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BSCS Students go the extra mile to help others: Billy

Billy is a Post 16 student in his final year at BSCS. He began volunteering for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal when he was just 5 years old and has continued to do so…
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We Will Remember Them

This Sunday (12th November) is Remembrance Sunday. Residents are very welcome to join with any of the local services. The Stoke Gifford Remembrance Sunday service is held at the Memorial on the Green in North Road Stoke Gifford at 10.15 am. This is…
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Stoke Gifford Branch Wins Again!

At the recent Royal British Legion Gloucestershire County Conference the Stoke Gifford Branch of the RBL won the Marling Cup for the most efficient small Branch, for the third time in recent years.  Branch President…
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Launch of Poppy Appeal this Friday at Parkway Station

Stoke Gifford branch of the Royal British Legion s Poppy Appeal launch is being held on 24th October at Parkway Station at 2pm. Members of the Royal British Legion Riders Branch will be attending and…
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Royal British Legion Lights Out Campaign - 4th August

The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime. Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary,  uttered these words on the eve of Britain officially entered the First…
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Fundraising Concert for the Poppy Appeal

THE STOKE GIFFORD BRANCH OF THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, (RBL), is holding it s popular annual fundraising concert for the Poppy Appeal on Saturday 29th March 2014 in the Church Rooms, North Road, Stoke Gifford.…
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Creative competition for children to design their own Poppy

Specsavers in the Willow Brook Centre  is hosting the competition and  asking primary school children to put their artistic skills to the test and design their own Royal British Legion poppy. Children have just one…
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Award Winning Local Branch Celebrates 85 Years

The 85 year old Stoke Gifford Branch of the Royal British Legion is holding a fundraising concert for the Legion's Poppy Appeal/Welfare Fund featuring the ever popular Westerly Showband. The concert is on Saturday 23rd…
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Launch of local Royal British Legion "TEAM 85"

The award winning Stoke Gifford Branch of the Royal British Legion is celebrating its 85th  year with the launch of its "Team 85" - a  major fund raising drive for the  Royal British Legion's Poppy…
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