July 2009 - Page 3 of 3 - Bradley Stoke Journal

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Tuesday 7th July 2009 SH (Editor)

Council seeks new Town Clerk

Bradley Stoke Town Council has begun advertising for a new Town Clerk to replace the present incumbent, David Chandler, who retires in January 2010. Mr Chandler has been the Clerk since the Council was formed in 1992. At that time, Bradley Stoke had only a few thousand residents and he ran operations from the front room of his home. An

Friday 3rd July 2009 SH (Editor)

Father of two elopes with schoolgirl neighbour

A father of two from Bradley Stoke is said to have sparked a nationwide police hunt after eloping with a local 15 year old schoolgirl. A “exclusive” report in yesterday’s Sun [Dad aged 22 runs off with schoolgirl, 15] claims that Jack Saxton has “gone on the run” with Alyx Leighton, who turned 15 two weeks ago. The report says

Thursday 2nd July 2009 SH (Editor)

Specsavers to complete Willow Brook line-up

Opticians group Specsavers looks set to take the final remaining “under offer” unit at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre. The company has recently started advertising for staff, saying it will “shortly be opening a busy, friendly store in Bradley Stoke”. Card Factory, Brantano (shoes), ZeroG (cycles) and Pets at Home are the other companies that are expected to open