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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Bradley Stoke resident Steve Briancourt shares the story of his success in the world of Meccano modelling. If you’ve ever thought about resurrecting a hobby that you used to do in the distant past, don’t discard the idea, as what you enjoyed doing many years ago could once again fire that enthusiasm you had as a youth. It might be
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Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) welcomed His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester to officially open their new purpose-built emergency operations base in Almondsbury on Wednesday 25th September. Moving to the new site, located alongside the M4/M5 motorway interchange, was a huge milestone for the life-saving charity, which celebrated its tenth birthday last year. GWAAC’s Critical Care Team moved
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A nursery worker from Bradley Stoke has celebrated ten years of service at the same setting she attended herself as a child. Bethan Jones is an Early Years educator at the Mama Bear’s Day Nursery and Pre-School at Baileys Court, Bradley Stoke where previously she attended as a pre-schooler. Having celebrated her tenth anniversary with the family-run nursery group in
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A Facebook group started by a local mum that allows people to make unwanted items available free of charge to families in need has grown its membership to more than 5,000 in less than two years. The Mama’s Swaps & Freebies Bristol group was launched 18 months ago by Patchway resident Paige Josham with the intention of allowing a small
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Another episode of flooding in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve, on the morning of Friday 11th October, saw paths covered in several feet of water, making them impassable for children walking to school and commuters using the Concorde Way cycling route. The incident has brought renewed calls for South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) to expedite dredging of the Three
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By Katherine Robinson of the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group. Members of the 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group are busy preparing for the town’s annual Remembrance parade and ceremony on Sunday 10th November. We are expecting record numbers of parade participants again this year with ten other local youth groups joining us. Our own Scout group will, of course, have all
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The team from Aztec Hotel & Spa joined forces with local Bristol charity Street Life on Saturday 14th September to serve a delicious meal to the homeless community in the city. This marked the seventh time the hotel has worked with the charity since 2017 and the third time they have provided the food as well as serving the meals.
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Bradley Stoke Wise Owls after school and holiday club enjoyed a fun-packed summer holiday programme and as part of ‘Heroes Week’ welcomed some special visitors from Avon and Somerset Constabulary. PC Leanne Weeks and Special Sergeant Harry Gregory came along to the club in their riot van! They answered questions from the children and demonstrated some of their equipment, whilst
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By Sara Messenger of the Bradley Stoke in Bloom group. Although we were delighted to welcome some newbies to our team (Kamil, Kelly, Suzanne, Stevie and Tom), as soon as they started we entered the holiday season and we all took some well earned time off. We haven’t been completely slacking off though, as in one week we managed to take part
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