The winners of our Bradley Stoke ‘Best Christmas Lights’ 2012 reader poll have nominated the British Lung Foundation (BLF) to receive the charity donation of £100 that was generously offered by local law firm Hutchinson Legal & Associates. Householders Ron and Penny Bidder of 1 Great Meadow Way, the house judged by Journal readers to have the best lights in
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A house in Great Meadow Road had the best Christmas lights display in Bradley Stoke for 2012, according to a charity reader poll conducted by The Journal. The property was selected from a shortlist of five entries that had been recommended by fans of our Facebook page in the run-up to Christmas. Attracting 144 votes from the total of 322
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The Journal’s charity reader poll to find the best Christmas lights display on a residential property in Bradley Stoke is now underway. Fans of our Facebook page have nominated five houses to take part in the poll, with the most popular attracting more than 70 ‘likes’ in just a couple of days. The nominations are: 1 Great Meadow Road 10
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A Bradley Stoke Councillor has criticised his own Council’s planning department after an official threatened a Winterbourne Christmas tree seller with prosecution for erecting an inflatable Santa Claus on his land. A statement given by South Gloucestershire Council to the Bristol Post described the Santa figure as an “illegal advertisement” and expressed concern that “the inflatable risks distracting passing drivers
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Numerous Christmas fairs being held at local schools this weekend mark the start of the build up to the festive season for families in Bradley Stoke. Wheatfield Primary School gets the action underway with its Christmas Fayre from 5pm this afternoon, closely followed by Baileys Court Primary School, whose Christmas Fair runs from 5:30pm to 8pm. Earlier in the afternoon,
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Sid and Scrat, characters from the adventure animation film Ice Age, were in town yesterday to turn on the Christmas lights at the Willow Brook Centre. Entertainment from Bradley Stoke Radio (BSR) set the scene in the Town Square, with Santa’s elves on hand to distribute presents. The film characters appeared at intervals during the afternoon and they received a
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Time is running out for fans hoping to get free tickets to see JLS perform at The Mall’s Christmas charity concert this Thursday (8th November). A crowd of 10,000 is expected at the ticket-only event to see the band turn on the Christmas lights and officially open The Mall’s Winter Wonderland. The Mall will be giving away a limited number
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Happy Christmas to all our readers from The Journal team! Thanks for your continued support in 2011, which has seen our annual readership exceed ONE MILLION pageviews for the first time*. We’ll continue to update the website over the festive period, so don’t forget to check back soon for the latest stories and information from Bradley Stoke’s premier news source.
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Families from across North Bristol are set to benefit after a successful hamper appeal by Southern Brooks Community Partnership. The charity asked schools, churches and residents to donate non-perishable foods and small gifts to make up hampers for local people who struggle financially at Christmas time. Speaking about the appeal, Corrina Wood, Family Intervention Manger at Southern Brooks Community Partnership,
Continue readingGreat Western Round Table (GWRT) are again helping Santa Claus visit the Bristol area in the run up to Christmas and he and his elves hope to raise thousands of pounds to give to local worthy causes in the area. Santa will be visiting Bradley Stoke between 6pm and 8pm on Friday (9th December) and he is hoping to meet
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