Welcome!

Welcome to the summer edition of Vocalise, the community magazine for St. Pauls, St. Werburghs, St. Agnes and Montpelier.

Welcome to the summer edition of Vocalise and welcome to summer! Kicked off nicely with the return of St Pauls Carnival. I spent carnival with my dad who always used to bring me to carnival as a little girl. This time it was me holding on to him and making sure he wasn’t swept away by the crowds. My dad came to Bristol 65 years ago as a young teenager and remembers being at the first carnival. It was great to see elders and youngers partying together. We have a carnival update for you on page 19.

A someone who’s descendants came to this country at that time I’ve also enjoyed celebrating the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Windrush ( depicted on our front cover). There is some hyper local history for you on page 16, find out all about Montpelier, I always knew there was more to the old E than met the eye.

We have an interview with Jendayi Serwah from Ujima. Ujima is the Swahili word for “collective work and responsibility” and as always so many the projects featured, the carnival, the Home Language Café, Bristol Energy Network have shown once again the amazing power of community in our area.

What a great place to live!

Lucille info@vocalisemagazine.org vocalisemagazine.org

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Published by:

Vocalise Bristol CIC Backfields House Upper York Street Bristol BS2 8QJ

Vocalise Bristol CIC

Co-ordinated and designed by: Julia Widz

Thanks to all our volunteers and directors.

Vandna Mehta (Founder)

Judit Davis (Director)

//Kabbo Hue Qua (Directors)

Julia Widz (Project Manager)

Laila Garzón Deguer (Project Assistant)

Ian Jones

Lucille Smith

Hilary Finch

George Dunn

Bob Lawson

Also special Thanks to all our contributors.

Front cover:

Empire Windrush murual to celebrate 75th anniversary from Flickr, by Gioconda Beekman.

Vectors and from: Vecteezy.com.