The owners of a house in Watch Elm Close, Bradley Stoke, are hoping their extravagant Christmas lights display will raise more than £2,000 towards the St Peter’s Hospice ‘Room to Care’ appeal. Mike Checkley and Terry James have decorated the outside of their home with a spectacular light show that incorporates around 25,000 individual bulbs. The display has grown from
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Work is now under way to build a new air operations base for the air ambulance and police helicopter on a green belt site near the Almondsbury Interchange. The new helibase will serve the needs of the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) and National Police Air Service (NPAS), whose helicopters are currently based at a site on the former
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An update from Sara Messenger of the Bradley Stoke in Bloom group. November workday at The Common East Although the pond on The Common East has been looking very tired of late, newts were found during a licensed survey so we have had to resist going in to give it a tidy up until the beginning of the ‘closed season’, which is
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By Katherine Robinson of the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group. This year saw a record number of attendees to our annual Remembrance Sunday parade and ceremony in Bradley Stoke. The parade had more than 300 young people from nine other local youth groups who joined us (the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group –main organisers of the event). Groups parading this year
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An update on a previous article published on 17th November. Local police are advising cyclists to review their security precautions after thirteen bikes were reported stolen from public locations within Bradley Stoke over the last twelve weeks. Incidents recorded in November have included five bikes being taken from Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre (over three separate days), one from the Willow
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Local community choir Stokes Singers were delighted to be part of a very special day when their musical director Philip Lawrence married choir member Rebecca Amery. The happy couple met at weekly rehearsals and soon found that they were very much in tune. Singing at their autumn wedding was the tenth event of the choir’s Sing 25 challenge and proved
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On Sunday 3rd December, the West of England MS Therapy Centre in Wheatfield Drive, Bradley Stoke will be holding its Christmas Fair from 11am to 3pm, with all proceeds going direct to the centre. Members and volunteers will be running the stalls, many of which will be hand-crafted items, so it will be the perfect chance to stock up on those
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A Bradley Stoke pre-school has been awarded the highest possible grade of ‘outstanding’ following a recent Ofsted inspection. The Mama Bear’s Pre-School at Baileys Court (located behind the Tesco Express store) impressed inspectors from the standards agency and received top rankings in all four judged categories. The Bradley Stoke setting was the second within the family-run group to achieve the
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Local community choir, Stokes Singers, were delighted to share the stage with guests Apollo Wind Band at their October concert. The evening was timed to coincide with ‘Voices for Hospices Day’ and raised over £150 for St Peter’s, Bristol’s only adult hospice. Lisa Kimpton, community fundraiser for St Peter’s, shared news of the recently launched ‘Room to Care Appeal’ which
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The Toby Carvery in Bradley Stoke is pledging its support to local charity St Peter’s Hospice after the restaurant reopened on Saturday 28th October following an extensive remodel. The carvery and its staff are planning a host of fundraising events and activities in the upcoming months, and are aiming to raise money and awareness for a great cause. The Toby
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