The Friends of Baileys Court Primary School is one of a number of local voluntary groups calling on the support of the local community to help win funding through a national competition organised by insurance company Aviva. The group, which is seeking funds to replace the condemned ‘bark park’ area in the school playground, is asking local people to cast
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An update from Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. As the days get colder and the nights draw in, the reserve is changing, replacing her verdant skirts with a more subdued autumnal attire, but the cooler days don’t mean there is any less fun to be had! Just substitute blackberry picking with kicking up leaves, and
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MetroBus contractors Alun Griffiths Ltd have informed the Journal that a new full-time lane closure on Bradley Stoke Way will commence following the morning peak traffic period on Monday 14th November. The closure of the nearside lane on the westbound approach to the Aztec West Roundabout is necessary to allow the construction of a new bus lane that will allow buses to by-pass
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By Katherine Robinson of the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group. The 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group and the Willow Brook Centre are busy preparing for the annual Remembrance parade and ceremony on Sunday 13th November. We are expecting large numbers of parade participants again this year with many local youth groups taking part, plus a very special inaugural performance from
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On Sunday 13th November, Bradley Stoke Evangelical Church is celebrating 25 years since the church first met together. There will be an afternoon tea at 4.30pm and a special celebration at 6pm, when Reverend Dr Steve Brady, Principal of Moorlands Bible College, will be speaking. All are welcome to join the occasion. Church member Alan Sully has kindly written this
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MetroBus contractors Alun Griffiths will be carrying out overnight resurfacing of the Orchard Gate junction with Bradley Stoke Way tonight, Thursday 10th November. The work, which is planned to last for one night only, is being carried out to “address safety concerns and improve road levels” in the vicinity of the junction. The contractors will work between the hours of
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An update from Sara Messenger of the Bradley Stoke in Bloom group. By the time our October workday arrived, I think we were on ‘Plan D’ or maybe even ‘E’, but a plan is still a plan! We returned to the rose garden on Brook Way (just north of the doctors’ surgery) and seven of us, including newbie Emma, spent
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By Jim Aitken, community liaison officer at Alun Griffiths Ltd. On Friday 14th October, Wales & West Utilities completed their gas main diversion work on the verge of the nearside lanes approaching Aztec West on Bradley Stoke Way (BSW) and vacated the site on 20th October. Griffiths will now begin work in preparation for widening. Some work will be undertaken
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MetroBus contractors Alun Griffiths have announced their intention to begin weekend working on a critical section of Bradley Stoke Way. In a letter sent to residents living in the immediate vicinity of the work area, a Griffiths spokesperson writes: “Having received the relevant permission from the local authority to work weekends and as a consequence of reduced natural daylight following
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The RAC building in Bradley Stoke is to play host to 100 classic cars early on the morning of Saturday 5th November as one of the most iconic and famous rallies in the world, the RAC Rally of the Tests, comes to Bristol. The first competitors will arrive at the RAC in Great Park Road (BS32 4QN) just after 8am.
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