A Bradley Stoke resident became the focus of national media attention in mid-October after an ex-army tank he purchased in an online auction was delivered to his Crofters Walk home. Jeff Woolmer, 44, a stress engineer with the Bloodhound project in Avonmouth, placed a £9,000 bid on the Scorpion light tank back in May, following light-hearted conversations with work colleagues
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On Sunday 1st November 2015, Bradley Stoke Town Council hosted its annual fireworks event for the thirteenth year running. It was another successful year, where thousands came out to enjoy the fireworks once more. The Mayor, Cllr Roger Avenin, commented: “I and many others, enjoyed yet another wonderfully successful fireworks event in Bradley Stoke. It’s a fantastic community-building occasion, and it allows us to look
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Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre is to undergo a £3.6 million redevelopment, enabling it to offer exciting new activities for all ages and meet a growing demand for its use. South Gloucestershire Council (SGC’s) Communities Committee, which met on 4th November, approved plans that will see a redevelopment of the site to enable the centre to meet increased demand from planned new housing and
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By Katherine Robinson of the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group. Our Scout group and the Willow Brook Centre are busy preparing for the annual Remembrance parade and ceremony on Sunday 8th November. This year will see more participants than ever before as our Scout group has expanded considerably and we have also had more interest from other local youth groups.
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On Friday 2nd October, pupils at Bradley Stoke’s Meadowbrook Primary School were treated to a fantastic morning of fitness circuits with Team GB Paralympian Ben Rushgrove, a 200m sprinter. Several children were selected for their outstanding perseverance, and are pictured above with Ben (click image to enlarge). The children were thoroughly inspired, and got a chance to hold Ben’s silver
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The November edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine features a number of local stories that have hit the national headlines over the past month, including ‘tank man’ Jeff Woolmer, who had to move house to Bradley Stoke so that he had room to park his newly-acquired seven-tonne Scorpion tank. The Forest School at Little Stoke Primary School has also been in the
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The AGM of the Bradley Stoke Bowls Club was held at the Baileys Court Activity Centre on Thursday 22nd October, when some sixty members were welcomed by chair Steve Lee. Prior to events, members stood in silence to respect the memory of Beryl Parsons. The club captain, George Eland, then presented a cheque for £750 to Isobel Gelder, a representative
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An Oxfordshire man (previously living in South Gloucestershire) has been ordered to pay £1,071 in fines and costs after admitting fly tipping waste in Little Stoke. Stephen Wilkes, 25, of Witney, Oxfordshire, appeared before North Avon Magistrates’ Court on Friday 21st August. He pleaded guilty to fly tipping waste and not having a Waste Transfer Note or a Registered Waste
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The Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke is gearing up for a fun-filled ‘spooktacular’ to celebrate Halloween. The shopping centre’s Halloween Fun Day event takes place this Wednesday (28th October) between 11am and 3pm. Simply gruesome entertainment will be provided by ‘Lord of the Bins’, aka Bread and Butter Theatre. Gandalf Garbage and Frodo Bin-Baggins, two rather special puppets perched on their very
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A local resident has organised a ‘Workshop on Preventing Climate Change’, to be held at Holy Trinity Church, Broad Croft, Bradley Stoke at 7.30pm on Monday 26th October. Phil Kingston, of Grandparents for a Safe Earth, is inviting members of the public to attend the event, which will focus on the work of 350.org, an international organisation that campaigns to keep fossil fuels
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