The main day of Bradley Stoke’s annual Community Festival drew a big crowd to the Jubilee Centre this afternoon. The usual mix of music, dance, sport, demonstrations and sideshows was accompanied by bright weather for most of the afternoon, although a brisk wind caused a few problems for stallholders and kept temperatures down. The appearances of Sir Geoff Hurst MBE & Gary Mabbutt
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The 2015 Bradley Stoke Community Festival got off to a sunny start today with the traditional Picnic in the Park on Jubilee Green. Professor Panic entertained the children and parents with circus skills, juggling and entertainment in the big top, while the Friends of Jubilee Green staged a ‘sticker treasure hunt’ around the park, with an estimated 110 children taking part. The Friends
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Councillor Roger Avenin was elected as the new mayor for Bradley Stoke on Wednesday 20th May. He has kindly found some time in his busy schedule to answer some of our questions, so that the readers of The Journal may get to know him a little better. Roger, a retired accountant in the MOD, is married with one son. He
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Local young people are organising another two days of skate park events during the Community Festival, writes Graham Baker, Bradley Stoke Town Council’s Youth Development & Participation Worker. After the success of last year’s two days of skate park activity, local young people have again been involved in actively planning and organising another two days of skate park related events during
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Foxes roaming the streets are not an uncommon sight in Bradley Stoke, but one local family is currently being treated to a much closer encounter with the creatures after a vixen chose to raise a litter of three cubs in their back garden. Christina Hulbert, who lives within a few hundred yards of Meadowbrook Primary School in central Bradley Stoke,
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The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Bradley Stoke Town Council on 20th May saw outgoing mayor John Ashe present cheques to his two chosen ‘charities of the year’, the Royal British Legion (RBL) and the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC), each of which received £4,070. The money handed to the groups derives from fundraising events organised by the town
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A Bradley Stoke man is preparing to take part in a gruelling ‘bike and hike’ adventure that involves climbing the highest peaks in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England & Wales AND cycling the 960 miles between them, all in the space of just seven days. The ‘Five Peaks By Bike and Hike’ challenge is being attempted by a team of
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Ever thought of volunteering but didn’t know where to start? Want to offer assistance to, or gain experience in supporting: children and young people, animals, families, older people or those in need – through a variety of exciting volunteer opportunities? As part of Volunteers’ Week 2015, Patchway, Filton and the Stokes Volunteer Centre (PFSVC) is hosting a local mini ‘speed
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The June 2015 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine is dropping on doormats this weekend. This bumper 48-page issue features the Bradley Stoke Community Festival, which takes place next weekend (5th, 6th & 7th June) and includes the programme of events for all three days plus a feature on Sunday’s Skate Park Competition. Also covered are the results of the recent
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A healthcare firm in Bradley Stoke is set to see the company’s turnover increase 16-fold this year – after getting outside help to manage cash flow. Thirty-five-year-old Trevor Mapondera set up Nurseline Healthcare Limited in 2011 and the firm recorded a profit in its first year. But its income masked serious cash flow issues – as wages were paid ahead
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