boyfromfishponds

Block the bridge, block the bill facebook event.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=277040145648345

One of Bristol's oldest Churches The Priory Church of St James in town, has restored a statue of a bare-breasted woman whose torso was discreetly covered for centuries.

 There is speculation that the half-clad figure was considered too much of a distraction for Wesley, the founder of Methodism, and his followers.

Here's one for all you Art heads.

Liz Buckfield Show tonight down Stokes Croft. She's a top artist and local (Well Hanham lot). I saw one of her shows a while back and was blown away. She does stuff on bills, court date letters and letters from the clinic.

I don't wanna sound to much like a artie type but her stuff is beautiful and drank at the same time.

Anyway go and check it out. it will be down there for two weeks.

17 th sept

142 Cheltnham rd, Bristol

Got this today. Please show your support.

The deaths of four miners at the Gleision Colliery was the worst mining accident Wales has seen for generations.

This tragedy is a stab through the heart of the community. We can't even imagine what the families are going through.

But they need our help to survive and recover in the future. So today I am launching an Appeal Fund to help support them and will be announcing other patrons shortly.

Please give what you can to support the families. Donate online now or send cheques to: Swansea Valley Miners Appeal Fund, 39 Windsor Road, Neath, SA11 1NB.

Thank you.

Peter Hain

MP for Neath

http://www.minersappealfund.org/

John Cooper Clarke is playing the The Fleece on the Sunday 27th November. If you haven't seen him before get on it.

I saw him in Cardiff earlier on in the year and he was banging. I tought it would just be poetry and that. But it's like seeing a stand up. He's proper funny.

Evidently Chicken is one of my all time favorites.

http://www.johncooperclarke.com/

 Had a good time down FishFest, a few of us went down. Had a good'un.  I love things that are more locally focus.

It was a bit like a Church Fair and I do love a Fair. Tombola's, Raffels, Home Made Cakes the lot.

Oh and of course beer.

This made me proper lol.

http://www.fishfest2011.org/

Saturday 10th September

12.00+: Fishfest 2011 begins! [Pop up parlour at 53 Grove rd 11ish – 1ish]

12.30+ Live music/open mic for local musicians throughout the afternoon

1.30-3.00: Arts and craft workshops, various activities, followed by children’s parade

2.30 + 3.30 Grand Tours of the Allotment Orchard, Thingwall Park: meet at the Orchard’s stall

3.00-3.30: Fishponds Ramshackle Orchestra sing-a-long

3.30 – 4.00: Belly dancing workshop

4.30-5.30: Tug-o-war and Fishponds Record-Breaking Joke-a-thon

5.30+: Raffle draw & BBQ [tbc]

5.45 – 7.00pm: King Rocker- back by popular demand!

7pm-10pm Barn dance with Canon Foder

9pm+ Live music at the Cross Keys

Dr Bike will be available in the afternoon - bring along your bike for a check up and find out more about cycling round the area

Elsewhere:

Met Open Day http://www.bristolmet.net/

Fishponds Library exhibition all day

Allotment shop and Orchard open Saturday pm

Sunday 11th September

Freebie Fishponds Funday Sunday Swapshop! 12- 3pm Cross Keys Pub, Fishponds Rd (parking: Grove Terrace)

£1 entry: bring along good quality kids' toys, bikes, baby equipment and DIY tools to swap with something new-2-you!

There'll be a noticeboard for advertising skills, idea(l)s and other swapsies. Refreshments & Music!

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And more...?!

Beechwood Centre are having their own Fishponds Festival saturday 17th September: craft fair, jumble, games and refreshments! (Beechwood Rd, Fishponds). Starts 10-2pm with evening entertainment too. In aid of Hop, Skip and Jump chairt for children with special needs.

10 year old Shae White from Fishponds took Glastonbury by storm when she was asked up on stage to sing with Jessy J. There's talks of her going on to do X Factor. Well Shae if you do you'll get my full support. She got a cracking voice for someone so young. I'd cack myself if I had to sing in front of 100,000.   

Fishponds has a bit of history of  reality tv singers. Paul Potts winner of the first series of Britain's Got Talent was from Fishponds. I saw him sing 'Love changes everythimg'' at All Saints when I was younger. He use to sing in the choir aswell (I think). He's now got two Platinum selling Albums in the UK aswell as Germany, Australia and New Zealand.

Good luck to you Shae.

So I came across Eugene Byrne's search for Bristol Myths (http://eugenebyrne.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/bristol-urban-myths) the other day.

The one that sprang into my head was the one about that the Cossham Lad in the war.

In the second world war German planes had to fly over Kingswood on the way to the docks in town. Seeing these planes flying over a local lad was worried that they were going to bomb Kingswood. So he climbed to the top of Cossham Tower with a torch and started to send morse code messages upto the German bombers. He sent a message saying ''Do not bomb here. This is Cossham Hospital built by Handel Cossham who was a German.''

This young man was spotted by a LDV (Local Defence Volunteer). Who promptly dragged him down from the tower to take him to the local police station. Then he was put through the courts, where he was convicted of treason and sentenced to life in prison. Which is where he eventually died.

I spoke to my ma about this and she had heard of a different story. The lad wasn't a misguided local who in his own way thouht he was protecting his area. But a full blown, shit your pants Nazi trying to support the German bombers.

So one could be true and the other could propaganda or they could both be aload of bollocks that have some how worked there way into local legend. But I suppose that the great thing about urban legends.

Any one else think of any good ones?

Student William Appleby  was last seen at the Motion nightclub in Avon Street at about 2am on Sunday 12th June.

Anyone who has seen him or knows of his whereabouts please contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.