Archive for May, 2010

Thornbury Carnival – Major Features of the Day Announced

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Saturday 3rd July 2010 sees the return of last year’s popular Thornbury Carnival.

Major features of the day include:

  • 3 performance stages and lots more entertainment to suit all ages around the site
  • The Central Band of the RAF,
    City of Bristol Pipes and Drums, Caribbean Melody Steel Band, Thornbury Brass Band, Thornbury Orchestra, Octaves Junior Choir, Nailsworth Silver Band, Concord Saxophone Quartet, Westbury ATC Corps of Drums, Mo,Mac ‘n Me, Kaya Drums, Panache Steel Band, Dolphin Marching Band and Thornbury Area Music Centre.
  • Fun Fair, Face Painting, Punch and Judy Show, Clown Bobby, Cirque Bijou, Paddling Pool and fixed play equipment, The Playbus, Old Down Country Park animals, Pony rides,
    Weston Super Mare’s Donkeys!
  • Photographic/ Drawing Competition for the 2011 Carnival Programme.
  • King Edmunds Acro Gymnastics display, Blue Flames Cheerleaders, McLennan School of Irish Dancing, Egyptian Nights Dancing Troupe, Wu Shu Kwan Kickboxers, Primary Schools 6-a-side soccer competition
    Ragged and Old Morris Side.
  • Beaufort Model Flying Club, Yate and Sodbury Model Sailing Club, Thornbury Model Railway Club, Radio controlled tanks.
  • Vintage Traction Engine, miniature traction and static steam engines. Joe Nemeth’s “Road-Up” display, Classic Cars, Commercials and military vehicles.
  • Car displays by: Dick Lovett Mini, Berkeley Vale Motors, Thornbury Motors and Cromhall Refinishing.
  • Refreshment Tent, Wine Bar, Hog Roast, Carnival Tavern, Ice Cream.
  • Club, Society, Charity, Exhibition and Business stalls, Crafts and Food marquee.
  • Buskers, clowns and stilt walkers in Town before the:
  • Parade from the Castle School at 10.30 am.

Gates open at 12 noon. Stalls close at 6pm. The Fun Fair and main refreshment area will stay open until 8pm. Musical Comedy will be on stage 1 from 6.30pm to 8pm with Three Chords Theatre Company presenting “Fat Shirley”.

Admission is �2 for adults and �1 for ages 5-16. There are 5 entrance gates and programmes are �1.

All proceeds will go to charity: One third to Thornbury Carnival Association Charity Fund, and two thirds will be reinvested in next year’s carnival.

There is only Disabled Parking on site.

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Thank You to Bradley Stoke WI for your fantastic Hospitality!

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

WI logoThe Bradley Stoke branch of the Womens’ Institute (WI) invited co-founders and editors of the Bradley Stoke and Little Stoke Gifford Matters Magazines, Jaci and Alison, to give a talk at their mid-May meeting.

A large group of WI members gave Jaci and Alison a warm welcome, and were very interested to hear how and why the local community magazines were first started, and how additional communities are now benefitting from their own Matters Magazines.

The WI members praised the local community magazines and website for being a mine of really useful local information, commenting that they are particularly helpful for finding out what’s on in the locality and for sourcing local tradespeople.

Alison said: “We would like to thank the Bradley Stoke WI for giving us such a warm welcome; it was a pleasure to meet you all.”

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Volunteers help to keep Little Stoke and Stoke Gifford safer

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Volunteers from the community are helping neighbourhood police keep Little Stoke and Stoke Gifford safe. Since the volunteers signed up in autumn 2009 they have helped police identify anti-social behaviour (ASB) hotspots, enabled officers to seize alcohol from underage drinkers, identified 60 speeding vehicles and carried out community clean-ups.

Neighbourhood PC Mark Graham said: �We asked for volunteers to help us tackle the three issues that the community had told us were their priorities: speeding, ASB and littering.

�These people are making a real difference to their community. Making the neighbourhood safer and stronger is a team effort. Police work with other agencies like South Gloucestershire Council, but we need the support of local people as well.�

Volunteers are vetted and trained as:

� Community wardens, who patrol in pairs identifying potential ASB hotspots so that a police team can attend or

� Community Speed Watch members, who use speed guns to carry out checks on traffic at hotspots identified by residents. They take the registration details of speeding vehicles and the police send the drivers a warning letter.
People who volunteered to help collect litter were referred to an existing local group and the council�s Street Care team.

PC Graham said: �Information from the volunteers is helping us target our patrols more effectively to tackle community priorities. With just a few more volunteers we could make even more of a difference.�

Anyone who wants to join the volunteer group can contact the neighbourhood team at Filton Police Station by calling 0845 456 7000 or e-mailing ssnfilton@avonandsomerset.police.uk

The next public meeting to discuss policing priorities for the area will be held at Little Stoke Hall at 7pm on June 30 2010.

Anyone unable to attend the meeting can raise any policing issues with the team by calling Filton Police Station or visiting the police website – www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/inyourarea

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Little Stoke Garden Society Open Morning – All Welcome

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Little Stoke Garden Society will be holding an Open Morning on Sunday 30th May 2010 from 10.00am to midday at the Bush Avenue Allotments.

The Open Morning is for non-members as well as members of the Little Stoke Garden Society. Come along and join in the plant sales and look around the allotments. There will be cakes, jams and chutney for sale. A gardening demonstration will be at 10.30 am. Refreshments, raffle and lucky dip will be available. The Garden Society Shop will be open as usual, it will also be a good time to join the Society for just �2.00. Opening times for the Shop is Sundays 10:00-12.00 where you can purchase your gardening sundries; everything from Growmore to pots.

On hand we will have many members with knowledge and experience so come along and ask any gardening questions you may have. Please do come along with your families and meet members of the Society and have a look around. The Garden Society hold talks once a month on a Monday evening during the winter period with interesting speakers.

Allotment gardening is still proving very popular with increased enquiries for allotments. At the moment the waiting list for allotments is closed, but hopefully when the list is reduced we will be able to re-open it.

The Garden Society website is proving very popular, there are regular updates why not visit out website to see what is happening – www.littlestokegardensociety.co.uk

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Bradley Stoke Library -Temporary Closure

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Bradley Stoke Library will be closed from Monday 7 June – Sunday 11 July 2010 for the building of a much needed extension to the children’s library, increased staff workroom space and other improvements to be carried out as part of the Council’s �1 million three-year investment in library capital projects.

The library will reopen at 10.30am on Monday 12 July.

During the closure the library will be providing extended loan periods.

You can use any library in South Gloucestershire to borrow and return books and other library items. Your nearest alternative libraries are:

Yate Library, 44 West Walk, Yate

Filton Library, Shield Retail Park, Link Road, Filton

All libraries can be contacted on 01454 868 006

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