Are you struggling with your Mental Health? Try Tennis!! Joining Downend and Frenchay Tennis Club (DFTC) 3 years ago, just as I retired from NHS work has been transformative especially during the Covid pandemisc. I played tennis as a child but hadn’t picked up a racket for almost 35 years, when a course run by a DFTC …

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Temporary Closure - 14th February to 13th March Downend Library will be closed between Monday 14th February and Sunday 13th March inclusive. This is to enable an accessible public toilet to be installed and other associated building works. The provision of an accessible toilet will be a great help during our weekly …

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I nearly made my title say “Eating my Daffodils“! The main reason that I enjoy living in Marshfield Park is that my neighbours are always so very kind to me – really good friends. Two days ago I opened my front door to find Allan on my doorstep, holding out a gift for me from his wife Sandra and himself. He was …

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After a two year break we are delighted to say that the Frenchay Flower Show will be held this year on Saturday 9th July. For many decades the Flower Show has been a highlight in the Village calendar and a wonderful opportunity for residents, and those from further afield, to come together to enjoy a truly wonderful …

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In our last update we mentioned some of the benefits of running and how it can aid your wellbeing. One of these arms of wellbeing is paying attention to the present moment, you might be wondering how this can be incorporated into running. As a runner or walker, it’s important to pay attention to your surroundings to …

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Spring usually arrives by mid-March and the frequent sunny days provide the opportunity for an increasing range of gardening tasks. It’s time to get busy preparing seed beds, sowing seed, cutting back winter shrubs and generally tidying up around the garden. Most gardens should be coming back to life after the …

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 10th MARCH 7.30pm, FRIENDS’ MEETING HOUSE (QUAKERS) Frenchay Museum opened in 2000 and is run entirely by volunteers. We have great plans to extend the museum to house the many objects we have no room to display and to provide storage, an indoor toilet and a meeting space. Our planning …

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I mentioned last month that in the first half of the season we had travelled 1708 miles for our matches, that is more than Bristol Bears travel! Well in January we have been called upon to travel a total of 940 miles for our three away matches before we were able to welcome Canterbury at Shaftesbury park at the end of …

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With our programme of regular meetings on the first Wednesday of each month at the Village Hall now in full swing, we were highly entertained on 2nd February by a talk by Dickon Povey on the “Discomforts of Bath”, an exploration into the reality of life behind Bath’s usual posh image of style and fashion. Next up: a …

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Visitors since 2001, Frenchay CE Primary School’s current Year 6 pupils are the latest children to have visited Lifeskills, the local safety charity. Lifeskills teaches children how to keep themselves safe in a 90 minute guided tour of various realistically themed ‘film set’ scenarios. It’s a unique and interactive …

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