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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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Upcoming talks: 4 May: ‘Trek to Everest Base Camp’ by Nigel Wright 1 June: ‘Creating Concorde‘ Interested in joining Probus? Contact frenchayprobus@outlook.com.
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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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As usual it has been a busy few months and we are grateful for residents bringing a few local issues to our attention. Please continue to let us know of problems in the local area and we will do our best to have them resolved. We would like to thank those residents who have expressed an interest in supporting Ukrainian …
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In February’s Frenchay News we outlined our plans for improvements to the Village Hall utilising the Section 106 funding from the Redrow development. Having had a detailed survey and advice from a Bristol based firm of architects we are now in a position to finalise our suggested plans for the structural changes to the …
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Frenchay WI are pleased to report that our Spring Meal last month, including the Spring Surprise (a seasonal version of Secret Santa) was very successful and enjoyed by everyone, Unfortunately The Filtonaires were unable to entertain us due to some of them having the dreaded Covid so a quiz was quickly arranged which …
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Save money – it is now FREE to reserve books from the Libraries West catalogue of over 2 million items and have it delivered to Downend (or any other South Gloucestershire) Library without paying a penny. Reservations can be placed online at librarieswest.org.uk, on the Libraries West App or by staff on-site. Not …
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Unlike myself, I hope that you eat proper meals! Hopefully my family will join me for lunch at the end of April, for my first restaurant visit for several years! I have booked a French restaurant in Clifton Village, and my son and his ‘clan’ are coming down from York and Manchester, whilst my daughter and her family …
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To help with costs and the environment this year’s flower show schedule and entry form is available from the Frenchay Flower Show website. There is a copy of the classes with basic information in this issue of Frenchay Community News. Please pull out the centre pages and keep for information or pass it on to someone …
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Perhaps you have already come across Frenchay’s two Police Community Suport Officers (PCSOs) as they move around the area, but if not, please be introduced to Bianca Rotariu (seen here on the left) and Sam Norster (on the right), sometimes patrolling on foot, sometimes as here on their bikes, or otherwise keeping in …
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