The Journal is pleased to announce that Rebecca Oatway is the lucky winner of our exclusive January prize draw to win a six month supply of Husse pet food. The first instalment of Rebecca’s prize, a 15kg bag of pro-biotic salmon & rice pellets, was presented to Rebecca and her 9-month old golden retriever Charlie by Husse North Bristol’s Eva
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The manager of the Hollow Tree public house and restaurant in Brook Way, Bradley Stoke, has claimed that his business is losing up to £500 of potential trade a day because staff and customers of neighbouring businesses are using his pub’s car park without permission, leaving no space for patrons of the pub during the peak hours of 12pm –4pm. Speaking
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Bradley Stoke Town Council is looking at the possibility of painting double yellow lines along the access drive into the Brook Way Activity Centre and Bradley Stoke Surgery site, to deter inconsiderate parking that could potentially hinder emergency vehicles responding to an incident. Officers informed January’s meeting of Full Council that the cost of installing the lines would be £270
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The February 2014 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine will be dropping on doormats this weekend. This month’s 40-page issue includes news about three public consultations that have recently opened on matters that could have a significant impact on Bradley Stoke: The town council is asking for views on the future of the Brook Way Activity Centre site (you’ll
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Residents have the chance to voice their opinions on matters affecting the local area at a meeting of the Bradley Stoke Safer and Stronger Community Group (SSCG) this Thursday (30th January) at the Baileys Court Activity Centre, Baileys Court Road (BS32 8BH; 7pm start). SSCGs influence how services are delivered locally, establish longer-term plans to improve areas, help prevent future problems, and
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With the next Bradley Stoke in Bloom (BSiB) workday coming up this Saturday (18th January), Sara Messenger gives us an update on the group’s recent activities. The BSiB group has installed the last two bespoke planters at the ‘Welcome to Bradley Stoke’ signs, at Trench Lane and the junction of Gipsy Patch Lane and Winterbourne Road. Bradley Stoke’s Julian Smith
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The Jolly Dollies is an organisation founded by widows for widows who are looking to regain a social life through friendship and organised social events. Often after the loss of our partner in life, it is very difficult to know where to start when we are trying to return to social situations. The founder of The Jolly Dollies, Yvonne Vann,
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Bradley Stoke Town Council is to write to the owners of Bradley Stoke Surgery asking them “to look at ways of improving parking for their visitors and remind their staff about off-site parking”. The move comes after the issue of inadequate car parking provision at the Brook Way site, which the surgery shares with a council-run community centre, was once
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A charity Christmas lights display on a house in Watch Elm Close, Bradley Stoke has raised more than £2,000 for a locally-based medical research charity after being featured in the December edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine. The 15,000 light display on the home of Mike Checkley and Terry James, which was first powered-up on 22nd November, is raising money for BRACE,
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Happy Christmas to all our readers from The Journal team! Thanks for your continued support in 2013, which has seen the successful launch of our highly-acclaimed monthly magazine, the only locally-produced publication to be distributed to ALL 8,650 homes in Bradley Stoke, EVERY MONTH. The year has also seen our Facebook page exceed 2,300 ‘likes’, while our Twitter feed now
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