Toby Cox of ‘Help Toby Walk‘ fame is back in Bradley Stoke following his selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) operation in the United States. The young cerebral palsy sufferer returned to school for the last few days of the summer term and is said to be “thrilled with his new body”. His regular local physiotherapist says she is amazed at Toby’s
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Bradley Stoke’s Savages Wood is at risk of being damaged by a major fire according to the local nature conservation group. The Three Brooks Blog, a publication of the Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group, says local youths have been gathering falling branches and logs to build bonfires in the wood. The problem is said to have worsened since a local
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The Friends of Jubilee Green (FOJG) are throwing a party on Saturday (24th July) to celebrate the first anniversary of the Jubilee Green Park. The £160,000 park, next to the Jubilee Centre on Savages Wood Road, was officially opened twelve months ago by the then-Mayor Cllr Mark Forsyth only to be temporarily closed days later to “allow completion of the
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Christopher Lee of Bradley Stoke Twinning Association has kindly provided the following report on the recent visit of a group from Champs-sur-Marne to Bradley Stoke (11th – 13th June 2010): We received our visitors on the Friday 11th evening at The BS Community School. Here we discussed exchange possibilities with representatives of Language Faculties,Football,Rugby,Netball and Local History. On Saturday BS
Continue readingBowsland Green Primary School will be hosting a circus on its playing field on Saturday 9th October at 2pm. Happy’s Circus travels the country and the various acts which include aerialists, illusionists, clowns, speciality acts from Britain and abroad will play to an audience of 600 in a traditional circus tent. Tickets go on sale from 24th July. Contact bowslandgreenpta@aol.com
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Bradley Stoke Radio is holding an open evening on Thursday (22nd July) for anyone looking to find out more about the town’s new community radio project. The event, which takes place in the Culbone Suite of the Aztec Hotel & Spa (7pm start), will be an informal get-together for anyone interested in getting involved with the radio station. Members of
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The Bristol Evening Post reports that a mum from Bradley Stoke has been banned from an “upmarket” Bristol store for demanding a refund after the wheels fell off a pram she had brought. A duty manager at the Mamas & Papas shop in Eastgate is said to have barred 22-year-old Jessica Gayford for having the cheek to bring back faulty
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Work is due to begin today (Monday 19th July) on a Council-run park and ride site at Hunts Ground Road, Stoke Gifford, close to Parkway Station. The facility, which will cater for up to 200 cars, is being built on the site of an old brick works on the north-west side of Hunts Ground Round [map] between the Esporta gym
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Simpson’s Fish & Chips today (Sunday 18th) became the latest outlet to open at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre. The family-owned chippy, which will compete head-on with Subway and KFC, is situated in Town Square unit 9 – next door to Ladbrokes. The business opened it doors at 11:45 today, which will be the regular opening time on all
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Anti-social behaviour in the Manor Farm area of Bradley Stoke is on the agenda of two public meetings taking place in the next ten days. The issue last came to the fore in 2008, when the opening of a pedestrian route from Manor Farm Crescent into the newly-built Willow Brook Centre brought a massive increase in nuisance behaviour. A street
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