The winners of our Bradley Stoke ‘Best Christmas Lights’ 2012 reader poll have nominated the British Lung Foundation (BLF) to receive the charity donation of £100 that was generously offered by local law firm Hutchinson Legal & Associates. Householders Ron and Penny Bidder of 1 Great Meadow Way, the house judged by Journal readers to have the best lights in
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There was some great youth football on show from two local girls’ teams at the weekend. The Bradley Stoke Youth FC (BSYFC) Under-11 Girls played 2nd in the league Bristol Ladies Union Red and the BSYFC Under-10 Girls took on Longwell Green. In the Under-11’s game, Bradley Stoke made a great start to 2013, winning 3-1 It wasn’t long before
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The Stokes Art Group has now been running successfully for a year and is looking for new members to join for 2013. The group was formed after local artist Susan Hartry appealed for like-minded individuals to attend an exploratory meeting in November 2011. According to the group’s website: “The aim of the Stokes Art Group is for local Artists to
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There’s little New Year cheer for consumers suffering from appalling internet connection speeds in Bradley Stoke with the news that both South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) and BT have slipped key dates on broadband improvement projects. SGC announced in November 2012 that BT had been chosen as its preferred supplier for it £2.2 million project to bring superfast broadband to 90%
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Above inflation price increases have been introduced at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre following a 12-week consultation in which customers were asked to choose between a range of options for adjusting prices in response to reduced funding from South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). Circadian Trust, the non-profit company that operates leisure services on behalf of SGC, has introduced an across-the-board increase for
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Late last year, Beavers from the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group joined forces with the Woodland Trust to plant a native hedgerow in the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve as part of the country’s Jubilee Woods project. The hedgerow was planted in Savages Wood, under the guidance of volunteers from the Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. It was the second
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A house in Great Meadow Road had the best Christmas lights display in Bradley Stoke for 2012, according to a charity reader poll conducted by The Journal. The property was selected from a shortlist of five entries that had been recommended by fans of our Facebook page in the run-up to Christmas. Attracting 144 votes from the total of 322
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The cost of repairing damage caused to the Baileys Court cricket square by an “unexplained” incident involving weedkiller has risen by a further £3k, after Bradley Stoke Town Council agreed to fund additional “rectification works” over the winter months. Damage to the cricket square first came to light last March, when staff noticed the grass was starting to die off,
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Happy New Year to all our website readers, Facebook fans and Twitter followers from the Journal team! We enjoyed bringing you the town’s most comprehensive news and photo coverage during 2012 and look forward to bringing you more of the same during 2013. Sadly, we haven’t found the time to write our traditional review of the year but a quick
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Pupils at Bradley Stoke’s Wheatfield Primary School recently celebrated the official opening of a Scrapstore PlayPod in their playground. Operating under the motto “making wastethings playthings”, PlayPod is a holistic process that works with the entire school community to change both the human and physical play environment, transforming play at lunchtimes. The purpose built, walk-in structure contains a vast collection
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