Sodbury Players are performing a production of ‘The Accrington Pals‘ from Wednesday 14th to Saturday 17th September at The Town Hall, Chipping Sodbury. Written by Peter Whelan, The Accrington Pals tells the story of 1,100 unwitting Lancashire men who signed up to Kitchener’s call for volunteers during the First World War. While the men march off to war with their
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South Gloucestershire community radio station GLOSSFM is bidding to become a full-time radio broadcaster. Its directors have applied to Ofcom for a licence go on air 365 days a year. They will find out whether they’ve been successful by the end of the year. GLOSSFM currently puts out two radio broadcasts a year, in spring and winter, each lasting four
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Councillors in Kingswood have begun their annual programme of holding surgeries within every street of their ward. Labour councillors representing the Woodstock ward of South Gloucestershire Council, Gareth Manson, Andy Perkins and Pat Rooney operate their ‘mobile surgeries’ each year in addition to their regular monthly surgeries which they hold in local schools. A few days before the surgery, residents
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