The next Community Engagement Forum (CEF) for Bradley Stoke and Stoke Lodge takes places at 7pm on Thursday 12th October, at Baileys Court Activity Centre, Baileys Court Road, Bradley Stoke BS32 8BH. Community Engagement Forums, previously known as Safer and Stronger Community Groups are about listening and responding to local people’s real issues. People in their communities know best what works for
Continue readingMonth: October 2017
Weather puts dampener on open air cinema
Big screen entertainment came to the town square at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre on Saturday 16th September when local residents were invited to bring chairs and blankets to watch a programme of three feature films. The free event, organised by the Willow Brook Centre with the support of Bradley Stoke Radio, had attracted great interest when it was
Continue readingPrizes on offer in our ‘Autumn in the Stokes’ photo competition
Do you enjoy capturing the changing colours of autumn on your camera or smartphone? Well, this year you have an extra incentive because the Journal is once again running an ‘Autumn in the Stokes’ photo competition, with a first prize of £30. The prize will be awarded to whoever sends us the shot that best captures the beauty of the
Continue readingThree Brooks nature reserve in September
An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. All things batty! Thanks to the generosity of Bradley Stoke Town Council, our ‘bat walks’, unlike those in many other places, are free to the public – although I’m sure their continued popularity has as much to do with Avon Bat Group’s Stewart Rowdon’s engaging manner as with
Continue readingTroupe of forty local dancers heading for West End stage
Students from a local dance school are looking forward to living out their dreams by performing on a famous West End stage later this month. A group of 40 performers from the Sharon Phillips School of Dancing, several of whom live in Bradley Stoke, will be treading the boards of Her Majesty’s Theatre on Sunday 8th October when they take
Continue readingBradley Stoke home targeted in series of gold burglaries on same day
Police are appealing for information after items of gold jewellery were stolen during break-ins at homes in Bradley Stoke, Filton and Shirehampton on Monday 2nd October. A fourth break-in, also on Monday, at a property in Westbury-on-Trym, is also being investigated. The first happened in the Three Brooks Lane area of Bradley Stoke between 8.45am and 12.45pm. The thieves scaled a six-foot garden fence to
Continue readingMetroBus build: September report
By Jim Aitken, community liaison officer at Alun Griffiths Ltd. South of Patchway Brook Traffic management has now been removed, with the exception of one final section near Primrose Bridge, which has been left in place so that a pollution control chamber can be installed. We await the design solution to install this equipment as the underground utilities that are there
Continue readingNew under-12s netball session in Bradley Stoke
Bradley Stoke Junior Netball Club has recently introduced a new under-12s session to the club. This group are training from 4.30pm to 5.30pm every Wednesday at the Jubilee Centre, Bradley Stoke. This session is for girls in school years 5, 6 & 7 and is a great opportunity for younger girls to learn about 7-a-side netball before moving to secondary
Continue readingCommunity-run carnival proves a hit
Andy Ward reports on this year’s Bradley Stoke Carnival, which took place on Saturday 26th August. The event opened with the traditional carnival parade processing along Brook Way led by the City of Bristol Pipes and Drums and with entries from the Bradley Stoke community, including amongst others, a great entry from the Bradley Stoke Lions Club featuring, of course,
Continue readingStaffed hours at library reduced to save costs
Staffed opening hours at Bradley Stoke Library are to be reduced to 35 hours per week (currently 45.5 hours) from Monday 2nd October as part of cost-saving measures being introduced across the library service by South Gloucestershire Council. The total number of hours for which the library is open each week will, however, remain unchanged, thanks to the use of
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