The former Phones 4u store at the Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke is to re-open under the Vodafone banner before Christmas, the shopping centre has announced. The unit has been closed since Monday 15th September, following news that the whole Phones 4u business had been put into administration. The collapse of Phones 4u followed a decision by mobile network
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The Journal is pleased to announce that Abbie Davies is the lucky winner of our exclusive prize draw to win a year’s free membership at the Anytime Fitness gym in Bradley Stoke. Abbie’s entry was drawn out of the hat by Mark Wathern, facilities manager at the Willow Brook Centre, where the local Anytime Fitness gym is based. The free
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Shoppers at the Willow Brook Centre in Bradley Stoke are in for a treat when they get the chance to meet a real superstar in the flesh – or rather in the metal – Titan the Robot. The towering robot is coming to Willow Brook this half-term on Thursday (29th May) to perform three shows – at 11am, 12.30pm and 2pm.
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[Advertising Feature] The Bradley Stoke Journal is offering readers the chance to win a year’s free gym membership at Anytime Fitness Bradley Stoke in an exclusive prize draw that is open until 31st May. Anytime Fitness is the world’s largest 24hr gym chain with over 2,400 sites worldwide. There are currently four sites in Bristol, one of them located in
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Just out of interest, is anyone living adjacent to the Willow Brook Centre noticing a significant increase in rats? I’ve had poison down since January and although it is eaten, and I put new down, it keeps going… My neighbours are reporting a lot of rats in their gardens as well. It’s been reported to the Willow Brook Centre manager,
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Students from two local schools will be staging a unique dance performance at the Willow Brook shopping centre in Bradley Stoke on Monday afternoon (28th April). The student dancers, from Meadowbrook Primary School and Patchway Community College, will be wearing colourful costumes and performing fun, contemporary dances with a retro 60s teenager theme. The performance lasts around 10 minutes and will be staged
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The new manager of Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook shopping centre, Andy Wynn, says he has enjoyed meeting representatives of the local community since his arrival in the town back in February, when he took over from Scott Lahive, who had been in post since the centre first opened its doors in October 2008. Andy, 34, who commutes daily from Swindon,
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Children will be able to meet a prehistoric visitor this week when Tiny the stegosaurus comes to the Willow Brook shopping centre in Bradley Stoke. Tiny, a rather playful 125-million-year-young dinosaur, will be performing three shows at the Willow Brook Centre on Wednesday 16th April – at 11am, 12.30pm and 2pm. Children will be able to meet her, feed her and
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Twenty budding young gardeners have volunteered to create a community garden at Bradley Stoke’s Willow Brook Centre during the Easter holidays. The shopping centre is hosting the planting day on Friday (11th April) as part of its involvement in Dreamscheme, an initiative that encourages local young people to do something positive for the community. The volunteers will be rewarded for
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Scott Lahive, manager of the Willow Brook Centre (Bradley Stoke’s “shopping and town centre”) since it opened in October 2008, has moved on to pastures new after six years in the job. Journal editor Stephen Horton caught up with Mr Lahive in mid-January, as he prepared to hand over the reins to his successor in early February. When did you
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