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Alvington maps
Historic maps of Alvington and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Alvington maps
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Alvington books
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Gloucestershire Living Memories
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Cotswold Villages Photographic Memories
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Cotswolds Revisited Photographic Memories
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Memories of Alvington
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My father, the late Cyril Cook, spent some time in Lydney, during the war, as a Nurse.
Unfortunately, I know very little about his time in Lydney.
Ken Cook
Shared on 16 November 2008
You know I haven't come across anyone who did their 8 weeks' training at Vindi in the summer months, most people you talk to remember most of all the severe winters. I am no exception, I remember going down to the ship from the camp last thing at night for a couple of slces of bread and butter and a mug... [more]
Shared on 03 November 2009
I must have been one of the first on the training ship because I thought it was 1954 I was there, but if it is recorded as c1955 who am I to argue! I was there training for the merchant navy for about 12 weeks. I was the camp bugler until I was relieved of my post because I was... [more]
Shared on 08 March 2009
l came across the vindi site by accident,and was amazed to see the old ship again, l trained on her on the stewards side over the1965 xmas period and went on to travel the world on the m.v. huntsland, carrying cargo all around the world.
seeing the photo brougt back so many memories of many years ago, does anyone else remember... [more]
Shared on 04 December 2007
My Great Grandfather, Samuel King, ran a boot and shoe business (as a Cordwainer) from this address in the 19th century. His family home is listed in the 1881 census as The Old House, Market Place, Berkeley.
His father John King (Dob 25.5.1765) was also a Cordwainer in Berkeley in the 18th century.
The King family were residents of... [more]
Shared on 11 December 2006
It's just great to look at the old pictures of Blakeney's High Street, it seems almost like yesterday when I used to walk from my gran's house in the row of cottages where the railway bridge used to be. We used to go on holiday every year from our house in Haverhill, Suffolk. I remember it used to take nearly all... [more]
Shared on 29 July 2009
The person on the right, on the pier, is myself, Ron Stokes. As I wrote in my memory previous, I worked on Beachley and Aust Piers, weekends, school holidays, until I joined the merchant navy in 1958. If you wish to know the history of Pier House [behind ferry office] and lighthouse keepers, and lighthouse of Beachley see www.gloucesterharbou trustees.org, very... [more]
Shared on 07 July 2008
Extracts From Alvington & Gloucestershire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Alvington, inspired by Frith photos.
Sidney B Park was a successful businessman; in Edwardian days he owned two drapery shops in Stroud. However, on 26 October 1917 his only son, Herbert, was killed in France, and in 1927 the Park family gave land to create a public garden in his memory. Sidney and his wife, Ellen, are buried in Stroud Cemetery.
This is an extract from Stroud Photographic Memories.
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When this picture was taken, the canal had only recently undergone a restoration programme. Of the two pubs shown here, The New Red Lion (centre) survives. The Bell Inn (left) is now a private house. The retaining wall on the right was part of Chalford Station yard. The careful posing of the children adds considerably to the appeal of the photograph.
This is an extract from Stroud Photographic Memories.
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Here we are looking down the High Street, with Smith's chemist's shop – still at this period with only one large window – on the right. Below it is Withey's grocery store, long-established even in 1910. When the building changed hands a few years ago, a large number of early grocery orders was discovered in an attic.
This is an extract from Stroud Photographic Memories.
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