February’s column from the Bradley Stoke Churches. By Tim Sunderland, Bradley Stoke Evangelical Church. Apparently (as one story goes) back in the third century AD the Roman Emperor Claudius II banned marriage because he thought married men made bad soldiers. Valentine, a priest in Rome, thought this was a bad idea and secretly arranged marriages. When he was found out,
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By Sara Messenger of the Bradley Stoke in Bloom group. Earlier this year we were visited by the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS’s) judge Guy Rawlinson and his wife. We were delighted to be able to show them around the town and all our little patches, although not quite as delighted as we were to recently receive the following email: “I have the
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By Sara Messenger of Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group. Well that was yet another very busy year which seemed to fly by, if only our goals could have achieved the same speed! But for all its challenges, annoyances, foul weather and delays, it has, I feel, still been a satisfying year for us. Although our now swan-less lake
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A temporary CCTV camera used to combat high levels of anti-social behaviour (ASB) around the Jubilee Centre on Savages Wood Road, Bradley Stoke has been removed by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) after being in operation for just over six months. The camera’s installation, which took place on 18th June 2019, was requested by the local police team to support the
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Marie Curie, the UK’s leading charity for people living with a terminal illness and their families, is appealing for volunteers to join its fundraising group in the Five Stokes area, comprising of Bradley Stoke, Stoke Gifford, Little Stoke, Harry Stoke and Stoke Lodge. The group raises funds and awareness in the local area to help support Marie Curie Nurses, who
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Bradley Stoke looks set to get two new drive-through and sit-in fast food restaurants after a planning inspector allowed an appeal against South Gloucestershire Council’s decision to refuse permission for development at the town’s Willow Brook shopping centre. The inspector’s decision means that ‘full’ permission has been granted for a two-storey McDonald’s restaurant and a single-storey Starbucks coffee shop, both
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Staff, governors and pupils at Bradley Stoke’s Holy Trinity (Church of England & Methodist) Primary School are celebrating after receiving a ‘good’ grading from Ofsted in an inspection which took place on 24th and 25th October. It was the first primary school in South Gloucestershire to have a short ‘Section 8’ inspection under Ofsted’s new framework, which came into force
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Sunday 1st December saw North Bristol Running Group hosting a fun run in aid of the Mental Health Foundation. The 6km Mental Elf Run started and finished at Bradley Stoke’s Meadowbrook Primary School. The route took runners through the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve up to Primrose Bridge, where ‘The North Pole’ was the halfway point, and back again. Participants
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Stokes Singers are recruiting new members in January 2020, so why not come along and give us a try? asks choir member Gillian Rowles. Rehearsals are lots of fun and members get a real uplifting feel from singing with the group. We are a 3/4 part harmony group singing a wide range of music from swing, gospel, pop, show and
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Karen Gaman of Sole Sisters ladies-only north Bristol running club writes: The Sole Sisters Beginners’ Course is ideal for any ladies who want to start running, but don’t know how to begin. Three times each year, we offer a training course for women who wish to start running, have never run before or are returning after a long period of
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