When the festive season is over if you have a real tree please recycle by chipping it for use on the garden or take it to the recycling centre. If you have the space the tree can be cut up into small pieces and stacked in a corner of the garden to biodegrade naturally giving a home to the creatures in the garden and …

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Emergencies If you are concerned that an individual has hypothermia call 999. If you are concerned that someone is not coping with the cold contact the South Gloucestershire Council Social Care First Service on 01454 868007. Keeping Warm In addition to dressing warmly, eating hot food and taking warm drinks regulary, …

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As we move into the New Year, members of Frenchay WI are looking forward to an uninterrupted year of meetings with interesting speakers and social events. November saw our Annual Meeting when a new committee was elected. We also had Country Markets with their homemade wares, so our members were able to buy some lovely …

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Frenchay Probus Club met for two seasonal events in December, the first being the usual ‘first Wednesday’ meeting in the Village Hall, when the main item was the concert of Christmas Music admirably performed by the Northavon Singers. It was a programme that was perfect to get everyone well and truly into the spirit of …

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The Frenchay Village Hall Committee would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year. We are looking forward to starting work on some of the exciting improvements to the Hall in 2023 to make it an even more attractive local venue. We were busy last year gathering ideas and working up plans for the improvements using …

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This article is intended to explain some of the legal history of the former school premises, now empty, and awaiting a future yet to be determined. It does not purport to be a definitive explanation, as all the facts and documents are not available to the writer, but it hopefully provides some context for understanding …

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How time flies as December & Christmas becomes yet another memory! My old granny (who knew a thing or two) always said that an English ‘winter’ really gets going in January and thus it is perhaps fitting that we have three evening talks now confirmed for ‘Winter 2023’: Crossing the Severn: An illustrated …

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After more than 75 years the Frenchay Flower Show will not take place in 2023 UNLESS we have more volunteers to take on the following roles: Co-Chair, Co-Secretary, Publicity, Sponsorship, Booking of stalls and attractions, Health & Safety, Schedule Manager, Help on the day. If you are interested in helping to keep …

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Our children in Frenchay Primary’s Ladybird Class have been making good use of their amazing new classroom… We particularly enjoy the home corner and the outside area! The canopy has been very useful with all the recent rain we have had! We are looking forward to having even more things added to our …

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Dear Friends and Neighbours, Happy New Year to you all. We wish you a healthy and happy 2023 and thank everyone who has supported FRA in so many ways during 2022. It was certainly an interesting year as we started to emerge from our Covid measures in time to enjoy a year that seemed to have so much sunshine, including …

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