The Frenchay Flower Show Committee will be meeting at the Village Hall this Thursday 9th Feb at 7pm to discuss whether it is going to be possible to run the Show this year. The current Chairman and several members of the Committee, including the Secretary, have had to stand down this year but will support it and act as …

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A community “Warm Space” is being created at Frenchay Parish Church (on the Common) on Tuesdays and Thursdays over the Winter. Although all are welcome, it is hoped to be especially useful to those who have to economise with their heating or live alone. As well as providing refreshments, conversation and …

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Elections for all the seats on South Gloucestershire Council are scheduled for Thursday the 4th of May. This seems like a good time to provide some basic information about the context of these elections that may be especially useful for readers who have recently moved into the area. The great majority of what is …

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Those of you able to join us for our ‘Carols not on the Common’ event a week before Christmas will know just how superb the WWB were in creating such a special atmosphere in the Church that evening. They practice at Frenchay Village Hall and have an open rehearsal evening on Thursday 19th January at 7.30pm. …

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This Saturday from 10am we are going to get on with planting the whip trees through our joint project with the NHS and Woodlands Trust, the rain is due to die out from 9am but come dressed for staying dry and warm with gardening gloves and a garden spade if you have one please (we do have many spare). If you are able …

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It’s the perfect weather for snuggling up with a book and the Gadgeteers are back for the Winter Mini Challenge! The Winter Mini Challenge is an online challenge for primary school children beginning on 1st December and finishing on 20th February 2023. To take part in the Winter Mini Challenge, children join online at …

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Our next meeting will take place at the Friends Meeting House at 7.30pm on Wednesday 4th January, when we are looking forward to hearing a talk by Dave Usher, head gardener at Hestercombe Gardens near Taunton between 1986 and 2004. The gardens have been under restoration in various stages over the past 50 years and …

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As we move into the New Year, members of Frenchay WI are looking forward to an uninterrupted year of meetings with interesting speakers and social events. November saw our Annual Meeting when a new committee was elected. We also had Country Markets with their homemade wares, so our members were able to buy some lovely …

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Frenchay Probus Club met for two seasonal events in December, the first being the usual ‘first Wednesday’ meeting in the Village Hall, when the main item was the concert of Christmas Music admirably performed by the Northavon Singers. It was a programme that was perfect to get everyone well and truly into the spirit of …

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How time flies as December & Christmas becomes yet another memory! My old granny (who knew a thing or two) always said that an English ‘winter’ really gets going in January and thus it is perhaps fitting that we have three evening talks now confirmed for ‘Winter 2023’: Crossing the Severn: An illustrated …

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