Library Services Mobile Library: The mobile library calls outside the YMCA in Totterdown on every other Tuesday between 2.30pm and 3.00pm. Knowle Library: ADDRESS Redcatch Road, Knowle, BRISTOL, BS4 2EP Telephone: 0117 903 8585 or e mail Opening Hours Mon 10.00 - 7.00 Tue 10.00 - 5.00 Thu 10.00 - 5.00 Fri  10.00 - 7.00 Sat 09.30 - 5.00 Access Parking is on street outside the library or in Broadwalk multi-storey around two minutes walk away. There is no charge for using the car park. There are also many buses that run along Wells Road, a short walk away. The outer doors are open when the library is. The inner doors are fairly heavy. If having difficulty call out. (Well that's what the official instructions say!)

Bristol walks A series of Saturday morning walks has been arranged based on the new book "Bristol Backs" published by the Ramblers Association (Available from bookshops at £6.99) For a full list of walks Click Here

Ferry Service from Temple Meads Information from Bristol City Council Web site: Busy commuters who want to beat the traffic in style can enjoy an improved waterbus service. Bristol City Council is financially supporting Bristol Ferry Boat Company so that they can retain and enhance the popular service to meet the needs of city centre workers. It is hoped this will help to reduce traffic in the centre by providing a viable transport alternative. The supported ferries will run Monday to Friday - Temple Meads to Hotwells. Three morning services at 40 minute intervals from 7.20am Three afternoon services at 40 minute intervals from 4.10pm The service makes stops at any of 18 landing stages on request. All will now call at the city centre. Fares are fixed by the council and will range between 50p and £1. For more information please phone the Bristol Ferry Boat Company on 927 3416 or email by clicking Here Residents of Totterdown might find this service useful. Also don't forget the regular Ferryboat services - the timetable for which can be found by clicking Here

Allotments The nearest allotments are at Perretts Park. To obtain an allotment you should apply to the following address:- Allotments Section, Leisure Services Bristol City Council, Colston House Colston Street, Bristol BS1 5AQ Tel 0117-922 3737 or 0117-922 3972

MARKING BRISTOL'S HERITAGE * THE BLUE PLAQUES Actor Timothy West unveiled Bristol's latest blue plaque on the 17th July 2002 at the Little Theatre, Colston Street to The Rapier Players - a popular, independent theatre company who performed hundreds of plays from 1935 to 1963. The unveiling marks another keystone in Bristol's popular blue plaque programme, remembering famous and notable people from Bristol's past and where they lived and worked. It also marks the launch of the council's dedicated website to Bristol's Blue Plaques. Anyone looking for information about the plaques, including addresses and map locations and links to more information about famous Bristolians can browse the site: Bristol Blue Plaques

Bristol Bird Watch Avon Wildlife Trust want help in finding out what is happening to Bristol's garden birds. Are familiar ones disappearing and others increasing? What are the changes and why are they happening? Anyone who lives in Bristol can take part, you don't have to be an expert. All they want you to do is to keep an eye on your garden birds over the winter months and record what you see. For details click Here

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