Frome Valley Voice April 2019

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FREE EVERY MONTH IN WINTERBOURNE, FRAMPTON COTTERELL, COALPIT HEATH, IRON ACTON & WINTERBOURNE DOWN Eva Rogers has lost her dedicated teaching assistant due to funding cuts

Pete's milestone Frampton Cotterell rugby veteran Pete Zaffiro has played his 800th game for the club.

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Livelihoods destroyed Emma Steele (right) and fellow cyclist Helen Jackson are riding 400 miles in memory of Emma’s friend’s baby daughter

Mum’s legal battle for Eva A MUM has joined a parents’ legal challenge to funding cuts she believes will harm her daughter’s future.

Laura Rogers, from Winterbourne Down, is a

passionate member of the parent group SEND Emergency South Glos, which is trying to launch a judicial review of funding for special needs and disabilities education in the area.

Laura, who is 38, is Mum to six-year-old Eva, and her brother Huey, 2.

When she was 36 weeks pregnant with Eva, Laura was Continued on page 4

Two car repair businesses have been destroyed in a blaze in Winterbourne.

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£5m rebuild for Winterbourne school welcomed by ward councillor Trevor Jones, who said: “It is fantastic that Elm Park will be rebuilt, replacing the existing tired old building with a brand new facility to serve the next generations of pupils.”

Investment in other schools, as part of a four-year £78m programme, includes £500,000 for Iron Acton Primary School where additional classroom space will be built.

Rob Taylor, speaking on behalf of the governing body said: “It will enable us to replace tired facilities and to continue to meet the increasing demand for places. In addition, reorganising the classes into distinct key stages will benefit the children’s learning.” £750,000 goes to Frampton Cotterell Primary School for complete rewiring, the replacement of heating, hot and cold water services, pipes and suspended ceilings.

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And funding of £6.6 million to consolidate Watermore School in Frampton Cotterell on a single site, which had laready been approved by the cabinet, has been confirmed.

Council leader Toby Savage said: “I am delighted that these plans put forward have the potential to drastically improve education standards across South Gloucestershire, this administration’s number one priority.”

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ELM Park primary school in Winterbourne is to be rebuilt at a cost of £4.9 million.

After the funding was confirmed in the latest South Gloucestershire Council budget the school’s head teacher, Andrew Evans, told parents in a newsletter: “We can all afford to be just a little bit excited.”

In March a report was presented to South Gloucestershire’s Cabinet on the ‘deteriorating’ condition of the school building.

The new building will be built on the current site and have capacity for 210 pupils. The details and a timescale for the work are yet to be decided, as the project is in the early stages.

Mr Evans said: “Although this is at the early report and feasibility stage, I can say that everybody at Elm Park is grateful that our need has been recognised as a priority.”

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Parents challenge ‘ridiculous’ education funding system From page 1 told that her baby wasn’t growing properly due to a little known condition called Intrauterine Growth Restriction.

When Eva was born she was very small and, as she got older she began to miss developmental milestones. By the time she started school her poor motor skills, sensory difficulties and struggles to concentrate were more evident, and it was recognised that she needed extra help.

Eva was diagnosed with developmental coordination disorder, which was previously known as dyspraxia.

She is now in year 2 at Hambrook Primary School and, while Laura is full of praise for the school, she says it can’t fund the support which Eva needs.

Laura said: “She’s on the SEN register and gets some extra support. It’s provided by the school, they have to fund up to 6k themselves. The school have been fantastic within what they can do, but they are getting their budget effectively cut by government, because there is more to pay for and yet they receive the same or less than before.

“I understand that they can’t

Eva Rogers with her parents and brother, Huey. give more to my daughter. It’s the system that’s ridiculous. It’s not properly resourced, there’s not enough money for all kids, never mind kids with special educational needs.”

Eva had a teaching assistant to support her during Year 1 but the school had to make savings and there is no longer a full-time TA available.

Laura and Greg put in

a parental request for an Education Health and Care Plan, (EHCP), which, if granted, can lead to more funding from the local authority. Initially it was turned down, but after they went to tribunal, the council agreed to carry out an assessment of Eva’s needs.

SEND Emergency South Glos is campaigning against a reduction in spending. It is

planning to take legal action by way of a judicial review because of South Gloucestershire Council’s introduction of a ‘Ready Reckoner’: a tool for allocating SEND funding to mainstream schools which could save the council £1 million a year.

Laura said: “The Ready Reckoner brings in banding.

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I’m not certain that will work.

“Legally EHCPs are supposed to be specified and quantified.

They’re supposed to say, for example, that your child gets 20 hours of support by a TA with the right level of training to deliver the intervention. Secondly, as I understand it, the Ready Reckoner is based on a fixed level of assessed needs, which will not be individual to each child. So one child who needs 1:1 speech therapy could have it replaced with group therapy if that is in the Ready Reckoner as the ‘standard’ for speech therapy.”

The parents’ group must raise £2,500 by March 31 to fund its legal challenge. It has raised nearly £1,000 so far and has a fundraising website, which can be found at bit.ly/2CpHjQw. Laura says all parents should be concerned about SEND spending.

She said: “If they cut money from SEND kids, some people will just think it affects those families. But actually, it affects

everyone, because teachers’ time is taken away from other kids as well.”

A South Gloucestershire spokesperson said: “It is important to note that the funding we provide to help pupils with SEND support needs is increasing. In terms of the decisions we have made recently to ensure we can continue to provide more effective help; the Ready Reckoner is about increasing transparency in the process for determining funding for SEND support services and at the same time drive down the costs we pay to provide that help.”

“It costs South Glos more to deliver some of these services than it does for our neighbours, and we want to reduce that cost so that we can spend the money more efficiently to help more young people.”

Regarding a potential legal case, the spokesman said, “clearly we want to spend our resources on delivering care and support”.

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Double-yellow lines plan PLANS to introduce double-yellow lines on two roads in Winterbourne have been opened to public comment.

South Gloucestershire Council is running a consultation on the scheme to introduce restrictions on Harcombe Hill and part of Hicks Common Road, which run on from each other, after complaints over “obstructive and inconsiderate parking”.

The authority has sent letters to residents and posted notices advising of its intention to bring in the restrictions by the end of March next year, subject to public responses.

A consultation on the plans is running until April 1.

In a letter to residents, council principal engineer Mark Shearman said: “Concerns have been raised about the difficulties caused by inconsiderate parking in Harcombe Hill and part of Hicks Common Road.”

The council says the scheme would introduce double yellow lines along the whole of one side of Harcombe Hill and part of the opposite side of the road.

There would also be double yellow lines along both sides of Hicks Common Road between the Station Road junction and the turning for Winterbourne Auto Centre.

People can view drawings and further details about the planned scheme online at www.southglos.gov.uk/consultation, where they can also fill in a questionnaire.

Anyone who does not have internet access can call 01454 863601 and ask for a paper copy.

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Ruined: Winterbourne workshop fire wrecks two businesses TWO car repair businesses have been destroyed in a blaze which swept through a warehouse on Trench Lane in Winterbourne.

The owners say that they and their families have lost everything in the fire, which broke out at the P&P Autos workshop on March 10 and soon spread to neighbouring VJ Autos, which was in the unit next door.

P&P Autos is owned by Petras Pucinskas, who said: “I had my kids and wife inside – we had to run for our lives.

“Something had started sparking and in the garage we have oil and fuel, so very quickly everything happened.

“I was in the office. We smashed the windows and went out through the windows.”

Petras’s children are 6 and 8 years old. A colleague was later sent to hospital to be treated for burns to his hands.

Firefighters from seven different stations, including Patchway and Yate, were called in to what became a major operation and were told there might be cylinders of acetylene, a highly flammable gas used in welding, inside.

Vitor Jorge, who owned VJ Autos, said there was a two-hour delay in getting water on to the flames, which meant his garage was destroyed.

He said: “Someone phoned me from across the road from another garage, I reckon around 1.30pm.

The remains of the P&P Autos workshop run by Petras Pucinskas “I flew and got straight to the workshop and the fire brigade was there, but my workshop was not on fire.

“They tried to get water from a lake nearby, but they said there was no pressure. I screamed but

no one let me do anything, they didn’t let me clear my things.

When the water arrived, my workshop was gone.”

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n NEWS business life was very hard. After five years to get the business running, things started to get better but my mistake, on the insurance.

“I’m going to sell my car to have some money to pay the mortgage and bills. I’ve still got a recovery vehicle.”

But although Petras believes he has lost around £25,000

because of the blaze, he says he refuses to be beaten, adding: “We will rebuild, we are not going to give up.”

Both men have set up personal appeals for financial help.

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“This was a dynamic incident that was quickly scaled up, so that crews could deal with the fire in a professional and safe manner, including trying to limit the large amount of black smoke and mixed gases that had quickly engulfed the three individual adjoining workshops and surrounding area.

“Due to the location of the incident, there was also a difficulty to deliver a substantial amount of water to the scene.

Crews worked tirelessly to secure a suitable source of water and effectively deal with the fire.

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Both mechanics have now launched crowd funding pages after the businesses they had built from scratch were wiped out.

Vitor said: “I have nothing left. I had a customer’s car that’s gone. I got insurance and trade insurance and thought I had contents insurance but I didn’t, so everything is lost.

“I had every single tool a garage needs to work. I’m trying to come up with a solution as my wife is pregnant with our second child and she is really stressed.”

Vitor and his wife Sandra already have a 6 year old daughter.

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School applications pass 3,000 mark MORE than 160 families applying for a secondary school place in South Gloucestershire missed out on all three of their preferred schools.

The council received a total of 3,110 applications for children who are due to start secondary school in September – 144 more than last year.

More than eight out of every ten children – 2,547 in total – were offered a place at their first-choice school, a figure more than 100 higher than in 2018.

But the percentage of pupils receiving a first-choice offer was slightly lower, due to the increase in the overall number of children needing places.

A further 310 were offered a place at their second-preference school, while 84 were allocated their third-choice school.

That left 169 youngsters who were not offered places at any of the schools they had applied for – up from 137 last year.

A spokesperson for South

Gloucestershire Council, which coordinates applications to all schools in the area but does not have a final say over the admissions decisions of academies, said every child from the area who had applied on time had been offered a school place.

Among the schools to have reported being oversubscribed was Winterbourne Academy, where a total of 702 applications were received for 300 places.

Of those who were successful in gaining a place, three had an Education, Health and Care Plan naming the school, while 98 were local siblings of current pupils and another 108 were children living in the school’s area of first responsibility.

Another 82 lived in the wider catchment area Winterbourne shares with Downend School, King’s Oak Academy and Mangotsfield School, while nine lived outside that area.

Downend, Castle and Bradley Stoke schools were among the

Winterbourne Academy was one of South Gloucestershire’s oversubscribed schools. other oversubscribed schools in South Gloucestershire.

Parents who miss out on a place at a preferred school can appeal and places also become available as some families decide not to accept the place on offer.

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South Gloucestershire schools have been from residents of areas covered by other local authorities, mainly Bristol, which will be responsible for finding places for residents who missed out.

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Metro Mayor branded ‘disgraceful’ COUNCILLORS have blasted metro mayor Tim Bowles as “disgraceful” for failing to appear before them to answer questions about the future of the region.

The West of England Combined Authority’s overview and scrutiny committee demanded the mayor, along with the leaders of its three constituent councils, be summoned to appear before them having not shown up over the last year.

The call came as members, tasked with providing oversight of Weca’s proposals, expressed anger at being asked to scrutinise a “glossy document with no details or timelines that they could scrutinise” outlining the organisation’s 2019/20 business plan.

After the meeting Mr Bowles, who is also a Winterbourne parish councillor, promised to discuss the request with Bristol’s mayor and the leaders of South Gloucestershire and Bath &

Metro Mayor Tim Bowles has been criticised for failing to show up at scrutiny meetings to answer questions on policies.

North East Somerset councils, which comprise the combined authority.

Tim Ball, a Lib Dem B&NES councillor, said: “We get very frustrated at not seeing the lead executive members of Weca at all.

“The officers here unfortunately take the flack because they come before us on a

regular basis.

“The metro mayor certainly hasn’t come to our meetings this year. He has only been to one meeting. That is disgraceful, for an elected representative to not turn up at a scrutiny panel. I’ve invited him numerous times.

“He needs to come here at least once a year to lay out his programme with the other three

members, then we can look at what we need to scrutinise. We need to question them quite clearly on how they’re going to move that programme forward.”

Those criticising the South Gloucestershire politician also included fellow Conservative Liz Richardson.

The B&NES councillor told fellow members: “We’ve sat here for two years, we’re a scrutiny panel.

“We’re not here to look at the glossy stuff.

“It’s fine to have the officers presenting the reports but we should at least once a year have the leaders and the metro mayor here.”

Afterwards, Mr Bowles responded to the criticism by saying: “We all need to work together for the benefit of the region and I will discuss the opportunity for the leadership to attend scrutiny with the other leaders within the combined authority.”

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Buses could tow your bike in a trailer BUSES could be towing trailers laden with passengers’ bicycles under an idea being considered by the boss of the region’s biggest public transport operator.

First West of England managing director James Freeman said the proposal “might be the answer” to the problem of storing bikes safely on single and double-deckers, so commuters can combine bus and bike journeys.

Mr Freeman said he wanted cycles to be stowed on the outside of buses, rather than inside, but that the Government had previously rejected calls to allow them to be attached to the front of the vehicle, as is the case in some other countries.

He told the West of England Combined Authority’s inaugural regional transport forum that strapping bikes onto the back of buses was out of the question, because the rear was the most dangerous part of the vehicle and that they could be stolen because

they were out of sight.

Mr Freeman said: “Bikes are prickly things and they don’t sit comfortably inside a vehicle, where there are people walking about and are likely to be thrown about.

“The issue we have with a lot of our buses is they’re rather busy, particularly on the lower deck of double-deckers, because that part of the bus is used by people in wheelchairs, people with kids in buggies, by people who don’t enjoy stairs.

“All these people need that lower deck section between the front axle and the back axles.

“My own vote would be to put bikes on the outside.

“Unfortunately we have hit a complete brick wall because the DVSA says it might be alright for the United States and for New Zealand but it won’t do for the UK — you cannot put bikes on the front of buses, you have to have them on the back.

“The back is the most

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“I have wondered about trailers. In Europe there are

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“That’s conceivable. I’m not terribly keen on it but it might be the answer.”

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Mum aims to raise autism awareness A MUM from Coalpit Heath is raising awareness of autism and funds for her children’s school at the same time.

Kelly Lloyd’s two younger children, eightyear-old Rowan and Ashton, five, both have autism and go to the Blackhorse Primary School resource base in Mangotsfield.

Kelly said: “Because my older two children are neurotypical, I thought to myself ‘I’ve had two children, they are easy enough to raise, it wasn’t too bad, it’s fine, I can have some more’.

It didn’t work out like that.

“You grieve for the child you thought you had. Everything changes. I’ve changed my whole life to revolve around autism because I have to. Myself and a lot of other people are trying to create awareness to make the world a better place for our kids.”

A group of mums is helping Kelly organise the Onesie Wednesday quiz which takes place at the Globe Pub in Frampton Cotterell on 3 April at 8pm, during National Autism Awareness Week. People are invited to come wearing onesies and there will be some quiz questions about autism, as Kelly hopes to encourage greater understanding of the developmental condition, something she is passionate about.

Quiz teams can be between two and eight people, and entry costs £5 per team. For more information, email Kelly at Kjlloyd1976@ gmail.com.

Her husband Ian is also fundraising by drawing and selling caricatures between 10am to 2pm on the same day at Morrisons in Cribbs Causeway.

Two years ago Kelly raised £1,200 towards the cost of her children’s school’s sensory garden. Money raised this year will go to benefit the resource base once again.

Kelly said: “You have staff in there that are highly experienced with autism, they do go above and beyond their remit, and they just ‘get it’.”

The school has a sensory room and provides speech and language and occupational therapy sessions. But Kelly wants the funds she raises to go on extra resources.

She said: “For example they might need equipment to help with fine motor skills or to help motivate them. There is one child who is into dinosaurs, so the staff went to charity shops to pick up dinosaur things to use to Kelly Lloyd's sons Rowan and Ashton both motivate him; they would do that for every have autism child because every child is different.”

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£1.7m barn restoration underway THE turf has been cut at Winterbourne Medieval Barn as work gets underway to restore the 14th century building.

Contractors have moved in to the Grade II* listed building to start work on the £1.7 million project on March 18.

Some £400,000 has been raised towards the project by the Winterbourne Medieval Barn Trust, with £936,600 coming from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The trust is still fundraising for the last £5,000 to enable it to restore the roof of the West Barn.

The work should be finished in about a year’s time, but by this autumn the scheme should be far enough advanced for members of the public to visit on ‘hard hat’ days to see the restoration in progress.

Chair of Winterbourne Medieval Barn Trust Sue Parsons said: “Winterbourne Medieval Barn Trust are thrilled that work is about to start and it marks the culmination of many years effort by the trust and the local community. We are also looking forward to the site reopening next year with new and exciting events and activities in the enhanced facilities.”

The conservation work on the main barn will concentrate on preserving the roof timbers, which date back to 1342.

The South Barn and the West Barn will have a new kitchen, an office, and an interpretation gallery which celebrates the

history of the site. They will be flexible community spaces for meetings and events. The West Barn will also have its roof restored.

The Trust is still appealing for help to raise £5,000 to pay for dismantling, cleaning and remounting the clay pantiles through its ‘Raise the Roof’ campaign.

The Victorian cow byres will be restored and rented to local micro-businesses, especially those with links to heritage, crafts and skills.

Vice-chair of South Gloucestershire Council Brian Allinson said: “It’s fantastic to see this project progress and the conservation and development work begin of one of our area’s most important heritage sites.

“The barn and associated buildings will be used for a multitude of purposes, including education, leisure and business opportunities providing a valuable resource for the people of South Gloucestershire for years to come.”

Even though the main barn is out of bounds, the Cartshed is being used for a number of activities including craft workshops, monthly talks, nature walks and children’s activities including a family Easter Egg hunt on Good Friday.

Pre-booking is essential for activities and details can be found in the Voice or online at www.winterbournebarn.org.uk.

Chair of the Winterbourne Medieval Barn Trust Sue Parsons and ViceChair of South Gloucestershire Council Cllr Brian Allinson hand the keys to the site to contractors

Right: A new floor will be created Left: What the West Barn looks like before restoration

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New equipment on the way for play area NEW equipment for playing fields in Frampton Cotterell is already being built as the team behind the revamp celebrates securing another £20,000 in funding.

The government grant secured by the Beesmoor playing fields project team leaves them only £30,000 short of their fundraising target.

An application has been made for another £20,000 from the Postcode Local Trust, which provides funds raised by the People’s Postcode Lottery, and the project team is hoping to hear shortly whether it has been successful.

Bristol-based company Touchwood will be supplying the new equipment, which is already being built.

Following a detailed survey of the site in February, the design has had to be slightly modified.

However, all the pieces of equipment originally included

The design for the new play area on Beesmoor playing fields in Frampton Cotterell in phases noe to three of the scheme will be featured.

There are four phases in total.

Outer fencing will be wooden, and the playground’s basket swing will be relocated in the final phase.

The project team hopes work to install the equipment can get underway after the school Easter holidays.

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The Beesmoor Playing Fields committee has decided not to repair a couple of the broken swings at the site, as the new equipment is arriving so soon.

It is now planning a grand opening of the play area as part of its annual village picnic and fun dog show. Winterbourne children’s author John Parsons will be the special guest at the

Work to build the equipment for Beesmoore playing fields is already underway. event on Saturday June 15.

The grand opening will take place at 12pm, with the day’s activities running from 11.30am to 4pm.

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Kids invited to get into cricket CHILDREN are being invited to step up to the crease and get involved in cricket this summer.

Frampton Cotterell Cricket Club is running the All Stars programme, aimed at introducing five to eight year olds to the sport, and keeping them active and healthy.

Last year, Frampton saw 46 All Stars enjoy a summer term of action and activities.

The programme is suitable for all children new to cricket, with the sessions are designed to teach the basic skills of the game as well as helping to develop any

skills they already have.

Children taking part get a named T-Shirt, cricket bat and ball to allow them to practice and play with friends and family.

Alex Macdonald, from the club said: "I can’t wait to coach this year’s group of budding cricketers. Last year was fantastic for all involved, including the parents and guardians, who got the opportunity to watch them develop and even join in some parts of the session.

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Thieves strike after cloning car keys A CAR owner says manufacturers are ignoring a glaring security flaw which is leaving him and other motorists vulnerable to crime.

Four vehicles were broken into in Frampton Cotterell overnight between March 3 and 4. The break-ins took place on Clyde Road, Park Lane and Sunnyside.

Some of the car owners believe an electronic device may have been used to unlock their cars, which all have ‘keyless’ entry systems worked by a remote-control fob.

It is believed a key fob can be ‘cloned’ using a device carried by criminals, meaning that any data is remotely accessed. Similar devices are also being used to compromise contactless bank cards.

Barry Whitehead, one of the victims, is convinced this is what happened in his case.

He said: “My car was left overnight on my driveway, locked with the keys hung up in my kitchen at the back of the house. In the morning I found the car had been opened, with several items stolen.

“Having reported this to the police, I then looked at my car manual and no mention was broached about potential keyless security issues.”

Barry contacted a car dealer in Bristol who confirmed thieves are now using such electronic devices. Frustrated, he posted on his Facebook community page, where other motorists said they’d had the same experience, and two of them said their cars had been broken into on the same night.

Possible solutions to stop keys being cloned include using metal boxes to store them or wrapping them in foil. Barry has bought a signal blocking container known as a Faraday case, which he hopes will stop the signal from his key fob being accessed remotely.

He said: “Of course, all crime has a victim but what compounds the annoyance is when you know the car manufacturers appear totally indifferent to this new threat and the police totally disinterested when dealing with low priority, petty crime.”

“Is there any deterrent whatsoever to potential criminals in our area any more, I ask? Or, are we now, as I believe, just sitting ducks and no more?”

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Bypass plans take steps forward PLANS for two new bypasses and the reopening of a railway station in South Gloucestershire have taken another step forward.

The West of England Combined Authority has approved £200,000 to fund studies into the feasibility of proposed roads to take pressure off the A432 to the east of Coalpit Heath and west of Winterbourne.

South Gloucestershire Council leader Toby Savage said the study into a new road near Coalpit Heath and Westerleigh would include finally connecting Yate’s so-called Road to Nowhere, an unfinished stretch of dual carriageway that was abandoned after partial completion in the 1970s, to the network.

The road is currently not open to motorists and has recently been used by film-makers, including BBC One drama Casualty which recorded a huge petrol tanker explosion there last May.

Mr Savage said the two road schemes would provide significant new links between Yate and Bristol as new housing developments were planned.

He said: “In the case of the Coalpit Heath/Westerleigh, I’m particularly happy to see that the Road to Nowhere is an important part of that study.

“I’m very pleased to see that as a combined authority we are able to progress the technical work on that.

“As part of those two schemes, as we’ve been able to demonstrate on other significant infrastructure improvements, not least the Bromley Heath viaduct being the most recent one, we have ensured there is appropriate and expanded provision for walking and cycling.”

A further £300,000 from WECA’s £30million-a-year investment fund will be spent on preparing an outline business case for bringing Charfield station back

Dave is home after transplant A POPULAR chef who worked at a Chipping Sodbury restaurant and was taken seriously ill before Christmas is back home following a successful lung transplant.

Dave Lawrence and his wife Shamsi Kabbara are “ecstatic and elated” to be at home after what has been a physical roller-coaster ride for Dave and an emotionally exhausting time for them both.

Dave was a familiar face at the Mexican restaurant Amigos which closed at short notice before Christmas, leaving him and his wife Shamsi Kabbara, who also has a health condition, facing an uncertain future.

After a stay at Southmead Hospital, he was assessed for a lung transplant operation at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, which took place after only a 5 day wait for a donor.

Dave returned home on March 19 after getting the all-clear.

Writing in her blog, Shamsi said: “At the hospital, every minute felt like 10! Every knock on the door made our hearts leap with joy that the doctor was coming to say everything was good to go. The wait was agonising!”

There were tears as, after many medical checks, and the results of various tests, Dave was discharged.

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into operation.

Demand for rail services at Charfield could increase if the proposed MetroWest railway system to improve suburban services around the Greater Bristol area is expanded all the way to Gloucester.

A report to WECA revealed train operator Great Western Railway and Network Rail, which manages the lines, are both keen on the plans.

Mr Savage described Charfield station as “a key priority location for South Gloucestershire”, adding: “Getting on with reopening that station and getting it on the MetroWest network is absolutely critical for that northern part of South Gloucestershire.”

WECA director of infrastructure David Carter said: “All the suggestions are that Great Western Railway and Network Rail would like to extend to Westbury and Gloucester.”

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A FABULOUS 17th century silver charger plate and a rare Omega wristwatch both created some intense bidding at Stroud Auction Room's March sale.

Sharing the top spot on the list of highest selling lots, each went under the hammer for £4,000.

The Charles II charger was hallmarked for London 1661, with later embossed decoration, possibly Georgian or Victorian, caused interest among silver dealers and collectors across the country, while the Omega Speedmaster Professional gentleman's chronograph wristwatch had a determined following from those who recognised an unusual timepiece.

Saleroom manager and watch specialist Stuart Maule said that, of the many variations of Omega Speedmaster, only a few are rarities.

"You have to know what you are looking for," he said. "This watch had been valued at £1,500-£2,000 by another auction house but

when it was brought in to us, we recognised its true worth. There is a lot of interest in wristwatches at the moment and I am always happy to take a look at a watch anyone is thinking of selling."

Also doing well in the specialist watch section was an International Watch Co military pilot's wristwatch, with ministry broad arrow to the black dial and a green NATO style canvas strap (£1,600): any military watches are particularly sought after at present.

Stroud Auctions is becoming synonymous with selling jewellery – thanks to the knowledge and expertise of jewellery specialist Alexandra Bowkett – and the March sale once again notched up some excellent results. Among them were a platinum ring set with a cushion cut natural untreated cornflower blue sapphire, surrounded by brilliant cut diamonds, which sold for £2,200.

Georgian, Victorian and vintage pieces continue to sell well, with good costume and paste jewellery

This rare Omega Speedmaster Professionalwatch sold for £4,000 also holding its own, especially in original boxes or packaging.

Perhaps the most surprising specialist section was textiles, where a pair of Georgian embroidered ladies shoes with cut steel buckles made £2,000, a Georgian quilted bodice sold for

This 358-year-old silver plate attracted interest from across the country. £1,900 and everything, from 1920s flapper dresses to more modern designer bags, was snapped up.

The next sale at Stroud Auction Rooms is on April 3 and 4, when the specialist sections will include ceramics, glass. books, ephemera, stamps, pictures, tribal art, musical instruments and vinyl. Viewing will be on Tuesday, April 2 and on sale days. For more details see the advertisement below.

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Book award thriller ends in dead heat YOUNG people from secondary schools and reading groups have voted for their favourite books of the year.

And for the first time in the history of the Concorde Book Awards it proved impossible to separate two front runners, so the prize was shared.

The winners were chosen after a reading challenge in which hundreds of secondary school-aged children throughout South Gloucestershire, who read their way through a shortlist of six books.

Among those taking part were Winterbourne Academy, Brimsham Green School, Chipping Sodbury School, Castle School and the Yate Teen Focus Group, based at Yate Library.

But after all the votes came in it proved impossible to separate murder mystery thriller One of us is Lying by Karen M McManus and the moving and powerful novel Paper Butterflies,

by Lisa Heathfield.

Four other shortlisted young people’s fiction titles were shortlisted for the award.

Votes were cast on World Book Day, March 7, and the winner was announced on March 12 at a gala event at the Bristol and Bath Science Park, Emersons Green.

The event saw a number of young people give presentations about their favourite books and conduct interviews with the shortlisted authors who attended. This year’s award ceremony was also co-hosted by three young people from Abbeywood Community School and the Castle School.

Children from schools and reading groups across South Gloucestershire voted in the Concorde Book Awards Council vice-chair Brian Allinson, who presented the award, said: “I’m thrilled to have been involved with the Concorde Book Award this year.

“Congratulations to all the young people who have taken part, their enthusiasm and love for reading really is inspiring.

“My thanks go to South Gloucestershire’s libraries and schools who have worked together to organise this award, which celebrates young people’s reading and gives young people a stage to share their interests and achievements.”

Lisa Heathfield, who was at the ceremony to receive her award, said: “I'm incredibly honoured to have won the Concorde Book Award 2019, particularly as it was voted for by teen readers. And it was such a special event – meeting the fantastic students and sharing their love of books.

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Now in its 13th year, the Concorde Book Award is run by South Gloucestershire schools and public libraries to encourage youngsters aged 11 to 14 to read

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It is one of the few literary awards that involves children and young people all the way through from choosing the longlist and the winner, to giving presentations and author interviews at the annual award ceremony.

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The Stars of The Stokes programme, launched by the Willow Brook Centre also covers Bradley Stoke, Stoke Gifford and Patchway.

Willow Brook Centre works with a variety of local businesses to sponsor and promote the awards, including Frome Valley Voice, with the awards night being broadcast live on Bradley Stoke Radio.

HOW TO NOMINATE Members of the public are invited to nominate anyone from the local area who they feel deserves recognition for outstanding community engagement and/or achievement of personal goals. Nominations can be made on starsofthestokes.co.uk or by completing the nomination form overleaf. The glittering awards night will be hosted by Paul Sinha at Aztec Hotel & Spa on Friday 21st June. Paul is best known for his role as the 4th chaser, referred to as ‘The smiling assasin’, on the popular quiz show ‘The Chase’

Andy Wynn, manager of Willow Brook Centre said: “Willow Brook is at the heart of the community and Stars of the Stokes has become an important part of our annual calendar.

It has been two years since we first launched the awards, and we have been delighted to see them grow as each year passes, with over 300 nominations in the first two years. We are forever grateful to the many local people who have gone out of their way to help us recognise local heroes”.

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What do parents you know do to make them a parent/guardian in a million? Do they collect your children from school every day so that you can work?

Do they fight to make sure you have everything you need and deserve? Perhaps something has happened in the last year that you couldn’t have got through without their support.

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Help spread word on knife crime RESIDENTIAL burglary, knife crime and the illegal supply of drugs have a devastating impact on our communities. I know local people continue to be very concerned about these crimes, as am I – especially with the ongoing national conversation about knife crime – and you want to be assured that the police are doing everything they can to tackle these issues.

With the council tax bill coming through our letterboxes recently, you will have noticed an increase for policing. By increasing policing by £2 a month for the average band D household, the Constabulary will be intensifying their fight against serious violence and continue to make our communities safe.

This investment means we can recruit an additional 100 new officers and launch a focused operation that will tackle burglary, knife crime and the supply of drugs as part of initiative called Operation

Remedy. I want local people to see and feel the difference in our Constabulary’s fight against crime, and we will be sending a loud and clear message to criminals that coming into our area to commit crime and exploit the vulnerable is not an option.

Work to tackle knife crime and serious violence was intensified in mid-March as officers took part in Operation Sceptre, a week of action that aims to reduce the number of knives on our streets. The initiative incorporates several tactics including education of both young people and retailers, targeted patrols of hot spot areas, weapon sweeps and knife surrender bins.

We need to remember that knives do not keep you safe; by carrying a knife you are putting yourself in much greater danger and are more likely to become involved in a violent situation.

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Finally, we also supported child exploitation (CE) awareness day.

Children and young people can be victims of sexual or criminal exploitation in return for money, drugs, the newest trainers or simply just affection.

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60 years of sharing a beautiful garden SIXTY years ago John Naish opened Algars Manor garden in Iron Acton to the public for the first time, as part of the National Garden Scheme.

Right next door to him was Algars Mill, in his neighbour’s garden. They both used to be part of the same estate on the banks of the River Frome. In the 1980’s, the owners at the time, John and Barbara Naish, and Marilyn Wright, decided to open both the gardens simultaneously.

Today, Barbara still lives at Algars Manor with her daughter Sonya Grubb, her husband and their children – three generations of the same family who enjoy opening the gardens.

Sonya said: “Spring is a wonderful time in the valley and magnolias, camellias and rhododendrons mix with native trees, bluebells and wildflowers to create a profusion of colour.

“The River Frome and the leat for Algars Mill run through

both properties, quite literally in the mill’s case, and both support a variety of wildlife from moorhens, ducks and kingfishers and, more recently, otters have been seen.

“I love sharing the garden and seeing other people enjoy the beautiful outcome of years of hard work put in by my parents.

Even better that every penny goes to charity and we get to meet such lovely people who come and support the NGS.” Funds raised from the entry fee go to support charities such as Macmillan, Marie Curie, and the Carers Trust.

You can reach the gardens on foot from Frampton End Lane or by road from Iron Acton, and there is parking at Algars Manor.

Refreshments are sold in aid of Iron Acton Primary School.

Some paths are steep, but there is disabled access to the upper lawns. Dogs are allowed on leads.

The gardens at Algars Manor and Algars Mill.

The gardens are open on Sunday April 28 from 2-5pm.

Entrance for both gardens costs £5, children are free.

Later in the year Acton Court garden will also open under the scheme. The three-acre walled wildflower meadow and apple

orchard, in the grounds of a grade I listed Tudor manor house will open on June 2, 9 and 16 from 11am to 5pm each day.

Admission to Acton Court costs £5 for adults, with children free.

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Iron Acton marks May Day traditions PLANS are well underway for Iron Acton’s traditional May Day celebrations.

A May Queen, May King and their entourage will process through the village and children from the village school will dance around the maypole when the community marks May Day on the bank holiday this year.

Iron Acton is one of the few places in the whole of the South West that continues to celebrate May Day by following English traditions and using a permanently-sited maypole. The event in has been held annually for many years and takes a team of volunteers many months to plan.

The day always starts with the procession accompanied by the Westerleigh Brass Band. The maypole dancing follows in the show ring, with the subsequent

displays mixing in traditional and contemporary flavours, including Tae-kwon Do, dog agility, dancing and singing.

Annie King has been on the event’s organising team for nine years and she also teaches maypole dancing to the children from Iron Acton primary school.

She said: “The children always amaze me and it is a pleasure to teach them.

“There is certainly nothing better than watching all the dancing and other acts whilst sitting on a hay bale eating and drinking the fine fare available.”

There’s a wide variety of refreshments, traditional fairground rides, vintage tractors and vehicles, and stalls selling craft and gifts.

The celebrations take place on Monday 6 May from 10.30am to 4pm.

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Plenty of stalls to make it a day for all the family Maypole Dancing by Iron Acton Primary School Live musical entertainment Dog agility display Tae-kwon Do display Modern/Traditional dancing performances

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The Churches Together in Frampton, Coalpit Heath & Iron Acton invite you to celebrate Easter Good Friday 19 April 5.00pm Passion Play.

All welcome

Zion United Church, Frampton Cotterell More information from Zion Office 01454 776618 or

Benefice Office 01454 776518

You are also welcome to any of these services St Peter’s, Frampton Cotterell

St James, Iron Acton

Maundy Thursday 18 April Communion & Watch 8.00pm

Wednesday 17 April Holy Communion 10.30am

Good Friday 19 April Benefice Cross of Christ 2.00pm

Good Friday 19 April Stations of the Cross 9.30am

Easter Day 21 April Parish Communion 10.30am Celtic Easter Service 6.00pm

Easter Day 21 April Parish Communion 9.15am

St Saviour’s, Coalpit Heath Maundy Thursday 18 April Passiontide Service for ’Rising Stars’ ; all welcome 2.00pm Maundy Thursday Liturgy, followed by Maundy Watch 7.30pm Good Friday 19 April Stations of the Cross, for children Good Friday Liturgy 2.00pm Easter Day 21 April Holy Communion 8.00am Easter Liturgy 10.00am Easter Evening Prayer 6.00pm

10.00am

Zion, Frampton Cotterell Maundy Thursday 18 April Passover Style Communion 7.30pm Easter Day 21 April Easter Celebration 10.30am Easter Reflection 6.00pm

Easter Sunday 6.00am

Easter Service on the Hilly Fields.

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n NEWS

Recycling bags set to disappear RECYCLING bags are set to disappear from the streets, as they will no longer be supplied to South Gloucestershire residents.

The council has decided that in future, it will only provide green boxes for storing and collecting recycling.

Some residents already only use boxes for their recycling.

The council says that people who have green and white bags can continue to use them until they wear out and it will use up its existing stocks of spares, but will not buy any more.

It says the move will save £100,000 a year, reduce plastic waste and cut the area’s carbon emissions. The bags are imported from China, are not recyclable and usually only last a year to 18 months before they need to be replaced. The boxes are recyclable, last longer and are made in the UK. The council says the boxes are also safer and easier for collection crews to use because

they can be hooked onto the side of collection vehicles to be emptied.

But more than a third of residents who replied to a 12week consultation which ended in January were opposed the abandoning bags. Many older or disabled people who responded said they did not think they would be able to take their recycling to the kerbside if their bags were replaced with boxes.

The council says it provides an assisted collection service for people who need help.

Paul Hughes, the council’s cabinet member for communities, said: “Moving to more environmentally sound boxes for recycling makes sense for the places we live, for the crews who collect our waste and potentially saves the council significant funds.

“Our success in delivering on our Waste Strategy – driving down waste sent to landfill and driving up the amounts we can

divert to recycling – has always been a joint venture between the council and the community. I am sure that this will be just the latest and not the last time that we work together to keep South Gloucestershire clean and green.”

Anyone who needs a new recycling box or to apply for an assisted collection can do so via the council’s website, by calling 01454 868000 or visiting a one stop shop.

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I have been a parish councillor since 2014. I have lived in Frampton Cotterell for 16 years. I love living here and believe passionately in our community. I am a very hard working and committed councillor and wish to continue working as a councillor on Frampton Cotterell Parish Council.

Working on several committees including finance, youth and park development I have a good attendance at as many meetings as possible. I am available for parishioners to contact me personally, through email, text or phone.

In addition to the council I am also involved in other community projects including organising The Scarecrow Trail and fundraising for Beesmoor Road Playing Field through The Village Picnic. I have also been involved in various voluntary roles.

If I am elected again I hope to see more community projects being brought to fruition and Frampton Cotterell being an even better place to live.

I have had the privilege to serve as an Elected Frampton Cotterell Parish Councillor for the last four years in the East Ward, where I have lived since 1995. I am standing for re-election again this May as an independent candidate and with your support I hope to serve you for a further four years. As a family we have used may local groups, clubs, Schools and also support local businesses. I have been proud to serve as a School Governor and as the chair of a local school PTA. I work locally for a Charity, which includes managing a local community facility and project managing. I run a monthly community coffee morning locally in my spare time. At the Parish Council, I have been actively involved in the Youth Services, as I had three teenagers when I was first elected. I have served on the Pavilion and Play area working groups, supporting the fundraising for the new play equipment for Beesmoor Road Playing Fields and I more recently joined the Staffing Committee. I am passionate about our Community and will honour the commitments that come with the role of a Councillor and will carry them out to the best of my ability.

Linda Williams is a local person, she has business experience and currently works for a small local charity benefiting the elderly, tackling loneliness and also as a very active Councillor on Frampton Cotterell Parish Council.

Linda campaigned for the successful 106 grant for improving the drainage at the Park and was instrumental in the application. She is committed to excellent Youth Services in the Parish and campaigned for and achieved the uplift in budget by 100%. She has also been instrumental in the creation of a plan to increase Biodiversity at the Centenary field which she hopes will become a blueprint for the management of green spaces in the community.

Linda is regarded by her colleagues on the Council as “very fair” and “even handed” working hard to promote team working. She said “As both a Councillor and a Counsellor I enjoy heling people wherever possible. I have served as a Parish Councillor for 8 years and I believe that I have gained the necessary experience to serve the community.”

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n NEWS PEOPLE caught walking a dog in the Frome Valley without a poo bag look set to be hit with a £100 fine.

The penalty is part of a new set of rules being considered by South Gloucestershire Council in a bid to prevent dog fouling in public spaces.

If approved, the public space protection order would see dog walkers issued with a penalty of £100 if they do not clean up after their pet after it has defecated on public land.

Crucially, the enforcement officer would not have to actually catch them in the act, according to a council report.

“The proposed PSPO provides powers for authorised officers to require dog walkers to show they have the means to clean up after their dog – the officer does not have to have actually witness the dog foul,” the report said. “Many other local authorities have introduced this measure as part of their controls on dog fouling.”

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Fines for dog walkers with no poo bags people who cannot clean up after their assistance dog because of their disability.

Currently, dog walkers can be fined £50 if they have left their dog’s faeces on public land in urban areas.

If the new rules are adopted by the council, they will apply to all public land within South Gloucestershire except forestry land.

During public consultation, 94 per cent of respondents said the council should take enforcement action against people who fail to clean up after their dogs, 93 per cent supported the use of a fine, and 89 per cent supported enforcement on common land.

The report said dog wardens received 196 complaints about dog fouling last year.

The document also outlined the health risks, especially to

children, who can catch an infection which can lead to blindness if they ingest roundworm eggs found in faeces.

The cabinet member for communities, Paul Hughes, was due to make a decision on the proposals as the Voice went to print.

If adopted, they will come into effect on July 1 and stay in place for three years. The fixed penalty notice would be reduced to £75 if paid within ten days.

Recipients would have six weeks to appeal it by applying to the High Court.

Mr Hughes is also set to consider introducing a £150 fine

for motorists littering from their car windows.

A report recommends allowing a discounted price of £75 for early payment.

A report says a council survey conducted last year revealed some 38 per cent of South Gloucestershire residents believe litter and rubbish lying around is a “fairly big” or a “very big” issue.

Two coaches for Brexit protest ORGANISERS of transport for protesters heading to the latest People’s Vote march ordered a second coach to cope with demand from people in Thornbury and Yate.

Local People’s Vote campaigners said the first one to the event sold out in a few weeks.

The Put it to the People march, calling for another referendum on the Brexit deal, was due to take place in London on March 23, with national organisers predicting that hundreds of thousands of people

would take part. Supporters in Bristol and Bath hired a train to take protesters to the event.

Jackie Quarrell from the group said: “Last October over 700,000 people marched for a People’s Vote on Brexit. Things have got a lot worse since then.”

The People’s Vote campaigners recently had a visit from former Transport Secretary Lord Adonis, pictured, who gave a speech at Castle School.

The Labour peer told audience members the current political situation was a crisis

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n RECIPE OF THE MONTH

Tickling the taste buds that are lighter, brighter and more snazzy. So, I’ve gone for a Thai favourite of mine. It’s quick to make and very tasty. Make sure you use raw prawns, not the cooked ones that you use for prawn cocktails.

Cooked prawns in this recipe will taste rubbery. Even if you’re not a great lover of fish, give these little fishcakes a go – you may surprise yourself!

Enjoy April and have a happy Easter.

Ann Murray is from the Cooking4 Cookery School based in Chipping Sodbury.

She’s teamed up with Frome Valley Voice to pass on her wealth of experience in the kitchen.

IF you are a regular reader of my articles, you’ll know how much I enjoy cooking different food for different seasons. After all the elaborate food at Christmas and the hearty, warming dishes in the often bleak days in the early months of the year, I yearn for something different.

As we are now in the Spring season, I’m looking to cook recipes

Fragrant Thai Fishcakes Serves 5-6 as a starter or 4 as a main course.

Ingredients: • Any white fish (cod, haddock, sea bass) weighed after skinning and boning, then cut into chunks – 200g (7oz)-done easily with a pair of cooking scissors.

• Raw peeled tiger prawns – 200g (7oz) • 4 spring onions, outer layer and roots removed, finely chopped, including the green part.

• 1 tbsp fresh coriander leaves and stalks, finely chopped • 1 heaped tbsp Thai red curry paste.

• Cornflour- 1 tbsp • Fresh lime juice- 1 tbsp • Fine green beans- 4-5, finely chopped in rings

Here’s what you do: 1. Place all the ingredients apart from the green beans in a food processor with a pinch of salt and pepper, then blitz/pulse until you have blended all the ingredients together – but not too pureed, as you need a little texture.

2. Tip into a bowl and add the chopped green beans.

3. Using damp hands, make prawn cakes from the mixture. (You should get about 15 of the starter-size, or 8 main-coursesize).

4. When you have made all the fish cakes, put them on a plate, cover with cling film and put in the fridge ideally for an hour, or until they are easy enough to handle and have become firm.

To cook: 1. Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat.

2. Add a little oil if needed and fry the fishcakes lightly for 2-3 mins on each side.

3. Serve warm with sweet chilli dipping sauce and a few sprigs of coriander as a garnish.

Cook’s Tips: You can pre-cook these, chill and quickly reheat for 5 mins in a hot oven.

They also freeze well. Freeze uncooked then defrost at the bottom of the fridge overnight ideally, or at room temperature for a couple of hours.

Freeze for no more than 2 months for best flavour. ann_cooking4@yahoo.co.uk

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n WHAT’S ON IN OUR AREA March 30 n Winterbourne Tennis Club free open day for children and adults of all ages and abilities.

Winterbourne recreational field, BS36 1LU, 1.30-3.30pm, with BBQ from 1pm. Prizes to be won, food, cakes and drinks for sale. Contact Imed Hamroumi on 0745 963 6436 or imedhamroumi@msn.com or call WTC on 07725 954639.

April 1 n Gardening and Social Club, Manor Hall, Coalpit Heath, 2-3.30pm. Cost: £2.50, including refreshments.

April 3 n Jekyll & Hyde by Winterbourne Musical Theatre, WADCA, Watley’s End, 7.30pm. Dark drama of murder and madness – not advised for under 12s. Evening performances until Friday April 5, matinee at 2.30pm on April 6. Tickets £10.

More details from 01454 317408 or www.winterbournemusical.co.uk April 5 n Quiz at Crossbow House, 8pm. £1.50 per person. More details from 01454 772947 or email crossbowhouse@gmail.com April 5 n Lent Soup Lunch for Syrian Refugees, St Peter's, Coalpit Heath, noon-1.30pm. Call 01454 250422 for more details.

April 6 n Table Top Sale, Coalpit Heath Village Hall, 1-3pm. Tables £5, more details from 07920 145352.

April 8 n Easter tennis camp for children ages 8-12 at Winterbourne Tennis Club. Camp A April 8 to 12, Camp B April 15 to 19, 10am-12.30pm Monday to Friday. Advance booking essential. Contact club coach Imed Hamroumi on 0745 963 6436 or email imedhamroumi@

msn.com to book.

April 9 n Community Coffee Morning, WADCA, 11am-12.30pm. All welcome April 9 n Mothers Union, St Saviour’s Hall, Coalpit Heath, 2.15pm. A variety of speakers. More details from 01454 777664.

April 10 n Village walks. Meet at Live & Let Live, 10.30am. Stroll on track and grass to historic bridge up to 2 miles or rural walk 4 miles to Huckford, including steep steps.

April 10 n Frampton Singalong, Crossbow, 2-3.30pm. £3, including tea and cakes. More details from Hilary Jay on 07515 351813 or email hilary. coach@icloud.com.

April 10 n Carers Club, Zion, 2-4pm. Carers welcome to stay with the person they care for or use the free time as they wish. More details from Jean on 01454 775786 or Rona on 01454 886925.

April 10 n The Cartshed, Winterbourne Medieval Barn. Family pinholephotography workshop, 10.30amnoon. Pre-booking essential, available online at bit.ly/2TKmYzj. April 12 n Lent Lunch, St Saviour’s, Coalpit Heath, noon-1.30pm, for Mothers Union Overseas Fund.

April 17 n Avon Wildlife Trust Easter Trail with a twist at Says Court Solar Farm, Badminton Road, Frampton Cotterell, 2pm-3.30pm. Find out about local wildlife, look for deer tracks and signs the Easter bunny has been about with his friends. Costs £3.50 per child plus booking fee. Accompanying adults

free. Booking essential at bit. ly/2HANDrK. More info from nicole. daw@avonwildlifetrust.org.uk.

April 19 n The Cartshed, Winterbourne Medieval Barn. Family Easter crafts and egg hunt, 11.30am-1pm. Prebooking essential, available online at bit.ly/2TKmYzj. April 25 n The Cartshed, Winterbourne Medieval Barn. Illustrated talk on pruning, 7pm-9pm. Pre-booking essential, available online at bit. ly/2TKmYzj. April 27 n The Cartshed, Winterbourne Medieval Barn. Nature Challenge (part of global City Nature Challenge), 2pm-4pm. Pre-booking essential, available online at bit. ly/2TKmYzj. May 4 n The Cartshed, Winterbourne Medieval Barn. Berry-basket weaving workshop, 10am-4pm.

Pre-booking essential, available online at bit.ly/2TKmYzj. May 18 n The Cartshed, Winterbourne Medieval Barn. Talk: The Great Flood of 1607, 2pm-4pm. Prebooking essential, available online at bit.ly/2TKmYzj. April 12 n Frampton Folk club, Crossbow House, 8pm. £2. All welcome.

Details from allinsonjohn2@gmail. com.

April 17 n Community Coffee morning, Manor Hall, 10am-noon. More details on 07873 747513.

April 17 n Frampton Cotterell Local History Society, Zion 7.30pm.

Non-members £4, including light refreshments.

April 19 n Bingo, Crossbow, Frampton Cotterell, 8pm. £1 for 5 games and 50p for snowball. Call 01454

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April 23 n Village Walks, meet Badminton Arms, Coalpit Heath, 10.30am.

Bluebell stroll up to 2 miles or rural walk 3.5 miles, with bluebell woods and picturesque old railway track.

April 23 n Frampton Cotterell WI, St Peter’s Hall, School Road, 7.45-10pm, £2.50, Call 01454 773426 or 778900 for more details.

April 24 n Forget-me-not singalong group, Zion United Church, Frampton, 2-3.30pm. For local people with dementia. Carers welcome to stay.

Details from Jean on 01454 775786 or Rona on 01454 886925.

April 25 n Frampton Friendship & Dance, 2-4pm, Zion Church Hall, Frampton.

April 25 n Talk on Pruning, Winterbourne Medieval Barn (Cart Shed), 7pm. Bookings £5 online from Ticketsource.

April 26 n Frampton Cotterell Royal British Legion annual country music night with Tony & Jess – Ridgeway Country. From 8pm to late. Tickets £5 on door. All welcome, including line dancers. Bar, teas/coffee, rolls, raffle.

April 27 n Floral Friends Spring Plant Sale and Coffee Morning, Brockeridge Centre, Frampton, 10am. More details from floralfriendsofframpton@gmail. com.

April 27 n Frampton Male Voice Choir Concert, Zion, 7pm. Tickets £8, call 07802 329805 for details.

April 27 n Wild Winterbourne family city nature challenge. Winterbourne Barn, 2pm-4pm. Springtime nature adventure to find and identify

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n WHAT'S ON CONTINUED wildlife around the barn and in local nature reserves with sweep nets, bug pots, ID charts and smart phones. Booking essential at bit. ly/2TFxdp7. More information from nicole.daw@avonwildlifetrust.org.uk by email.

April 27 n Frampton Cotterell Male Voice Choir 94th Annual Concert. Zion United Church, Frampton Cotterell, 7pm. Tickets £8 (all profits to Cancer Research) available from Derek Hobbs 0780 232 9805 or at the door. Come & enjoy a feast of music!

May 1 n Coalpit Heath WI, St Saviours Church Hall, 7.45pm.

Call 07935 071291 or email carolinemjohnston@hotmail.com.

Visitors always welcome.

May 3 n Quiz, Crossbow, Frampton Cotterell, 8pm. £1.50 per person.

Call 01454 772947 or email crossbowhouse@gmail.com for more details.

May 4 n Table Top Sale, Coalpit Heath Village Hall, 1-3pm. Table £5, book by calling 07920 145352. n Belly Dance classes Beginners 7.00pm, Improvers 8.00pm, Methodist Church Hall (upstairs) with Anna 07971234236 or bristolbellydance@yahoo.co.uk term time only.

Regular events Monday n Toddler Group 9.30-11.30am (termtime) Winterbourne Early Years Centre, Greenfield Centre, Park Ave, Winterbourne. For more information call Helen 01454 773781. n Open Door bereavement suport group. 10.30-12.00 every first Monday., St Peter’s Church Baby Group 1-3pm (termtime) Winterbourne Early Years Centre, Greenfield Centre, Park Ave, Winterbourne. For more information call Helen 01454 773781. n Memory Cafe, run by the Alzheimer’s Society. The Greenfield Centre, Winterbourne, 2pm - 4pm 1st Monday of month except Bank Hols. Open to anyone with dementia, and Carers, and anyone with concerns about someone with memory problems. Just turn up.

Tel. 0117 9610 693 n Manor Hall Gardening & Social Club The Manor Hall 2.-3.30pm.

First Monday of the month, (except for Bank Holidays on the second Monday).

n 1st Winterbourne Down and Buryside Beavers Scouts 5pm until 6:30pm at the Scout hut on Green Dragon Road, Winterborne.

Contact clivemarston@rocketmail. com n 1st Winterbourne Beavers, Cubs and Scouts. Meet Monday evenings in St. Michael’s Room. dandow@ computer.org or 01454 775024 n North Road Ladies, Iron Action Parish Hall, 7.30, every first Monday. n Women’s Fellowship Zion Church Hall 2.30p.m.- 3.45 Programme of speakers, choirs., followed by a cup of tea. £1.50p per week. For details ring Pat Lax 886830 n Iron Acton WI Iron Acton Parish Hall, 7.30, second Monday of month. n Crossbow Singers, Crossbow House, Frampton Cotterell. 7.30.

Term Time only, starting in September. We would love to welcome more tenors and basses.

Please contact Dave on 07834 184142 n Winterbourne Down Border Morris Morris Dancing, All Saint’s Church Hall, 8.15pm n Winterbourne Scrabble Club - weekly 2.00 - 4.30 pm at Winterbourne & District Community Centre, Watleys End Road, Winterbourne. Further info from Gill on 01454 773573. n Winterbourne Afternoon WI meets at Salem Church Hall, Factory Road, Winterbourne on the 2nd Monday of each month at 2pm. We welcome visitors. Contact 01454 250817 for details or look at our web site www.wawimoonfruit. com or email lesleysharman@gmail. com n Pickleball at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre, 9am to 11am.

New members welcome – no upper age limit. First session free, all equipment provided.

For more information email pickleballbristol@gmail.com or visit Bristol Pickleball Club on Facebook. n Slimming World Frampton Cottrell. Watermore Primary School (Infants), Woodend Road, (Opposite the Brockeridge Centre) 5.30 & 7.30pm Tel: Jude 07968 426809 n Macular-support group meets monthly - 3rd Monday 1:30-3:30pm at Watkins room, Old Grammar School, highstreet Chipping Sodbury. Contact Tony : 01454 314066 n Winterbourne Tennis Club. 4.30.

Junior tennis coaching Winterbourne recreation field, BS36 1LU. All ages 3-16 yrs. Contact Imed (club coach) 07459636436 or imedhamroumi@msn.com n F&Fs. Club. Banjo, Mandolin, Guitarists etc. playing a wide range of styles. Meet Mondays. 8

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to 10pm. at St Barnabas Church Hall, Warmley. Visitors and new members welcome, support and encouragement given.

Available for concerts. Secretary – 0117 9673668. Website www. fingersandfrets.wordpress.com n The Arts Society Severn Valley meets third Monday of the month at Chipping Sodbury Town Hall.

Lectures plus special interest days, gallery, garden and museum visits, trips abroad. Morning lectures 10.30am for 11am start. Afternoon lectures 1.30pm for 2pm start.

More details online at www.svdfas. co.uk. £6 charge for visitors – contact memb@svdfas.co.uk to ‘try before you buy’. n Bristol Budgerigar Society meets at Little Stoke Community Hall, Little Stoke Lane at 7.30pm on the second Monday of each month. More details including membership details from secretary Colin Parsons by calling 01454 775878 or emailing colinpauline@ hotmail.com. Visitors always welcome without commitment or charge. n Butterflies Babies and Toddlers Group, 10am-11.30am, term-time only at St Saviours church hall, Coalpit Heath. Mums, dads and grandparents welcome at this friendly group with plenty of toys, a weekly craft table, dressing up and book corner a sit and ride zone, song time and changing facilities. £3 per family. For more details see www.butterfliestoddlersgroup@ gmail.com.

Tuesday n Rhymetime. Winterbourne Library. 10.30- 11am. Rhymes and songs for parents and babies/ toddlers to enjoy together. n Slimming World 9.30am & 11.30am, 5.30pm & 7.30pm, The Greenfield Centre, call Frankie 07519 347243 n Knit and Natter The Beacon@ Zion United Church. 10am -

12noon. Contact Mary Thexton 01454 850704 n Yate Visually Impaired Group.

Yate Fire Station 2.30 pm every other Tuesday Contact Gay Williams 01454 321749 gab56@ btinternet.com n Winterbourne Tuesday group, The Greenfield Centre, Winterbourne, 7.30 -10pm, second Tuesday of month. Everyone welcome. n Centre Squares (dancing).

Winterbourne Comunity Centre (WADCA), 7.45pm. Tel. 260168 n Winterbourne Down & District Horticultural Society, All Saints Church Hall, Winterbourne Down, BS36 1BX, 7.30 pm. 2nd Tuesday of the month. Info: Richard on 01454 773218. n Gentle Hatha Flow & Well Woman Yoga Find more freedom, flexibility and strength in body, mind and spirit. Restore balance and energy.Fishponds Vassal Centre Tuesdays 5.30-6.30 (Gentle Flow) & 6.45-8pm (Well Woman Yoga) Frenchay Quaker House.

Thursdays 10-11am & 11.15 -12.15pm (Gentle Hatha Flow) St Elizabeth Hall, Hambrook Tuesdays 9.45-10.45am, (Gentle Hatha Flow) Block price £6/ Drop in £7/6.50 concession.

Beginners welcome. How to book/contact details: www.letgoyoga.co.uk/ or call 07904073535 n Yate Poetry Group. All welcome to join our small, informal and friendly group to share and enjoy poems and verse. We meet for an hour 1-2 pm every other Tuesday afternoon in the library, refreshments provided.

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n WHAT'S ON CONTINUED contact Tony on 07704 140682 or yatepoetrygroup@gmail.com n Pucklechurch Folk Dance Club.

We meet every other Tuesday at Pucklechurch Community Centre from 7.45 pm to 8.15 pm. Contact Veronica Holder – 0117 937 2818 n Folk Dancing. Crossbow House, Frampton Cotterell. 8.30 -10.30pm, 1st & 3rd Tuesday of month. n South Gloucestershire Waterpolo club. Junior & Senior players Male Female. Winterbourne Int Academy pool. 7:00 - 8:30 pm. For more info: kazrose@blueyonder.co.uk or nash17@virginmedia.com n Winterbourne Short Mat Bowling Club Tuesday 1.30 - 3.30 at Winterbourne Community Centre, Watleys End Road. Contact Pat Sleightholme, 01179 793473. New members welcome. n Frome Valley Mens Probus Club.

We meet 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. 10 – 12 noon at the Townhall, C/Sodbury. Guest Speaker every meeting, occasional lunches, day trips. Contact George for further info. Tele: 01454 882908 n Social tennis: Winterbourne recreational field, BS36 1LU. 7.3010pm. All ages, abilities and new members welcome.Contact WTC on 0772 595 4639. n Barnardo’s Breastfeeding

Peer Support Project provides emotional and practical support to new mothers. Weekly groups are held at venues in Thornbury, Yate and across South Gloucestershire. The Yate group, called Yate BreastFriends, meets at Yate Childrens Centre on Cranleigh Court Road on Tuesdays between 11.30am - 1.00pm. n Ringcraft - dog showing skills and techniques. Every week at Henfield Hall, Ram Hill, Coalpit Heath - 8.0 - 9.15pm. Puppies and dogs - all breeds welcome. Contact Shelagh Crowther on 01453 298974 for more details. n Tudor Bridge Club meets at the hall behind St Lawrence Presbytery on Broad Street, every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 p.m. Contact Christine on 07876 3334921, christinemay001@gmail.com for more details n Community Coffee Mornings, 2nd Tuesday of month, WADCA Community Centre, 10.30am 12.30pm. Tel. 01454 776268 n Monthly social lunchtime meet up for disabled people at the Farmhouse Pub, Wellington Road, Yate, BS37 5UY. Open and friendly group, meets first Tuesday

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of month 12-2pm. Part of WECIL's peer support community - 0797 962 6569. n Friendship and Dance for the over-50s. No partner needed. The Miners’ Welfare, Badminton Road, Coalpit Heath. Fourth Tuesday of the month, 2pm-4pm. Gentle exercise – suitable for beginners and improvers. All welcome – more information from Hilary Jay on 07515 351813. n St Saviours church Mothers union meets second Tuesday of the month at 2pm in the church hall. Members welcome visitors to Bristol Cathedral and Ashfield Prison, support a relief fund and overseas fund and send money to Friends of Bristol Children’s Hospital for tea and coffee for parents’ rooms. For more information contact Mary on 01454 887880.

Wednesday n Pre School Storytime.

Winterbourne Library10.30 - 11am, every week, term time only. n ‘Silver Chords Group, over 50’s social club. Every other Weds, Mason’s View Community Centre Winterbourne. 1.45pm.

Entertainment and coach trips.

Everyone welcome Contact Doreen 01454 776484. n Winterbourne Police Beat Post.

Greenfield Centre 2-3pm n Slimming World 7.30pm Frampton Cotterell Cof E School.

Tel Lisa 07815 759118 n Coalpit Heath WI. Church Hall of St Saviours Church, Coalpit Heath.

First Wednesday of each month.

7.45pm. New members welcome. n The Winterbourne Players, 8.00 pm, Community Centre, Watleys End Road. More info, Brian 07792 656689. n Actonians Drama Group 7.30 pm Parish Hall, Iron Acton More info 01454 228760 www.actonians. co.uk. Junior Actonians 6.00 pm - 7.30 pm Parish Hall Iron Acton More info 01454 228277. n Carers group, Beacon Centre, Zion Church, Frampton Cotterell.

Meets second Wednesday of the month, 2pm-4pm. Call Rona on 01454 886925 or Jean on 01454 775786 for more information. n 4th Wednesday of each month - Forget me Not sing along group 2pm - 3.30 pm at The Beacon Centre, Zion Church, Frampton Cotterell. If you like a good sing song please come and join us.

For more information ring Rona on 886925 or Jean on 775786. n Winterbourne Short Mat Bowling Club Wednesday 1.30 - 4.30 and 7.30 - 10.30 at

Winterbourne Community Centre, Watleys End Road. Contact Pat Sleightholme, 01179 793473. n Manor Hall community coffee morning, open to all, Henfield Road, Coalpit Heath. 3rd Wednesday of every month from 10am to 12 noon in the Jubilee Room. Free entry and all profits from the refreshments will go to the Manor Hall at Coalpit Heath Charity. Handmade cards will be on sale, sold in aid of the BRACE Charity. n Slimming World Frampton Cotterell C of E School. Call Lisa: 07815759118 n Stapleton Probus meet on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of the month at Begbrook CA, Frenchay Park Road 10am -12noon. Also have an active Bowls Section.

Visitors Welcome. Details available, contact Registrar, John Suddell 01454 250811 n The Frenchay Folk Dance Club meet fortnightly at Frenchay Village Hall from 7:45 until 10:15. Check frenchayfdc.co.uk or contact 0117 9409508 for more information n Yate/ Chipping Sodbury Afternoon Choir meets on Wednesdays 2pm to 4pm at St Marys Church Yate. No auditions required. Contact Nikki on 01761472468 for more details or just turn up at the church and have a free sing on the first visit. n Frenchay Probus Club. We meet every first and third Wednesday of the month in the Frenchay village hall. Coffee at 10.00am and the meeting is from 10.30 to 12.00. More details on frenchayprobusclub.com n Social tennis ladies Doubles Winterbourne recreation field, BS36 1LU. 10am -12pm.

All ages and abilities , new members welcome Contact WTC: 07725954639 n Social tennis. Winterbourne recreation field, BS36 1LU. 7.30pm - 10.00pm. All ages and abilities ,new members welcome. Contact WTC: 07725954639 n Ladies Shiatsu Massage Sports Rehabilitation Clinic in Iron Acton every Wednesday between 3-8 pm. Naturally restore your energy levels and improve your overall health and lifestyle. Contact Anna on 07487 511516 or email anna@ wholehearted-health.co.uk for more information and to book your treatment session. n Frampton Singalong now 2nd

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n WHAT'S ON CONTINUED Wednesday in the month, 2 pm 3.30 pm at Crossbow House, School Road, BS36 2DB. Favourite songs, live music & sitting exercises.

Tea, cakes & fresh fruit £3.00. All welcome, no voice needed! Hilary Tel. 07515 351 813 n Community Lunches 12.00 - 2pm at WADCA Community Centre. £5 or takeaway £3.50. Booking advised tel. 776268 n Frampton Cotterell Local History Society, 3rd Wednesday of month Sept - May, Zion church 7.30pm.

Non-members welcome. £4 Thursday n Probus. The Miners Club, Coalpit Heath. 10am, 2nd & 4th Thursdays of month n Praise and Play. All Saints’ Church Hall Winterbourne Down 10-12 during term times. For preschool children and their parents/ carers. n Stay & Play, 1-3pm (termtime) Winterbourne Early Years Centre, Greenfield Centre, Park Ave, Winterbourne. Call Helen 01454 n Tiny Tots. 2.00-3.00pm,St Peter’s Church, n Bristol and South Gloucestershire Stationary Engine Club. First Thursday of the month, 7.45pm at the Miners Social Club, Coalpit Heath. More information at www.bsgsec.co.uk. n Winterbourne Musical Theatre.

7.30pm WADCA Community Centre, 7.30pm. www. winterbournemusical.co.uk. n Winterbourne Flower Club.

Our meetings take place tin St. Michaels rooms [opposite Tesco Filling Station] Hands on evenings and demonstrations on various Thursday evening at 7.30 pm Visitors and new members

welcome. Ring for details 01454.

776753 n Winterbourne Evening Women’s Institute St. Michael’s Rooms in Winterbourne at 7.30pm on the second Thursday of every month except August n Crossbow Camera Club Crossbow House, 8pm, every Thursday (from September).

Contact Mike Challenger 07833316081 n Frampton Cotterell British Legion Club Ryecroft Road, Doors open @7.15pm. Bingo at 8pm-10pm . No entry fee. All Welcome. n South Gloucestershire Decorative and The Art Appreciation Society meet at Bradley Stoke Community School Fiddlers Lane Bradley Stoke. 3rd Thursday evening of the month.

Starting October 7-00 for 7-30 start refreshments. Sallykitching@ googlemail.com Tel no 01454 774401 n Sugarcraft demonstrations and workshops. Third Thursday of the month, 7.30pm-9.30pm at St Andrews Hall, Elm Park, Filton. Call Jean Kington on 0117 956 8737 for more information. n Winterbourne Short Mat Bowling Club Thursday 1.30 - 4.30 at Winterbourne Community Centre, Watleys End Road. Contact Pat Sleightholme, 01179 793473.

New members welcome. n Stationary Engine Club, Meets at Miner’s Club Coalpit Heath 7:30 pm first Thursday of every month. n Severn Counties Foreign & British Bird Society, for keepers of canaries, finches and other birds.

Winterbourne Down Methodist Church Hall, Down Road. Third Thursday of the month at 8pm.

More information from Molly Durbin on 01275 373743 or email severncounties@gmail.com. n Tudor Bridge Club meets at the hall behind St Lawrence Presbytery on Broad Street, every Thursday and Tuesday at 7 p.m. Contact Christine on 078763334921, christinemay001@gmail.com for more details n Thursday Travel Club. Meets first Thursday of the month. St Saviour’s Church Hall, Beesmoor Road, Coalpit Heath n Winterbourne Winds beginners/ intermediate/returners wind band rehearse Thursdays 7.30-9.30pm at the Greenfield Centre, Park Avenue, Winterbourne BS36 1NJ. Brass & Woodwind players, percussionist, bassist wanted to join sociable group. Instruments available for loan. Contact Dan 01172 395210.

Contact Roger: 07925 296930 or 01454 77701 n Winterbourne Down WI meet in All Saints Church Hall, BS36 1BX on the first Thursday of each month (except August) - 7.30pm. For more information contact Margaret on 01454 850241. New members are most welcome. n Avon Harmony are a Ladies A Cappella / barbershop chorus. We welcome visitors for a no obligation taster session. We rehearse at the dance studio, Fairfield High School, Allfoxton Road, Bristol BS7 9NL. Every Thursday evening 7.30pm 9.45pm. Tel: Mary 07954170532. n Hambrook Sports Club Crib team are looking for new members to join our winter league, playing Thursday evenings at 8.30.

Beginners welcome. Pre season meeting 20th September at Hambrook Sports Club at 8:30. For further information contact Dave

Manley on 07531299786 n Friendship and Dance for over 50s, no partner needed – note new venue and day. The Miner’s Welfare, Badminton Road, Coalpit Heath. Beautiful new wooden dance floor. Every 4th Tuesday in the month, 2pm-4pm. Gentle exercise with easy circle dances to live music. Suitable for beginners and improvers. Social break with refreshments £4. All welcome.

Further information contact Hilary Jay 07515 351 813 Friday n Frome Valley Art Group Greenfield Centre, Winterbourne.

1pm to 4pm and 6.30pm to 9pm n Frampton Cotterell Male Voice Choir, Zion Church, Frampton Cotterell. 7.30pm – 9.00pm. New members welcomed, no audition, search www.fcmvc.co.uk or email contact@fcmvc.co.uk.. n Frampton Cotterell Community Association. Fridays at Crossbow House School Road Ist Friday of every month Quiz- 3rd Friday of every month Bingo, start at 8 pm. n St Saviours Church Coalpit Heath. The Church opening every Friday meeting every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month but in the church hall. With a bring and buy lunch just bring something to go on the table to share, but tea and coffee will be provided from 11-15am till 1pm, Visitors are most welcome. n Frome Valley Art Group Winterbourne. Looking to find that inner talent or start a new interest? Drop in for a free taster session, Fridays at 2pm or 7pm.

We have a busy programme of demonstrations and Saturday workshops by professional artists

What’s on at Winterbourne Library STAFFED TIMES Tuesday: 10am–5pm Wednesday: 10am–5pm Friday: 10am–5pm Saturday: 9.30am–12.30pm OPEN ACCESS (Unstaffed) 8am–7.30pm every day Easter opening times will be published at www.southglos.gov.uk/libraries Rhymetime: Rhymes and songs for parents and babies/toddlers to enjoy together. Every Tuesday morning 10.30-11am.

Pre-School Storytime: Join us for stories

and simple crafts. Every Wednesday morning 10.30-11am.

Lego Club: Listen to stories and poems, then create a model to display at the library.

Suitable for children in primary school age range, who must be accompanied by an adult.

Next meeting April 6, 10.30-11.30am.

Lego Challenge – Ramps and Races: Design and build the best Lego car and launch ramp.

April 10, 2.30-3.30pm. Booking required – limited places. Suitable for age 7+ Free Holiday Drop in – Easter Eggstravaganza. April 12 from 10.30amnoon. Crafts suitable for ages 4 to 10.

Have you Read…? A new open reading group for all: No set text – Share your love of books,

Got News? Call Richard 0n 01454 800 120

extend your reading horizons. First of every month, 11am-noon. Refreshments served.

The Craft Group: Next meeting on April 13, 10am-noon. New members will always be made welcome by this friendly group. Share tips and ideas for your knitting, sewing or crochet projects.

WANTED Do you have any old or unwanted Duplo Lego? We would be grateful for any donations for a new Duplo club.

For more information: Telephone 01454 868006 Email winterbourne.library@southglos.gov.uk Website: www.southglos.gov.uk/libraries Twitter: @southgloslibs Facebook: South Gloucestershire Libraries

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n WHAT'S ON CONTINUED

n COMMUNITY NEWS

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Our Annual exhibition in May displays members’ work .

Greenfield Centre, Park Avenue, Winterbourne BS36 1NJ. Contact Dave: 0117 9790043 Andrew: 01454 778310. Eric: 01454 615619 Lesley: 01454 250817. Email fromevalleyartwinterbourne@gmail. com n Winterbourne Short Mat Bowling Club Friday evenings from 7.30 - 10.30 at Winterbourne Community Centre, Watleys End Road. Contact Pat Sleightholme 01179 793473 n Community Coffee Mornings, WADCA Community Centre, 10.30am - 12.30. All welcome. n St Peter's Church Frampton Cotterell invite you to Friday Coffee every Friday 10:00 -12:30. Come in and have a chat. n Lunches in St Saviours church hall, 11.15am for refreshments and midday for lunches. Donations to church funds.

Village Action: Being a good neighbour

Saturday n Brockeridge Quilters, Greenfield Centre, Winterbourne.

10am to 4pm, third Saturday of the month. n Frampton Cotterell Royal British Legion, Ryecroft Rd. Every Sat dancing to live bands.Bingo 8pm8.30pm Then dancing until until 11.30pm. Entry on door £4.50p.

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n Winterbourne Tennis Club Junior tennis coaching. 9.30 -1pm, Winterbourne recreation field, BS36 1LU. All ages 3-16 yrs.

Rusty Racquets/Drill-Drill Group Coaching for adults of all abilities 11.30am-12-30pm. £5 pay and play. Contact Imed (club coach) 07459636436 or imedhamroumi@ msn.com Sunday n Japanese Embroidery Class Greenfield Centre, Winterbourne 9.30am to 4pm, (monthly).

Contact: Jo Tripp 01454 850147. n Nature Reserves, Winterbourne work party meets 1030am, Church Lane, Winterbourne, 2nd & 4th Sundays in the month. Newleaze reserve (Bristol Road) 10.30am Ist Sunday of month. Huckford Quarry 2.30pm 3rd Sunday of month.

Contact Frank Smith 01454 778975. n Indoor short mat bowls at Pucklechurch Community Centre.

Established players and beginners welcome. Bowls provided. Sessions Sunday afternoon and Monday and Wednesday evenings. Contact Roger Payne 0117 937 3653 n Parish Praise at St Saviours Church, first Sunday of the month at 10am. Suitable for all ages – come and join in with the family praise and stay for coffee or tea afterwards if you wish. See the Church website for up to date information. Coalpitheath.org.uk/ social or coalpitheath.org.uk/news

FRAMPTON Cotterell Good Neighbours is a voluntary scheme run by Village Action for the people of the village.

It is free to those who use it.

A group of volunteers from Village Action make regular visits to some of our older and more isolated residents. Some visit weekly for an hour or two, some fortnightly.

We started about five years ago and now have about 45 volunteers. Some lovely friendships have been formed.

All involved look forward to, and get a lot out of the visits. We can’t offer home or personal care but we do offer friendship, regular contact and help with some of the little things in life!

If you know anyone who is now living alone and who would enjoy having a regular visitor please email vagoodneighbours@gmail.com or phone 0743 288 8586 and leave details so we can get back to you.

Village Action is supported by Frampton Cotterell Parish Council, South Gloucestershire Council and the Quartet Community Foundation.

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n REVIEW WHEN Rangeworthy Court School head teacher Joanna Shipp decided to start a drama group in the village in 1959, little did she think it would still be going strong 60 years later.

From the beginning, the Court Players have always aimed to produce high-quality performances in a friendly atmosphere.

The group is made up of enthusiasts of mixed ages and abilities, all with a common interest – drama – although over the years pantomimes, thrillers, comedies, costume dramas, farces, musicals, theme evenings, festival plays and open-air productions have all been staged.

As well as the talented actors, the group has some wonderful costumes created by members, as well as imaginative lighting and sound engineers and skilful stage designers: over the years the players have won many group and individual awards.

To celebrate their 60 years at the heart of the village, the Court Players staged a special gala performance of the musical Oliver! at the Memorial Hall, Rangeworthy, on February 23.

Starting with bucks fizz and canapés, it was attended by dignitaries including Metro Mayor Tim Bowles, as well as local unsung heroes from the community being recognised for their charitable works.

The cast took us back to the days of Dickensian London, through Lionel Bart’s familiar lyrics and toe tapping tunes, with enough love and care to equal the high standards the Court Players have always strived to achieve over the preceding sixty years, directed by Bryan Quinlan and strongly supported by an efficient production team, with attractive costumes, good musical backing and practical sets constructed.

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Churchley looked every inch the miserly old Fagin. As hen pecked undertaker Henry Sowerberry, Mark Gregory was truly under the thumb of Sam Palmer as Mrs Sowerberry. Callum Bird as the bullying Noah Claypole and his girlfriend Charlotte (Laura Graham) completed the mayhem amongst the coffins.

Kevin Stephens and Gill Cope lightened the proceedings to a degree with the larger than life characters of Mr Bumble and Widow Corney. Hannah Long, as Nancy, gave us an emotional and heart rendering interpretation of As Long As He Needs Me, signifying her undying love and loyalty to the murderous Bill Sykes, played by Richard Lewis.

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n COMMUNITY NEWS - WI Coalpit Heath WI

A TABLE filled with items including a cheroot holder, a box of bookmarks, various vases and jugs greeted our speaker this month, Philip Taubenheim from Wotton Auction Rooms. Philip talked us through the monthly cycle of sales at the auction rooms, interspersing his talk with amusing tales. We learnt the social history behind why certain items end up in the sale rooms, the contents of a sideboard being the most recent, with all the open living areas being created. We found out about how the sales reach across the globe and that the South Koreans are big fans of an English tea set.

Philip then talked about each of the items that the members had brought in. He was thanked for his entertaining talk.

An impressive collection of colourful felt and knitted hearts made for NICU was donated and will be used on Mother’s Day. There was also a tableful of Easter Eggs and other food items ready to go to our local foodbank. Many thanks to all who contributed.

There was also a display promoting ways to avoid single use plastics, pictured. These included using Beeswax wraps, metal straws, silicon lids, reusable drinks containers and vegetable bags to take to the supermarket. We talked about making eco bricks as a way to reuse single use plastics.

In April we look forward to a visit from Sarah Vincent from MS Therapy Bristol.

If this feels like something that you would like to be a part of, then why not come along? We meet on the first Wednesday of every month at 7.45pm in St Saviours Church Hall. New members are always welcome.

To find out a bit more about us why not search @WICoalpitHeath on Facebook?

Winterbourne WI MEMBERS of our WI spent a relaxing evening watching and being entertained by Patricia

Downs, who told us about her life in flowers and floristry. She learnt her trade in a florist shop in Staple Hill, Downend, Bath and ended up owning her own business in Chipping Sodbury.

Patricia had a very relaxed way about her and showed us three very easy ways to make a bunch of flowers look super in different containers, the first being an ordinary empty can of beans, which had Sellotape wound round it, then twisted and round wound again to make it sticky and double-sided. Laurel leaves were stuck round the tin, trimmed at the bottom and a bit of Raffia tied round the middle. Three bunches of daffodils whose stems were slightly twisted and held with an elastic band underneath the flower heads were placed in the tin with water. So simple but most effective.

The next arrangement was using red tulips, which were held individually and rotated in hand, whilst adding a small amount of greenery and more tulips. The flowers seemed to tie themselves in to make a "spiral bouquet".

Patricia surprised us all by saying that when we next had some tulips, we should measure the stems and a few days later measure them again – we would find they had grown! We were also told to cut the stem at an angle, so the water could be taken up more easily. To make an arrangement look balanced, measure the length of the flowers against the vase. It should be 1.5 x the height of the vase.

The third arrangement was using a basket, with foliage and flowers on one side and stems cut and arranged on the other side, which made one think that the flowers were just laid across the basket. How clever!

Patricia was asked why she used a knife to cut the stems compared to scissors or secateurs, and she replied by saying that the cells in the stems weren't damaged so much when using a knife and it was quicker.

At the end of the evening the three arrangements were raffled.

On April 4 our speaker will be Emma Britton, the well known Radio Bristol presenter. You are most well to come and listen to her entertaining talk. On May 2, Mr Cherry will be talking about the history of Thornbury Castle.

We meet at 7.30pm in All Saints Church Hall, BS36 1BX. Sue Forse

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OUR February talk was by a clinical nursing specialist Terrie Stocker, on the subject of osteoporosis – something that can affect a high percentage of women of all ages.

Terrie works at the BRI and she gave a fascinating insight into the development of the disease and how it can affect both men and women at different stages of their lives, what can cause it and how to help prevent it if you can act early enough. The evening was well-attended and we are all very grateful to Terrie for giving her time to explain everything to us in such a clear and informative way.

The talk on March 26 is on the history of Shepton Mallet Prison by a former guard, Graham Miller. This event is also highly recommended, as Graham has many stories to tell, some of them quite scary and most of them from his first-hand experience of working at the prison when it was still open as a working jail.

Later in the year we have talks covering subjects as wide-ranging as gardening and plant care, our own version of the Antiques Road Show, learning Spanish for beginners and a Zumba workshop!

A number of social evenings are also planned, including the summer meal out, a beetle drive and a bingo night.

Our lovely darts team is having a great start to the season this year, having won all its games so far. Best not to tempt fate but they have us feeling hopeful for the finals!

Visitors and new members are welcome to our monthly meetings at St Peter’s Hall on School Road at 7.45pm, on the fourth Tuesday of the month. There is a charge of £2.50 for the evening and any new members can also join by paying a membership fee.

Special interest groups that meet separately include a book club, craft group, choir and our skittles and darts teams. Please search FramptonCottWI on Facebook to find out more, and like our page.

Winterbourne Evening WI AT our meeting in February we were royally entertained and fed with amazing chocolate by our speaker Nicola White, who showed us how to make hand made chocolates and then passed them around the group for us to enjoy.

It is easy to see why hand made chocolates are rather costly, because it takes a great deal of time and talent to make them. At the end of the meeting, many of our members purchased boxes of chocolates as luxury gifts for family and friends.

Unfortunately we were beaten in the third round of the Avon Federation Skittles competition but we were better than last year, so who knows, we might win next year!

At our March meeting, which was extremely well attended, our speaker was Ashley Jones, from the Senior Citizen Liaison Team, which aims to protect and enable older members in our community.

Ashley talked to us about Alfred Nobel, who was born in Stockholm in 1833. He moved around from Russia to Sweden and worked with his father on developing nitroglycerin and dynamite, which was a much safer explosive.

In 1895 Alfred Nobel wrote his last will and testament, in which he set out the groundwork for the Nobel Prizes and bequeathed most of his wealth to fund it in perpetuity. The prizes were first awarded in 1901 for Literature, Medicine, Physics, Peace and Economics and have continued ever since. The prize consists of a diploma, a gold medal and a cash sum of one million dollars. It is presented on December 10 every year by the King of Sweden in Stockholm, and so far there have been less than 1,000 Laureates.

We all agreed what a wonderful man Alfred Nobel was and how much his legacy has enriched our world. Thanks to Ashley for giving us all this information in such an interesting way.

The Speaker at our next meeting will be Peter Chaplin, with a talk entitled A job with a Bite. If you would care to come along as a visitor, we will make you very welcome. We meet on the second Thursday of every month at the St Michaels Room, High Street, Winterbourne at 7.30pm.

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n COMMUNITY NEWS - FLORAL FRIENDS OF FRAMPTON

Spring has sprung Flower Festival

AFTER the lovely weather in February daffodils and other Spring bulbs have burst into flower all over the village. Even the crocuses in The Triangle (opposite The Rising Sun) are blooming. Hopefully they will survive our now more usual wet and windy weather, and bloom well into April.

The Flower Festival planned for June 15 has been postponed until next year, as the Village Picnic and Dog Show is scheduled to take place on the same date. We hope that everyone enjoys the Picnic and Dog Show and that it is a great success. More information about the Flower Festival planned for 2020 will be available later in the year.

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hedgehogs (find out more online at hedgehogrescue.webplus.net) and use the magnifier to get a good look at any bugs you find.

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Week of events for Christian Aid

CHURCHES Together in Frampton Cotterell & Coalpit Heath are planning a series of events for this year’s Christian Aid Appeal.

Money is being raised to improve maternal and child health in Sierra Leone, which is rated as the world’s most dangerous place to give birth.

The charity says 10 women die in childbirth every day and one child in every nine dies before the age of 5.

Donations collected will help build health clinics, provide medical training and improve hygiene, so that mums and babies can live long and happy lives.

Six events have been announced so far and everyone is welcome to attend.

They are: Saturday April 27: Big brekkie at Zion United Church, Frampton Cotterell, from 8.3010.30am.

Saturday May 11: Coffee & cake, then soup lunch at St

Train rides and cream teas at Bridge House in Framton Cotterell will be part of this year’s Christian Aid fundraising appeal.

Saviour’s Church, Coalpit Heath, from 11am-2pm.

Sunday May 12: Service of praise at St Saviour’s Church Coalpit Heath, 6pm.

Friday May 17: Quiz night at the British Legion, Frampton Cotterell, 7.30pm. Teams of four can enter at £3 per person or

if you don’t have a team come anyway and more will be made up on the night. Booking can be done by calling 01454 776618.

Saturday May 18: Plant sale and coffee morning at The Lilacs, Station Road, Iron Acton, from 10am-1pm.

Sunday May 19: Train

rides and cream teas at Bridge House, Rectory Road, Frampton Cotterell, from2-4pm.

Other events are still to be added.

For more information contact Alison Bray on 01454 776618.

Rise in charges ‘slipped through’ by council RISES of up to 20 per cent in charges for a variety of South Gloucestershire Council services have been “slipped through”, opposition councillors claim.

Larger than usual hikes in fees for renting DVDs from the library, compost bins, brake tests and planning application fees have been approved by the council’s cabinet.

Council policy is to raise its discretionary service fees and charges by five per cent each year but a series of far higher increases have been approved this year.

Some new charges will also be introduced, and some existing fees reduced, as the council seeks to cover its costs and bring its pricing schedule into line with neighbouring authorities.

Increases include: *A new £40 charge to request historic planning applications. *A 5.2% rise for voluntary brake tests and headlamp alignment checks, at £12.20

per axle and £18.30 per check, respectively. *Compost bins will cost £6, a price rise of 20 per cent. *Reusable nappy kits and booster kits up 13% to £151.40 and £62.10, respectively. *Library fees rise by up to £1.20 for book reservations and DVD rentals. The maximum fine will be reduced to £10, however, with no more charges for audio books and overdue audio visuals for children and young adults. *Licences for a house of multiple occupation up £60 to £656. Cost of a landlord fit and proper check will fall by £10 to £35. *New charge of £165 for restaurants wanting their food hygiene rating re-assessed following a food hygiene rating of zero to four.

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whether permitted development rights have been removed. *Charge to find out if planning permission is required up £10.80 to £115. *Pre-planning advice charges of £110 for household development and £200 for a listed building. *Pre-planning advice for major applications for 500 or more homes rises to £12,000.

The timing of the decision on the charges, after the final council meeting before local government elections in May, has prompted criticism from Liberal Democrat councillors.

Lib Dem recycling spokesman, Dodington councillor Tony Davis, said: “These changes have been slipped through after the Conservatives cancelled the last council meeting before the election, because there was apparently nothing of importance left to discuss.”

The Lib Dems also pointed

out that green waste charges were still in place, despite the Conservative administration promising in 2015 to phase them out.

A spokesman for the council said it keeps its fees and charges under “regular review”.

He said the council’s fees for pre-application planning advice were only a small fraction of the cost of bringing a development forward and will stay well within the normal range compared with other authorities if they are adopted.

“Having reviewed the cost of providing pre-application advice, we’ve found that an increase in charges is needed to fully cover the costs of the service,” said the spokesperson.

“The alternative to not increasing the fees would be to stop providing these services, as it would be unreasonable for planning costs to be met by council taxpayers.”

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n INTERCHANGE BLOG

A marathon fundraiser for MS Inspirational runner David Elliott spoke to The Interchange about his multiple sclerosis and charitable fundraising efforts for this year’s London Marathon.

YOU'LL hear plenty of inspirational stories as we approach the London Marathon in April, but there aren't many people who can inspire both new and experienced runners as David Elliott does.

The 47-year-old only took up marathon running after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2001.

He admits he didn't really exercise at all before he was diagnosed, and received help and advice from the West of England MS Therapy Centre in Bradley Stoke.

David said: "I had quite severe pins and needles down my left arm. I had no idea it was MS. I was a typical man and ignored it, but my mum made me go to the doctor.

My daughter was born two days before I was diagnosed – it wasn't a good time."

For the first year he found having the condition debilitating, both mentally and physically, and all he wanted to do was sit down at home.

However, all that changed on the tenth anniversary of being diagnosed.

Peter Elliott in action and, below, his London Marathon medals "In 2011 I celebrated having MS for 10 years by running the London Marathon for the first time.

The main reason for running was to try and help newly-diagnosed people with MS realise that being diagnosed doesn't mean a life of incapacity.

"I was 30, had a young family with two young girls. I worked all week, had Friday night curries and was relatively inactive."

It was through the MS Trust and

wife Susan that David's new active lifestyle kicked in. She saw the trust undertook fundraising treks to Peru, which she really fancied. David booked it without her knowledge, they loved it and it led to trips to the Great Wall of China and a mammoth trek to the summit of Kilimanjaro in 2009 for David.

"It was brilliant,” he said, “but the only way of training for the altitude was by running and getting your heart rate up to 180.”

Somebody suggested he did a 10k run for MS sponsorship and his running career "snowballed".

David was soon donning his running shoes and venturing out.

In 2009 he started off gently with the Bath half-marathon, as well as other distance races.

"My previous treks to China and Kilimanjaro taught me a lot about sharing, and where I'm quite private about my feelings regarding MS, I feel that it is important to let others know, especially recently diagnosed MS people – I don't like the word sufferers – that life doesn't end as soon as you're given the news.”

David believes that running and exercising has kept his MS largely at bay.

"I've been relatively free of any symptoms since I ran my first London Marathon in 2011,” he said.

"I don't want to get all holistic but, basically, get out there and do exercise. I honestly do believe that running has kept my symptoms at bay.

"I feel a bit of a fraud, having MS but very few symptoms!"

David has run eight London Marathons in a row, with the ninth in sight. His ultimate goal is to get the tenth under his belt.

His best time in London was 3 hours 30 minutes in 2014.

He said: "I've never been able to get near it since. I've accepted that now and just enjoy it, though it's hard, as I'm very competitive."

David admits he gets very tired but says that could be his hectic life just as much as the MS. He has managed to move from injections of Capazone to Tecfidera tablets for his condition.

"I could quite easily get into a depressive state, but getting out there in the fresh air really helps,” he said.

"I would say to anybody, you can do it, any goal is achievable – a 5km walk, swimming 20 lengths, running a marathon or simply getting enough energy to get out of bed is achievable, as long as you have the self-belief and determination.”

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A guide to pre-owned cars with Richard Cooke

Second hand Style Aston Martin Vantage: Room for your Beretta EXCITING but uncertain times over at Aston Martin (plus ca change). The company posted a loss of £68 million for 2018, whilst balancing preparation for the launch of the DBX, their entry into the crowded luxury SUV market.

Add to this the relaunch of the evocative Lagonda brand, as an all-electric offering made in Wales, and it is clear that Aston needs to keep selling traditional sports cars to the wealthy to pay for all this development. The Vantage has been on sale for a year now, and I can’t think of another supercar more deserving of your hard earned cash/pension fund assets/ house equity. In fact, let’s get price out of the way now: the Vantage starts at £120,000 – but my test model had a staggering £38k of extras. I wouldn’t want to do without any of them, so the price of entry is nearer to £160k. After a year of depreciation you can take

maybe £35k off that price, so get saving.

Part of what makes this car special is the covert introduction of so much technology. The engine is a bang-up-to-date 4.0 V8 from Mercedes AMG, producing 510bhp and yet returning around 25mpg in normal traffic. The limited slip differential is electronic, a first for Aston. The suspension and engine have three progressively different modes controlled from buttons on the steering wheel, ranging from relaxed (relatively speaking, it is still called ‘Sport’) to the barking, popping and fizzing ‘Track’ mode.

And maybe as importantly, the Vantage looks brand new when compared to what has come before – wider, brawnier and simply more modern.

Inside, the Vantage is really very roomy. Head, elbow and legroom are all excellent. Aston have commendably not bothered

to fit pointless rear seats, freeing up interior space whilst making the car shorter than a Porsche 911. It also looks, smells and feels opulent.

The leather clearly came from cows, the carpets are indulgently deep, the switches bespoke.

Special mention to the huge and tactile aluminium gear paddles and also the sun visors, which I’m convinced take inspiration from a pair of Gucci horsebit loafers I used to own. The boot is big enough for two suitcases, the tiny parcel shelf folds back to accommodate your diplomatic bag and there’s room under the armrest for a Beretta.

What surprises, and in a good way, is the number of buttons.

Instead of relying solely on a screen with endless sub-menus, Aston has put the key controls (and that includes gear selection) on the dashboard. The idea is that in ‘progressive’ driving you can quickly jab the button you want

without taking your eyes off the road. How old fashioned and yet eminently sensible – this simply must be safer than gawping at a touchscreen whilst on the move.

And move this car does – with all that power and a weight of 1.5 tons it was always going to be quick. On Cheltenham back roads around HR Owen, I was never going to be able to test the top speed of 195mph, but 0-60 in 3.6 seconds felt about right. The engine is incredible, full of torque and able to pick up effortlessly in any gear. You will never need more speed on the road. The 8 speed ZF gearbox and the ride really won me over – the former is lightningquick when using the paddles, relaxing but still immediate when cruising around town. And in all three suspension settings the Vantage rides beautifully, with grip to spare from wide but surprisingly compliant tyres.

In summary, this car is a triumph – it looks as cutting edge as any other road car on the market, makes fine use of the best components available and goes like a dream. On the used market you can pick up a 2006 example of the previous V8 Vantage for just £25k but I’ll be amazed if the current model ever falls to such levels of affordability. That’s because the Vantage feels like a collector’s car straight from the factory, and will hopefully help fund more of the good stuff Aston still have planned.

Aston Martin Vantage: £115,000 for a 2018 model with 2k miles

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n LOCAL MP

Your vote is vital – whoever you cast it for

Luke Hall MP writes for Frome Valley Voice

ON Thursday May 2, just a month from now, residents across Frampton Cotterell, Coalpit Heath and our villages will have their opportunity to elect their representatives on South Gloucestershire Council.

Your votes and who you elect will determine who runs the Council, as whichever party has the most councillors, forms the next council administration.

In the UK we often take for granted this opportunity to elect our most local representatives, those with the power to effect, campaign and implement ultralocal changes. Voting in these elections is so important because sometimes it’s the local issues that can often frustrate us all most, but as busy people, we often find that the amount of people who vote is around half that of that of a general election.

Local elections are particularly important as your local councillors have a crucial and direct say

over issues that directly affect our daily lives such as schools, libraries, getting pot holes filled, leisure centres, transport, parks, healthcare and recycling.

All of these services impact our immediate environment and it is your local councillor that helps determine how funding for these resources are allocated. Your local councillor has the capacity to significantly improve the area that you live in, therefore it is vital that you turn out to cast your vote.

South Gloucestershire has recently undergone councillor ‘boundary changes’, meaning that the upcoming elections are imperative in defining our sense of community, and a notable opportunity to elect new names and fresh faces at a district level.

South Gloucestershire is divided into community groupings known as wards, and each ward is represented by one, two or three councillors. The new Frampton Cotterell ward is now

a three-councillor ward which covers Frampton Cotterell, Coalpit Health, Iron Acton, Rangeworthy, Tytherington and the surrounding villages.

These changes also mean that South Gloucestershire Council’s total number of elected representatives has been reduced from 70 to 61. Such changes have been designed to ensure that each councillor represents the same number of residents and each ward successfully represents the identities and interests of local communities, whilst saving money by paying less councillors.

It is crucial for every resident’s voice to be heard. Your neighbours may be relying upon you to vote, so it’s important to make sure yours counts whoever it may be for.

If you have any further concerns or questions regarding the upcoming elections, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me at luke.hall.mp@parliament.uk.

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The truth might just set us free EASTER is a big deal. Either it is one of the greatest deceptions in history, or something truly awesome almost terrifying has taken place. Death has been reversed, and is not the ‘final say.’

Contrary to what you might expect, I rather enjoy ‘arguing’ about the meaning of the resurrection. But no matter how long you and I were to argue, I cannot convince you nor you I – ultimately, what determines our views is the scope of what we believe is possible. It is a matter of faith.

Alongside Easter, which is a big deal, for me at least, there are quite a few other matters that are happening around us that are quite big deals, not least Brexit and climate change. I have been struck just how polarised our responses to these areas have become: it seems that we are almost into a Resurrection-type debate. It all depends on what you believe and

when we people argue, it is as if we are discussing alternative realities.

This really saddens me, as I think both issues are important, not simply for us personally but also for our neighbours, near and far around the world, and down our street.

And in the case of climate change, I believe the motivations that lie behind us denying it or indeed choosing, as most of us do, to do too little about it, are ‘unworthy’ motivations: that it’s too hard, and will make me have to give up some of my lifestyle comforts.

But when the consequences run as deep as they seem to do in the climate change debate, then surely it is time to wake up.

Jesus (the man, or maybe the one who rose from the dead…you choose) is recorded as having said “then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free”.

I’m quite happy for you to argue with me, over the ‘truth’ that Jesus rose from the dead. I’m also happy that we disagree on many aspects of what’s ‘true’ about Brexit. On climate change though, I think we simply need to wake up to the truth: it is happening.

It’s something that all of us should be concerned about, and willing to make fairly radical changes to our lifestyle about. For instance going veggie for four days a week will probably save about 0.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year! I’m hoping this year that, as a church community, we can begin to learn from some of the people and groups that have begun to make these changes.

So yes, I believe the truth can set us free, but only if we accept the truth and act.

Happy Easter, happy Spring, happy truth day. But please make it a happy world day, as you

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Gold for gymnast James A GYMNAST based at Winterbourne’s Fromeside Gymnastics Club has become a national champion.

James Puddy won gold on the parallel bars in the hotly-contested men’s under-16 category on March 17 at the 2019 Artistic British Championships, which took place at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena.

The 15-year-old Yate Academy student said: “It feels brilliant to be a British champion.

“It was amazing to see my score come through and see that it was at the top – it just felt great.

“My hopes for the future are to go as far as I can and make it to international competitions one day.”

James, who lives in Yate, was one of 490 participants from 91 clubs to take part in the four-day gymnastics spectacular, with youngsters travelling from all across the UK to compete.

In all, five boys from Fromeside took part in the event, and the club sent them on their way with a good luck message on social media, saying: “We are so proud to have you represent Fromeside.”

The gymnasts performed in front of a packed M&S Bank Arena, with the competition also

broadcast live on the BBC. The age of the gymnasts taking part ranged from 11 to 33 years old. Competitors also included five-time Olympic medallist Max Whitlock, who successfully defended his British pommel horse title.

Also competing was former European champion and newly crowned British all-around champion Ellie Downie, along with four-time Commonwealth champion Claudia Fragapane, from Longwell Green, who returned from injury to take silver on floor.

British Gymnastics chief executive Jane Allen said: “It’s been a remarkable four days at this year’s Artistic British Championships in Liverpool. I’ve really enjoyed seeing so many of the established names sharing the Arena with up-and-coming stars. The talent on display has been phenomenal and I’m very excited to see what the future looks like for gymnastics in Britain.”

The next major British Gymnastics event is the Gymnastics World Cup, which was due to take place on Saturday March 23 in Birmingham and will see the best nations in the world competing for glory. Visit www.gymnasticsworldcup.co.uk for more information.

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Club’s young leader A WINTERBOURNE Tennis Club junior member is giving something back to club and community by coaching a group of even younger players.

Charlie Wells is currently carrying out his Duke of Edinburgh bronze award.

The 14-year-old is a keen allround sportsman and the tennis ambassador for Colston’s School.

He started playing tennis at WTC camps and joined the club at the age of 11.

As well as playing in the Grade 6 Tournament and Road to Wimbledon at WTC, Charlie has been running the Mini Reds, a tennis group for four to eight year olds on Saturday mornings, under the tutelage of club coach Imed Hamrouni, for the volunteering part of his DofE award. He says he wanted to give something back to the community with the sport that he loves.

Storm and Redland scupper WTC WINTERBOURNE Tennis Club’s Mixed 2nd Team had to take on Storm Freya as well as opponents Redland in a wet and windy Avon Winter Mixed League match.

The match was played as the Winterbourne Recreation Ground was gripped by barely playable weather conditions on the morning of March 3.

The wind was playing havoc on the courts but despite this, the WTC Team started the match enthusiastically and the men’s doubles team went the distance, with Jody Cockcroft and Rich Davey dropping the 1st Set 1-6, finding form in the 2nd set to take it 6-4, but succumbing in the 3rd set to lose it 2-6, resulting in a win for Redland by 2 sets to 1.

The Winterbourne Ladies team, Jane Kendrick & Cheryl Mc Murray, battled hard against the more experienced Redland Ladies but were beaten in straight sets 2-6, 3-6.

In the mixed doubles,

A rather damp but still cheerful Winterbourne Tennis Club team of Jody Cockcroft, Jane Kendrick, Cheryl Mc Murray and Rich Davey after the end of their storm-battered match against Redland.

Redland won both matches in straight sets, with WTC going down 1-6, 3-6 and 2-6, 1-6.

Overall, Redland won by 8 sets to 1, so collected the full 10 points.

It was a disappointing result for Winterbourne but it is always a difficult fixture against Redland, the largest tennis club in Bristol, so no disgrace at all for a plucky little village club.

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n SPORT MARCH has been a mixed bag for Frampton Cotterell’s first team but they still sit in the top four in the Gloucestershire Premier league.

The 1sts followed the fine home victory against Widden OB reported in last month’s Voice with an emphatic 32-12 home win against bottom side Gloucester Old Boys. But that was followed by a disappointing 41-15 away loss to secondbottom Gordon League. With an abandoned game from February at Cheltenham Saracens still needing to be replayed, coach Andy Jarrett is still confident of a top-four finish and an outside chance of promotion or play-off.

Frampton 2s still sit at the top of the Glos reserve league, even though they suffered two very close defeats in March. A very strong Avonmouth team beat Fram 5-3 away, although that meant a great losing bonus point. Fram then suffered a very disappointing 18-17 loss at Bristol Saracens. A pivotal moment was losing prop mark Smith with a very serious eye injury.

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Frampton cotterell Colts in action against Bletchley saw Frampton prop Pete Zaffiro play his 800th game, at home to Westbury-on-Severn VETs. It was a great milestone and fantastic achievement for a club stalwart: read the interview on page 46.

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the top of the Somerset Colts League despite a narrow 24-21 defeat at third-placed Nailsea.

Fram didn’t use wind and slope well enough first half but recovered with tries from Benny Burns, Matt Powell and Sam Purnell to claim a losing

bonus point. The team also hosted a touring team of 30 from Bletchley and lost 32-31 in a festival of rugby, with Fram tries coming from Cameron Smith, Charlie Willis, George Pearce, Nick Prior and Charlie Proe.

In the juniors, Frampton Under-11’s took the long drive to Stow-on-the-Wold for the GRFU Festival of Rugby, just a week after attending the Gloucester Rugby Land Rover Cup in Cheltenham. Across both weekends 20 players donned the FCRFC shirt and pitted their rugby talent against some tough opposition from Gloucestershire teams, with the conditions at Stow challenging due to the arrival of Storm Freya.

All the players competed with their opponents with some big tackles being made, excellent counter rucking and great team tries, all played with beaming smiles on their faces.

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Zaff reaches his 800th game Pete Zaffiro, the veteran Frampton Cotterell Rugby Club forward, has just played his 800th game for the club. Mike Weaver, another Frampton man who has already passed 800 games, talks to him about his long playing career.

What do you remember about your first game for Frampton?

That’s a hard one. It was the 1978/79 season - I think it was BAC away. I know we lost and really did not mind losing, totally different from what I was used to when I was playing football as a younger player. Mike Meeker

just said ‘there’s next week but let’s get on the beer now and enjoy today’.

What's your favourite memory of any game?

The Combination Plate final against Old Colstonians at Clifton RFC in 2004. I came on in the last 20, helped win a vital scrum and from there we scored to win the game. I will never forget that feeling and the sense of pride for my team mates.

And the worst?

Being sent off for dissent! I find it hard to control my mouth sometimes and it gets me into a lot of trouble.

What team do you most like playing against and why?

Chipping Sodbury, St Mary's, North Bristol; local derbies are the most intense games you can play – imagine losing and having and then drinking in the same pubs that year!

You have played most of your rugby in the front row, why is that?

Front rows have a massive respect for each other as it is the toughest position to be in and it’s a secondary battle within the game. Backs don’t get it as they have no understanding of the complexity of forward play.

There again what do back do on the pitch, bar whinge?!

Zaff in the early days

I'm sure scoring tries have been rare but can you remember one you scored that's worth a mention?

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Pete ‘Zaff’ Zaffiro has reached his 800th game for Frampton Cotterell.

All my tries are worth a mention, however when I scored 10 tries in 10 matches way back in the day, that was pretty special.

What's the most embarrassing thing you have done?

It was a home league game and first kick off: I was under the kick off. In front of a big crowd, I shouted ‘mine’ but stumbled backwards, fell down and the ball landed right on top of my head!

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Why have you stayed at Frampton?

There are always highs and lows in any club, but the reality is that Frampton is still a village side and you have very little movement of players, as some other clubs do. It’s easy to say that, as a club, we support each other as members and as friends and I believe that is still very true – it is a big extended family.

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