Fishponds Voice September 2016

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MetroBus works set to bring more jams THE full impact of the closure of Stoke Lane to northbound traffic as part of the MetroBus works is set to be felt this month.

The road was made one-way in June so that contractors could build a retaining wall as part of the construction of a bus-only junction over the M32.

Since the closure, students have not been the university and many commuters have been on holiday.. Drivers are expecting long delays this month once everything gets back to normal. Bus operator First is changing its timetables from September 4 to allow extra time for journeys.

Meanwhile, speculation is growing about whether the £200 million rapid transport system, which is due to open next year, will need to be subsidised.

The councils behind the new network say it will make public transport faster and more reliable but campaigners such as the Stoke Lane Action Group, dispute this claim.

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Happy 100th to bowler Reg Reg Buston, president and regular player at BegbrookGreen Bowling Club, celebrated his centenary with a party.

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Hillfields bus service reprieved Bus operator First has had a change of heart and agreed to keep running the 17A service through Hillfields.

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A trip down Memory Lane LAUREN Edwards, 16, from Oldbury Court, has made her mum Maria Wilson very proud - by gaining a good set of GCSEs against the odds.

Read about Lauren’s success, and the great achievements of many other Fishponds students, in our Education Special starting on Page 13

Residents weregiven the chance of a last look around the former Hillfields Park Infant and `junior Schools, which are due to be replaced soon.

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A new term and a lot to look forward to IT’S back to school and work this month after a summer of fun - but in spite of the darker nights there’s no need to be gloomy. There’s so much going on in the Fishponds area this autumn.

Look out for the Voice team at the first Make Sunday Special event in Fishponds on September 11 and at the Colour Run at Oldbury Court on October 2.

Then there’s FishFest coming up, of course, and lots of events and activities listed in our What’s On pages. so why not make a new (academic) year resolution and join a class or group?

Taking of the new term, we must say well done to the students from our area who have done so well in their GCSEs and A-levels. As our stories show, it is not just those young people from advantaged backgrounds who have achieved success. Many teenagers have overcome adversity by working hard

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and showing true grit and resilience.

And, of course, determination to get the most of life is not confined to teenagers - look at 100-year-old Reg Buston enjoying his centenary party and still playing bowls regularly.

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Is MetroBus running into trouble?

PUBLIC money may have to subsidise services on Bristol’s £200 million MetroBus network, the councils behind it have admitted.

The aim was for the rapid transport system, which is due to open next year, to be an entirely commerial service but speculation is growing that operators are unwilling to take it one without financial support.

The uncertainty comes as people in the Fishponds area wait to see the full impact of the closure of Stoke Lane to northbound traffic for months while MetroBus works are carried out.

Since the closure in June, students have not been the university and many commuters have been on holiday. Drivers are expecting long delays this month and bus operator First is changing its timetables to allow for this.

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It said in a statement: “We have always been clear, the aim is that the MetroBus services are run entirely on a commercial basis via a quality partnership scheme that sets minimum standards for frequencies,

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‘Of course should negotiations not be successful we have a range of back up plans which could include formal contracts to run all or some services on a contracted basis which might require the use of public money following a competitive

procurement process, but this would depend on the situation when negotiations conclude.”

MetroBus will provide an express bus service on 31 miles (50km) of segregated bus-ways and bus lanes. There are three routes: Ashton Vale to Temple Meads, Bristol North Fringe to Hengrove via the city centre and the South Bristol link between the A370 Long Ashton bypass and Hengrove Park.

Its aim is to provide faster and more reliable journey times and the intention is for it to carry 20,000 passengers a day.

At the top of the M32, a busonly junction is being created.

Services will split at Frenchay, with some going to Cribbs Causeway and some to Emersons Green.

Work to create the bus lanes has meant major road works on the A4174 ring road and the motorway as well as changing the landscape at Stoke Park.

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Council to axe up to 1,000 jobs UP to 1,000 jobs will be axed as Bristol City Council battles to make £29m of savings this year.

Mayor Marvin Rees has said he has “inherited a huge financial challenge” and his only option left is to cut jobs.

The reduction of full-time roles is the equivalent of around 17 per cent of the council’s workforce.

The authority has now launched a scheme which lets staff apply for voluntary severance.

Mr Rees warned last June the council would have to make considerable savings due to Government cuts and growing demand on services.

Mr Rees said: “I have inherited a huge financial challenge which is proving bigger than we knew even a month or two ago. We continue to make savings in many ways, but we cannot close the gap without reducing the number of jobs at the council.

“This scheme is about giving people the option to leave voluntarily, which is the right thing to do. We will support staff as best we can throughout this difficult time.”

Cllr Craig Cheney, cabinet member for finance and governance, said: “This process is about fixing our financial foundations as we continue to plan for the longer term to put our resources where

they are most needed. Budget proposals for next year and our new financial strategy will be consulted upon later in the year.”

Unison said the cuts could leave the council “unable to fulfil its legal duties, particularly around social care for elderly and vulnerable people”.

Steve Crawshaw, branch secretary for Unison Bristol, has called upon Mr Rees to join forces with the leaders of other

core cities to ask Prime Minister Theresa May for more funding.

Any staff leaving voluntarily will finish work by the end of September.

Further plans for the council’s budget from April 2017- April 2020 will be published in the autumn for public consultation ahead of a new medium term financial plan being put forward for consideration by councillors in February 2017.

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Voice team to take part in fun run STAFF from Fishponds Voice will be among the men, women, boys and girls taking part in a charity fun run next month.

Publisher Gary Brindle will lead his team along a 5km route through the beautiful Oldbury Court Estate to help raise money for homeless charity Julian House.

The event, called the Colour Fun Run, involves participants getting covered in colourful - but washable - powder paint. Along every kilometre of the route is a paint station where race marshalls do their best to get everyone covered in paint.

The run is untimed which means people can run, jog, walk, skip or even dance their way around the route, which takes in the paths, woods and rivers of the estate.

The fun kicks off at 12 noon on Sunday October 2 with an Event Village featuring food, drink, music and face painting.

At 1.30pm there will be a mass stretch and flex warm-up to get the blood pumping before the actual race starts at 2pm.

Mr Brindle said he was looking forward to taking part: “It’s a great way of raising money for a good cause whilst having good fun at the same time. It sounds very relaxed which means there’s no pressure to get in lots of training beforehand.

“I have persuaded my team to join me and everyone is really looking forward to it.”

The Colour Fun Run is open to all ages and abilities.

To find out more about the event and to sign up visit www. thecolourfunrun.co.uk

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Repair work started on historic spire CAMPAIGNERS battling to preserve historic Stapleton Church have reached two milestones this summer.

They have passed the £50,000 mark in their fundraising efforts and have seen a start made on repair work to the 170ft spire.

You may have seen the scaffolding on the landmark in recent weeks – this has been to allow the parapet at the foot of the spire to be repaired and to fit anti-pigeon guards to the spire openings to protect the bells from further damage.

But this is only the start: the church needs a new roof, which will require 13,000 slates and cost about £240,000.

Churchwarden Delia Beake said: “There is a long way to go, but it is encouraging to have made a start on the roof. We are very grateful to everyone who has supported our fundraising efforts so far and we are grateful for a £7,500 grant from the Gloucestershire Historic

Churches Trust.

“We would like to encourage people to consider our ‘sponsor a slate’ and spire floodlighting schemes. They can find details on our website.”

The next big fundraising activity is a concert on September 11 at 3pm in the church. Local organist, Richard Morgan, who also plays at St Mary’s Fishponds, will perform a programme based on wedding music. Tickets, costing £8, include tea and cake, can be ordered from 0117 965 2001.

The day before, the church will be taking part in the annual Ride and Stride event run

by Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust, in which church members walk or cycle between churches in the deanery. It is hoped this will boost the roof fund as well as supporting the trust.

There has been a church on the site in Stapleton for at least 500 years. In 1854, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, Bishop

Monk, whose official residence was what is now Colston’s School, offered to rebuild the existing church.

He wanted a church where all the growing population of Stapleton would have a pew to sit on, regardless of how wealthy they were.

Bishop Monk chose the Bristolian architect John Norton, who was also responsible for creating Tyntesfield House in North Somerset.

The church was built from pennant stone, quarried at Broom Hill, and dedicated in 1857. It was recognised as a fine example of Victorian Gothic architecture.

The Grade ll starred listed building’s most notable feature is its spire, which can be seen from the M32 and from many parts of the city.

The congregation is determined to preserve it for future generations.

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Tour of Britain visits Bristol this month CROWDS are expected to line the streets to cheer on their cycling heroes when the Tour of Britain visits Bristol this month.

With Olympic champions Sir Bradley Wiggins and Owain Doull already confirmed, the Tour’s visit on Saturday September 10 looks set to be one of the biggest sporting events the city has ever seen.

Bristol is hosting the entire penultimate stage of the Tour (Stage 7) with an Individual Time Trial in the morning - starting around 10am - followed by a sixlap Circuit Race in the afternoon - starting around 2.30pm.

The Bristol Stage 7 route will take them from the start on Durdham Downs, before crossing the Clifton Suspension Bridge, down Rownham Hill, around the bottom of the Floating Harbour before heading back up Bridge Valley Road to the Downs for the finish.

The Tour of Britain is returning to Bristol following the city hosting a successful stage finish in 2014 when TV footage was broadcast to over 200 million homes around the world.

It was estimated that the stage visit was responsible for over £240,000 worth of investment in local shops and hotels.

Some of the world’s best professional cyclists including Olympic Silver medallist and Britain’s record Tour de France stage winner Mark Cavendish plus top sprinter André Greipel and former UCI World Hour Record holder Rohan Dennis are confirmed to race this year.

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THE COUNTDOWN has begun for a huge event this month which celebrates what is great about Fishponds.

Crowds are expected to flock to the Make Sunday Special in Fishponds extravaganza, which will take place on Sunday September 11 and run from 12 noon through to 8pm.

The event will be split between Fishponds Park with live music, entertainment and activities and Beechwood Road with a farmers’ market.

The confirmed line up includes a Taekwando display, harmonies and more from the Riff Raff choir, a performance of the Lion King by the students at Bristol Metropolitan Academy and music from Red Ray & The Reprobates, Hey Bulldog, George & The Dragons and Marvin & The Gayes.

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A farmers’ market along Beechwood Road will boast local produce, jewellery and arts.

Refreshments include a barbecue run by the 197th Scouts, pizza from Mission Pizza and Dayzeeks will serve up Jamaican food. Staff at the Star pub in Fishponds will run the Star Bar. Posters giving more details of the event have been placed around Fishponds.

Organisers are adopting the slogan ‘Don’t bring your car it’s not far’ in a bit to cut down on local traffic. The car park in Beechwood Road will be open but people are being encouraged to walk or cycle if possible.

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“It’s going to be absolutely brilliant! There are a few bits and pieces to be sorted out but the actual event is looking really good.

“We’ve got a fantastic line-up with everything from a choir through to a showcase of the Lion King through to four professional bands who are well known in the local area.

“I’m quietly confident that, if the weather is kind to us on the day, it’s going to be awesome.”

Make Sunday Special in Fishponds is part of a programme of fun activities across Bristol this summer.

Make Sunday Special builds on the success of the programme last year which saw thousands of people flocking into the city centre to relax, take in the sights and join in the fun.

For more information about the Fishponds event, contact Sam Teller 0777 3766184. To book a market stall at the event contact Rowena Griffiths 0796 7110567.

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Reg celebrates his 100th REG Buston, president of Begbrook Green Bowls Club and still a regular player, has celebrated his 100th birthday.

Reg marked his centenary in August with a party at the Begbrook Club for family and friends.

Reg, who has lived in Stapleton since 1947, is a former gymnast and hockey player and maintains a healthy lifestyle, swearing by meat and two veg daily and a nightly tot of whisky.He was a founder member of the bowls club in 1994, captain in the 1998-99 season and has been president since 2000.

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THOUSANDS of people turned up in force to enjoy Bristol’s Islamic Cultural Fayre at Eastville Park.

Now in its 17th year, the popular event brought families to the park to enjoy live music, stalls, exotic food, funfair rides, workshops and activities. Among the popular attractions were a massive bazaar and a five-a-side football tournament.

The fayre started as a small community event in 1998 but has now developed into one of the largest free events of its kind in the South West. Initially it was organised to bring Muslims of all backgrounds together for a family fun day but has now developed into a huge event which celebrates the city’s diversity.

Organised by the Bristol Muslim Cultural Society, the fayre annually attracts more than 12,000 visitors and 80 stall-holders.

BMCS events manager Rizwan Ahmed said: “It went really well as usual with record numbers. A lot of different people came together and had a fun day out.

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Glorious blooms and clever crafts IT was a blooming marvellous affair when the 10th Fishponds Horticultural and Craft Show opened its doors.

Green-fingered visitors flocked to the event, which was organised by Activate and held at Fishponds Methodist Church Hall in Guinea Lane.

Mary Barrington, of Activate, said: “The weather was good and from 9am contributors queued up and the tables soon filled up. There were entries of fruit, vegetables, flowers, cakes and sponges, jams and chutneys, art and handicraft and photographs.

Then came the judging and in some of the classes they had a difficult time sorting out the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes. At 2 pm the doors were opened to the public and then everyone rushed to find the winners.”

At the end of the afternoon Frome Vale councillor Lesley Alexander presented the cup for the highest overall points in the show to Chris Williams.

The Gill Coombe Salver for Patchwork given in memory of the founder of Activate was won by Jackie Filer with the David Elsbury Memorial Cup for the highest points in the photography section going to Meryl Gaskell.

The School Children and Community Groups Class was won by Chester Park Junior School who entered collages

on the subject of the Queen’s 90th Birthday. The youngsters received a garden token for their school garden All winners in the various classes won small cash prizes as well as certificates.

The afternoon was not all about winning however and also included a raffle, buried treasure competition using a picture of Snuff Mills and guess the name

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Refreshments of tea and cakes were served by local Guides.

Mary said: “The afternoon closed with the sale of cakes, jams and produce and a good time was had by all.”

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McDonald’s battle set to resume CAMPAIGNERS against a McDonald’s drive-thru plan for the old tile warehouse in Fshponds Road are preparing for the public inquiry in November.

The fast food giant is appealing against Bristol City Council’s refusal of its plans.

The No Mac in Fishoponds group, which would like to see the building become a community space, are appealing to residents for support.

A spokesman said: “If you are prepared to make a speech at the public inquiry about the impact on you and the local area, then please contact us. If you have expertise in public health, pollution, environmental and traffic issues, then please contact us.”

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First has welcome change of heart over Hillfields buses SWIFT action by councillors has won a temporary reprieve for a threatened bus service through Hillfields.

Bus operator First was planning to axe the 17A through Acacia Road and Hillfields Avenue but after listening to pleas from Anna Keen and Craig Cheney, the company's managing director James Freeman has agreed to keep hourly buses running on the route.

The service, which runs between Kingswood town centre and Southmead Hospital, will alternate with the 17 service.

The company has asked the Traffic Commissioner for a short-notice change to the new timetables coming in on September 4, which make a large number of alterations to services across the city.

It said in a statement: “We

are happy to operate in this way on a provisional basis for the period until the service change date in January 2017. This will give all parties more time to consider the whole question of local bus services in this immediate area and what, if any, alternative ways can be found to solve best serving the travelling needs of local people. This would require a new registration to be submitted early in November so we look forward to working with local people and councillors over the coming four to six weeks to address the issue.

Mr Freeman added: "Whatever happens we need the 17 route as a whole to continue to expand its user base so that it has a sustainable long-term future. We have seen spectacular change to this route since it was established only a few years ago,

in place of a subsidised service that was not well-used. We have worked hard to make it more reliable and recently-introduced smarter buses with distinctive burgundy-coloured fronts to aid recognition. We are committed to this route."

Councillor Keen won the change of heart after tackling Mr Freeman at a public meeting in South Gloucestershire.

She told Fishponds Voice: “It is good that First are listening.

Older people and young families in Hillfields need this bus so they can get to both Southmead and Cossham hospitals.”

Changes are planned from this month to services including the 7, the 48, the 489A and the 49.

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Students notch up impressive results SCORES of students in Fishponds are celebrating some excellent GCSE results, with both the area’s secondary schools notching up impressive outcomes, Bristol Brunel Academy had a record year and saw 55 per cent of students achieving English and Maths at grade C or above while Bristol Metropolitan Academy had its second highest results in seven years and again scored highly for the amount of progress made by students during their five years at the school.

Bristol Brunel students achieved particular success in further maths GCSE with 90 per cent achieving A*-C and 22 per cent getting A and A*. Students also achieved well in art and drama.

Some individuals who performed particularly well overall were; Ellora Griffin – 8A* and 3 As, Sarah Broadwell – 5A* and 5As and Pavitar Singh – 4A* 4As and 1 B Principal Jon Jones said:“Our students thoroughly deserve these outstanding results, they are our best ever outcomes and we will strive to improve again next year. Our success has been widely recognised by local parents as we continue to be considerably oversubscribed.”

Since opening in 2009, Bristol Met has improved year on year, with students at all levels of ability performing better than their peers across the country. Early indications are that the progress measures for Bristol Met will see them

HEAD boy of Bristol Met, Ismaeel Akram, 16 from Fishponds, is off to Bristol Cathedral Choir School Sixth Form after gaining two As, four Bs and a C in his GCSEs. He will study for A-levels in maths, biology and chemistry.

He said: “I am so proud of what I have achieved. I really did work hard. I stayed behind after school to revise with my teachers and spent many hours studying in my room.

“My parents are so proud of me and pleased I achieved my potential.” recognised again as one of the most successful schools in the country.

This year’s results in maths and science were particularly strong, with notable excellence in the arts and media, humanities and English.

Principal Sally Apps said: “We are, as ever, so very proud of our Year 11 leavers.

In addition to being a group of lively, interesting, engaging and friendly young people, they now have significant academic

LAUREN Edwards, 16, from Oldbury Court, achieved 3Bs in two sciences and maths and four Cs in further science, English, French and statistics).

She said: “I am really happy and proud of my achievements.

“I have had a turbulent time here but really knuckled down this last year and this proves just how well I have done.

“I really did study hard but didn’t think I would have done this well!”

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achievements to celebrate.”

In its first year in the Cabot Learning Federation, City Academy Bristol results improved again with more than 54 per cent of students achieving the new Basics measure of a C grade or above in English and Maths. This is up nine percentage points on 2015.

At John Cabot Academy, 73 per cent of students achieved the new headline benchmark of A*-C in both English and Maths.

Lauren’s mum, Maria Wilson, who was with her daughter when she received her results said: “I am so, so proud of Lauren she has done amazing. She hasn’t had the best time at school but this year she really did sort herself out and now look what happened. She has proven everyone wrong!

“I can’t rate the school enough. It is the best place she could have come to.”

Lauren is going to sixth form at St Brendan’s in September to continue her studies.

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KAZIAH Excell-Dunkley, 16, from Small Lane, Fishponds, was over the moon with her results, which included an A in media, a B in English and a C in Maths.

She said: “I want to go and do hair and make-up at college and these results have meant that I can which is what I have always dreamed of doing.

“I am hoping in the future I can work on a make-up counter and then perhaps become a freelance make-up artist.

“My dream goal is to be on stage. Luckily all my best grades are in practical subjects so that should help me on my way.”

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Red Maids' girls are hitting the heights JUMPING for joy in timehonoured fashion after receiving their exam results are the students of The Red Maids’ School in Westbury-on-Trym.

Girls have gained top marks in this summer’s A-level and International Baccalaureate exams and have secured places at some of the world’s top universities.

Red Maids’, which is merging with Redland High School to form the Redmaids’ High School, is the only independent school in the area to offer the IB. One of the school’s IB candidates, Lily Rivers, who is still only 17, has secured a place at Cambridge University to study History after a year out volunteering overseas.

Kate Seaborne is heading off to Oxford University to study Psychology - following in the footsteps of her sister Jenny, also a former Red Maid.

This year’s cohort includes five girls who are taking up places at medical school: Zaineb AlShamary (Keele), Alice Hyde and Rebecca Jackson (Birmingham), Adhraa Isaacs (Leicester) and Lily Steven (Cardiff).

It also includes three girls FOUR students from Redland High have won places at Oxford 124 years after the first girl from the school went to study amid the dreaming spires.

Mary Agnes Wilson got a place in 1892 to study History at a time when few women went on to higher education.

She gained a Class II Honours Certificate from St Hugh’s College.

Lucy Mercer, who got two A*s

who have designs on becoming architects: Katie Cottle and Fenella Pakeman (Liverpool), and Immy McAndrew (Edinburgh).

Some students have overcome personal challenges on their journey to success.

Sophia Hazelby received the news after starting in the Sixth Form that she had a serious health issue which would require ongoing medical treatment.

The 18-year-old from Stoke Bishop took it in her stride, gaining an A* and two A grades in Maths, Further Maths and Physics and will now be starting a degree in Aerospace Engineering at Bristol University.

Headmistress Isabel Tobias, Headmistress at the Westburyon-Trym based school, said: “These results are tremendous.

They are the result of much hard work and determination

by our students, coupled with expert tuition and support by our teachers.

“The difference of a Red Maids’ education is the progress that we are able to achieve in our students, enabling them to realise their full potential. I am delighted for every single one of our girls today, they have made themselves and the whole school very proud.”

Stars of the future at Redland High and three A grades, will study the same subject in 2016.

Francesca Millar, who received four A* grades, will be sitting Music and Olivia Gaitonde who also got straight A*s is studying Earth Sciences.

The School’s fourth Oxford candidate is Zoe Jinadu, who was awarded three A*s, two As and a

C grade. She has been accepted to read Chinese. Zoe took A Levels in Chemistry, Mathematics and English Literature as well as AS Levels in Creative Writing and Music and an Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) on the impact that the Cultural Revolution in China had upon women.

Headmistress Miss Stephanie Ferro said: “I am most proud of the fact that these young women have not only excelled at their A Levels, but at being a part of a supportive community, encouraging one another to achieve their dreams.

“They truly embody the Redland High spirit”

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Innovative route to university TWO pioneers of the innovative Boomsatsuma Agency, based at Bristol Metropolitan Academy in Fishponds, are off to university after successfully completing the course.

Abdisalan Mohamed, who joined the academy when new to the UK in Year 9, secured an unconditional place at London Metropolitan University to study Drama and Heena Ahmed is off to UWE off to study Sociology.

Other students in the CLF Post 16, part of the Cabot Learning Federation, achieved success in the more traditional A-level route, among them Katie George, who will be read English at Oxford University, having gained all A* and A grades.

Set for Cambridge after a gap year teaching English in China is Lauren Pratt, who achieved A*s in all her subjects after battling back following surgery for a brain tumour six years ago. Lauren is planning to do a degree in linguistics.

Director of CLF Post 16, Kath Cooper, said: “I am immensely proud of the way in which our students have applied themselves to their studies and developed as individuals during their time as Post 16 students. I feel confident that they will go on to achieve well on the courses they are going to and will be the rounded citizens our community needs. It is great to see the mix of outstanding academic and vocational achievement. Well done to our students and the staff that work so hard to teach and support them.”

Joy at St Brendan's ST Brendan’s Sixth Form College, the largest A-level centre in the area, is celebrating another year of amazing achievement by more than 600 students.

The A-level pass rate was 97.4 per cent with two thirds of students achieving grades A*-C. St Brendan’s provides a choice of 47 different A-level courses. Vocational (BTEC) results were equally impressive with a 100 per cent pass rate.

Proud Principal Michael Jaffrain commented: “This is another fantastic year of results across the board, with our BTEC courses retaining their 100% pass rate and our A-levels having improved again for the third year in a row. ” Some students are moving on to an exciting range of Apprenticeships, among them Lakshmi Sood from Winterbourne who will begin a Finance Apprenticeship with the Ministry of Defence.

Mr Jaffrain added: “I want to say a massive congratulations to all our students and to wish them the very best for the future. I also would like to thank all my staff for their incredible dedication over the past year. St Brendan’s is proud to be contributing to the educational success of Bristol as a Learning City. I believe that these excellent results will impact positively on the lives of the young people and the communities that they live in.”

SBL celebrates exams success SEVERAL students from SBL Academy in Oldland Common did very well in their A-level examinations. Among the particular successes were Joe Oliver who achieved AAA and is going to Bristol University to study Mathematics and Computer Science, James Owers AAA also going to Bristol University to study Chemistry and Jake Peters A*AA who is going to either Bristol or Warwick to study Mathematics.

GCSE results saw some great performances too . Principal Rupert Maule said: “We would like to congratulate our students on some fantastic GCSE results. Particular congratulations to Tom Kerfoot (9A*, 1A), Ben Llewellyn (5A*, 6A), Lauren Davies (4A*, 5A, 1B), Jessica Bennett, Lucy Head and Lucy Stenner for an outstanding set of results.”

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Birthday girl Nimra has a lot to smile about NIMRA Naeem could not have asked for a better 18th birthday present – four A-stars and a place to study medicine at the University of Bristol.

She collected her results at Colston’s Girls’ School, accompanied by her proud parents Tahira and Muhammad, on the day she turned 18 before going home for a double celebration with them, her brother and two sisters, and other family and friends.

Nimra, from Eastville, who achieved top grades in her A-levels in maths, biology and chemistry as well as an A-star in her Extended Project Qualification, will be the first in her family to go to university.

“My parents are really happy,” she said. “I was a bit nervous before I picked up the results but I am really looking forward to studying medicine. It has always fascinated me. I did work experience with a GP and

in a pharmacy and volunteered in a hospital and realised it was what I wanted to do as a career.”

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She said it had helped her learn more about what life would be like as an undergraduate but she had pursued her ambition by seeking work experience independently.

Her advice to other wouldbe medics is to not worry if you don’t have connections.

“You just have to be really open and ask around. Let people know what you want to do and there will be somebody who knows somebody who can help you out,” she said.

Nimra, who went to May Park Primary School and has been at CGS since Year 7, praised her teachers for their support.

Kerry McCullagh, head of sixth form at CGS, said: “Nimra has worked incredibly hard and thoroughly deserves her success in these exams. We’re glad she got what she wished for on her 18th birthday and we wish her all the best at university and in her career.”

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Colston’s students rise to challenge HEADMASTER Jeremy McCullough has praised students at Colston’s School following a strong set of A-level results.

More than a third of passes were at A* or A grades and one in four Colstonians achieved the equivalent of straight A grades or better.

Mr McCullough said: “These grades are the reward for a great deal of hard work from pupils and staff.

"Colston's students are a diverse and talented bunch and the school's holistic approach to education allows each individual to feel valued for being the best possible version of themselves.

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It has been another very successful year for university entrance. Notable individual successes include: Elliot Bloom, Josh Callaway and Alex Logan who secured places to study English at Exeter, History at Warwick and Natural Sciences at Bath respectively. Other students are headed to a range of universities including the Russell Group universities of UCL, Birmingham and Cardiff.

There were also noteworthy success among those students sitting BTEC courses, particularly Toby Shiu, Joe Grant and Tom Fisher.

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The following students achieved outstanding grades: Kurt Cameron - seven As and three Bs; Bradley Chapman - three A*s, eight As; Samana Hassan - two A*s, six As, one B; Rupa Mondi - two A*s, five As; Njabulo Nyakaza - eight As; Matthew Smith - three A*s, five As, two Bs .

Rhian Priest, principal at the academy in Stoke Gifford, said: "Our GCSE results this year are well above the national average in what is only our second set of results.

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Visitors were kept entertained by live bands, including Trip the Switch, a DJ workshop, pirate show, stalls, tombola and bouncy castle.

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Relishing the challenge, Olya went to London to help the students, offering advice and guidance and carrying out alterations to the costumes.

Her capabilities were noted by budding film director Matthew John who had been organising the support side of the fashion show.

When Matthew finally got his chance to write and direct his own film, Hedda Gabler, he enlisted designer Catherine Embleton as his head of design.

But Catherine was lured away by designer Stella McCartney to work on the kit for the 2012

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London Olympics, leaving a vacancy which needed filling.

Matthew's thoughts turned to Olya and the rest is history!

Olya, who has one son called Pasha, relished the in-depth research involved as, although the period is quite well documented with drawings of ladies wearing coats and dresses, actual patterns are not available.

Working closely with Matthew, Olya developed calico mock-up costumes before selecting the fabrics and colours to suit the costumes.

It was then Olya spent hours painstakingly following traditional methods of manufacture and craftwork to ensure the final ten costumes were as authentic as possible.

Each costume, which included intricate hats, took Olya around four to six weeks to make, with well over 1,000 hours of painstaking work involved in the entire making process.

Olya said: "I worked with Matthew for almost a year designing and producing the costumes. I had to go to museums to look at sketches for my research as obviously there weren't any photographs from that period. I cut the patterns and made the costumes up in calico before making the actual garments.

"The finished costumes were very big and heavy and really unyielding," Olya said.

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pivotal to any period drama.

Without good costumes it looks shabby and wrong so the spotlight will very much be on my work. I had so much passion for making the costumes and I feel very proud at what I have achieved. It was a fascinating experience."

Already Olya has been approached about working on another film next year .

The permanent exhibition forms part of the International Ibsen Festival which runs in Oslo from September 8-25

Actress Rita Ramnani in one of Olya's costumes "The black funeral costume worn by actress Rita Ramnani who plays Hedda Gabler had seven layers and a lot of beading and lacing. People who wore these clothes in real life must have had great difficulty just wearing them inside. The actresses in the film couldn't even pass each other in the corridor!"

Last year, Olya was involved in the filming, working long hours at locations, including Maunsel House near Bridgwater and Manor By The Lake in Cheltenham. She was on hand to dress the actors and carry out any alterations and repairs.

The film will finally premiere at the Vika Cinema in Oslo on September 8. The star-studded event, where guests include the King and Queen of Norway, will coincide with the opening of a permanent exhibition of the film's costumes at the Henrik

Ibsen Museum.

The collection of seven crinoline dresses, a night gown and silk bathing robe worn by the film’s female cast will be on display.

Olya will travel to Norway with her husband for the premiere and official opening of the exhibition.

Along with director Matthew John, leading lady Rita Ramnani and other cast members, Olya will take part in a public Q & A session about the film and its costumes.

"I was surprised at how the exhibition came about," said Olya.

"The director went to Norway for a completely different project and he happened to mention to the museum he was just in the process of cutting and editing the film and they just jumped at the idea of exhibiting the costumes.

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Wildlife trust to run free activities in Fishponds FREE wild play toddler sessions will take place at Fishponds Park later this month.

Avon Wildlife Trust will run activities in the park every other Wednesday during term-time from September 14.

The sessions are aimed at families with two to four-yearolds and involve fun outdoor games and activities including mud painting, songs and stories and take-home nature crafts.

Avon Wildlife Trust has been given funding from the People’s Postcode Lottery to provide the wild-play sessions to six communities across Bristol.

Mums, dads, carers and their toddlers should meet at the central statue for the sessions, which run from 9.30-11am.

Younger siblings are welcome and there is no need to book.

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Can you help Barnardo’s raise charity funds?

CHILDREN’S charity Barnardo’s is inviting Fishponds residents to be part of a special group to raise money for vulnerable youngsters across the UK. As well as its shop in Fishponds Road, the charity manages stores in Henleaze, Filton and Stoke Gifford but now it hopes to build on that success by setting up a Barnardo’s Helpers Group (BHG) in the city.

Volunteers would act as local ambassadors for the charity, raising awareness and funds through community activities.

Members of the BHG would receive full support and training.

Barnardo’s regional fundraising manager Gurdev Singh said: “We currently have more than a hundred BHGs across the country, some of which have been supporting us for more than a century.

“Volunteers meet on a regular basis and make the most of any fundraising opportunities by linking with their local schools, youth groups, sports clubs and businesses.

“They also arrange their own events such as coffee mornings, luncheons and quizzes. Bigger groups even organise their own charity balls.”

Barnardo’s can help with recruitment and promotion, roles and responsibilities, policies and procedures and

other tasks.

The charity can also arrange for guest speakers from local children’s services to update members on current activities – some BHGs have even welcomed celebrity supporters to their events.

Gurdev added: “We hope to attract people of all ages and backgrounds. Some may simply have a few hours to spare for a good cause, while others may want to develop skills and experience in fundraising or event management.

“It’s a great way for people to have lots of fun while supporting one of the UK’s leading charities, especially as we are currently marking our 150th year. Every penny we raise will help us to be there for children and families, now and always.”

If you would like to help, call Gurdev on 0771 1188244 or email gurdev.singh@barnardos. org.uk Locally, Barnardo’s is responsible for several important services including support for children and young people at risk of sexual exploitation, those affected by parental imprisonment, and support for parents, carers and families in the community.

Visit www.barnardos.org.uk for more information.

A lively line-up at cafe THE Kingfisher Cafe continues to prove itself as a community hub with a programme of events planned for this month.

September 7 sees the return Quiz Night complete with a Caribbean supper.

The People’s University of Fishponds talks and workshop series continues with art classes and history talks, including one from Bristol Radical History group on wartime Bristolians.

For those who prefer to dance, Thingwalls Disco visits the cafe on September 17 with an alternative 80s night. Tickets are £5 in advance from cafe.

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AUTHOR Jo Allmond sent a powerful message to children when she visited the Kingfisher Cafe - it’s OK to be different.

Jo signed copies of her children’s book Jess the Goth Fairy, gave readings from the book and hosted children’s activities and competitions.

The book was inspired by her daughter Jess Hiles who was also at the event.

Jess, who has learning and physical disabilities, is a sign language teacher and a Special Olympic gold and silver medallist. Jess travels the country talking to schools to explain to children that it’s OK to be different.

The book was funded through a successful kickstarter campaign and is illustrated by

Bristol-based artist Emily Daly, who was also at the Kingfisher to judge the children’s colouring competition.

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Is your eyesight fit for sport?

THIS summer the Olympic and Paralympic Games were a great showcase for elite sport: I was very impressed by team GB’s performance in the medal table.

As a team they tried each day to improve their performance to the top level, and it paid off!

But how many of them really think about their vision during that training? Did you know the volunteer optometry clinic set up in the athletes’ village at London 2012 performed around 2500 eye examinations and dispensed 2000 pairs of glasses. This implies to me that vision is perhaps one of the last things the athletes consider in their preparations. It would also imply that the best sportspeople aren’t all born with perfect vision!

However, I can only think of a handful of famous sportspeople who wear glasses: Edgar Davids, Dennis Taylor, Eddie the Eagle.

Glasses and sunglasses are great for protecting the eyes from impact, UV radiation and glare but they have their limitations for sport. Even a well-fitted pair can come off with a lot of moving about, they’re not great in the rain and if the sport requires you to face side-on e.g. cricket or golf, and the frame can restrict your view.

Contact lenses fix a lot of these problems because they move with the rotation of the eye and don’t steam up in the rain; some have built-in UV protection.

Track and field takes pride of place at the Olympics and there is often a surge in people taking up sport in an Olympic summer.

But I can’t say I’ve seen people in Fishponds popping out to try some hammer throwing, inspired by their evening’s TV. It tends to be bowls, tennis, cycling, running, golf.

It’s not until you really get in

to a sport that you appreciate the visual task you’re required to do and each sport has its own different requirements. One sunny summer’s evening, I stopped to watch a Senior Cricket match at the Memorial Ground in Downend.

One team directly faced the low sun. I assumed by the age of some of the bowlers that there would be a few with cataracts, a clouding of the lens of the eye, which can cause a veil of glare in the sunshine. The subtlety of seeing the path of the ball between the wickets was described to me by a veteran player. I’d previously only thought about the obvious visual task of seeing a small ball coming towards you, not how it was spinning or the movement of a player.

Each year, more than 100,000 people are treated for sportsrelated eye injuries. According to the National Eye Institute, approximately 13,500 of these injuries result in permanent vision loss.

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WHILST many groups have closed for the summer, our local parks have never been busier and the infamous Dancin’ Tots weekly sessions remain open throughout the summer months.

If you are a parent of a child under five and haven’t yet experienced the wonder of Dancin’ Tots, then you are seriously missing out! Dancin’ Tots is an hour session that takes place in venues in Staple Hill and Fishponds.

Its main aim is to have fun through singing, music and dance and to build community links. Its format begins with a half hour of participatory nursery rhymes, singing, movement (often accompanied by Elvis, The Beach Boys and The Wiggles blasting out of the speakers at the Fishponds venue.) It is great fun (and a bit of a work out, it has to be said) to march to the Grand Old Duke of York with Elvis crooning in the background. For the latter half of the session, there are bubbles, drinks and biscuits and a giant ball is bounced on a parachute, much to the glee and delight of a full class of babies and toddlers. Both helpful for global motor co-ordination and to develop visual and aural awareness, Dancin’ Tots is a positive developmental session for little ones.

Dancin’ Tots is the brain-child of Sam and Eric who began the group in 2012 after their daughter, Luci, now nearly six, attended other baby groups. They had to move venues because of the popularity. Their energy is very inspiring and inclusive. Many families go: grandparents, carers, dads, mums, child minders, foster carers. All are welcomed, noticed and included with a big smile and much warmth.

It is dark enough to sit at the side if you want to and comfortable enough to bust some moves should the mood take you. There’s no pressure. Lots of children attend – it’s particularly good for siblings who can go off and dance whilst a parent or carer sits with a baby and meets a previously unknown neighbour.

As parents or carers, you may well be tired out from a flurry of birthday parties and picnics happening in the local parks. Two parks have served the community particularly well this summer. Oldbury Court Play Park has never been busier. The range of swings, roundabouts, sandpits and climbing equipment is very impressive and it’s wonderful to see it being utilised to support outdoor play and to be a safe space for toddlers and children to explore. The opening of the café is a welcome addition and lends itself to an afternoon outing, rather than a quick visit. This development has endless positives to community building.

Another very busy space is Page Park, a short stretch from Fishponds, but a new lottery funded wooden park has strengthened its popularity with little ones who can now slide, climb and swing in a well-crafted wooden play area. I found it safe for even smaller one year olds to fall and get back up again, climb and even cruise around the fences. In addition, there is a sensory garden, housing a long-standing aviary, which offers a different element for children who might not have seen colourful birds up close before. All in all, a safe and interesting space for the community to use.

Both parks act as a model for other parks, such as Eastville Park, to further develop its play areas for the growing community of children who live in the local area, which hopefully will happen in the near future.

At the moment Dancin’ Tots costs £2.50 per child and runs three days a week. Each day has two “drop in” sessions: 9.20am to 10.20am & 10.30am to 11.30am See their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/DancinTots/ about/?entry_point=page_nav_about_item&tab=page_info

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In 100 days, we’ve pointed to a more inclusive city

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LOT can happen in 100 days. It’s been about that long since I was elected Bristol mayor, and in that time we’ve had Brexit, a new prime minister and a £1bn devolution deal for our region agreed in principle.

In that whirlwind of context I’m amazed at how much we’ve achieved locally. There have been real actions, both large and small. These all send a clear message that this will be a fairer, more inclusive city where everyone has a chance to feel the benefits of our success.

In some cases small gestures speak volumes: like allowing blue badge holders to park in residents’ parking bays without fear of a fine, or buying back a former council flat in Lawrence Hill to once again make it available to a family on the waiting list. Other actions not only help us now, but lay groundwork for the future – like taking 80 hectares of public land off the

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market so we can build more homes; reviving plans for a new recycling centre on Hartcliffe Way; or installing the first parts of a city-wide heat network to supply tenants of 1,000 social housing flats with low carbon, fairly-priced heat.

A change close to my heart was launching a review into housing priority for domestic abuse survivors.

It all adds up, and one of my big takeaways

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from 100 days as mayor is that the city works best when it works together. So I’ve met 75 partners to talk about setting up a City Office where different organisations can work more closely together to solve big issues. We’re already working across public, private and voluntary sectors to respond to Brexit; and this is just the first of many topics where the best result for Bristol can be achieved if we pool our power, money and ideas.

None of us has a magic wand or all of the answers. Nor can we pretend there aren’t massive challenges ahead. I have inherited a huge financial challenge which is proving bigger than anyone anticipated. I will be making sure the council builds on what’s previously gone well and fully understands where more progress needs to be made. That doesn’t take away the issue, but it does help us respond, as does the city-wide budget simulator I launched to involve more people in the challenge. I’m really grateful to everyone who took part, because those ideas are now being shared widely to help the council plan for the future.

The situation is too serious to describe being mayor as exciting. But it is busy, fulfilling, challenging and really, truly rewarding. I have high hopes for our city and what we can achieve together. I hope many of you will be part of it.

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Former pupils share their memories FORMER pupils of Hillfields Park Infant and Junior Schools shared their memories on a tour of the buildings this summer.

The schools are to be knocked down to make way for a new building on the Hillfields estate for Minerva Primary Academy.

Principal Peter Hallam and his team invited residents to come and take a look round before demolition began.

“We wanted people to have one last trip down memory lane,” he said. “We have now found out there will be a bit of a delay, so we are planning another open event in the autumn, which really will be the final look round!”

Participants in the summer visit included ex-pupils from several generations, from the 1950s to the 1990s. All found things they remembered – and things that had changed.

Janet Jones (nee Stephens) was a pupil from 1950 and was one of a family of six siblings who all went to the schools.

“My eldest sister Barbara would have started in 1940 and the youngest in 1959,” she said.

Janet remembered taking part in music and movement sessions in the hall, with music broadcast on the wireless. “That was quite modern then,” she said.

Paul Dukes, who was at the school from 1989, recalled the TV room, while pupils in 2016 now use interactive whiteboards.

Paul said he had friends to this day whom he

met on his first day at Hillfields Park. His memories included the climbing frame, egg races in the corridor and going to the rec for sports day.

“Some of the school is very familiar. It’s all flooding back,” he said, before poring over the school’s extensive collection of photographs down the decades.

The visitors also met school cook Mandy Hooper, who has worked there for more than 40 years and before that was a pupil there herself.

The infant school opened in 1927 and the junior school in 1929. The most famous ex-pupil is Arthur Milton, who was a county cricketer for Gloucestershire and gained six caps for England as well as playing football for Arsenal and Bristol City, gaining one England cap.

The infant school will be the first part to be demolished, with children and staff moving into portable classrooms.

The new school will be a two-storey building with 15 classrooms and a dining and assembly hall and studio space.

It will have a low energy air management system and solar electricity panels.

Mr Hallam said: “We will also have a community room, an after school club/art/DT/ cookery room. We will be making the most of the extra outdoor space by providing outdoor

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Making our homes safer places for all A FIRST aid course has been held for adults in Fishponds and Hillfields after calls to the emergency services increased by nearly 40 per cent over a three year period.

It was aimed at helping parents prevent accidents in the home and to deal with them effectively should they happen.

Bristol City Council found children who were seriously injured and needed a hospital bed had increased in 2014/15 compared to 2011/12.

Gaynor Younger, an economic well-being coordinator for Speedwell Nursery School and Children Centre and Little Hayes and Hillfields Early Years and Family Centre, said: “There had been an increase in call outs to the emergency services and felt it was something which needed to be addressed.

“The first aid course was held to help mums put safety measures in place, recognise when they would need to call

First aid instructor Lucy Page takes a group through life-saving skills during a course in Fishponds an ambulance and how to treat injuries in an emergency.

“It is also an opportunity for adults to learn new skills which they can put on their CVs to help in their search for employment or extra training.”

The Public Health Intelligence Unit of the city council found an increased number of accidental injuries led

to hospital admission.

Married mum-of-two Ritu Czehowicz, from St George, is a qualified teaching assistant and volunteers as a book buddy at Air Balloon Hill Primary School.

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Eating out in Fishponds

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HE diversity of eating out in Fishponds is something that we hope to reflect in our ‘Eating out in Fishponds’ feature.

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Sarah, Kingfisher manager, says, ‘Emma’s creating some fantastic fresh specials daily over the summer, and will be developing the Cafe’s vegan and veggie options’.

‘The café, which is open 9am until 4pm daily, is getting a reputation for quality food and a pleasant, family-friendly

atmosphere’ adds Sarah, ‘we have a children’s menu which as well as the usual fish fingers, offers a fresh vegetable platter and penne pasta. All our cakes are freshly homemade, and include gluten free options’.

The Cafe has some exciting events lined up for Autumn including a Caribbean Supper & Quiz night Sept 7th., and can be hired by the hour for private events too. See website and Facebook page for details. https://www.facebook.com/ thekingfisherbristol/ http://thekingfisherbristol.co.uk 0117 965 1001

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PERIGO has been in open now for 9 months we are very proud to be in Fishpond as our company think it is vert thriving area of Bristol.

Perigo specializes in piri piri chicken, kebab, Aberdeen angus burgers, southern fried chicken and soon to be launching our famous Perigo Pizza.

Perigo do delivery start from 17.00 everyday minimum delivery £13.00 . we cover BS16, BS15, BS5 and BS7 We have some great special during the summer kebab and chips £2.70 or Piri Piri grill chicken chips £3.00 Opening times are Mon 13.00-24, Tus 13.00-24, Wed 13.00- 24, Thu 13.0-24, Fri 13.0-01, Sat 13.0-01, Sun 15.00-23 Come in and pick up a leaflet

FORMALLY Maira Restaurant is under new management from 1st September.

The new owner and her partner have over 15 years catering experience. Offering traditional Romanian and Turkish dishes, soups, grills, bbq and salads.

There will be live music on Saturday nights.

The Balcanic is a great party and events venue. Birthday parties, Weddings, Anniversaries, Christening/baptisms, all events happily catered for, ask in the Restaurant for more information or alternatively call 0117 9395887 /07448556048. Please like the facebook page: Balcanic Restaurant.

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Perigo serves: Piri Piri Chicken, Kebab, Gourmet Burger, Southern Fried Chicken OPENING TIMES… Monday to Thursday 12-2300 Friday 12-00 Saturday 13-00 Sunday 13-2200 Bank Holidays 13-2200

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ADVERTISEMENT WE now have an experienced Chef Charles Gray and his wife Elizabeth to assist in our dream for Fishponds. As the next phase of the club’s regeneration falls into place we have now secured the services of a chef who prepares freshly made meals every Friday, Saturday and the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month.

In the future it is proposed to increase the daily service. thus supplying members with food and snacks on more days of the week.

Although a former Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineer, working on projects such as Concorde, Merlin Helicopter, Foxhunter Missile and Type 45 Destroyers, Charles has many years catering experience and has previously held the franchise at the Stony Stratford Conservative Club in Buckinghamshire as well as working for one of the local Wetherspoon’s for a period of 10

A step further to becoming the Community Club for Fishponds years where he held a management role. Charles has also successfully completed the Wetherspoon Catering Acadamy course.

The menu is quite varied and each week there are traditional specials like Liver and bacon, Braised steak and Cottage pie. The Sunday menu offers a choice of 4 roast meats and all the trimmings for a price of £6.50.

A sample of the menu is shown below: Gammon, egg/pineapple, chips and peas £5.00 Ham, egg and chips £4.50 Sausage, egg, chips

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£4.25 £5.00 £5.00 £5.00

It is proposed to to start, for a trial period of one month, a breakfast service from 10-12 and a lunch menu service from 12-13.45 in addition to the current service.

This trial is expected to start 3rd October.

There are now so many reasons for you to visit us • A very reasonable priced meal service • Low prices for all drinks • Entertainment at least twice a week.

• A cosy atmosphere for all the family • Snooker, carpet bowl, pool and darts facilities.

Come and visit us on one of our open days Saturday 1st October and Saturday 22nd October, where you will be most welcome from 10am in the morning to 3pm in the afternoon.

To provide these facilities in a friendly and safe environment

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Membership is calculated pro rata, renewed in January. so if you wanted to be a member for the rest of 2016 you would pay £6.

Members are able to enrol immediate family at the reduced rate of £12.00 per year to enjoy all the benefits available except voting at an AGM. Call in and see us and have a chat and a look around or pick up a Membership Application Form

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Could you create legendary figure to rival Fantastic Mr Fox? PLANS for this year’s community extravaganza FishFest are going from strength to strength with more organisations and businesses than ever getting involved.

Co-ordinator Kate Brooks said: “We are still receiving expressions of interest from local businesses and organisations so we’re reaching a much wider community, which is great.

We’ve yet to finalise the week’s events as we want to ensure everyone is included.”

Events throughout the festival week from October 8-15 are being planned across the Greater Fishponds neighbourhood. Flyers detailing what’s on and when will be arriving through letterboxes from early September.

It will include the popular Scarecrow Trail, which this year has a Myths andLegends theme.

Another confirmed event is Fishponds Library’s drop-in morning aimed at encouraging more people to use and enjoy the space and find pleasure in reading. Anyone can pop in on Tuesday October 11 from10.30am- noon for a shared reading taster session.

During the session a facilitator will read aloud stories and poems while people can relax; and listen as the literature unfolds. There’s no pressure to

read aloud but those who wish to are welcome to contribute.

The session is free and open to all. Reading material is provided along with tea and biscuits.

Kate said: “As FishFest is all about community inclusion and creativity, the festival is keen to support such an event and encourage people to use this valuable local resource.”

For details on the library event contact Samantha Weaver on 0781 2238532 or email samanthaweaver@thereader. org.uk.

Another favourite leading up to the festival week is the return of the Fishponds Sale Trail on September 17. Residents apply to be included on a map and they can then set up a stall outside their homes for people to visit on the day. People can sell anything, including art and produce. For a form, email fishponds.trails@ gmail.com The Scarecrow Trail is on October 8-9 . There’s also a Vintage & Vinyl Fair, a family film night and various music events in local pubs.

For more information email fishfestbristol@gmail.com or visit https://www.facebook. com/FishFestBristol.

For a Scarecrow Trail and/ or Sale Trail application form, email fishponds.trails@gmail. com

Security guard assaulted A MAN has been charged by police following an incident in Fishponds where a security guard from supermarket Morrisons was assaulted as he attempted to stop a man suspected of shoplifting.

The incident happened along the cycle path just before 8am on Wednesday August 24.

Danny King, age 30, of no fixed abode, has been charged with wounding with intent, theft, two common assaults and possession of an offensive weapon.

Speaking after the incident, Inspector Shaun Finn said: “A man suspected of shoplifting was chased from the store by security staff.

As one of the staff attempted to detain the man, he was assaulted. His injuries required medical attention.

“We arrived on the scene minutes later to find staff from the store detaining the suspect who was arrested on suspicion of GBH. “I’d like to thank the brave members of staff for apprehending this man and would ask anybody who witnessed the incident to contact us quoting log number 213 from today.”

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Thinking about our local history

Kerry McCarthy MP for Bristol East

writes for Fishponds Voice

A RECENT walk along the River Frome, past the restored mill at Snuff Mills and the two-hundred year old river crossing at Frenchay Bridge, got me thinking more about our city’s local history.

The centre of Bristol, with its connections to the horrors of the slave trade and riots, often gets most of the attention. While I knew Fishponds was a very old settlement – its name dating back to old quarries which were filled in with water hundreds of years ago – it was only when I started researching the history of the area more that I realised just how rich its heritage is.

I have walked around the Stapleton cul-de-sac Cromwell’s Hide many times while doorknocking, and was vaguely aware there was a Civil War connection behind its name. I did not realise that, just a few yards away at Wickham Court, Oliver Cromwell

had planned his successful attack on Bristol in 1645, which was then held by royalist supporters of King Charles.

The history of Fishponds goes back much further than this, though. Oldbury Court appears in the Domesday Book, compiled at the orders of William the Conqueror to survey how much tax his new English subjects owed him.

Snuff Mills became established on this estate several centuries later to grind stone from the nearby quarry. The mill there, which has been restored by the Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society in the last few decades, is a great reminder of this legacy.

In the medieval period, King John – of Robin Hood fame – also had a hunting lodge on Lodge Hill in Hillfields. This was something I knew a little bit about already, as a constituent had previously written to me about a listed wall

that used to make up part of the lodge. I didn’t realise, though, just how important Bristol was to King John while his brother, Richard the Lionheart, was abroad fighting crusades.

It is great that we already have groups that have been involved in recognising and protecting this local heritage, including the Fishponds Local History Society and the Snuff Mills Action Group.

The protection of valued pubs is also important, as they are a key part of our local history and the heart of many communities.

It is sad that the Farrier’s Arms on Fishponds Road, which was built in 1872, has remained empty since it was bought by Morrisons several years ago. I really hope this historic building can be put back into use again soon.

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or Stapleton Road. The only real alternative in Bristol is offered by First and more latterly Wessex buses.

Planning matters

Pipe dream

In the first of a two-parter, Fishponds Voice columnist and planning expert Chris Gosling examines the particularly contentious issue of parking

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NE the biggest bugbears with new development is parking. I will start looking at this issue by first examining the problems and next month will look at how Bristol tries to deal with them and the thinking behind this.

Parking probably leads to more objections to planning applications than any other factor.

I will concentrate on residential development. Everyone has their own idea about how much parking provision should be made available for a new house, not least the government. There has been a mixture of stick and carrot from Westminster over the years, which has given way to a laissez-faire approach in recent times, with control being passed back to councils. The stick was employed to make it less attractive to own a car by encouraging policies to set a maximum provision of parking within a site. The carrot was continued subsidisation of public transport, specifically the railways. Naturally this has little effect on those outside of walking distance of Abbey Wood, Parkway

The main difference between the idealised continental city situation envisaged for us by former Mayor Ferguson and the grim reality of the car-borne commute to work remains the lack of realistic alternative. On the continent, cities the size and importance of Bristol generally have effective over or underground train networks that take you from near where you live to a variety of central locations, as well as out to the airport. Something similar for Bristol stalled at the pipe dream stage, before being resurrected as the Metrobus. Until that is in operation, the cycle path provides a traffic-free alternative for the fitter and hardier among us. It gives East Bristol an advantage over many other parts of the city, but it cannot be relied on day in day out, due to the vagaries of British weather, unless you have the will to don Lycra and emulate the Olympians. For most people there is a straight daily choice between the convenience of the motor car and the bus.

Under the Labour government it was left largely to the planning system to promote bus travel by limiting on-plot parking for new houses. With housing springing up in people’s gardens, let alone at larger scale in places like Emersons Green, this had a tremendous impact on the amount of land taken up to keep a car off the road overnight and was a factor in aiming for a higher density of development. To get the impact in perspective, each car parking space takes up over 10 square metres of land. With the footprint of many houses taking up around 40 square metres, the cost in space of two parking spaces is over half

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of the land required to site the house. Parking is not as adaptable as buildings. It is normally confined to the ground floor level, whereas townhouses can maximise their footprint by going up three storeys. So while it may seem like an easy solution, requiring more car parking on plot means either smaller gardens or less housing.

The latter can of course also be read as more land, which is perhaps more appropriate in times of a housing crisis.

Renting As so often, simple answers to this dilemma are not forthcoming.

The factors to take into account include how close to your work do you live? Do you drive? Are you prepared to use alternative means of transport? Do you move when you change job? How do the kids get to school? What happens when the kids change schools?

Six questions; already more than 10,000 potential individual answers. Parking standards can only provide a one-size-fits-all solution that hopefully balances out across a housing estate.

Where it doesn’t, in some places a market has sprung up in renting out unused parking spaces. This is a partial response to parking

Chris Gosling

requirements of families changing over time and even a response from people living in areas where there is high demand for daytime parking for workplaces. Renting notwithstanding, a parking standard that seeks to provide the solution on private land is clearly not the most efficient, or most adaptable answer. And that is where I will pick this matter up next month...

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Parcels that meant so much to soldiers DID you know that in the First World War the British Army considered delivering letters and parcels to the Front as important as delivering rations and ammunition?

As the war dragged on, army food got more sparse and bland and the regulation clothing was woefully inadequate for the cold and mud of the trenches.

Soldiers’ morale was boosted considerably by the efforts of mothers, sisters, sweethearts and women’s groups who sent warm clothes, food, sweets, tobacco and letters to the soldiers.

Now an exhibition at Bristol Cathedral of the work of textile artists celebrates these incredible gestures which proved a vital link between those at home and those abroad, giving reassurance to both sides that they were in each other’s thoughts.

The artists - Sally Stanley, Paula New, Jane Marie-Mahy, Lucy Saunders and Jane Kay - have used mixed media to

replicate some of the parcels, letters and goods which had been sent to the Front.

One of the contributors, Jane Kay, from Stapleton, drew on her

hobby as a knitter to make socks, arm warmers, mittens, fingerless gloves and balaclavas, all in khaki green, to show the types of clothing which were sent with

love and received with gratitude.

Jane, 68, found out about the project after meeting artist Sally Stanley at an art history class at Stoke Lodge last year.

“The idea of the project came from Sally who is particularly interested in the First World War. She had an idea for a project based around the parcels which were sent to the troops.

I told her I would be interested in doing some knitting for the project and it grew from there.

“We’ve used authentic knitting patterns to make a display both of the Home Front where people are making things for the troops and then for the trenches where the parcels were received.”

Jane had no trouble following the patterns, having knitted since the age of seven, although these days she is more used to creating items of clothing for her great nieces and great nephews.

Jane said she found the experience extremely rewarding:

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n NEWS “It made a great change from what I normally knit and brought alive the experience of women in the First World War. My grandmother lived through the war and would have knitted for the troops so it’s very much a revival of the old practice.”

Jane said she hoped the exhibition would resonate with people from the Fishponds area whose grandparents and great grandparents may have knitted for soldiers recovering from the war at the Beaufort War Hospital, which later become Glenside Hospital.

“There were many injured troops who would have passed through Fishponds in the First World War,” said Jane.

“I’m sure there will be people in the area with ancestors who would have knitted or made things for those soldiers.”

The names on the embroidered parcels are those of real soldiers who have featured in Bristol Cathedral’s First World War remembrance project called We Have Our Lives and in the book Letters From The Trenches

by local author Jacqueline Wadsworth.

Jane said: “It must have been a comfort to the people who sent items, knowing that they were doing something to help. The soldiers were so appreciative, particularly for items like socks.

It would have boosted their morale enormously.”

Sally Stanley said: “All the artists had an interest in social history and a love of textiles.

They found inspiration in the ongoing commemorations of WW1 and developed a fascination for the contributions made by the women at home.

Their exhibition includes textile parcels, appliqué, embroidery, printmaking and knitting.

All the sewing and knitting has been done by hand to create an empathy with that era.”

The exhibition also includes work from GCSE textile students from Cotham School who have helped to represent some of the other items in the parcels.

Parcels of Comfort is on display at Bristol Cathedral from September 9 - January 8.

Jack Russell sketch on show THIS sketch of Frenchay Park House by the former England cricketer turned artist Jack Russell is on display at Frenchay Village Museum.

It is one of a collection of paintings and drawings, many of which are not normally on show.

The exhibition also includes paintings by the marine artist Peter Stuckey, who was born in Frenchay. There are some

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Joel is crowned world champion

A FISHPONDS schoolboy is in a class of his own after becoming a world champion in Taekwondo.

Joel Cassar has been perfecting his art since he was four, becoming a black belt at the tender age of 13.

The 14-year-old has collected dozens of medals and cups over the years but none as special as the gold he won when he competed against other black belts in a recent competition.

Facing some tough competition, including boys who were two years older than him, Joel took gold in the under 16s lightweight sparring category at the International Taekwondo Federation World Championships in Brighton.

Joel also gained gold and bronze medals in the International Open Championships which were also held in Brighton during the same week.

Joel hones his skills at Fishponds Taewkwondo Academy where he is taught by 4th degree black belt Karen Lear and 3rd degree black belt David

Lear. Karen said: “There were 45 countries in attendance and some very tough competition from around the world. This was Joel’s first outing on the international stage and he certainly did us all proud to achieve this, working his way through many rounds and fighting against many countries including Canada and Argentina.

“Joel started training in Taekwondo when he was four and has certainly worked hard to achieve this. As his instructor I couldn’t be prouder.”

Joel, a Bristol Metropolitan Academy student, is so dedicated he trains every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and every other Saturday, increasing his sessions when he has a competition coming up.

Mum Karen Purdie said: “I was in shock when he won - not because I didn’t think he could do it but because we just thought it was brilliant he even got to that level of competition. We thought if he goes out in the first round, we’re still really proud of him. When he went on to win it,

I was just stunned and it took a few days to sink in what he had achieved. We’re very proud of him.”

Buoyed by his success, Joel is now preparing go for his 2nd degree black belt in October.

He will continue to receive plenty of support from his family who know exactly what Joel is going through as they all practice Taekwondo as well.

His 12-year-old brother Jamie, also a student at Bristol

Met, is just about to take his black belt. And since starting out two years ago, mum Karen is now a blue belt and dad Paul is just about to go through pregrading to become a blue belt.

Karen said: “We all train as a family. Myself and Paul would sit there watching Joel and Jamie and, because they train so much, there was never any time for us to do something separately. We thought we might as well join them!”

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n GARDENING INTO the month named after the number seven but stuck in ninth place thanks to the Romans for pushing it out of the way with Julius and Augustus, we go. The end of this month really signifies the end of summer in the UK as the earth moves into position for the colder half of the year. We are in fact closer to the sun during winter but at a more oblique angle so the radiation from the sun hits us less directly. Combined with the shorter days and longer nights we get the cold seasons that send our gardens into a torpor, ready we hope for a fresh flourish next spring. It never ceases to fascinate me as to how finely balanced the conditions that we live in are, from just too hot to just too cold to survive in little more that the tilting of the planet from one side to the other, and our elliptical orbit around the sun. Luckily plants

The the world over have adapted themselves to the varied conditions with some incredible outcomes.

There are a couple of plants Salix arctica and Cladonia rangiferina that can withstand temperatures as low as -56 Celsius and live in the Arctic tundra with low roots adapted to living in permafrost. Or Welwitschia mirabilis that can live for 1500 years and survives in the desert collecting moisture from the atmosphere around it and a very long tap root.

As we start to plan for that change in climate by stocking up on winter fuel or digging out some warmer clothes, so do the plants, and this is a great time to plan for next year’s planting. Most plants produce seed in some form or another and gathering these is both simple and a pleasure. In most cases you can simply hold a clean paper bag under the seed heads and shake them in, others you may find in pods or similar receptacles.

As far as storing and sowing goes there are too many different requirements to mention, some need stratification

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or in the case of some Cytisus seeds I germinated they need to sit in 80 degree water to soften the casing.

A little research on the internet will furnish you with all the information that you need to get a host of new plants, and all for the cost of a little time and a few seed trays of compost. Looking online earlier I found that a well known nursery was selling Digitalis purpurea for £5.99 for a 9cm pot or £2 for 1000 seeds. My Digitalis plants shed 1000 seeds every time there is a light breeze.

The allotment has been as abundant as I could have hoped this year with a usual glut of courgettes and legumes, we returned from a 10 day holiday to find not courgettes but marrows growing under the runners. Onions, runner beans, cauliflower, cabbage and potatoes among other vegetables have all come in the last month so we’re now looking at ways of storing and preserving them. The ubiquitous chutneys and pickles are all made so at least with the remainder of the courgettes I’ve found that making a puree and freezing it will allow us to have soups and courgette souffle in the coming months. Beans freeze very well if sliced ready to eat (I don’t bother blanching them) but if you’re looking at storing roots like carrots or parsnip then you must make sure that they stay cool and don’t dry out. Rubbery carrots have never been welcome on my plate. A good idea is to keep them in damp sand in a dark garage or outbuilding, if they don’t start to

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grow again you’ll keep them fresh for quite some time. For everything else, let’s hope you have some hungry friends. Here’s some ideas to keep you busy when you’re not cooking.

• Keep deadheading flowers to keep them looking good for as long as possible • Plant spring flowering bulbs such as Crocus and Narcissi now • Start to divide herbaceous perennials once the weather cools • Keep harvesting crops to keep them fresh and promote more right until the end of the season • Remove lower and shading leaves from tomatoes if they are still fruiting to keep as much light on them as possible • Make sure that brassicas are covered to prevent birds from feasting on them • Tidy up strawberry plants and remove old straw as it will harbour pests • Pick blackberries and any other wild fruit that there is • Take some hardwood cuttings from plants like Roses and Cornus

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HE first of our Fishponds Faces is Sami Velioglu, proprietor of Everyday Thai, a small Thai restaurant tucked away at the end of New Station Road. Sami is quite the world traveller, having visited 50 countries and lived in 10, speaking seven languages, including Turkish, Arabic and Thai. He met his wife Pickky, the restaurant’s co-owner and chef, in 2009 and has lived in the UK for 30 years.

spot, with ladies in long dresses walking by. When we started the restaurant, it had become a very quiet corner, and over the last two years it has been nice to see it return to being busy.

How long have you been in Fishponds? How has it changed since you’ve been here?

What’s it like running a business in this neighbourhood?

We opened two years ago - the site had previously been a vintage uniforms and memorabilia shop which had closed down and was lying empty. I’m really interested in the history of the area - some black and white pictures from Bristol Then and Now show this street in Victorian times as a bustling

Favourite local spot?

I like the Railway Tavern. The building was constructed shortly after the opening of the railway in 1866 (now the Bristol and Bath Cycle Path) and it’s a lovely place.

Pickky trained as a computer programmer, but always wanted to open a Thai restaurant - we’re so proud to be here. It’s nice to integrate with the community – knowing your neighbours means you can recommend services nearby. We’ve shared expertise with Mehfil Indian Cuisine, and I really like The Cross Hands – we’ve

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smiling at someone is an act of basic charity, it’s the very least you can do, to brighten someone’s day.

What bothers you about Fishponds?

The street-drinking causes a nuisance. I’d like to see more police officers on the beat.

And finally, what’s the best thing you have discovered about Fishponds?

been up there, and the people running it have eaten in Everyday Thai too. These connections are like blood flow around the body – the more the blood flows, the better the body feels. It’s how it should work.

Everyday Thai doesn’t serve alcohol – I wonder if some think we are forcing a lifestyle down people’s throats, but it’s just our choice, and the flavours in our food are so good it doesn’t need alcohol!

shops, to encourage small local businesses to open. It would bring the shops to life again and help them to flourish. That, and I would like to see more frequent street cleaning.

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I think it’s how popular a neighbourhood can become when new places open. More and more people seem to be moving to the area. I like that both the Grounded and Coffee 1 chains started small and have built up - they are really contributing to the success of the community and have made it more appealing and attractive. I hope we’re playing a part in that too.

Pickky and I are passionate about food – she loves to feed people - and about making new friends.

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MUSLIM women from across Bristol are being invited to a community event.

The Bristol Big Sisters event next month is aimed at bringing Muslim women and their friends and allies together to discuss issues and topics important to them, to network, to inspire and be inspired. It is being coordinated by the Women’s Partnership Advisory Group (PAG).

Spokeswoman Kalsoom Bashir said: “It’s really important that Muslim women of all ages and backgrounds from right across the city have a space to meet and talk about the issues that are most important to them The Bristol Big Sisters event takes place on Sunday October, 16 from 10am to 4pm at The Park Community Centre, Daventry Road, Knowle.

With Paul Donovan, Pastor Pendennis Good News Church RECENT results tell us we have many hard working and clever young people in the Fishponds area (congratulations guys!). They will now be moving on to new and exciting phases of learning and discovery in a world filled with wonder and opportunity.

We have an amazing ability to study, experiment, analyse, hypothesise, invent, calculate and create. Yet despite our abilities and technologies, there are still so

many unknowns. Unknowns about the universe, time, the human body, our lives and what lies beyond them.

Have you ever considered whether this world and universe, you and I, are more than physical?

Can we know if there is a God and if so, how we know what he is like and whether he is interested in us?

The Bible tells us that we can know God because he has, and continues to, make himself known.

Left to our own devices we cannot figure him out, let alone have faith in him or a unity with him. But, because he is gracious, merciful and abounding in love he comes to us, he reveals himself to us. He has not left us floundering in the dark and guessing.

John (one of Jesus’ disciples) tells us that Jesus was God and the Word of God that ‘became flesh and made his dwelling among us.’

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of God the Father living in him (14:10). Then, as Jesus anticipated his crucifixion, resurrection and return to the Father, he said he would send God the Holy Spirit who would take what was Christ’s and make it known to the disciples - to teach them and remind them of all he had said and to lead them in to all truth (16:12-15). God’s word is so important. He has gone to such lengths to speak to us. This is why we can rely 100% on the Bible. God reveals himself to us through it and by his Spirit - it is his love letter to us.

In all of our human understanding and knowledge there also needs to be deep humility to accept our limitations, flaws and weaknesses - that we are not god. God is outside of us, beyond us, but in his mercy he has and continues to come to us - that we might know him.

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n CULTURAL FIX WITH ANNA BLIGHTMAN THE summer…the endless, dreamlike days, that all melt into one another creating a sun bleached memory. Even if it was raining half the time.

With September comes the lazy, faded light. The sun loses its intensity, the school uniform comes out of the cupboard and our summer becomes, once again, what we look forward to.

To celebrate this end of days mood, we are putting on a show featuring work from two Instant Film artists living in and around the South West. One artist focuses on the aesthetic of the moment, whilst the other concentrates on nature in its many stages of development.

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It was a cold Thursday morning in December 2015, and as Nic Baber stood waving her little girl goodbye in the playground, she couldn’t help wishing she’d worn a coat. She had the perfect coat in the wardrobe, but since giving birth to her second child in July, the ‘baby weight’ just kept on coming and the coat no longer fitted.

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PC Louise Dembicki who works at the Bristol Metropolitan Academy and PCSO Leanne Sullivan, based at Bristol Brunel Academy, have worked with around twenty children during the holidays, co-ordinating a whole range of activities including cooking lessons, cinema trips, adventure days at Go Ape and Cheddar Gorge and days out at Bristol City Football Club and Wookey Hole amongst others.

Louise and Leanne worked alongside our partners in Catch 22, the charity based at Trinity Road Police Station which supports young people to lead lives away from crime and street conflict, to provide a range of activities which would keep students occupied, develop their skills and enhance the positive relationships they work

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n WHAT’S ON IN OUR AREA Wednesday September 7 n Mothers’ Union Meeting, Christ Church Parish Hall at 2.15pm Wave of Prayer. More info available from Christ Church Parish Office 0117 9089867 September 8 n Downend Horticultural Society meets at the Assembly Hall in Salisbury Road, 7.30m. Speaker is Bill Howe; subject: Growing flowers for cutting. Non members welcome. Contact Roger Davis 0117 9571703 or Hilary Walton 0117 9792832.

September 9 n A new community art club launches at Castle Suite, Badminton Gardens, Beaufort Road, Downend BS16 6UE. 10amnoon. Painting with acrylics – learn the techniques. Professional tuition. Sessions held on alternate Fridays. Cost is £5 per session and materials are supplied. Limited numbers so, in the first place, contact Paul Foss on pobble57@ yahoo.co.uk or 0117 957 0045 Friday September 9 n Lunchtime Concert at Fishponds Methodist Church, Guinea Lane, Fishponds from 1-2 pm. featuring Geoff Bennett, organised by Activate. Tea/coffee & biscuits available. Free entry. Retirement collection.

Saturday September 10 n Staple Hill Community Bingo Macmillan Cancer Research Charity Day at Staple Hill Primary School in Page Road, 11am-3pm. Tea, coffee, cake, tombola, face painting, kiddies corner, craft table, burgers and hot dogs. For information, contact Mrs Hart on 0117 9833750.

Sunday September 11 n Organ concert at Holy Trinity Church, Stapleton, 3pm. Local organist, Richard Morgan, who also plays at St Mary’s Fishponds, is playing music on the theme of wedding music. Tickets, costing £8, including tea and cake, can be ordered from 0117 9652001.

September 11 n Make Sunday Special in Fishponds, events in Fishponds Park and along Beechwood Road from noon Tuesday September 13 n Speaker morning plus coffee – To America with 40 Men (Bristol Male Voice Choir). Downend Folk House, Lincombe Barn.10.00 for 10.30am. Pay at door.

Tuesday September 13 n Christ Church Fellowship meeting, Wully Perks on “The Witterings of Wully”, Christ Church Parish Hall, 7.45pm. More information from Christ Church Parish Office 01179089867 Friday September 16 n Coffee Morning and Bring and Buy Sale in aid of St Peter’s Hospice at Fishponds Methodist Church

(main entrance), Guinea Lane.

10.30-11.30am. Christmas and Greeting cards on sale..

September 17 n Sale Trail, 11am to 5pm, art, produce and jumble on sale around Fishponds, marking the launch of Fishfest 80s Disco, Kingfisher Cafe, in evening. Tickets £5 September 20 n Downend Local History Society, Downend Folk House, Lincombe Barn, Overndale Road, at 7.30pm, Speaker: Alan Freke. Subject: Frenchay Hospital’s Hidden History.

Visitors welcome at a cost of £3.

Tuesday September 20 n Free concert at Colston Hall celebrating 60th birthday of its 5372 pipe concert organ with acclaimed organist Richard Hills. 7.30pm. No booking required, charity collection.

Info. VoxOrganisona@aol.com or 07866 692089 Tuesday September 20 n Bereavement Support Group Cream Tea, in the welcome space at Christ Church Downend 2.304.30pm. New comers welcome.

More information available from the Parish Office 0117 9089867 Saturday September 24 n Christ Church Men are going on a morning ramble and brunch, Meet at meeting at Co-Op car park at 9am and car share to the start of the walk. For more info www. christchurchdownend.com Saturday September 24 n Breakfast at Speedwell Methodist Church 378 Speedwell Road. 10am to noon. Come and enjoy just coffee and homemade cake, a bacon roll or a full breakfast.

Sunday September 25 n Autumn fete and craft fair in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, Holiday Inn, Filton, noon-4.30pm.

Punch and Judy, treasure hunt, rugby, taekwondo, coconut shy, bouncy castle, tug of war & more.

Sunday September 25 n Family fun day, The Sandringham, Quakers Road, in aid of CLIC and Ward 34 at Bristol Children’s Hospital, from 12.30pm Wednesday September 28 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 hot meal.

Free. No need to book. Donations, if desired, at the end of the meal. www.christchurchdownend.com for all the details.

Saturday October 1 n Concert Evening at Speedwell Methodist Church. 7pm. Free entry.

Retiring collection in aid of Harvest for the Hungry. All welcome.

Sunday October 2 n All Age Harvest service at Speedwell Methodist Church,

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featuring the work of Harvest for the Hungry. 10.30am. All welcome.

Monday October 3 n A CAP Money Course will be starting at 19.30 in the Christchurch Youth Hub at the rear of the Parish Hall in North Street and will continue October 10 and 17. If you are interested send Colin Cooper an email to cleevetech@ btopenworld.com It’s free!

Friday October 7 n Tea Dance. Downend Folk House, Lincombe Barn.1.453.45pm.Pay at door.

Tuesday October 11 n Speaker morning plus coffee – Peter Taylor - Guernsey in War and Peace (Part 2) Downend Folk House, Lincombe Barn.10.00 for 10.30am. Pay at door.

REGULAR EVENTS IN THE FISHPONDS AREA

Mondays

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 Ping Pong (Table Tennis) for over 55’s, St Ambrose Beehive Centre 2pm n Welcome Club for Retireds+, St Aidan’s Church Hall 2pm n Messy Church , St John’s Church 3pm n Prayers, St John’s Church 6:30pm n Zumba, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road. 9.30-10.30am Improve your Ballroom dancing with Teresa, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road 2pm. Tel no. 0117 965 0203 for details. n Slimming World, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road. 7/7.30pm, n Zumba keep fit. Beechwood Club, Fishponds BS16 3TR. 9.3010.30am. Contact Sally 0771 2776 753 n Ballroom tuition, Beechwood Club, Fishponds BS16 3TR. 2- 5pm.

Contact Teresa 0117 9650203 n Slimming World, Beechwood Club, Fishponds BS16 3TR. 6.309pm. Contact Ami 0746 2727 229 n Zumba keep fit, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road, Fishponds 9.30-10.30am For details call 0734 1813 559. n U3A social history members only. Seconds Monday member’s only , Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road, Fishponds.

11am-12.30pm n Ballroom tuition Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road, Fishponds.

2-5pm. Call Teresa 0117 9650203 n Slimming World, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road, Fishponds, 6.30-9pm. Call Ami 0746 2727 229 n Social badminton, Kingswood

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Tuesdays

n Nordic Walking Classes, Oldbury Court 9.30-10.30am. Email: bristolnordicwalking.co.uk to book your place n Morning Prayer, St John’s Church 9:15am n Fishponds Play Café, All Saints Community Hall 9:30am 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 Fishponds Townswomen’s Guild, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road, first Tuesday of the month 2pm. The programme changes monthly but includes coffee afternoons and outings. For details call Barbara Davies on 0117 9653557. n Fishponds Townswomen’s Guild, Briarwood School, Briar Way, Fishponds , second Tuesday of the month 7.15pm. Call 0779 9108 890

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September, 2016 n Scouts (10-14 years), Fishponds Baptist Church Youth Hall. 7.309pm (Term Time only) Email: 151bristolscouts@gmail.com n Zumba, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road 7-8pm n Slimming World, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road 9.30am 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 n Badminton, Downend Sports Centre 8 -10pm. Call 0117 9400706.

Email: ridgewaydownend@yahoo. 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 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

Wednesdays

n Fishponds Play Café, All Saints Community Hall 9:30am 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 Keep Fit, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road 7-8 pm 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 Living after Loss, St Mary’s Parish Rooms, back entrance of church 11am-noon. An informal bereavement group. Please note this group is fortnightly. Call Lizzy on 0117 9650856. n Dance Tots, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road, Fishponds 9-11am. Call Eric 0791 4006589 n Yoga, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road, Fishponds 5.456.45pm. Call Nikki 0752 5735 500 n Keep Fit class, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road, Fishponds 7-8pm. Call Beryl 0117 9774534 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.

The 2016/17 season starts August 31 with calling from Alan Davies and music by Mike Elsom. Dancers of all abilities and experience are welcome. More 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

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Thursdays

n Morning Prayer - St Aidans Church 9:15am n Body toning/conditioning , Beechwood Club 9.30-10.30am.

Call Sabrina 0794 1353 735 n Fishponds Play Café, All Saints Community Hall 9.30am 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 n The Senior Citizen Friendship Club, Beechwood Club, Fishponds BS16 3TR 3.30-5pm. Call 0782 5155 954. Email: Spencer@sportingchange.biz n Beginner’s Taoist Tai Chi,

Fishponds Methodist Church, Guinea Lane 7-8.30pm. Come and enjoy better balance through Taoist Tai Chi practice. Moving meditation for body, mind and spirit. taoist. org.uk n Fun Fitness Thursdays 2-3pm.

Variety dance and fitness class including Zumba Gold, Line dance, Salsa etc! Suitable over 50’s or those looking for fun & easy class. £4 or £20 for 6. ffi Tel Cressida 0117 9391672 or 0780 8581 739 n Zumba Gold with Cressida, Royal British Legion, Kendall Road, Staple Hill, 1.30pm-2.30pm. Fun dance & exercise class to music from around the world. Ideal for beginners to Zumba or older students.Special offer -first class £3. Tel no. 0117 330 9549 / 0780 8581 739 n Fishponds and Downend Rotary Club, The Langley Arms, Guest Avenue, Emersons Green, Bristol BS16 7GA, evening. The club is actively seeking new members to share fun, fellowship and community service. 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 Cressida dance keep fit and Zumba gold, Beechwood Club,

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50 Beechwood Road, Fishponds 2-3pm. Tel no. 0780 8581 739 n Sequence dance class, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road, Fishponds 7.30-9.30pm. Call John 0145 4261 498 n East Park Residents meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month at May Park School from 6-7pm. All welcome. Further information from Hazel Durn on 0117 9513868 or Tony Locke on 07919 173450.

Fridays

n Greeting cards sold in aid of St Peter’s Hospice, Fishponds Methodist Church Hall, morning. n Nordic Walking Classes, Oldbury Court 9.30-10.30am. Contact bristolnordicwalking.co.uk to book your place. n The Friday Playgroup, All Saints Community Hall 9:30am 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 Silent Meditation, St Mary’s Parish Rooms 6pm 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 Fishponds History society Beechwood Club, Fishponds BS16 3TR 7-9 pm ( 1st Friday monthly).

Contact John 0117 965 8110 n Coffee Morning, Speedwell Methodist Church, 10am-noon.

Open to all. Friendly and caring.

Lunch once a month. n Community art club at Castle Suite, Badminton Gardens, Beaufort Road BS16 6UE. 10am-noon on alternate Fridays. Professional tuition. Sessions will be held on

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alternate Fridays. Cost is £5 per session and materials are supplied.

Limited numbers so please, in the first place, contact Paul Foss on pobble57@yahoo.co.uk or 0117 957 0045

Saturdays

n Diabetes group, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road 2-4pm, 2nd Saturday, 2 monthly, September

Sundays

n Morning Worship and children’s group, Speedwell Methodist Church, 378 Speedwell Road.

10.30am Friendly, informal and lively. n Eucharist, All Saints Church 8am n Eucharist, St Mary’s Church 10am with Giggle Sunday 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 is held

on second Sunday evening of the month and communion is taken on first morning and evening of the month. Call 0117 9575221 n Fishponds Baptist Church (opposite the Cross Hands pub) - 10.30am. Friendly, welcoming church with people from a range of backgrounds, nationalities and ages. Children and youth provision for all ages. 6.30pm every Sunday, apart from the 3rd Sunday in the month when we have our ‘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, Fishponds BS16 3TR. 3.30-5.30pm or 7-9pm For bookings and other inquiries about Beechwood Club, call Terry King 0117 965 020, after 4pm. email: tk007h9736@ blueyonder.co.uk n Morning Worship, Fishponds Methodist Church, Guinea Lane 10.30am n R.F.I.Church Group, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road, Fishponds 1-3pm n Sisters fellowship international, Beechwood Club, Beechwood Road, Fishponds 4-6pm. Call Stella 0117 9586168.

Medicinal plants in the Frome Valley Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

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ARROW used to grow abundantly in the field near Wickham Glen, though there is not as much this year as in previous years.

The name derives from the AngloSaxon “Gearwe”. It is a member of the daisy, or Asteraceae, family of plants, and flowers from June to September. The flowers have a strong scent and there are many tiny flowers in a flower head, while the leaves are like fronds.

Mrs Grieve tells us that it ‘grows everywhere, and creeps greatly by its roots, so it is seldom admitted into gardens in this country’.

However, you see many cultivars of yarrow in people’s gardens nowadays.

Geoffrey Grigson, in his book The Englishman’s Flora, tells us that according to the Anglo-Saxon Herbarium, ‘the chieftain Achilles found it and with this same wort (healing plant) healed them who

were stricken and wounded with iron.’ You are advised to pound the plant with grease and lay it on the wound. In Somerset it was known as ‘nosebleed’ - traditionally, it was reputed to both start a nose bleed, as it breaks up congealed blood, and to stop one. In this

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case, bruise the leaves, roll them up and insert into the nose until the bleeding stops. It is a first-aid remedy for blood blisters and also haemorrhoids, and is used in prescriptions for regulating menstruation.

It was also associated with the

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Evil One, and called the ‘Devil’s Nettle’, and with divination in spells and sympathetic magic. Around the world, yarrow sticks are used to read the I Ching to this day.

My former teacher Christopher Robbins, in his book The Household Herbal, describes it as a classic fever management herb – together with peppermint and elderflower, it induces sweating in the early stages of a fever. He says it is particularly useful in raised diastolic blood pressure, and also for stomach ulcers and for minor cuts – as with most medicinal plants, it has a wide variety of uses.

Combine with nettle, lime flowers and hawthorn for high blood pressure, and use as a weak tea for diarrhoea.

It contains the volatile oil azulene, also in chamomile – 5 ml of ‘yarrow blue’ essential oil will cost you at least £12.00!

A word of caution – it can occasionally cause allergic rashes and sensitivity to sunlight, and large doses can induce headaches and nausea. It should not be used by anyone on Warfarin or Heparin, and is best avoided in pregnancy. It is also highly variable from plant to plant, and in different locations.

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n NEWS FUNDRAISERS Bob Barnes and Olly Slym are aiming to raise £100,000 in a year for four worthy causes.

Their Impact Charity Challenge is looking to draw together 100 volunteers to take part in initiatives to raise funds for children’s charity Jessie May, Children’s Hospice South West, Great Western Air Ambulance and The Darren Wright Foundation.

As well as taking part in key events including a quiz, a sponsored walk and Grand Ball, participants will raise additional money through hobbies, events and contacting local businesses.

Bob and Olly began fundraising for local causes four years ago. Having set up the Impact Charity Rugby team and organised fundraisers resulting in over £50,000 for local causes, the friends decided to start a new challenge. One of the charities which will benefit from the challenge is Jessie May, which cares for terminally ill children in Bristol, Bath, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.

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“The boys put so much passion, dedication and hard work into all of their charity work and it really shows with the well organised and successful schemes. I have no doubt that they will achieve their target of £100,000, and

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the money Jessie May receives will be hugely appreciated by the families we care for. “ Olly said: “We are so thrilled to be fundraising for these four charities; this is our fifth year now and we want to make

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Impact even bigger. This is a challenge for everyone but as a team the 100k target will be smashed out of the park. We just need to pull the team together so if you are interested please get in touch.”

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n NEWS

Crofts End Church houses defibrillator A LIFE-SAVING device has been officially launched at a church in St George.

The new defibrillator is part of Crofts End Church’s commitment to provide better community facilities in the area.

The project was initiated by the church following recent staff first aid training and was funded by the Greater Fishponds and St George Neighbourhood Partnership schemes.

Pastor Andrew Yelland said: “We hope that this equipment will never need to be used, but if it is, anyone can access this fully automated kit to save a life.

“This project is a great example of what local communities can do when we work together.”

In the case of an emergency anyone can access the equipment by calling 999. The Ambulance Service will then provide the code to open the secure cabinet.

Crofts End Church is behind an ongoing bid to improve the way of life for people in the area.

It is currently fundraising for an ambitious £1.5 million project to create a community hub as

From left to right: Andrew Yelland, pastor, Crofts End Church; Rob Acton-Campbell, chair of the St George Neighbourhood Partnership and Susan Acton-Campbell champion of the wellbeing sub-group church leaders say the local population is expanding rapidly yet there are no facilities.

The UK’s leading community defibrillator charity, the Community Heartbeat Trust,

which supplied the equipment, will be running a free two hour training session on Monday

Frenchay ground beginning to take shape DINGS Crusaders’ new £8 million rugby ground at Frenchay is fast starting to take shape.

Heavy machinery recently moved on to the 26-acre site opposite Frenchay Hospital as levelling work got underway on the former market garden site with the target of the entire project being completed in around a year’s time.

Shaftesbury Park, as the new community sports facility will be known, is to include a clubhouse with gym and two-court sports hall, eight changing rooms, two full size floodlit rugby pitches – one of which will be a state of the art artificial surface – junior rugby pitches, meadowlands and parking for around 220 cars.

The project is being funded by the sale of Dings’ current home at Landseer Avenue for housing.

The entire Dings club will continue to be based a couple of miles away in Lockleaze for the 2016/17 rugby season with the

aim of relocating to Frenchay for the start, or early in, the 2017/18

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Roy Bowden is a director of

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the Lockleaze Recreation Ground charity which owns the Landseer Avenue site, and he is also president of Dings who, along with Dings Community Sports Club, are tenants at an aging facility.

He said: “Over the course of 12 years we looked at something like 20 different sites but this was always our number one choice and it was fantastic when after a lot of hard work we managed to secure the options.

“To now be standing here and seeing the various pitches pegged out and diggers at work is just brilliant for everyone involved with the club.

“We cannot wait to be here cutting ribbons in about a year’s time.”

Dings chairman Steve Lloyd added: “I think we can only dream about what the future holds for the club as this is such a fantastic opportunity to build for the next 50 and even 100 years.”

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n ON THE TREATMENT TABLE

with Tim Button, Doctor of Chiropractic at Cleve Chiropractic and Next step in Mangotsfield

Blog 32 – Parties and wrist pain We start this month with a party and in true Cleve Chiropractic and Next Step style we rocked it! We had the party at Next Step in order to thank the patrons of all of the exercise classes for their continued support over the last 3 years. In

reality it just seemed like a great excuse to celebrate with the friends of the clinic. Inevitably what was supposed to be a few drinks ended up being a raging bash with far too many cocktails, beers and wines being enjoyed past midnight with dancing and an alcohol fuelled press up competition TRX style. I admit this is not the healthy image that we aim to promote but once in a while it doesn’t hurt to let your hair down…I think.

I managed to join my patients with an injury of my own a few weeks ago. During the clearly risky business of sleeping (and yes I mean sleeping) I sprained my wrist.

I have done this before the same way as I have a habit of tucking my wrists in underneath me as I sleep and when I wake up I have to prise them back to a normal position. Well this time I must have really slept on them for a long time because my left one was agony and I struggled to work over the next couple of days (I can hear all the sympathy from the patients that I put through their paces on a daily basis). I finally stopped for a second and considered what I

Staple Hill Royal British Legion KENDALL ROAD, STAPLE HILL, BRISTOL BS16 4NB all events listed are open to all to come and join in

FORTHCOMING EVENTS Family Fun Night September 16th

Theme this time FROZEN with a special guest coming - Everyone welcome Disco, games Lots of Fun - Bar open also serving food.

Starts at 7.00pm finishing @10.00pm Children over 3yrs entry £3.50, Adults £2.50 Under 3yrs free

Booking Christmas Parties now in our hall and Complex Telephone 0117 9560804 to view

Wednesday RBL Ladies Group

Sept 14th 28th @ 2.00pm to 4.00pm We have meetings with lots of speakers, outings lunches.

Come and join us for an afternoon. We meet fortnightly next meetings

Short Mat Bowls

that they won. I won’t give away team talks from the dressing room but I can say that Daryl aka ‘the Gaffa’ speaks complete tactical sense at the same time as inspiring all of the individuals towards highly motivated teamwork. It is impressive to watch and fabulous to be a part of in any small way.

The howitzer of a goal from Chris Lines has sent us into the next round with the prize of playing, none other than Chelsea FC. I can’t wait! I have worked in the Premier League before for QPR but never at a game, which is the special part of working in professional sport. So this will be my first time working inside a premier league football stadium on a matchday…and what a stadium, what a team we will be playing against…and what a proud moment for us having three of our medical staff representing the Cleve Chiropractic and Next Step medical team…

Tim Button 0117 957 5388

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Care home nursing - a fulfilling profession

Bristol Care Homes operates 3 care homes in Horfield, Almondsbury and Thornbury, and will soon be opening a 4th home in Fishponds. Our commitment is to excellence of care with constant innovation.

We are keen to hear from nurses to lead our teams. Care home nursing is a challenging, rewarding, and fulfilling professional career.

It addresses long term holistic personcentred care in a community setting. Nurses set the strategies and lead the care team.

We’d be pleased to hear from you and invite you to visit one of our homes to see contemporary professional nursing in advanced care of the elderly.

Have a look

Everyone welcome 2.00 to 4.00pm Beginers tuition given £2.50 includes tea & biscuits.

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Hall ideal for all types of Parties plus 2 Skittle alley’s See our website for more details: www.staplehillbritishlegion.co.uk Staple Hill Legion open for tickets Monday & Friday 10.00am to 12.30pm or tel 0117 9560805 07519717372 or visit Sheen Studios, High St Staple Hill (Shop hours)

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would do to treat a patient with a similar complaint…so I packed myself off to see Chris the physio!

Chris was his usual excellent self and he mobilised and then taped my wrist which helped a lot. At home that evening I iced it for 10 minutes per hour (most areas of the body you would do 15 minutes but the wrist is thin so 10 minutes is long enough) and splinted at night (Amazon - £12) to prevent me from doing it again and the next day it was much better. Who knew that the things I tell my patients to do every day actually work so well?! A few days later and the pain that completely stopped me from even using my left hand had pretty much gone. So for those of you who suffer from wrist pain you have my full sympathy and hopefully a few tips on how to help it and if that’s not enough then come in and see us and we will do the rest.

On a more exciting note Keith, Sarah and I worked at the Bristol Rovers vs Cardiff game where we were deserved winners. I was seriously impressed with the team.

They worked so hard for each other on and off the ball. It was no fluke

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