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What's On in Bradley Stoke - Monday 22nd July 2019
9.00am - 11.00am Pickleball at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre. Everybody welcome – no upper age limit.
10.45am - 11.15am Baby Rhyme Time at Bradley Stoke Library.
A little further afield…
10.00am - 12.30pm Café Church at Amberley Road Baptist Church, Stoke Lodge. Community cafe with drinks and light snacks at reasonable prices. Small soft play area and toys to keep the children occupied.
More details: www.bradleystokejournal.co.uk/whats-on/
Regular Monday events: www.bradleystokejournal.co.uk/whats-on/#mondays
To get your event included in our What's On listings, email events@bradleystokejournal.co.uk
The South Gloucestershire Show is back, bigger and better than ever before! Discounted tickets are now available so make sure you buy yours now and SAVE. You don’t want to miss this unforgettable event.
Get your tickets here! – bit.ly/2HUnXoD ✨
Event date: Saturday/Sunday 3rd/4th August
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Grand Opening today (Sat 20th Jul), 12pm to 5pm.
[From our July/August magazine]
[From our July/August magazine, on page 29]
Read the full story on the Stoke Gifford Journal website: www.stokegiffordjournal.co.uk/2019/07/19/new-cafe-opening-soon-little-stoke-park/
or in the online version of our magazine: issuu.com/stokegiffordjournal/docs/sgj-2019-07-issuu/29
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/Little-Stoke-Community-Caf%C3%A9-1108069912725357/
MetroBus Brisol tweeted: With lighter traffic over holiday periods, we've had feedback that buses are having to wait for long periods along the route to keep to the timetable. From Wed 24 July, m1 will run with reduced journey times to avoid unnecessary waiting. New timetable at t.co/H8H8cBnoFA
Source: t.co/ZWSDpebKBB
firstgroup.com
#M32 inbound, congestion is now building from Junction 1 #Hambrook. Please allow extra time for your journey or use alternative routes. @ASPolice @BristolCouncil and ourselves will keep you updated. t.co/y9AuF9tbxi
UPDATE at 9.02am: #M32 inbound #Bristol. The current congestion is stretched roughly 7km back up beyond junction 1. If heading into #Bristol over the next few days please allow extra time for your journey. @BristolCouncil @ASPolice and ourselves will keep you updated when possible. t.co/u9dAYufw09
Highways England on Twitter
“#M32 inbound, congestion is now building from Junction 1 #Hambrook. Please allow extra time for your journey or use alternative routes. @ASPolice @BristolCouncil and ourselves will keep you updated. t.co/y9AuF9tbxi”
Welcoming G.H Motor Services as a new advertiser in the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine.
Free collection & delivery from/to Bradley Stoke.
Services available: Diagnostics, auto electrics, air conditioning, car servicing, MOTs, MOT repairs, tyres, exhausts.
t: 0117 904 3651 or 07786 063975
w: www.ghmotorservices.co.uk
#garage
To advertise YOUR business, contact the Journal on 01454 300400, email sales@bradleystokejournal.co.uk or message this page.
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Last Saturday's 'Wheat Fest' Summer Festival at Wheatfield Primary School, Bradley Stoke raised over £6,000!Wow, just wow! To everyone who joined us on Saturday for Wheatfest, didn’t we have a blast?! 🥳 Thank you for taking the time to join us and celebrate the end to what has been a truly awesome 20th anniversary year!! 😁
So, to the bit we know you’ve all been waiting to hear… Are you ready for it…? We are absolutely giddy to announce that Wheatfest raised a JAW-DROPPING 💥£6,002.06!!💥 Yup, you read that right! 😱 And it’s all thanks to you – to each and every one of you who came along, supported the event and made it the success it was. We are a wonderful community and we couldn’t have done it without you! 🥰
Now on to the thank you’s and my goodness there are so many! So... deep breath… here goes…!
A big thanks to Bradley Stoke Radio; Adele, James, Nikki, Mike and Martin – you guys are awesome thank you for being with us, giving the event a great atmosphere and comparing our performances!
Mike, Kim and the team at Drive Vauxhall Bristol North for your generosity as our sponsors. You went to the next level, helping us with advertising, hosting the guess the balloon game with an incredible prize and decorating on the day.
Thank you Briony May for taking time to judge our Bake Off contest! And thank you to those of you who entered, baking some amazing cakes and of course congrats to our winners! Thank you Tala for the fabulous prizes and Wilton Cake Decorating for your donations. And of course Karen and Abi and Catherine for your help in the tent!
Stefano, Richard and the team at Ocean for your support with the sign boards promoting our event. You are always a pleasure to work with! And a big thank you to the homes that took signs to help!
Paul from Thesourcer.com Ltd for our school supplies - it’s so lovely to see our kids take pride in their school identity!
Dom from MyShine you worked your socks off on the day and the children adore you - we are so thankful for your help running our archery stand!
Sadie, Jayne and Shareena from Busy Bees Childcare Bradley Stoke, thank you for your help with our little bouncy castle! You were a great help and we loved having you there with us!
For the loans from Laura at St Michael's PTFA and Sara at Friends of Meadowbrook Primary School. A fellow PTA’ers kindness is forever and always appreciated!
Viaduct Animal Sanctuary - Exotic Animal Rescue and The Littlest Rescue for the animal experiences. I'm sure some memories were made with you!
Wheatfield Dad Geoff and your wonderful family for running the plant stall. The time it must have taken to do this is hugely appreciated!
To Claire from the West of England MS Therapy Centre all your help and for running our play your cards right stand, we thank you for your donation.
Performers - Babyballet Bradley Stoke, Wingfield School of Ballet and Dance, Emma Kate Dance Academy, Pulse Dance, MF Dance Bristol, Wheatfield choir, Wheatfield dance group and our very own soloist Abby. Who knew we had such talent right on the doorstep?!
Highway38, your sweet sounds playing us out to end the festival left us singing ‘sweet child o mine’ all weekend!
Bradley Stoke Town Council and Chloe for your help with equipment. And of course Nick from Pro-Tech Electrical Ltd for helping us feel more comfortable about the electrics!
Hari you’re an angel for your all your help with storage, you really did save the day!
Thanks to Hannah for bringing some festival glitz to Wheatfest on the face glitter stand. And Mehr and her Mum for their time on the lucky dip stall.
Ben for the super-charged games - hook-a-duck, bucket ball and super-soaker racers all built by him and bought so many smiles to so many faces!
Well done to Daniel, Eric, Ryan and Richard for cooking up a storm on our BBQs and to Margaret for chopping onions!
Thanks to Pete and Becky for helping with the mammoth task of counting the money with Kelly. And to Kate for the life saving bacon butties!
Thank you Bradley Stoke Matters & Little Stoke Gifford Matters, Bradley Stoke Journal and Willow Brook Centre for all your help online and in print.
To everyone who bought a raffle ticket and to all of our raffle donations - your contributions have gone a long way to helping our fundraising total!
Last but by no means least and probably biggest of thanks is to all of our lovely Mums, Dads, Grans, Grandads and teachers and staff members for help setting up, running stalls, and for being our clean up crew at the end of a long day. We could not do any of this without you and you helped make this all a reality. We are very lucky to have you all!
And of course - to Friends of Wheatfield Primary School. That’s us - Marie, Adrienne, Claire, Catherine, Kelly, Emma, Ben, Daniel, Kate and Emma - Wheatfest was a huge operation and we are so lucky to have a team of such awesome parents and teachers, giving up their time. It’s been a pleasure. We hope you had as much fun as we did!! 🙌🏽
We’d love to see your photos! Please share if you can! 😊
#thebestfriends #wheatfieldforever #teamwheatfield #bradleystoke #puttingthefuninfundraising
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Bradley Stoke
"We have spaces available in our September 2019 Reception class – we accept children from the Catholic faith, other faiths and those with no faith background."
"If you would like more information on our school or would like to come and look around, please phone us on 01454 866390 or email admin@stmarysbs.org.uk"
Website: www.stmarysbradleystoke.org.uk/
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TRAVEL NEWS: Disruption expected in Bristol city centre this week (Mon 15th to Fri 19th Jul) due to a planned five-day protest by the Extinction Rebellion group.
See also: Bristol, delays expected from 15 July to 19 July for demonstrations, please allow extra time for your journey
travelwest.info/travel_update/bristol-delays-expected-from-15-july-to-19-july-for-demonstrations-...We’d like to remind people of the planned five-day protest starting in Bristol city centre tomorrow by climate change protest group Extinction Rebellion.
Plans are in place to minimise disruption to those who live, work and visit the city and to ensure its open for business as usual.
Public safety is our top priority and we're working closely with partners, including the city council, to ensure the planned protests are peaceful.
We won't tolerate anti-social behaviour or disorder and officers will robustly deal with anyone who engages in this kind of behaviour.
Please stay tuned for updates and, as usual, keep an eye on the local news and follow Bristol City Council, South Gloucestershire County Council, First Bus and Highways England on social media for traffic and travel updates.
If you're planning to travel through Bristol city centre tomorrow, you may want to consider alternative arrangements.
What's On in Bradley Stoke - Monday 15th July 2019
9.00am - 11.00am Pickleball at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre. Everybody welcome – no upper age limit.
9.30am - 11.30am Trinity Tots Toddler Group at Holy Trinity Church.
10.45am - 11.15am Baby Rhyme Time at Bradley Stoke Library.
1.30pm - 3.30pm Sew and So's patchwork and quilting group meets at the Jubilee Centre.
A little further afield…
10.00am - 12.30pm Café Church at Amberley Road Baptist Church, Stoke Lodge. Community cafe with drinks and light snacks at reasonable prices. Small soft play area and toys to keep the children occupied.
1.00pm - 3.00pm Toddler Group at Bright Sparks Pre-School, Stoke Lodge. Plenty of space for children to play and explore, inside and outside.
More details: www.bradleystokejournal.co.uk/whats-on/
Regular Monday events: www.bradleystokejournal.co.uk/whats-on/#mondays
To get your event included in our What's On listings, email events@bradleystokejournal.co.uk
Successful foraging walk in the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve.more photo's to follow (and please feel free to add your own) this was today's foraging walk with Steve England. Not much wild garlic but a lot of knowledge, exploring, fun and food was definitely had by all! And the cook out at the end was just amazing, so much more fun!! Huge thank you to Steve England for running this for us
DIARY DATE: 2019 South Gloucestershire Show on Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th August at the South Glos Showground, Westerleigh, BS37 8QZ. Gates open 10.30am.
Two full days of fantastic family fun.
Book tickets now and save ££££££££££s.
Attractions include shooting, archery, country fair, music festival, cycling show, main arena activities, competitive livestock classes, mass pipe bands, classic car show, craft market, festival of food, local sports and activities, health and wellbeing stalls, a fairground and plenty of retail therapy!
For ticket prices and information visit www.southglosshow.co.uk or call 01454 222959
Venue location map: goo.gl/maps/t4AXHRagab4aMTV99
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The Filton Barbers have been nominated in the Bristol Retail Business Awards 2019 and would welcome your vote.
Vote here: englandsbusinessawards.co.uk/bristol/
The Filton Barbers
3 Gloucester Road North
Filton
Bristol
BS7 0SG
w: thefiltonbarbers.co.uk/
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Opening soon in Little Stoke Park: Little Stoke Community Café
Read all about it on page 27 of the July/August issue of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine, delivered last weekend.
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Little-Stoke-Community-Café-1108069912725357/
Story from our July/August magazine, delivered last weekend:
Reflections on the recent four-week closure of Gipsy Patch Lane
Published on the Stoke Gifford Journal website: www.stokegiffordjournal.co.uk/2019/07/12/reflections-gipsy-patch-lane-closure/
Also viewable in the online version of the Stoke Gifford Journal magazine: issuu.com/stokegiffordjournal/docs/sgj-2019-07-issuu/8
Photo: Gridlocked traffic on Bradley Stoke Way (near the Stoke Brook bridge) on the morning of 25th June.
#CPME #MetroBusExtensionBuild #GipsyPatchPain
Summer Reading Challenge 2019 starts this Saturday (13th July).
See this article or a list of drop-in activities at Bradley Stoke Library: www.bradleystokejournal.co.uk/2019/07/12/summer-reading-challenge-2019/
[From our July/August magazine, on page 18]
Summer Reading Challenge for 2019
bradleystokejournal.co.uk
Get ready for an out-of–this-world adventure at the library this summer – it’s Space Chase, the Summer Reading Challenge 2019. Our super space family, the Rockets, need your help to track down books that have been nabbed by aliens! As you read six library books over the summer, collect specialThis Saturday (13th Jul), 11am to 2pm: 'Wheat Fest' – Wheatfield Primary School's Summer Festival
Open to the whole community, not just school families!
Games & prizes, rides & inflatables, animals encounter, live music & performances, food & drink, raffle & more!
Event location map: goo.gl/maps/gBnjb4BkjFJ2e9wB6
Entrance: £1 for adults; kids free (when accompanied)
Organised by the Friends of Wheatfield Primary School.
The Swan Inn at Tytherington is offering Bradley Stoke Journal readers 10% off food bills during July (Monday to Saturday, lunch time only). See the advert on page 17 of our July/August magazine, delivered last weekend.
"We’re just 15 minutes drive from Bradley Stoke, off the A38 near Thornbury!"
Location map: goo.gl/maps/j9XeAPnA7iMXit5X8
t: 01454 413288
w: www.theswantytherington.co.uk
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Filton and Bradley Stoke MP Jack Lopresti has apologised to a former employee after she complained about being bullied and harassed by him, reports the BBC.
Full story: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-48935191
MP’s ex-employee 'vindicated' by apology
bbc.com
Tory MP Jack Lopresti apologises to a former worker who complained about bullying and harassment.
