The sun was out, the sky so blue, and a wonderful atmosphere prevailed on a very special day for our Frenchay Community. Any concerns we had about people coming to support the show after two years of pandemic restrictions, proved totally unfounded. Long queues quickly formed at both entry gates and very soon the Common …

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Dear Friends and Neighbours, Special Report on Biodiversity in Frenchay You will be aware from many of our previous reports that biodiversity is a very important theme to our purpose, Neil Falango and Tony Joiner on the Frenchay Residents Association (FRA) committee have been very active in putting these plans together …

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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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Something for everyone this Summer Holiday at Downend Library Looking to keep the children occupied this August? Then bring them along to sign up for Gadgeteers - the FREE Summer Reading Challenge for 4- 11 year olds. It started on 9th July and children can join at any point throughout August. They get stickers, …

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FRENCHAY BELL TOWER OPEN JULY 9TH 2-4 PM Come and watch the Church bells being rung! There will be expert ringers available if you would like to “have a go” (8yr+ to try ringing.) Bellringing is a team activity that stimulates the brain and helps keep you fit’ The challenge and pleasure of ringing is to ring with other …

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By the time you receive this the Show will only be days away. Final preparations are being made and soon the marquee will appear on the Common. It is not too late to enter, entries will be taken on the Friday before the Show between 4.00 p.m. and 8.00 p.m. and Saturday morning on the day of the Show between 8.00 a.m. …

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Congratulations and appreciation to all who organised and took part in a wide variety of musical and other events to mark this unique occasion. The events on Frenchay Common on the 4th June featured The Concord Band, (above), a combined choir of Frenchay Foxes and the Church Choir (below), and ‘The Provision’ …

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Frenchay Probus Club continues to hold monthly Presentation Talks, the most recent being a very interesting talk on ‘Creating Concorde’, made all the more engaging because the speaker, Chris Bigg, had spent his working life at Filton working mainly on the project, and as a result, that made it a very personal and …

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Dear Friends and Neighbours, Jubilee Picnic Thank you to everyone who joined us on the common by the church, it was a very enjoyable afternoon and all the feedback seems very positive. For the hard working Frenchay Residents Association (FRA) team we are inspired by your enthusiasm for more community events, so we will …

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Our meeting in May was our Resolutions evening when a member gave us an outline of what was being proposed - Women and Girls with ASD & ADHD - under-identified, under-diagnosed, misdiagnosed, under-supported. The resolution was unanimously passed and will go to the National Federation of Women’s Institutes …

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