Page updated July 2011

Brighton Rd's Pumpkin magic

Lansdown Rd's tiger stripe

It must be mentioned here,
the halloween 'every street' exhibition of carved pumpkins...

what a glowing show...

for a full viewing see the lansdown rd bs6 facebook photo album page

Scroll down to find out more...

by Julia Bailey


Time Wish is a highly enjoyable children’s story set in the Chandos Rd area.
With many local references and well researched, this time travelling fiction
makes for a good tale. So why not step back in time to a
bustling, vibrant Chandos Rd... bringing back life to the street

To find out more about the book and author
click here

Glass Butterfly by Louise Block

Clay workshop with Louise Block

Stanley Rd resident, Louise Block, an artist in glass and ceramics, has for many years provided workshops for children and community groups.

She had a busy time at the recent Redland Fair and just returned from a colourful festival in Caceres, Spain, where she was offering popular craft based workshops.

See her soon at various summer events, including the the Womad Festival, offering fun clay and glass workshops.

Remember, Louise can provide craft events for birthday parties
and one-off workshops for half term and holidays.

Why not contact Louise to find out more about her workshops and commissions - her glass windows may be seen in many houses in Bristol.

Click here for Louise Block's website www.louiseblock.co.uk
to see more of her work and some great photos!

Musically talented Roslyn Rd resident, Paul Bradley is now busy with his 'Calico Pie Show'. Paul sings songs from the 'Calico Pie', his magical cd, as he tells a musical story of Jim's adventures in the countryside.
A treat for all the family.

. Paul has set well loved nursery rhymes and poems to music to create quality listening for babies, young children and their grown ups, or as Phill Johnson's review in 'The Independent' puts it "Irish soft-rocker Paul Bradley (the Organelles, etc) has made a wonderful, just the right side of twee acoustic rendering of children's songs and poems by Blake, Lear, Rossetti and RLS".

To find out moe about the 'Calico Pie Show' and cd click here for www.crispyjuice.com Belfast born, Paul has been performing since his early teens, playing solo, in bands, for dance companies and for the television.

He may be seen playing annually at Glastonbury festival and has performed at the NEC, the Purcell Rooms, WOMAD festival and have toured with various bands across Europe and America.