Youngsters are in for a day of fabulous Easter fun at the Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke this Wednesday (1st April). The Easter Extravaganza organised by Willow Brook will have comedy walkabouts from Bread & Butter Theatre’s Pete and Ged Moss. The two hapless gardeners, along with their musical wheelbarrow full of colourful Easter eggs, will entertain shoppers with songs,
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The Willow Brook shopping centre in Bradley Stoke has been recognised for its green credentials, winning an ISO 14001 environment accreditation – an internationally recognised standard for an organisation’s environmental management system. Over the past two years, Willow Brook has put rigorous systems in place to reduce energy consumption and improve its waste management. During this period, the centre has
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Shoppers in Bradley Stoke are in for a frozen treat on Tuesday (24th February), thanks to the launch of a new Iceland Foods store. To commemorate the grand opening, the team is offering Year 4 pupils at Meadowbrook Primary School the chance to officially open the new store on Tuesday as part of a banner design competition. Children are being encouraged
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Bradley Stoke shoppers will get the chance to meet magical children’s characters Ben Elf and his best friend Princess Holly at the Willow Brook Centre this half-term holiday. Children will be able to see the popular characters from kids’ TV’s Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom when they make personal appearances at the shopping centre on Friday 20th February at 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm,
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This is the second time that my dad, who is 77, a little bit forgetful and suffers with COPD, has been ticketed for not displaying his disabled badge at the Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke. I agree, it’s a good thing to fine non badge carriers, but please can we show some initiative and empathy for genuine disabled badge carriers who [after finding they have been given a
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An electrical “power surge” caused computer systems to crash at the Tesco Extra store in Bradley Stoke today, resulting in the store being closed to customers for more than six hours. The Journal understands that tills and other electronic equipment at the store “went down” as a result of the power supply incident and subsequently failed to reset themselves correctly. Journal readers reported
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Local youngsters will get the opportunity to show off their talents at a Children’s Festival hosted by the Willow Brook Centre throughout December. The festival has been put together by Willow Brook and Explore Learning to give local children’s groups and clubs a platform to show shoppers what they can do. The groups cater for children of all ages from
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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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An update from Sara Messenger of the Bradley Stoke in Bloom group. The Common East Following on from our last workday at The Common East, our insect hotel has been a real success! It has delighted both young and not so young and, each time we go back, we meet many local children who are all eager to learn about
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The Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke is hosting a fun filled day of free spooky fun for Halloween on Friday 31st October. The fun kicks off at 11am with the first of four Zombie Disco shows from Bread and Butter Theatre. There will be plenty of spooky comedy, music, fun and games from the two hapless zombies at noon, 1pm
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