good to keep, and I thought Jump Start would be the perfect fit!”

Jane says the football kit has made a big difference to the children she supports. She said: “The kids are loving it so far!

It makes them feel like proper footballers and it’s easier to work out who is in each team too.”

Following on from the success of her sessions at Ledbury Road flats, Jane will shortly be starting a similar session in Barton Hill, and the team from a block of flats in Staple Hill have also got

in touch to say that they would like to launch a session in their community too.

Jane said: “The impact of what we have done so far is massive - it’s really exciting!

“My ethos is all about making fitness more accessible.

The sessions typically involve running, jumping, games and challenges, and I also monitor the children’s fitness and empower them to play a role in their community too, doing things like cooking dinner for their family or doing a food shop for a neighbour.

“My sessions help the children to develop coping strategies and life skills going forward, and as much as I teach them, I also learn from them too which is amazing.”

To find out more about Jump Start and the sessions that Jane runs for children in Bristol, visit her Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ jumpstartfoodandfitness/

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Creativity's flourishing at Fishponds CoE Academy CHILDREN at Fishponds Church of England Academy staged a successful art exhibition in the Old Library.

Every year group took part, with many of the exhibits inspired by nature.Visitors were greeted by a river of colourful painted and varnished pebbles, designed by every pupil in the school Head teacher Debbie Coker said the event, the first of its kind, was part of an attempt to ensure that creative subjects were not squeezed out of school life by a focus on academic attainment.

Access to the arts was important for children’s mental health, wellbeing and resilience, she added.

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May, 2018

Perspective: a way of looking PERSPECTIVE - it’s one of the many great words in the English language. I will, though, be careful writing about the English language.

It’s something I respect, but often view with an air of suspicious awe and usually from a safe distance - say two or three pages of abbreviated clinical notes!

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When it comes to vision, again simple really. We just want you to have the clearest vision that you can. We now regularly design our patients’ bespoke spectacle lenses, which are lenses as unique as your

fingerprint. After carefully listening to you, we design the lens around your individual visual needs. Why? Well not only just because we can, but because having a lens designed to suit your individual visual needs actually does give you clearer, more natural vision.

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choose glasses that not only make you look & feel great but also fit comfortably. I have seen people take longer to choose their pizza toppings than their glasses! This surprises me when you think that we often wear our glasses for at least one to two years, where as a pizza often does not last even the 15 minutes it takes some people to choose one! (Admittedly choosing a pizza topping is an an important decision, but 15 minutes, surely that’s just indecisive?).

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'A great way to make friends'

THE CLIC Sargent charity shop on The Straits at Fishponds has celebrated the first anniversary of its reopening. The shop had been forced to close for several months after a burglary and arson attack in November 2016. Shop manager Hannah Spawls said: “We have been humbled by the incredible

support from the lovely Fishponds community and would like to thank everyone for their continued support, donations and custom.” Pictured are deputy manager Hattie Lamb, volunteers Barbara Young and Anne Fraser, and Hannah Spawls, who offered free cakes to customers and donors.

LIBRARIES in Fishponds and Hillfields are holding monthly socials for people to come together. The sessions were set up by local residents as a way to meet new people in a friendly and informal setting, with support from the Community Champions project and Bristol City Council Community Development.

The sessions are at Fishponds Library, Robinson House, Hockey’s Lane, every second Monday of the month 11amnoon and Hillfields Library, Summerleaze, every third Wednesday of the month 11am -12.30pm Michael Goldup, local resident and volunteer at the Fishponds library session says “they are good to meet other people and make friends”.

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n LETTERS Great pleasure of shared reading ANNA Blightman's Cultural Fix column in your March issue focused on her experience of a monthly book club. While I have in the past enjoyed a similar book club I now enjoy the benefits of a weekly Shared Reading Group. These take place at many libraries in Bristol, including, in the Fishponds area, Hillfields (3.30pm Tuesdays), Fishponds (3pm Tuesdays), Junction 3 (3pm Fridays) and Staple Hill (1.30pm Mondays).

Shared Reading Groups are facilitated by a trained volunteer.

Each week we read a short story and a poem together, stopping now and then to talk about our reactions to what we are reading.

Usually we take it in turns to read a paragraph or two out loud, but if someone prefers to just listen, that's fine.

I find that reading in a group in this way I get a lot more out of the story or poem. Even if it's one I've read before, I find I see a lot more in it than I did reading it on my

own. Plus there's the enjoyment of a regular social get-together (and free tea and biscuits provided).

The local organiser of these groups is Samantha Weaver and you can find out more from her on 07812 238532. I'm usually at the Junction 3 group on a Friday, come and say hallo, or try one of the other groups.

David Goldstein Fishponds

Folk missed out on wonderful singing INSPIRED by the Rev Lizzie Kesteven's thought for the month in your March issue, I decided to do the Easter stuff at St Mary's Church. Having already attended the Christmas Eve service, I wasn't a total newcomer.

The resounding vibrancy coming from the choir at their Evensong was powerful to the extreme; the harmony was next to none and I couldn't detect any sign of voice inaccuracy or mistakes which is remarkable during prayer psalm singing. Such a pity it wasn't

recorded. Such a pity it and the clergy appeared to outnumber the congregation. Such a pity that Fishponds folk missed a wonderful performance.

The overall experience might be a bit confusing but I came away feeling calm and relaxed, yet pacified and elated, even though readings from the Bible were a bit too long to hold my attention and I often didn't get the message. It would have been good to have them followed up with a simple version as to what the parable actually meant.

The communion is normally for those who have been confirmed, but you can always go up for a blessing, instead of receiving the bread and wine. St Mary's church is a lovely place, very wide, yet cosy, with a comfortable discipline and beautifully decorated with floral arrangements. It's still got the original pews which could be better filled. Maybe people were away for the weekend.

I am so much looking forward to future services there as well as special evensong concerts.

Honor Bane

Let's save vital Hillfields history AS Hillfields Lending Library is due to close this year, some people are wondering whether a local effort could be made to keep some history books, now in the library, within this area – perhaps in churches?

Jane Baker, a teacher who lived in Gorse Hill and Forest Road, collected detailed information about Hillfields; the people who lived and worked in the area, and the wildlife here. This historical information would either be dispersed in libraries around the Bristol area, or worse – destroyed.

Would it not be possible to collate all the information on the area (the hunting ground of English kings) into one new Fishponds volume, before it is lost? Jane Baker’s information isn’t even properly bound. Perhaps donors could be found for such an enterprise, which might also include memories of the present older generation.

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Babes in the Wild win conservation prize Students from Steiner Academy Fishponds were the Bristol winners of the Action for Conservation schools prize.

Martha Longhurst-Goodrich, 13, explains their Babes in the Wild project.

THIS is what we have been doing to raise awareness about plastic in the oceans.

My teacher invited a lady called Laura into our class. Laura works with an inspiring organisation called Action for Conservation.

She told us the importance of caring for our environment and gave us a view of what we could do to help.

We called our group Babes in the Wild and we are focusing on the seriousness and harmful effect that plastic has in the ocean.

As part of our presentation for the WildED competition, we put on a film night.

We showed the award winning film ‘A Plastic Ocean’ to our school and served popcorn and squash to raise money for 4ocean and plasticoceans.com, which works with thousands of communities around the world removing rubbish from oceans and coastal areas. We have raised from students, £76.16 and further donations have taken our total to £120. On March 12, Babes in the Wild did a hands-on workshop with Class 6 in our

school. We made seed planters out of waste plastic bottles, and explained to them good ways to reuse your rubbish.

As part of our entry, we made a Bottlenose dolphin out of waste plastic bottles and bags, and we also organised a massive litter pick through Vassals Park / Oldbury Court / Frome Valley with class 6 and 7. Altogether we collected 150kg of rubbish! We want to help to keep our environment clean and inspire others to do the same.

Did you know that a shocking eight

million metric tons of plastic is dumped into our oceans every year? We have found out that scientists have calculated that in the last 65 years, 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic has been made and consumed. That’s the equivalent of the weight of one billion elephants. 70% of that is now rubbish, 30% is still in use. Roughly 9% has been recycled.

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Fishing from still waters AS a fairly recent arrival to the area (September 2015), I with my wife Kath and our dog have to agree that Fishponds ‘really is quite nice!’

I was intrigued to read of the origin of the name ‘Fishponds’ and further interested to learn that the only remaining old quarry, filled with water, from which this part of Bristol derives its name, is the ‘Lido’ lake where Alcove Angling Club fish.

This is a ‘still water’ lake where carp, rudd, tench and pike can, among other fish, be caught.

Before I get into deep water here, let me inform the reader that I am no angler. I used to be keen when a young lad, but it was with a metal lure into the sea often without proper bait, and mostly catching seaweed and never a fish. In fact my tackle got caught, rather than fish.

As I was reading the last chapter of the bible recently, I noticed in Revelation 22 a wonderful picture of the river of the water of life. On the banks of this river are pictured

trees with leaves for the healing of the nations. I delved back in my bible to the Old Testament book of Ezekiel, and found in chapter 47 verse 7 to 12 a more detailed version of the same picture.

The fresh water is coming from under the door of the temple in Jerusalem, and it is strangely getting deeper and deeper as it flows eastward. When it joins the Dead Sea it makes everything in this deepest hypersaline lake in the world suddenly capable of supporting life. Fishermen are pictured lining the banks with nets, over a wide area the length of the whole enclosed lake (50 km), and hauling in huge varieties of beautiful fish. The description ends once more mentioning trees ‘with leaves for healing’.

I am Rector of two congregations which meet in beautiful ‘temples’ (Frenchay and Stapleton churches). My prayer is that alongside those prayers offered in every Christian

church in the area, there will be a spiritual blessing, like fresh water, which goes out to every part of the Greater Fishponds area (and beyond) from our beautiful churches. I have to say, that beautiful as the people are who meet in our churches, it is not be because of their churchgoing per se, or personal piety, that lives are affected for the better. It is only on account of Who they meet with in their place of prayer, and how much they have let the Spirit of Jesus Christ fill every part of their lives.

Lest I remain too parochial in my vision for Christian mission in the world, let me reflect in some way this picture in Ezekiel and Revelation. What if lives changed in Fishponds were to be the means of people of all the most war-torn and famine-ridden countries gaining healing and life? Not such a long shot (cast), since Eritreans and others live in my street.

Rev Charles Sugden Rector of Frenchay and Stapleton parishes.

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n FROM OUR MP

Building a better transport network LAST month I wrote about the UK’s illegal and unsafe levels of air pollution, which cause 300 premature deaths a year in Bristol alone. We know that 80 per cent of this air pollution comes from vehicle emissions, with private cars the biggest culprits. We need urgent action to tackle this problem, including curbing use of the most polluting vehicles in the areas worst affected and improving our transport network so that using public transport is genuinely an option for people, ie it is convenient, affordable and reliable.

Having a decent transport network is crucial for any city. In Bristol many key routes in and out of the city centre, including Fishponds Road, are already at over-capacity, leading to congestion and frustratingly long delays. Yet many people feel they have no alternative, but to drive.

In the council’s new draft Local Plan, which is out for consultation

now, central Fishponds has been designated for major new housing development - eg on the underused industrial land around Goodneston Road - with the provision of up to 1,400 new homes. This cannot go ahead unless it’s accompanied by major investment in transport infrastructure too. I’ve spoken many times before about my disappointment with the Metrobus proposals - agreed before the current administration at the Council took over - which do little to improve transport links in east Bristol. We cannot have a repeat of this, and I speak regularly to the Mayor and the members of his Cabinet responsible for housing, transport and planning about these concerns.

We must also do more to ensure more people feel able to get around Bristol by bike. Sadly much of the city’s cycling infrastructure is poor and there are too few cycle paths, meaning cyclists are often

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There are other safety problems cyclists face, car doors being an example. With 16 cyclists seriously injured in recent years because of people carelessly opening doors into them, Bristol is second only to London on the number of these collisions. On the Fishponds Road five cyclists have been hit by car doors in the last seven years.

We must build the infrastructure that makes cycling and walking safe and pleasant, and invest in public transport that is consistently clean, cheap and reliable. In Parliament I am often calling for the Government to do more to invest in sustainable transport, and I am working with Bristol City Council, including Eastville Councillor, Mhairi Threlfall, who is in the Mayor’s Cabinet leading on transport issues, to improve the situation here. Feel free to get in touch if you have any problems with transport or suggestions to improve the situation.

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n ON THE BEAT WITH PCSO ANITA PERKS

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FOOTSTEPS Preschool in Speedwell is celebrating after being rated good in all areas in its first Ofsted inspection.

The preschool, which opened in 2015 in Speedwell Methodist Church Hall, was judged to have good standards of leadership, teaching and learning. The inspector, Dominique Allotey, said children made good progress from their starting points and developed the skills and knowledge they needed for school life.

They were happy and demonstrated good levels of independence. Arrangements for safeguarding were effective, she added.

Ms Allotey said parents were complimentary about the care and learning their children received.

Hello everyone.

The sun has finally made an appearance, so we have dusted off the bikes and been out and about patrolling the streets – I truly think this is the best part of my job.

Firstly, I have a great result to report on. A 42-year-old woman who dealt drugs in the communal area of the flats where she lived in Bristol whilst children were present, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison. The woman pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply class A drugs at Bristol Crown Court on April 18. On September 3 last year, officers acting on community concerns about drug dealing at The Maytrees on Fishponds Road in Eastville witnessed the woman carrying out a drug deal in the communal area of the block of flats, while children played nearby.

Nobody should have to put

up with this type of anti-social behaviour in the space they call home, least of all families with children.

The action we took last autumn, along with the sentence delivered, sends a strong message that we will not tolerate this type of behaviour. It should also reassure local residents that we will always act on information they give us, to reduce the harm caused by drugs in their community.

If you suspect drug-dealing is happening near to where you live, please report it.

If you don’t want to talk to the police, you can always speak to Crimsetoppers anonymously. They never ask for your name or trace your call and offer up to £1000 reward for information which leads to an arrest and charge.

On a lighter note, the vehicle and trailer that was dumped on

Stonebridge Park Road has at last been removed. It really was an eyesore for local residents for some time. At least now they have their road back.

I have recently had the pleasure of visiting Fishponds Baptist Church Foodbank and meeting Reverend Richard Pollard and all the volunteers. This is held on Fridays between 12.30 and 14.30. The welcome and support that is shown towards the people that walk through the door is truly inspirational. I for one will be placing a few extra items in my shopping trolley to donate to them. There is a collection basket within the Co-op on Straits Parade feel free to join me.

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We must be Sugar Smart for the sake of our health THIS month saw the introduction of the Government’s Soft Drink Industry Levy, meaning producers of sugary drinks will now pay a levy. In response to this many companies have already begun to reduce the sugar content in their products which may help consumers to make healthier choices. It is good that we are starting to see serious national action on this issue. In Bristol we have already been working hard to make sure people know what is in their food and drinks.

Through our Sugar Smart campaign, which we launched last year in partnership with the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation, we have been working with partners from around the city to raise awareness about how much sugar is in our food and drinks. The levy will help to get the programme’s message across that too much sugar is proven to be bad for your health. I’d like to thank all the organisations who’ve been helping us to spread the message for their support as we continue to promote health and wellbeing.

I was pleased that Cllr Helen Holland, my cabinet lead for Adult Social Care, brought a report to our Cabinet meeting on our ‘Better Lives’ approach to social care. The paper set

out how we’re tackling the well-documented national crisis in social care at a local level in Bristol. This comprehensive programme, not just papering over the cracks, is systematically transforming and improving the way care is delivered in Bristol. Historically, Bristol relied on the use of residential care much more than comparative cities. This is a very expensive approach, so strengthening the community offer (‘social prescribing’) and stabilising the home care market, including raising the hourly rate we pay, mean reductions in admissions to residential homes are already beginning to pay off.

This month we also launched a consultation on proposals to improve Bristol city centre. This ‘City Centre Framework’ consultation is asking for views on how people access and move around the city centre, the size and shape of new development and how the public spaces could be enhanced. Bristol’s city centre has changed dramatically over the years so to ensure it continues to be successful we need to be proactively shaping its development. Easing congestion and connecting the city are two main focuses, alongside supporting retail and creating inclusive and safe spaces.

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Fabulous Frenchay 10k!

Runners on Frenchay Bridge and below right, Lynn Bridgman

NEARLY seven hundred local runners were at the starting line for the 38th annual Frenchay 10k run.

The event is one of the country’s oldest 10K races.

First held in 1980, the race was conceived with the joint purpose of staging a well-organised run for serious runners and beginners alike whilst still raising money for local charities.

This year the beneficiary was Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Service - a registered charity that provides a free out-of-hours motorcycle courier service to hospitals in the South West of England.

The course starts on the UWE Glenside Campus at the top of Blackberry Hill in Fishponds.

Runners then race through Oldbury Court before heading on to Gill Avenue towards Frenchay common before returning to the UWE grounds for the finish.

Local runner Lynn Bridgman thoroughly enjoyed the race.

She said: “I entered in order to keep my friend Claire company.

We both got a course personal

best! The Frenchay 10k is such an enjoyable, local, community based event which allows friends and family to support you throughout. The course is great but I’m not a fan of the inclines!’

Lynn, 62, came twenty ninth in her age category and ran the course three minutes faster than last year. Lynn was proud of the commemorative mug that every competitor gets on completion of the 10k, as she accidentally smashed the one from last year!

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n FRIENDS OF EASTVILLE PARK

Where the wild things are THE Friends of Eastville Park have good reason to celebrate this month with some of this years’ volunteer activities under way and others taking shape as the weather shows signs of improving.

Parkwork attracted a good number of helpers for a litterpick along the top of Everest Field while only last week a ‘Womble’ themed session saw close on twenty bags of rubbish collected.

We’d like to thank everyone who completed our Consultation Survey. Play equipment , toilets and refreshment provision were the more popular subjects commented on. We used the results to support our bid for funding through the Neighbourhood Networks process.

Lakeside, a valiant attempt was made to provide Maurice the Muscovy duck with some female company. A rescued ‘lady’ was brought from elsewhere and the two of them were introduced.

She-or he, didn’t much like the look of the other and by the end of the day she’d scarpered. Arranged marriages don’t always work eh!?

Orange tip butterfly From one tragedy to another, the old swimming pool has seen a lot of grief over the years but nothing compared to what’s coming between 15th June and 29th July. The Insane Root theatre company’s modern, edgy production of Romeo and Juliet is going to be an amazing experience. Reduced price tickets for local residents.

Something more sedate this month (Sunday 6th May). If you can rouse yourself to be at Everest Road field for 5.30am, you’ll be able to join us for an hour of strolling around listening to the Dawn Chorus and identifying

which bird sings which song.

On the same day, in the afternoon the Eastville Park Dog Show gets under way at 1pm.

Other activities: Bristol WalkFest has two on 15th: A Wild Food Walk in the morning and a Natural Dye Plant Walk in the evening. As well as the usual ParkRuns there is Sri Chinmoy Peace Race - also on 15th. And then, on the weekend 26th/27th, the beautiful people descend on Eastville Park for LoveSavesTheDay! Our project to encourage visitors to feed the ducks alternatives to bread seems to be paying off with a noticeable increase in bags of seed and other goodies being fed lakeside. Thank you so much for making the effort everyone!

This month, we are posting contact details in our notice boards and online , information about when and who to contact if you come across injured wildlife in the park. The golden rule is to avoid if possible handling any bird or animal and and to seek help from appropriately qualified persons

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Wildlife watch: Male orange tip butterflies are out in good numbers along with speckled wood, brimstone comma and peacock butterflies; green woodpeckers constantly calling, sparrowhawks nesting, chiffchaffs and blackcaps singing and nesting as are long-tailed, great and blue tits - everything coming to life in the park despite the changeable weather.

If you'd like to know more about what we are doing, check out our website www.eastvillepark. org.uk and our Facebook group, Friends of Eastville Park.

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n AROUND THE WIs

President Andrea Monks with Julia Stiddard-jenkins and Geraldine Harper. Picture

by Nathan Woodman STAPLE HILL WI OUR meeting in April marked 22 years of Staple Hill WI. We celebrated with a event to commemorate 100 years of the suffregette movement.

Planned by myself and Geraldine Harper with help from our fabulous committee, our members enjoyed a presentation, a quiz, a chance to dress as a suffragette and have a photo taken and a buffet with food from the era.

Each member and guest was presented with a badge depicting the cause.

Everyone enjoyed the evening and it brought home to us the

struggle these brave women had to enable us all to enjoy the freedoms we have today.

Our next meeting is on the third Tuesday in May at the Christchurch Hall ,North St Downend at 7.30 pm We have places open to any woman who would like to enjoy interesting events in a supportive environment.

Julia Stiddard-Jenkins DOWNEND WI AT the March meeting our speaker was a retired Police Chief Constable, who talked about his life in the police force; back in the

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days when police cars were Jaguars just like Inspector Morse! We then learnt about his subsequent careers including his job now as a Humanist Celebrant for funerals, so some joyful but also sadness tinged stories.

April’s meeting was due to be Pipley Flowers, showing us how to make the most of our gardens, in particular raised beds and how to encourage wildlife in.

During May some of our members will try their hand at Gig Rowing in Clevedon and a trip on the Matthew around Bristol Harbour.

Our May 29 meeting will have a session on relaxation and Mindcalm by Melanie Gillespie, who will talk through techniques and then lead a session to de-stress us all! If you are coming along as a guest or new member, just remember to wear some comfy clothes and bring a pillow. Mats will be provided.

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MANGOTSFIELD WI A BIG thank you to Andy Townsend who joined us in April.

Andy gave us a talk about his work at the Life Skills Centre Bristol.

He was informative and insightful and although we had a few years of ‘Life Skills’ between us, we definitely picked up some tips!

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n FISHPONDS MUM IT was quite a moment when I decided to take my baby swimming. She was four months old. After hearing so many parents harp on about how their children were at ‘home in the water’, or could ‘virtually swim at three months,’ I somehow felt I was depriving her of one of life’s gifts because, frankly, I was dreading it.

I gave in.

I packed my giant swimming rucksack (much like the one I took around Europe for a couple of weeks as a teen) packed with nappies, bags, swim nappies to go over the top of swim nappies, spare clothes, wipes, formula, bottle.

Then I started on my swimming stuff: giant towel, hair towel, clothes I can pull on at speed.

Do I wear my costume under my clothes like I did as a child? Where will I put my baby as I get my clothes off to reveal said costume?

How long has it been since I wore this costume - in Greece circa.

2012? How will I manage if she poops and hurls up in the pool?

How much cash do I need for a locker? Will my stuff fit in those poky lockers? I was exhausted before I even started.

Turns out, as I approached Longwell Green Big Bath Time, it was full. “Full?” I said, breathless from carrying a baby and a giant rucksack from the very full car park, “what do you mean it’s full? I didn’t know baby swimming pools could be full?”

The first rule of baby swimming: don’t get your hopes up. Quite often all people looking after children have the same idea at the same hour on the same day and you might have to wait a while at your local pool. Best to go somewhere where there are emergency-plan B activities. Active Leisure in Bradley Stoke is very good for a plan-B/freakin’-wasted-

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MY TOP TIPS FOR A SWIMMING TRIP • Have your pound coins at the ready, easily accessible for the locker. • Check it works before you put your stuff in. I use two lockers.

• Get a family changing room and check it has a baby stand in it to hold your baby as you unleash your body from the dripping wet costume.

• Take a hair towel lest you dry and dress your child then lean over them and splat them with your sopping wet hair.

• Get one of those towel poncho things to soak up the wet. Extra bulk, I know.

• Manage expectations: you might spend more time getting ready and getting dressed than being in the actual pool itself. visit/a-might-meltdown-anyminute type of situation.

At Bradley Stoke one can spend Plan B at an onsite soft play place, with a toddler section for under twos and a giant slide(r) for older ones. There is a café, complete with toddler lunch pots, coffee and cake, and an outdoor playground.

It even has a fully stocked library.

If you do ever get into the pool, it is warm and big, with floats, and toddlers can stand up in it. It even has a small circular pool for teeny tinies.

After various failed attempts with a child who loves to swim, when she reached one I signed up to Water Babies, which are classes for 0-4 year olds and work in staged ‘chapters.’

Using repetition and word association, Water Babies teaches you to teach your baby to swim.

People (and by this I mean other parents whose children can now swim) say that babies can already swim under water… ahem… as a natural throw back to our evolutionary amphibious stage… and it seems true, they do seem to move like little creatures back up to the surface. Apparently they can’t really swim on the surface

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until they are three because of the distribution of their body mass so parents need to learn how to support them. Luminous arm bands, as in my day, are not even discussed at Water Babies.

Water Babies use warm, private pools across Bristol and Bath. It works out about £15 a lesson. A lesson is a strict, pacey half an hour and there are about eight babies and their carers in the class.

The teacher is in the water with you all and through song, routine and practising techniques, they teach you to support your child to swim. They build in under water swimming for a few seconds each session, which is amazing for some babies and shockingly abhorrent for other babies. Surprisingly they get used to it quite quickly. I think the younger a child is the better they manage this; apparently, it is like home from home having been in a water filled womb recently.

Occasionally the whole thing is called off and everyone leaps out when a child’s nappy ruptures or a baby hurls up all over the place. I once saw a baby throw up in its mother’s face. These are the realities of swimming with a baby, my friends. Like an amazon,

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One day when she was one my child decided she was sick of waiting her turn (of the eight children in the class, we were number three in the queue), so she bit my finger so hard it bled. I had to hold my hand aloft to avoid getting spilling my own blood in the swimming pool. It all happens at baby swimming. Expect the unexpected and go with it.

Water Babies is a great way to teach your child to swim. I have heard it described as ‘eyewateringly’ expensive, which it is (local pools are much cheaper) but it has enabled lots of children to learn the basics of swimming under a year. I highly recommend it (shhh…it has taught me how to swim properly too.)

Local Swimming Pools (check timetables before you go) Active Leisure: Bradley Stoke Big Bath Time – generally Daily 9-11.30am https://www. activecentres.org/timetables/ swimming/?centre=bradley-stoke Active Leisure: Longwell Green Big Bath Time: https://www. activecentres.org/swimming/ Easton Leisure Centre Pool https://www.everyoneactive.com/ centre/easton-leisure-centre/ Kingwood Leisure Centre Pool – https://www. activecentres.org/timetables/ swimming/?centre=kingswood Water Babies https://www. waterbabies.co.uk Claire Stewart-Hall

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Diggers to dye for! The building work at Frenchay has inspired an art installation

THE mud from the building site at the former Frenchay Hospital has helped inspire an art installation.

Local artist Lizzie Philps got the idea four years ago when her two-year-old daughter stopped to play in a puddle in the grounds of Frenchay Hospital, which had just closed.

She realised that for the child, travelling through the grounds to school most days would be against a building site backdrop.

She began creating a work, which is continuing, to mark the in-between time of the site - after the hospital and before the houses are completed - which won’t be marked in history or maps or official records.

Lizzie is making model houses, each from

a photograph, of a local scene, and placing them on a map of the old hospital site. She has also created a dye out of the the red mud from the building site and used it to produce asmospheric screen prints of photographs.

Her work is on display at Frenchay Village Museum until the end of June.

There will be opportunities for young families to do some mud painting at the museum on Sundays April 29 and May 13, and ongoing opportunities for visitors to add their contributions to the work.

The museum, at the junction of Begbrook Park and Frenchay Park Road, is open Saturdays and Sundays 2-5pm, and Wednesdays 1-4pm. Entry is free.

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Books and beverages THE owner of the Bristol Wine School is a speaker at the Cotswold Edge Literary Festival next month.

Tristan Darby will explain why, from sherry in Shakespeare to fine wines in modern classics, drinks have always had a place in literature.

People attending the event on June 21 at the Hamptons Deli in Chipping Sodbury High Street will be able to taste the wines and other drinks that Tristan highlights.

Tristan is drinks columnist for The Bath Magazine and the Bristol Magazine, and is a judge for both the Bristol and Bath Good Food Awards.

He’s also a professional actor and singer, and will read extracts from books he’s selected.

The Cotswold Edge Literary Festival runs from 16 to 24 June at various venues across South Gloucestershire. To book tickets go to www.cotswoldedgeevents. co.uk

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F there was ever anything to demonstrate the unpredictability of the English weather it has to be what we’ve seen over the last 8 weeks. From the arctic conditions of the Beast From The East the week in mid April that would have been worthy of any mid summer heatwave.

It has meant that for gardeners there has been a welcome respite to the inclement conditions and the chance to really get outside and get some of the overdue work done. All of the seedlings that were struggling through March are now romping ahead and I’m running out of space as they take up more and more each day.

I’m having to spend increasingly more time at the allotment now as well as the plants there are really getting going now that the warmer weather has arrived. April and May are a perfect time to get sowing as there is a little heat in the soil there are more things that you can plant direct. There is of course the issue around out little hungry friends that may put a dent into anything that you do stick in the ground.

Don’t despair however as most seed is cheap and abundant, just sow more.

Recently I wrote a piece about extending your garden with an allotment space and at this time of year it becomes even more apparent how useful this can be. If you don’t have much of a garden or you don’t have a garden at all then why not just rent one? There is an idea that an allotment is solely for vegetables and although this is what they were originally designated for, there’s no reason that this has to be the only purpose you have one these days. I grow a lot of vegetables but I give over a sizable area to just garden. I have a pond, a bed of annual and herbaceous flowers and I’m in the process of laying a small patio area. You have to remember that everything has to be temporary though so there’s no hard standing areas or concrete allowed but if you keep it small then there’s no reason that you’d need it. Make it somewhere nice that can supply you with cutting flowers and let you have a relaxing barbeque on a summer evening, and let you pick the salad fresh from the ground at the same time.

Flowers There is so much to say about flowers that there is not nearly enough space here but I’ll pick a few interesting items to talk about.

We all know about flowers and we know what their primary function

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is, it’s all about reproduction and in most cases persuading insects to pop in for a look around, transferring pollen in the process.

Most of us too associate petals with being the brightly coloured areas surrounding the reproductive organs but there is more to a flower than just this. For example in the case of a tulip it’s not the petals that are the coloured bits that you see, it’s a part called the tepal.

The outer parts of the flower are usually divided into two parts, the petal (corolla) and the sepal (calyx) collectively known as the perianth.

When these can’t easily be differentiated or they simply have a similar appearance such as in lillies

then they take this common name.

Another interesting fact is that although when you look at a daisy or any flower in the Asteraceae family it’s not just one flower that you’re looking at but actually a inflorescence of many tiny flowers.

Aster comes from the greek word for star and relates to the start like form of the flower heads, these star shaped petals are part of the flower but are a separate type with the purpose of advertising the flower to the insect world. Unfortunately as with almost all of these things it’s not that cut and dried so for more research you’ll have to look beyond this article. There won’t be a lot of time spare however as May is the month that will keep you busiest outside.

• Keep mowing the lawn, you can bring the blades down now as the grass should be growing quite happily • Do a little weeding for a short while regularly to keep on top of them.

• Prune spring flowering shrubs after the flowers have faded.

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during warm spells • Leave the foliage on spring bulbs to die back naturally • Pinch out the tips of broad beans to reduce the risk of black fly • Put up hanging baskets with summer bedding and trailing plants. Visit a local nursery as the price is astronomically cheaper than at a garden centre.

• Take softwood cuttings from plants that have a decent amount of new growth • Keep an eye out for late frosts, after our very warm April, the night temperatures have plummeted again.

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PROPS students took part in a successful week dedicated to transport in April. There was a visit to the Aerospace museum which everyone thoroughly enjoyed, especially going on board Concorde and sitting in the cockpit!

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Many thanks to the museum who were very helpful and accommodating of our access needs. As well as using our PROPS vehicles, this week, we also made a few journeys by public transport, taking the bus to get to our destinations.

This is important for students to improve their independent living skills and accessing the community. We have made a fantastic contact with First Bus and look forward to them displaying student artwork on board and delivering a guided tour of the bus station next month. Groups also visited the Lifeskills Centre, where they experienced simulated situations and explored how they might respond. The focus this time was on road awareness and also a scenario on a train platform. The weather was in our favour for large group outings to Bikeability, and also a lovely fully accessible boat trip with the Willow Trust on the Gloucester-Sharpness canal.

Finally, students took a short train journey from Stapleton Road to Clifton, where they used

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Some of the many activities that take place at Downend Folk House were on display at an arts and crafts exhibition. They ranged from flower arranging, far left, to embroidery, left, war games, above, and patchwork and quilting, right

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n PLANNING

AS I have noted before, timing is crucial to planning - it defines decision-making targets, coordinating local and national policy and planning after all is all about the future. Fishponds Voice also sets deadlines, so when it comes to writing about Housing and Planning Ministers, I am taking a major risk. They don‘t last long in the job and deadlines might render what I write out of date. Maybe I am overstating this a little, but I am sure that Dominic Raab, in place from the start of this year, is already aware of the sands of time shifting.

Since the coalition government of 2010, Raab is the sixth Minister to hold this post. That makes their average lifespan shorter than that of a Football League manager.

Both posts bring unrealistic ambitions and expectations, with the demands of instant results.

It is also symptomatic of the government’s desire to be seen to be doing something. Given that the title includes Housing, events such as the Grenfell Tower fire can inadvertently lead to a change in planning leadership as a result of being seen to be doing something about housing. Not that I am

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It's all in the timing suggesting that it is a bad thing to link planning and housing at governmental level.

The political cycle, at least before the last election, was supposed to last five years. That is not a long time-frame for the planning system. In fact, even if a Minister were to keep the job for five years, they may have the opportunity to leave their own stamp, but all of the achievements could be changed over the following five years. That is the built in risk that comes with the job in the best of circumstances.

Unfortunately, short-termism reigns in these days of the 24 hour news cycle and a growing distrust of politicians. So the incumbents come and go, while the emphasis is on reform and making sweeping changes, without anyone’s getting to see them through, or having to deal with the consequences.

Add to this the need for most of the newcomers to the post to familiarise themselves with both planning and housing. However

able the civil service support they receive (and this is another branch of government that has been hollowed out by cuts) it must take as long as it would anyone to learn the ins and outs of any subjects that that person previously knew next to nothing about. Having to hit the ground running and look like you know what you are talking about must be daunting. Of course, I shouldn‘t be too sympathetic, a crack at the big time is what politicians sign up for, after all.

However, to return to the football analogy, with limited resources, any manager needs to get players playing is positions that suit them. All politicians must have an interest in making the future better than the present, by solving current problems. This government set a lofty goal in promising to leave the environment in a better state at the end of its tenure than the start. Wouldn‘t it be good if the next Planning and Housing Minister had a) some time in the job and b) an existing

Planning matters

Chris Gosling interest in planning or housing, preferably both. With only 300 or so candidates, that is probably as much a case of wishful thinking as wanting to see someone staying long enough to make a difference.

Chrisgoslingplanning@gmail.com

Seven-day parking fees on cards in city centre PROPOSALS to introduce Sunday and bank holiday parking charges across all on street parking locations in the city centre have been announced by Bristol City Council.

Changes are set to apply across all pay and display machines in the Central Parking Zone area. The proposals are intended to support the city’s seven-day economy as well as local retail and leisure businesses.

More information can be found on the council’s website: https:// www.bristol.gov.uk/streets-travel/traffic-regulation-orders-tros Objections can be submitted until May 4 2018 by emailing tro. comments@bristol.gov.uk or writing to Highways Service (100 TS), PO Box 3176, Bristol, BS3 9FS.

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n VET BLOG

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OME of us may be familiar with diabetes in humans but did you know that dogs can get it too?

Once they are diagnosed and stabilised treatment involves a strict diet and exercise and daily injections which we train owners to do. Many dogs go on to lead a happy and active life.

In dogs, diabetes is typically caused by the pancreas not producing enough (or any) insulin, or more rarely the body not responding to the insulin produced.

In a healthy dog the pancreas produces insulin in response to rising blood sugar levels, typically after a meal. The insulin helps transport glucose into cells where it is metabolised releasing energy for the cell to function e.g. nerve cells to transport signals or muscle cells to contract. When this biological pathway stops working

it causes a variety of problems such as nerve damage or glaucoma. In severe cases they may develop lifethreatening keto-acidosis.

Signs we typically see in diabetic dogs include: • Increased thirst and more urine produced as a result. Some owners may notice their pet wetting their bed at night (please note this can be a sign of other disease processes also) • Weight loss despite a ravenous appetite • Glucose in urine Treatment involves an initial period of stabilisation to calculate the correct dose of insulin for the individual then regular check-ups to ensure the dose is correct. Diet also has a large part to play. The diet should be high in fibre in order to avoid rapid increases and ‘crashes’ of blood glucose levels.

Strict exercise, meal size and times and regular insulin injections all

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n WHAT’S ON IN OUR AREA Friday May 4 n Tea Dance. Downend Folk House, Lincombe Barn, Overndale Road. 1.45-3.45pm. Pay at the door.

Enquiries 0117 972 1424.

Monday May 7 Exhibition at Iron Acton May Fair

by Phoenix Art Club, which meets at Fishponds Methodist Church.

Iron Acton Parish Hall from 10am until 4pm.

Friday May 11 n Fashion Show & Proper Afternoon Tea at Christ Church Parish Hall on Friday 11 May from 2-5pm. Local Downend ladies will be modelling clothing from Pam @ Christine Peters Ltd. in Staple Hill.

Tickets will be £10 from the Parish Office weekdays 9.30-12pm or from Pam at her shop in Staple Hill 9.304.30 Monday-Saturday.

Saturday May 12 n Spring Fayre. All Saints Community Hall, Grove Road Fishponds. BS16 2DH. 12-3pm.

Enjoy lunch; purchase some plants for your garden. Browse through the various crafts that will be available and have some fun with our selection of games. Entrance fee 50 pence per adult. n Pamper and Polish Afternoon, at St James Church Hall, Richmond Road Mangotsfield. Therapies, massage, nails and some stalls for shopping too. 2.30pm.

Entrance - adults £2.50 adults, children free. Price includes a free drink. For more information or to buy tickets in advance, contact Ruth:mummyruth@ hotmail.co.uk, 07826 312 630 or Chris: chrisllewellyn56@hotmail. com, 0117 957 0318 Proceeds towards ongoing work at St James Church, Mangotsfield Sunday May 13 n 3.30pm – ‘Page Park Praise’ with Staple Hill Salvation Army musicians and children. Lots of music, singing and a free craft tent

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for the children. Page Park, Staple Hill. n 3.30-8pm, Splash of Soul, Barton Hill Rugby Club, Duncombe Lane, Speedwell. With usual DJs plus Bernie Edwards from Double Barrel.

Please note later start time.

Monday May 14 n Senior Film Club – All Welcome!

2pm – The Theory of Everything The 2014 film directed by James Marsh and starring Eddy Redmayne and Felicity Jones. Set in Cambridge and depicting the life of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. At Christ Church Parish Hall, 57 North Street, Downend BS16 5SG. Easy Access – Carers welcome – Refreshments £3 Tuesday May 15 n Speaker morning with coffee.

Lindsey Henniker-Heaton "The Concorde museum and Filton aviation history." Downend Folk House, Lincombe Barn, Overndale Road. 10 for 10.30am. Pay at door.

Wednesday May 16 n Messy Church at Christ Church Parish Hall, 4.30-6.30. All welcome, includes crafts, chat, cups of tea, a short, child friendly, noisy time of worship and ends with a bring and share meal. Free.

Thursday May 17 n Coach outing to Lacock village and Abbey, from Downend Folk House, Lincombe Barn depart 9.30am. Return at Barn about 5pm.

Tickets for coach £10 (members plus £4 for non-Barn members).

Coach tickets available in advance at Barn Office, 0117 956 2367.

Individual admissions to be purchased at Lacock.

Friday May 18 n 7pm Avon Bat Group will be giving a talk at Lincombe Barn. Come along and learn about bats,their habitats and conservation. There will be some live bats to see up close. Free admittance but donations towards the bat group will be appreciated.

This event is organised by the Friends of Lincombe Barn woods.

Saturday May 19 n The Big Plant sale at Holy Trinity church hall, Stapleton, from 3-5pm, in in aid of the Church Roof Appeal.

Refreshments are available.

Donations of plants gratefully received at 2.30pm. n 7pm – ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ a musical celebration given by Staple Hill Salvation Army Band and Songsters held at Staple Hill S.A, Broad Street BS16 5LN - Admission free. Tel 07701 006 944 or 07894 854 217 for more information n The play, Etty, based on the

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diaries of a young Jewish woman under Nazi occupation, will be performed at Frenchay Quaker Meeting House, Beckspool Road, BS16 1NT, starting at 4pm.

Donations (suggestion £10) will be requested to cover expenses.

Tuesday May 22 n Bereavement Support Group, a small, friendly group meet for chat, refreshments and support at Christ Church Parish Hall 1-3pm.

Newcomers welcome. More information available from the Parish Office 0117 908 9867 or just turn up and meet Val and Wendy our hosts.

Saturday May 26 n Breakfast at Speedwell Methodist Church BS15 1ES 10am to noon. A full breakfast, or a bacon sandwich, coffee and homemade cake.

No need to hurry. An opportunity to ask for prayer. All welcome.

Wednesday May 30 n Holiday Club at Speedwell Methodist Church BS15 1ES. 10am to noon followed by optional lunch.

Craft activities, toddler toys, story and singing.

Children need a parent or carer with them.

Friday June 1 n Tea Dance. Downend Folk House, Lincombe Barn, Overndale Road. 1.45-3.45pm. Pay at the door.

Enquiries 0117 972 1424.

Monday June 4 n Memory cafe afternoon tea at HolyTrinity Stapleton church hall, 2-4pm. For people living with dementia and their carers to enjoy music and company. This is the first of what it is hoped will be a regular monthly event.

Wednesday July 4 n Coach outing to Royal Worcester Porcelain Museum and City, from Downend Folk House, Lincombe Barn depart 9am. Return at Barn about 6pm. Tickets for coach and Museum £24, or coach only £19 (members prices, plus £4 for non-Barn members). Coach tickets available in advance at Barn Office, 0117 956 2367.

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Contact Debbie: 0796 8223670 or visit www.omkariyoga.com n Holistic Massage, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 9am n Tiny Tots, All Saints Community Hall 10:30am n Bereavement and Well-being support, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 11am n Computer Group, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 2pm n Table Tennis for over 55’s, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 2pm n Welcome Club for Retireds+, St Aidan’s Church Hall 2pm n Zumba keep fit, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road, Fishponds 9.30-10.30am For details call 0734 1813 559. n Pilates class.

The Cross Hands Pub. 7.30 8.30 p.m. Booking essential. £42 for six sessions. All levels welcome. Contact Emily on 07974 252486; email: info@ teachmepilates.co.uk or find me on facebook: Emily Osborne Pilates. n Alzheimer’s choir, Beechwood Club, 11am to 1pm, Paula Shears 0117 9610693 n Sequence dancing with Teresa, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road 2pm. Tel 0117 965 0203 for details. n Ballroom tuition, Beechwood Club, Fishponds BS16 3TR. 3pm.

Contact Teresa 0117 9650203 n Slimming World, Beechwood Club, Fishponds BS16 3TR. 6.309pm. Contact Ami 0746 2727 229 n Social badminton, Kingswood Leisure Centre 2-4 pm, intermediate level. n 4-8pm Ages 3 -15yrs Hip Hop classes, RedX Dance, Staple Hill,

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May, 2018 07722 128159 n 7-8pm, Zumba Dance for fitness with Lisa at Bristol Dance Company, Brook Road, Fishponds, BS16 3SQ. Tel 0117 965 6699. n 252 Beaver Scouts 6 - 7 Scout HQ, Stonechat Gardens call Sarah 0789 2852226 n Hatha Flow Yoga, gentle and nurturing. St Matthias (Former UWE Campus). Steiner Academy Bristol.

7.15 - 8.15 pm. All levels, ideal for beginners. Contact Yolanda 07982418847 or email at hola@ yogawithyolanda.me

Tuesdays n Art workshops with GreenFox Workshops, Kingfisher Cafe, Straits Parade, 7.30-9pm. Call to book (gemmalane99@gmail. com/07532327810). First Tuesday of the month. n Bristol Blues Club. Live blues/ rock music at 9pm in the Downend Tavern. Local, national and international musicians. https://bristolbluesclub.wixsite. com/mysite n Nordic Walking Classes, Oldbury Court 9.30-10.30am. Email: bristolnordicwalking.co.uk to book your place n Fishponds Friendship and Exercise Club.Fishponds Baptist Church (scout hall) 10-11.30am each Tuesday.

Chair based gentle exercise for older people.Tea, coffee, friendly chat. Instructor: Spencer Davies. Telephone 07825 155954. n Morning Prayer, St John’s Church 9:15am

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6.25-7.30pm at Fairlawn Primary School, Fairlawn Road, Montpelier, Bristol, BS6 5JL. Tel: Rachael at FL Exercise on 07966 418 714 / rachaelwilliams@talktalk.net .

Classes run on 5-7 week basis - charged as a block booking (£8 per class -1st Class Free)

n Foot Care Sessions, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 9:30am n Coffee and Craft Morning, St John’s Church 10am n Sing and Sign for babies / toddlers, All Saints Community Hall 10am n Level 1 Walking Group, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 10am n Music for Toddlers, St Mary’s Parish Rooms 10:30am n Lunch Club, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 12:30pm n Film Club for over 55’s, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 2pm n Pre-school Storytime/ Rhymetime, Fishponds Library 2.15-2.45pm n Eucharist with signing for the Deaf, Hillside Court, Batten Road, St George, Bristol, BS5 8NL 3pm n Messy Church, Fishponds CofE Academy 3:15pm n Woodcraft , All Saints Church Hall/Link 6pm n Evening Prayer, St Aidan’s Church 7pm n Evening Prayer, St Ambrose Church 7pm n Frenchay Parent and Toddler group, upstairs in the Frenchay Village Hall, 9.45-11.45am n Scouts (10-14 years), Fishponds Baptist Church Youth Hall. 7.309pm (Term Time only) Email: 151bristolscouts@gmail.com n Slimming World, Beechwood Club, Fishponds BS16 3TR. 9.30am to midday, Call Ami 0746 2727 229 n Diabetes UK, Beechwood Club, Fishponds BS16 3TR. 6.15-8.15pm.

Meeting in small room. n Zumba, Beechwood Club, Fishponds BS16 3TR. 7-8pm.

Contact Anna 0779 9180 437

co.uk n ‘Friends and Neighbours’, Fishponds Methodist Church Hall, Guinea Lane, 2 - 4pm alternate Tuesdays. A friendly, sociable group, usually with a speaker and followed by a cup of tea. n Staple Hill Probus Club meets on the first and third Tuesday of the month at Downend Cricket Club.

10.30am-12.45pm. Tea and coffee from 10am n 8.15pm Fitness Yoga (beginners & improvers) at Beechwood Club.

Your first class is free! To book call/text Nikki 07525 735500 or email nikki@urban-yoga.net n Staple Hill Probus Club meets on the first and third Tuesday of the month at Downend Cricket Club.

10.30am-12.45pm. Tea and coffee from 10am n Pilates classes, Steiner Academy, Oldbury Court Road, 7-8pm, £6.50 Bring an exercise/yoga mat and wear comfortable clothing. 07952 941 531 n 4-8pm Ages 8 -25 yrs Hip Hop & Contemporary dance classes, RedX Dance, Staple Hill, 07722 128159. n Willow Ladies Club Downend, meet the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 10am-11.30am at the Assembly Rooms, Salisbury Road, Downend. Guest speakers, outings, new members welcome for ladies

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of any age. n Under 5s Make a Mess session Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10.15am £5 / £4 extra siblings. www.childrensscrapstore.co.uk / 0117 9143002 n New session for Under 5s has space for structured making, free play and exploration - 1.45-2.45pm every week £5 / £4 extra siblings www.childrensscrapstore.co.uk / 0117 9143002 n Under 5s Make a Mess session Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10.15am £5 / £4 extra siblings. www.childrensscrapstore.co.uk / 0117 9143002 n Monthly social meet up for disabled people at the Old Post Office pub, Fishponds Road. Open and friendly group, meets second Tuesday of month 6-7.30pm. Part of WECIL's peer support community - www.wecil.co.uk. n 10.15am, Under 5s Make A Mess session, Children's Scrapstore, Sevier Street, St Werburghs. £5 / £4 extra siblings, www. childrensscrapstore.co.uk / 0117 914 3002. n Shared reading group, 3.30-5pm, Hillfields Library, Summerleaze, Bristol, BS16 4HL

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n Gentle Hatha Flow & Well Woman Yoga Find more freedom, flexibility and strength in body, mind and spirit. Restore balance and energy Fishponds Vassal Centre Tuesdays 5.30-6.30 (Gentle Flow) &6.45-8pm (Well Woman Yoga) Frenchay Quaker House Thursdays 10-11am & 11.15 -12.15pm (Gentle Hatha Flow) St Elizabeth Hall, Hambrook Tuesdays 9.45-10.45am, (Gentle Hatha Flow) Block price £6/Drop in £7/6.50 concession. Beginners welcome How to book/contact details: www.letgoyoga.co.uk/ 07904073535 n Badminton, Downend Sports Centre 8 -10pm. Call 0117 9400706.

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n WHAT’S ON n Shared reading group, 3-4.30pm, Fishponds Library, Hockeys Lane, Bristol, BS16 3HL

Wednesdays n 252 Cubs 6.45 - 8 Scout HQ, Stonechat Gardens call Graham 956 6996 n 7.30-8.30pm, Zumba Dance for fitness with Lisa at Bristol Dance Company, Brook Road, Fishponds, BS16 3SQ. Tel 0117 965 6699. n Weekly Salsa class for complete beginners with Cressida. Starting Sep 6. Cross Hands Pub, 1 Staple Hill Road. 7.30-9pm includes social and dancing. No partner needed.

Ffi call 07808 581739 n Shared reading group is taking place at Hillfields and Little Hayes Family Hub and Library 12,30-2pm.

Contact Emma Crago for details, 07970 247410, emmacrago@ thereader.org.uk n Songs for Little People, The Kingfisher Café 9.45pm £4 per little person, siblings £2. n Eucharist, St Ambrose Church 10am n Arts and Crafts, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 10:30am n Coffee Morning, St Ambrose Church 10:30am n Tai Chi, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 11am n Level 3 Walking Group, starting from St Ambrose Beehive Centre 1pm n Arts and Crafts, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 1:30pm n Punjabi Dance and Song, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 2pm n Support and Activity Group, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 2pm n Chair based exercise class, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 2pm n Ladies Circle, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 2:30pm n Wives Group, St John’s Church 2:30pm n Messy Church, Air Balloon Primary School, Hillside Rd, St George 3:30pm n Home Group, Location varies 6:30pm n Phoenix Art Club, Fishponds Methodist Church Hall, Guinea Lane, Fishponds 10am-noon. All mediums, all abilities. n Dancing Tots, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road 10-11am n Hannah More Club for senior citizens, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road 2-4pm (fortnightly) n Women’s Reading Group, Beechwood Club, 1.30-3 pm, fourth Wednesday of every month.

Call Anne 0117 9041875 for information. n 5.45pm Fitness Yoga (beginners

& improvers) at Beechwood Club.

Your first class is free! To book call/text Nikki 07525 735500 or email nikki@urban-yoga.net n Dance Tots, Beechwood Club, Fishponds BS16 3TR 7-8pm.

Contact Eric 0791 4006 589 n Keep fit class, Beechwood Club, Fishponds BS16 3TR. 7- 8pm.

Contact Beryl 0117 9774534. n Cycle UK (CTC). For all cyclists from beginners to professionals, commuters to sports. Beechwood Club, Fishponds, BS16 3TR. 8-10PM winter months only (other months are rides, see http://www. cyclebristolctc.org.uk/) n Lodge Causeway Townswomen’s Guild, Briarwood School, Briar Way, Fishponds. Second Wednesday of the month (except August) 7.15pm.

Different speaker each month plus handicrafts and walking group. Call 0779 9108 890 n Yoga, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road, Fishponds 5.456.45pm. Call Nikki 0752 5735 500 n Flower Arranging practice classes, Downend Folk House, Lincombe Barn, Overndale Road 7.30 p.m, every 1st and 3rd Wednesday, September – May. All levels welcome. Call Isabel Cooke on 0117 9568504 n Frenchay Probus Club meets on the first and third Wednesday every month in Frenchay Village Hall.

10 am to noon. Visitors welcome. www.frenchayprobusclub.com n Frenchay Folk Dance Club meets in Frenchay Village Hall on alternate Wednesdays at 7.45pm.

Calling from Alan Davies and music by Mike Elsom. Dancers of all abilities and experience are welcome. Information at www. frenchayfdc.co.uk or by emailing FFDCSecretary@outlook.com. n Walks for single people. Solo Rendezvous meet at Downend Cricket Club, every Wednesday, 8.30pm, entrance £3, and walk every Sunday. Please phone for walk details: 01454 775508 / 01454 774984 / 0117 9850210. n Frenchay Folk Dance Club meets in Frenchay Village Hall on alternate Wednesdays at 7.45pm.

More information is available at www.frenchayfdc.co.uk or by emailing FFDCSecretary@outlook. com. n Frenchay Probus Club meets on the first and third Wednesday every month in Frenchay Village Hall. 10 am to noon. Visitors welcome. n 6-6.50pm All Boys Ages 7 -15 yrs Hip Hop classes, RedX Dance, Staple Hill, 07722 128159 n Diamond fellowship at Fishponds Baptist Church hall, Downend Road, 10.30am. Open to everyone, first and third

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Wednesdays every month. Variety of speakers, coffee mornings and annual day out and Christmas meal. Contact 0117 9653421. n Pilates classes.

The Life Church, Forest Road.

10.15 - 11.15 a.m. and 6.45 7.45 p.m. Booking essential. £42 for six sessions. All levels welcome. Contact Emily on 07974 252486; email: info@ teachmepilates.co.uk or find me on facebook: Emily Osborne Pilates. n Hatha Flow Yoga. St Matthias (Former UWE Campus). Steiner Academy Bristol. 7.00 - 8.00 pm. All levels welcome. Contact Yolanda 07982418847 or email at hola@ yogawithyolanda.me

Thursdays n Dance Fit with Cressida.

Beechwood Club, Beechwood Rd. Easy pace weekly exercise class with range of dance steps and music. 2pm-3pm plus tea and chat. Starting Sep 7. Ffi call 07808 581739. n Yoga class for beginners.

Lincombe Barn, Overndale Rd, Downend. 6.30-8pm.Traditional yoga postures with focus on breathing and relaxation. Contact before: katarzyna48@hotmail.com or 0752 5937201. n 252 Scouts 6.30 - 8 Scout HQ, Stonechat Gardens call Graham 956 6996 n Morning Prayer - St Aidans Church 9:15am n Body toning/conditioning , Beechwood Club 9.30-10.30am.

Call Sabrina 0794 1353 735 n Coffee and Craft Morning , St Aidan’s Church 10am n Free Beginners Computer Classes, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 10am n Eucharist, St John’s Church 10am n Eucharist, St Mary’s Church 10am n Parent and Toddler Group, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 10am n Ballroom Dance Class, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 12pm n Exercises and Sing-a-long Activity Session, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 2pm n Fit Steps, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 2pm n Dance, Latin Rhythm, and Zumba gold, Beechwood Club 2-3pm. Call Cressida 0780 8587 39 n Knit & Natter, Fishponds Library 2-4 pm (fortnightly) n Frenchay Parent and Toddler group, upstairs in the Frenchay Village Hall, 9.45-11.45am

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n The Senior Citizen Friendship Club, Beechwood Club, Fishponds BS16 3TR 3.30-5pm. Call 0782 5155 954. Email: Spencer@sportingchange.biz n Come and try Taoist Tai Chi, a moving meditation to improve the health of our bodies and minds.

We have classes in Fishponds and Kingswood - come and try your first class for free!

Fishponds Methodist Church, Guinea Lane, BS16 2HB Thursdays 7-8.30 Kingswood Community Centre, High Street BS15 4AB Tuesdays 1012 or Wednesdays 7-8.30pm For more information see www. taoist.org or call Crispin on 07407175127 n Fishponds and Downend Rotary Club, The Langley Arms, Guest Avenue, Emersons Green, Bristol BS16 7GA, evening. Full details on website - Google “F&D Rotary” and look for homepage. n Baby Bebop Mums, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road, Fishponds 11am-1pm, babies up to one year.

Call Ruth 0796 6032 414 n East Park Residents meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month at May Park School from 6-7pm. . Further information from Hazel Durn on 0117 9513868 or Tony Locke on 07919 173450 n 4.15-7pm Competition Crew Ages 7-18 yrs Hip Hop classes, RedX Dance, Staple Hill, 07722 128159 n 7-9pm Kingswood Choir at United Church Kingswood, Regent Street, all abilities welcome.

Contact Patsy Holdsworth 01179078994 n 9.30am Fitness Yoga (beginners & improvers) at Beechwood Club.

Your first class is free! To book call/text Nikki 07525 735500 or email nikki@urban-yoga.net n Under 5s Make a Mess session Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10.15am £5 / £4 extra siblings. www.childrensscrapstore.co.uk / 0117 9143002

Fridays n Coffee Morning from 10.30am11.30am at Fishponds Methodist Church, Guinea Lane. Entrance through main church door.

Greeting cards and preserves on sale in aid of St Peter's Hospice. n Nordic Walking Classes, Oldbury Court 9.30-10.30am. Contact bristolnordicwalking.co.uk to book. n The Friday Playgroup, All Saints Community Hal 10-11.30 am in termtime. £2.50 + 50p per sibling; includes kids' snacks and drinks and tea and coffee.

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fishpondsfridayplaygroup@gmail. com n Line Dancing, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 10:30am n Rhymetime for babies and toddlers, Hillfields Library 11.30amnoon n Senior Citizens Bingo Club with optional fish and chip lunch, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 12pm n The First Friday Film Club - All Saints Church Hall, 2pm n Taekwondo, St John’s Church Hall 5:30pm n Grove Road Youth Club, All Saints Community Hall 7pm n Sensible keep fit to music for older ladies. Hillfields Park Baptist Church, Thicket Avenue, Fishponds 9am. Good company and a chat over coffee. Call 0117 9561231. n High density Zumba, Beechwood Club, Fishponds 6.157.15pm. Call Anna 0779 9180 437 n Zumba, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road 9.30-10.30pm n Alzheimer’s group, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road 2-4pm 2nd Friday in month, n Zumba keep fit, Beechwood Club, Fishponds BS16 3TR. 9.3010.30am. Call Sally 0771 2776 753 n Baby Bebop (Mums / Babies up to 1 year old) Beechwood Club, Fishponds BS16 3TR. 11am-1pm.

Contact Ruth 0796 6032 414 n Alzheimer’s meetings Beechwood Club, Fishponds BS16 3TR. 2-4pm (2nd Friday in each month). Tel no. 0117 9756 441 n Coffee Morning, Speedwell Methodist Church, 10am-noon.

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Lunch once a month. n Community art club at Castle Suite, Badminton Gardens, Beaufort Road BS16 6UE. 10amnoon on alternate Fridays.

Alternate Fridays. £5 per session and materials are supplied. Contact Paul Foss on pobble57@yahoo. co.uk or 0117 957 0045 n Kingswood Photographic Society, St Barnabas Church Hall,

Church Avenue, Warmley, BS30 5JJ, 7-9.30pm. We welcome and support all levels of experience including beginners. n 4.10-8pm Ages 6-18 yrs Hip Hop & Contemporary dance classes, RedX Dance, Staple Hill, 07722 128159 n Living After Loss, St Mary's Parish Rooms, back entrance of church, every other Friday, 11am-noon.

Next sessions 13/4,27/4,11/5,25/5 and 8Contact Lizzie on 0117 9650856 n Every second Friday of the month, 4-6 pm. Messy church with crafts, celebration and meal.

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Saturdays n Diabetes group, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road 2-4pm, 2nd Saturday, 2 monthly, September n Rehabilitation Pilates (Beginners), Lincombe Barn, Downend Folk House, in Britannia room. 9am. £7. Samantha 07736 309272, www.gentlefitness.co.uk n Pilates class.

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10.30am Friendly, informal and lively. n Morning Worship, New Place, Eastville Methodist Church, Fishponds Road. 10.45am. Holy Communion once a month. n Eucharist, All Saints Church 8am n Eucharist, St Mary’s Church 10am with Giggle Club in Parish Rooms n Eucharist, St Ambrose Church 10am n Eucharist or Lay-Led Service, St Michael’s Church 10am n Eucharist or Lay-Led Service, St Aidan’s Church 10:30am n Eucharist or Lay-Led Service, St John’s 10:30am n Eucharist or Lay-Led Service, All Saints Church 10.30am n All Sorts Youth Group, St Aidan’s Church hall 6pm(fortnightly) n Evensong , St Mary’s Church 6:30pm n Worship, Staple Hill Methodist Church 10.30am and 6pm. A creche is available for little ones and Sunday Club. Taize Worship second Sunday evening of month and communion first morning and evening of month. 0117 957 5221 n Fishponds Baptist Church (opposite the Cross Hands pub) - 10.30am. Children and youth provision for all ages. 6.30pm every Sunday, apart from the 3rd Sunday in the month which is ‘Messy church’ at 4pm with crafts, food and fun for all the family.

There is a songs of praise service on the 4th Sunday at 3pm. n Redemption Life, Beechwood Club, BS16 3TR 9.30am-1pm n Church Group, Beechwood Club, Fishponds BS16 3TR 1pm n ARC, Beechwood Club,

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Mum Nicola was equally pleased, and thanked the coaches at the club, which is now based at the Harry Crook Centre in Fishponds, for all they do to encourage young talent.

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Don't let sunshine trip you up Blog 51 – The perils of flip flops THE sunshine has finally hit the UK!!! Bring on the vitamin D! The memory of the long dismal winter that we had is soon a thing of the past after a couple of hot days.

Ok I don’t want to be a flip flop hater but a couple of years ago when Harry was only just born I was jogging back into a holiday apartment in Lanzarote to get another soft drink (beer) when I caught the tip of my flip flop on the step and broke my toe. Who knew that a broken toe is more painful than child birth…admittedly childbirth is still beyond me but it hurt so much that it must be true…

When it’s warmer, it’s normal that you ditch the shoes and boots in favour of lighter options. Flip flops are always a firm favourite, but are you aware of the damage that they can cause to your feet?

Women especially are guilty of thinking that flip flops are a safer alternative to heels, but this is unfortunately not the case, as flipflops can cause your foot to strain in order to keep them in place.

Gripping with your toes to keep flip flops on, causes a lot of tension and pressure through your toes and arches. This can lead to straining of tendons and ligaments and cause conditions such as plantar fasciitis; inflammation of the tendons that stretch from the ball of your foot to your heel.

Research has also shown that, as a flip flop wearer, you probably do not bring your toes up as much during your leg’s swing phase, resulting in a larger ankle angle and shorter stride length. This repeated motion can result in problems from your feet up into your hips.

If you’re a flip flop wearer, you may also experience shin splints – an acute pain in the front of the lower leg. Due to thin soles and a lack of arch support, you may find that you suffer with an excessive rolling in of your foot, otherwise known as over-pronation. This leads to increased pressure on your shins and an increased risk of ankle sprains.

The most foot-friendly type of shoe for women would be those with a small heel, preferably oneand-a-half inches high. For men,

look for a slightly wedge-shaped sole. This helps to avoid straining your calf, which can occur in shoes that are too flat.

Wearing shoes with more secure straps is also good idea. Flip flops can easily fold under your foot or get caught in the ground, creating a trip hazard. For these reasons, it’s considered dangerous to drive wearing this flimsy style of shoe.

If you’re experiencing any of the symptoms that we’ve described, don’t hesitate to book an appointment so that we can help you correct the issue.

If you know any other flip flop wearers, share this article so they can avoid the experience of childbirth- like pain in your toe.

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Meditation moment STAPLE Hill mindfulness teacher Jacky Slade is encouraging people in Bristol to share in good vibes for Mental Health Awareness Week.

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