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Keep Me Keep Me I'm useful I'm useful Bishopstonincluding Ashley Down, Horfield & St. Andrews Bishopstonincluding Ashley Down, Horfield & St. Andrews Mattersissue 141, Oct 2020Mattersissue 141, Oct 2020 The heart of yoga in Bristol 0117 924 3330 Marking the 125th Yogawest is open againMarking with social the 125th anniversary of distancing in place: bookanniversary your class of St Andrews Park online before you come.St Andrews Park Booking now for new Newcomer, Beginner and Teenager classes! F F F FFFFFF FFFFFFFFF Find us just off the Gloucester Road, walk up lane FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFF FFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF Find Bishopston Matters on Facebook FollowFind Bishopston@bishmatters Matters on Twitter on Facebook Follow @bishmatters on Twitter BS7Gym Flyer Feb 2020 FINAL.pdf 1 10/02/2020 14:08 Dear Readers... As you can see from the front cover, My family and I have loved visiting Stoke 2020 marks 125 years since our wonderful Park over recent months. I hope you enjoy park opened. The pandemic may have put my introduction to this special place and are the party plans on hold until next spring inspired to go and explore for yourself. but to celebrate this anniversary, the It was great to hear from local resident Friends of St Andrew’s Park have created John Hardy, who has made the best of the a commemorative calendar filled with current situation and embarked on an epic historical postcards. The Park has always cycle from his home in Horfield to Scotland, been a special place for me and my family raising funds for charity Crisis on his way. and I look forward to purchasing a copy. If you are interested in local history, why I had the pleasure of attending the outdoor not take part in our Reader Competition launch of the Great Bristol High St – to win a copy of Saints, Crooks & Slavers, Glorious Gloucester Road book, created by a book by local authors inspired by their documentary photographer Colin Moody. home – 60 Fairfield Road – being shortlisted The book documents fabulous images of for the recent series of ‘A House Through local traders that make the high street Time’ on BBC2. such a special place to visit. Colin reminded All this and updates from many of our us of the importance, more than ever at this fabulous local groups and organisations. time, of supporting our local shops and the Take care until next time, peopleXPRESS behind them whenever we can. Kerry x Email: [email protected] • www.bishopstonmatters.co.uk Bishopston Matters BishopstonXPRESS Matters, PO Box 337, Bristol, BS9 4WT Tel: 07881 924 059 / 0117 349 4483 @bishmatters XX P P R R E E S S S S BS GYM COMMIT TO BE FIT WHERE YOUR GOALS, ARE OUR GOALS creative and commercial Solutions BS GYM PROVIDES EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR THE PERFECT TRAINING EXPERIENCE Telephone: 0117 908 0290 176 Gloucester Road, Bristol BS7 8NU VISIT WWW.BSGYM.CO.UK FOR MORE INFORMATION [email protected] www.xpress-company.co.uk OR CALL US TO BOOK YOUR FREE TRIAL 2 Bishopston Matters Please call Kerry on 0117 3494483 to advertise Don’t forget to mention Bishopston Matters when replying to ads! 3 During the late-1940s my brother and I spent many When I was days during the summer holidays in the park – we eighteen (fifty would leave home quite early with a bottle of water, years ago!), in an apple and jam sandwiches. We used to walk May, I worked from Montpelier where we lived and stay all day; a couple of our dad would collect us late afternoon. We spent evenings at our time making dens, playing on the swings etc. the Cock of the We played many ball games, we also played in the North pub in bandstand until the parky would come and chase Henleaze, as we us out. He used to be after us as well for being were saving up 1930's 1900-1910 cheeky to the people playing bowls. At this time to get married. there was a static water tank where the paddling One night, an pool is now – I remember it being slimy, smelly Evening Post News from the Friends of St Andrew's Park and quite dangerous. In the 1950s I recall seeing photographer A Midsummer Night’s Dream there – I think the came in asked if We were all so disappointed when the planned As part of the celebrations we also asked people to company performing were called Shakespeare in I would like to be 125th Anniversary Celebration of our wonderful Park share with us their memories of the special park; we the park – I really loved it. In the 1960s when we the next Saturday had to be called off because of the Covid pandemic. hope you enjoy these two examples. lived in Ashley Down we used to take our two older girl? He asked This would have taken place in May, and we are Steve Perry, Chair of St Andrew’s Park daughters to the park often – we had many picnic me my job, which hoping to re- arrange it for a similar time next year. teas after school. At this time the flower beds were was a telephonist In the meantime, a lovely 125th Anniversary My memories of St Andrew’s park, Sheila Symes really beautiful but the playground was nothing like in Clifton. “So,” Souvenir Calendar for 2021 has been prepared. The Lynda Booth, age 17, St Andrews park My first memory of St Andrew’s park is visiting there as good – OK safe – as it is now. One of my girls he said, “You calendar features splendid historical postcards of with my parents in about 1942 when I was a very ended up with badly cut leg caused by an insecure will be our ‘Hello the park. Details of where it can be purchased will little girl and we had moved from Devon to Bristol. joint on the metal slide. We moved away from girl’.” So, we arranged to meet at St Andrew’s Park be published shortly on our website: Ashley Down so did not go to the park for a few later that week and I had some photos taken on the There were tethered barrage balloons; to me they www.friendsofstandrewspark.ning.com or years; however, in about 2003 we started to take umbrella roundabout – and I was in the following seemed quite low – I was terrified of them! I thought Facebook page: Friends of St Andrews Park, our granddaughters there regularly – they loved it week’s Evening Post, and that is where my story that they were elephants flying in the sky. Bristol and in the next issue of Bishopston Matters. and it brought back happy times to me. The play ends LOL! area was very good then and very safe; the girls are grown up now, but we often talk of those lovely times. We used to go early morning and would often be the only ones on the swings. 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Cycling for Crisis We are proud to be open and caring of Scotland, south via the Isle of Skye, Glasgow, When John Hardy’s job as a hiking and biking Hadrian’s Wall, north via the eastern coast of for our 2.5 - 4 year Carlisle, the Yorkshire Dales, then south through tour leader in New Zealand was cut short by the Scotland and on to John O’Groats. olds in the beautiful pandemic and lockdown in March, he eventually Derbyshire, Birmingham, Stratford and Oxford Cycling alone with no support team and camping before finally returning to Bristol, 2003 miles later, surroundings of managed to return to his home in Horfield, in April, wild in places, John met many interesting characters Stoke Park Estate. and set about volunteering with Fareshare and on 24 August – having raised an impressive £2010 on the way, so appreciated more than ever the lack for Crisis. He was delighted to meet his target of £1 Horfield Together. of home comforts and the kindness of strangers. To find out more about our nursery, or to per mile. If you would like to find out more about As soon as possible after some easing of Persuaded by people he met to raise money for put your child on the waiting list visit this important charity or to donate, please visit restrictions following lockdown, John set himself a charity, he decided on Crisis – the national charity for www.crisis.org.uk.