We have 500 wildflower plug plants ready to be planted on the Frenchay Hill embankment, we intend to start at 10am this Saturday morning (8th Oct) meeting by the telephone kiosk. Please bring enthusiasm, a hand trowel or fork, gardening gloves and stout outdoor shoes/boots. If we have surplus volunteers we can also …

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While we attempt to maintain the accuracy of the information below, we recomend that you contact the groups concerned to confirm the times and dates of events. Additional contact details are available on the Village Hall website Group Days/times Art Workshop Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm by agreement Bristol …

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3rd – 9th October is Libraries Week www.librariesweek.org.uk All public libraries remain free to join and most of our services are remain free as well. Here is a reminder of the opening hours and events that we run on a typical week at Downend Library. Mondays Staffed hours 10am - 5.30pm* Knitter Natter 10am (an …

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Frenchay WI are pleased to have had several new members join us recently. In June we welcomed Simon Barnes whose talk was entitled “Mindfulness as a tool for better mental health”. Simon helped us to find ways to clear our thoughts in order to stop worrying about those things over which we have no control …

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September saw an exciting transition for Frenchay Primary School. At the start of the term we welcomed 20 new pupils to the school along with our new reception children. This was the first time we began working in single age group classes, rather than the traditional mixed age classes we had previously known. The new …

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Gadgeteers Summer Reading Challenge – This summer’s six book challenge runs until 10th September, so still plenty of time for children to finish and get their medal, certificate and loads of other goodies! bit.ly/srcGadgeteers, #HAF2022 #libraries #Gadgeteers The Reading Agency #SummerReadingChallenge Rhyme Time …

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On the 24th August, the ‘Summer Lunch’ will have been held at the Bristol Golf Club at Cribbs Causeway, where there are wonderful views of the Severn estuary and of the two bridges. On the 7th September there will be a Talk at Frenchay Village Hall to be given by Patrick Howell with the title ‘Overland to Hong Kong’, …

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Dear Friends and Neighbours, We hope that by the time you receive this magazine you have returned rested and relaxed from any vacations, this glorious summer reminds us of 1976 and has been very sunny indeed. When we helped with the establishment of the new community Orchard (gifted by the NHS/NHBT as a Queen’s Jubilee …

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In line with the National Federation of WIs, Frenchay WI holds 11 meetings a year so, instead of a regular evening meeting in August, and at the time of writing, some of our members are looking forward to going for an Afternoon Tea - something that has become an annual outing for us. The speaker for our meeting in …

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Frenchay Probus Club continues to meet, but it had to cope with some late re-arrangements for the meeting on 6th July. The original speaker unfortunately fell and broke his hip in the prior week, and then the replacement speaker had to pull out on the day before, due to Covid. However in stepped local member Geoff …

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