Category Archives: Windmill Hill

BLACK (cloud) WATCH: council cash news

Posted on August 11, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

A speedy reply to Woodsy’s Freedom of Information request to Bristol City Council regarding their expenditure on Victoria Park’s temporary roofless shed, ‘The Black Cloud‘, arrives on the ever-dependable ‘What Do They Know?‘ site and finds the council crunching urgently … Continue reading →

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BLACK (cloud) WATCH: Slim pickings

Posted on August 6, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

News drifts in that the city council’s direct cash contribution to this temporary roofless shed cum public artwork in Victoria Park – ‘The Black Cloud‘ – comes in at around £15k. Not much money then? Especially if you take the … Continue reading →

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Spirit of the age?

Posted on July 26, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Some wealthy and painfully middle class hippies – sorry, “artists” – built a big shed (surely a “remarkable new temporary structure? Ed), cheerfully called The Black Cloud, in Victoria Park yesterday. So locals now have a weird state-sponsored miserabilist temple … Continue reading →

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St Christopher of Orlik?

Posted on February 20, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Does the former Labour Councillor for Windmill Hill, Christopher Orlik know something about his former employers we don’t? Not only has he joined the campaign to save the railway path but he’s rejected all the usual sedate campaigning pastimes aimed … Continue reading →

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More Bristol News news

Posted on January 19, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The battle to save the Marksbury Road Library, situated in the middle of one of the most deprived areas of the city, takes a new turn. The Bristol Green Party is proposing that the extra £100,000 earmarked by the Labour … Continue reading →

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