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AGM Reminder

helen — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:56:27 +0000

This year’s AGM will be held on Wednesday 21st March at St Matthews’ Church.
Doors open 7.30 and AGM at 8pm. Two talks, one by Guy Bentham Hill about keeping our period houses warm and another on the empty offices of Broadmead by John Frenkel.
Take this opportunity to meet your neighbours and find out what is happening in Kingsdown. There will be refreshments available.

AGM and Talks. March 21st

helen — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:45:30 +0000

Our annual AGM will be held at St Matthews’ Church on Wednesday 21st March. Doors open at 7.30 and the AGM, starts at 8pm with two talks of interest afterwards. The first will be given by the City’s Conservation officer, Guy Bentham-Hill, and will give us guidelines and suggestions on how to make our Kingsdown (and mainly period) properties more energy efficient. Just remember back to those very cold days at the beginning of the year! Then John Frenkel will give a short talk on what is happening down the hill from us in Broadmead and all those empty office buildings.
Afterwards there will be plenty of time to discuss all issues relating to these talks and anything else of Kingsdown interest with your neighbours over a glass of wine.
Everyone welcome, members new and old and anyone who wishes to join the KCG. This is a good chance to ask any new neighbours to come along and meet more of the Kingsdown community.

Photos please

Tony Kerr — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:05:20 +0000

Unfortunately, I will be unable to make the AGM on 21st March but would very much like to encourage Kingsdown residents to upload photographs to the online photography site Flickr so that we can have a community album of photographs. Flickr is free and easy to join.KCG has a great site for collecting images, but all the photographs have to be sent to one person for uploading, so I have created a group under the name Kingsdown on Flickr and anyone can upload photographs to the group at this address:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/kingsdownconservationgroup/

Any photographs of Kingsdown which might be of interest to other residents are encouraged- from architectural interest, seasonal images to community events.

I would very much like this to be added to the agenda if possible,

Please don’t hesitate to contact me for more information / etc.

Penny Leaver Green

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pennyleavergreen.co.uk

Art Exhibition at St Matthews’

helen — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:49:28 +0000

What is Hope? An Exhibition and Dialogue on Interpretations of Hope.
Easter weekend at St Matthews’ Church. Thurs 5th – Sat 7th April 2012
St Matthews’ invites local artists to submit works of visual, sculptural, printed media or written art that proposes an answer to the question ‘what is hope?’ If you are interested please contact by email hopeexpressions2012@gmail.com by 17th March

Curious Things in Bristol and Beyond

helen — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:46:07 +0000

At the Baptist Church in Broadmead, there will be yet another slideshow by Glyn Duggan.
7.30pm on Thursday 23rd February 2012
Don’t miss this chance to see some unexpected things we walk past everyday – without noticing!
£4 entrance. Light refreshments included – all proceeds to charity
Church entrance in Lower Union Street.

Tony Kerr — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:48:07 +0000

Santa paid his annual visit to the Kingsdown Carols, arriving exactly on time as usual. How does he manage to get here just when the music stops? And how does he somehow know the names of local children and have the right presents in the right sack?

It’s a mystery to us. If only he would take over the bus services…..

Click here to see the photos

The Ark Project – update

Tony Kerr — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:36:17 +0000

Vicky Wright, Community Minister at St Matthew’s, writes:

The Ark Project was recently exploring how the Ark Building on Cotham Road South could be further developed by St Matthew’s and Bristol Christian Fellowship. After further consideration and discussion between our two churches we have decided to ‘pause’ the Ark Project to allow both congregations to focus on other projects that they are involved with.

We will review the vision and plans for the Ark Project in a year’s time. The Ark Building remains under the ownership of Bristol Christian Fellowship and all enquiries for community rental/use can be directed to their office: admin@bcfnet.com or 01454 613305

A huge thanks to all those who have been involved in the Ark Project and for those who took the time to fill in the community consultation form. We will let you know any future plans, if, and when, they happen. If you would like to discuss this any further do get in contact with Vicky Wright, St Matthew’s Community Minister:

vicky.wright@bristol.anglican.org 0117 944 1598

Period Pieces For Sale

helen — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:56:41 +0000

John Winstone, a former Kingsdown resident, has a quantity of Georgian joinery for use in repair and reinstatement of interiors in Kingsdown, from stripping out of Kingsdown houses in the 1970s and mostly provenanced to the particular property. Included are door and window architraves, panelled shutters, Georgian sashes, some with glass, internal panelled doors a long length of panelling to dado level, moulded and painted cornicing from Prospect House off Horfield Road, etc. Some items featured in the Kingsdown 250 exhibition. Further details on request of a specific item. It will be a question of taker collects; no takers for the lot please.
Contact: John Winstone, Court Farm, Vicarage Lane, Wookey, BA5 1JT
johnhwinstone@tiscali.co.uk 01749 671 055 Mobile – 01749-671055

KCG half-year’s report

Tony Kerr — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:15:51 +0000

Sometimes its worth thinking about how we enjoy living in one of Bristol’s nicest residential areas. Many of our positive residential features don’t happen by chance. There is continuous development pressure. The University will build a very large Life Sciences building on St. Michael’s Hill where there is the red security fence. UHB will build a new ward block on Terrell Street. Developers want to convert the former King’s Arms on Paul Street into an unsupervised hall of residence for 45 students. The Committee, contribute to pre-application discussions and write reasoned responses to planning applications. However, KCG can only act as a single body and the response of individual residents is as important. Please take the time to look at planning applications on line and send your comments to the planners. The Committee will always help residents to word their response. Contact the secretary@Kingsdown.org.uk.

The Council is changing the way that it runs the City. The Committee has contributed to the consultation on theCouncil’s new “development framework” and to the St. James’s Parade Conservation Area Character Appraisal. If you are interested in finding out about new planning policies, the Conservation Area Appraisals and the Area Green Space Strategy, look at the Council’s website. Committee members attend the Police, Neighbourhood Forum and the Neighbourhood Partnership to which the Council has delegated some of its powers. KCG supports the spring Bee Day, Homegrown at the end of the summer and other events, such as street parties. Ask to use KCG’s four noticeboards to publicise your residents’ event.

The theme of this notice is that KCG needs as much involvement as possible from residents. We think that KCG gives Kingsdown residents good value for the £5 per year subscription. We run the KCG website and distribute to anyone who gives the secretary their email address the monthly committee business, update.

The Committee looks for more active support. Some of the committee ,who have worked for years, will not go on for ever. With more support, we could extend our activities. If you would like to see how the Committee works, come to a meeting as an observer. Contact the secretary.

The next committee meeting will be on Tuesday the 5th October 2010. If you wish to meet the committee or bring any matters to their attention, please contact the secretary@Kingsdown.org.uk.

61 ugly metal posts that WON’T be clogging up Kingsdown streets

Tony Kerr — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:41:53 +0000

The Government has recently urged Councils to cut down on unnecessary (and expensive) street signs and posts, but it often takes a long time for this sort of pronouncement to have any real effect on the ground. So KCG have been approaching local residents to help cut the number of posts that the Residents’ Parking scheme will bring, and City Council Conservation Officer Hannah Porter has been working to influence her colleagues. The net result is: 10 more signs going on existing lamp columns than originally proposed; 12 signs identified as being unnecessary; and 39 signs placed on existing boundary walls and railings instead of on new posts.

Many thanks to everyone who has helped with this important and useful piece of work.