coast-ward

Eden Cottage 7 Beach Hill Portishead BS20 7HT Tel. 842402	Councillor David Pasley (Conservative) Coast Ward Portishead and North Weston Born in Cardiff in 1945, married to Linda for over 37 years with three daughters and nine grandchildren. Educated at the Cathedral School, Llandaff where he was a full-time Cathedral chorister. He trained as a baritone at the College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, later singing for the Welsh National Opera Company as well as solo work with the Cardiff Police Choir and other musical groups. Formally Development Director of Clifton College, David now runs his own Corgi registered and Water Authority approved plumbing and heating business from Portishead. He has been a Town Councillor for over eight years serving Coast Ward that includes the Lake Grounds and a large part of Nore Road and surrounding area. He has been instrumental in setting up two Local Action Teams for Portishead, which works in partnership with the Local Constabulary to tackle law and order related problems in the Town. He is chairman of the Gordano Councils Transport Group who’s aim is to bring back the rail link between Portishead and Bristol. His interests include badminton, boating, food and wine, walking his 2 dogs and renovating the cottage where he and his wife live on the Lake Grounds. A strong family man, one of his greatest joys is spending time with his grandchildren.
28 Roath Road Portishead BS20 6AN Tel 814019	Councillor Ron Hazleton (Conservative) Coast Ward Portishead and North Weston Ron was born in 1936 and at the age of eleven attended the local grammar school. Immediately on leaving school he entered the army and spent three years in Hong Kong before entering an accountant’s office in London. Having spent four years there, he then joined the hotel company Trust House Forte working as an hotel accountant for them in both Swansea and Stratford-upon-Avon. He had by then met and married Hilary and they eventually had two children. They then emigrated to South Africa where he worked as an hotel accountant with Southern Sun Hotels before being offered the job as deputy general manager with the Durban Country Club, a position which he held for three years. They returned to the UK in 1978 and both Ron and Hilary took employment with Courage Brewery with whom they worked for twenty six years before retiring in 2004. They have a son Mark who now runs the Poacher public house and a daughter Nicola who is a full time wife and mother. Ron and Hilary have six grandchildren. Ron is a keen cyclist and gardener and his hobbies are researching the history of the Poacher and the study of the postal history of Belgium.
3 The Knoll Portishead BS20 7NU Tel 845033	Councillor Don Cameron (Conservative) Coast Ward Portishead and North Weston Don Cameron was born in Scotland in 1939. He studied aero engineering at Glasgow University and did post-graduate study at Cornell University in the USA. He came to the Bristol area in 1963 to work in the aircraft industry. He expected to remain for a year or two, but after 44 years is still here! In 1967 he took part in a project to build the first modern hot-air balloon in Western Europe called the “Bristol Belle” and this led to the founding of Cameron Balloons a couple of years later. The company is now the largest manufacturer of balloons in the world. Don was also the founder of the Bristol Balloon Fiesta which will take place in 2007 for the 29^th time. He has lived in Portishead for almost 27 years with his wife Maggie; they have seven children. He has always taken an interest in local affairs. He was, for many years, a governor of High Down Infants’ School and is currently honorary president of 2494 (Portishead) Squadron Air Training Corps.

The Portishead and North Weston Coast Ward