Southmead News & What’s On Issue 79 May 2024 FREE DONATIONS WELCOME
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gold. Looking out that window, I could connect Southmead to the Olympic story and with it to countless trained for the Rome Olympics thousands of other communi�es here” the man said, as we both across the globe. But then the looked out from the café windows Olympics does have a habit of showing across the Greenway playing fields. up like this - connec�ng the global and Spoken as if he was making an the local, crea�ng all-too-rare underwhelming remark about the moments where we feel an authen�c weather, rather than reminiscing about connec�on with the rest of his middle-distance prowess on the humankind. Just the other week my world-stage in 1960. For a brief Dad – on holiday in Greece moment, I couldn’t quite believe what Whatsapped me a photo of him I’d heard. He’d come to visit Greenway standing with the Olympic torch and its to see the Gromit sculpture, part of the entourage. Des�ned to arrive in Paris 2018 public art trail, and where once for the beginning of this year’s Games he’d trained on the old Greenway Boys on 26th July, the torch had School running track - a state of the art unassumingly and by complete facility in its �me and used for regionhappenstance decided to go past his wide compe��ons (photo on page 2). hotel window. A fun, inspiring and Now my mind was sparking with unforge�able moment connec�ng him thoughts of spor�ng elites, the to the rest of the world. pinnacle, and histories of glory and
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INSIDE P.3 P.5 P.6
Southmead Fes�val Remembering Marion Our Community Places & Faces P.7 A New Community Service P.9 A Day Out with James P.10 Meadows to Meaders 5: All info for the show P.12 Climate Plan News P.13 Southmead Street Trees P.14 Memorial Garden Update P.17 Celebra�ng Our Steve P.18 Local Mee�ngs & Info