McCarthy & Stone, the UK’s leading retirement builder, has donated specialist fencing from its new development in Bradley Stoke to the town’s Cricket Club so they can safely secure their cricket practice facilities. Bradley Stoke Cricket Club was in desperate need of some fencing to secure the new cricket nets the club had recently purchased. When Mark Wilson, Chairman of
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Evening meeting to discuss formation of a local Art Group Over the past few months, local amateur artist Susan Hartry has been busy calling all Stokes Artists to join her and start an Art Group for the Stokes areas of South Gloucestershire. “Considering the population of Bradley Stoke and surrounding Stokes areas”, Susan says, “I am amazed there is no
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A coach at Bradley Stoke Judo Club (BSJC) has achieved the prestigious 5th Dan grade following an outstanding performance at a big tournament last weekend. Three Bradley Stoke Judo Club coaches were in action at the Samurai High Grades and Masters Competition in Kidderminster. Pete Douglas, Nick Brace and BSJC’s newest addition to the coaching team, Trevor King, all went
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[Advertising Feature] The Swan Hotel in Almondsbury is now under new management and will be staging a relaunch party on Friday 18th November from 6pm to celebrate. With a totally new and different concept to what was previously there, the new management team at The Swan is hoping local residents will come and join them to see what is going
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Bradley Stoke Town Football Club is fielding a record four teams today (Saturday 5th November) following the official launch earlier this week of a new Bradley Stoke Town ‘B’ team. Club Secretary Nick Potter said: “We have never had so many players who want to play their grassroots football with Bradley Stoke Town. We were so inundated that we had
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[Advertising Feature] A new cycle repair business has just started in The Stokes, offering local cyclists efficient, affordable bike repairs when it suits them. Bike Fix Bradley Stoke is unique as it is not only mobile, but uses a Dutch cargo tricycle to visit the customers and fix their bikes when it’s convenient for them. The tricycle was specially imported
Continue reading[Advertising Feature] Are you fed up with Zumba? Bored of the whole craze of dance ‘fitness’ classes, which has been sweeping the nation? Would you like to get back to a ‘proper’ workout ethic where exercise is exercise and not pretending to be something light and fluffy? Do you recognise that to get real results you have to put in
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Bradley Stoke’s Jubilee Green in Savages Wood Road has been nominated in a campaign to protect outdoor recreational spaces in communities all across the country. The Queen Elizabeth II Fields Challenge aims to mark two major events in 2012 – The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympics – by designating 2,012 outdoor recreational spaces across the UK as
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Bradley Stoke Radio is feeling festive right now with the news that Ofcom has granted the station an FM broadcast licence for a two week period in December. From 3rd to 17th December the station will be broadcasting on 87.7 FM to the local community – and beyond. The team are already planning the schedule and have dusted off the
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“Where fashion can be affordable without costing the earth” [Advertising Feature] South Gloucestershire residents interested in clothes, fashion and reinventing their wardrobe are encouraged to attend Bradley Stoke’s very first Fashion Fayre on Saturday 5th November. The event will be held at The Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road in Bradley Stoke and will run from 10am until 3pm. It has
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