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Use or lose new bus service . . page 6Transport forum warning over new 19a route

Sir Bernard Lovell honoured . . pages 12 & 13Special day in Oldland for radio astronomer

Safety concerns over Keynsham crossing . page 15Bath Hill courtesy crossing is confusing, say residents

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Read by over 30,000 people every week20th October 2016

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2 The Week in • Thursday 20th October 2016

The current craze of people dressing and behaving in an anti-social and threatening way has come to the Hanham andKeynsham area.Last Wednesday night police were called to Hanham Youth Clubafter two 'clowns' frightened the young people enjoyingthemselves there.Sandy Hore-Ruthven, chief executive of Creative Youth Network,which runs the club, said it had been Year 7 night at the club andthere were lots of young people inside at the time.“Two people, we don't know who, turned up with the intention offrightening the young people which they duly did. We called thepolice.”It is understood the clowns did not enter the club itself butfrightened the youngsters by appearing at the windows. Mr Hore-Ruthven added: “We take this seriously. The peoplebehind this may think it is fun but it is not funny for a lot of youngpeople.” The so-called 'killer clown' craze began in America. There havealso been reports on social media in recent days of 'clowns'hanging around in Keynsham, and claims that some have had BBguns (air guns that shoot pellets). Other people dressed asclowns have been spotted in Longwell Green.Mr Hore-Ruthven said the clowns in Hanham were notbrandishing weapons as far as youth club leaders were aware.Police say they have received several reports of people dressedas clowns and behaving in an anti-social and threatening mannerfollowing a number of similar incidents across the country.Inspector Julie Knight, of the Local Policing Directorate, said: “Wedon't want to stop people enjoying themselves but we'd like to askpeople to consider how their behaviour will affect others.“These incidents can potentially be very distressing andfrightening for those involved and we are taking all reports madeto us seriously.“Anyone involved in intimidating or threatening behaviour maywell end up committing an offence, being arrested and having acriminal record and we'd urge them to think carefully about theconsequences of their actions.“We're aware of a number of social media groups raisingconcerns about this type of behaviour and we'd ask people torefrain from taking matters into their own hands and to reportanything they are worried about to us.“We'd also like to remind people that in dealing with these issues

valuable police resources are also being used, potentiallyimpacting on our capacity to respond to other more seriousincidents.”Anyone with information can report it to viawww.avonandsomerset.police.uk/contact-us/tell-us-something

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'Clowns' terrify youngstersat youth club

Dr Sophia Hulbert came to the September social morning ofthe Bath & District branch of Parkinson's UK and highlightedthe beneficial effects of music and dance on balance,posture, gait, flexibility, sociability and quality of life.

Social meetings are not just for people with Parkinson's andtheir carers, but for anyone with an interest in helping in anyone of the ways needed.

The branch has a new venue at the Talbot Inn in Bath Road,Keynsham, for social coffee mornings. There will be ameeting on Tuesday 25th October from 10am to noon andthen on the last Tuesday of each month.

Contact Hazel Mitchell on 0117 3360476 to find out more.

Structural maintenance work on the viaduct at BromleyHeath will mean the complete closure of that section of theAvon Ring Road, bringing huge disruption for bothmotorists and local residents.The 52-week project is set to start in April but SouthGloucestershire Council has yet to reveal how long the A4174ring road at Bromley Heath will need to be closed to two-waytraffic. This week it said it would be publicising details as soon as theplans are finalised. A £15.5m grant from the Government's Challenge Fund is beingused for maintenance and improvement work on the ring roadbetween the A38 at Filton and the A4 at Hicks Gate. Thisincludes work on the carriageway, footpaths, cycleways andstreet lighting, as well as structural maintenance for the viaductat Bromley Heath, Avon Valley Bridge and Filton subway. There are already huge traffic problems connected with theMetroBus works which were highlighted at SouthGloucestershire's Public Transport Forum last Monday.Bristol city councillor Lesley Alexander, who represents FromeVale, told the meeting that there was “chaos” in her wardbecause of the Stoke Lane roadworks and some people werelosing their jobs as a result of being so late to work, whilechildren were not getting to school on time.


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Cllr Pat Hockey told the Forum that theBromley Heath roadworks would bring“huge disruption” and it was important thatpeople knew what was coming and what todo.The meeting heard that council officers arein discussion with bus operators aboutalternative routes.This week a South Gloucestershire Councilspokesperson told us: "Improvements to ourroad network are planned up until March2018 across South Gloucestershire as partof the Challenge Fund. This includesresurfacing further sections of the A4174 ring road, which willinvolve further closures, and improvements to the A403 inAvonmouth."An Item has been added to the agenda of the next PublicTransport Forum meeting in January to discuss the ChallengeFund programme and provide updates on other majorinfrastructure work in South Gloucestershire.“Over the last year we have carried out around 50,000m2 (anarea covering almost seven football pitches) of resurfacing onthe A4174 ring road with little disruption to commuter andbusiness traffic. As with the previous work, we will utilise

weekend and night time closures where possible to reduce theimpact on businesses and commuters whilst we carry out theseessential maintenance works.“We are currently working on a programme of improvements forthe Bromley Heath area, and will publicise details of this workas soon as the plans are finalised.”

• The southbound carriageway of the A4174 is currently closedovernight for maintenance from the Kingsfield Roundabout atLongwell Green to Avon Valley Bridge until the end of theOctober. The road is fully open during the day and at weekends.

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The ring road at Bromley Heath

People are being warned that they must “use or lose” busservice changes being brought in next month in the wakeof public pressure.Last month bus company First' axed the 17a Southmead toKeynsham route and switched the route of the 37 Bristol to Bathservice so instead of going through Bitton, Swineford andKelston it turns off at Willsbridge and goes via Keynsham.There was an outcry about the changes and as a result Firstworked with South Gloucestershire Council to put on a short-term stop-gap - the 19b - to provide an hourly off-peak servicefrom North Common to Keynsham and the Chandag Estate.From 14th November there will be a change to the 19 service(Cribbs Causeway to Bath via Bitton) so that one bus an hourwill operate from Cadbury Heath via Oldland Common andKenilworth Drive to Keynsham and then on to Bath via the A4through Saltford and Newton St Loe. Numbered the 19a, it will be supported by South Glos Council.In turn this will allow the 37 to revert to its route along the A431into Bath. At last Monday's meeting of the South Glos Public TransportForum, the council's transport operations manager Roy Steelesaid the “brutal message” to the public was that they must “useit or lose it” as there is funding for 18 months only and it couldnot be subsidised beyond then. “It has to bear fruit very quickly,” he said.Letters, page 10


'Use or lose bus services'

A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of robbery inconnection with an incident in which a blind man was robbed inKingswood in the early hours of Wednesday 14th September.

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Arrest made in connectionwith robbery

This year's Annual Candles of Remembrance Service will be held atKeynsham Methodist Church in High Street, on Saturday 12thNovember, starting at 3pm.This is an opportunity to remember babies and children who havedied, whatever the age, circumstances and whether the loss wasrecent or sometime ago.The service includes poems, music, prayers, songs, and a roll callof the children's names. After the service refreshments are served in the hall.Everyone is welcome.

Annual Candles ofRemembrance service


As phase two of the libraries consultation gets under way,Save Hanham Library members were this week due tolaunch a “new and stronger campaign” against reducedstaffing and the proposed introduction of a self-servicesystem.The new plans from South Gloucestershire Council include asavings target reduced from £650,000 to £500,000, whichmeans that staffed hours at libraries across the district wouldnot be slashed by as much as previously anticipated.And 'open access' technology that would mean extendedopening hours when no staff are on duty, potentially from8.30am to 7.30pm, seven days a week (for all library users over16), is also being proposed.Investment in this Open Plus technology would cost up to£400,000 in one-off funding not available to spend annually onrunning costs.The council is proposing that libraries are divided into 'tiers'based on their usage levels, arranged into geographic 'clusters'to enable staffed hours to be coordinated at a local level andgiven a staffed opening hours pattern which reflects local use.People are being asked to put forward which days and times

they want their libraries staffed. Over the course of the year there has been widespreadopposition from library users across South Glos to the prospectof cuts, with the campaign in Hanham being one of the mosthigh profile. Abi Unwin, from the Save Hanham Library (SHL)team, said the proposal for Hanham is that staffed hours wouldbe 26 per week - more than the originally proposed 18 per week

but less than the current 40 hours.She said: “There is an option for a request to parish councils tofund extra staffed hours if the public want this and SHL will bepursuing this option further as we feel that there are no times inthe week where Hanham Library isn't well used. There are noevents or activities which aren't highly valued. We don't want tomake this choice, we want to keep our library fully staffed andopen at its current levels. And if there is a way this can beachieved, we will put pressure on our local councillors and MPto ensure we get the service we need and value so highly.”Hanham campaigners are also challenging the risk assessmentprocess for Open Plus as well as the openness andtransparency of the initial consultation as they believe openaccess should have been clearly explained to the public in theinitial consultation document. They say it was barely mentionedat all, yet now it is the preferred and proposed way forward.Campaigners also believe the council is justifying future cuts inthe small print of the proposals. The library service Q&Adocument mentions: “The hours may change depending on theoutcome of the consultation. We will continue to review them inthe future to reflect changing needs and demands within SouthGloucestershire.”The consultation process will run until 2nd January. Full detailsare available at www.southglos.gov.uk/librarychanges andconsultation documents are available in all council libraries andOne Stop Shops. There will be two public meetings to discussthe proposals - at Yate Library on Tuesday 1 November at 7pmand Kingswood Library on Thursday 7th November at 7pm.Letters, page 10

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How we can get a properone-way system Dear Editor,I was surprised to read in your article inlast week's issue that the one-way traffictrial would in effect only have one-waytraffic on Keynsham High Street and thatthis would not apply to buses, taxis orbikes. The reason given was the cost ofproviding new bus stops to replace thosein Ashton Way and the High Street. Itsounds very like the system introducedat Bristol city centre a few years agowhich resulted in at least one pedestrianfatality.I would like to suggest a simple solution;use the car parking area on the HighStreet for bus stops. This would have theadvantage of removing the current roadobstruction that occurs when buses stopat the current stops. Eventually someexpenditure would be needed to createbus shelters and raised kerbs, but thatwould be unnecessary for a short trial. We could then have a proper gyratorysystem with all traffic flowing in the Bathdirection along the High Street and in theBristol direction along Ashton Way.Buses travelling from Bath to Bristolwould have to do a complete circuit todrop off and collect passengers from theHigh Street. Buses from Bristol to Bath

would no longer have to divert alongAshton Way. The system would be saferand work better if traffic from the Tescocar park could only leave via CharltonRoad and could only enter the car parkfrom Bristol Road.

While it would be nice to have apedestrianised High Street, theadditional traffic generated by thehundreds of new homes being builtaround Keynsham makes thisimpractical.Finally, I am puzzled by the cost of theplanned trial. All it would seem to needis a large number of traffic cones, a fewtemporary traffic signs and a few peoplearound to sort out problems when itstarts. Surely this cannot cost £200,000. Keynsham resident

Nurses' reunion a success Dear Becky & Stephen,Thank you for including the informationabout our Winford Orthopaedic Hospitalreunion in The Week In. You may bepleased to know the day was a noisysuccess with about 50 nurses attending. Thank you once again. Mrs P McVeigh Yate


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LettersMore bus depairDear Editor,Some good and bad news. FromMonday 14th November, First will belaunching the new 19a service. It's theservice that will operate between CribbsCauseway and Bath via Keynsham, andwill operate Monday to Saturday up untilaround 8pm (timetable is on thetravelinesw.com website under'Timetable lookup'). However, the 19a isn't timetabled to useOldland Common. The route of the 19ais set to be the same as the 19 fromCribbs Causeway until The GrangeSchool. After this, the 19a will travelalong Mill Lane, then Cloverlea Road inNorth Common. It will then use OldlandCommon High Street, and Willsbridge(Kenilworth Drive) before Keynsham andonwards to Bath. Once again, Oldland is being left out.There are NO bus stops along OldlandCommon High Street. Why isn't the 19agoing to be using the same route fromNorth Common to Keynsham as the17a? There are four stops along NorthStreet and West Street in Oldland. Thenew 19a will be missing out on all fourstops! First cancelled the 17a as it wasn't“viable” - well how is it “viable” to operatea service along a road where there areno stops? The 42 also uses North Street and WestStreet. The 19a needs to too! The routemight take two minutes longer, but willbe serving Oldland Common - as wewere promised, and will take in fourstops in each direction! First Bus don't

seem to want to listen to me - will theylisten to this reader's letter? Or like I didfor the 17a, do I create a new petition?Scott SalterOldland Common councillor PaulHughes tells us his he is puttingpressure on First to get the 19a routedthrough West Street and North Street –Ed.

Relic of the past?Dear Sir,While visiting Keynsham Library I saw the fascinating display cabinet featuring the 2016 burial of a time capsule. On examining carefully the list of contents, I can't help thinking that the organisers have omitted something. Something which in years to come will evoke immense nostalgia for what we have previously enjoyed and are now losing: the bus timetable! John Norfolk Whitchurch Village

Extra time?Dear Stephen,When I was in Cadbury Heath Librarythe other day, I came across a very smallcard stating there is a consultation onthe future of library services. I discovered in South GloucestershireCouncil's website that there is currentlynow a second consultation on the resultof the first consultation. It is called'Changes to Library Services Phase 2 -the second phase of consultation onchanges to the Library Service'.Option 2 is 'As per Option 1 but with aone-hour break in staffed hours overlunchtime'. Then asks 'If Option 2 wasused, how do you feel the additional

hour should be used?'. If I understandthat correctly, this 'additional' hour is notan extra library hour but refers to staff'sunpaid lunch break.Michael Armstrong, Longwell Green

Fears of further cuts tolibrary serviceDear Stephen,What's the latest proposal for HanhamLibrary? Later openings/earlier closing times, closed all day Friday andSaturday afternoon! Open access to swipe into an unstaffed building. If problems occur and a security guard isneeded, the money comes out of thestaffed hours budget. Already SouthGloucestershire Council are justifyingfuture cuts in the small print of thisproposal. Save Hanham Library say no to OpenPlus? Say you don't accept cuts to awell-used and necessary service.Don't let this open access be the start offurther cuts. Abi UnwinSave Hanham Library

Coffee morning thanksDear Sir,We would like to say a very big thankyou to all who attended, contributed andhelp make our Macmillan coffee morningsuch a great success.A total of £377.17 was raised whichpassed our last year's total. Again a verybig thank you to all. Pat Britton Stirling Way Coffee Morning ClubKeynsham


LettersKnitters neededDear Editor,As the nights are drawing, in we areasking our knitting customers who comeinto store to knit some baby blankets andhats for the special care baby unit atSouthmead Hospital and, as thetemperatures are starting to drop, hatsand scarves for the homeless in Bristol.Please bring them to me on the lastWednesday of each month and I willforward on to the relevant charities.Tracy CannardPR AmbassadorSainsbury's, Emersons Green

Bypass would onlyincrease traffic Dear Editor,Having lived with the perpetual noiseand pollution from the Keynsham bypassfor so many years, we feel compelled toadd weight to Andy Halliday's comments(Issue 444) regarding a possible Saltfordbypass which has been signed off byB&NES Council. If a bypass was built in Saltford we wouldnot only lose valuable Green Belt, butpossibly some of our community forest.The remaining land would be built onand the people living alongside thebypass would have to put up with theconstant noise and pollution from theroad, same as the residents both sidesof the Keynsham bypass. People livingnear the Broadmead roundabout wouldnot only have the A4, but a bypassbehind which would not be a bundle offun.

The people of Corston would also bevictims of increased traffic. Experienceshows that when a major road is built,houses are built near them and anincrease in traffic. You only have to lookat the ring road to see evidence of this. Reg Williams has talked about losingGreen Belt if a car park was builtalongside a possible Saltford Stationreopening, but far more Green Beltwould be lost to a bypass. Some weeks ago, we asked B&NESCouncil if any air monitoring is done onthe housing estates alongside theKeynsham bypass, but as yet we havenot received a reply. We know that a Saltford bypass is only aproposal, but in our experience, thesethings do tend to come to fruition. Irene Pearce & Maurice Hanson

Playing politics Dear Stephen,Last week Andy Halliday, the Lib Demprospective candidate in the forthcomingby-election for Keynsham East TownCouncil, heavily criticised the currentB&NES administration for puttingforward a Joint Spatial Plan, proposingaffordable homes, job creation, andleisure facilities on the BroadmeadPeninsula, whilst also addressing thelooming problems of climate change,traffic pollution, flood alleviation, droughtwater storage and environmentalsafeguards for future generations. Hang on Andy, aren't you merely makinga political point? Back in 2013, the then Lib Dem leader ofthe council, Paul Crossley, his Cabinetand Keynsham Town Council, were fullysupportive of these visionary proposalsfor the creation of hundreds of innovativehomes and jobs in North East

Keynsham. See http://tinyurl.com/hb7rp4x andhttp://tinyurl.com/zmr47ve Should you not be supporting trulyaffordable homes and long-termemployment prospects for thosehundreds of desperate people? Dave LamingChairman of the River RegenerationTrust Member of the Strategic River Groupof B&NES Council

Cycle lane obstruction Dear Sir,I was cycling past Keynsham RugbyClub at about half past ten on Sundaymorning, only to find that the cycle lanehad been blocked with two traffic cones.

When I returned 40 minutes later to takethe attached photo, the cones were stillthere. There was no one in the RugbyClub car park or nearby to ask aboutthis.Is this illegal? With so few cycle lanes inKeynsham, it is unacceptable to blockthe few that there are. Edmund


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Oldland Common

Special weekend to celebrate the lifeAn exhibition about the life and achievements of SirBernard Lovell will be staged next month when a blueplaque to commemorate the great scientist is unveiled athis childhood home in Oldland Common.The pioneering astronomer and physicist, who died four yearsago, aged 98, was born and brought up in a cottage on thecorner of West Street and Court Road, where his father Gilbert

was in business with a brother as hairdresser/barber and cyclerepair shop.The plaque, which has been commissioned by Bitton ParishCouncil, will be unveiled at the house on Saturday 12thNovember. Six local schools are involved in producing work forthe exhibition which will be held at St Anne's Church Hall on the Saturday and Sunday. It will then go on display at The Sir


Bernard Lovell Academy.Sir Bernard Lovell, who was knighted in 1961, founded the JodrellBank space telescope in Cheshire and last Tuesday members ofthe education team at the observatory spent the day at the SBLAcademy in Oldland, working with pupils from five primary schoolsin the morning and then pupils from the secondary school in theafternoon.Cherry Garden Primary School pupils are exploring early years andformal education while youngsters at The Meadows are studyinghis time at Bristol University and his early work.The development of his work during the Second World War isRedfield Edge Primary School's topic while St Anne's pupils are

finding out about Jodrell Bank.His international research and space exploration is beinginvestigated by The Sir Bernard Lovell Academy and his later lifeand interests is the topic for St Barnabas' Primary School. Representatives of Bitton Parish Council attended last Tuesday'sevent, as did one of Sir Bernard's daughters, daughter JudySpence, who lives near Bath.At the afternoon session, pictured, enthusiastic students quizzedthe team from Jodrell Bank about the big bang, black holes,wormholes, quasars and the universe in general.

and times of Sir Bernard Lovell

Judy Spence holds the sign that hung outside herfather's home in West Street

A young Bernard Lovell with his parents


Willsbridge

Police pursuitCould you help thePoppy Appeal?

Police arrested an 18-year-old on suspicion of dangerousdriving last Monday afternoon at about 4.15pm. He had failed to stop for officers earlier. His vehicle washalted by police in Willsbridge and hit a garden fence onBath Road.The teenager was later released on police bail, pendingfurther inquiries.

The Royal British Legion is looking for dedicated andenthusiastic people in the area to join its army of volunteers forthis year's Poppy Appeal.Volunteers can becomea Poppy AppealOrganiser (PAO), or acollector. A PAO willwork with a communityfundraiser to ensurethere are enoughcollectors in the area,organise a collectingrota, order and arrangedistribution of poppiesand other materials,brief collectors and collect, count and deposit the money raisedduring the appeal.Meanwhile Poppy Appeal collectors are the face of the Legionduring the Poppy Appeal and help provide as manyopportunities as possible for people to wear a poppy. Collectorsneed to be aged over 16 to collect in the street (unless collectingas part of a group).To volunteer, contact Sue Potepa on 0776 879 4939 or [email protected]

There are calls for an urgent review of the courtesycrossing at the top of Bath Hill after a number of nearmisses.Safety concerns surrounding the cobbled crossing just belowthe mini-roundabout are a current topic of debate on theKeynsham Streetlife website.Sarah Fox said she worried about the many people who seemto think it is a proper crossing:” I've even had to jam my brakeson when coming back down off the roundabout, and nearly hada van rear end me on one occasion, to avoid pedestriansembarking on the crossing. If I don't stop, I've noticed peoplelooking cross because they seem to think I should havestopped. “I think people regard the cobbled area as a proper crossingbecause there is the bollarded area in the middle, plus loweredpavements which assumedly are for wheelchair users. Thealternative is to trek down the hill (not easy in a wheelchair) tothe pelican crossing by the park entrance and back up the hill,which obviously is not what most people want to do. “I worry that one day someone is going to get knocked down orthere will be a car shunt (worst case scenario, a combination ofboth). I wonder if we shouldn't have it made into a propercrossing, but how would that affect traffic coming off the miniroundabout?”Pat Harris said it was quite safe and easy for drivers coming upthe hill at a slow speed to allow people to cross from theSainsbury's side onto the central 'reservation', putting theoncoming driver (and their followers) in an often unsafe andawkward position at quite a perilous point. He said: “I think a proper crossing at that point would still causeproblems. Keynsham seems to have a habit of havingcrossings too close to corners and roundabouts which justcause back-up, safety and traffic flow issues throughout thetown.” He feels a possible solution would be to move the pelicancrossing further up the Bath Hill and maybe replace it with azebra, and to have safety railings at the more dangerous points.He added: “Sadly, our forthcoming traffic review will not beconsidering the option of a fuller pedestrianisation of our mainshopping area, which in my view is a great shame.”He has emailed the road safety department at Bath & NorthEast Somerset Council, asking that officers urgently review the

courtesy crossing at that point.Sarah Fox, who is a member of Keynsham Action Network, saidshe would raise the matter at the next steering meeting at thebeginning of November.

Other areas for concernMr Harris has also pointed out other places he feels neededserious consideration for pedestrian safety in Keynshamincluding across Avon Mill Lane at its junction with Bath Hill,across Bath Hill East, on the Wellsway, where people cross togo down to Dapps Hill, at Danes Lane (Tesco approach), andthe Talbot pub to the tyre business on Bath Road.


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Concerns that courtesy crossingis unsafe

The next meeting of Keynsham Neighbourhood Development'sBusiness, Employment & Economic Growth topic group will beheld on Monday 31st October at 7.30pm in the Town Counciloffice, 15 - 17 Temple Street.

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St George

Bagpipes to herald the launch ofnew play areaThe Friends of Troopers Hill, the volunteers who help carefor the nature reserve, have chosen an unusual way tocelebrate the new play area on Troopers Hill Field thisweekend. The celebration event will start at 11.30am on Saturday (22ndOctober) at the top of Troopers Hill with the sound of thebagpipes and drums of the Avon Glen Pipes and Drums driftingout across the heather-covered slopes.The band will lead a brief procession, on level ground, to andaround the outskirts of Troopers Hill Field, ending at the newplay area for a few welcoming words after which the youngchildren of the lead volunteers of the two-year project will pullribbons to officially open the playground. The play area, imaginatively design by Wicksteed Playgrounds,is very much in keeping with the green space where it has beenbuilt. An activity trail for five to 11-year-olds provides fun andhealthy play activities within less than 10 minutes' walkingdistance from two local primary schools. There is also a new a fenced play area for under-fives and aTarmac path leading to it. This play area features a memoryswing which allows an adult and a child to swing together facingeach other, a wooden train complete with tracks, a slide setwithin clambering logs, a springer seesaw that can be used byup to four children, 'talking flowers' that children can use tospeak to each other, more swings, low benches set in thecentre, and grass areas with mounds for active play orpicnicking. Landfill Communities Fund trusts Veolia and SUEZ havefunded the majority of the £80,000+ project.The activity trail and under-fives play area make it easy for localchildren to play close to their homes, without needing to accesstransport. The Friends hope that children coming to the playarea will also discover all the opportunities for natural playoffered by the 20-acre Troopers Hill Local Nature Reservewhich is directly accessed via Troopers Hill Field.Playing Out, the organisation that helps parents to start playsessions in their streets, will be represented by Jo Chesterman

at the celebration. She will bring bubbles, chalks and skippingropes to add to the fun and will be ready to talk to parentsinteresting in setting up Playing Out schemes. Playing Out has recently been awarded a grant to increase thenumber of Playing Out schemes in the St GeorgeNeighbourhood Partnership area.Wicksteed Playgrounds' area sales manager Lynne Eggintonwill also be at Saturday's celebration and will have 50 goodiebags to hand out.


Edith enjoying her 2nd birthday on the memoryswing with her mum Beth

Saltford Antiques & Collectors Fair celebrates its first yearanniversary with the next event at Saltford Hall on Sunday30th October from 10am to 3pm.Organiser Mark Thomas will be donating all entrancemonies taken at the October fair to the Eve Appeal cancercharity. The café at the hall will be open providing refreshmentsduring the fair.

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Kingswood-based charity Jessie May has received morethan £18,000 after designer handbag brand Mulberrysupported the cause with an exclusive sample sale eventin London.The pop-up handbag sale saw thousands of people flock toSouth Molton Lane to bag a bargain and Jessie May volunteerswere on hand to man the cloak room and collect donations overthe five-day event. Jessie May's head of fundraising, Julian Withers, said: “It isabsolutely wonderful that Mulberry have chosen to support usand have allowed us to receive donations from their event. “The incredible amount raised will fund one of our Jessie Maynurses for six months, providing medical care, support andadvice to families of terminally ill children within their ownhomes.“Mulberry has supported us as a charity for around a year nowand we are so grateful. Generous corporate support like this isvital for us to continue our work.”It costs around £1m a year to provide care and the charity isalmost entirely dependent on public support fundraisers.Jessie May has also started working in partnership with NaomiHouse providing care in the home to 30 terminally ill children inWiltshire.For more information, visit www.jessiemay.org.uk

Keynsham

First World War exhibitionKeynsham Library will play host to a fascinating exhibitionmarking the centenary of the First World War. Bath & North East Somerset Council has put together theexhibition to tell the story of the conflict, shedding light on thehistory of the local area on the battlefield and on the homefront. The free exhibition is open on the first floor of KeynshamLibrary & One Stop Shop during usual library opening hours,from Tuesday 25th October to Saturday 19th November. It includes photographs, letters and newspaper cuttings.

Sale of designer handbags raises over£18k for Jessie May


Panto stars visit collegeSt Brendan's Sixth Form College welcomed some famous facesto their Brislington campus last week as the cast and crew of thisyear's Bristol Hippodrome's pantomime made use of thefacilities. Skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are starring inCinderella and were at the college to complete promotionalwork.Over 75 students are studying a range of Performing Artscourses at the college and a small group on the Diploma andExtended Diploma course have successfully auditioned to bepart of the Cinderella cast and look forward to rehearsing andperforming alongside the stars over the coming months.The panto begins on Saturday 10th December.


Fishponds

Lighting upthe park forChristmasThe Friends of FishpondsPark, a group of residentsraising funds to improvethe park for everyone,including new playequipment for children,want to light up the parkfor Christmas.So far £750 has beenraised but they need somefinancial support to get thelights installed from 2ndDecember to 2nd January.A campaign to raise moremoney has been startedby Frome Vale wardcouncillor Nicola Bowden-Jones on thecrowdfunding platformGoFundMe. Search forChristmas Lights 4FISHPONDS Park.

Secretary of State for Communities andLocal Government Sajid Javid visited theWest of England last Thursday as part ofongoing discussions with the region'sleaders on the devolution deal. A round table also took place with theSecretary of State and local businessrepresentatives from the West of EnglandLocal Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Board todiscuss in detail the opportunities thedevolution deal offers and the current issues

faced by the region, such as transport andhousing challenges. Mr Javid knows the area well as he grew up inDownend. He was also in the headlinesrecently for overturning a decision to banfracking by Lancashire County Council. Ourpicture shows from left, Mayor of BristolMarvin Rees, the Chair of the West of EnglandLEP Stephen Robertson, Sajid Javid, SouthGlos councillor Colin Hunt and the leader ofB&NES Council Tim Warren.

Communities Secretarydiscusses devolution deal

Jess Brooks during her visit


A mother and daughter from Longwell Green have raisedmore than £2,000 for the breast unit at the Royal UnitedHospital in Bath.Carol Mears was diagnosed with breast cancer in February ofthis year. It was picked up on a routine mammogram that shewasn't going to go to but daughter Louise George insisted andtook her. Carol says the treatment and care she received at the hospitalwas “absolutely amazing”. With her 65th birthday approaching,she and Louise decided to hold a charity event to raise moneyfor the unit as a thank you. It took the form of an afternoon tea with friends and family at theKendleshire Golf Club, with 100 items in a raffle and an auctionof 35 lots donated by various businesses which Louiseapproached.The lots included bed and breakfast at the Manor House Hotelin Castle Combe which Carol's sons Ben and Dan both bid for(Ben's winning bid was £240), and a food hamper donated byHuw Lewis, manager of Bill's Restaurant in Bath.There were also golf days from Tracy Park, the Kendleshire andThornbury Golf Centre, and an MoT donated by Rob at RS

Autos in Warmley, while Jackie Kirby donated two hours' ironingservice and Elle Morgan offered a Sunday morning dog walk. The auction raised £2,122 and Carol and Louise say theyenjoyed it so much they are keen to raise more funds for theunit.

Longwell Green

Tea party raises over£2,000 for breast centre


Kingswood

New group takes singersdown memory lane

Kingswood

Poppy Launch

Woodturning students at Orchard Workshop have beenworking on a training programme designed by the Associationof Woodturners of Great Britain and supported by theWorshipful Company of Turners. Mary Ashton RPT (Registered Professional Turner) andOrchard Workshop tutor has provided the training for theaccredited course, with 13 students taking part and recentlycompleting their work.Nicholas Somers, Master of the Worshipful Company ofTurners, recently travelled down from London to presentcertificates to those who had completed their training. He was very impressed by the work and said some pieces wereworthy of being entered into the Worshipful Company ofTurners' competitions. After the certificates were presented, Mr Somers was given atour of Orchard Workshop by co-ordinator Janet Parsons MBE.

A new community singing group has started in Kingswood. The Silver Singers started when a few people found it was easyand fun to get together and sing the songs of their youth.They are meeting once a month at Bourne Family Project,Waters Road, in the former Castaways soft-play building. The thought behind the group is that by singing popular songsof the '50s, '60s and 70s, it can help them recall special timesand memories. All the words of the songs are available and themembers sing to the original sound tracks. They are not a choir and would like anyone who wants just tosing for enjoyment and fun to join them.There is also the chance to relax and socialise over tea andbiscuits. There are no restrictions and all ages are welcome.The event is free and run by volunteers.The session starts at 2pm on the first Wednesday of everymonth. To find out more call John on 0117 9855559.

Kingswood and Hanham Royal British Legion will be holding itsannual Poppy Launch at the Kings Chase precinct on Saturday29th October between 10am and 4pm.

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Success for OrchardWorkshop students

Last year Bel Mooney's book talk in St Mary's Church Hallin Bitton was a sell-out event.Now the popular writer, broadcaster and Daily Mail columnistwill be interrupting a programme of events at literary festivals upand down the country for another event in her home village to

talk about her newbook called'Goodbye Pet & SeeYou in Heaven'.Subtitled 'A Memoirof Animals, Loveand Loss', the booktalks about the painof facing up to thedeath of a belovedpet, about whetheranimals have moralfeelings and aboutwhat we can learnfrom them. It looksat the question ofwhether animalshave a soul, throughother cultures too,

and comes to some interesting conclusions.Bel will be reading from the book, explaining why she wrote it,and answering questions. The book will be on sale, with aselection of earlier titles too, and Bel will be happy to signcopies.The event takes place at St Mary's Church Hall at 7.30pm onThursday 10th November.Tickets are £6 which includes a glass of wine. They areavailable from Ann Willis on 0117 4310270 ([email protected]) and Judith Butson on 0117 9324986(email [email protected]).


The Friends of Kingswood Park are organising a Halloweenparty in the park on Friday 28th October from 5pm to 7pm. Diane Thomas, chair of the Friends, said: “We are invitingvisitors to dress up and bring something scary, and a torch. Wewill be serving refreshments and organising fun and games forall to enjoy.”

Bitton

Author's talk and book signing

Kingswood

Halloween partyin the park


Police are warning owners of high value gold jewelleryto take extra care following a burglary in Fishponds lastWednesday. Between around 11am and noon a home on Radley Roadwas targeted, with valuable gold jewellery, a laptop, acamera, tools and a large amount of cash taken. Neighbourhood Sergeant Anthony Westwell said: “On thisoccasion, the offenders have taken advantage of a first-floor bathroom window, at the back of the house, which hadbeen left open while the family were out. “Please ensure all of your doors and windows are shut andsecure, even if they're not visible from the front. “We'd also advise owners of high value gold to invest in asuitable safe that is supplied and fitted by a companyapproved by the Master Locksmiths Association and not tokeep large amounts of cash at home.” Anyone who noticed people acting suspiciously in the area,or with any other information about the incident, is asked tocontact police on the non-emergency number 101, quotingref 5216227416. Information can also be given to Crimestoppers who neverask for your name and cannot trace your call. Visitwww.crimestoppers-uk.org or call 0800 555 111.

More than 90 people attended Keynsham and District Mencap'sannual fundraising quiz on Saturday 8th October at Saltford Hall. The quizzers included current members and families, trustees,volunteers, staff, business supporters and new friends of thesociety. Over £1,300 was raised via the door, raffle and bar sales.Many local businesses contributed raffle prizes. Nick Leonard stepped in at the last minute to be the quiz master forthe evening.If you are interested in being part of an organisation that can makea difference to local people with a learning disability [email protected] Find out more at Keynshammencap.org.uk and on Facebook

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An online furniture store set up by a young Brislingtonentrepreneur five years ago has won a national award.Paul Randall, 31, set up Rainbow Zebra from his family homeand struggled to make ends meet.But now the firm's success has been recognised by the OnlineBusiness Awards (OBA) - winning the Office Equipment,Supplies and Furniture category.Rainbow Zebra, which has a warehouse in Thornbury, waspresented with a trophy and given permission to use the OBAlogo on its website.Paul, who is set to hit a million-pound turnover this year, said:“I'm delighted to receive this award. It's great to haverecognition for all our hard work over the last five years.“It's good to show to potential customers that we have beenawarded for being a user-friendly website. It will also help us tostand out in a crowded market.”The company was selected for having an easy-to-use website,with a lot of product information and reviews. The companyprides itself on price match guarantee, free next day deliveryand excellent customer service. It consistently rates highly onTrustpilot reviews.Paul had little experience of selling online but taught himself thebasics of online marketing and internet best practice beforeworking with web developers to launch the site. He has sincetaken on a sales executive, Jo Nelmes, and is looking to takeon more staff in 2017. In August he launched The Office Co tocater for bigger corporations looking to buy quality furniture inbulk.

Magistrates this week imposed an interim order on aCadbury Heath teenager barring him from drinking or beingintoxicated in public, or from behaving anti-socially.The police and anti-social behaviour team at SouthGloucestershire Council are seeking a Criminal BehaviourOrder (CBO) against Joshua Clothier,18, from Brereton Way.A CBO can deal with a wide range of anti-social behaviourfollowing an offender's conviction for any criminal offence. Itreplaces the former powers of the courts to make orders suchas an ASBO (Anti-Social Behaviour Order).On Monday Bristol magistrates heard that Mr Clothier wasconvicted in August of criminal damage to a pub window. The case was adjourned until Thursday 27th October when theapplication for the CBO will be heard.In the meantime, the defendant has been told that he can onlydrink in licensed premises or at home and must not engage in“abusive, aggressive or distressing behaviour”.

Everyone is welcome to attend a Macmillan coffee morningtaking place at Bitton Rec on Monday 24th October from 9.30amto 1pm.There will also be stalls selling books, crafts and jewellery.Organiser Pearl Buss has held the annual fundraiser for severalyears. Last year's event raised over £700.

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