Bristol City Council - Not Getting It - Episode 11

Kingsdown Parade is full of interesting inhabitants. Some of Bristol's famous movers and shakers.

They'll probably recognise this*:

When I do count the clock that tells the time,

And see the brave day sunk in hideous night;

When I behold the violet past prime,

And sable curls, all silver'd o'er with white;

When lofty trees I see barren of leaves,

Which erst from heat did canopy the herd,

And summer's green all girded up in sheaves,

Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard;

Then of thy beauty do I question make,

That thou among the wastes of time must go,

Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake,

And die as fast as they see others grow;

And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence

Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.

So it's nice that they've been joined by a new Ginkgo which will take 300 years or so to achieve any real stature.

Thanks Bristol City Council. Very appropriate.

* Shakespeare - Sonnet No. 12.