The Jolly Dollies is an organisation founded by widows for widows who are looking to regain a social life through friendship and organised social events. Often after the loss of our partner in life, it is very difficult to know where to start when we are trying to return to social situations. The founder of The Jolly Dollies, Yvonne Vann,
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Bradley Stoke Town Council is to write to the owners of Bradley Stoke Surgery asking them “to look at ways of improving parking for their visitors and remind their staff about off-site parking”. The move comes after the issue of inadequate car parking provision at the Brook Way site, which the surgery shares with a council-run community centre, was once
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Detectives investigating a burglary in the area of Brook Way and Bradley Stoke Way in Bradley Stoke, on Saturday 21st December, have released photographs of some of the items of jewellery stolen in the break-in. It happened between 3.30pm and 6.15pm, when thieves forced a window to get into the house. The stolen jewellery (pictured, click to enlarge) includes necklaces,
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The Olympus Academy Trust has opened a public consultation on a proposal to extend the age range of Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) to provide an ‘all through’ school for the 4-19 age range. It is planned that this will be achieved by the provision of a new purpose-built primary facility on land that is currently part of the BSCS
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Susan Hartry, of the Stokes Art Group (SAG), is really pleased that a feature in a recent edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine, offering free taster sessions during November, directly lead to several local artists wanting to join the group ready for the start of their 2014 season. Susan said: “I am always keen to seek out potential members for
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The formal adoption of South Gloucestershire Council’s long-term planning blueprint (Core Strategy) at a meeting of Full Council in December has paved the way for the construction of more than 12,000 new homes within a three mile radius of Bradley Stoke over the next 13 years. The decision follows approval of the strategy by independent Government Planning Inspector Paul Crysell,
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The January 2014 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine will be dropping on doormats this weekend. The lead story reports on South Gloucestershire Council’s adoption of a new long-term planning blueprint that will see more than 12,000 new homes built within three miles of Bradley Stoke over the next 13 years. The council’s officers say they are confident the
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A man who answered his door was confronted by two men in balaclavas in an attempted robbery in Bradley Stoke. The incident happened at 6pm on Saturday 28th December in Broad Croft (off Pear Tree Road). A man in his 80s answered his door when two men pushed their way into his home and demanded he tell them where the drugs
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A charity Christmas lights display on a house in Watch Elm Close, Bradley Stoke has raised more than £2,000 for a locally-based medical research charity after being featured in the December edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine. The 15,000 light display on the home of Mike Checkley and Terry James, which was first powered-up on 22nd November, is raising money for BRACE,
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Happy Christmas to all our readers from The Journal team! Thanks for your continued support in 2013, which has seen the successful launch of our highly-acclaimed monthly magazine, the only locally-produced publication to be distributed to ALL 8,650 homes in Bradley Stoke, EVERY MONTH. The year has also seen our Facebook page exceed 2,300 ‘likes’, while our Twitter feed now
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