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New Takeaway 'Pizza Vin' in Hotwell Road has won an application for a licence to sell alcohol until 4am every day in spite of strong opposition from many residents of nearby Rownham Mead and Pooles Wharf estates. Pizza Vin plans to move into the former taxi office at 181A next to the Spar convenience store. John Bradfield spearheaded a campaign to limit the scope of the application, assisted by Bob Ballard of Brandon Hill Residents Association. It attracted more than 30 objections. At least 20 neighbours attended the Alcohol Licensing Committee meeting at the Council House on October 23rd. The residents were concerned about possible noise and antisocial behaviour, fueled by easier access to alcohol and the disturbance from additional vehicles late at night. The owner of Pizza Vin, Paul Singh told the committee that the premises would close to the public at 11.30pm and from then till 4am would only respond to orders for home delivery by moped or Smart car. He claimed only a limited range of beers would be supplied at restaurant prices and no spirits. Alcohol would only be supplied with orders of a minimum value of 10 and he will use professional trainers to ensure doorstep deliveries of alcohol were not supplied to under-age drinkers. Residents were also concerned that the building and the yard at the back would continue to be used by taxis in addition to the pizza delivery vehicles but Mr. Singh assured the committee that this would not be the case. There are existing shops in Bristol supplying late-night pizzas and others supplying alcohol for home delivery, 24 hrs a day which clearly sets a precedent that made the application hard for the committee to refuse but objectors were frustrated that the committee was unable to take into account wider concerns about public health and the perception held by many that the Hotwell Road is experiencing increasing late-night disturbance. A Freedom of Information Act enquiry to Avon & Somerset Constabulary revealed that police had been called to the Mardyke pub on 52 occasions in the past 2 years. However the police raised no objection to this new application.
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HOTWELLS & CLIFTONWOOD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
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According to a recent BCC press release A modest army of volunteer Snow Wardens is helping the council prepare for winter this year. Twenty-five sites have been identified where steep hills and tricky corners make winter life extra difficult for local residents if it snows heavily. At the 25 sites where snow wardens are appointed, shovels and hi-viz tabards are provided by the council free of charge. ffi: see www.bristol.gov.uk/snow.
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HCCA Annual General Meeting
The AGM was held on 15th November in the Spring Garden Live. Brief reports outlined some of the activities in the year. Our Traffic Strategy has now been accepted by the Council as part of its consultation on the Central Area Action Plan and so it can now be found under this heading on the Councils website. We were pleased to receive financial support from the Neighbourhood Partnership that has helped us to refurbish our noticeboards and to add two new ones at the Nova Scotia and at McColls on Spike Island. Much work has been done to progress plans for developing the Cumberland Basin Piazza and a pre application for planning permission has been submitted to the Council for consideration. Thank you again to the Panto Committee for their generous support of our work. Thank you too to all those who contribute to the 500 Club. If you are not a member, please join (see HCCA website for details). You might win some money and you also provide the HCCA with valuable income to pursue our work. The meeting heard about plans for the Bristol Pound which it is hoped to launch in 2012. More information can be found at www.bristolpound.org. We also heard from Tom Trevor, Artistic Director at the Arnolfini, who gave a very interesting talk on the history and focus of the Arnolfinis work.
Dennis Gornall
New community table hire service There are so many events going on, particularly in the Summer that the Panto Fund has paid for a set of sturdy portable tables. The idea is that anyone in the community who needs tables for a meeting, wedding, street party or any other event can borrow them free of charge. The size is 1800mm x 750mm and they fold in half for easy moving. They would fit into any medium sized car, so the borrower collects and returns. FFI. call Mark Tucker 01179294646. BRT gets the go-ahead The Governments plans to boost transport infrastructure spending to aid economic recovery mean that the A38/ A370 link road and the Bus Rapid Transit route 2 from Ashton Gate will almost certainly go ahead. For us, this could mean a reduction of traffic using Winterstoke Rd. but also a radical change to our bus services, since all the major routes from North Somerset plan to switch to the Cumberland Rd. corridor into the City. Watch this space.
cause of changing circumstances for members of the group as well as changed circumstances since the groups formation. We would like to record a very big vote of thanks to all those who have participated in this group for the massive amount of work that has gone on to improve all sorts of services and facilities in the area, improve our links with the Council and maintain close ties with the Police. From January, HCCA Management Committee meetings will be open to anyone to attend and raise the kind of issues that Community Links handled in the past.
Dennis Gornall
Community Links
The Community Links group, was formed shortly before the HCCA lost Hope Centre in 2001. It decided recently to cease meeting be-
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Hotwells & Cliftonwood Community Association 3 Charles Place, Hotwells, Bristol, BS8 4QW Hotwells & Cliftonwoods floral achievements hit new heights this year. So many in fact that we can only give each a brief acknowledgement: Hillsborough Flats A project co-ordinated by Virgina Bergin, among others and supported by HCCA won a Tenant Participation Award from Bristol City Council. They were awarded 50 worth of vouchers in the Innovation category. The work of the residents saw the gardens become abundant with flowers during the summer and there was a large autumn harvest of vegetables too.Young and old have been getting involved, but the kids, aged from three to thirteen, who have been given a taste of green-fingeredness are the best harvest of all. Virginia also wanted to pay tribute to the help from Riverside Garden Centre: Riverside gave us really generous support they even helped us re-home a swarm of 10,000 bees that descended on the garden. Rownham MeadGold Award
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Dennis Gornall (Chair) Brenda McLennan (Treasurer) Rosemary Stibbon Administrator Ray Smith Communications Mike Timmins Open spaces Stephen Perry Helena Kowalski
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If you are a family that might use the park, or know of others who do, please let us know you are there! It would be great to hear if you support the idea of upgrading the play facilities and tell us what improvements you think should be made. Perhaps you would even like to help with developing a proposal to the Council? We will collate all your suggestions in any future funding application. Please email the Community Association at admin@hotwellscliftonwood.org.uk with your suggestions.
Ray Smith
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from Transition Hotwells & Cliftonwood
Andrew Murray says: Bristol City Council have agreed to fund us till end January but insist that we go onto personal budgets thereafter. We are trying to work out whether we can live with the risks and financial arrangements involved. It is very difficult and will only work if they can shift their position away from us taking all the risk eg at present they are saying we will not get paid for no-shows, so we would go bust if there was a flu epidemic or prolonged severe weather. We are still talking and private gifts mean we should be able to get through the winter whatever happens If you can spare some time to help the project as a volunteer please contact the manager Mark Griffiths tel: 0117 983 8878
Over the summer and autumn local residents have continued to share experience on increasing the sustainability of their lives. Some of the "Green Randall Road" experience - series of neighbourly chats, open homes/ gardens, film showings and pledges organised to increase sustainability in Randall Road was shared via a slide loop at the Argyle Place film show. Many thanks to Emma Peddie and Holly New for this. Apparently group activities of this type have taken off in a big way in the USA, with large scale "Cool Community" projects developed by local groups. Closer to home, Totnes has 60 small groups taking effective, practical, money-saving and carbon-reducing steps. Most people joined to meet their neighbours and save money. There's a workbook available to help people build their own Action Plan to improve household energy efficiency, minimise water use, reduce waste, explore local transport options and promote healthy food available locally. If you would like to learn more about this, or keep in touch with with other sustainability activities in Bristol, contact rjt_hancock@yahoo.co.uk and join the the Transition Hotwells and Cliftonwood mailing list, or come to one of the monthly "Lion" meetings Richard Hancock
Pooles Wharf & Rownham Mead Residents swept the board with a whole shed full of gongs this year, including a special mention when Bristol won Britain in Bloom Best Large City in UK award, also RHS Level 5 Outstanding Award in the SouthWest in Bloom competition. For Bristol in Bloom, residents achieved two silver gilts and a gold award (23 Rownham Mead, small garden category best in whole of Bristol!) Cumberland Piazza A new consignment of plants from Blaise nursery arrived this autumn to further brighten up Cumberland Piazza and in order to get the 1000 wallflowers and bulbs Ambra Vale town green into their new homes, a planting party took place in November. On the day plenty of people showed up to help with the planting and the Piazza is now looking abundant. Janey Robson and Helena Kowalski lead the campaign to keep the site blooming so beautifully through the summer and they have plans for the future too, including starting new beds at other locations. Ambra Vale EastArgyle Place The little garden at this junction, which is now a Town Green was the scene of frenetic activity in November as a band of local people, masterminded by Carol Lilwall and Chris Ford, descended on it to clear the weeds and plant bulbs. It Mardyke outbound will look superb in the coming Spring.
One of the key suggestions in our Traffic Strategy plan for Hotwells is a relatively simple way of improving the environment for residents living on Hotwell Road in the zone just beyond the Rose of Denmark traffic lights. Here 3 lanes of traffic plus 2 lanes of parked vehicles create a car-dominated vista of unbroken tarmac where once was an avenue of trees leading to the Hotwells spa. Evidently, our report has inspired some creative thinking amongst Council transport engineers and with funding available from the Greater Bristol Bus Network they have come up with a scheme not very dis-similar from our own. It involves filling-in the lay-by outside Carrick House and moving the bus stop to a more conventional place on the main road to allow buses easier movement in and out of the stop. The design should increase the separation of Dowry Square from Hotwell Road by widening pavements and adding more trees. This plan was only allowed limited consultation because the GBBN team were very keen to start work on the scheme before Christmas, at a time when other work on bus corridors was not possible because of traffic congestion. Immediate neighbours and Hotwells School were informed by HCCA and the resulting comments discussed at a meeting with the GBBN project manager. The result was an amended scheme which has addressed most of the problems raised but not fully resolved them to everyones satisfaction. The arrangement of the junction and parking spaces at the bottom of Hope Chapel Hill are a particular concern. At time of writing the scheme is still due to go ahead shortly, as far as we know.
Ray Smith
Award
We have received a certificate of achievement in the Royal Horticultural Society "It's Your Neighbourhood" campaign and were presented with the award by the Lord Mayor. Friends of Brandon Hill achieved the 'developing' category. Congratulations to all who have helped!
Volunteer days
Regular gardening days take place every Tuesday at 10am. They will be starting again on 10th January after a short break for Christmas. If you would be interested to take part, come along to the depot to see Darren the park keeper .
Donations
We were very pleased to receive a 500 donation of vouchers from Wilkinson's on the triangle to celebrate the opening of their new shop and are looking forward to the staff helping out on the hill in the new year.
Feeling keen - want to help out? For more information on any of the above please contact info@friendsofbrandonhill.org or call Fraser on 0791 901 5774
MARGO PRICE
Our community has been greatly impoverished by the death of Margo Price following a long illness. With her husband Brian, she was a mainstay of community life in Cliftonwood and Hotwells for as long as anyone can remember. A truly genuine and selfless individual who always had time to help others, despite the challenges of nurturing a large family. She and Brian provided constant practical support for what is now Trinity Care Service since its inception and for years ran the Living Memories group that grew out of it. She was famous for her many appearances in pantomimes and other community shows at Hope Centre where her un-selfconscious exuberance and strong singing voice always delighted audiences.
Ray Smith
The Story of Swimming by Susie Parr Hotwells resident Susie Parr, described as a passionate outdoor swimmer has produced a large and lavishly illustrated social history that not only covers the more familiar Victorian period but extends the story of this recreation back to Beowulf. A fascinating read for anyone lured by the call of wild water.
Ray Smith
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Sat Jan 7th-Mar 31st when what Victorian Terrace retrofit
exhibits cross section of a Victorian home that demonstrates how a property of this age can be made more energy efficient and future proof.
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10:00- Clifton Rocks Railway Open 17:00 Day 19:30 Harlequin Singers Concert Bristol 10K Run
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