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Current News and Activities
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What's On in Westbury Park: November 2018
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Wednesday 31st October: Hallowe’en - Scary stories in a dark, dark Church
Come and hear a scary story told at 6 pm, 6.30 pm, 7 pm & 7.30 pm in a candlelit St Alban’s Church. Suitable for children of all ages and brave grown ups too! Refreshments provided, and it’s all free.
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Friday 2nd November: Max Minerva’s – Book Event for Young Adults
Author Caroline Wallis will be reading from her YA novel Hotspots in the shop on North View, and will be signing books. Starts at 2 pm. Cost £2 redeemable on book purchase ( Caroline’s latest novel will be available).
This is part of an exciting programme of author events launched by the bookshop. For full details of all events, check the events page on: www.maxminervas.co.uk
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Saturday 3rd November: Last call for a Ceili with the Highly Strung Band
The group is taking a break next year, so this is a chance to say au revoir. The group has made over £2000 for local charities in the last couple of years, so many thanks to the band and callers.
Doors and bar open at 7.00 pm and first dance is at 7.30pm. There will be a break for pasties and cookies which are on sale at the kitchen hatch. Tickets are £10 and accompanied under-18s tickets are £6 - and can be bought in by email jillyelliot@gmail.com and tickets will be reserved for you to collect on the door - tickets still £10 plus a £2 donation in the charity pot
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Saturday 3rd November: Pop up Cinema - Grease Singalong
7.30 pm St. Alban’s Church, Bayswater Avenue
Time to sing along to the classic film Grease. Dress up as a T Bird or a Pink Lady! Soft drinks, prosecco, popcorn and other yummy stuff will be available! Tickets from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/grease-singalong-tickets-51330430700 or Toogoods or Roundabout or on the door.
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Thursday 8th November: Creative writing course for 7 -11 year olds
Start of a creative writing for young people, 4 to 5 pm, a five week course for £25.
At Max Minerva’s, 39 North View. Book there or on-line.
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Saturday 17th November: Christmas Fair
At The Methodist Church, North View 2.30 pm. Free entry with food bank donation, and all profits to charity. There will be plenty going on, including Father Christmas, plants, arts and crafts, Nativity photo booth, children’s activities, raffle etc.
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Monday, 19th November: The African Queen
Starring Katherine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart
Henleaze Senior Film Club meets 2.00 pm at St Peter's Hall, The Drive, Henleaze.
Easy access. Admission Free Refreshments (tea and cake) £3. Phone Dial-a-Ride 0845 139 875 for transport. Supported by Home Instead.
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Tuesday 20th November – Researching your Family History
7pm (Doors open 6:45pm) at Redland Library, Bristol. Admission:£3 (at the door )
The event will comprise a brief introduction into the basics of family history research followed by hands on computer time using Bristol Library’s copy of the Ancestry software. A number of experienced genealogists will be on hand. Places are limited and booking is essential - FriendsOfRedlandLibrary@gmail.com
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Thursday 22nd November: Henleaze Forum
Meet with your councillors and have your views heard. At Henleaze Library, doors will open 6.45 pm for a 7 pm start.
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Thursday 22nd to Saturday 24th November: Goodnight Mr Tom
St Alban’s Players perform at 7.30 pm (also at 3 pm on Sat) in St Alban’s Church Hall. www.stalbansplayers.co.uk/boxoffice Tickets £10, Students £7. Any enquiries to 07425 198 859 “...the perfect family show for all ages.”
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Thursday 29th November: The Matthew Project
Henleaze Library at 7 pm (doors open 6.45 pm)
The Friends of Henleaze Library invite you to an evening with Evan Jones.
Tickets £5.00 to be obtained in person, in advance, from the Library. They include a glass of wine and nibbles.
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Coming in December
Saturday 8th December 4-5 pm: Christmas Concert and Carols
St Alban's Church BS6 7NS. Free admission with a retiring collection in aid of St Alban's Church. Listen to Vaughan Williams “Fantasia on Christmas Carols” and join in with traditional carols later.
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Would you like us to advertise a social or charitable event in November? Please get in touch with us by November 25th
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MYFIRSTMILE for commuters – and soon for Bus Pass users!
This project connects Henleaze and Westbury Park commuters with Gloucester Road. Taxis pick up passengers from various points to ferry them to Gloucester Road from which they can catch buses towards UWE, Parkway etc. The price of a daily ticket covers return taxi and bus journeys. It must be purchased in advance, however. More details can be found at https://esoterix.co.uk/announcing-my-first-mile/ but please note that prices have come down since the website was last updated – and are now (Oct 1st) £4 day, £17 week and £66.
From October 8th, Bus Pass users will be able to use this service.
MYFIRSTMILE is a pilot project, which is due to end in December.
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WOOD BURNING STOVES AND OPEN FIRES
A Community Association member has asked us to circulate the following note on wood burning stoves and smoke control area regulations.
"We love the warm glow of wood-burning stoves and open fires, but not the increasing levels of smoke in Westbury Park caused by people not following the rules for their use. This is a major source of air pollution, causing asthma, heart attacks and strokes.
Remember – this is a Smoke Control Area. This means:
• Open fires. You cannot burn wood but only smokeless fuels such as anthracite.
• Wood-burning stoves. Your stove must be on the Defra list of approved appliances. You must use only dry wood or pellets. (You can buy these ‘ready to burn’ or keep wood you chop yourself for two years to dry). You must keep your chimneys and flues clean.
As well as affecting everyone’s health, breaches of the rules can lead to fines of up to £1,000."
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RESIDENT PARKING
While the Community Association is aware that some parts of Westbury Park (eg. the Etloe Road / Queen Victoria Road Road area) are strongly in favour of resident parking it is not clear whether this is the case in other parts of Westbury Park possibly less affected by commuter parking.
The City Council conducted a household postal survey on parking issues in Westbury Park in January 2015 and concluded from the responses (and lack of responses) that there was only sufficient support to progress with resident parking in the Durdham Park and Manor Park areas. Since then parking pressures have worsened in parts of Westbury Park following the introduction of resident parking in Redland and parking restrictions on The Downs. As a consequence areas in Westbury Park that might have been only marginally affected by commuter parking in 2015 are now far more affected and possibly more receptive to resident parking.
BUT a few words of caution regarding new resident parking schemes – the Council’s guidelines relating to new resident parking schemes agreed in November 2017 are not very positive in tone and challenging, both in terms of the complex process for securing a new scheme and in setting a high bar for new schemes (eg. new schemes have to cover areas of 1,000 – 4,000 households). The guidelines also seemed to rule out the possibility of extensions to existing schemes – an option that might have been appropriate in parts of Westbury Park.
Our ward councillors are lobbying the Mayor and Council’s Executive Member for Transport to make the guidelines simpler and more flexible.
In partnership with the Community Association Henleaze and Westbury on Trym ward councillors are planning to carry out a survey to establish the degree of support for resident parking in that part of Westbury Park within their ward.
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Website updated on Sunday, 4th November 2018
Current News and Activities
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What's On in Westbury Park: November 2018
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Wednesday 31st October: Hallowe’en - Scary stories in a dark, dark Church
Come and hear a scary story told at 6 pm, 6.30 pm, 7 pm & 7.30 pm in a candlelit St Alban’s Church. Suitable for children of all ages and brave grown ups too! Refreshments provided, and it’s all free.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friday 2nd November: Max Minerva’s – Book Event for Young Adults
Author Caroline Wallis will be reading from her YA novel Hotspots in the shop on North View, and will be signing books. Starts at 2 pm. Cost £2 redeemable on book purchase ( Caroline’s latest novel will be available).
This is part of an exciting programme of author events launched by the bookshop. For full details of all events, check the events page on: www.maxminervas.co.uk
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Saturday 3rd November: Last call for a Ceili with the Highly Strung Band
The group is taking a break next year, so this is a chance to say au revoir. The group has made over £2000 for local charities in the last couple of years, so many thanks to the band and callers.
Doors and bar open at 7.00 pm and first dance is at 7.30pm. There will be a break for pasties and cookies which are on sale at the kitchen hatch. Tickets are £10 and accompanied under-18s tickets are £6 - and can be bought in by email jillyelliot@gmail.com and tickets will be reserved for you to collect on the door - tickets still £10 plus a £2 donation in the charity pot
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________+
Saturday 3rd November: Pop up Cinema - Grease Singalong
7.30 pm St. Alban’s Church, Bayswater Avenue
Time to sing along to the classic film Grease. Dress up as a T Bird or a Pink Lady! Soft drinks, prosecco, popcorn and other yummy stuff will be available! Tickets from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/grease-singalong-tickets-51330430700 or Toogoods or Roundabout or on the door.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday 8th November: Creative writing course for 7 -11 year olds
Start of a creative writing for young people, 4 to 5 pm, a five week course for £25.
At Max Minerva’s, 39 North View. Book there or on-line.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Saturday 17th November: Christmas Fair
At The Methodist Church, North View 2.30 pm. Free entry with food bank donation, and all profits to charity. There will be plenty going on, including Father Christmas, plants, arts and crafts, Nativity photo booth, children’s activities, raffle etc.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Monday, 19th November: The African Queen
Starring Katherine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart
Henleaze Senior Film Club meets 2.00 pm at St Peter's Hall, The Drive, Henleaze.
Easy access. Admission Free Refreshments (tea and cake) £3. Phone Dial-a-Ride 0845 139 875 for transport. Supported by Home Instead.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tuesday 20th November – Researching your Family History
7pm (Doors open 6:45pm) at Redland Library, Bristol. Admission:£3 (at the door )
The event will comprise a brief introduction into the basics of family history research followed by hands on computer time using Bristol Library’s copy of the Ancestry software. A number of experienced genealogists will be on hand. Places are limited and booking is essential - FriendsOfRedlandLibrary@gmail.com
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday 22nd November: Henleaze Forum
Meet with your councillors and have your views heard. At Henleaze Library, doors will open 6.45 pm for a 7 pm start.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thursday 22nd to Saturday 24th November: Goodnight Mr Tom
St Alban’s Players perform at 7.30 pm (also at 3 pm on Sat) in St Alban’s Church Hall. www.stalbansplayers.co.uk/boxoffice Tickets £10, Students £7. Any enquiries to 07425 198 859 “...the perfect family show for all ages.”
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Thursday 29th November: The Matthew Project
Henleaze Library at 7 pm (doors open 6.45 pm)
The Friends of Henleaze Library invite you to an evening with Evan Jones.
Tickets £5.00 to be obtained in person, in advance, from the Library. They include a glass of wine and nibbles.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Coming in December
Saturday 8th December 4-5 pm: Christmas Concert and Carols
St Alban's Church BS6 7NS. Free admission with a retiring collection in aid of St Alban's Church. Listen to Vaughan Williams “Fantasia on Christmas Carols” and join in with traditional carols later.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Would you like us to advertise a social or charitable event in November? Please get in touch with us by November 25th
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
MYFIRSTMILE for commuters – and soon for Bus Pass users!
This project connects Henleaze and Westbury Park commuters with Gloucester Road. Taxis pick up passengers from various points to ferry them to Gloucester Road from which they can catch buses towards UWE, Parkway etc. The price of a daily ticket covers return taxi and bus journeys. It must be purchased in advance, however. More details can be found at https://esoterix.co.uk/announcing-my-first-mile/ but please note that prices have come down since the website was last updated – and are now (Oct 1st) £4 day, £17 week and £66.
From October 8th, Bus Pass users will be able to use this service.
MYFIRSTMILE is a pilot project, which is due to end in December.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
WOOD BURNING STOVES AND OPEN FIRES
A Community Association member has asked us to circulate the following note on wood burning stoves and smoke control area regulations.
"We love the warm glow of wood-burning stoves and open fires, but not the increasing levels of smoke in Westbury Park caused by people not following the rules for their use. This is a major source of air pollution, causing asthma, heart attacks and strokes.
Remember – this is a Smoke Control Area. This means:
• Open fires. You cannot burn wood but only smokeless fuels such as anthracite.
• Wood-burning stoves. Your stove must be on the Defra list of approved appliances. You must use only dry wood or pellets. (You can buy these ‘ready to burn’ or keep wood you chop yourself for two years to dry). You must keep your chimneys and flues clean.
As well as affecting everyone’s health, breaches of the rules can lead to fines of up to £1,000."
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
RESIDENT PARKING
While the Community Association is aware that some parts of Westbury Park (eg. the Etloe Road / Queen Victoria Road Road area) are strongly in favour of resident parking it is not clear whether this is the case in other parts of Westbury Park possibly less affected by commuter parking.
The City Council conducted a household postal survey on parking issues in Westbury Park in January 2015 and concluded from the responses (and lack of responses) that there was only sufficient support to progress with resident parking in the Durdham Park and Manor Park areas. Since then parking pressures have worsened in parts of Westbury Park following the introduction of resident parking in Redland and parking restrictions on The Downs. As a consequence areas in Westbury Park that might have been only marginally affected by commuter parking in 2015 are now far more affected and possibly more receptive to resident parking.
BUT a few words of caution regarding new resident parking schemes – the Council’s guidelines relating to new resident parking schemes agreed in November 2017 are not very positive in tone and challenging, both in terms of the complex process for securing a new scheme and in setting a high bar for new schemes (eg. new schemes have to cover areas of 1,000 – 4,000 households). The guidelines also seemed to rule out the possibility of extensions to existing schemes – an option that might have been appropriate in parts of Westbury Park.
Our ward councillors are lobbying the Mayor and Council’s Executive Member for Transport to make the guidelines simpler and more flexible.
In partnership with the Community Association Henleaze and Westbury on Trym ward councillors are planning to carry out a survey to establish the degree of support for resident parking in that part of Westbury Park within their ward.
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Website updated on Sunday, 4th November 2018
