Category Archives: Bristol

A trust for the Railway Path?

Posted on April 7, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Charlie Bolton writes in the comments: Hi everyone I have seen Paul Smith suggest in a couple of places that we pursue the idea of setting up a trust to take ownership/control of the path. (I believe this was the … Continue reading →

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And the end of another era …

Posted on April 7, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

by Keren Suchecki This is my last Double Devolution column – I’ll be leaving HWCP in a few weeks time. I was the first employee eight years ago in an empty shop without the luxury of a chair, let alone … Continue reading →

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Report from last night’s Council Meeting

Posted on April 2, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

By Chris Hutt from the Comments It all started so well, with Charlie Bolton’s original motion getting beefed up by a Lib-Dem amendment which he accepted. Railway Path supporters cheered and clapped. It looked for a few moments like we … Continue reading →

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Blogga Shocka!

Posted on March 31, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

As one door closes another one opens … The Bristol Blogger is pleased to announce that the ink is now dry on a deal signed earlier today with Bristol United Press, owners of the Evening Post, Western Daily Press and … Continue reading →

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From the comments …

Posted on March 30, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Get out writes … I hear that the most serious concern within the leadership of Bristol Labour and Tory Parties right now is not the cycle path at all. By the sound of rumblings in the Council House the uppermost … Continue reading →

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Plug.

Posted on March 28, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Oh. And our man wandering around the Council House not doing very much passed the press office earlier and says Bristol City Council are preparing a press release about the path this very day … Ho! Ho! Ho!

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Prefabricated henhouse news

Posted on March 25, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Right then. A big thanks to all our Bristol City Council readers who’ve sent in Jan Ormondroyd’s welcome message. Here it is: Dear Colleague I hope you have had a good Easter break and that despite the weather you had … Continue reading →

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Bank holiday special: Bristol film double bill

Posted on March 24, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol in the 1920s: Very rare moving pictures of Bristol (UK) filmed 80 years ago. A world in which old cars, buses, lorries and motorcycles share the roads with trams and a surprising number of horses and carts. A charabanc … Continue reading →

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What the hell is this meant to mean?

Posted on March 24, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

From Lib Dem, Councillor Emma Bagley’s blog – translations welcome: What became apparent towards the end of this topic was that was going to be no stretch target (aka a performance indicator) under the new local area agreement. No stretch … Continue reading →

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Party gossip holiday special II

Posted on March 23, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Our man out on the town (again) reports … “I was at a party talking to a woman whose best friend’s flat mate’s sister knows someone who works somewhere not unadjacent to chief Bristol City Council transport officer, Colin Knight. … Continue reading →

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