Hotwells News - Summer 2003

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COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

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www.hotwellscliftonwood.org.uk

The long-awaited public inquiry to determine if Granby Green can be regis-

tered as a Town Green took place in the Council House between May 7 th

and 9th.Julie Watkins conducted the case on behalf of Friends of Granby Greenwith assistance from Ray Smith and Mark Tucker. They attempted toprove that Granby Green had been used by local residents for recreationwithout opposition from anyone over a period of at least 20 years. Theywere opposed by a QC and his assistant on behalf of Petherton, the land-owners.Around fifteen people gave evidence at the Inquiry in support of FROGG.This took nearly three days as some witnesses were subject to long anddifficult cross-examination. The Petherton case, consisting of 3 witnesseswas over in two hours. Because the case could not be concluded on the

final scheduled day it had to be re-opened in the following week for the

presentation of closing statements.In addition, the Inspector carried outa site inspection to see for himselfthe Green and the surrounding area.Julie and her helpers had to assess amountain of paperwork and learn towork within the conventions of acourt room a new experience for allof them. New evidence was appear-ing right up to the start of the caseand also after it started, which

meant several late nights planninghow to respond to each new revelation. Somebody in the public gallery re-ferred to it as riveting theatre -like sitting through a soap opera The In-spector, fortunately, was patient and helpful towards the amateur advo-cates but always even-handed in his approach.The Inspectors report is due to be published at the end of June and willthen go to the Councils Public Rights of Way Committee for a decision inJuly. If successful, Town Green registration would effectively prevent anyhousing development on the site. Whatever the outcome, it seemed tothose participating that both sides had a fair hearing and much new mate-rial was brought to light by the process.

Even if the Town Green Application fails, Friends of Granby Green are stillhoping that opposition to the Planning Application will prevent the site be-ing developed. As we go to press there is still no news on when that deci-sion might be made by the Planning Committee.

Inspector Michael Ellison at the start of the PublicInquiry in the Council House (copyright Bristol Eve-

ning Post)

Granby Green supporters awaitoutcome of Public Inquiry

Highlights of this EditionOut & About page 2We Need Your Views page 3Art on the Railings page 4Meet Your Neighbour page 5

Events & Reviews page 6

Pooles Wharfhome of the Holms Sand & Graveldredgers until the 1980s. Now changed somewhat!

From the archives...


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Out and About News from the front linefrom Ina Hume - Community Worker

Birds seen in Hotwells -The HeronAt dusk you may see a heron fishing inthe river outside the old entry lock or atthe waters edge anywhere from Hotwellsdown to Sea Mills.Scan along the line where the river meetsthe mud until you see two dots, oneabove the other. The upper dot is theheron and the lower one is its reflection inthe water. Look carefully and you will beable to see its long legs, tall upright body,slender neck, crested head and long beak.In flight the heron has a slow, lazy flap-ping motion and is often mobbed by gulls.You may be lucky enough to see two par-ents teaching a young heron to fly, coax-

ing it along and following it down to ariver level when it loses balance and side-slips out of the sky.

Mike Rogers

Vacancy for Com-

munity Develop-ment Co-ordinator

Ina is planning to re-duce her hours so theCommunity Associa-tion is looking for a dy-namic and committedindividual to help in itswork to make thislively neighbourhood agreat place to live.

The work includesidentifying and pro-gressing funding oppor-tunities, managing de-velopment projects andsteering the Associa-tion towards a new or-ganisational structure.Applicants shouldhave experience ofcommunity develop-ment work, knowledgeof the voluntary sectorand the ability to copein a challenging envi-ronment.Hours: 30 hrs/wk (37hrs negotiable subjectto funding) Salaryrange: 24,726 - 26,640 pro rataFor an application packplease phone: 0117-9291883 or email:admin@hotwellsclifton

wood.org.ukClosing date: 14th July

This has been a busy few monthssince the last newsletter. Anna hasbeen settling in and learning the ropesof the HCCA Office, we have had thePanto, and Hope Chapel has now offi-cially reopened. I have also been de-veloping some community based pro-jects.Youth Club and Theatre

The Youth Club and Youth Theatreshave returned to Hope Chapel.The Youth Club meets: Tuesday eve-nings 7-9 p.m. Chapel during termtime.Watershed workshop

Socket, a digital music collective did a

workshop at the Youth Club in May.They used their software, the Jungu-lator, to show the group how easy itcan be to sample different sounds andmake their own music. This was fol-lowed up by a workshop at the Wa-tershed with young people from dif-ferent schools and clubs in Bristol at-tending.Youth Theatre

The Kick Off Youth Theatre is meet-ing back at Hope Chapel. All three

groups are putting on productions inthe summer term. The 8-12 year oldsput on a performance, based aroundactivities going on in a village hall.

The 12-14 year olds will be putting onA Midsummer Night's Dream (Monday21st July), and the 14+ group Teech-ers by John Godber (Thursday and Fri-day 10th/11th July).The Youth Theatre meets on Mondaysat the following times: 5-6.30 p.m. (8-12 yrs); 6.30-8 p.m. (12-14 yrs); 8-9.30 p.m. (14-16 yrs). The groups donot meet over the summer holidays.Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Hotwells has a couple of hostels forrefugees and asylum seekers. We areworking with the landlords, the doc-tors surgery and refugee support or-ganisations to produce useful informa-

tion for those arriving in the area forthe first time. It is hoped that this willhelp newcomers find their way aboutmore easily and who to contact aboutdifferent issues affecting them. Wewill be holding a social event for refu-gees and local people to meet. (seeEvents page).End of my piece

I will be reducing my hours with theCommunity Association next month togive me more time for academic study.

I have enjoyed my time here. Thanks toall of you who have made me feel wel-come and who have shown me a sliceof their lives!

Overhanging

Bushes and TreesRemember that anybushes (especially any-thing thorny) trees ornotices that overhangfrom your garden ontothe footpath are yourown responsibility.Should they cause anaccident the owner isheld responsible.


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Cars Parked On

Pavements

As pressure for spaceto park on the roads in-creases, the temptationto use the pavement forparking increases. Pave- ment parking is illegaland often dangerous forpedestrians, especially ifmothers with buggiesand small children areforced to walk in theroad because the pave-

ment is blocked. Trafficwardens cleared SouthGreen Street recentlybut the exercise wasntrepeated often enough.Freeland Place is chaos.Parking 2 wheels on thepavement on double yel-low lines doesnt foolanyone!

H&CCA WebsiteWith some help from agroup of IT students fromUWE, we have a smartnew web site layout. Letus know if you would liketo help with keeping thecontent up to date or youhave ideas for things youwould like to see on thesite.www.hotwellscliftonwood

.org.uk

We need your viewsAs many of the ideas raised by residents in the past year are de-

veloped, your Community Association is currently engaged in three

distinct consultation exercises to gauge local opinion. We hope

you can spare the time to respond to some of these and help us to

make the case for improvements in our local environment to the

Council.

Sustainable Development SurveyMany of you will have received the CommunitySurvey, which is aiming to make Hotwells andCliftonwood a better place to live and work foreveryone. The fact that many households wouldneed more than one survey was overlooked, sosorry about that. If you want to complete a sur-vey, then you can do one of the following: Photocopy the one you have, complete andreturn questionnaires in prepaid envelope to BCC Visit/call up HCCA office and collect photo-

copy of questionnaire, complete and return toBCC Visit HCCA website and follow the link tothe survey on the BCC website, download, com-plete and return to BCC

Closing Rat RunsCliftonwood and Hotwells Ac-tion for a Sustainable Environ-ment (CHASE) are sounding theopinions of residents on a pro-

posal to block three roads tothrough traffic Granby Hill,Clifton Vale, and Argyle Place.This will do much to calm traf-fic in these narrow residentialstreets and may help to reducecommuter parking. However,such a drastic remedy will meansome people living in the af-fected area will find it more dif-ficult to use their cars as well. We need to know how far people are prepared tocompromise between complete mobility and a quieter, safer neighbourhood. The

survey is being distributed door to door through local street reps.

Road Safety and MobilityThis questionnaire also arises fromthe Neighbourhood Transport Plan.Help get a new pedestrian crossing,improved pavements or betterstreetlighting. Whatever your con-cern - now is your chance to voiceit. Your views really will make a dif-ference.If you would like further informa-

tion contact Janet Kidner on (0117)9082884 or e.mail [email protected] Alternatively contact the HCCA office directly on (0117)9291883 or e.mail admin @hotwellscliftonwood.org.uk

Boy Racers

The Police and the CityCouncil, responding topressure from Commu-nity Links, have planneda new initiative to ad-dress the problems cre-ated by boy racersspeeding round the arealate at night. It will hap-pen over June and July.


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Gate-

Following the successful Art From the Heart of Hotwells event held

at the Create Centre in March (see below), a modest lottery grant

has now enabled the whole community to have a fun day.

Art from the Heart mainly featured the work of professional artistsbut Art on the Railings will be open to absolutely anyone fromHotwells and Cliftonwood to hang their art work on the railings ofALBEMARLE ROW opposite Hotwells School. During the weeksleading up to this event artists will be working in the Community to

help produce some special work but it is the pictures/collages/photographs which YOU have produced that it is hoped you willhang up. There will be no charge whatsoever and you will be ableto sell your work if you want to. You can also remain anonymous,if you prefer! There will be workshops on the day for last minuteartists and music from THE AMBLING BAND and APRICOT JAMand refreshments will be available from the school. Banners are be-ing made, at this moment, to decorate Albemarle Row and the roadwill be closed for the day. Make a note of the date now!

Hotwells takes Art to HeartIn an astonishing display of the fertility

of artistic talent in our community, the

Art From the Heart of Hotwells exhibi-

tion filled a ground floor gallery space

in the Create Centre for 3 weeks in

March and April.

The brainchild of Sue Stops, the exhibi-tion was complemented by a pro-gramme of 3 fascinating evening lec-

tures on diverse topics given by Mar-tin Parr, Francis Greenacre and MichaelPascoe. A fine and well-

resourced venue it may be but the Cre-ate Centre remains obstinately semi-detached from the core of Communitylife across Cumberland Basin, so thiswas a wonderful opportunity for us toappreciate how lucky we are to have iton our doorstep. The relaxed atmos-phere of the evening talks, with an op-

portunity to stroll around the gallery,glass of wine in hand, was a particularpleasure and we hope it might be re-peated.

Refugee Social

Event.There will be musicand dance and it willbe an opportunity forrefugees who havemoved into the area tomeet their neighboursand also for local peo-ple to experiencesome culture and cui-sine from foreignclimes. This event is

being jointly organisedby HCCA and HopeCommunity Church.For further informationplease contact: InaHume at HCCA office.It is on Friday 18th July from 7 pm at

Hope Chapel

SATURDAY JULY 5th 10-5 PM ,

ALBEMARLE ROW

Younger visitors at the Exhibition

Props and posters from HotwellsPantomimes

Child Safety Day16th-20th June is

Child Safety Week sowe have teamed upwith the School andBCC to hold a ChildSafety Day at HotwellsSchool on Monday 23rdJune. Class V will beleading the day, andthere will be an assem-bly for the wholeschool. The class willlook at traffic speed in

the area (maybe evenhave a go with speedguns!), carry out aschool gate report, andchoose things they doand dont like aboutthe area. It is hopedthey will come up withrecommendations for aSchool Travel Plan andthat some of thesecan be presented tothe City Council to helpthe childrens under-standing of citizenshipand democracy.


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MEET YOUR NEIGHBOURSue Stops the unstoppable!

Have you ever heard of the Lord

Mayors Medal? Its given each

year to people from all walks of

life and all sections of societywho have made a difference in

their community. When we

heard about it we knew it was

made for Sue Stops and we put

in a nomination.

We were all really excited whenwe heard it had been successful all except Sue, that is, who is-nt at all excited by the idea ofawards and medals, and could

only be persuaded to accept the award if it was on behalf of everyone!

Over the years Sue has been one of the prime movers in many of theevents which make Hotwells and Cliftonwood a very special place to live,including the Pantomime, Booksamazing, the Hotwells photographs, HopeCentre and the Community Association, the Community Plays, PuppetPlace and storytelling. Most recently she has been the driving force be-hind Art from the Heart of Hotwells and Art on the Railings. Sue com-bines having brilliantly creative ideas with the energy not only to carrythem out but to inspire the rest of us. She has a great talent for beinginclusive and making people feel valued.

Sue also works outside Hotwells with the Abbeyfield Society, which pro-vides residential care for the elderly. Her duties include escorting resi-dents to hospital visits, shopping, and even to the pub! Sue is cheerfuland unsentimental, always sees the humour and humanity in situations;and the nominations for the Medal talk about her unselfconscious enthu-siasm, her generosity of spirit and her sense of fun.

Sue was a primary school teacher and a lot of her work has touched thelives of children growing up in Hotwells. Booksamazing allowed childrento meet storytellers and authors. Sue organises the youngest children in

the annual Hotwells Pantomime, taking in her stride the daunting require-ment to make, say, forty rabbit masks and ensure theyre not lost beforethe performance! Each year she organises a magical Christmas Eve eventfor children in her street with Father Christmas landing on the roof of herhouse. The Community Plays, which involved her in making contact withmany ex-Hotwellians and listening to their stories, have given childrenand adults alike a sense of pride in Hotwells and a new appreciation of itsrich history.

One of the nomination letters said Sue is an unpretentious and inher-ently modest person and may well have no idea how much she is appre-

ciated. Well now, like it or not, she must know how glad we all are thatshe is part of Hotwells.

Katherine Martin

Noticeboards

There are now four offi-cial notice boards roundthe area. The latest oneon Cornwallis Crescent

has been bought withmoney left in the mem-ory of Annie Scott.

The next board isplanned for the shop onCumberland Road. Un-fortunately there isnt apot of gold to fund fur-ther local noticeboards.These will have to beprovided by local resi-

dents. Getting a spotfor a board and the nec-essary permission is along job and it is illegalto put up boards any-where without permis-sion.

Nothing will be adver-tised for sale and theonly job vacancy adswill be for local jobs.

The CA reserves theright to refuse to put upa notice.

Any notices for theboards should be deliv-ered to the office.

Noticeboard MindersLion Pub- Margo PriceBrendas and Clifton

Vale- HCCA officeCornwallis Crescent-Paul Crossthwaite


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Events and Reviews

Hotwells Rememberedby the Hotwells Living Memories Group

Seventy years of collected memories have gone into producing Hotwells Re-

membered, a fascinating record of the places and characters from Hotwells

past.The book has been written by members of the Living Memories group who have been

collecting peoples stories of the area since 1984. They spent two years transcribing

recordings and video tapes, and put the book together with financial help from the

Community Association.

The book is a great read where you can find out about anything from fancy aproncompetitions to how to sell a short measure of coal. You can also meet local charac-

ters like the astrologer known only as Professor Michael and his spiritualist wife, the

black-clad Madam Connibere. A perhaps more benevolent character, fondly recalled,

is the former headmaster of Hotwell Primary School, John Rees, who was depicted in

stained glass by the subject our other local book, Ros Grimshaw.

Hotwells Rememberedretails at 4.95. The Hotwells Living Memory Group meet at the

Chapel on the first Wednesday of each month (apart from August) at 7pm; a warmwelcome to all. Enquiries to Margo on 0117 9293536 or visit the website at

Six Daysby Painton Cowen

Six Days is the story of local artist Ros Grimshaw. Despite battling with de-

bilitating Parkinsons disease, she designed and cut the new Creation

stained glass window at Chester Cathedral.

In 1983, Ros, a distinguished designer, artist and creator of stained glass windows, was

diagnosed with Parkinsons disease. Refusing to allow her illness to prevent her from

working, Ros became even more adept at her craft, and in 2000 won the commission

to design and make the Creation Stained Glass Window for Chester Cathedral - thefinest and most inspired work of her whole career. The window depicts in vivid col-

our the six days of Creation from Genesis. Six Days traces the windows creation, fromthe first sketches to its final completion. It includes extracts from Ross diary, contri-

butions from Ross partner, Patrick Costelo, and photographs of the stained glass. Weonly wish we could do it justice by illustrating the window in our black and white

newsletter but buy the book; or better still, see the window in situ yourself.

If you want to get hold of a copy of the book email:[email protected]

Beauty and The Beast

This years Hotwells Pantomime played forthree days back in March, but for those of us

who managed to see the sell-out show, its still

vividly etched on our memories. With a das-

tardly villain, a buxom dame and a very virtu-

ous beauty all the elements youd expect werethere. As well as some special Hotwells

touches such as a talking chair and a living wa-

ter fountain. From the Notional Truss Guides

showing us to our seats, to the kids dancing in

the snow all the performers seemed to be

thoroughly enjoying themselves. The panto-

mime was a brilliant mix of enthusiasm andingenuity. Some of the money raised from last

years pantomime has gone into funding the Art From The Heart Exhibition.

What will Beauty and the Beast sponsor? Watch this space.

Skate and RideNothing to do aroundhere for young people?This is something manyof you have complainedabout over the years.Hotwells Youth Club isorganising a one offSkate and Ride Event,to be held under thenorthern Hotwells fly-over on Sunday 31stAugust. Skate andRide will be providing

the ramps, and youngpeople from the youthclub will be workingwith youth workers andyouth leaders to planand organise the day.

This is part of a largerproject to see how thisspace can be rejuve-nated and the feasibilityof a skate park/area on

part of the site.

How you can Help?

We will be looking forvolunteer stewards andother people to help outon the day.

If you are a skater livingin the area then wewant to hear from you.If you are interested in

getting involved thenplease contact Ina atHCCA office.

We are looking for sup-port and sponsorshipfor the day to make itan enjoyable event forall. There will be aferry linking the site andevent to the city centre.


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or public transport

For details please phone:

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Think LocalShop in Hotwells for quality and convenience

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Fresh organic produce andVegan foods, Herbertsbread, flowers, eggs

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small works but will also considerlarger projects

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Live Music: Mon-folk club, Wed-fiddlers

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Dockside SeatingPrivate Function Room


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that dazzling display on the Hotwell

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