Hotwells News - Autumn 2005

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Community Newsh&ccaHOTWELLS & CLIFTONWOODCOMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

O117 [email protected]

New AdministratorWe now have a paid administrator to helpthe CA with some of the projects that weare due to deliver this year. Her name is

Camilla Kesterton and she lives locally inClifton Vale. Camilla will be working fromthe office in Hope Chapel, mainly onWednesdays and Thursdays. (see backpage for contact details)

Pool closure threatened

The ageing portfolio of nineteenth centuryswimming facilities in Bristol needed to berationalised. However, there was a firmunderstanding in the Councils own Swim-ming Strategy report that a Central areapool would be created, or failing that thesite of Bristol South pool would be refur-

bished as the best alternative candidatewithin a kilometre of the City Centre.Now the Council has reneged on that un-dertaking and we face the closure of ournearest neighbourhood pool.It is saddening that a great City such asours has such poor swimming provision inthe central area; the natural transport andleisure hub and that decision-makers seemblind to this obvious anomaly. If you feelstrongly about this there is an e-petitionyou can sign at www.bristol-city.gov.uk/item/epetition.html. The full council meets to

discuss this proposal on Sept. 29th

Danger on the Port-wayFollowing representations tothe Council by the CA, thingshave improved slightly onthe Hotwell Road wherework is being undertaken byWessex Water. Poor oldPlimsoll is still entombed inthe middle of the work and

no decision has yet beenmade about re-siting.

Sue Stops writes..Hotwells is feeling the loss of the PostOffice in many ways. It had become,with Brendas the greengrocer, themeeting place for many local people.This social side of Hotwells has almostdisappeared and local people are beingforced into cars to go to do their shop-ping elsewhere. It is a sad reflection onsociety today and on planning.

Land at Cliftonwood TerraceThe Council are proposing to offer the up-per portion of their site below CliftonwoodTerrace site on the open market on the

basis of a 999 year lease, subject to a cove-nant restricting the use to open space pur-poses. The adjoining site, currently used asan Esso petrol filling station, will not bemarketed at this stage.The property will be advertised, invitingbids for the site, by a specified date probably not before November. TheCouncil cannot give us any indication as toprice but ask us to bear in mind that theyare not obliged to accept the highest, norindeed any, bid received.For more information contact Emma Peddie

(see back page )

Argyle Place ParkA Prize Draw is being organized by the Ar-gyle Place Park Fundraising group to raisemoney for new play equipment. Prizes in-clude a free interior design service, a por-trait photography session, personalised sta-tionery, Bristol Zoo tickets, a meal for twoat The Lion pub, wine boxes, and variouscash prizes. The draw will be held at theHope Chapel Market on Saturday 17th De-cember. To buy tickets contact Kate

Strange on 927 6973.

Pub Licensing HoursThere is a lot of confusionabout how the new licensinglaws will operate and in par-ticular, disquiet concerningthe application by ThePump House to extend theiropening hours to 1 am onweekdays and 12 on Sun-

days. Many people, espe-cially in Rownham Mead,think it is too close to a resi-dential area.We hope to carry out a sur-vey of all the pubs in thearea to find out their inten-tions later in the year butmeanwhile, If you want tocomment on any applicationyou should e-mail:'[email protected]'

WILDLIFE IN HOTWELLSAugust was a very wet month, with the south west receiving 50% more rain than the aver-age, and less sunshine than usual. However, that didnt stop the wildlife in Cliftonwoodand Hotwells from making an appearance! A Hobby was spotted flying over Cliftonwood

Terrace this quite rare swift-like falcon has a penchantfor swallows, swifts and house martins. Flying thingshave been much in abundance, with Comma, Peacock,Small Tortoiseshell, and Orange Tip butterflies all spot-ted. A male Broad Bodied Chaser dragonfly rested awhile in our garden, providing an excellent photo oppor-

tunity. These beautiful insects are eight centimetres longwith a broad bright blue back (brown/yellow in females).Usually they are found near still water, so he must havebeen lost! If you see any interesting wildlife out andabout, please email [email protected]. Markas

Now, all the news

thats fit to print -ininincolour!colour!colour!We hope you like our new full-colour Hotwells News. Havingdiscovered that the cost ofprinting is affordable, we de-cided that the better qualityproduction of photos and bet-ter opportunities for advertis-ing, made it worthwhile toswitch. Let us know what you

like and dont like. After all,this is YOUR newspaper!


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On June 27th, there was an importantchange to waste collections for houses in

Bristol refuse and recycling is now col-

lected on the same day. The aim is to give you just one day to remember forputting out all your refuse. Make sure that it is put out somewhere clearly visi-

ble at the front of your property.The Council has also changed the total amountof rubbish that will be collected from eachhouse. You are allowed only one wheeled bin (or equivalent), plus your black recyclingbox(es) and any extra, untied carrier bags of recycling, from each household.There are some very good reasons for these changes. Every day, Bristol residents throwaway over 500 tonnes of rubbish. A special train is used to transport this to landfill sites.This is wasteful, expensive, and bad for the environment and peoples health. We are run-ning out of space for landfill sites, and the gases they produce are a cause of climatechange. It is also costing us more and more money the more we throw away, the moreCouncil Tax we will have to pay because of government charges and fines.Most of what we are throwing away could be re-used or made into something new. Thechanges to the service have been introduced to encourage residents to produce less rub-bish and to recycle more.If you live in a house (or a flat with space at the front to put out recycling) and dont havea black recycling box, call 922 3838 or email [email protected] one delivered for free. Please also call if youre not sure of your new collection day,or need extra boxes.If you live in a block of flats and dont have space to put out a black box, then you may beable to have communal recycling bins installed. Please contact the Council on the numberabove.You can find everything you need to know about recycling, including a comprehensive A-Z guide for recycling a wide range of materials at http://www.bristol-city.gov.uk/recycling, oryou can call the helpline on 922 3838, or email [email protected].

Danny Chivers, Environmental Campaigns Co-ordinator, Bristol City Council

Frequently recycled questions

What can I put into my black recycling box? Paper, newspapers, maga-zines, telephone directories, junk mail, rinsed glass bottles and jars, kitchenfoil, metal takeaway containers, rinsed metal food and drink cans, aerosolcans, engine oil (in a sealed container), batteries (in a labelled bag), specta-cles, clothes and shoes (in a plastic bag to keep dry), car batteries (place nextto box on a dry day).

Can I get any extra help to reduce or store my rubbish? Yes, you canarrange a visit from a Waste Doctor, who can visit your house and give you ad-vice on how to reduce your rubbish. If you live in a very large household, youmay be eligible for a larger wheeled bin. If you have physical difficulty in mov-ing your wheeled bin and / or black box out to the kerbside, the Council canmake extra arrangements for you. If you have a garden, then discount compostbins, for kitchen and garden waste, are available for 17 (including delivery).Free lids for black boxes are also available. For any of the above, please callthe helpline (922 3838).

What about furniture and large items? - The Sofa Project (954 3567) willcollect re-usable or repairable items if they are suitable for resale. Alternatively,try Emmaus (954 0886 they also sell second hand goods to the public), SueRyder (924 4910), the Missing Persons Charity (944 4648), SPACE (9555755), or the Kingswood Project (961 6226). If it is not suitable for re-use, callthe City Council on 922 3838 to arrange a disposal collection (they will take upto three items, there is a 15 charge except for people on benefits).

Think it through

before you throw it outh&ccaHOTWELLS & CLIFTONWOODCOMMUNITY ASSOCIATION


Auricular Acupuncture

&

Reiki Practitioner

Initial Consultation F.O.C.

Home visits can be arranged

Groups Facilitated

For more details please contact:Chris Beard on 07780 714612

[email protected]

New dental surgery inHotwellsThe Natural Smile is due to open atthe site of what was Brendas Fruitand Veg. Shop; it is hoped beforeChristmas, following the completionof refurbishment of the building.Initially there will be one dentist DrNicola Bone, and a hygienist, withroom for expansion to two fully op-erating surgeries soon after.Nicola has had 14 years experiencein dental practice, both here and inAustralia and is accomplished in awide range of dental treatment frombasic dental care and prevention to

a full range of more complex re-storative and cosmetic work.The practice will be private, with avery modern feel. It will be built withstrong ethical and environmentalprincipals in mindA waiting list is available at thepremises and information will soonbe available on the websitewww.thenaturalsmile.co.uk


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Community Forum - How to support yourcommunity (even if you havent got the time!)

Hotwells & Cliftonwood has an enviable reputation for being a friendly and caring community

but, like people in any urban neighbourhood we can each probably think of a dozen things,small or large, that could be done to improve the quality of life for everyone living here.

Your Community Association has worked for many years to represent the interests of local people to theCity Council and other agencies but the area is changing rapidly with much new housing, new people andnew challenges. Some residents may feel they have no way of expressing their views on local problems andannoyances. Some may feel they are not being adequately consulted by the CA or the City Council aboutchanges that affect them. Some newcomers may be unaware of the excellent work that is already going onthrough organisations like Community Links to try and resolve problems in our area.To try and improve this, the CA is setting up a new body Hotwells & Cliftonwood Community Forum.We believe that a new, active and more representative body will help us to strengthen our arguments formore resources for our neighbourhood.

Losses and gains

in Hotwells

Leftthe closure of thepost office

Rightnew paving inDowry Parade

How will Community Forum operate?

There will be three or four meetings a year, each with a major topic of localinterest (for example: traffic, pollution, open spaces). Wherever possible, wewill aim to invite officers from the Council or other professionals to contrib-ute to the debate. Meetings may also be convened at short notice in re-sponse to a topic of widespread concern. The aim will be to reach agree-ment on a local policy which will then become the responsibility of the CAmanagement committee to progress. In other words, the Community Forumwill not be just a talking shop but part of the machinery of local democracy.The next step

The CA management committee needs to agree terms of reference forCommunity Forum, set up the supporting structures and set a time and

topic for an inaugralmeeting. For thetime being we are

inviting any organisations operating in Hotwells &Cliftonwood to nominate a contact. If you are in-terested but havent heard from us, please ring ore-mail for a questionnaire so you can be regis-tered as a member of the Community Forum.

CommunicationThere is no substitute for a face-to-face debate and we would liketo encourage as many people as

possible to participate in this way.However, we recognise many of

you are too busy to attend regu-

lar meetings so Community Fo-rum will also operate as an elec-

tronic network with its own bulle-tin board and e-mail group. Pro-

posals will be sent to all members

prior to discussion. Comments

from all sources will be circulatedand made available to membersat the meetings.

Who can be a member?This will be open to representatives of any local organisation orindividuals representing local people in some way. Eg: Residents or

Tenants Associations, Street representatives, Schools, Churches,Traders, Health professionals, Local clubs or Political parties.

We are not aiming to exclude anyone with a particular skill thatmight benefit the Forum. The aim of inviting representatives from

local organisations is a practical one of creating an efficient net-

work but keep running costs low.


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Maggie lives in Cliftonwood where she brought up her son Will who now lives in

Canada. When I interviewed her she was shortly going to join him on a canoe-ing holiday on the Great Lakes. This will seem quite tame in contrast to her

VSO work in West Bengal, India.Maggie trained as a teacher and retired at 60 after her last job which had been fifteen years

at Hengrove Primary school. Retirement didnt mean sitting back and relaxing as she con-tinued as a volunteer both at Hotwells Primary and Brandon Hill schools.

This didnt pose enough challenge however so she tookup a two year VSO placement in rural West Bengal,from 2002, working for projects to improve the lives ofthe mostly low caste community. This included an educa-tion programme set up to provide training for teachersfor ten pre-primary centres for village children. Each cen-tre had an average of forty children aged 3-6 years, withtwo teachers and an assistant. The children attended forthree hours a day from 6.30am to avoid the heat. VSOhad been asked to send a teacher trainer (Maggie) towork with the teachers, encouraging them to introduce achild centred way of working, eg. to use low cost materi-als to make teaching aids and resources and aim to raisethe attendance at the schools especially amongst girls.

Maggie had found the teachers working with the children on forming letters only, in formalclassroom style, so she encouraged seating in circles rather than straight lines and praise forachievement, introducing simple creative work using natural materials found around them inthe village. Not surprisingly attendance figures went up.Maggie herself wore local costume, lived in a brick building which was a NGO campus, sohad her own ( not very private) room and could cook for herself. She did get fed up withthe constant rice diet and lost 2 stone in weight but otherwise enjoyed the variety of tropi-cal fruit. There were excavated ponds which were used as fish farms as well as the localbaths, for people and cows! Mosquitoes were an all year round risk of malaria and herelectric fan was unreliable in humid temperatures of 40 degrees. Phones and electricitywere erratic so Maggie would visit Calcutta once a month to phone or e-mail.Nevertheless Maggie wants to go back! She plans to go this autumn for three months andwould appreciate donations from the Hotwells and Cliftonwood community to sustain theschools as they rely on charity. Currently they exist on small contributions from the chil-drens guardians, and the teachers never receive a regular monthly wage. (which is just 5when they do get paid) It is mainly through their goodwill and dedication to their communi-ties that the centres remain open.Maggie gives the following reasons for trying to ensure that these educational centres re-main open: They give a positive experience to young children especially girls and low castechildren, ensuring that they continue in education. This means the literacy and numeracylevels are raised. Their parents are able to work in the fields and gardens where they sup-plement their food and income with crops such as rice, vegetables, chickens and a cow.

Village women are trained to be teachers giving them employment and status and the cen-tres also provide a meeting place for the community.If you would like to help, send cheques to Maggie at 27 Ambrose Road, payable to theBristol based Youth Education Service, Charity reg. No: 289848which will act as a banker.

Helen Smith

MEET YOUR NEIGHBOURMaggie Flanagan

The Beargreat hospitality in the

heart of Hotwellsreal ales * home-cooked food

served mon-fri (12.00 7.00pm)Sunday lunches (12.00-4.00pm)Friday barbequein beer garden

261-263 Hotwell Road, Bristol BS8 4SJ tel: 0117 987 7796 fax: 0117 987 0380

large function room with baravailable for all occasions

Christmas bookings nowbeing taken

4 mens & ladies darts teams - 2cribbage teams Be Bop Jazz Club -boules in the garden

h&ccaHOTWELLS & CLIFTONWOODCOMMUNITY ASSOCIATION


SHOOTS FLOATING

BAR & RESTAURANT

A la Carte dining Mon - Sat eveningsTraditional Sunday lunch.join us for a drink in our panoramic bar

. Tel:0117 9250597


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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

Kick Off Youth TheatreSince it started, 7 years ago, dozens ofyoung people have enjoyed taking part inits informal weekly sessions. We dontaudition our members; all we ask is thatthey are enthusiastic about making thea-tre! The sessions combine drama gameswith skill-based exercises, script workwith improvisation, and music with move-ment and dance. We stage at least oneproduction per age group each year,

when friends and family are invited tocome and watch everything from contem-porary plays or modern versions ofShakespeare, to devised pieces. Kick Offsparticipants enjoy being able to createtheir own material; learning how todramatise a script; and working towards aproduction for performance. Above all,they enjoy being able to relax and expressthemselves in a friendly and supportiveenvironment. If you think you would en-joy these things, too, then come alongMonday nights at the Hope Chapel,

Hotwells from September 12th.

Book ClubsHope Centre ClubThis is a very flexible book club(one might say it has soft covers)and the only 'rule' is that we meeton the third Wednesday of everymonth in the Meeting Room atHope Chapel at 8.00 pm.Titles to be read are selected byconsensus at each meeting and wenormally choose contemporaryfiction but sometimes also revisitprevious decades.We welcome new members; menor women. The current book isadvertised on HCCA noticeboards.

Any further details if neededfrom Paul, tel: 926 4921.

Cliftonwood Club

There's a new book group based inClifton Wood - all are welcome.We meet on once a month on Fri-days at 8:30pm in each othershomes. We take our novels seri-ously but not ourselves. Currentlywe are reading "Housekeeping" byMarilynne Robinson.Contact Stephen Perry 0117

904 0287

Tables TogetherThis is a very simple idea. Ifyou feel like enjoying a mealand a few drinks and meet-ing local people, just turn upat a restaurant at a pre-arranged time. The tableswill be put together and you

pay only for what you eatand drink. Its called TablesTogether and if people likethe idea it will happen at dif-ferent local eateries, Thefirst is booked for the newrestaurant at the Rose ofDenmark at 7:30pm on Oc-tober 28th. The menu iscalled The Best of English.Why not join us there?FFI: ring Mark or Marianon 9294646

Hotwells Primary SchoolChristmas FairCome along to Hotwells Primary School,Albermarle Row, on Saturday 10th De-cember from 2 to 4pm to buy all yourChristmas gifts. Presents to suit allpurses and ages including stocking fill-ers, plants and bulbs, jewelry and crafts.

Lots of fun activities to entertain thekids, too. And dont forget to buy yourChristmas tree here on sale in theplayground.

SABINA BOWLER-REEDBA HONS.

SOLICITOR1, Britannia Buildings, Merchants Road,

Bristol BS8 4QD

EXPERIENCED IN FAMILY LAW

Tel: 0117 9292118Email: [email protected]

www.bristolcommunitydancecentre.co.uk

HOPE MARKETSat OCT 15

th2-5pm

Sat NOV 19th

2-5pmSat DEC 17

th2-5pm

At Hope ChapelHope Chapel Hill

Jewellery, Art, Clothes, Books,Accessories, Cake, Objects andmoreMore info or book a stall: [email protected] 07773370698/07840 290225

h.a.n.d.sFun games and activities atHotwells and NeighbourhoodDaycare Scheme

Open daily from 24 october to 1 No-

vember 2005 from 8.30 am to 6.00

pm at Hotwells Primary School.

16.00 per day

Tel:0117 926 8372 for more informa-

tion or to book a place for your child

Brunel 200Next year marks the bicen-tennial of Brunels birth andBristol Cultural DevelopmentPartnership has a fund for pro-

moting arts events in Bristol tomark the occasion. Wenow know that, thanks to Sue Stops, we haveobtained some of this money for our own lo-cal celebrations. This will probably include anArt Exhibition at CREATE and a repeat of thepopular Art on the Railings event that washeld a couple of years ago. Sue hopes we willround it off with a massive street party.Sounds great, so ideas or offers of help arewelcome and watch out for more detailsnearer the date.

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LRT is dead, long live BER!Some of you may remember the little electric train that ran up and down the quay at Wapping Wharf be-tween 1998 and 2000. This was the experimental Bristol Electric Railbus and now the Light Rail Transit

scheme has priced itself out of existence the promoters of this more modest enterprise are hoping theirhour has come.

It is claimed BER will cost only 2.4 million to provide a 15 min-ute service between Wapping Wharf and Ashton on existing

track with 6 stops and only 4 million for the full route to theCity Centre. There is talk of hydrogen power in the proposalbut none about market research. If it were there, would youuse it? All comments welcome.

...and another form of transportre-appears in Clifton

Seeing the Rocks Railway opened for inspection on

Transport Weekend in May for the first time was a

revelation.The volunteers who haveworked to make it safe andclean enough for public ac-

cess have performed mira-cles and were rewardedwith a terrific turnout. Somuch survives from its che-quered history that it mustsurely be worth creating asmall museum on the siteto add to the visitor attrac-tions around the suspen-sion bridge, even if com-plete restoration provesimpractical.

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Ray Smith (Chair)0117 927 7034([email protected])Newsletter & web site

Dennis Gornall (Secretary)0117 930 0389([email protected])Youth Club

Brenda McLennan (Treasurer)0117 934([email protected])Projects

Rachel McNally0117 922 0724([email protected])Events

Mike Timmins0117 929 1804([email protected])Open spaces

Stella Bland0117 9237576([email protected])Communications

James Smith0117 934 9399([email protected])CHASE

Emma Peddie0117 9230343([email protected])School Liaison

Pauline Barnes

0117 9211785([email protected])Community Links

Camilla Kesterton

0117 9291883([email protected])Administration

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CONTACTSThese are current members of the CA management committee with their main areas of responsibility

Hotwells & Cliftonwood Community Association, Hope Chapel, Hope Chapel Hill, Hotwells, Bristol,

BS8 4ND tel: 0117 9291883 e-mail: [email protected]

Sui GenerisHair & Beauty

255 HOTWELL ROAD,HOTWELLS, BRISTOL BS8 4SF

BOOKING & ADVICE LINE

0117 925 3611

www.sui-generis.me.uk

Specialist in Floor Maintenance,Carpets, Windows and Daily

Office Cleaning.Fully Insured

G. J. TREASURECLEANING CONTRACTORS5 Britannia Buildings

Merchants RoadHotwells

Bristol BS8 4QD

Tel: (0117) 9290578 Fax: 9144316

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