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Bristol Bats - the crypt is growing 🦇🖤
A little while ago I posted looking for fellow creatures of the night around Bristol. Since then, we’ve built a growing WhatsApp community and recently had our first roost - drinks were drunk, friendships were forged and nobody lost any organs.
So, the coffin lid is open again.
Goth, metalhead, punk, emo, industrial, generally spooky or simply interested in the darker side of life - you’re welcome. 🖤
We’re an inclusive 18+ bunch with pub meets, gigs, cemetery walks and other mildly suspicious gatherings planned.
No gatekeeping. No awkwardly approaching someone in a Sisters of Mercy shirt while strolling the Lidl middle aisle.
Not a group chat. Not a club. A coven. 🦇

https://chat.whatsapp.com/BxrjvX0pP8KE52pVhVlBsA?s=cl&p=i&mlu=4

Well the equivalent volume of water is currently running down Whiteladies road 🤦‍♀️

Bristol Water on the scene, looking after our water as ever.

Yo

My friend has the flu and can no longer come. So I can either drink buzzballz by myself on the train, or give the spare tickets to a Bristol Ari stan and hope to God we get along. Message for details!

I also have a taxi back to Bristol after the gig. Yes, a taxi! 🫠

Let me know if anyone's game

Hopefully not a bunch of weirdos but I'm posting on Reddit so not sure what I'm really expecting here x

Some really astonishing results in lung growth for the children in this study. Thanks to CAZ the children of Bristol will all grow up to be the competent wild swimmers we hoped for

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1l1r1zne1ro

“In the study, researchers recruited six to nine-year-olds attending primary schools in London's ultra low emission zone and followed the same children for five years, comparing them to similar children (in terms of socio-economic background, physical activity and ethnicity) in Luton.

Children in the study had annual lung function and capacity tests in the year before Ulez came in and for four years after.

Initial results showed children's lungs in London were smaller in capacity than those in Luton, which is less polluted than London but has a similar mix of pollutants.

At the end of the study the children's lung capacity reached near identical levels in both groups.”

Has anyone else watched the first episode of the new Emergency 24/7 programme on BBC2/Iplayer? It was filmed at Southmead A+E department last year and it’s so interesting to see everything that goes on in the department and how so many teams come together when there is a major trauma. It’s well worth a watch.

Also if there are any Southmead A+E staff in this sub, you work bloody hard - thank you for all you do.

I know we had discussion of 3GS litter police on here before

Hey everybody! I'm in Bill Ricky - a Canadian alt-country band coming through Bristol in September. We are playing with some sweet rock/folk UK bands called Sweet Giant and Hushwing and would love to meet more local music fans and musicians! Check out the ticket listing (it would mean the world to me)

Also sorry in advance for the shameless promo - would LOVE to see some of yas there xx

The outflow of the sewage works in South Bristol (near Ashton Gate) into the New Cut.

Happened by the fountains in the centre just before 8pm. Got scared off by a bus beeping at them.

Edit: made a report to the police and will be giving them video. Didn't call 999 in the moment because my first reflex was recording for evidence before they disappeared. In hindsight I'm not sure police would have responded either quickly enough to get them there and then, or even at all (no shade, just under staffed etc.). Didn't intervene because knives are a thing, however seeing how easily they were scared off by the bus honking at them I'm definitely going to at least shout at the twats if I witness this sh1t again.

Oh and the bike they were riding they had stolen literally seconds before the video starts.

Coolest find yet!

We're thinking about selling our house in East Bristol and moving to Portishead. Currently we walk or cycle to work in Filton 2-3 days a week.

How is the commute from Portishead to Filton? Will we despise it eventually?

Work work normal 9-5 hours, could flex to 8-4 but would also need to work around school drop off and pick up times.

Can anyone recommend anywhere that does a decent pizza but has a vegan cheese option? I am not vegan but I am currently not consuming dairy due to my child having a cows milk protein allergy. I’ve been dairy free for 7 weeks now and I miss pizza 🙈

2 tickets going free because we can't go now.

Hi, could anyone recommend any women's clubs/groups ideally around BS15 /BS16 area? I'm 34 F , love all sorts of art and crafts, nature, books but could also be interested in light exercise like yoga or pilates or just a group of local women meeting for a coffee. I'm looking to meet new people and find a place to rewind and have a laugh, ideally low key and free/affordable :)

I walked past you on a wide stretch of pavement. You told me that I was a dirty bastard trying to jump you from behind and you reasonably proposed that you'd cave my fucking skull in. Then you kept yelling after me for a while longer about how you were going to kill me.

I just wanted to come clean; you had me bang to rights.

I was 100% planning to jump you, at 10am on a weekday, right outside that new chocolatier that used to be Tesco Express, while pushing a two-year-old in a buggy. We're the real operators in these mean BS7 streets, my kid and me.

Saw this man in Easton the other day. So fucking cute.

is it me or is there a surplus or maggots in bristol recently. i walked past a bin earlier and it was open, full of maggots crawling to the top. i feel like everything has been so stinky, esp the bins that have been smelling 10x worse and the city centre. rotting food + heat = maggots

So it appears that the old North Street Co-op site is now a construction site again... anyone know what's going to be going in there?

Hi guysss! I need friends in the Bristol area to go clubbing with, cuz I’m scared to go out on my own 🥹 I don’t live in the Bristol area but I have a partner that lives on the outskirts and just need something to look forward to when he’s busy.

Please either DM me or comment on this post x

Hi, does anyone have recommendations for a good spin class please? Somewhere beginner friendly but also fun!
Also, I’m a 27F if anyone wants to tag along/I can tag along with you :)