After decades of silence, the sound of church bells will soon once again ring out across the village green at Stoke Gifford. Rev Canon Simon Jones, of St Michael’s Church, commented: “The installation of a digital bells system is a unique marriage of a medieval structure and 21st century technology. We will now be able to call parishioners to worship,
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An incident in early November in which the roof of a double decker bus was sheared off as it passed under the Hatchet Road railway bridge near Parkway Station has brought renewed calls for a pedestrian subway to be created alongside the bridge. The bus involved in the collision is understood to have been hired by GWR to transport passengers
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The St Michael’s Centre has been having a great autumn with a range of different events taking place for members of the Stoke Gifford community. In fact, the events are proving to be so popular that people from the whole of Bristol and beyond have been booking tickets. It all started at the end of September with Stuart Townend, who
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The Stoke Gifford Journal’s Facebook page has reached a significant milestone by breaking through the 2,000 ‘likes’ barrier. Our Twitter feed (@TheSGJournal) has also seen an increase in followers, breaching the 1,500 mark in recent weeks. Journal editor Stephen Horton comments: “Our Facebook page enables us to keep residents informed of important local news between issues of our print magazine.
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By local history enthusiast Adrian Kerton. In 2014, an archaeological investigation was carried out by Absolute Archaeology on behalf of the Trustees of the Old School Rooms prior to the construction of the new St Michael’s Centre which was designed to serve the communities of Stoke Gifford, Bristol and beyond. It was opened in 2015 as part of the audacious Heart of the
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Firstly, a hearty welcome to the long awaited Stoke Gifford Journal magazine! Regarding Cllr Cranney’s concern over police numbers (page 3 of October issue), which as a recent victim of crime I share, why write to the police and crime commissioner? She has little or no cash for extra officers, and indeed the scrapping of the pointless extravagance of this
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The Stoke Gifford Community Library, located in the mezzanine above the Tea Rooms in the St Michael’s Centre, North Road, has recently celebrated its one year anniversary. The volunteer-led library service first opened its doors on 10th October 2017 after it was announced that South Gloucestershire Council’s mobile van service would no longer be running. The library was originally run
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Abbeywood Community School student Liam Holden has recently been crowned junior kickboxing world champion at a tough competition which was held in Venice, Italy. Liam, who has been kickboxing since he was 6 years old, is now 13 and competes in about ten tournaments a year, both here and abroad. The world championships that took place in Venice between 16th
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Around 250 members of the Labour Party packed into the St Michael’s Centre in Stoke Gifford on Thursday 11th October to hear a motivational speech by leader Jeremy Corbyn, in support of Mhairi Threlfall, the party’s new candidate for the Filton and Bradley Stoke (FaBS) seat. The members-only event was organised as part of a day-long visit to Bristol by
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A local resident who passed away earlier this year is to be remembered by having a new street named after her. Sharon Ubank Close will be a new road in Little Stoke and will serve as a reminder of the work that Sharon did for the local community. Many residents of Stoke Gifford will remember the Stokes Standard, a series
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