The weekend of 4th & 5th August will see the South Glos Show return for its fifth successive year. Celebrating this milestone, the Show is PACKED with entertainment to commemorate in style. Last year saw over 29,000 take to the South Glos Showground for a weekend of family fun and, hopefully, two sun-filled days will see that number smash
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The Journal is pleased to announce that Kasia Bedkowska is the lucky winner of our exclusive prize draw to win a year’s free membership at the Anytime Fitness gym at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre. The free-to-enter prize draw was featured in the May 2018 issue of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine (and also on our website), and the winner’s
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With the scorching July sunshine ensuring the summer is in full swing (at least as we went to press), the Willow Brook Centre has brought the beach to Bradley Stoke! As part of its ‘Summer at Willow Brook’ promotion, the centre has shipped in 38 tonnes of sand to the town square, along with dozens of buckets and spades for
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Staff, governors and students at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) are celebrating after receiving another positive report from Ofsted. A team of five inspectors spent two days at the school in mid-May to carry out a ‘full’ inspection, the first since the school was judged to be ‘good’ in April 2013. Their conclusion, following what the headteacher describes as an
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Two young women from Bradley Stoke are undertaking a series of charity events to raise funds for Cancer Research after one of them had both her grandmas diagnosed with the disease. Danni Bray and her friend Tillie Morris, who both work at Bradley Stoke Pharmacy (on the site of Bradley Stoke Surgery, Brook Way), kicked off their ‘fundraising summer’
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By Nick Nelson, chair of the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group. Over the late May bank holiday weekend, 160 Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and leaders from the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group took part in the Brunel Jamboree, where they joined many other groups from the local district. With a superhero theme, the three-night, four-day camp included climbing, crate stacking, archery,
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By race director Sam Carpenter of Sole Sisters Running Club. For the 12th consecutive year, Sole Sisters organised the Bradley Stoke 10k, which has now become an integral part of the festival weekend. With an entry limit of 650 runners, the race sold out in record time. From 6am on Sunday, members of Sole Sisters were either getting the Jubilee
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An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. Green Gym We’re always quite busy at this time of year, but this time I think we’ve surpassed ourselves! Our Green Gym ate a lot of cake as we’ve had several birthdays (Geoff, unlike me, doesn’t look a day older) and we had our annual garden party hosted
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Event staged by the South Gloucestershire Asian Project (SGAP) gave festival-goers a chance to experience a fun Indian custom normally associated with celebrations surrounding the Hindu festival of Holi. A report by the organisers. The South Gloucestershire Asian Project (SGAP), in partnership with Bradley Stoke Town Council, organised Rang Barse, the Colour Fest, as part of the recent Bradley Stoke
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By Graham Baker, town council youth development worker On Saturday, Bradley Stoke Town Council youth workers and young volunteers organised the return, to Jubilee Green, of the popular combination of the skate half-pipe (provided by King Ramps) and street art workshops (courtesy of Paintsmiths). The half-pipe accommodated displays by the pro’ riders, coupled with the chance for festival goers to
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