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HOTWELLS&CLIFTONWOOD
supported by
ers have decided to set up ‘Hotwells ported our application to lease the land.
Traders Network’ to represent the Once the legal formalities have been dealt
interests of businesses in Hotwells & with, we will let you know about how we
Cliftonwood. plan to improve the area for wildlife and
Research done on behalf of HCCA by con- humans.
sultants Vivid Regeneration has shown that Watch this space!
traders in our area would benefit by having Nigel Derrett, Cliftonwood Terrace Residents
better access to the specialised BCC Retail Assoc
Development Team and the Retail Forum
Brunel Swing Bridge
Autumn 2006
Published by Hotwells & Cliftonwood Community Association, Hope Chapel, Hope Chapel Hill, Hotwells, Bristol, BS8 4ND
which exist to foster the development of
small businesses. The group has already The bridge parked on the dockside in
started to work on some ideas and make the shadow of the Cumberland Basin
contact with other agencies concerned with flyover, in spite of its modest size, is a
planning, promotion and tourism. The next historic Brunel
meeting of the Network is at Shoots Res- design.
taurant on Monday October 2nd at 6 pm. Although it has
Anyone working in a business in the area not swung for
(not just retail) is welcome to attend. many years it has
been maintained
by the Docks
Cliftonwood Lower Green engineer and
Good news! - Bristol City Council now a small
have agreed to lease the land below group of enthusi-
Cliftonwood Terrace to the residents asts has emerged
of the Terrace for 35 years. This means to try and re-
that we are able to preserve this last pocket store it to full
of green land as a wildlife area for the bene- working order. A
fit of all the local community. wide, flat route across Cumberland Basin
would be a great benefit to families with
children and cyclists to avoid the hazardous
lock gate or the spiral steps up onto the
main bridge. It would also be a boon for
events like Ashton Court Festival or the
Balloon fiesta now that the Suspension
Bridge closure at these times seem likely to
be permanent. Tentative approaches are
being made to the Heritage Lottery Fund
but the support of the City Council as own-
ers is crucial to raising funds. For more
The Green -A wilderness now but potentially a information or offers of help contact David
resource for the whole community Neale Tel: 01275 392336
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Thursday
Evening group
Starting 21st Sept.
Cliftonwood
0117 987 2989
www.aliburrows.org.uk
SABINA BOWLER-REED
BA HONS.
SOLICITOR
Residents of 1, Britannia Buildings, Merchants Road,
the flats by Ja Bristol BS8 4QD
Wells Roun cobs
dabout have
the need for mentioned
a pedestrian
over Hotwe cr
ll Road to th ossing
side. This ro e harbour-
ad is incredib
to cross mo ly
st times of d difficult
there is hou ay .
sing all along Now
Hotwell Road this end of
path all the and the prosp
way into the linking up w ect of
Centre, this ith a har
idea seems ve bourside foot-
ry worthwh
ile. EXPERIENCED IN FAMILY LAW
Sheila Mary has lived in Cliftonwood for 30years. I met her at the Trinity
Church lunch club which she attends once a week. She told me of her pro-
fessional life as a singer, performing for the rich and famous in venues as
disparate as Goodwood Races, The London Savoy and Richard Branson’s
boats -but how did this happen ?
She had an unsettled early life with no
knowledge of her father and was aban-
doned by her mother who was “a good
time woman known as the Duchess” so
she was brought up by her grandparents.
She subsequently married Bernard Staig
Graham and they had a daughter Harriet
and a son Justin in the early 1970’s.
Bernard gave Art classes, but although
Sheila was too shy to join in, neverthe-
less had her own one woman show in
Plymouth, as a result of which she was
offered exhibition space at the Wood-
stock galleries in London’s Bond Street.
Sheila couldn’t afford the £100 needed- a lot in the 1960s, but subsequently has had 3
line drawings exhibited in the Royal West of England Academy. She still enjoys draw-
ing as a hobby and has succeeded in selling some of her work.
Sheila’s other talent as a singer only began when she was 40, in 1988. Having heard a
song on the radio called “I’m going shopping with you”, she learnt it and sang it at one
of Bristol’s hotels where her subsequent partner David Clifford had a seventeen piece
band. After that gig they decided to go it alone, which involved busking in Bath, Yate
and Wells, where the Dean used to put money in their box! A Corporate director
spotted them and gave them a gig at Wookey Hole where they entertained the whole
of the management, including Laura Ashley and her husband, who ended the evening
by telling dirty jokes in French over Sheila’s microphone! After that they played two
nights a week in Bristol’s Wild Oats restaurant where they were paid £5 each. A rise
was given in the form of a £5 lunch voucher! One evening, film director David Hop-
kins came in and asked them to play in a film, based on Shelley’s novel Zastrozzi for
which they were paid the handsome sum of £500 each. They played three times at the
Thornbury festival and seven times at the Marlborough festival. Some Saturdays they
had three gigs, mornings busking, midday weddings and an evening party or two. Sheila
recalls an embarrassing incident when she had been performing at the Queens Hotel
at Cheltenham on a stage lined with pot plants – and she had been told to walk down
steps into the audience but on doing so knocked most of the plants over on to the
dance floor!
Other bookings included Henley Regatta-a regular for
seven years, twice at Ascot, London hotels including on fishy business!
the roof of the Ritz for BMW as a corporate booking
for which they were paid £300, the Savoy, almost every
stately home in Gloucestershire, a house party for one
of the Queen’s ladies in waiting- (no pay, just food!)
They auditioned other acts all day for 7 days in the late
1980’s to be chosen for HTV’s “The Weekend Starts
Here” and London Morning Breakfast Show. They
played for lots of charities and free of charge for at
least two a year and once auctioned themselves for
£150 for the RNLI. The unusual site of this
A pleasant recent booking was playing for Judith the heron on the roof of a
Vet’s wedding where Fido their dog sat in their drum house in Hope Square was
box! obviously disconcerting for
the seagulls which took it in
However, after this full and active career Sheila has turns to ‘dive bomb’ it. I
decided to retire from singing, but her daughter Har- suspect it was interested in
riet seems to have inherited her mother’s talent and the ornamental garden pond
made Sheila proud to hear her performing at the Festi- below. Fish keepers beware!
val of the Sea. Helen Smith Ray Smith
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Events and Activities
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See Brunel’s Suspension Bridge from ∗ Fully qualified mechanics, quality
a different angle! control and chief mechanic
Summer and Autumn series of public trips. ∗ Manufacturer genuine parts or
Evenings with ferryman supper to see Clifton Suspension
Bridge’s new lights, and daytime cruises quality non genuine
with or without wildlife commentary.. ∗ Free collection and delivery
∗ Free wash and vacuum
∗ Evening vehicle servicing (by nego-
Servicing - MOTs - Repairs tiation)
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For dates & fares check out our website on
www.bristolferry.com
167-171 Hotwell Road, Hotwells, Bristol, BS8 4RY tel: 0117 907 8801
Or call us: 0117 927 3416 / email: trips@bristolferry.com
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The Bear de
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great hospitality in the heart of Hotwells l co
real ales & home-cooked food me
served mon-fri (12.00– 3.00pm)
Sunday lunches (12.00-4.00pm)
barbeques in the beer garden
home of the famous Bebop
Club -every Friday night
large function room with bar
261-263 Hotwell Road, Bristol BS8 4SJ
available for all occasions tel: 0117 987 7796 fax: 0117 987 0380
USEFUL CONTACTS
Hotwells & Cliftonwood C.A. Security
Hope Chapel, Hope Chapel Hill, Anti-Social Behaviour—24 hour action line – this is
Hotwells, Bristol, BS8 4ND council run but they keep records and this can be used
tel: 0117 9291883 by the Police to take action – 0845 605 2222
e-mail: admin@hotwellscliftonwood.org.uk
Web site: www.hotwellscliftonwood.org.uk Nick Shaw is our local Police Constable based at
Redland Police Station
Bulletin board: 0117 945 4453.
www.hotwellscliftonwood.org.uk/forums e mail – Nicholas.shaw@avonandsomerset.police.uk
Hope Chapel – to book the hall for meetings par- Bobby Van Scheme – Free police security assess-
ties etc – 9215271 ments for the over 65s
0117 927 7777