December 2016
southbristolvoice
25
... Front Room arts trail
... November 19 & 20
nda Cook of Artists First, a group for artists es, with their paintings in Holy Nativity church
Left: The Wild Duck café, a fixture at the art trail for several years, looks cosy and inviting in the fading November light
Above: Adrian Sykes, with daughter Molly, 6, specialises in intricate black and white drawings, often of cityscapes; the one above is of Hotwells and the Suspension Bridge • adriansykes.co.uk
We’re having a recycled Christmas
n, Amillia, Lukus and Zipporah with deputy ne Lamberta at the Knowle Park film show
feel like a real cinema
l
m
than a real cinema – every child got a hot dog, a drink and a bag of popcorn. The showing of the Disney film Zootropolis on November 16 raised £270 for the PTA. “It’s an experiment, as it’s our first time doing this, but we had 200 children coming along, which is great,” said PTA chair Caroline Lambert.
After-school club owner Clare, left, and shop manager Sara, right, with Arlo, Sammy, Scarlet, Jet and Della with one of the admired snowmen
CHILDREN at an after-school club are delighted after their window display for a Totterdown charity shop came second in a competition. Sara Scott, manager of the St Peter’s Hospice shop in Wells Road, was stuck for ideas on how to decorate her windows for Christmas until she asked Clare Bright, who runs Knowle’s Bright Futures club, for help. Clare put a crack team of seven four to eight-year-olds on to the task. Arlo, Scarlet, Sammy, Jet, Della, Ruby and Rafferty came up with lots of beautiful decorations, all of them made from recycled materials. There is a Christmas tree made from recycled charity leaflets and snowflakes made from plastic cutlery. But most eyecatching are three snowmen, named Albert, Snowy and Tom, made up of more than 1,000 disposable coffee cups. “Customers are always giving us compliments about them,” said Sara. “A lot have said they are going to copy the idea.” The shopfront was judged second best of all 19 St Peter’s shops in the area in the charity’s annual competition. One of the creators, Jet, 7, said: “It’s cool that we came second and I’m really glad we did it but it’s disappointing we didn’t win. “I really wanted to give the snowmen a big hug, but they are delicate so I had to give them a really light one.”
Got a story or any other inquiry? Call Paul on 07811 766072 or email paul@southbristolvoice.co.uk