Illuminated Christmas-themed motifs have been installed on lamp posts surrounding three roundabouts on Bradley Stoke Way following a town council decision to allocate a first-year budget of £10,000 for the initiative. The costs incurred to date are £4,157 to purchase the motifs, £2,400 to install power supplies and £1,980 to erect and take down the motifs.
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Hundreds of motorbiking Santas will pass through Bradley Stoke on Saturday 2nd December 2023 to raise festive cheer in support of Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW). The Santa convoy is expected to enter the town at the southern end of Bradley Stoke Way at 1.05pm, pass the Willow Brook Centre at 1.10pm and reach the Aztec West Roundabout at 1.15pm.
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Children’s Hospice South West’s spectacular ‘Santas on the Run Goes Freestyle’ will be returning to Bristol in a brand-new location this December. Organisers hope an army of fun runners and walkers will join them to raise cheer in their festive gear at Ashton Court on Sunday 5th December.
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Hundreds of people from across the Stokes and further afield have expressed shock and sadness at the news that Terry James, joint host of the famous Watch Elm Close charity Christmas lights, has died. Together with partner Mike Checkley, Terry had helped raise thousands of pounds for charities, most recently St Peter’s Hospice, through collections made at their extravagant Christmas
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A charity Christmas lights display at a home in Watch Elm Close, Bradley Stoke has raised almost three times its intended fundraising target, thanks to an incredible run of media interest which culminated in it being voted second best in the UK in a national TV poll. The extravagant display, created by house owners Terry James and Mike Checkley, contained
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A charity Christmas lights display in Watch Elm Close, Bradley Stoke has been voted the second best in the UK in a national poll conducted by ITV This Morning. The extravagant display, put up by house owners Terry James and Mike Checkley, has been on since 1st December. Since then, it has attracted huge interest, initially through social media and
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The owners of a Bradley Stoke house which has built up a reputation for staging extravagant Christmas lights displays are claiming to have created the “biggest and best display the town has ever seen” for 2018. Terry James and Mike Checkley have again transformed their home in Watch Elm Close into a Christmas wonderland to raise money for St Peter’s
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New Friday evening spot for popular festive function. The official start of Christmas festivities at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre will be celebrated with a spectacular firework display on Friday 16th November. This year’s seasonal lights switch-on is set to be nothing short of sensational, with live music from Britain’s Got Talent (BGT) finalists, fire jugglers and more. The
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The owners of a house in Watch Elm Close, Bradley Stoke, are hoping their extravagant Christmas lights display will raise more than £2,000 towards the St Peter’s Hospice ‘Room to Care’ appeal. Mike Checkley and Terry James have decorated the outside of their home with a spectacular light show that incorporates around 25,000 individual bulbs. The display has grown from
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On Sunday 3rd December, the West of England MS Therapy Centre in Wheatfield Drive, Bradley Stoke will be holding its Christmas Fair from 11am to 3pm, with all proceeds going direct to the centre. Members and volunteers will be running the stalls, many of which will be hand-crafted items, so it will be the perfect chance to stock up on those
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