Menu

Header Top Menu

Skip to content
  • Register
  • Login
  • Submit Your Item
  • About
  • Contact Us
Facebook Twitter
Menu

The Mead BS10 - Southmead News & What's On

Southmead's What's On Guide & Community News

The Mead BS10 – Southmead News & What's On

Find news, events, groups…

Primary Menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • News
  • What’s On / Calendar
  • Volunteering
  • Community Groups
  • Back Issues
  • Advertising
  • BS10 Parks & Planning
  • Team Southmead
  • Inclusion Southmead
  • Friends of Badock’s Wood
  • Southmead Development Trust

Category: Southmead History

Talking About Our 1970s Generation!

Posted onJanuary 31, 2020February 7, 2020Author1970's Southmead Facebook Group

In early December 2019, former Southmead lad Bradley Lane was looking through some old snaps and came across one from around 1978, taken at Portsmouth Docks.  It was a Fonthill Read More …

CategoriesGatherings & Groups, Southmead History

NCH Holmwood Bristol courtesy of https://www.flickr.com/photos/22326055@N06/ (theirhistory)

A Short History of The Holmwood Estate

Posted onJanuary 26, 2020AuthorAburrow Bros Publishing

Much of North Bristol, including the area which later became Southmead as we know it, all once belonged to the same land estate.  Over time it was divided up again Read More …

CategoriesSouthmead History

TICK TOCK: HELP US FIX THE SOUTHMEAD CLOCK

Posted onJuly 11, 2019AuthorAlison Prince

EVERYONE WELCOME! Please come along to St Stephen’s Church on Saturday 3rd August from 10:30am – 1:00pm for a cup of tea or coffee and cake, and to buy something Read More …

CategoriesSouthmead History

True Stories: Meadows to Meaders

Posted onFebruary 21, 2019AuthorRuth at Myers-Insole Local Learning CIC

The people best placed to tell stories about Southmead’s history are residents who have grown up in the area and been there from the start. For this second episode we Read More …

CategoriesSouthmead History

Kath Horseman at Meadows to Meaders 2017, Photo © Paul Blakemore

Poetry & Meadows to Meaders

Posted onFebruary 19, 2019February 19, 2019AuthorRuth at Myers-Insole Local Learning CIC

Above: Kath Horseman at Meadows to Meaders 2017, Photo © Paul Blakemore The convention for including poetry in the performance began when Southmead Resident Kath Horseman provided poems to ‘book Read More …

CategoriesSouthmead History

Meadows to Meaders Outreach

Posted onFebruary 19, 2019AuthorRuth at Myers-Insole Local Learning CIC

Orchard School Bristol continue to play a pivotal role in our community soap opera and we are delighted to have them participating again, some back for a second time.   Read More …

CategoriesSouthmead History

Meadows to Meaders – A New Direction

Posted onFebruary 19, 2019February 19, 2019AuthorRuth at Myers-Insole Local Learning CIC

Back by popular demand and made possible by funding from Bristol City Council and Team Southmead, the many fascinating stories provided by the people of Southmead have this time been Read More …

CategoriesSouthmead History

A Little Treasure: Bethany is Closing

Posted onFebruary 15, 2019February 16, 2019AuthorIrene Thornley

Southmead is about to lose a little treasure.  Something which has meant a great deal to many people down through the years. In 1938, 600 children attended the Sunday School Read More …

CategoriesSouthmead History

Post navigation

← Older posts

PRINTED EDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY ON HOLD

Due to Covd-19 our printed edition schedule is on hold.

Meanwhile, we will  continue to share your items and notices online.

The Mead is run by Volunteers, and not for profit – we would welcome your help and donations, thank you.

CLICK HERE TO FLIP THROUGH THE LATEST EDITION AS PRINTED –

 

Calendar event listings on The Mead are currently postponed due to the Covid pandemic. Meanwhile, please contact individual venues for up-dates - click the 'Community Groups' tab for contact details.
January 2021
MTWTFSS
     1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
« Dec   Feb »

Categories

  • Activities & Classes (94)
  • Building & Regeneration (30)
  • Children & Families (56)
  • City Events (16)
  • Creative Writing (15)
  • Culture (10)
  • Gatherings & Groups (26)
  • Health & Wellbeing (69)
  • Jobs (10)
  • Local Politics (8)
  • Meaders' Letters / Opinion (16)
  • News (330)
  • Other (30)
  • Parks & Spaces (27)
  • Quizzes & Puzzles (4)
  • Southmead History (22)
  • Volunteering (24)
  • Youth (13)

Mailing List

Sign up to receive the latest The Mead BS10 news every Friday. We do not share your details with third parties.

About

News contributed by Southmead Residents, workers, and anyone who wants to connect with our community. Initial content for the directory was input by the Southmead Development Trust, funded with a grant from the Southmead Fourteen fund.

Read more...

Follow Us

Facebook Twitter

Terms & Conditions

Editorial, Privacy & Complaints Policies
User submitted content remains the copyright of their original author. Other content © The Mead BS10.
  • Home
  • News
  • What’s On / Calendar
  • Volunteering
  • Community Groups
  • Back Issues
  • Advertising
  • BS10 Parks & Planning
  • Team Southmead
  • Inclusion Southmead
  • Friends of Badock’s Wood
  • Southmead Development Trust
  • Register
  • Login
  • Submit Your Item
  • About
  • Contact Us