hotwells news - autumn 2002

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HOTWELLS & CLIFTONWOOD

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

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tumn2002

www.hotwellscliftonwood.org.uk

Highlights of this EditionOut & About page 2

Granby Green page 3

LETS page 3

Gateway to Bristol page 4

Meet Your Neighbour page 5

New Books page 6

Published by Hotwells & Cliftonwood

Community Association with support from

Bristol City Council

After about three years of pressure

by the HCCA, Bristol City Council,

Traffic Management and the Police

together with local people have

been working to try to find ways to

discourage the night car racers

They have given many peoplesleepless nights and been a danger

to both themselves and others. A

fatal accident could happen at any

time when they are driving so

recklessly.

Measures are being taken which will hopefully curb their activities including

random checks on suspicious vehicles by the police but we urge people to call

the police if they continue to be disturbed on a regular basis. Even if you get

through to a call centre, dont give up. All calls are recorded and the importance

of an incident is judged by the number of complaints.

We must thank all the agencies concerned for their continuing efforts to help

solve this very worrying problem.

CURBING THE RACERS.

It sometimes seems as if the whole of

Hotwells is a building site. Many local people

have expressed concern about the rapid

growth in housing in the area, especially

along the Hotwell Road, without a

corresponding improvement in local services,

or, seemingly any coherent plan for thedevelopment of the area as a whole. This led

to a meeting between representatives of the

Community Association, Clifton and

Hotwells Improvement Society, local

councillors and Bristol Chief Planning

Officer, Steve Perry to discuss what help the

City might be able to offer. One proposal

was to carry out a survey to find out what

problems they feel exist and to survey issues

like level of car ownership, use of local

shops and services in order to target

improvements that would encourage the

development of a stronger and more sustainable community. It seems likely that

this will lead to further contact between community leaders and officers in the City

Council responsible for providing specific services and could lead to a longer term

project to develop a community plan that would form a framework for planning

policy in Hotwells and Cliftonwood.

CA takes planningconcerns to City Council

H&CCA to join BS8 LETSThe HCCA has joined the BS8 LETS

scheme. We can provide administra-

tive support and access to a com-

puter, photocopier, printer and email.

If anyone wants to use any of the

above, to sort out CVs then get intouch with us at the HCCA office to

arrange to pop in (for more on LETS,

see page 3).


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Out to Lunch!

I have had the good fortune to be fed and watered in several quality eateries sincethe last newsletter. Since the Community Links meetings have been held in the

Spring Gardens on Hotwell Road, with the option to stay on for food afterwards.

I have sampled a truly excellent aubergine and courgette cheesy bake. The food isgreat and the meetings are short!The Bear on Hotwell Road has also started up an exciting food menu. I tried a

delicious salmon fillet with new pots, veg and hollandaise. No tiny portions here

and lots of choice, thankfully. Do try out the hearty Sunday Roast for only a fiver!

Hope Chapelbuilding Work

The Hope Community

Church report that

building work at Hope

Chapel is due to start on

October 7th 2002 and

finish the end of

February 2003. The

meeting room is still in

use as normal but the

main hall is out of action

and most activities and

classes have relocated

to other venues for the

duration. You can

contact the Hope

Community Church on

921 5271 for moreinformation.

We have been working on

finding out peoples views onliving in Hotwells and

Cliftonwood. On Saturday 14th

September the HCCA held

Have Your Say a Community

Consultation day. The starting

point for the day was a giant

map of the area. The map

(supplied by helpful Terry

Truman at the Council) had been

turned into a 3D model by various

groups in the community in the weeks

before. Trinity Day Care Centre,children at HANDS summer school

group and architecture students at

Spike Island all set to with paint,

scissors and glue! The map was used

as a prompt for people to look at, and

identify local problems and solutions.

Well over 90 people who turned up on

the day were able to give their views in

a number of ways, by looking at the

map, doing a piece to the video camera

and setting out with a disposable

camera to take pictures of things they

like and dont like about the area.

Sophie (HCCA Administrator) was on

face painting duty for some of the

time, and created a whole zoo of little

creatures and fairies. A few adults

were also seen getting their faces, as

well as various other parts of their

anatomy painted.

We will be showing the video and

photos taken in the next month or two.

And there will be other opportunities togive your views, We will be looking at

identifying a range of worthwhile

community projects to support over

the next six months.

I would like to thank all the people

involved in making it a really enjoyable

fun day; the people who delivered

leaflets, made cakes, Jane Horgan andall those at HANDS, Canon Brian

Duckett, Mark Griffiths and all those at

the Trinity Day Care, Helen Elliott

caretaker at Hillsborough Flats, and all

the volunteers who helped out on the

day. It would not have been possible

without all their hard work.

Local people havetheir say

Out and aboutNews from the front line from Ina HumeCommunity Worker

If any of you are interested in volun-

teering and doing your bit for your com-munity then please get in touch with

me. It is a great opportunity to meet

new people, use old skills and acquire

new ones.

There are current opportunities in:

Website design and updating

(some training too!)

Making Hotwells a Gateway to

the City!-Under the Flyover pro-

ject (see article on page 4)

Traffic counts for CHASE

Help with community surveyslooking at sustainable develop-

ment in the area

Volunteers interested in gaining

experience in biodiversity sam-

pling techniques

Ina HumeCommunity DevelopmentCo-ordinator

Volunteering and Training

World Refugee Dayat Hope Chapel

A good time was had by all

who came for a celebrationof World Refugee Day on

20th June. Lorraine Ayensu,of the City Council

organised the day, as part of

a whole host of events forRefugee Week. Hope

Chapel was host to anumber of incredibly

t a l e n t e d r e f u g e eperformers. We weret r e a t e d t o g r e a t

performances from artistsin exile, including a troupe

of Kurdish dancers, manyliving in Hotwells. There

was also a delicious array of

food from around theworld. It was a great

opportunity to get to knowsome of the refugees and

asylum seekers living locally


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FLYPOSTING

Feel quite free to removeany plastic notices fixed

to lamp-posts etc. These

have been illegally posted

and Bristol City Council

wants it to stop. They

aim to take measures

against the venues who

do this. The Council are

currently taking the

Lacota Nightclub to court

over 57 charges of

flyposting. If the Lakota is

found guilty they could be

faced with a fine of

57,000 plus costs. The

Council are also going to

be refusing entertainment

licences to premises that

a r e s u c c e s s f u l l y

convicted of flyposting.

Street cleaners and refuse

collectors are also going

to be issued with pliers to

take down posters

attached to lamp posts.

So why not give them a

hand and carry some

pliers in your briefcase or

handbag!

Granby Green

hits the headlines!Campaigners were appalled when a

fence and security guards appeared on

Granby Green without warning,

triggering a media furore. In spite of this

a decision seems to have been reached

by the Land Registry to grant full title topart of the site to the potential

developers. Friends of Granby Green

was formally constituted as an

association at a meeting on July 11th

and is building up a fighting fund for the

next phase of the campaign.

An application has been submitted to

the City Council to have Granby Green

designated as a Town Green. Around 25

people who have used the Green for

recreation of one kind or another over

the past 30 years contributed evidence

to support the application. If this

succeeds, it will almost certainly prevent

development, regardless of ownership.

Another aim is to establish Granby

Green as an official open space in the

Local Plan which acts as a guide to

officers determining the outcome of

planning applications.

FROGG will now work to try and reach a

consensus amongst people with an

interest in the Green as residents or

users about what future they should be

campaigning for so that they can

present a united front when the

inevitable planning application appears.

This summer Ive had my apple tree pruned, my tax returns checked by an

accountant, my piano tuned and the loan of email on BS8 LETS, the local skills

exchange scheme.

I myself have given acupuncture and herbal treatments to members on a half LETS/

half cash basis. Theres a whole range of goodies available locally B&B, singing

lessons, henna painting, Indian cookery to name just a few!

LETS stands for Local Exchange Trading Scheme and BS8 LETS covers the postal

area of Hotwells, Cliftonwood and Clifton. LETS allows people to trade skills,

services and goods without needing or using real money. Its like bartering without

having to do a direct swap. It costs 5 to join BS8 LETS ( to cover admin). You are

sent a LETS directory detailing all the services etc available and this is updated and

sent out three times a year. You are issued with a LETS cheque book which you

use to make payments for services used (instead of sterling the currency is

Biscuits).

You negotiate your fee and terms over the phone, just like the Yellow Pages and

take it from there. Its a great way to meet people, its fun, its free (or very cheap),

its friendly and its a local service for local people!

If you want to find out more or join give Christine Bridges a ring on 973 6665

LETS start trading!

Got to rush now Im getting a lift to Bristol Airport on LETS!

Dianne Bowler

LETS GO CRAZY!

CHASECliftonwood and Hotwells Action for a Sustainable Environment-or (wait for it)

CHASE! has been set up to tackle the traffic, transport and other issues relating

to the sustainable development of the area. CHASE was lucky enough to have

Vikki, a Planning student placement for six weeks in May and June. Vikki

worked with the group and BCC to came up with a neighbourhood transport plan

for the HCCA. This is in the process of being refined for publication. Vikkis re-

port can be found on the HCCA website.


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RATS

Yes - rats have beenseen in Hotwells! You

may have read in the

local press that they are

on the increase and

positively relish good

weather when people

eat out of doors and

inevitably leave behind a

ready meal for them.

Please be extra careful

and if you are aware ofa problem get in touch

with Environmental

Health at Bristol City

PICK IT UP & BIN IT!H o t w e l l s a n d

C l i f t onwood have

looked pretty messy this

summer. The HCCA had

a mee t i ng w i t h

representatives from

Bristol City Council who

explained the problems

associated with rubbishcollection and street

management and we

hope to see an

improvement.

The CA is trying to get

more lifter bins put

round the area - then

there will be no

e x c u s e s ! T h e

Community wants to

support the campaign toget Bristol looking a lot

more shipshape and

Bristol fashion.

If you took a straw poll amongst

Hotwellians asking them what is the

most depressing place in our manor I

think it almost certain that the

ghastly space under the columns ofthe Cumberland Basin flyover would

win by a decisive margin. Blighted by

roads around and above in all

directions, it seems incredible now

that this place was originally

envisaged by planners, innocent of

the effects of pollution, to be a park,

with fountains, a caf and childrens

play area. Thats what they gave

back to Hotwells as recompense for

the destruct ion of half our

community. But Hotwells people,unsurprisingly decided that sitting on

benches watching jam jars wasnt a

sensible way to die slowly. The

outcome is the current unloved and

vandalised wilderness that we see

today.

But now two Architecture and Planning

students (Ross Plaster and Veljko

Buncic) from the University of the West

of England are working with the

Community Association to find a role

for The Piazza. Its time to think

positive; this is the largest open space

in Hotwells; it is a major gateway to the

City and improving it would enhance

not just Hotwells but the perception of

the whole of Bristol for thousands of

visitors. The 40 year old concrete of the

flyover is not going to last forever. We

need a positive vision for this space or,

it will become a car park or an industrial

estate like the south side of Cumberland

Basin.Ross and Veljko point out that currently,

the main function of the space, much

like the rest of Hotwells, is to support

the movement of people to the city

centre either by car, public transport,

bicycle or on foot. Our strategy should

be to alter it so that, as well as

accommodating movement, it also

encourages stopping. They want to

make it a destination and an attraction;

an area for local people to be proud of

and enjoy.There have been suggestions of a

sculpture park, a skateboard park,

basketball court. The thought that it

might be possible to change the road

layout so that it joins up with the

adjacent lock and become part of the

dockside path. So dire is the current

setting that almost anything would be

an improvement.

Ross and Veljko would welcome any

ideas or suggestions. Contact them via

the Hope Chapel office. You can alsofind them at Spike Island. Its time

Hotwellians claimed back what was so

ruthlessly seized from them!

Gateway to Bristol!


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Deadline for

Next

Newsletter

Friday

December

20th 2002

H o t w e l l s & C l i f t o n w o o d

Community Association has been

running a Youth Club at Hope

Chapel for over 10 years. The

Youth Club meets on a Tuesdaye v e n i n g , a n d a t t r a c t s

approximately forty 12-19 year

olds.

The Youth Club runs a range of

activities including skateboarding,

basketball, pool and decks. It is run

by three Youth Workers Ben

Wookey, Anna Marshall and the

recently recruited Davina Whyte.

The Youth Workers are helped by a

committed team of Volunteers.

Ben Wookey is the longest survivingworker at the Youth Club, so I thought

Id go along to the Youth Club and catch

up with the Worlds Oldest Teenager!

How long have you been working at the

HCCA Youth Club?Roughly 10 years 4mths, 3 days, 14hrs

and 55mins. I started off filling in for

someone who went on holiday and

never came back and Ive never been

able to leave!

Whats your favourite thing about working

at the HCCA Youth Club?

Its great watching the kids growing upand changing over the years. I often

bump into ex-Youth Club members and

they tell me what a difference coming to

the Youth Club made to their lives and

how much they enjoyed it. Theres also

a great team of Youth Workers and

Volunteers. We are overjoyed and

delighted with our new recruit Davina.

Have you got any plans/ ideas for the

coming year at the Youth Club?We would like to produce a CD of the

kids mixing, rapping, singing and playing

instruments. Itll be fun, raise the kids

self esteem and maybe raise some

money for the Youth Club! Wed alsolike to make a skateboarding video.

Were always interested in new ideas

from the kids and the community. As

the Club is closing because of the

building work it is going to be a

challenge holding it together.

What do the young people think of theYouth Club?They think its really good very

mellow with a few sensible rules. They

enjoy the fact they are free to do what

they like (within reason!). They can

mix on the decks, skateboard, play

pool and form another social group

that is outside school. Its a safe space

for them to let off steam and test

boundaries!

What do you get up to outside the YouthClub?I drive the pleasure boat forThe Bristol

Packet giving a running commentary

on local history. I do illustration and

have worked with a local writer toillustrate a book on the harbour. I also

look after foreign language students

whilst in Bristol.

As told over large quantities of penny

sweets (Ina) and strong black coffee

(Ben).

MEET YOUR NEIGHBOURSBen Wookey, Youth Club worker

KICK OFF YOUTHTHEATRE

September sees Kick Off

Youth Theatre kicking off

with a new venue, new

times and a new leader.

The HCCA have said

goodbye to Tiffany

Strawson, who has run

Kick Off so wonderfully

for the last year.

Returning from her

travels is Jane Williams

who is taking over from

Tiffany. Jane set up KickOff over four years ago,

and the HCCA is very

pleased to have her back

at the helm!

Due to building work at

Hope Chapel, Kick Off

has relocated to Trinity

Church on Hotwells

Road. A big thank you to

Canon Brian Duckett and

the team at TrinityChurch for helping us in

our hour of need!

Jane and the group are

planning performances

for Christmas and Feb

2003, watch this space

for further info!

8-12yrs 5.00-6.30pm

12-14yrs 6.30-8.00pm

14+yrs 8.00-9.30pmAll on Wednesdays

during Term Time

It is with great sadness we said good-

bye to Hannah Currant in the summer.

Hannah, the lead youth worker

worked very hard with her team to re-establish the club last year. She has

moved on to Kingsdown and work

with older young people.


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Hotwells & Cliftonwood Community Association office is at

Hope Chapel, Hope Chapel Hill, Hotwells.The office is open to callers Mon-Weds 9am to 5pm.

Tel: 0117 929 1883 Email: [email protected]

NEW BOOKS

This book arose from a hugely

successful millennium project to

collect photographs illustrating over

100 years of life in Hotwells. Nearly a

thousand pictures were exhibited for

the first time in June 2000 and it is a

selection of these which form the core

of this book. Supplementing the

wonderful images is a narrative loosely

following a social perspective of

Hotwells, with chapters on Work,Transport, Shops, Leisure and so

on. The authors have produced a

fascinating selection of anecdotes and

entertaining facts that stem from an

i n q u i s i t i v e i n t e r e s t i n t h e

neighbourhood in which they

themselves live. Hardly a page is

without a quotable insight or a newly

discovered fact. Did you know that

Hotwells had 194 small businesses

operating in 1879 not including the

32 pubs? Or that the Bristol Giant,Patrick Cotter who died in Hotwells in

1804 used to cause alarm by lighting

his pipe from the street lamps? Buy at

any local bookshop and enjoy.

published by Redcliffe Press, price9.99.

On the Waterfront

The Hotwells Storyby Helen Reid and Sue Stops

Two books have recently appearedfrom Hotwells authors that willcaptivate anyone interested in localhistory and art.

Sculpture in Bristolby Douglas Merritt, photographs byStephen Morris & Janet Margrie

It may come as a revelation to many

people to discover just how much

significant public sculpture there isscattered around our City and we owe

much to Professor Merrit, through his

boundless enthusiasm for the subject, to

put each piece in its historical context; a

feat which obviously required an

extraordinary amount of research. The

result is a unique work of reference

which sets straight a number of

misconceptions (the anecdote about

Samual Plimsoll is a lesson to all about

sloppy research). It was amusing to

discover that the excellently carvedfigures of Flaxman and Reynolds on the

RWA building in Queens Road are

actually concrete casts its somehow

comforting to know that even Victorian

worthies were not above cutting a few

corners if they thought no one would

notice just like developers of today

really.

The interest of the book is tremendously

enhanced by the beautiful illustrations

which make the reader really want to

discover and view some of these hiddengems at first hand. I am certain it will

perform a much-needed service in

raising the profile of Bristols public

sculpture.

published by Redcliffe Press, price14.99.

Nics

Aerobics

Get fit and

have some

fun! Tone

your tummy and your

bum! All abilities

welcome, from the fit

to the not very fit!

Every Tues and Thurs

5.45-6.45pm

2.50

At Hope Chapel,

Hope Chapel Hill,

Hotwells

Bring a towel/floor

mat

For more info contact

Nicola on 07949

219644

Situation Vacant

Part time Passenger

AssistantTo assist the folk from

the over 60s Trinity Day

Care Centre in getting on

and off the minibus and

riding along with them to

see them home safely. A

warm and friendly

atmosphere guaranteed!

Tues, Wed & Thurs2.30-4.30pm

For further details

contact Mark Griffiths at

the Trinity Day Care

Centre, Trinity Church,

Hotwell Road, Bristol

BS8 4ST. Tel: 983

8878.


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