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Do you ever feel lacking in enthusiasm to get outside when the skies are so grey and the wind begins to bite? As we head towards the darker, colder months of the year, sometimes you have to dig a bit deeper to find your motivation to get outside. It’s usually worth the effort and the extra layers of clothes. To begin …
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Frenchay and Hambrook Horticultural Society is a member of the Gloucestershire Federation of Gardening Societies. It was great to see the successful return of the Frenchay Flower Show on The Common in July after a 2 year absence. For many years the Show was run entirely by the Horticultural Society and we continue to …
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The Big Quiz Night is being held at Stapleton Church Hall, 23 Park Road on 19th November, 7.30pm start. Access to hall from 7.10 pm. It is aimed at being fun and suitable for all ages, with questions that span the generations. Over the last four years, tens of thousands of people have joined in The Big Quiz Night and …
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13th November at 10.30am Adjourning shortly before 11.00 to the Memorial on the outer North wall of the Church (pictured) for a ceremony of remembrance. All welcome.
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Would you like to have your two-course Sunday Lunch cooked for you? Do you know someone on their own who would like to come with you? Or someone for whom rising costs are making life difficult? On 27th November Frenchay Parish Church will be hosting a Community Lunch. Space means we have to limit numbers, so the event …
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As the funeral of our late Queen, Elizabeth II, was being held on the date of our monthly meeting in September it was decided, as a mark of respect, to cancel the meeting. We received many messages of support for this decision from our members. We are looking forward to holding our October meeting and hearing from Avon …
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The Club held its Annual General Meeting on the 5th October and reported on a successful year, resuming a regular pattern of meetings after two years often interrupted by Covid precautions. New members had joined before that period of disruption, and the aim was set to seek and to welcome further members, particularly …
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Frenchay C of E Primary School A huge congratulations to the staff and pupils of Frenchay C of E Primary School who have moved into their new buildings last week. Cabinet Members for Schools and Property Services, Erica Williams and myself, were given a tour of the £10.5m Passivhaus-standard facilities. We witnessed …
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Temporary exhibitions update Our current visiting exhibition, celebrating the lives of South Gloucestershire residents of Indian Heritage, continues until the end of November (and the accompanying computerised continuous display is now working properly). Annual close-down Please note that the Museum will be closed …
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Have you heard about the Headmaster who was prosecuted for excessive caning? Or the Headmaster who didn’t have a pay rise for 30 years? When he complained he was given 3 months’ notice. All this and more can be found in ‘Honour Wisdom’ a short history of Frenchay Primary School. If you went to the school or know …
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