How to save the Expert analysis of live music scene why truth and lies after demise of impact your mental The Hub Page 14 health Page 12 Welcome to your new neighbourhood newspaper We’ve launched this newspaper for Stonehouse residents and businesses because there are lots of good things happening in our neighbourhood and we plan to make sure you know about them. The main aim of the Stonehouse Voice is to celebrate all of the good stu going on from art, music and creativity to local business and social enterprise and encourage you to report and write about them. We’ll print the stories about us that most other media ignore. In fact, we’re starting a local media revolution because our stories and features are written for our community, by people who live among us. At  rst, we will be appearing twice a year, but the plan is that we’ll eventually be published quarterly, and monthly after that. And as we go along, we’ll transfer the ownership of the Voice to yourselves, the community, in the form of a non-pro t Community Bene t Society. So, we’re on the lookout for a team of community journalists and designers, who live on our patch and would like to celebrate it. If you want to take a part in developing the paper through writing, design, publishing or managing just email to [email protected] or lookout for the regular workshops Above: Crafting with the Make it Up project at the Union Street Party. Photograph Dom Moore at Nudge or Ocean Studios.

if you like us, share us with your friends Record breaker and neighbours A record number of people attend- “You get a real sense of the street Plymouth Play Scrapstore, playing ed this year’s Union Street Party as and can imagine how we can on the carousel and bouncy cas- Doubts over nearly 3,000 visitors arrived for the change it in such a positive and dif- tle, planting with Mill elds, play- 10th birthday party celebrations, ferent way”, she added. ing tennis with Stonehouse Tennis parking zone writes Laura Kelly. More than 50 organisations and Club and learning football skills Plymouth City Council’s plan to The event, organised by Stone- businesses turned up and helped with Plymouth Hope. create a Stonehouse parking zone house Action and Nudge Com- to make it a success. There were As usual, Union Street was closed hangs in the balance. munity Builders, has gone from more than 20 performances and 35 at 7am and for more than  ve hours There has been considerable op- strength to strength and is now a activities to take part in, all in bril- volunteers decorated the pave- position to the scheme from local permanent  xture on Plymouth’s liant sunshine. ments with yards of bunting, pom- businesses following a public con- summer calendar. Plymouth Art Weekender poms, coloured carpets, ribbons, sultation. One of the organisers Wendy Hart Stonehouse listings, see Page 13  ags, and in atables. The scheme was part of Labour’s said: “It has been 10 years of amaz- The Street was turned into a traf- manifesto but if it does not go ingness and this year so many more Throughout the day, families  c-free playground—visitors could ahead, it will make it impossible to people have come in and layered enjoyed free activities including even have a massage at a bus stop. introduce further tra c calming extra di erent activities.” making with recycled material at Continued on Page Six > and safety improvements.

We’re supported by Page 2 The Stonehouse Voice Yard is top 500 What you say about UK attraction living in Stonehouse Plymouth’s Royal William Yard has been named as one of the top “I love living UK destinations in world-leading travel guide publisher, Lonely near the sea” Planet’s latest book; Ultimate United Kingdom Travelist. The Yard is ranked in the iconic and will be holding workshops to guidebook’s top 500 greatest teach you the all the journalism experiences across the UK, and skills you will need. one of only a select few locations Email us at stonehousevoice@ mentioned within the South West. gmail.com to let us know if you’re Known as Plymouth’s cultural interested. quarter, the Yard is a hub of creativity. There are usually a range of Residents urged exhibitions taking place where visitors can see work from leading to be ‘ears & local artists, or create their own work at one of Ocean Studio’s eyes’ of police many workshops. These are open Cutbacks have stretched to all ages and abilities and cover the police’s ability to patrol everything from light painting to Stonehouse but operations to Exchange students work with Scrapstore screen printing. Hailey Cattle, Regional Marketing catch lawbreakers continue. Plymouth Play Scrapstore hosted Manager, Royal William Yard said: Devon and Cornwall a group of exchange students in a Constabulary dedicate three PCs 1 courses for beginners, starting “Selling millions of copies every unique collaboration where they and three PCSOs to the beat, to in October. Register your interest year, Lonely Planet is one of the produced amazing high fashion form a team headed up by Sgt. and book in for an initial interview world’s most popular travel guides, clothing from scrap cloth (above). Hayley Manning. by emailing: hello@makershq. and we are proud to be ranked as The students from the Canossa one of the top 500 destinations in Tactics include covert patrols by Fashion School, Italy, were on a co.uk or heading to the MakersHQ website—makershq.co.uk the country - helping to put the plain-clothed ocers and ‘weeks of three-week Design Programme South West on the UK’s ultimate action’ during which ocers target at Makers HQ, a fashion and travel map. crimes such vehicle racing and textiles sampling studio in the HQ Council tax “The Yard captures the drug and alcohol-related o ences. Building, Union Street. imagination of visitors all year But ocers need more intelligence The aim of the Erasmus project support change round, and Lonely Planet’s from residents for the ght against was to share knowledge about Plymouth City Council is making it approach to travel perfectly ts crime to succeed. Information can sustainability, and to show them easier to claim Council Tax Support with our ethos of encouraging be emailed to [email protected] what can be achieved with a little (CTS), the scheme designed to help Contemporary people of all ages to explore the At a recent Co ee with Cops imagination and lot of scraps. people with low incomes reduce world around them, while taking meeting organised by Nudge After creating designs, they their council tax payments by up craft market the opportunity to discover and at The Clipper, PC Alex Parker headed next door to the to 80 per cent. experience something new.” Scrapstore and rummaged for The council thinks the scheme The South West’s newest said: “Don’t be afraid to report fabrics and embellishments. There needs to change for 2020/21 contemporary arts and crafts suspicious incidents to the police. were also scrap fabrics to use in because more customers market is holding its second event Play a part in The more intelligence we get, the the workshop at Makers HQ. are experiencing changes of at Ocean Studios in November. the Voice more we can take action against A spokesperson for Makers HQ income which means frequent The Ocean Artists Designers individuals. said: “The results were incredible. reassessment of their support. Makers Winter Market will have If you would like to take part in “We need grounds to search They did such a fantastic job This can be confusing and more than 50 stalls o ering a producing the Stonehouse Voice, people and properties and the and really got stuck into the continually changing the level wide range of beautiful hand- then let us know. more people report suspicious assignment they were given. of council tax support makes made crafts, inspiring design and We’re looking to build a small activity, the bigger the picture we “They were given a tight deadline household budgeting more accessible original art. team of community journalists and can get and then see the patterns. The organisers of the event and had to complete it all within dicult. designers to take over the running This means we can take action.” 2.5 weeks, in time for the photo- promise it will be an exciting way The council hopes to bring in of the paper. Check the Nudge Community shoot. Their garments had to be to start the festive season—there a banded system that allows for We’ll be transforming the paper Builders website for the next Co ee completed by this point, or they’d will be a packed itinerary of changes of income without having into a community benet society with Cops meeting; https://nudge. miss the photo shoot. to constantly adjust the level of workshops, Open Studios, and the community “This deadline didn’t seem to faze council tax support. renowned Column Bakehouse Café them, as they worked eciently It is possible the level of council will be open. and nished in plenty of time. The tax support that a household The Market o ers a fresh, girls are very skilled and will clearly currently receives might change, contemporary take on the have a future within this industry. but nobody in the lowest income traditional craft market experience The dresses were all very di erent bands will lose their current level showcasing the best Plymouth and and unique.” of council tax support the South West has to o er. The Erasmus programme is an As part of the proposals, the It is more than just a market – for initiative run by the European council will make sure the council the artists and designer makers Union. tax exceptional hardship policy it’s an exchange, a chance to get + Makers HQ, will run free, Level will be revised to allow anyone together with fellow creatives and who might have dropped out of meet customers face-to-face. eligibility for CTS to apply. For the visitor it’s an opportunity What you say about There will be no reduction in the to buy beautiful hand-made art, council’s overall budget for CTS or craft and design, meet the creators living in Stonehouse the level of support to nancially and have a great day out in the vulnerable customers. The historic surroundings of Royal “I love our proposed changes are part of the William Yard. Council’s pledge to better support November 2 & 3, 10 – 4pm daily, heritage” residents struggling with Universal free entry. Ocean Studios, Royal Credit. The scheme will be out for William Yard PL1 3RP. For details: PC Alex Parker, who is part of the police team which patrols Stonehouse, talks to consultation until October 5. www.ocean-markets.co.uk residents during a Co ee with Cops meeting at The Clipper The Stonehouse Voice Page 3 New art spaces open for business Empty buildings being converted to satisfy demand for exhibition and making facilities

Two new art and exhibition spaces Plymouth University and Plymouth founder members are the Imper- have opened in Stonehouse. Art College who needed a ordable fect Cinema, the Kintsugi Project, Under is a pilot for a creative space studio space for emerging artists. Leadworks Factory, Cawfee Com- in East Street to support emerging She added: “Our aim is to become munity Cafe, Empowering Hidden and under-represented artists and part of the Stonehouse ecosystem Voices, and Wonderzoo. The issues designers. and support and encourage the and themes the group will tackle And a recently successful Crowd- growing creative community in include disability, refugees, thera- funder will also transform an old the area, whilst providing access py, mental health support, history, lead warehouse in Rendle Street to cultural and creative activity for green spaces, loneliness, creative into an arts and gallery space. the local community through our writing, performance, and music. The 1800 sq ft Under project - developing programme. Bronwen Hewitt said: “It will be a made available through KARST’s “We have already started to work voice for the many small grassroots Unlocking Creative Space initiative collaboratively with local organisa- organisations and individuals in - can be hired for events, pop up tions, businesses and networks.” Stonehouse who are working to shows, launches, exhibitions, and In Rendle St, the Crowdfunded encourage the creative arts & crafts workshops, or used as a large pro- space the Warehouse will host ac- and to working for the community. duction space. Memberships are tivities ranging from the Imperfect “It will celebrate the past and also available. Cinema to exhibitions and making. build on the future; a visionary Dawn Melville, who is running the The group behind the project is force.” project said it was established after Eclective, a wide-ranging innova- Despite speaking as a group, all discussion with the local arts sec- tive community organisation of arts member organisations and individ- Top: A recent exhibition at Under in East Street. Below: Mansel Nott, Lewys tor, community, and students from and community associations. The uals remain independent. Tapscott-Nott and Adam Heap at the refurbished Warehouse art space

Greening up Stonehouse children’s gardening club, a nurs- ery school drop in, keen gardeners at Valletort Flats and Flora Court whilst improving green areas such as The Boat outside HQ and devel- oping the Edible Bus Stop planters. All this has been possible by gardening and outdoor engage- ment, encouraging participants to improve, maintain and take owner- ship of local green space. If you’re walking down Union The project is led by the com- Street and you’ve noticed some munities it works with and each gorgeous sun owers, a veggie garden is developing in a di erent box with a crazy amount of rocket way in order to best serve the com- and herbs or a boat recycled into a munity it is in, as well as the wider planter full of  owers then you’ve community of Stonehouse. enjoyed just a little bit of the work The most ambitious site that we of Grow Stonehouse. support is Stonehall Flats Commu- If you spy a person tending to nity Orchard. An area of neglect- them it’s probably me, Tif Dickin- ed grassland has spent several son, Project Coordinator for Grow years being transformed by local Stonehouse, providing maternity residents into a beautiful orchard. cover for Lily Urbanska (above). There is also a herb garden, and Grow Stonehouse is a commu- an abundance of raised beds that nity-focused project established support allotment style growing. in 2016 delivered by Mill elds If you live here you can enjoy Inspired, with funding from The crops of fresh apples, herbs, beans, People’s Health Trust. The project beetroot, spinach, carrots, berries, supports empowerment of small potatoes and more rhubarb than community groups by helping you could ever crumble. local people come together, feel Grow Stonehouse has events engaged, learn new skills like such as summer BBQs, Wassails, planting, socialise and make a visi- poetry readings and seed swaps. ble change to their environment. If you want to come and get It supports the care of commu- involved email me at tifdickinson@ nity gardens at sites including a mill eldsinspired.com. Page 4 The Stonehouse Voice Young people offered chance of research ‘safari’

An opportunity to go on a ‘research impact; having a greater value for safari’ is being o ered to young their communities and providing people aged between 14 and 19 by platforms for them to push forward the Co-operative College and the their ideas. Real Ideas Organisation (RIO). As well as learning new digital Teenagers will be encouraged skills such as Augmented Reality, to investigate their communities VJ-ing and podcasting, the pro- whilst understanding the power gramme also o ers a unique op- of their voice and telling their sto- portunity for participants to ex- ry using digital techniques such as plore their local area from a new Above: Owen Finnie (left) and Matthew Elmes (right) check the Pollenize apiary on the roof of the Genesis Building augmented reality, VJ-ing and pod- perspective forming a ‘tribe’ of casting. community researchers that con- The group will engage with or- nect with key organisations such ganisations and community groups as Plymouth Social Enterprise Net- Saving the world one bee before forming their own social ac- work, Nudge Community Builders tion project. and the Illuminate light Festival. The invitation follows a successful More information about the pro- pilot by the Co-operative College ject is available over on the Co-op- at a time in Stonehouse across Greater Manchester who erative College’s website, www.co- A community organisation set up liam Yard. There’s also a small bee B There is also a large percentage have now teamed up with the De- op.ac.uk/yca. in Stonehouse to use native bees & B at the Lord High Admiral pub, of queen importation into the UK. vonport-based problem-solving The project starts on Monday 30 has launched a Crowdfunder to Stonehouse. They believe that we should form organisation RIO. September, with two sessions per help it expand. They will also be directing more breeding groups to improve and RIO doesn’t see its role as cham- week taking place on Monday and The social enterprise Pollenize work towards the other 250 species propagate native and near-native pioning young people’s voice, rath- Tuesday evenings 4pm-6pm up un- hopes to grow its network of in- of bees that also need more habitat queens from local stock. er they create the space for young til the 10 December. ner-city beehives and fund crucial creation in our green spaces. Pollenize found its native stock people to have their voice heard If you have any questions about research into how the UK’s native If the Crowdfunder is successful, through the Mount Edgcumbe and for them to be part of the solu- the project you can also contact Ju- species can thrive. at least four more apiaries will be black bee reserve, managed by tions that are emerging. les Marshall from RIO on 0330 223 Pollinator decline has been hap- established in the city, and new re- Kathy Lovegrove, who has helped RIO provides the tools for young 4158. To nd out more about the pening for some time now; loss of search will begin. them develop as beekeepers. people to undertake meaning- Real Ideas Organisation visit www. habitat, and overuse of pesticides Owen, a sociology graduate, and Matthew and Owen have de- ful social action that has tangible realideas.org in our countryside are just some Matthew, who studied environ- vised their own mixture of native the contributing factors to this mental science, are also associate wild-owers that will attract bees Zine mentoring project global problem. directors of the B4 Project (Bring and inform future climate-resilient Pollenize believes it is possible to Back the Black Bee), a conserva- planting through analysis of the make the urban environment a ha- tion project with which they have honey that is collected. Each hive for young artists ven for our pollinators. similar research aims and values of gathers environmental intelligence Plymouth Zine Library is collabo- The work that Matthew Elmes and using a native stock of bees. A key data through remote hive sensing rating with YEA Plymouth, an in- Owen Finnie are undertaking is lit- component of their work is the sur- equipment, and DNA analysis will dependent group run by and for erally a race against time. vival of the native bee species. be carried out on honey pollen to young emerging artists, on a new The pair have already set up api- Owen said: “Logic says that if you improve the future resilience of ur- Small Press project supported by aries at the Devonport Column, use a bee that is climatically better ban pollinators and their habitats. the POP+ Street-to-Scale fund. the Genesis Building, Union Street, suited to the natural environment it A successful Crowdfunder will Kitty McEwan, 17, curator of PZL King’s School, Plymouth Marine inhabits it is more likely to deal with also enable them to install dispens- and an experienced zinester, will Laboratory and in the Royal Wil- changes to its environment. ers for the seed packets. mentor a group of 10 young peo- Matthew said: “We want to bring ple through the process of making beekeeping into the 21st Century. their own zines - small independ- Our mission at Pollenize is to work ent publications which can include alongside bees to bring attention Above: Kitty McEwan, who is leading a art, writing, and comics. C103 club plan submitted to pollinator decline. zine mentoring project Each of the young people, aged “It can be overwhelming watch- between 13 and 19, will gain expe- the funding will enable PZL to in- ing news and social media bom- rience generating ideas, creating vest in a colour printer to manufac- barding us about the climate crisis, content, manufacturing zines by ture the zines. and it is easy to feel helpless, this is hand, and nally distributing them Anyone who wants to learn more why Pollenize believes in the man- from a local venue. about zines can come along to The tra: Think Global, Act Local’, this is This will be Kitty’s rst profes- Clipper during the PAW weekend, how we can all make a di erence.” sional mentoring role. She thinks where PZL is hosting free drop-in zines are ‘a brilliant way for anyone workshops alongside stalls run by Web: https://www.pollenize.org.uk to self-publish their art, stories, local zinesters. thoughts and opinions, without New photo degree needing professional software or Plans have been submitted to turn The proposed development for What you say about equipment’. Fotonow has teamed up with Mar- the former Union Street nightclub 103-113 Union Street could be She said: “Publishing my own jon University to create a BA (Hons) C103 into ats, including a number six to seven storeys of ats over a living in Stonehouse zines has helped me set myself in Journalism and Photography. of penthouse apartments. covered car park, with commercial goals, and to be more condent in Students will have access to both The nightclub, which closed in units fronting onto the street. “I love our sharing my work rather than hiding the University’s and Fotonow’s 2013, was dilapidated for several Architects say there could be be- it away in a sketchbook.” Ocean Studio facilities and gain years and was one of four venues tween 60 to 80 dwellings with the fight back” The project will take place at an insight into community based on Union Street served with a no- opportunity for a ‘green wall’ of Union Corner and online over 10 project work. Details on the Marjon tice ordering owners to tidy it up. shrubs and garden courtyards. weeks starting in September, and website: https://www.marjon.ac.uk The Stonehouse Voice Page 5 Page 6 The Stonehouse Voice Union Street party ‘is best in the city’

Our team at Nudge Community after school and took a print home. start talking about data and the Builders launched Creative Civic Tom a Clipper volunteer nudged statistics of Stonehouse. To do this Change in May in Palace Square—it up a trac light for Street events we have been giving out limited is a grant of £200,000 for the next - you may have spotted it at the edition badges with stats on, like a three years. Our aim is to bring joy Street Party outside Union Corner. pink wink that represents the 603 and colour to the street in a way that Mrs Marvellous (Joanna Shepherd) vehicles that drive down Union leads to lasting change and a street a textile artist was out making Street per hour. where creativity is encouraged and giant bunting on the street over You might have picked one of these easy, writes Laura Kelly. four workshops at Union Corner up at a pop up or the street party, For the launch we rolled out a and Plymouth Scrap Store on they really got people talking and pink carpet and got into our zebra International Play Day. This resulted we have new ones coming soon - costumes to share what we are in more than 75ft of bunting which keep an eye out for them to collect hoping to do with the grant. included a washing line of trousers, them all. Here is a brief update on what has dresses, and pants. Moving forward we have 15 more happened in the last 5 months: We love a good pop up! So we projects in the pipeline that focus We have refreshed a building brought some colour to Hot Diggity on some of the empty spaces and opposite Aldi with new graphics and Dog over the summer with two pop bringing more performance and put up a portrait of Doc Price, who ups, which was in response to a few activity to the street. If you have an has been tattooing on the street for incidents that have happened over idea or want to have a chat, get in over 50 years. the past year. We handed out ice touch especially if you’re local, we Our team grew as we hired our creams, Paula played music and want to help you make your idea a lovely new nudger Helen, she will everyone made decorations, to reality. enable things to happen and people change the way people felt in the If you would like to take part, to create on the street. space. pop into The Clipper any Tuesday At our monthly Manor Street Union Street Party was important for Helen’s Let’s Get Nudging day! Markets we experimented with for us as it was turning 10 years old, 9-9.30am - welcome with tea & music, supporting 5 people/groups and we geared activity we funded co ee , 9.30-11.30am - exploring to perform on the street. towards this to help celebrate the nudgeness in circle, 12-2pm - Three people have been supported best year yet. It is vital for us to exploring nudgeness in open drop to make things on or for the street. support the people and things that in, 3-5pm - meeting Nudgers in Local artist Kathy Wray started are already doing amazing things your spaces (within one mile of The printing the plaques outside Palace on Union Street. Clipper) or email helen@nudge. Above: Introducing music to the Manor Street Market. Photo by FotoNow Theatre, and lots of families joined in As part of the plan we wanted to community. #nudgenudgewinkwink The Stonehouse Voice Page 7 The Clipper: From 24-hour pub to community hub Dear Stonehouse,

Many of you will remember the Clip- per as the 24hr pub, the only place to go at 5am for a drink - now it’s a little di erent inside. You probably Above: Kathy Wray leads a brass plaque rubbing session. Photo by FotoNow have walked past it a few times and thought what’s going on in here or not even noticed it at all but we want to tell you more about it and us. Meet the artists Nudge Community Builders is a community business that loves A number of artists are working feel about their neighbourhood. Stonehouse, it was founded by Wen- on Nudge commissions for the They will be placed in a tree dy Hart and Hannah Sloggett who Creative Civic Change project to (The Truth Tree) outside the have been living and volunteering in introduce ‘colour and joy’ into Scrapstore on Union Street with Stonehouse for more than 15 years. Union Street. paper versions on show in the We bought the Clipper in November Stonehouse artist Kathy Wray is Clipper as part of the Plymouth Art 2017 and transformed it into a cafe Above: The limited edition poster Above: Singer and musician Paula breathing life into the old brass Weekender. and marketplace. In July 2018 we ran plaques set into the pavement Joanna is a textile artist who celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Thomas entertains from one of the a share o er, where you could buy a Union Street Party two live stages outside the Palace Theatre. tells people’s personal stories or share for £50 and now we have 165 The plaques —images of the commemorates events by stitching people who own a bit of the Clipper. theatre playbills from the 1950s— together colourful creations made It is our rst building that shows a £12.50 per day to start your business.. So we want to hear from you, do were laid decades ago and are of new and recycled fabrics. di erent way of ownership and starts Do you have a Stonehouse postcode? you need a space to iron or mend hardly noticed by passers-by. She rescued the fabric for The to talk about the tricky issues of all Come and try your rst day for free, it clothes, make or work from, want Using water-based paint, she Truth Tree from the Eco Laundry the empty buildings on the street, of is a low risk opportunity to try some- to come in to dress a unit/ cre- coaches participants to create their at Dittisham before dyeing it with which 14 are sitting empty. Nudge thing out, we are here with support ate a display? Come in and have own colourful ‘rubbings’. vegetable dye and salvaged paint. has grown out of Stonehouse Ac- and advice to help you get going. a go, we can’t wait to meet you. Her work for the Plymouth Art Alan, who has a letterpress tion over the past decade, we help Over the last year and a bit we Love, Weekender includes making rapid workshop at Ocean Studios, run Union Corner and organise Un- have had lots of di erent people use Wendy, Hannah, sketches of people in the street. said: “The Truth Tree project ion Street party. We bring the Ad- the space. Organisations like Plym- Helen & Laura Kathy, who also runs life drawing has crowd-sourced people’s vent Box out in December on Palace outh’s Social Enterprise Network, classes at Ocean Studios, said: personal experiences of living in Square and pop up on the street in the Theatre Royal and Plymouth “My aim is to facilitate people to Stonehouse as a counterpoint to di erent colourful ways handing out College of Art have taken over the What you say about make their own art. It’s a good the way the neighbourhood can badges and occasionally ice creams. building. There has also been birth- opportunity for them.” often be stereotyped in the media That’s a little bit of our history and days, meetings, Facebook Live and living in Stonehouse Millbay letterpress artist Alan and by other parts of Plymouth. some things we do but back inside marriage proposals in the space. On Qualtrough has collaborated with “The words combined with Jo’s the Clipper is a cafe where you can a daily basis Rosalie does massage “I love the Joanna ‘Mrs Marvellous’ Shepherd colourful fabric will hopefully grab a cuppa and toastie, currently out of a unit every Thursday and to produce fabric posters with create a striking spectacle on the run by No Whey Plymouth. You can Tom creates art out of another, we creativity” letterpressed words from Union Street and builds on my sell something you have made in our are working with the Creative School Stonehouse residents on how they previous Truth Wall project.“ shop or rent one of 7 units from £7.50 - and other’s to use the venue more.

Above: Jo Shepherd and Alan Qualtrough Above: Alix Temple gives a massage to a visitor Above: Artist Ellen Sims calls out for volunteers Page 8 The Stonehouse Voice Fixed penalty notice for litter Millbay Boulevard raised to £100 The  xed penalty notice given to people caught dropping litter will rise from £80 to £100 from Tuesday, October 1. buildings reprieved The move brings the Council in line with new government A number of buildings on Bath which was started by their mother legislation that sets the amount Street whose demolition was in 1986. that local authorities can charge for believed to be crucial to the Andy said the business had been littering o ences. Millbay Boulevard project have badly a ected by the building Councillor Sally Haydon, Cabinet been reprieved. works, and the part closure of member for Customer Focus and The owners of the County Tyres, Bath Street and the installation of Community Safety, said: “It is a the Challenger Tyre Centre, and a one-way system controlled by complete no-brainer to increase the Shekinah Mission buildings temporary tra c lights has been a the amount people have to pay expected them to be bulldozed, ‘nightmare’. for disrespecting our city and its but have now been informed that Con rming that the council had residents. Plymouth City Council no longer contacted him to say they no “Littering is unacceptable, and wants to buy the land. longer wanted to buy the building, we will continue with our zero- The buildings at the junction he added: “It can only get worse, tolerance approach. I welcome this of Union Street and Bath Street, we are going to be struggling.” rise and hope that it serves as a including Jesters and Crash Manor Plymouth City Council is planning deterrent to those who blight our Nightclubs, and Club Envy, will also to transform Bath Street into a city with their waste.” be saved. wide, tree-lined boulevard with The city reorganised its litter Alterations to the west side of new homes, shops and a hotel. enforcement operation in February the Pavilions have continued this The  rst phase of the link this year by bringing the service in- year with the demolition of a ramp, between the Millbay and the house. but a plan to create a wall with a city centre was completed last Aimed at deterring littering,  y- mural has not yet started because year. Called Brunel Way, it runs tipping,  y-posting and dog fouling of ‘structural’ problems. alongside the inner dock and was and control, the move allowed a The last building to be built as part of the Quadrant Quay more  exible approach to keeping demolished in Bath Street was development phase. Plymouth clean. the live music venue The Hub, the This included the demolition Plain clothes patrols were building adjacent to the reprieved of the Two Trees pub and the introduced on the streets earlier Challenger Tyre Centre. footbridge across Union Street, this summer. A worker at County Tyres said the which was taken down last year. council had twice o ered to buy Planning drawings of the next Compost bins the building, but said they had phase of the project show (see refused because the price was too below) show how the cleared low. “The council rang us out of the buildings would have created a on off er blue to say they no longer wanted broad thoroughfare which was A new home composting scheme to proceed. We think they may widened at the junction of Union for Plymouth could help residents have run out of money.” Street to create a pedestrian and to compost up to a third of their The news has caused more cycle-only space at the entrance of household waste and deal it in a frustration for Andy and Michael the Boulevard. more e cient and eco-friendly Quinn, who run the Challenger A council spokesperson was not Top: Construction works at Bath Street. Above and below : a Plymouth City way. Tyre Centre, a small family business available for comment. Council visualisation and plan of the Millbay Boulevard. As part of Plymouth City Council’s commitment to a cleaner, greener city, it is being easier for residents to compost by teaming up with Get Composting. Under the new scheme residents will be able to order a compost bin in di erent sizes and colours. They can be used to dispose of grass cuttings, paper and card, food waste, and dead  owers. Cllr. Sue Dann, Cabinet Member for Environment and Street Scene, said: “Home composting is a great way to dispose of organic waste such as food and garden waste and it’s even better as it deals with the waste at source, saving on the carbon footprint because it doesn’t have to be transported anywhere.” The bins are available from www. getcomposting.com priced from £18.50.

What you say about living in Stonehouse “It has a great community” The Stonehouse Voice Page 9 Bigger Illuminate for 2019 The annual Illuminate Festival re- turns to Plymouth in November following last year’s success which Celebrating 20 years of Business saw 28,000 visitors attend the where Community Pro ts event. A ordable premises to rent in the The four-day spectacular will ex- heart of Stonehouse, managed by one pand to include two new locations of the best Social Enterprise Landlords for 2019—as well as its original fes- in Plymouth! tival centre in the historic Royal Wil- liam Yard, the show will light parts Our portfolio of properties include: of the Barbican and Mt Edgcumbe Country Park. The HQ Business Centre, Union Illuminate is a spectacular immer- Street, Genesis, Union Street, sive experience of projection map- Creykes Court and Mary ping, playful light art installations, Seacole Road, The Millelds performances and opportunities for audiences to engage, partici- Oce & Light Industrial Space for rental pate and make. •Co Working Space available for only £120 Created by artists, technologists, a month •Short Term Leases •Conference designers, architects, performers, Facilities •Secure Premises children and young people, the light works will respond to the core HQ Business Centre, 237 Union Street, values of Mayower 400 of Free- Stonehouse, Plymouth PL1 3HQ dom, Humanity, Imagination, and Tel: 01752 660837 Future. Now in its third year, Illuminate www.milleldstrust.com will open and close the Mayow- er 400 commemorations during Above: The Royal William Yard Thanksgiving in November 2019 come such a signicant event in #yardlife and 2020. Plymouth’s events calendar, we are The project is a key event which thrilled it will be the opening mo- forms part of the wider Mayower ment of the Mayower 400 com- 400 programme and connects the memorations across the country partner destinations across the UK and here in Plymouth.” and internationally. This year’s festival hosts a variety During the 2019 festival, Illumi- of installations from local, national nate Plymouth will also lead a na- and international artists, including tional moment which will connect Spanish artist Xavi Bove, who re- the Mayower 400 UK partner des- turns to headline this year’s festival tinations, at each of their own Illu- with his piece ‘Tree of Memory’. minate festivals. The installation will transform As the lead city, Plymouth will the front of Mills Bakery through unite the 10 other Mayower beautifully poignant projection 400 UK partner locations, such as mapping, into the centrepiece of Southampton and Dartmouth, in the Yard. a series of events to commemorate Illuminate is a free event which the anniversary. opens on the evening of Thursday Charles Hackett, Chief Executive November 28, and runs nightly of Mayower 400, said: “Evolving until Sunday December 1, from year on year, Illuminate has be- 5.30pm – 10pm.

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We may feel like we breathe just With physical relaxation and ne but factors we don’t know mental focus, we can begin to feel, about can a ect our breathing. through experience, the dynamic, Unhelpful behavioural patterns, extraordinary nature of the postural misalignments and breath as it ows in, expanding, imbalances left to form habits, opening and nourishing, creating a Eat & Drink create distortions of the breathing sensation of fullness. Royal Bistrot Pierre / Column Bakehouse / Las Iguanas / Le Vignoble / Prezzo / process and physical stress. Then as it ows out, soothing, Seco Lounge / Wagamama / Wildwood Mental and emotional stress easing and cleansing, leading to William Stay & Shop prevents relaxation and therefore the peacefulness of being emptied. Boutique Rooms by Bistrot Pierre / Identity Fashion / Le Vignoble Wine Lounge/ proper functioning of the Come and explore, if you dare Mark Fielding Gallery / Martin Bush Art Studio / Nikki Taylor Sculpture / YOKE Hair diaphragms. (wear comfortable, warm clothing)! Yard Salon It’s easy to let any of these Make the free ow of the natural Relax & Play progress unnoticed until they breath a daily practice. Enjoy events including regular Good Food & Craft Market, family days out, create pain and discomfort. Yoga-inspired breath awareness 'Squiggly Wiggly Giant Squid' acoustic art installation, art exhibitions, history Discovering what limits breath, classes with Nic Sharpe, at RAAY, tours, open air cinema and theatre performances. Yard fitness and yoga classes, where resistance lies, and the Mondays and Thursdays, 12- stand up paddle boarding and sailing trips. Arrive by car, bike, bus, foot or ferry. e ects these things have on 1. Cost: £5 for drop-in, £20 for To stay up to date on events and new developments at the Yard please quality of life is a useful beginning ve consecutive weeks. RAAY, 9 visit our website. step toward healthy, aware Adelaide Street, PL1 3JE. For more @RoyalWilliamYd royalwilliamyard.com breathing. info, call 01752 569673. Page 10 The Stonehouse Voice Call for action Lasting legacy of a much over pavement parking Residents have called for action to acclaimed history project stop delivery vehicles parking on pavements in the Stonehouse Pen- insular Conservation area. Award-winning idea Dozens of expensive paving slabs recorded the stories of have been cracked and damaged in Durnford Street by drivers who ordinary people cannot nd anywhere convenient to park. The 100 Homes Project began Some Stonehouse pavements are in 2015, through Stonehouse soon to be repaired using the ma- Action, Stonehouse Timebank terials salvaged from the makeover and the Oasis Project, with the of Southside Street in time for next idea of collecting stories from the year’s Mayower events. ordinary people who live or have Plymouth City Council is spend- connections in the Stonehouse ing £2m on a road maintenance area. Based around three chosen programme and a further £735,000 themes: World War II and the on pavement repairs. post-war period, Union Street, and But residents fear the replaced migration and refugees, it has now paving slabs will soon be broken if become a nationally recognised action is not taken. oral history project. Drivers who park vehicles and Since its humble beginnings cause an obstruction or endanger the project has worked with 50 pedestrians or other road users can organisations and more than a be issued with a Penalty Charge hundred volunteers, including Notice. school children, retirees, work experience students and University lecturers. The grassroots Nowhere event collaboration has resulted in more The Nowhere Illustration Fair will be than 80 recordings of voices that held at Under, East Street, on Satur- are the basis for a social history of day, October 5, 12 noon-6pm. the district. own history. Named after William Morris’s The project’s success has As a result, the project won eco-utopia, this year’s fair is being been down to the incredible two national awards from the joined by Pollenize and there is also team’s work to engage with the Community Archives and Heritage a Radical Book Swap. community. Project coordinator Group in 2018; Best Overall Winner Nowhere aims to bring together Peter Davey and administrator and Best Community Engagement. Donna Maughan have worked The legacy of the project lies in its the illustration community, which with many local community developing a community archive. is not as organised as the contem- projects and individuals in diverse The raw vocal footage along with porary art scene, to provide a net- and interesting ways to facilitate the growing donation of artefacts work, support system, and platform and enable everyone to add their and pictures have a rare magic that to sell and share ideas. memories and history to the area’s brings history alive for its users. Among those booked for the Mill- heritage. The vocalising of people’s bay event are Brodie Davies, Car- The project has explored memories and emotions such as di -based Jacob Cozens and Johan and shared the area’s history interpretation of what it was like Hennius, Laura Hole, Jua O’Kane, discoveries via local history to be in a World War 2 bombing Elora Taylor (Plopperchops), Naomi walking group, Walks with History, air raid, or as a child nding body Batts, Tiifany Beucher, Kelly May, led by Alan Barclay and Richard parts while playing among the Bethan Welby, Billie Hastie, Lon- Fisher, who has an astounding Blitz rubble, cannot be captured don-based Timbro Clone, Client collection of photographs and on paper. Culture, and Illusbee. other archive material. A hope for the future is to Many exhibitions have been held continue the good work and best Top: The 100 Homes team receiving their award at Stoke Damerel Church. Above; Car charging as part of citywide events such practice and grow a community Richard Fisher and Alan Barclay leading a history walk in the Royal William Yard. Below: An exhibition at RAAY in Adelaide Street as Plymouth History month and archive to be proud of, by Plymouth has been awarded cash Plymouth Art Weekender. This continuing to collect stories that allowed people the opportunity from the Transforming Cities Fund has allowed 100 Homes to exhibit reect the true community to continue connecting through to help change how people travel using di erent methods such as nature that has existed within Stonehouse’s history. in and around Plymouth, and the tea dances on Union Street, the Stonehouse area for many As 100 Homes reaches its city council now wants to hear from Exhibitions of the project decades. conclusion, it will transform into businesses interested in a share have also been held at Ocean The project has created new a new project, Hidden Voices, of £200,000 available for getting Studios, working alongside local communities and linked people which will work with groups in charge points for electric vehicles organisations Imperfect Cinema, back to the area. Several groups Devonport and Stoke to develop installed. POP, RIO and Fotonow, as well have formed because of the further oral history projects, as in Adelaide Street’s Royal Art new contacts and connections expanding on and developing the and Yoga (RAAY), a valuable made during the project. The research begun in Stonehouse. What you say about community space partially Stonehouse Memories History There will also be the beginnings kickstarted by the exhibitions. Group meets once a month (at the of a small archive at RAAY, with living in Stonehouse The project also worked closely Oasis Café, third Saturday of the ambitions to become a South West with the West Devon Record month between 10am and 1pm), oral history organisation—the rst “I want to feel Oce and The Box to lead training and Stonehouse Timebank now of its kind in the UK. sessions which enabled the local also hosts a social event on the rst You can view the project safe at night” community to get involved in Wednesday of the month (at Union at https://www.facebook. recording and documenting its Corner 3pm to 5pm) that has com/100HomesStonehouse/ Email your stories and photos of Stonehouse life to our editorial team at [email protected] The Stonehouse Voice Page 11 ‘Forgotten’ streets form action plan Once planned to be the heart served and provided the ‘glue’ that improve the engagement of local of the new city of Plymouth, held the community together, have people in the local green spaces. the streets of North Stonehouse been turned into multi-occupan- Over the past 10 years, the group have become the forgotten part cy homes, bedsits and small ats. has enabled signicant improve- of the city, writes Arnet Donkin. There are few places remaining for ments to Neswick Street Play Park. It’s an area that is home to the people to meet each other, to get This year has seen the addition of region’s Catholic cathedral, the im- to know their neighbours, to hear an exciting and vibrant new mu- pressive church of St Peter’s, the each other’s stories, build trust and ral and a programme of summer city’s only Georgian square and the friendships. It is an area where peo- activities for children. Activities in beautiful boulevard that stretches ple ‘get housed in’ or move there other areas, like the ‘street meets’ along the ridge hiding Drake’s Leat for short periods of time. The pop- held on Wyndham Street have which is rich with architectural her- ulation is dense, very transient and been great opportunities to con- itage and stories of old Plymouth. because of this, the area struggles nect and to nd out what people A small group of local residents, to build community resilience. would like to see happen in the the Friends of Wyndham Square, The ambition of the group is to es- area. Repeatedly the same thing has the vision to rediscover and tablish a community-owned busi- is heard, ‘cleaner streets’, ‘safer to celebrate the diverse and vi- ness that will gain ownership of streets’, ‘places to meet people’ and brant communities that live in spaces, run by and for the commu- ‘safe places for children to play’. the area. Their vision is to give nity. Not just a community centre, There is agreement North Stone- people living in the area a reason but vibrant hubs that becomes the house is in need of action to improve to have a ‘Pride of Place’, to feel centre and focal points for the com- the lives of residents living here. that they want to stay and live in munity. Spaces where people can Matt Pontin, Chair of Friends the area by choice, to make it a meet and establish friendships. of Wyndham Square group said: home, a place where they know Beyond this initial aspiration, the “It sometimes feels like the lo- their neighbours and feel safer. residents’ group believes it may cal area misses out as there isn’t As a conservation area, North be possible to own or to inuence the agency or community space Stonehouse is a residential area, housing in the area to create a bet- to work with easily. North Stone- there are few shops remaining and ter-quality experience for those house is a rich mix of people and even fewer pubs. Grand houses living in rented accommodation. we need a hub to support in- Above: Friends of Wyndham Square members Arnet Donkin, Gin Farrow-Jones that were once the home for fam- They have also engaged with Plym- dividuals as well as connect to and Matthew Pontin say the neighbourhood is overlooked ilies, shops and pubs that once outh City Council to look at ways to opportunities and each other.”

Get ready - it’s apple festival time again HAVE A CLIPPER Stonehouse has many connections permission of the owners. Last year with Devonport’s All Ways Apples the medlars had pride of place on Festival, writes Tess Wilmot. Stone- the Food Plymouth local food stall house resident Wendy Hart was a at the All Ways Apples Festival. CHRISTMAS! founding member when we de- The tenth All Ways Apples will signed the rst All Ways Apples in take place on Wednesday October 2010. Grow Stonehouse has been 23 in Devonport Guildhall from a regular supporter of the festival, 11am until 4pm. This is a free event sharing the fruitfulness of Stone- with activities for all age groups. In house at the event. In 2012 All Ways addition to the regular activities of Have your staff party with a difference this Apples donated two apple trees to apple pressing, cookery demon- the Stonehall Flats community or- strations, storytelling and craft ac- year, we work with local foodie's and can make chard. These have grown well. tivities, we will be showcasing how Apple skills sharing events have Plymouth growing projects have your evening bespoke to you, got a theme? been held regularly in Stonehouse, blossomed over the last decade. including pruning workshops and This year we are celebrating Thrive We can make it a dream. apple pressing at Stonehall Flats, Plymouth’s year ve ‘Spaces and plus pasteurising apple juice ses- Places’ for Food initiative. The 40+ sions at Union Corner. All Ways community gardens and commu- Apples will be at the Stonehouse nity orchards in Plymouth will be Have an ethical do this Winter! Street Party this year, sharing the highlighted through Food Plym- abundance of September’s fruits. outh’s Growing Community Abun- People are always surprised when dance project. they nd out how many fruit trees To most of us, Autumn symbolis- are tucked away in Stonehouse and es abundance and trying to make Devonport. Some have been de- the most of all the seasonal fruit liberately planted while others are and vegetables which we can grow, ‘wildlings’ growing from discarded harvest and forage. All Ways Apples apple cores and thriving in unex- shares this magic with a wider au- We have affordable rates. pected places. We have harvested dience, encouraging visitors and Get in touch - [email protected] lots of apples with Stonehouse volunteers alike to try new things Timebank and some medlars - un- and have lots of fun. For informa- The Clipper, 65 Union Street, PL1 3LU usual fruit from the apple family tion, contact Tess Wilmot 07531 - from the Millelds, with the kind 506 481. Page 12 The Stonehouse Voice Stonehouse, where it all began Local historian Richard away during the 18th century. Two it must have been a lucrative asset. Fisher reveals the origins of these were sited on the Creek, Knowing that these other factors (see map, right), and one of these existed, the boundary at this point of our neighbourhood was illustrated by William Payne, a in time is very dicult to work out. The area of East Stonehouse or London artist who settled in Stoke Sadly, there has been little in the Stonehouse as it is known today is Plymouth in the mid 18th century. way of archaeology in the East on the South Devon coastline fac- During the Norman period the Stonehouse area to prove beyond ing the Plymouth Sound as it sits whole of the West Country was doubt that there was a long oc- between Plymouth and Devonport. being divided up into large and cupation before the Saxons/Nor- The boundary of Stonehouse has small parcels of land. This proved mans arrived. Since the late 17th been increased recently to include convenient, to the conquering Century to the mid 19th, quite parts of St Peters ward, and is now Normans as the land was quick- a lot of the area has been either referred to as The Waterfront by the ly despatched to their new heirs. quarried away, and some basins Council. With this addition of the The name Robert le Bastard and a creek dredged, then lled in. north-western side of Plymouth, the appears along with many other The location of Stonehouse near area, know by the locals as Stone- knights on the roll of honour for the River Tamar, which was a very house is at the largest it has been. the battle of Hastings. But there is important thoroughfare for trade The name of Stonehouse is rst an account that he, his ship with and shipping in ancient times. It mentioned as Stanehvs in the Exon his men set sail from France to en- has, and still remains the most Doomsday Book, which was writ- gage in the ght. Sadly, it seems natural boundary between two ten C1086. It appears that this land the ship was blown o course counties. It is well known that was once owned by a Saxon Lord and ended up in Salcombe.* gold, silver and copper, was mined, called Alwyn, during the reign of The parcel of land here in Stone- near its tributaries. These along Edward. During his ownership house, one Ferling equates roughly with other valuable consumables there was a Villein (villanus) a coun- to ve acres and is roughly the size were traded with the Phoenicians, tryman living in a villa, and a com- of ve football pitches, then there Gauls, Vikings and Romans. One paratively free class of peasant. He would have been a place to live. site that is thought to have been was to pay his new Norman Lord, Since there was someone paying a major port during the Bronze Robert le Bastard ve shillings an- a fee for this land in the reign of Age was at Mount Batten, anoth- nually for one ferling of arable land. Edward, 1040-5, and that the Exon er possibly Bretonside. For today’s No livestock was listed though it book was put together some for- Plymouth and Plymouth’s Sutton is thought to of been about ve ty years later, I think it would be harbour, and Stonehouse, was then acres, and enough for one plough. right to presume that there must almost an isolated island. The area Another name that crops up have been either a large family, of Mutley being the only proper associated with this area is Hipe- or some smaller families living to- land connection with the rest of ston, but where it has originat- gether within this area of Stanehvs. Devon. For the Stonehouse Creek ed from is vague. The word may What is not mentioned in the Exon ran eastwards from the Tamar up have been a corruption of a mis- book c1086 is the wood land, Creek passed Pennycomequick, along spelt word describing the place, (shing), the Marsh, and possible Ford Park Cemetery up to Peverell. Top: An early map of for it almost sounds like House ferries? All of which could generate Coming the other way from the Plymouth showing the early of stone. Historically the ton at money for the inhabitants. (Cremyll river Plym, Laira Creek, which ran Stonehouse. the end of a place name, normal- ferry may not have been part of along to Mutley plain, and almost Left: Can you identify the ly refers to town i.e. Sutton har- Stonehouse during this early peri- linked both tributaries together. building in the centre of the od, but there is a strong possibili- *The Bastard family derives from illustration? If you would like bour, the old name of Plymouth. to know the answer, email ty, because of the locally, near the Many historians relate the name an illegitimate son of Alan Short- us at stonehousevoice@ of Stonehouse to either a stone mouth of the River Tamar that the beard, Duke of Brittany c950. gmail.com building, or a Roman villa that may inhabitants of Stonehouse must The lineage of the family still re- have been in this area. But the name have used a boat to sh, to travel, or mains in the Westcountry to this Stonehouse might also relate to a to travel/ferry, especially across the day, and their old estate House at cave dwelling, many of which have creek). The deed relating the Cre- Kitley, holds a wonderful collec- been excavated, most quarried myll ferry dates from the 1100s so tion of medieval family shields. How untruths can affect your mental health By Laura Ashenford MBACP, Psychotherapeutic Counsellor The truth is anything but simple and Sadly, not. Mostly truth exists buried place in it. Parents and carers are the rst Research shows that mental health directly undeniable. Paradoxically the truth is beneath whatever stories we use to hide to teach us to lie by example, like:- ‘I’ll a ects physical health, connections complex and subjective. When we ask for or distort it, so that we can be comfortable kiss it better’ or ‘I’ll be just a minute’. It’s have been found between stress/trauma the ‘Truth’ what we are actually asking for and continue to function. It takes courage unintentional; used to pacify, comfort and in addictions, autoimmune diseases, are ‘facts’; they are indisputable. to be prepared to see ourselves and the to manage however, we become implicitly bromyalgia, cancer, multiple sclerosis, Truth however is coloured by our own world as it truly is … and the gut tells us. ‘programmed’, for the bigger lies like:- chronic asthma, … ‘in fact most illnesses experiences, an interpretation of what has ‘you’re not worthy’, ‘you mustn’t disappoint can be traced to certain emotional occurred, our level of understanding and ‘Just because someone says something, people’, ‘you can’t say no’. patterns’ Dr Gabor Mate (*). the beliefs that we hold. It is based on our doesn’t make it true.’ The lies we swallow are far from harmless, Finding your own truth helps your well- individual perspective. We would therefore we cannot accept them as they are not being and that is a Simple Truth. do well to remember that another’s truth Not our mind as it edits out what we our truths. They generate feelings like Further information: will be, by this denition, di erent to our don’t want to believe or know, not our anger/fear/betrayal which then create an * YouTube: Dr Gabor Mate - How stress own. I write this article understanding that heart as it is a ected by emotions, but our internal hormone response of adrenaline can cause disease. this is my truth obtained by my learning gut which is 100% accurate. Suppressing and cortisol to enable us to ght or Books: When the body says no - Dr Gabor and experiences. Some of you may agree that strong gut feeling leads to illness. Let ight, to survive the ‘danger’ created by Mate . The body keeps the score - Bessel Van with me, others may not and that’s OK. me explain, from an early age we learn the emotion. What if these hormones Der Kolk. Waking the tiger: Healing Trauma However, being curious and questioning as to ‘lie’ to ourselves by adapting who we are not used, because we freeze or op – Peter Levine. to its authenticity will lead to your further are to gain attention and stay secure. instead? The chemicals stay in the body understanding, development of your Babies are emotional and intellectual and they begin to react on a molecular Web: www.creativecounsellingandtherapy. internal truth and self. sponges, picking up everything they can level with your cells, leading to illnesses co.uk. Email: laura.creativecounsellor@ Are we always truthful to ourselves? to make sense of the world and their and debilitating conditions or disorders. gmail.com. The Stonehouse Voice Page 13

narrowest exhibition space. For PAW2019, Ash- burton based painter Mark Jessett brings Grot- to into this tiny, quirky venue-within-a-venue. 33. Colossal, Sue Lewry, The Clipper, 65 Union Street, PL1 3LU. Friday 11:00am - 2:00pm, Saturday 11:00am - 4:00pm, Sunday 12:00pm - 4:00pm. Colossal is a mini screen-printing unit run by local printmaker Sue Lewry who makes screen-printing accessible. 38. Project Pom Pom, Holly Martin and Emmy Palmer. Column Bakehouse Café, Ocean Studios, The Factory Cooperage, Royal William Yard, PL1 3RP. Friday 11:00am - 4:00pm, Saturday 11:00am - 4:00pm, Sunday 11:00am - 4:00pm. An installation in the windows of THE STONEHOUSE LISTINGS & STORIES Ocean Studio Café; pom poms will be displayed to raise awareness and funds for local charity 1. Flesh [Wound] Karen Abadie, Under, 18 Friends and Families of Special Children. There East Street, Millbay, PL1 3NU. Friday (Private will be a rae and pom pom workshops to take View) 4:00pm - 7:00pm, Saturday 11:00am part in building the installation. - 4:00pm, Sunday 11:00am - 4:00pm. A lm 41. Dimetrodon: Threshold Ecologies | installation that demands you relate with your Phantom Cave Assemblages (tufa+algae). body viscerally. Will you be more successful than me? Kate Pax- 3. MAKE IT UP, Tabatha Andrews and Tim- man, The Cellar at Cawfee, 104 Union Street, othy Bolton, 86 Union Street, PL1 3EZ. Friday Stonehouse, PL1 3LY. Friday 11:00am - 5:00pm, 11:00am - 6:00pm, Saturday 11:00am - 6:00pm, Saturday 11:00am - 5:00pm, Sunday 11:00am 11:00am - 6:00pm. This year’s Plymouth Art - 5:00pm. An installation of projections and Weekender 2019 Community Engagement sound evoking speculative biospheres contain- Co-commission with Nudge Community ing new gatherings of terrestrial and aquatic Builders. Explores the rich history of sewing things, both maritime and non-marine, made and pattern making on Union Street. Surrealist in response to littoral zone sea caves found games to re-imagine new objects from combin- around the South West coastline. ing existing things. 49. Creative Play with Scrap Plymouth Play 4. Bad Actors. Gillian Ayres, Pamerla Bart- CIC and Scrapstore, Plymouth Play Scrapstore, lett, Sandra Blow, Danial Boccato, Howard The Old Mazda Garage, Union Street, Stone- Dyke, Dominic Kennedy, David Ostrokowski, house, PL1 3HB . Saturday 10:00am - 2:00pm. Kes Richardson. KARST, 22 George Place, Come along and nd your hidden creative, Stonehouse, PL1 3NY. Friday (Private View) playful self; join us at the creative table to use Above: Tabatha Andrews working on the Make it Up project in Union Street Photo Dom Moore 7:00pm - 11:00pm, Saturday 11:00am - 5:00pm, loveliness that would have gone in the bin to Sunday 11:00am - 5:00pm. Bad Actors takes create something that will go on to have new its cue from Pirandello’s play ‘Six Characters in adventures. Search of an Author’. Each artist will present 50. Plymouth Social Club presents Fully Au- one signicant painting. tomated Luxury Communism. Plymouth Social New ideas from old objects 6. NOTOPIA. BABEWORLD, Kane Cottrell, Mol- Club, RIO, Marcy Saude, Aaron Bastani, Jack ly Erin McCarthy, Holly Nevill, Sand Garden- Witek , Ocean Studios, The Factory Cooperage, ers, Nicole Schafer, Olivia Stewart, Summer Royal William Yard, PL1 3RP. Saturday 6:30pm - Tabatha Andrews and Tim Bolton Varley, Scarlet Winter. The Warehouse, 170 11:00pm. Aaron Bastani, co-founder of Novara Rendle Street, PL1 1TP. May contain explicit Media and Marcy Saude, artist and researcher, won the Nudge Community Build- content. Friday 11:00am - 6:00pm, Saturday for the inaugural Plymouth Social Club. Bar, ers and Plymouth Art Weekender 11:00am - 6:00pm, Sunday 11:00am - 6:00pm. food, music, and an exhibit relating to sci- and dOgMiLk PrEsEnTs: NOTOPIA. A survey of utopia. community engagement com- emerging artists from across the country linked 51. Plymouth Zine Library @ The Clipper, by formative years in the early 2000s, an uncer- Plymouth Zine Library and TBA local zinesters. mission this year and are making tain future, and drive to turn the consequential The Clipper, 65 Union Street, PL1 3LU. Saturday a work that explores the history decit into forward thinking. 11:00am - 4:00pm, Sunday 12:00pm - 4:00pm. 7. CAMP Breakfast Club. KARST, 22 George Learn how to make mini zines, try out vintage of pattern making at the former Place, Stonehouse, PL1 3NY. Sunday 9:00am - typewriters, make badges and browse a huge 11:00am. Join members of Contemporary Arts selection of indie publications at a Plymouth Jaeger factory in Union Street. Membership Plymouth for a breakfast club Zine Library drop-in workshop! While you’re It’s a series of surrealist games hosted at KARST. Bring a dish with you - all there, also check out, buy, and trade zines welcome! made by local artists. made by the artists who invite 12. Six Short Pieces of Dance. Silvia Carder- 53. Flaxico – A Visualisation of a Utopian Flax people to imagine the creation elli-Gronau, Asher Levin, Klara Łucznik. Growing Project in Devon. Vicky Putler and Ocean Studios, The Factory Cooperage, Royal Theo Sykes, Plymouth School of Creative of new objects, shapes and forms William Yard, PL1 3RP. Sunday 1:00pm - 4:00pm. Arts, 22 Millbay Road, Millbay, PL1 3EG. Improvisation with physical relatedness and the Friday 11:00am - 6:00pm, Saturday 11:00am - such as, for example; a jacket poetry of being o balance. As dances unfold, 6:00pm, Sunday 11:00am - 6:00pm. Flaxico: An crossed with an electrical junction the atmospheres, states and relationships o er exhibition of visualisations of a ax growing themselves to dancers, if only for a moment, enterprise in Devon. This is a real project aiming box, a van crossed with a home or constituting evanescent imagery landscapes to reintroduce the ax/linen industry to the and stories. UK with a social interest. 54. The Truth Tree, a place of work crossed with the 13. ‘3’ Client Culture, The Stonehouse Alan Qualtrough and Joanna Shepherd. idea of happiness - bringing two Voice, WonderZoo. Cawfee, 104 Union Street, Outside Plymouth Scrapstore, Union Street, PL1 ally engaging for Albi, great to Above: Stonehouse residents try out Stonehouse, PL1 3LY. May contain explicit 3HB & The Clipper, 65 Union Street, PL1 3LU. often conicting ideas or artefacts content. Sunday 7:00pm - 11:00pm. ‘3’ – a Outside installation of letterpress posters by together to create a new ideal. have activities to join in with.” Tabatha & Tim’s activities as part of the partnership event by local publications Client Alan Qualtrough on hand-dyed salvaged linen Some participants went on to Culture, The Stonehouse Voice, WonderZoo (all by Joanna Shepherd (Mrs Marvellous). Words The title Make It Up was inspired Union Street Party. Photo Dom Moore available that day). Cabaret-style performances gathered from the Stonehouse community and create sewing patterns for their that challenge convention and tear a hole in commissioned by Nudge as part of the Creating by Elaine Scarry’s writings about space-time. Civic Change art project. the human ability to imagine and new creations, working with the a busy dangerous street. It’s so 15. Myles Coker, Stonehouse Art Gallery and 57. Mini-Makers at Ocean Studios. Real Ideas artists to make pattern blocks great to see so many people out Yard, 19 Caroline Place, PL1 3PS. Friday 10:00am Organisation, Ocean Studios, The Factory Coop- create artefacts – to ‘make things - 5:00pm, Saturday 10:00am - 12:00pm, Sunday erage, Royal William Yard, PL1 3RP. Saturday and cut these shapes out of fab- today and joining in with these ac- 10:00am - 12:00pm. Oil on canvas, impressionist 10:00am - 12:00pm. Bring your little ones along up’ and then ‘make them real.’ landscape and sea-scapes. for a creative session with oodles of fun! Mi- The idea is based on portmanteau, ric. These were then sewn up by tivities and games. It really opens 19. The Creation Station, Plymouth School ni-Makers o ers the opportunity for children to an expert ex-Jaeger employee on your eyes to new and di erent of Creative Arts, 22 Millbay Road, Millbay, PL1 create, interact and unleash their artistic talent! which consists of two meanings or 3EG. A whole series of drop-in sessions for all The sessions are drop in and a £1 donation to functions packed into one object or an industrial sewing machine in things, and gets you thinking!” ages from 1 month to 11 years and parents/ help towards materials. Abby, a fashion designer based in carers using paint, bubbles, Play Doh, and mark 58. Big Watercolour/Postcard Day. Rhizome word, such as Brexit or Labradoo- the bus stop outside Ali Baba’s, making. Artists’ Collective, Plymouth School of before being displayed nearby. Totnes, who has been working with 21. New Economic Models (Luxury, abun- Creative Arts, 22 Millbay Road, Millbay, PL1 dle. It’s possible that innovation can dance and living the good life versus climate 3EG. Saturday 10:00am- 4:00pm. This year’s Big take place when two pre-existing Jasmine, who lives in Stone- the Scrapstore on Union Street, breakdown and resource depletion). Chris Watercolour Day is postcard themed! A day house said: “I think it’s really bril- said “We have to nd ways to make Drake CD Digital Art, Column Bakehouse Café, for families to make together and share with things together make a novel thing. Ocean Studios, The Factory Cooperage, Royal others. Every postcard made we hope will be liant - all of these activities for a new world, new communities and William Yard, PL1 3RP. Friday 10:00am - 4:00pm, addressed and have a message of love and There was no shortage of fun Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm, Sunday 10:00am - friendship added. when the idea was tried out at the free, keeping the kids busy, and new ways of doing things. We are 4:00pm. An exhibition of digitally produced pic- 59. Beverley Roach and Mathilda Roach thinking about what’s possible in a movement - it’s everywhere. tures, from a new artist, focusing on what New Osborne, Event Space, Ocean Studios, Royal Union Street Party. Throughout Economic Models may look like in the future. William Yard, PL1 3RP. Friday 10:00am - 4:00pm, the day, locals & visitors took part on Union Street. And when it’s The more connections that peo- 26. 51st State. Group Show, Various Artists, Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm, Sunday 10:00am - ple can make through projects like Royal Adelaide Art & Yoga CIC, 9 Adelaide 4:00pm. Works by Beverley Roach and Mathilda in a range of creative activities - a creative like this, it’s even better”. Street, Stonehouse, PL1 3JE Friday 11:00am - Roach Osborne, featuring a range of recent Many of the people taking part this the better - it’s people power!” 5:00pm, Saturday 11:00am - 5:00pm, Sunday paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures. word game making new portman- 11:00am - 5:00pm. Should RAAY be the 51st 61. Carole Rolfe, Touching Sight. Stonehouse teau words like Dogkini (a cross enjoyed taking a fresh look at Un- Tabatha Andrews said: “We’re re- State? Did RAAY director Matt turn 51 this year? Art Gallery and Yard, 19 Caroline Place, PL1 3PS. ion Street. Jin, a teaching assistant ally excited to bring Make It Up to Can we actually get 51 artists to take part in this Saturday 12:00pm - 6:00pm, Sunday 12:00 - between a dog and a bikini); a group show? Visit the 51st State Exhibition at 6:00pm. Work by glass artist Carole Rolfe from at St Peter’s School, who visited Plymouth. We really want people RAAY, where these questions, may or may not Smashing Glass. You will be led by the artist memory game matching images be answered. through the event while blindfolded and be of architectural details from Union the project with her daughter Jor- to have fun, use their imaginations 27. Shadows on the Line, The Hands-on Art introduced to her work. ja Rose, said: “This street is usually and come on a journey with us.” Hub Stonehouse Art Gallery and Yard, 19 Car- 62. Drawn to the Lawn, Ellen Sims and An- Street like the ourishes on the Pal- oline Place, PL1 3PS. Friday 10:00am - 6:00pm, tonia Texidor. Stonehouse Lawn Tennis Club, Saturday 10:00am - 6:00pm, Sunday 10:00am PL1 2RW. Saturday 12:00pm - 3:00pm. Join us ace Theatre, roadwork barriers, and - 6:00pm. An interactive activity, led by actors for drawing and painting in this lovely secret no parking signs; and a surrealist who read a scene from a play. Participants garden with dramatic views across the Sound. recreate the actors on the big screen with their We’ll be using all sorts of materials and found collage making new objects from own shadows. This event is aimed at inclusive objects, which will be provided. photographs taken on the street. groups, and a massage will be available for 73. WestFordNeedles presents Wayne’s participants. War of the World, plus Friends. Union Corner, 96 Albi, aged 5, said: “I’ve been 29. Varieties and Curiosities, Imperfect Cine- Union Street, PL1 3EZ. Friday 8:00pm - 11:00pm. ma. The Warehouse,170 Rendle Street, PL1 1TP. Join us as we make Wayne’s World meet War of playing this game, where you Sunday 7:00pm - 9:00pm. Underground lm the Worlds. There will be lm, live soundtracks, have to match up cards and collective Imperfect Cinema will be showcasing maybe some puppets, plus DJs and the best of work old and new at their new home The Ware- Plymouth’s experimental music scene, includ- remember where they are. house. Their programme will include works ing Ubiquitous Meh! and the Blessed Pangolin. from their archive. 74. Art for MND, Ron Wheeler presented by “It’s tricky but it’s fun. The pic- 30. Grotto, Mark Jessett. Royal Adelaide MND Plymouth. The Clipper, 65 Union Street, tures are all from di erent plac- Art & Yoga CIC, 9 Adelaide Street, Stonehouse, PL1 3LU. Friday 12:00pm - 6:00pm, Saturday PL1 3JE. Friday 11:00am - 5:00pm, Saturday 12:00pm - 6:00pm, Sunday 12:00pm - 4:00pm. es in the street. I’m going to look 11:00am - 5:00pm, Sunday 11:00am - 4:00pm. A showcase of digitally produced prints by for them when we nish!” His At the top of the stairs at RAAY, at the entrance Plymouth artist Ron Wheeler who has MND and to the galleries, is the Sliver, possibly Plymouth’s is selling his work to raise funds for MND. dad, Levi said: “This project is re- Above: Artist Tim Bolton at the Union St Party. Photo Dom Moore Page 14 The Stonehouse Voice Millfields Trust 20-year celebration The Millelds Trust chose the best day of the year, Summer Solstice to celebrate their 20th Anniversary (see photo left). With guests includ- ing Board Members and tenants past and present, stakeholders and friends of the Trust in attendance, they were treated to an evening of ne food and great entertain- ment, hosted by the Stonehouse Barracks. More than 140 guests were enter- tained by Dave Wright Saxophone, and a “surprise” visit from the Silver Service Singing Waiters followed by an awe inspiring close to the evening by the Marine Cadet Corps of Drums. Roger Pipe, Chief Executive, and Mandy Toze, Business Develop- ment Manager, have been with the Trust from day one and were presented with gifts from the Millfields community directors wanted Board to say thank you for their The Millelds Trust is looking to landlord in Plymouth. organisation and we have a will be Lianne Ottewell who works long service. appoint three community directors The organisation’s mission is to management structure that is for the charity Animals Asia, who Mandy said: “I am so privileged to join its board. create life changing employment open to anyone who lives in are tenants based within the to have worked for the Trust since The voluntary directorships opportunities for the residents Stonehouse.” Millelds. the beginning, and we thought 20 run for three years and potential in the heart of Stonehouse and He added that community Animals Asia has rescued more years deserved a big celebration. applicants have to live within the rejuvenate Union Street as a civic directors sat on the main board than 600 bears and cares for them It was wonderful to see so many PL1 postcode. spine, restoring the historic link which meets of an evening every at bear sanctuaries in China and familiar faces and supporters of The duties of community between the City and Devonport. second month and ‘had a voice’ Vietnam. the Trust in one place.” directors include oversight of It does this by o ering high in the strategic direction of the The charity also works to end the the organisation’s accounts and quality a ordable business organisation. trade in dogs and cats for food in Widening supervision of strategic direction space for rental on exible terms Meanwhile, it has been China and Vietnam, and lobbies to of the management. designed to support emerging, announced that the Millelds improve the welfare of companion Horizons The Millelds Trust was small and medium sized Trust AGM will be held at 1830 on animals, promote humane Pupils and parents lled Plymouth established in 1999 and has a enterprises across all sectors. November 20 in the Taylor Suite, population management and School of Creative Arts for the 2019 Millelds Chief executive Roger reputation as Plymouth’s leading HQ Building. prevent the cross-border export of Widening Horizons Graduation and pro-active social enterprise Pipe said: “We are a democratic The guest speaker for the AGM “meat dogs” in Asia. ceremony. The Millelds Inspired charity has the live music scene with chris muirhead worked with High Street, Pilgrim, Cathedral, St Georges, St Peters, St Andrews and PCSA schools to de- liver the programme. Nine classes Get ready to kick-start the next era totalling 212 children attended 74 There has been much kerfue in that helps venues build strategies trips with some of the most amaz- the local press this year about The around ensuring not only survival ing business partners in the City. Hub’s untimely closure, and right- but fervent thriving. You may have Logan Pemberton, a good friend ly so; it feels very much like the seen adverts for Fightback Plym- of the Millelds Inspired Charity nal domino tumbling over from outh, which is a fortnight festival and Stonehouse resident was the a generation of venues that have of gigs in 18 participating venues – keynote speaker and shared stories been forced to close their doors af- over 100 shows between 13th and about how he came across to the ter years of servicing our city with 28th September 2019. This is an op- UK from St Kitts in the Caribbean. the kind of regular gigs and events portunity to kick-start the next era Josanne Stewart, Development any locale would be proud of. of music in the city; collaboration of Manager of the charity then an- Importantly, this hubbub has this kind between venues is essen- nounced the winners of this year’s wheeled the reality out into the The demolition of The Hub earlier this year tial in order to create a scene with light: without support from all leverage, which can work together competition to design a poster for parts of society, the arts su er. The giddy with insane memories, the DBS engineers’ nursery, The Hub. to achieve lower business rates, de- ‘Plastic Free Plymouth’. The stand- council, to their credit, creaked into ghost queue to get in snaking all So, it has been done and there are mand more advertising space, ght ard was very high, and a great action, calling a round table debate the way down Union Street; past many things to bemoan; develop- o developers, collate information e ort was put in to win the top and starting what they promise will C103, boarded up and pulverised. ers to loathe, imagined back-hand- and be able to articulate to the prize of £20 Vue cinema vouchers. be a long-lasting discourse which The White Rabbit, spectacular ers to scorn. But that achieves council what it is that we need from Every child was invited to receive focuses on the issues that have in its rabidity, crushed along with nothing if we do not build on what them to ensure we don’t see our their graduation certicate. plagued venues for the last 20 years. Tramps under the terraforming these last few years have taught precious Underground, Hanging Josanne Stewart said: “This is the Older gig goers like me have might of The Barcode; stealing us. What can we do now to ensure Gardens, Patchwork, The Junction, 11th Graduation Ceremony for the been witness to the slow death of from us one of the best alternative the same fate does not befall our B-Bar, Bread & Roses and Hutong Widening Horizons programme all of the mainstays of Plymouth’s music venues in the country and current crop of venues, forging join the Plymothian graveyard of scene; The Cooperage, its ancient moving Really Good Records up on in the face of myriad impedi- venues. If you can a ord it, treat and it is a real celebration when all stone walls soaked with a thou- into the glare of the viaduct. Next, ments to bring us gigs and events yourself to one more gig a month 212 children come together and sand classic 80’s & 90’s gigs, now the Voodoo Lounge’s goth glory which are destined to become than normal and see how much reect and celebrate the year they sits silent, radiating warnings. The turned barren. Now in 2019 we the classics we will look back on? e ect you personally can have; have had.” Dance Academy, more a victim of lose the beautifully punk Nowhere As a result of the round table, take that yer, share that event email your pictures or stories to the war on drugs than the apathy Inn; as well as the remaining mid- we’ve managed to attract the in- and buy those tickets in advance of a populace or the disinterest size venue, proud local UK circuit terest of the Music Venues Trust; a – the scene we get boils down to our editorial team: of a council, now a faded façade stop o for bands on the rise, and powerful charitable organisation what we do, not who we blame. 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the stonehouse voice information bers) for a carrier bag full. We also hire out work - has remained essentially the same. summer workshops with Millelds a cup of tea with gardening, cooking COMMUNITY play resources such as soft play and giant Yet we are constantly evolving! We have Inspired school children, making posters and other activities for those interested. Nudge Community Builders. A Commu- games and run creative workshops. Call recently re-evaluated and aim to become and invitations to the Union Street Party, All welcome – we believe that everyone nity Benet Society that owns, runs and in to see us some time – we’re based on more engaged in local and community which are on display in Union Corner. has something to o er as a Time Bank creates activity in underused or unusual Union Street, between Aldi and the grass activities. Rhizome Artists Collective are a friendly member. At our last AGM we discussed buildings and spaces on Union Street. wall of the HQ Building. Open Tues and Building on past years organising the Big bunch, open to welcoming new members healthier lifestyle choices. This led to us We are local residents who have been vol- wed 10-2, Thurs 10-7 and the rst and last Watercolour Day as part of the Plymouth and ideas. If you are interested in more having monthly Socials on a Wednesday unteering for over 10 years making things Saturday of each month. Check us out Art Weekender (PAW), we have been information, please visit our website, Afternoon where we share skills to cook happen in our area. We run Union Street facebook.com/plymouthplay/ raising the prole of Rhizome as a socially https://www.rhizomeartists.co.uk/ low cost meals that are reasonably easy party, we pop up on the street with pink engaged collective. At PAW2019, a ver- The Stonehouse Time Bank is a system to prepare and using fresh, unprocessed carpet for little nudges, run Union Corner ART & ACTIVITY GROUPS sion of our proposed community engage- in which people are rewarded for the ingredients as much as possible. Contact and The Clipper! Rhizome is a small group of artists with ment commission for the ‘Stonehouse time and e ort they put into their us [email protected] or The Clipper is a pop-up cafe and market- diverse practices who meet weekly in our Outpost Oce’ will invite participants to neighbourhood. For every hour of help visit our Facebook page. place, you can hire the bar or units to test space in Millelds HQ in Union Street. make postcards with positive images and that someone puts in, they get one-time your food business, sell something you Originally formed in 2016 by PCA messages that can then be distributed to credit that can be spent on getting help if you would like your community have made or hold a meeting or party! graduates wishing to maintain critical individuals and groups in Stonehouse. We themselves. We meet at Union Corner association or club featured in We have a ordable rates and want to edge and continue to learn together, have established communication with on Wednesdays between 3 and 5 pm. It’s these listings, email your details the membership has evolved but the Nudge and have been developing some there we arrange our ‘swaps’ – exchanges help make your idea happen, get in touch to our editorial team: with Laura - [email protected]. purpose – to provide a challenging yet ideas for Creative Community Change. of favours, tasks and skills where time, No Whey! Are two local Plymothians who safe environment to discuss, experiment As fortunate Millelds HQ tenants we not money, is the currency. It’s a social [email protected] run the cafe, selling plant-based tacos, with materials and ideas and critique have contributed by facilitating 2 creative time too, an opportunity for a chat and toasties & more. We have new pop ups a couple of weeks a year, so keep an eye puzzles out on our social media for updates. Cur- rently open: Thurs & Fri, 9am-4.30pm, Sat Sudoku: place each number from 1-9 once in each 1-5pm *available to hire 7 days a week. row, column and 3x3 bold-lined box in the grid. Union Corner. Opened 2016 by Stone- house Action this is a space for people to do things. Lots of activities like free Cor- ner Soup 3 days a week, Tai Chi 9-10am on a Monday, Jammer’s meet every other Thursday 7.15-9.30pm. See website for a calendar of what’s on and when we are open & follow us on Facebook - https:// stonehouseaction.wordpress.com/union- corner/ Get in touch if you would like to use the space, it’s £10ph or £5ph if your local to Stonehouse. Oasis Project. We provide practical care and training, and emotional and spiritual support in a community cafe setting, helping people to build a future and bringing hope to lives in crisis. We work with Plymouth Foodbank and provide a number of helpful Courses — Art Tues & Thursday 10am-12 noon; IT, Mon 1.30- Word wheel: Can you nd the word in the wheel 3.30pm, Tues 10am-12noon, Wed 1-3pm; Maths Tues 1-3pm; Healthy Cooking, var- that uses all the letters once? For an additional ious courses, Job Club, Fri 11am-1.30pm. challenge try to come up with as many words of Ring Maria for details 01752 254981. 28 three-or-more letters as you can from the letters Manor St., PL1 1TW. on the wheel; each word you make must use the centre letter and no proper nouns are allowed. Phoenix Chorale, Mondays, small, friend- ly choir singing a range of music under the direction of Marcus Alleyne. We per- form two concerts a year which usually feature a whole work plus a programme of songs combining contemporary and tradition music. New members are always welcome so come along and join us for a rehearsal. 7.30-9.30pm St Peter’s church, Wyndham square, PL1 5EG, www.plym- outhphoenixchorale.org. Plymouth Play Association. We collect fabric, paper, wood, paint and even plastic destined for landll from factories, businesses and shops, and individuals and turn it into creative material to be used art, craft and play. We sort it then sell it for £3 (members and £6 (non-mem- email [email protected] for the answers Page 16 The Stonehouse Voice the stonehouse voice what’s on MARKETS WORKSHOPS WE SUPPORT LOCAL STUDIO SPACE CAFÉS, BARS, BISTROS ADVERTISERS Ocean Studios Workshops The Stonehouse Voice is Portrait Clinic with Mark Fielding at the Making Table, every Wednesday, 10:00am committed to supporting -12:00pm. Portrait Clinic is a weekly drop- local advertisers and giving in session where artists of all abilities can them visibility. draw portraits on a regular basis. The If you are a local business session is free and provides a means to and have a story, then let The develop core skills in a relaxed way. Lord High Admiral Visit the Ocean Studio website for full de- us know about it by email: tails: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ [email protected] FOOD/CRAFT BEER/ REAL ALE portraitclinic/ Or book an advert WINE/COFFEE/BEER GARDEN Making Mosaics, Emma Spring, Emerge from just £25. Space, every Thursday evening, 7:00pm 33 STONEHOUSE St. PL1 3PE - 8:00pm. Mosaic class for beginners and Nowhere Illustration Market, the more experienced, come and learn Under, East Street, Stonehouse, on the basics in your  rst couple of sessions Events/Meetings CAFÉS, BARS, BISTROS Saturday, October 5, 12 noon-6pm. and if you enjoy mosaics, I can guide you First Thursday Social, Real Ideas Organi- Manor Street Market, outside Un- through your own projects ether using sation, Café/Gallery Space, First Thursday ion Corner, Saturday 26 October and my templates or bringing in your own of every month. 6:00pm - 8:00pm. THE OLD MORGUE Saturday 30 November 10-2pm. items, e.g. a table-top, a house number First Thursday provides an opportunity One of Plymouth’s Native Makers, Ocean Studios, The plaque, a mirror surround etc. £20 per for artists, makers and creatives to meet best-kept secrets person. Includes all materials, tiles, gouts, and socialise with like-minded people. Big Winter Market NM9, Saturday Escape rooms, food & drink, speed and Sunday, December 7 & 8. Royal wood, etc. The bar will be open to help get those quizzing, live entertainment William Yard, Plymouth PL1 Mini Makers Various, Making Table creative conversations  owing! Keep an every Saturday, 10:00am - 12:00pm. eye on our website for speci c event ac- 14-17 Manor St. PL1 1TL SERVICES Bring your family and little ones along tivities. Free event, for more details visit: 01752 220220 for a creative session with oodles of oceanstudios.org.uk/whats-on fun! Supervised by experienced tutors, Discovery Writing Group. First Friday Mini-Makers o ers the opportunity for of the month, a small community of children to create, interact and unleash writers who meet to discuss writing, and their artistic talent. The sessions are a £1 to encourage each other to maintain A TASKINHA donation to help towards materials. No creative momentum. Prose, poems, Fine Portuguese booking necessary. scripts, writing games, exercises, oppor- food and drink Back to Print Induction, Common Sense tunities to share work and publishing Studio. For dates and times visit www. possibilities. Meet at the Clipper, Union commonsensestudio.online. Is your St., 10-12 noon. Details James Bridgwater See our new restaurant squeegee collecting dust? Fed up with 07506671546 [email protected]. at 53 Union St. PL1 3LU using your bath as a washout? Common Rhizome Artists’ Collective. Weekly  Sense Studio are o ering free studio meetings to discuss art and criticism.  01752 657863 inductions for the closet printer. 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