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Bristol furniture store gets set to expand

By Trucks79

Fatastic news for the local area, Are the company looking to recruit more staff at the Avonmouth...

By ClareEmpica at 15:15 on 01/09/10

Bristol’s best known independent furniture store is looking to expand into other parts of the region after establishing a warehouse distribution centre for the first time. Park Furnishers in Willway Street, Bedminster, which has roots in the city back to 1967, have moved their warehousing and storage function into a 52,000 square feet warehouse at Second Way, Avonmouth. Jonathan Allen of joint agents...
Greenfield site could see 500 homes built

By Trucks79

I have also contacted the companies concerned and I am awaiting a response, I will add the responses...

By Thornbury-People at 07:00 on 18/08/10

A GREENFIELD site east of Thornbury is being targeted by a developer which wants to build 500 new homes on land off Morton Way. Planning consultant Barton Willmore has revealed the scheme to local councillors, who said they were “dismayed” at the proposal and have refused to meet the firm in private, telling it all discussions should be in public. The four councillors, who represent the town on South Gloucestershire...
Alveston wins CPRE Village of the Year Competition 2010

By StanMor

Excellent. Hope I cut my grass in the right week.

By ACForum at 14:20 on 19/08/10

Alveston Community Forum is proud to announce that Alveston has won the CPRE Large Village of the Year Competiton for Avonside. This victory over villages entering in S Glos, B&NES and N Somerset is a huge achievement for our village.It reflects the vibrant and caring community in which we are fortunate to live. The Forum acknowledges the contributions of our Churches, Societies, Clubs and groups in Alveston as well as the support...
seeking David Lansdown, b 1925

By samjones32

I am Sam Jones, David's grandson. He married gwendoline cox in 1946 and settled in Tockington. He...

By frenchay79 at 23:55 on 05/01/10

I know this is a long-shot, Does anybody in Thornbury know of a David Lansdown, born in 1925. During WW2, his family may have been living in Cossington, near Bridgewater. He was in the military - possibly in the Marines - and from photos I have seen, was in India in 1943. At some stage during the war, he was wounded or taken ill, but I know little more than this. A record search shows that a...
Innovating Shop-fronts

By Trucks79

A good point I will contact the St Marys Centre Manager to see if any thing can be done.

By jmitchell27 at 11:30 on 04/03/10

One or two users have recently pointed out the rather sorry state of the shop fronts in Thornbury, well only yesterday my mind was brought back to this topic when I made a small visit to Dursley. For a little over a year now Dursley has been making the most of their empty shops with a new project called 'On View' in which art work by local artists is presented in a temporary gallery in unused shop-fronts. By doing this local...

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Rare stationary engines stolen in two separate raids

By Thornbury-People at 13:40 on 03/09/10

RARE stationary engines dating back more than 70 years have been stolen in two South Gloucestershire raids. The Lister D engines, believed to have been manufactured in the 1930s or 1940s, were taken from a lean-to in New Road, Charfield, and from a shed in Catherine Hill, Olveston. The first was stolen between August 11 and 13 but only reported at the end of the month. Police said the second theft happened on Thursday, August 26. ...
Bristol companies give national charity fundraiser a flying start

By Thornbury-People at 07:00 on 01/09/10

Businesses from across Bristol have thrown their backing behind a regional fundraising campaign from the NSPCC even before it has been officially launched. More than a dozen companies, in sectors ranging from finance to property, have each pledged to raise £1,600 for the charity in the next year. The promise has come a week before the NSPCC officially launches its Bristol 1600 Club at a networking breakfast. The NSPCC&rsquo...
Being green has a silver lining for the Small Hotel of the Year

By Thornbury-People at 07:00 on 01/09/10

AN independently owned hotel in South Gloucestershire has been recognised for its efforts to be as environmentally friendly as possible. The Alveston House Hotel, near Thornbury, has received a silver accreditation from the Green Tourism Business Scheme which monitors best environmental practice within the British tourism sector. The hotel was given a silver award following its recent assessment by an environmental auditor. The...
Melanie case: second man, 39, arrested

By Thornbury-People at 07:00 on 01/09/10

A 39-YEAR-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Melanie Hall, right, whose body was found near Thornbury 13 years after she disappeared. The Wiltshire man walked into a police station to offer himself for questioning yesterday afternoon – the second person to do so in the space of two months. Avon and Somerset Police said he was being held on suspicion of the murder of Miss Hall, who was last seen alive at...
Men’s shaven heads

By Thornbury-People at 07:00 on 31/08/10

C OULD someone explain why it is that some men feel the urge to shave their heads? It has to be the most unflattering look and does men no favours whatsoever. Worst of all are the wedding photos with the bride and groom resplendent in eye-catching outfits, only for the groom to be bald as a coot with the sunshine bouncing off his head. Andy Connell, Thornbury.