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Trustee for Your Park & St George CA. Committee member Friends of Troopers Hill. Love East Bristol.
Some changes to busses this weekend due to the planned road closure at Lawrence Hill. Busses to & from Hanham & Kingswood diverted through Barton Hill.
www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath...
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NEW DATES- Lawrence Hill Bridge, Lawrence Hill - CLOSURE - (5, 6, 7, 16, 41, 42, 43, 44 & 45) - Friday 13th to Monday 16th February
Lawrence Hill Bridge over the railway in Lawrence Hill (at the railway station) will now be closed to services 6, 7, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45 from 20:00 on Friday 13th February, and will remain fully clo...
https://www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath-and-west/news-and-service-updates/updates/new-dates-lawrence-hill-bridge-lawrence-hill
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Bristol Walk Fest
1 day ago
Providers – got questions? Everything you need to know about registering a walk is here →
www.bristolwalkfest.com/providers-2/
Don’t miss the 27 Feb deadline to get your walk in the printed programme! 🚶♀️
#BristolWalkFest
#MagicOfWalking
#NationalWalkingMonth
#BristolEvents
#LoveBristol
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For
#NationalSnowdropDay
"The Snowdrop's Call" by Elizabeth Emra, published in 1830.
www.troopers-hill.org.uk/emra/#snowdr...
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Elizabeth Emra & the Emra Family
https://www.troopers-hill.org.uk/emra/#snowdrops
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Caroline Lucas
5 days ago
This is the report I spoke of on
#bbcaq
just now - ministers tried to suppress it, were finally forced to release it after an FoI, but shamefully only published a redacted version. The first duty of Govt is to protect its citizens - that starts with being honest with us about scale of threat we face
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Omg. WTF is Happening?
7 days ago
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks
#ProudBlue
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Wera Hobhouse MP
8 days ago
The Canal and River Trust is entrusted to look after our precious waterways . The restoration of our canal network has been a real success story creating new habitats for wildlife, access to nature to millions of people and building new communities on and around our waterways.
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Nature Towns and Cities
8 days ago
Meet Marco, who tells us how, one public toilet at a time he and the Edinburgh Thriving Green Spaces team are breaking down barriers to spending time outdoors. His story shows how small changes can make green spaces welcoming for all.
naturetownsandcities.org.uk/meet-the-nat...
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Helen Godwin
8 days ago
We're investing almost half a million pounds to improve Bristol and Bath Railway Path! With improved lighting, safety and accessibility, it's on its way to becoming one of the best traffic-free routes in the whole country 🚲
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I submitted a walk for this on behalf of Friends of Troopers Hill earlier today. Looking forward to seeing the full programme when it is published.
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Met Office - weather and climate
9 days ago
Expressing probabilities could be the key for improved weather-based decision-making, according to new Met Office research. Read more in our news release ⬇️
bit.ly/4qfyZYv
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@oneplacestudies.bsky.social
does this qualify as a
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#TroopersHill
#Bristol
? Lots of info on the Emra, Sommers and Butler families.
www.troopers-hill.org.uk/history.htm
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History of Troopers Hill
https://www.troopers-hill.org.uk/history.htm
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Andrew Sissons
11 days ago
Happy February! Welcome to most underrated and fastest improving month. You start in the depths of winter and end waking up in the light to the sound of birds singing, to the sight of snowdrops, daffodils and early blossom in the trees
#BigFebruary
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Alison Stenning
13 days ago
Good to see mainstream coverage of “deplaytion” - the loss and decline of neighbourhood playgrounds, and of a tolerance of children’s neighbourhood play. It’s critical that this issue is taken as seriously - in terms of children’s mental health - as social media. Thanks
@anooshc.bsky.social
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The hidden cost of "deplaytion"
Ban social media for kids all you like – but don't ignore their crap playgrounds
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/society/2026/01/the-hidden-cost-of-deplaytion
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Excellent thread on a complex issue, well worth a read. Reform of the law is certainly needed.
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Alice Ferguson
15 days ago
My friend Dee is a parent at this Bristol school and wrote an open letter to Keir Starmer (in comments).
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Ofsted finds no political bias at Bristol school criticised for cancelling MP’s visit
Snap inspection of Brunel academy took place after it withdrew invitation to pro-Israel Labour MP Damien Egan
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jan/28/ofsted-brunel-academy-bristol-report-damien-egan-visit
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Bristol Walk Fest
15 days ago
🎉 Bristol Walk Fest 2026 is coming! Our small but mighty team is busy planning a month of walks across the city. Providers: register by 27 Feb →
www.bristolwalkfest.com/providers-2/
Walkers: sign up for updates →
www.bristolwalkfest.com/participant-...
Get ready to celebrate the
#MagicOfWalking
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Podcasting is Praxis
15 days ago
We keep banging on about council funding because the end result is this very real, very depressing fraying of the social fabric. Newcastle needs to save £200k so the park cafes close, the staff is let go, and another community anchor goes. To save pennies.
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
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Newcastle parks cafe staff 'shellshocked' by sudden double closure
Council-run cafes in both Exhibition Park and Paddy Freeman's Park are to be closed down, with bosses saying they are no longer financially viable
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-parks-cafe-staff-shellshocked-33312530
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Protect Earth UK
16 days ago
It has been a long wait but the sale of the land near Bath, UK has finally gone through. We now own 81 acres of land on the banks of the River Avon which we are calling Warleigh Nature Reserve. New website on the way, but for now you can sign up here for email updates!
warleighnaturereserve.org
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Warleigh Nature Reserve
Warleigh Nature Reserve is 81 acres of land directly on the River Avon near Bath
https://warleighnaturereserve.org/
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16 days ago
Civic Society blue plaques have been unveiled for two rather different Bristolians: youth worker and councillor Bert Abrams in Knowle and vicar's daughter and author, Elizabeth Emra in St George. Details on our website:
www.bristolcivicsociety.org.uk/what-we-do/b...
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Blue Plaques awarded - Bristol Civic Society
See details of all Blue Plaques awarded by Bristol Civic Society.
https://www.bristolcivicsociety.org.uk/what-we-do/blue-plaques/blue-plaques-awarded/
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WHO
18 days ago
WHO statement on notification of withdrawal of the United States WHO regrets the United States’ notification of withdrawal from WHO – a decision that makes both the United States and the world less safe. Full statement:
bit.ly/46dT0HF
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Love having this in my timeline. Whatever is happening in the world the sun will rise tomorrow; and at this time of year it will hang around just that bit longer than the day before, actually 178 seconds longer tomorrow.
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Oksii ✚ 🇺🇦
19 days ago
Honestly, it’s difficult for many Ukrainians, yet people choose craziness, no one is ready to give up
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Weird Bristol
21 days ago
Horseshoe Bend - the sharp crook in the Avon near Shirehampton is a notoriously tricky stretch of water to navigate and has been the cause of many boats running aground. It is also why ships built in Bristol have been limited to around 98m (320ft) in length - about as long as the SS Great Britain.
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Susannah Walker
21 days ago
This is a great report, but I think misses one important factor, which is the lack of informal outdoor facilities for girls in parks and recreation grounds. They don't use most current provision - MUGAs, skate parks etc, because these spaces are dominated by boys, feel unsafe... 1/n
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Sian Berry MP
21 days ago
👏👏👏👏 to everyone involved here. All politicians do walking at/with a camera films, but *sprinting* directly at a camera that keeps up is a whole new genre (!) If there isn’t a ‘making of’ to go with this later, I will eat my Green trainers.
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Tristan Cork
22 days ago
Nowhere in Bristol has the 'Raise the Flags' campaign been more contentious than in Bedminster. Local councillor
@ellief.bsky.social
says she came to her view over this after speaking at length to both sides. Have a read of her opinion piece here:
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
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'Lamppost flags do not represent Bedminster'
"These people have not consulted their neighbours or asked the council. They have imposed these flags outside homes, schools and businesses"
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bedminster-councillor-says-lamppost-flags-10768731
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Yaroslava
23 days ago
I want the world to listen. What russia is doing now by attacking Ukraine’s energy and heating infrastructure in the middle of winter is an attempt to break us, to make us give up and to erase us as a nation. But no. We stand. It’s cold. It’s dark. We are not heroes. We stand.
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Cara Lavan
24 days ago
Only 14% of blue plaques celebrate women so huge thanks to
@robcrewshole.bsky.social
and Susan Acton-Campbell for working to install one to commemorate the life and work of writer Elizabeth Emra in my ward of St George Central.
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NABO
25 days ago
Credit where credit’s due to CRT & contractors Crouch Recovery & WM Plant Hire for the speed the three stricken boats have been recovered from ‘that’ hole. Less than 3 weeks. Special mention for Aimee who operated ‘The Spider’. Photos courtesy of Court above the Cut, Taylor’s Aboard, WM Plant Hire
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Andrew Kelly
25 days ago
Good to see this work taking place on the important work of Hannah More in Bristol and Somerset.
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Author's letters 'massive bit of the jigsaw' in abolition campaign
Researchers are transcribing and digitising hundreds of letters from abolitionist Hannah More.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c394zy417r7o
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Brilliant to see on YouTube that both boats were winched out of the breach yesterday. Excellent video here.
youtu.be/9ErDrPh4hD8?...
Great work by CRT & their contractors
#UKcanals
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Excellent day yesterday with the Lord Mayor unveiling a Bristol Civic Society blue plaque for Elizabeth Holmes (née Emra) in St George
#Bristol
www.troopers-hill.org.uk/emra/Plaque1...
@caralavan.bsky.social
@robbryher.bsky.social
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Plaque Unveiling 14 Jan 2026
https://www.troopers-hill.org.uk/emra/Plaque14Jan2026.htm
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Really interesting report into some of the barriers which prevent people getting the wellbeing benefits from being in green space in an urban setting.
#Bristol
#Bath
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29 days ago
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Weird Bristol
about 1 month ago
The distinct building on Cheese Lane, Bristol was built in 1969 as a shot tower. Liquid lead was dropped into water where it formed spherical ammunition. A previous (now demolished) tower was built over the Redcliffe Caves in 1782 and was the first lead shot tower in the world.
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Make Space for Girls
about 1 month ago
What happens when you ask teenage girls what they want in parks? They tell you. They ask for places to sit together, to feel safe but not watched, to be active without competition and to connect with nature. They are not unrealistic. They are just not usually asked. Always ask.
#MakeSpaceForGirls
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Yaroslava
about 1 month ago
I’ve often read how people described hearing their drone, their missile (the one that hit their home). Tonight, I thought I heard my drone. Only one window opened slightly from the blast wave. The others are fine. Victory (still a cat) reacted perfectly, she ran and hid so fast. Everything’s fine.
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Cara Lavan
about 1 month ago
A little of what Abi Finch and I got up to last year as Green Councillors in Bristol - and yes, I have been playing with new software, so sorry if I took it too far.
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Rob Bryher
about 1 month ago
Here's an old-fashioned link to an old-fashioned "blogpost" (!) with my personal assessment of the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood (EBLN) trial scheme data, and what I think we should do about it. tl;dr - it's worked, and changes can make it work even better.
robbryher.com/2026/01/02/m...
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My personal assessment of East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood trial scheme data (January 2026)
This is my attempt to summarise and assess the monitoring report (see for the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood trial scheme. Before I summarise the data, let’s restate the aims of the scheme as …
https://robbryher.com/2026/01/02/my-personal-assessment-of-east-bristol-liveable-neighbourhood-trial-scheme-data-january-2025/
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Weird Bristol
2 months ago
In 1937 a dual carriageway was built diagonally across Queen Square, in hopes of lessening Bristol’s traffic woes. At its peak, 20,000 cars were driven across the park daily, The road was closed in 1992 and all traces of the carriageway were removed by the end of the millennium.
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It was a great evening, wonderful atmosphere.
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2 months ago
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Shit Planning
2 months ago
Inaccessible Places!
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Zack Polanski
2 months ago
The Express is furious about this because the moment you show those who repeat anti-immigration rhetoric the real human stories their narrative collapses. The “immigrants” are people. Our friends, colleagues and family. And it’s this nation of neighbours that is what makes Britain great.
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"sets up shell companies that breed snails"
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4 months ago
@playingout.bsky.social
children were never asked if they would like to give up their natural playgrounds - the streets - and be cooped up indoors or cooped up in cars
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Make Space for Girls
2 months ago
We are looking for girls aged 12-18 who want to have their voices heard regarding parks. We are creating a video and would love them to be part of it. Find out more:
www.makespaceforgirls.co.uk/blog/be-part...
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City Infinity
2 months ago
The next in a series of blog posts about our work with
@robertweetman.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy
on pedestrian friendly side road junction design. In this post, Robert takes a deeper dive into the factors which influence pedestrian friendliness.
robertweetman.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/f...
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Factors in pedestrian-friendliness
A mini-manual describing the many features/factors that affect pedestrians at a side road junction.
https://robertweetman.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/factors-in-pedestrian-friendliness/
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Yaroslava
2 months ago
By the way, the Christmas tree in Kyiv is almost ready. I saw it yesterday. The official opening is coming soon (no announcements, of course)
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