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Beastly BristolBristol City's 3d street Art in the form of publicly accessible creatures 30 julio Free show at Henleaze Library 31st July 2007Again at Henleaze Library in Bristol a free show of the goings on of all the strange and wonderfull creatures that are hiding on the streets and buildings of Bristol.. Come along at 10:30 in the morning on Tuesday the 31st of July 2007 to find out what happened to the giant hedge dragon and many other fantastic creatures.
How to find us: Henleaze Library is opposite the Waitrose supermarket in Northumbria Drive in Westbury Park, Bristol. A number 54 bus from the centre of Bristol stops directly opposite. 08 diciembre Beastly Bristol December update
The Beastly Bristol show at Henleaze Library on Saturday 25th November was a great success; The show is now animated, and the menagerie of strange creatures were even seen to crawl across the Library wall and across the ceiling! In addition to learning how to spot sixteen different variety of ESTS, (The Long-est had been spotted and reported to us by Sophie at the talk the week before at the Book Cupboard), our brave and fearless young Beastly Bristol Guides discovered another five different sorts of ESTS and we are pleased to announce that they have now all received their official EST Hunter certificates. The discoverers were:
For those who missed our show at Henleaze Library here are some extracts. In the new year there will be more events, shows and town trails, so if you would like to bring your scaredy-cat parents with you. Remember to hold their hand tightly, because parents often get very frightened, but don't like to let on. Which is why if there is anything frightening around they say "You hold my hand and you will be alright" but we know why they really say it don't we! Are you Nervous?
I hope not, because today I am going to show you a really weird but sometimes funny side of Bristol.
•They say that 'Walls have ears' but did you know that in Bristol, they also have fearsome fangs and scary eyes!
• Have you seen these creatures watching your every move? •Hundreds of animals are watching you, some like to watch from rooftops, whilst others hide around corners, ready to pounce!
•We will see which ones are friendly and which ones are very fierce and must be avoided.
• I will also show you how to be very clever and, hunt them out before they find you! Come to one of our shows or town adventure tour to discover this secret menagerie that is watching you EVERYWHERE in Bristol.
As soon as the dates are confirmed for the new year, 2007, they will be posted on this site and in the local libraries. If your school or group would like a special showing or town trail in your area, get a teacher or group leader to email us at beastlybristol@blueyonder.co.uk
10 octubre November Book week events As part of Bristol Libraries Book week, 9th to the 18th of November, there will be a slide show and talk about some of the amazing creatures that couldn't get into the Beastly Bristol book. There will be a quiz, and maybe a book signing if you already have a copy of Beastly Bristol. A bit like the poor dinasaurs that got left out of the Ark!
I will post information about any other book week events as I learn of them. If you want to know what the word on the street is about the book, here is a copy of a recent review from an unlikely source; by Dr Peter Fleming at The Historical Research centre at the University of the West of England, UWE:
Beastly Bristol the book for Brave and Adventurous Children ISBN 1 904537 529
"Residents and visitors should beware! In Bristol you might meet a bear, Or be a very tasty dish, For a fiercesome viper fish A trip to the Raj may seem quite spiffin’ But you might end up taking tiffin With a half a dozen griffin! (Enough! – ed.)"This is a little different from the usual run of scholarly works reviewed in these pages, but it is still the product of original research, extensive fieldwork and is supported by endnotes and a bibliography. It is also copiously illustrated with photographs, maps and drawings. It’s based on a simple but excellent idea, that of cataloguing all the sculptural depictions of animals – real and mythical – to be seen in the streets and public spaces of Bristol. As the preface by Professor Douglas Merritt points out, while Bristol’s association with non-organic critters is now world-famous through Gromit and the rest of the Aardman plastecine bestiary, it has long been a veritable ark for a plethora of stone, ceramic and metal beasties. As its title suggests, this book is aimed at children, but wresting this book from fully grown up friends and family long enough to review it has proved difficult. It is an excellent accompaniment to summer strolls around the city: see how many of the questions you can answer. My own personal favourite discovery is the pyramid of dogs, cats, rabbits and parrots on the wall of a Bedminster pet shop. It’s lots of fun and some of the book sale goes to Children’s Hospice South West". Peter Fleming
04 agosto Town trail for Beastly Bristol, 3dstreet art walk I am willing to lead a weekend walk to show people a selection of the delightful items I found, but could not be included in our Beastly Bristol book due to lack of space, there are even more creatures than are shown on the photo gallery. It seem that every time I go out a few more creatures spring into view!
So if you are interested in a guided exploration post a comment 25 julio latest find from beastly bristol & Town Adventures for the holidays.They say that 'Walls have ears' but did you know that in Bristol, they also have eyes and fangs! Have you discovered the amazing collection of creatures watching your every move? Did you even realize that when you walk around Bristol you are being watched?
Hundreds and hundreds
Some of the animals are Very Strange, some Very Fierce while others are Very Funny – but all, from Aardvarks to Zebras can be found on our streets, to see them visit our gallery. that now has over 250 pictures of Beastly Bristol, (Run the Photo Album and slide show on the right side of this window to see titles, and infomation about each.
Are you brave enough to accept our challenge to become a Bristol Explorer? I’m sure you are, come with us on our trail to discover a complete alphabet of amazing animals you can either use one of the trail guides in the book, or if you would like a guided tour or information about the book ask your parents or guardian to contact beastlybristol@blueyonder.co.uk Beastly Bristol is all about the ‘ests’ loose on the streets of Bristol.
Let us know of any creatures in Bristol that we've missed. Contact us if you have any favourites you would like added to this gallery. Click on the photo album to open the slide show,
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A Mysterious Metal Menagerie Recently our streets have been invaded by a marvellous metal menagerie, that appears to be coming from the workshop of Julian Warren, - the animals must be escaping from his workshop at night, and because they do not want to leave any telltale clawprints, they creep through his hedge and then go along the metal railings of his garden fence, until they can escape down the road. Probably because they are metal creatures they have a special affinity for railings and garden fences where they happily perch, basking in the admiration of passers bye. Which might explain why so many of them have decided to stay on his fence at Burlington Road, although many more can be found around the city and even in other places in the country.
So, if you see one of these creatures on a fence near you, talk ever so nicely to it everyday and it will stay to listen to your flattering words - but whatever you do NEVER, EVER mention the word 'Rust'; it can throw them into a terrible panic, even though they have been specially coated to keep out Bristol's winter weather. Although some of the menagerie can bee seen on our gallery, you can see many more on Julian's own website at http://www.metalgnu.com
Like us I expect you are also worried about the number of species of animals that have been lost over the past hundreds of years, either because of our intereference with their habitat or even because we have hunted them to extinction. here are some websites put up by people who want to help protect endangered species and their threatened habitats: www.travellog.com/guatemala/quetzal.html http://www.festivalofnature.org If you would like let us know of any similar websites and we will add them to this list. email beastlybristol@blueyonder.co.uk
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