- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Naked Guides Ltd (1 Nov 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0955352037
- ISBN-13: 978-0955352034
- Product Dimensions: 24 x 17 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,251,703 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Totterdown Rising" is a book about a community that was split in half to make way for a road that was never built. But it's not a book about a community beaten into submission by a local council's obsession with the motor car, it's a story of how people rebuilt their community and reinvented the very special Spirit of Totterdown. But there is more to the story than a tale of a resurgent community. Kate Pollard's detailed research has uncovered some alarming facts about the role of the City Council in the demolition of Totterdown. It appears that the detailed plans to knock down an entire community, shops and pubs was never voted on and that the council pressed ahead with the demolition before they had received Government backing for the Road plan. In the course of researching this book, Kate Pollard also discovered that many of the houses that were demolished to make way for the Outer Circuit Road were the subject of compulsory purchase orders. In the case of a number of houses, the owners were absent and were not found within the timetable of the demolition process. In case they reappeared at a later date to discover their houses had gone, in around 1970 the Council lodged a fund in the Unclaimed Balances section of the Chancery Courts in London so that some compensation could be administered to them. Through painstaking research, Kate Pollard has tracked down that money and discovered that the unclaimed balance of it should have been reclaimed by Bristol City Council many years ago. In July 2006, Bristol City Council's Senior Solicitor (Corporate) confirmed that the money was still held at the Court Funds Office. At the time of going to print, investigations were continuing into the status of the fund.
About the Author
Kate Pollard lives in Totterdown. She is a community activist, researcher, archaeologist and fundraiser and has been involved in numerous community-based campaigns in Bristol over a number of years.
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A Totterdownian Triumph,
By A Bloke (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Totterdown Rising: The Story of a Community Enduring and Surviving a Planning Disaster (Paperback)
This book is simply fascinating. For anyone interested in learning from past mistakes in planning, highways or community relations, the book is highly recommended.
It is easily readable and includes some astonishing photos and plans of the over-big monstrosity that the politicians and planners planned and of the wholesale destruction that they actually delivered. The book makes sense of some of the bizarre legacies that quirky Totterdown is left with. The fact that Totterdown is an increasingly desirable address also offers real hope that mistakes can be learnt from and that new life can be breathed into devasted communities. Highly recommended.
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Great Family Life,
By Faizan Butt (Bristol, UK.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Totterdown Rising: The Story of a Community Enduring and Surviving a Planning Disaster (Paperback)
As a resident and a member of the 'Butt' family of Totterdown, I can whole heartedly say that it is the best place to live in Bristol. My grandparents moved here in the early 1960s and were occupents of William Street and have sons and daughters in and around the area.
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