A family fun day and five-a-side football tournament being held at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre on the first Saturday in July will raise funds for equipment at a local children’s hospital. The event, organised by the Willow Brook Centre, takes place on Saturday 2nd July and all money raised will go to the Cots for Tots Appeal, which is seeking
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Garrett Drive street party benefits breast cancer charity
A colourful Royal Wedding street party held in Bradley Stoke’s Garrett Drive has raised over £250 for a local breast cancer charity. Around 70 residents and friends attended the party on the afternoon of the Royal Wedding (Friday 29th) and the money was raised from a tombola stall and competitions such as “guess the number of sweets in the jar”
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Royal Wedding party marred by big screen failure
The organisers of Bradley Stoke’s Royal Wedding community ‘street’ party, held yesterday at the Jubilee Centre, say they have had positive feedback from families who enjoyed the occasion despite the failure of the centrepiece big screen TV. A technical issue with the TV screen’s back projector meant that party goers were only able to view a dim 4′ x 3′
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Decent forecast for Royal Wedding community ‘street’ party
“A cloudy start but with sunny intervals developing into the early afternoon” is the weather forecast for Bradley Stoke’s big Royal Wedding community ‘street’ party at the Jubilee Centre complex tomorrow (Friday 29th). The hyperlocal forecast comes from BBC weatherman (and local resident) Ian Fergusson, who is due to officially open the party at 10:20am. Proceedings from Westminster Abbey will
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Bradley Stoke’s Royal Wedding ‘street’ party to feature on BBC
If your royal wedding invite seems to have been lost in the post then the next best place to be on Friday is the Jubilee Centre, Bradley Stoke [BS32 8HL, map]. Having already been listed in The Times’ guide to Royal Wedding celebration events, Bradley Stoke’s community ‘street’ party will be featured on BBC Radio Bristol for four hours and
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Reserve your place in the 2011 Bradley Stoke 10k
Local runners, joggers and walkers are being encouraged to get their entries in for the 2011 renewal of the Bradley Stoke 10k Run, to be held on Sunday 12th June as part of the town’s Community Festival. Entries for the increasingly popular event have been open since March and banners advertising the race have appeared around town over the last
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[Forum] Bradley Stoke in Bloom
Dear Editor, I have lived in The Culvert for just over two years and have been looking at the lack of flowers/plant life around Bradley Stoke in the residential areas. I’m from Shropshire and the town I’m from has won Britain in Bloom on numerous occasions. The main area focused on in Shropshire are the roundabouts. They get local businesses
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Book now for free music, dance and drama festival!
A local arts development group is staging a day of free music, dance and drama workshops on Saturday 30th April. The workshops, which are suitable for all ages, include rock ‘n roll, guitar, disco, salsa, jazz and street dance, drama, flag spinning, pre-school drama and puppet making. Included is a workshop and performance by the Bristol Concert Orchestra of Prokofiev’s
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Cup Final victory for BSTFC
Bradley Stoke Town FC (BSTFC) have run out winners of the Gloucestershire FA Intermediate Cup with a 2-1 victory over Mendip United FC. Last night’s match at Oakland Park, Almomdsbury, saw the local team fight back strongly after going 1-0 down 15 minutes into the game. Two goals from central defender Ben Osborne (in the 42nd and 51st minutes) turned
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Leisure Centre softplay area re-opens this week
The refurbished softplay area at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre re-opens on Wednesday (13th April), complete with a fun day and free sessions for children. Under the new name ‘Labyrinth’, the concept for the new room has been designed to create a fantasy world of dragons, knights and princesses. Young children and their families are invited to attend the day from
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