HENLEAZE LAKE - MEMORIES EVENT - SUNDAY, 5 JUNE, 2016

Open to members and non-members
There will be tea and cakes on the lawns, guided tours of the Lake, the opportunity to share your memories of the Lake and the possibility of meeting up with old friends.

Please contact them via the Contacts page to register for the event:http://www.henleazeswimmingclub.org/even…/lake-memories-day/

Did you know that Henleaze Swimming Club is nearly 100 years old?

The club was established in 1919. People were swimming and ice-skating at the Lake even before this - possibly as early as 1906.
In preparation for its centenary in 2019, the club is starting to collect people’s memories of the Lake. These memories will go into the club archives, along with photographs and objects from the past hundred years. The centenary will be marked with the publication of a new book and an exhibition documenting the club’s history. The Club would love to hear from past members and others who have memories of the lake - for example people who climbed over the back fence to swim or fish. The Club would be interested to hear from anybody who has old photographs of the lake, or objects associated with the club. The Club has an extensive collection of photographs of the Lake but very few of the lake during the 1960s and 1970 and would be keen to see any from this period.
2015 photo by local resident and member, Julie Kaye.

PRESENTATION IN STOKE BISHOP ON THE HISTORY OF HENLEAZE

Friday, 20th May, 2016 (7.30.pm)
Stoke Bishop & Sneyd Park Local History Group


Presentation by Veronica Bowerman 
on the History of Henleaze.
Venue: Stoke Bishop Village Hall, 
42 Stoke Hill, Bristol BS9 1EX

All welcome. Visitors £2.

Photo of Henleaze Lake taken on the July 2015 ALHA walk by local Henleaze photographer, Julie Kaye.

ST MARGARET'S: MEMORIES, MUSINGS & MERRIMENT - free e book offer 25-29 April 2016

Many thanks to so many former pupils who bought the paperback edition last year and also those who have purchased the e-book edition. The paperback is now sold out but we are really pleased to announce an e-book offer for those of you who have not purchased an email copy yet.

This FREE OF CHARGE one-off offer from Amazon is only valid during  the above dates  - see this link

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ST-MARGARETS-MEMORIES-MUSINGS-MERRIMENT-ebook/dp/B00UG6VTB2/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1425976139&sr=1-1&keywords=St+Margaret%27s%3A+memories+musings

After this period it will revert to its price of around £3.32.

For those that are not aware you can view ebooks in many different ways.  
Amazon offer a free reading App to read ebooks on a tablet , smartphone, laptop or computer - see this link for more details:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/digital/fiona/kcp-landing-page?ie=UTF8&ref_=sv_kinc_5
NB For iPhone and iPod, and iPad users the kindle reading app should already be installed.

After reading this ebook, if you can provide a customer review on Amazon to assist others that would be very useful.

NB We are also hoping to produce a follow up book covering the lives of some of the girls post St. Margaret’s. If you would like to contribute please email this address as soon as possible.

St Ursula's School, Bristol - photos from the early 1900s

These photos were given to parents of prospective pupils in the early 1930s. (From the Northey collection)

Free Offer for Five Days! The e-book HENLEAZE JUNIOR SCHOOL: THE EARLY YEARS

Special one off offer from today 1 February - Friday 5 February 2016
See link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Henleaze-Junior-School…/…/B00IN63OTC

After this period it will revert to its price of £3.36.
If you know of other people that could be interested in this one-off offer please forward this email on to them as well.
Thanks to feedback from many former pupils the book has been updated so this will also give previous buyers the opportunity to obtain a copy of this new version.
For those that are not aware you can view ebooks in many different ways.
Amazon offer a free reading App to read ebooks on a tablet , smartphone, laptop or computer - see this link for more details:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/digital/fiona/kcp-landing-page…
NB For iPhone and iPod, and iPad users the kindle reading app should already be installed.
After reading this ebook, if you can provide a customer review on Amazon to assist others that would be very useful.

A house in Henleaze named Abbeyside

Henleaze Book has recently received this email:

We have recently moved to 16 The Drive, Henleaze, Bristol BS9 4LD, which is opposite St. Peter's Church - pictured here.

We have an iron gate. Incorporated into it is the name 'Abbeyside'. 

To what abbey does this refer? Has it anything to do with Westbury on Trym?

I am intrigued!

Can any reader help?

(We have looked on old maps of the area but they do not tell us anything.) 

Did you know that one of the Henleaze Junior School teachers became the J K Rowling of her day?

When Mrs Elaine Horseman left HJS she took up another career and became a British author of three children's books, which centre on five children in an old victorian house and their experiences with a book of magic spells.

The three books are:
Hubble's Bubble. 1964
The Hubbles' Treasure Hunt.1965
The Hubbles and the Robot. 1968

This is a quote from on Amazon from Carole J. Walker on January 7, 2015:
Elaine Horseman was the J.K. Rowling of her day. Witchcraft, candlesticks, 3 English children, a mouse... I read this as a child in the 1960's and never forgot it. The name Alaric charmed me so I looked it up. he was a King of the Visigoths, ok.

Do you have any memories of her books, her or her family? 

Please let us know if you do!