The appearance of scores of colourful knitted bobble hats on bollards and sign posts in north Bradley Stoke at the end of October proved a big hit with local residents, many of whom took to social media to praise the efforts of a mystery group of ‘yarn bombers’ said to be behind the initiative. The bobble hat ‘attack’ was centred
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The December 2014 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine has been dropping on doormats this weekend. Top stories in this month’s 40-page magazine include the ‘Bobbly Stoke’ yarn bombing attack, the Willow Brook Centre Christmas lights switch-on event with Ben Faulks (a.k.a CBeebies’ Mr Bloom) and the launch of the latest public consultation on the MetroBus scheme that will see
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Bradley Stoke residents will be getting into the festive spirit next week as they’re treated to free mince pies and mulled wine at a Christmas celebration. On Saturday 13th December, local families are invited to the Bridge Community Church Carol Service – a free family festive singalong at Bradley Stoke Community School. Running from 4pm to 6pm, the afternoon will
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A Bradley Stoke opticians is getting into the festive spirit of giving this weekend (6th/7th December) as it hosts a fundraising event for a local hospital charity. Specsavers, based in The Willow Brook Centre, is offering customers an array of Christmas-themed games and treats to raise funds for Above & Beyond, a cause which supports patients in nine hospitals across
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Local youngsters will get the opportunity to show off their talents at a Children’s Festival hosted by the Willow Brook Centre throughout December. The festival has been put together by Willow Brook and Explore Learning to give local children’s groups and clubs a platform to show shoppers what they can do. The groups cater for children of all ages from
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Major alterations planned for Aztec West Roundabout, Woodlands Lane junction and Bradley Stoke Way. South Gloucestershire Council and Bristol City Council have opened an informal ‘pre-consultation’ on planned changes to road layouts, speed limits and parking arrangements along the route of the proposed North Fringe to Hengrove Package (NFHP) MetroBus Scheme, which was granted planning permission earlier this year. The
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Local residents Gary and Rachel Wilson are this month celebrating five years working together in their van-based, coffee-making business, Cafe2U. The couple, who have been married since 1999 and lived in Bradley Stoke for the last 15 years, serve high-quality, barista-style, espresso-based coffee, to office workers in ‘non-traditional work locations’ i.e. business and industrial parks, across the region including Aztec
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Frozen food specialist Iceland is to open an outlet at the Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke. The new Iceland store, which is expected to start trading at the end of February 2015, will be located in the ‘retail terrace’ unit currently occupied by shoe retailer Brantano. Signs on display at the Brantano store, which opened at Willow Brook back in July 2009,
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A student at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) has been recognised by the local Lions Club for volunteering to help people less fortunate than himself in the local community. A Young Leader in Service Gold Award was presented to Louis Cox by Bradley Stoke Lions President Robin Young and Lion Dr Harmandar Gupta during a Year 11 assembly at the
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Children in Bradley Stoke are in for a real treat when CBeebies’ Mr Bloom, actor Ben Faulks, switches on the Christmas lights at the Willow Brook Centre this Saturday (22nd November). Ben, who is starring as Dick Whittington at the Bristol Hippodrome, will light up the town at 5.30pm. The fun packed day starts at 11am when Santa opens his
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