Local MP Jack Lopresti joined the Stoke Gifford Branch of The Royal British Legion (RBL) to launch their 2013 Poppy Appeal at Bristol Parkway Station today (Friday 25th October). The ceremony was also attended by Station Manager Linda Swainger and members of the Bristol Squadron of the RBL Riders (motorcyclists). The local RBL branch will again be supplying its legendary knitted
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A woman and her 13-year-old nephew had a lucky escape after a fire at a flat in Stoke Gifford yesterday evening (Wednesday 4th September). One fire engine from Southmead Fire Station and another from Patchway Fire Station attended the incident in Great Swanmoor Close (off New Road, near the Travis Perkins store). When crews arrived they found the woman, thought to
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A local Branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL) is celebrating its 85th birthday with a special fundraising event for the Poppy Appeal. The Stoke Gifford Branch was formed in 1928 and is only seven years younger than the Legion nationally. The Stoke Gifford Branch has, for two years running, won the RBL Gloucestershire County Marling Cup for most efficient
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Youngsters from a Stoke Gifford pre-school and nursery took their buckets and spades to watch work begin on a new church and community centre. The children, from St Michael’s Church Pre-school and Nursery, donned hard hats and hi-vis jackets and took their buckets and spades to see diggers at work on the site of the Old Barns in North Road,
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More than 40 firefighters tackled a blaze at the Summer Palace Chinese takeaway in Stoke Gifford earlier today (Thursday 11th July). The alarm was raised shortly after 11am, and Avon Fire & Rescue Service received more than 20 calls about the incident.
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Hundreds of people will be taking part in a special service outside St Michael’s Church, Stoke Gifford at 11am on Sunday (23rd June) to celebrate more than 150 years of serving the community. The open-air service will take place on The Green (pictured above), mid-way between the church and the former Victorian school room which is now a church and
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Local residents have four days to enjoy a funfair that opened tonight in Little Stoke Park. Described by the parish council as a “small fun fair”, the attraction nonetheless includes dodgems, a ghost train and a number of other rides, as well as attractions for smaller children. Opening times advertised by the council are : Thursday 16th May: 6pm-9pm Friday
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The Rt Hon Lord Mayor of Bristol, Cllr Peter Main, alongside the Chair of South Gloucestershire Council, Cllr Janet Biggin, caught a glimpse of the new care home under construction in Cheswick Village today (Wednesday 10th April) during an opening ceremony attended by local healthcare professionals and neighbours. The Mayor took a tour of the new information suite and cut
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People living in the Brins Close area of Stoke Gifford are waiting to learn more about a proposal to turn an area of rough grassland into allotments. The mystery plan came to light last weekend when a sign announcing “this land is to be cleared for allotments” appeared on the pathway at the southern end of Field Farm Close. An
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St Michael’s Church is continuing its successful ventures in fundraising for its Heart of the Community project, this time by showing a series of films under the title ‘Family Flicks’. The first in this series of films was ‘Madagascar 3’, which was shown this Saturday morning in cinematic fashion. The church only advertised internally for this first film as it
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