Kingsdown Conservation Group

Details kindly provided by the unfortunate woman who was the latest victim

27/11 between 17.50 - 17.55 on Spring Hill, just before Somerset Street.
Like the other other victims, I had just left work. I was walking up
Spring Hill steps, was approached from the rear, put in an arm lock and
attacker kept saying he would cut me if I didn’t drop my bag. No knife
was seen but he fashioned his hand as if he was carrying a knife. My bag
was taken, containing purse, id, keys, everything.

Suspect….. Black male, around 20, 5′ 8″, medium build, clean shaven,
ochre jacket, dark baggy trousers.

St Matthews Church are having a wine-tasting evening on Saturday Dec. 8th 7.30 - 11pm
The price is £10 for ten wines, or £5 for 5 wines and includes ‘mini food dishes’ with each wine. Tickets available from the Church office tel 9441598

We don’t want to scare people, but forewarned is forearmed, so please take care walking home from work in the early evening. Neighbourhood watch reports:

1. 19/11/07 between 17.15 - 17.45 on Sydenham Road. The female victim was walking home from work. She was approached from the rear, grabbed around the mouth and pulled to the floor. The attacker mentioned he had a knife but none was seen. Purse taken with cash/cards/keys

Suspect…… Black male 18-25 yrs, medium build, 5′ 8″ tall, clean shaven, dark clothing with a dark jacket with white piping on the front.

2. 20/11/07 18.48 hrs, on SomersetStreet/Spring Hill, The female victim was walking home from work, when she was approached from behind and her phone snatched. The male then said “give me your purse or I will shoot you”, NO WEAPON SEEN. Purse was handed over.

Suspect………black male, 5′ 9″ , mid twenties, clean shaven, dark hat, red puffa jacket, dark jeans/jacket.

Robbery leaflets have been printed and will be delivered around the appropriate areas to make residents aware,

Review of 22nd September 2007
It has been generally agreed that the Kingsdown Homegrown Festival was a huge success. As an event whose aim it was to bring the residents of Kingsdown together and also have a fun time, it succeeded. The Party afterwards attracted over 220 people and was also a wonderful success in this respect, so - Well Done Everyone! - While the aim was not to be a moneymaking event, we are delighted to say that KH made a profit of over £770.

An especially big thank you to St Matthew’s Church for all their help and enthusiasm – and the freely given use of all their Church and its grounds. Thank you also to members of The Ark for their invaluble support and use of their marquees and tables.

The atmosphere of the day was made especially wonderful and relaxed by the numbers of local musicians – The Ambling Band whose jolly pink sounds started us off; The Cut Outs; Better Than Sax and Lu-Ami and her guitarist; not forgetting the evening’s band Gypsy’s Kiss. Thank you to all these and all those who took part in the communal busking later in the afternoon.

The profits of KH have necessitated the setting up of a new Bank Account in the name of Kingsdown Community Fund. This account also holds the profits from the Winter Warmer Party, giving it a total to date of £1185. As promised, we propose giving a donation (£700) to The Joliba Trust for Tree Planting and a Women’s Vegetable Growing scheme in Mali. We would also like to buy a replacement flowering tree for St Matthew’s Church.

Next Year
There will be another Kingsdown Homegrown Festival next year, bigger and better. The date for your diary is:-
Saturday 20th September 2008

Hannah Smith, City Council Conservation Officer, has asked us to help publicise the next public meeting to discuss the draft Conservation Area Character Appraisal. She says:
“This meeting will update interested parties on the progress of the document and outline the findings contained within the consultation draft. There will be a brief presentation and time for questions and discussion; copies of the draft will also be available to take away and consider. The meeting will open a second consultation period, in which time representations can be made on the content of the draft. Consultation on the draft will close on 4th January 2008.”

For further details, please contact Hannah Smith on 0117 922 2960 e-mail: conservation@bristol.gov.uk

sarah@transitioncitybristol.org wrote

Please pass this on to anyone you know who might be interested….

TRANSITION BRISTOL PRESENTS THE BIG EVENT
SUNDAY 25TH NOVEMBER 9.30am to 6pm
AT THE COUNCIL HOUSE, COLLEGE GREEN

With chilled music at the Folkhouse after-party 6.30 to 11pm.

You are invited to The Big Event - a lively day of talks, workshops, films and discussions designed to inspire and inform local action. Find out how you can get involved with a community led, radical rethink Bristol’s dependency on fossil fuels and planning how we can move towards a resilient, creative, positive future.

Keynote speakers include leading experts Richard Heinberg, Jeremy Leggett, David Strahan and Dr Chris Johnstone.

There will also be a packed programme of workshops covering topics like sustainable transport, eco-building, alternative energy, community gardening, herbal medicine, local economics, composting, carbon reduction action groups, how to work effectively as a group and much more. Many workshops will be run by local groups who are already initiating positive changes in their community plus experts fom national organizations Sustrans, The Soil Association and Centre for Sustainable Energy and others. Full listing on www.transitioncitybristol.org

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The Kingsdown Vaults has reopened today under new management. The pub has had a low key, sympathetic refit — the pool table has gone, there’s a bit more stripped wood, some comfier chairs and a real fire. They have a couple of real ales and what looks like a strong wine list (twenty or so). Some lovely old photos of Bristol on the walls and a few books and games.

The new landlord Nick says that they will be open from 5pm during the week and from 12pm at the weekend. For the time being they will be closed on Mondays. I also met the manager Kate, and Ben the barman. They were all very friendly and welcoming. Well worth a visit, I certainly look forward to spending a lot more time in there.