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www.southbristolvoice.co.uk WIDEST CIRCULATION IN SOUTH BRISTOL - 12,000 COPIES OF THIS EDITION August 2022 — Issue 80 FREE EVERY MONTH IN BEDMINSTER, SOUTHVILLE, KNOWLE, TOTTERDOWN, ASHTON, ASHTON VALE & WINDMILL HILL
Marching for our meadows
Broadwalk Shopping Centre plans unveiled to a mixed response PAGE 5
Redcatch Park saved from the phone mast PAGE 6
Reuse and Recycling Centre opens PAGE 9
What’s On guide for the coming month
Campaigners of all ages marched to try and save the Meadows. Photo: Oren Taylor
By Jane WiIlliams CAMPAIGNERS recently marched through Brislington Meadows in protest at the proposed destruction of a Site of Nature Conservation Interest (SNCI). Save Brislington Meadows hope the event will have drawn more attention to
PAGE 25 the long-running battle for the Meadows. The application to build 260 houses on South Bristol’s ancient meadow has already received hundreds of objections. The applicant is Homes England, central government’s housing enabler. On the Save Brislington
Meadows Facebook group, locals have shared their frustration at the plan as well as their affection for the meadows: “I can honestly say that Brislington Meadows saved my sanity during the first lockdown,” reads one comment. The march was well attended with approximately 60 residents Continued on page 3
Celebrity interview with Jason Donovan PAGE 29
Three pages of local history stories PAGES 34-36
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