Former Mayor of Bradley Stoke Cllr Robert Jones has wasted no time in countering another instance of ‘Bradley Stoke bashing’ that appeared yesterday on the letters page of a Hertfordshire newspaper. Stuart Scullion, opposing the construction of 1,200 new homes in the historic city of St Albans, had written: “If you want to see the impact of this scale of
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Bradley Stoke’s Town Clerk David Chandler, the man who started the Town Council out of boxes in the front room of his parents’ room in Filton, retired today after nearly 18 years in the role. Mr Chandler’s period in office has seen the Council’s budget increase from £100,000 p.a. to almost £1 million and some £4.5 million worth of community
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The Finance Committee of Bradley Stoke Town Council considered applications for funding from local organisations and community groups at its recent December meeting. Organisations having their existing service level agreements confirmed were: Bradley Stoke Town FC & Bradley Stoke Youth FC (£1,945) Three Brooks Nature Conservation Group (£1500) Four Towns and Vale Link Community Transport (£2,764) Victim Support Avonvale (£848)
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A public meeting on Wednesday evening this week is to discuss the possibility of forming a new bowling club in Bradley Stoke. The move comes almost twelve months to the day after the town’s long-established Northavon Bowling Club was forced to wind itself up after a dispute with Bradley Stoke Town Council (BSTC) over the rental of the bowling green
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Bradley Stoke Town Council has announced the appointment of Sharon Petela as its new Town Clerk. Ms Patela will “take up the reins” on 4th January 2010, allowing a few days overlap before the current Town Clerk, David Chandler, retires on 15th January. She has been the Clerk of Marshfield Parish Council (South Gloucestershire) for the last 14 years.
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The relocation of Bradley Stoke’s youth clubs to the Brook Way Activity Centre has claimed another victim with the news that the Black and Blues Netball Club has “reluctantly” decided to move to a different venue. The netballers first came into confrontation with youth workers just days after the youth club moved in on 5th October. Youth leaders “mindful of
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Conservative candidate Ernie Brown has been declared the winner of yesterday’s by-election in the Meadowbank parish ward of Bradley Stoke. Mr Brown gained 31 more votes than his only rival, Liberal Democrat Sachin Singhal. The result leaves the political composition of Bradley Stoke Town Council unchanged, with the Conservatives having twelve seats against the the Liberal Democrats’ two (one further
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Local party activists have been busy campaigning for the Meadowbank by-election, which takes place on Thursday this week (26th November). Liberal Democrat candidate Sachin Singhal attended last week’s meeting of Bradley Stoke Town Council, where he made use of the “questions from the public” session to confront Councillors with a query about healthcare provision in the town. According to Mr
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Campaigning for the upcoming by-election in Bradley Stoke’s Meadowbank parish ward is now under way, with the first party political leaflets being delivered to homes in the area. The by-election, which takes place on Thursday 26th November, sees one candidate from each of the local Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties battling for a seat that became vacant after David Skeet
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Residents of Bradley Stoke and beyond are being asked for their views on the town’s Jubilee Green play park, adjacent to the Jubilee Centre in Savages Wood Road. The park was officially opened in July 2009 following two months of construction funded by the Big Lottery Fund, South Gloucestershire Council and Bradley Stoke Town Council. The Friends of Jubilee Green,
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