Beckspool Road – Traffic Calming As many residents will be aware, the developers of the former Frenchay Hospital site installed traffic calming features on Beckspool Road, and safety and effectiveness concerns of these build outs were raised by residents and motorists. A public consultation took place for 3 weeks …

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Frenchay WI are pleased to report that our recent meetings have attracted many members - new and old. It is really lovely to see so many ladies starting to live a more normal life now that the dreaded virus seems to be waning - long may that continue! Our speaker in April was Margot Cevik - she told us all about …

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Rhyme Time - from June our FREE weekly Rhyme Times will return to being drop ins, so anyone with pre-school children can come along on Wednesdays at 9.30am. No booking required. The next Lego Club will take place on Saturday 11th June @ 10.30am. These monthly sessions will also return to being drop ins from this date, …

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News from the Dings The season is now finished, a short summer break and we then look forward to pastures new. As we go to press we are still not sure of who we will be playing, but it will still be at level 2. We finished the season very stromgly, winning 10 of our last 12 matches. When you consider most teams in the …

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Dear Friends and Neighbours, The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations 4th June Picnic Afternoon Although the Frenchay Residents Association (FRA) have promoted this as extensively as possible, you should have this June magazine in time for the full details. On Saturday 4th June, on the common opposite Frenchay Parish …

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With the start of May comes the beginning of Fixtures for our various Teams in the ‘Senior Leagues’. The 1sts will again be challenging in the Bristol and District League (B&D) ‘Senior’ Division, while the 2nds hope for a change of fortune in B&D Division 5. Meantime, the 3rds address new challenges in Division …

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Skiing Holiday in March 2022 This winter marked the first Tennis Club ski trip to France, which is hoped will become an annual event, organised by club member Chris Horne. I was lucky enough to be able to go, along with 8 other DFTC club members. We spent a week in Tignes enjoying the skiing, beautiful sunshine and of …

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We love this time of year at Just Run because the light evenings, better weather and being dryer under foot mean we intersperse our pavement and lamppost lit routes with more off-road routes taking in the best of what the Frenchay area has to offer. From our meeting point every Monday at 7pm in the car park of Dings …

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Opportunities to volunteer without becoming a committee person! The recent planning permission for a new extension announced last month has put a ‘spring in the step’ of the committee and justified the ambition to do better than just replace the old garage and provide an inside toilet. In fact, we are looking at a …

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‘Easter in a Box’ During the lead up to Easter Frenchay Primary children were incredibly lucky to have a visit from local clergy, members of the congregation, foundation/governors and Bristol Schools Connect. These adults gave up their time to come and work with the children from year 3 and year 4 to lead ‘Easter …

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