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Gardeners’ club facing closure after 80 years
A GARDENERS’ club that has been running for 80 years is facing closure. Downend Horticultural Society was founded in 1943 as part of the ‘Dig...
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Mum killed in Israel grew up in Staple Hill
A MOTHER killed with her daughters during the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel grew up in Staple Hill. Lianne Sharabi, who was 48, was...
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Mum killed in Israel grew up in Staple Hill
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December 2023: Downend Folk & Roots Review
DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS REVIEW: HANNAH SANDERS & BEN SAVAGE + LAUREN SOUTH FRIDAY 20 OCTOBER 2020, CHRIST CHURCH DOWNEND. The sub-title of Hannah Sanders...
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December 2023: Downend Folk & Roots Preview
NEXT AT DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL – THE WILDERNESS YET + LEO MACKENZIE FRIDAY 15 DECEMBER 2023, CHRIST CHURCH DOWNEND. Headlining the now...
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Sports clubs set for £1m upgrades
TWO sports clubs based side by side in Frenchay are being given almost £1 million to help fund new facilities. South Gloucestershire Council has awarded...
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Enjoy your third age
MORE than 100 people came to Page Park to find out more about a group helping older people to ‘learn, laugh and live’. Visitors tried...
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November 2023: NEXT AT DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS:
WARD KNÚTUR TOWNES + MADDIE MORRIS FRIDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2023,CHRIST CHURCH DOWNEND This month’s Downend Folk & Roots headliners, Ward Knútur Townes, found their sound...
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November 2023: DOWNEND FOLK & ROOTS REVIEW:
THE BLACK FEATHERS + BARNEY KENNY FRIDAY 15 JULY 2023,CHRIST CHURCH DOWNEND “I love it here”, says extroda-vocalist Sian Chandler. “it combines two of my...
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Helping Frenchay field flourish
A NINE-acre field in Frenchay is being turned into a wildflower meadow as part of a five-year nature project. Tuckett Field was left to the...
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December 2023: Downend Folk & Roots Review
December 2023: Downend Folk & Roots Preview
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Heila, 9, becomes UK karate champion
AN Emersons Green girl is celebrating becoming a national sporting champion at the age of nine. Heila Stearman won gold in the UK Go-Kan-Ryu Karate...
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Cleve dig in for win over Bridgwater
CLEVE fought off a strong comeback to earn a hard-fought win over Bridgwater Albion. With an expansive, attacking attitude, Cleve dominated the start of the...
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Bristol & West hit new heights
BRISTOL & West Hockey Club Men’s 1st team have made a more than solid start to life in their new division. After three games the...
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Cleve play to strengths to beat Barton Hill
CLEVE started their game against Barton Hill on the front foot. With both clubs closer to the bottom than the top of the league, the...
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December 2023: Letters
Greyhound mystery solved FURTHER to the article ‘The Staple Hill greyhound mystery’ (CHAP column, Voice, November), this is not a mystery. The dog in question...
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November 2023: Letters
Is this the tidiest street in Downend? RESIDENTS of Cleeve Park Road turned out in force in October for a tidy-up and bulb planting in...
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October 2023: Letters
Thanks for backing our bake sale ON Tuesday August 15, local independent funeral directors HG Harris opened the doors to the public as we hosted...
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September 2023: Letters
Can you donate for refugees? DO you have old sleeping bags, blankets, raincoats or tents that you could donate? I’m Miriam, a volunteer with Care4Calais...
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August 2023: Letters
Unicorn looks great…shame about the shops THE unicorn has arrived in Downend. She looks lovely. The person who painted her did a very good job:...
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July 2023: Letters
Can we have a new bench, please? I HAVE been fortunate enough to have had a hip operation. However I walk to Downend shops and...
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JUNE 2023: LETTERS
We need our bus link to Oldbury Court back I WOULD like to add to the letter from Terry Stevens from Downend, (Voice, May) about...
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