A field of 548 runners contested Sunday’s Bradley Stoke 10k, organised by Sole Sisters, on the final day of the 2016 Bradley Stoke Community Festival. Entries for the popular event, which has its start and finish at the Jubilee Centre, had sold out on 31st March, more than two months ahead of raceday. Local residents turned out in force on a bright
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The 2016 Bradley Stoke Community Festival got under way yesterday (Friday 3rd June) with a well-attended Picnic in the Park, at which children were entertained in the Big Top by Professor Panic and took part in fun activities organised by the Friends of Jubilee Green. Saturday (4th June) sees a packed programme of music and dance events at the Jubilee
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[Advertising Feature] The Bradley Stoke Journal is offering readers the chance to win a year’s free gym membership at Anytime Fitness Bradley Stoke in an exclusive prize draw that is open until 31st May 2016. Anytime Fitness is the world’s largest 24hr gym chain with over 3,000 sites worldwide. There are currently four sites in Bristol, one of them located in
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Bradley Stoke’s new skate park was officially opened by Mayor Roger Avenin on Saturday 23rd April. The new concrete park, in the grounds of Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre, was commissioned by the town council at a cost now approaching £300,000. It is a replacement for a much smaller skate park on the same site that had reached the end of
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Bradley Stoke Town Council has issued an approximate running order for its ‘new skate park official opening’ event, which takes place tomorrow (Saturday 23rd April): 10.00am to 1.00pm – Prep for event 1.00pm to 1.15pm – Official opening/ribbon cutting ceremony and speeches 1.15pm to 1.45pm – ‘Free session’ (everyone can use the park) 1.45pm to 2.30pm – Scooter demo and jam
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Bradley Stoke’s new concrete skate park, commissioned by the town council at a cost approaching £300,000, is now available for use by members of the public following a low profile “soft opening” on Monday 14th March. Floodlights, allowing year-round use of the facility up to its official closing time of 9.30pm, are due to be installed over the next few
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The South Gloucestershire Asian Project (SGAP) has been asked to feature Bollywood dance performances at this year’s Bradley Stoke Community Festival, which will take place on 4th June. In order to bring the acts together to prepare, SGAP will be holding a free taster session for Women’s Bollywood Dance classes, on Saturday 9th April from 11.30 to 1pm at Brook Way
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The Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts students from Bradley Stoke, Harlow and Newcastle dazzled their family and friends with a spectacular performance of PQA’s brand new show ‘The Lazy Ace’ on Sunday 7th February. As part of PQA’s curriculum, the students have the opportunity to perform at Her Majesty’s Theatre London, home to Phantom of the Opera, and get
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On Sunday 1st November 2015, Bradley Stoke Town Council hosted its annual fireworks event for the thirteenth year running. It was another successful year, where thousands came out to enjoy the fireworks once more. The Mayor, Cllr Roger Avenin, commented: “I and many others, enjoyed yet another wonderfully successful fireworks event in Bradley Stoke. It’s a fantastic community-building occasion, and it allows us to look
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The Journal is pleased to announce that Katy Robinson is the lucky winner of our exclusive prize draw to win a year’s free membership at the Hilton Bristol Hotel in Woodlands Lane, Bradley Stoke. The free prize draw was featured in the July 2015 edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine and on our website, and the winner’s name was
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