Five lucky families won back stage passes to meet CBeebies presenter Andy Day at the Willow Brook Centre’s Christmas switch-on event on Saturday (21st November). The Armstrong, James, Jones, Smythe and Stodgell families all won a competition run by Willow Brook on Facebook to meet Andy before he switched on the lights. Crowds of Bradley Stoke residents gathered at Willow Brook
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CBeebies presenter Andy Day (of Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures fame) will wow the children of Bradley Stoke when he switches on the Christmas Lights at Willow Brook Centre this Saturday (21st November). Andy, who is starring in Snow White at the Bristol Hippodrome, will light up the town centre alongside Father Christmas at 5pm. Shoppers who complete a special Christmas trail around the
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A pub/restaurant in Bradley Stoke is hoping to put smiles on the faces of deprived children through a Christmas gift appeal. Donna Telford, manager of Winter Stream Farm on Old Gloucester Road, has put gift tags with the names and ages of underprivileged children in the local area on a Christmas tree in the car park of the pub and
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Bradley Stoke residents will be getting into the festive spirit next week as they’re treated to free mince pies and mulled wine at a Christmas celebration. On Saturday 13th December, local families are invited to the Bridge Community Church Carol Service – a free family festive singalong at Bradley Stoke Community School. Running from 4pm to 6pm, the afternoon will
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Children in Bradley Stoke are in for a real treat when CBeebies’ Mr Bloom, actor Ben Faulks, switches on the Christmas lights at the Willow Brook Centre this Saturday (22nd November). Ben, who is starring as Dick Whittington at the Bristol Hippodrome, will light up the town at 5.30pm. The fun packed day starts at 11am when Santa opens his
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Happy Christmas to all our readers from The Journal team! Thanks for your continued support in 2013, which has seen the successful launch of our highly-acclaimed monthly magazine, the only locally-produced publication to be distributed to ALL 8,650 homes in Bradley Stoke, EVERY MONTH. The year has also seen our Facebook page exceed 2,300 ‘likes’, while our Twitter feed now
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Two Christmas cards found just across from Yankee Candle [Woodlands Lane] yesterday. Both had 1st class stamps on so I have dropped them in the post box for the unlucky person that thought they may have lost them. One going to a Bristol address and the other going to Hants (?) Stokeworker
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Churches in Bradley Stoke are inviting everyone in the local community to join them for an open-air carol service at the Willow Brook Centre on Thursday (19th December). The event gets under way at 6pm, with a brass band playing in the town square and free refreshments for all. The carol service proper will start at 6.30pm and lasts until
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Bradley Stoke and Downend residents will be treated to Christmas carols with a difference this year, as members from Bridge Community Church adapt a classic Dickens story for a festive service open to all. On Saturday 21st December in Bradley Stoke and Sunday 22nd December in Downend, local families are invited to the humorous, yet poignant play ‘Bob knew Best’
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Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre stages it Christmas lights switch-on event tomorrow (Saturday 16th November) between 2pm and 6.15pm. Star attraction is the popular children’s TV character Mike the Knight, who will be making appearances at intervals between 2pm and 5.30pm. Santa will be arriving in the square at 2pm in a vintage Morgan replica (weather permitting), rather than
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