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[Lusername]

Originally Posted by tpm

Anyone going to this "Bristol's Bright Future" thing today? Looks a bit like an industry roadshow, but might still be interesting.

Must admit I'd not mind reading a synopsis. Sounds like it might be full of puff to be honest.

[Pickle33]

Originally Posted by tpm

Anyone going to this "Bristol's Bright Future" thing today? Looks a bit like an industry roadshow, but might still be interesting.

Good news that Bristol was chosen by Imperial Tabacco for its global HQ according to the slides that went with this event. The building looks totally banal though....suppose its an improvement on a disused cigar factory though and Winterstoke Road is a total mess anyway.

[Connoisseur1]

Originally Posted by Pickle33

Good news that Bristol was chosen by Imperial Tabacco for its global HQ according to the slides that went with this event. The building looks totally banal though....suppose its an improvement on a disused cigar factory though and Winterstoke Road is a total mess anyway.

I thought they had always been based in Bristol or at least for some time?

[ArrHo]

as part of my apprenticeship i have to work for a non-profit organisation for two weeks, i am going to be working at the M-Shed i'll try and get pictures but don't be suprised if i cant

[geoffbradford]

Excuse me being a bit slow but how do you incorporate photos from flickr or something similar?

[geoffbradford]

[Schmeek]

I can't see that pic Geoff. You need to copy the IMG code for the photo you want, there should be an option for it under something like 'sharing',(well that's how I do it in photobucket - take it it's the same on Flickr) then paste it on your post here.

[ArrHo]

I'm using mozilla so i go on the photo in Flickr and right click and click on copy image location, on explorer just go into properties on the right click menu and copy the URL

Also i got a pm from RooftopsRudge on where some of my photos are taken from so i made this little map showing my viewpoints:
image hosted on flickr


There maybe more and i know that when cabot tower opens people will start using that for photographing the city again.

also because Bristol is so low rise most multi storey carparks are good for viewpoints, does anyone else have any good viewpoints for looking at the skyline and photographing it?

[Schmeek]

Depends how close you want to be.
Apart from the ones you have already mentioned, I personally like the views from Wells Road, as you come down the hill towards where it meets St John's Lane, and also the view from the top of Redcatch Road in Knowle, the bit where it is joined to Axbridge Road.

For slightly longer distance, try the green of the 9th hole at Ashton Court pitch and putt.

And for a much wider angle, there's Hill road in Dundry(go right to the end of the road where it stops at the turning circle), you might need your binos though, and it's particularly spectacular at night(and on November 5th!).

[RooftopsRudge]

cheers for that mate appreciate it

so what big construction projects we got going on at the moment in bristol?

Finzels, the 5102 building on st james barton, theres also a big scaffolding set up in redcliffe ???. any other high building construction projects people know of.

il post pics tommorow.

[geoffbradford]

Thanks to Schmeek and Arrho for your help. Hopefully we now have from not very sunny Hartcliffe and Hengrove, the Urban Splash conversion of the old Wills' offices, the new South Bristol hospital, a decked car park for the hospital, the new 50m pool and the Skills Academy. I think the intention was to clad the new pool in the same alloy that was used on the Colston Hall foyer. It certainly needs cladding in something, it's plywood at the moment.

[bertyboy]

Originally Posted by RooftopsRudge

Finzels, the 5102 building on st james barton, theres also a big scaffolding set up in redcliffe ???. any other high building construction projects people know of.

Not very high, but don't forget Southmead Hospital (which is at least 7 storeys!).

[Delirium]

holy shit

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/...l/article.html

[bertyboy]

This has been on the cards for a few years now. The value of the land for housing is far, far greater to BAE than as an airfield (upwards of £400m), and they've been running operations down for a while (the airfield is closed at the weekends now). There is actually a lot of interest in using the airfield commercially, for livery services, freight, private aviation, mail (Royal Mail, bizarrely, ship all the airmail from their distribution centre at the airfield down to Lulsgate because BAE won't provide a late aerodrome control service), and of course, the emergency helicopters. However, BAE have shown little interest in recent years in taking on their business; the land is still worth more.

Oh, and the numbers losing their jobs will be more than the 19 employed by BAE - there is a flying school based there and the Bristol Aero Club.

[Schmeek]

The aero club is run voluntarily by employees of BAe, rolls royce etc.
A few flight instructors will have to find an alternative operating base, but they are unpaid - instead they are gaining free air hours by instructing.

[Connoisseur1]

While the loss of jobs due to the Filton runway closure is a concern if most of them are redeployed then to me the closure of it doesn't appear that severe. Perhaps it's more of an issue about a Bristolian icon being taken away.

Moving to Bristol in August time and cannot wait. Will definitely be joining my fellow posters in uploading some pics!

[bertyboy]

Originally Posted by Schmeek

The aero club is run voluntarily by employees of BAe, rolls royce etc.
A few flight instructors will have to find an alternative operating base, but they are unpaid - instead they are gaining free air hours by instructing.

The instructors at Aeros are paid. They may all move up to Staverton though.

[Schmeek]

Really? Well they are part-time, and it must be a small income because when I was a member a few years ago the whole hourly rate barely covered the fuel/landing charges. I thought any extra went towards maintenance/licences for the planes..

Staverton is a good call. Bristol Airport is far too expensive.

[bertyboy]

Originally Posted by Schmeek

Really? Well they are part-time, and it must be a small income because when I was a member a few years ago the whole hourly rate barely covered the fuel/landing charges. I thought any extra went towards maintenance/licences for the planes..

Staverton is a good call. Bristol Airport is far too expensive.

Aeros was bought a couple of years ago by a businessman who owned a flying school at Wellesbourne and now covers Filton, Cardiff, Wellesbourne, Staverton and Coventry. The new boss decided to take them off retainers and put them on contract (and then tried to put them back on retainers again, without success!), so they now have 40+ employees on full & part time.
The three PA-28s and the one Cessna were on rotation between Filton and Staverton anyway, so I guess they'll just redistribute the fleet.

I also heard from someone at the airfield that whilst the pre-war brick hangers on the north of the runway are Grade II listed,the famous Brabazon hangar is not, meaning that this could be cleared if the land is sold for housing.

[Delirium]

Originally Posted by bertyboy

I also heard from someone at the airfield that whilst the pre-war brick hangers on the north of the runway are Grade II listed,the famous Brabazon hangar is not, meaning that this could be cleared if the land is sold for housing.

Hopefully the majority of the site will be sold off and used for something else besides housing i.e new commercial premises; a complete waste and potentially irresponsible otherwise.