Twilight Christmas Market

Well it's snuck up on us - winter is upon us and that means not long until Christmas! Keep Whiteladies Local are busy organising an exciting Christmas event in and around St John’s Court on Whiteladies Road. With this event we hope to raise lots of money for Tenovus, the cancer support and research charity. The Christmas Market will showcase a collection of locally produced gifts and Christmas treats - we have many stalls confirmed already including talented artists and artisan food producers! We are also delighted that the Lord Mayor, Councillor Geoff Gollop, and the Lady Mayoress, Mrs Bernice Gollop will be attending the market.

This twilight celebration will be the first of its kind on Whiteladies Road, and we hope to bring together the local communities at this festive time. The market will be candle lit come dusk with festive music and bustling with late night shoppers taking advantage of the stores with longer opening hours (especially for the occasion!) Check out the Christmas tab above for listings. We look forward to seeing you there!!

2–8pm Thursday 15 December
St John’s Court, Whiteladies Road

(where Whiteladies Road meets Apsley Road)

There are still a couple of places left - If you are interested in having a table at the market please contact Helen:

kwl.helenboote@gmail.com


Check out the Facebook event -

https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=228904310492127

KWL Gets ready for Christmas!

Hello folks - Helen here another member of the KWL team! Just wanted to tell you all about an exciting event we are planning for Christmas - to promote and celebrate our beloved Whiteladies! We are hosting a Whiteladies Christmas Fair with the preliminary date of December 15th from 2pm into the evening (candle lit evening shopping - what could be better!) The stalls will be full of locally baked, sourced and produced goodies! Perfect for a few xmas gifts! We are hoping that we can get some shops near-by to stay open late for a true community event! The event will be raising money for 'Tenovus' a really worthwhile cause! Here's a link to the fb event page - take a peek!

https://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=228904310492127

Look forward to seeing you all there!!

Helen xxx

(Image credit - Salvatore Vuono)

Whiteladies...The Next Hollywood! :p

Having witnessed a fairly large film crew filming inside the better food company, I decided to follow them up the road and pester them until they gave me some info on what they were actually filming... Called 'Frail', all I got was that it is some sort of independent feature film; a drama about some girl. They unfortunately didn't offer me a role...

Costa Coffee denied on Gloucester Rd!

Congratulations are in order to Richard Leonard and the 'Love Gloucester Rd' team on their success in stopping Costa Coffee from opening! *Three cheers!*

We too have a Costa trying to open, threatening all the independent coffee shops, so let us hope we shall have the same success here!

Lib Dem's 'Declare war on supermarkets'

I have come across a recent article in the Evening Post reporting on Bristol Lib Dem's 'declaring war on supermarkets'

This theoretically should be a good thing... So why did reading the article make me feel so nauseous?! Perhaps it's the fact that the Lib Dem's have let us down time and time again in the supermarket battle here in Bristol, with the constant U-turns in granting permissions.

I cant help but feel this is just the Libs trying to jump on the band wagon not because they truly believe it is right but because they believe it will help them regain some popularity.

An old saying comes to mind: Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. We are cautious to celebrate, as this Lib notion isn't a new one.

The Evening post made some pretty callous comments following its article; clearly showing it wasn't at all impressed with the libs, hypocritical, gun toting attitude towards the supermarkets:

'Whatever there reasons, this is woolly-minded gesture politics of the worst kind.'

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Bristol-s-Liberal-Democrats-declare-war/story-13243272-detail/story.html

Bristol Pound drinks reception

Bristol Pound will be holding an informal drinks reception at the Create centre (http://www.createbristol.org/how-to-find-us.htm) on the evening of 28th July at 6pm. It will be an opportunity to talk to members of the Bristol Pound team, ask questions about the scheme and to find out how to get involved.

Sainsburys alcohol license granted

Unfortunate news, Sainsburys alcohol license was granted at the council hearing yesterday. Five representatives from Sainsburys attended vs the five members of the public who turned up to oppose including myself.

Though it has been approved, the fight is far from over... We now have two options: appeal or review. Appealing will go through the court is an expensive process and is used to appeal the council's decision, the review is as it says, a review of the licence again if we can gather more evidence and present a stronger case... So we will certainly be submitting a review, armed with the knowledge of the hearing procedures.

So much has been learned from this experience, too much to write in this one blog. So i have decided to write an account of everything that went on in the hearing, to keep for future use, and so for those who will follow the same path elsewhere, we can help by having a document of exactly how everything happens; all the procedures, do's and dont's.