Pupils at Bradley Stoke’s newest primary school, the ‘primary phase’ at Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS), have celebrated the end of their inaugural term with a traditional nativity performance. Pupils treated their audience to a selection of songs and beautifully read lines, with an array of shepherds, angels, a baby Jesus and, of course, a star! The school’s membership of
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Abacus Pre-School is once again supporting the Midland Road Homeless Project this Christmas by collecting tinned & packet food and other essential supplies. The Bristol-based charity provides around 80 meals per day and solely relies on donations from the public. The Abacus @ Meadowbrook pre-school in Bradley Stoke held a ‘woolly hat day’ on 9th November, when children were encouraged
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South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has announced proposals to almost halve the size of residents’ black bins in a bid to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill, meet recycling targets and save money. The authority wants to replace existing 240-litre capacity wheelie bins with a slimline 140-litre version, which it would continue to empty on a fortnightly basis. Kerbside
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The December edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine has been dropping on doormats this weekend. In this issue, we have a update on the MetroBus construction works in Bradley Stoke and Stoke Gifford, including the news that Woodlands Lane is to remain closed for longer than initially planned due to the unexpected complexity of underground services encountered around the Bradley
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The famous Knutty Knitters, who created a media storm with their life-sized knitted nativity scene, are touring Bristol once again this year to raise money for St Peter’s Hospice and will be visiting Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre from four days from Thursday 10th December. The group of six women from Bristol, dubbed ‘The Knutty Knitters’, who hit the headlines
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A gymnast from Stoke Lodge who represented Great Britain at the European Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships in Germany at the end of September has returned from the competition with a cherished bronze medal. Abigail Hipkiss of King Edmund Gym Club, who competed with Tiana McClurg in the women’s pair 13-19 age category, had travelled to Riesa with few expectations, but the
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Vodafone and the Bradley Stoke Journal are pleased to announce that the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group’s ‘marching band project’ has been selected to receive a £1,000 Vodafone Community Connection Award, following the call for nominations in our September magazine. Winning the award means the Scout group will be able to begin practice sessions for its own marching band from
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Bradley Stoke residents have two further opportunities in the coming days to hear more about proposed changes to South Gloucestershire Council’s waste collection service that could see a significant reduction in the size of the black ‘residual waste’ bin provided to households. In an effort to reduce waste, increase recycling rates and make further savings of £1 million per annum
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Five lucky families won back stage passes to meet CBeebies presenter Andy Day at the Willow Brook Centre’s Christmas switch-on event on Saturday (21st November). The Armstrong, James, Jones, Smythe and Stodgell families all won a competition run by Willow Brook on Facebook to meet Andy before he switched on the lights. Crowds of Bradley Stoke residents gathered at Willow Brook
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Work on a £250,000+ project to construct a new concrete skate park in the grounds of Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre could finally get under way within the next few weeks, subject to planners at South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) granting approval following a protracted evaluation of the town council’s planning application. At the time funding was secured for the project in
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