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- 13 photos on Cranham appear in 6 Frith books - View photos of Cranham
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Cranham memories
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Our Honeymoon
Pat (nee Gilbert) and I were married at St. Stephen's church Sneinton in Nottingham July 1960. We arrived in Gloucester the same afternoon to be met at the train station by our hosts for a 3day honeymoon, they were the owners of the Black Horse Inn in Cranham. We have wonderful memories of the village the church and of Prinknash Abbey. We still have a beer tankard we purchased at the Abbey in thier famous dark grey pottery.
We emigrated to South Africa in 1972 and in the year 2000 (our 40th wedding anniversary) we celebrated by having a renewal of our vows at Parkdale Congregational Church roughly 1mile from St.Stephen's Church which was attended by most of our friends from ...read more here
Contributed by John Lacey
Gloucestershire memories
Our Honeymoon
Pat (nee Gilbert) and I were married at St. Stephen's church Sneinton in Nottingham July 1960. We arrived in Gloucester the same afternoon to be met at the train station by our hosts for a 3day honeymoon, they were the owners of the Black Horse Inn in Cranham. We have wonderful memories of the village the church and of Prinknash Abbey. We still have a beer tankard we purchased at the Abbey in thier famous dark grey pottery.
We emigrated to South Africa in 1972 and in the year 2000 (our 40th wedding anniversary) we celebrated by having a renewal of our vows at Parkdale Congregational Church roughly 1mile from St.Stephen's Church which was attended by most of our friends from ...read more here
A memory of Cranham contributed by John Lacey
Walks
Brockworth oh Brockworth, what a lovely village! I grew up there and my dad used to take my brother Melvyn and I for walks up the hill. Castle Hill and Coopers Hill. I remember walks from 1975 onwards, especially on the lower slopes of Coopers Hill where we used to stop at the spring and have some water from it. Boy oh boy that used to be freezing, until the summer of 1976. A very hot year that was, the spring was not as cold but it was still as nice though. We used to drink it from dad's cupped hands till we could drink no more. I was around 5-6 years old then. My memories of this will never die, ...read more here
A memory of Brockworth contributed by Derek Oram
sunday mornings
My mother in law, then Marie Elizabeth Burston born 1921 in Wales, whilst in service at Hartlebury House used to go to church every Sunday morning. The postman played the big organ.
Every morning she had to give him and the gardener a piece of leftover cake and a cup of tea. Ernie the gardener was 18 years old and very shy. He took her to the pictures in Stroud one day and she invited him home for tea one Sunday.
The very next day she received a letter from her mother informing that they had moved from Bedwelty in Wales to Blackheath in Birmingham and that she was to come and get a job there as there were plenty. She ...read more here
A memory of Painswick contributed by PETER ROYAL
Extracts From Cranham & Gloucestershire books
A horse-drawn carriage takes a journey into the extensive woodlands of Cranham, Brockworth and Buckholt. A century later this is still one of the most beautiful stretches of countryside in England. In the autumn the beech trees of Cranham turn a glorious gold, attracting visitors from far and wide.
An extract from from"Cotswolds Pocket Album".
Cranham lies on the other side of Coopers Hill. It is a small village that today is located close to Prinknash Abbey, where monks still live and work.
An extract from from"Gloucester Photographic Memories".
This large area of deciduous woods, in which beech predominates, is a favourite with walkers. Prinknash Abbey stands on the lower slopes, a small Benedictine community that moved here from Caldey Island in 1928. The original abbey was here in the 14th century, but a 20th-century monastic building is in use today. Another community - the Scouts Association - also has an HQ in Cranham Woods.
An extract from from"Cotswolds Revisited Photographic Memories".
In days gone by, the lake at Cranham was the local swimming pool for children in such neighbouring villages as Sheepscombe, Birdlip and Brimpsfield. Those of riper years were drawn to the village pub, The Black Horse, reached like a reward after climbing the steep rise on which it stands.
An extract from from"Cotswolds Revisited Photographic Memories".
Plans for a new abbey at Prinknash were drawn up in the 1930s when the Benedictine order
of monks outgrew the old grange on the hillside, but these were modified over the years; the
present abbey is in stark architectural contrast to the old house, which is now used
as a retreat.
An extract from from"Cotswold Villages Photographic Memories".