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Bream maps
Historic maps of Bream and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Bream maps
Bream photos
We have no photos of Bream, although we do have photos of these nearby places:
Pillowell| Parkend| Lydney| Alvington| St Briavels| Coleford| Forest Of Dean| Newland| Blakeney| Soudley| Sharpness| Brockweir| Christchurch| Berry Hill| Llandogo| Redbrook| Whitebrook| Cinderford| Tintern| Littledean| Berkeley| Newnham| Ham Green| Tidenham| Monmouth| Flaxley
Bream area books
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Memories of Bream
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Shadrach Jenkins
My paternal great great grandfather came from Bream, Gloucestershire on July 31st 1831. He was the 10th of 14 children and was born at Oakwood Mill. He started work when he was 9 years of age, minding doors at Brunswick Coal Pit, Mosley Green, 3 miles away from home for 6 old pence a day. By 1872 he had married Sarah and had 6 children; two daughters & 4 sons. On February 11th 1878, he travelled with his son John, who was born in 1857-[my great grandfather] to The... Read more
Gloucestershire memories
Richard Gilham MM
Our maternal grandfather, Richard Gilham, was born in Aylburton in the 1880's. He won the Military Medal during the First World War. I think he married our grandmother in 1918 and he is buried in the Parish Church of Llansannor in South Glamorgan. Does anyone local to Aylburton have any information on him? Bryn Evans
Lydney - 1939-1945
My father, the late Cyril Cook, spent some time in Lydney, during the war, as a Nurse at a Naval Training Establishment, I believe.
Unfortunately, I know very little about his time in Lydney.
Ken Cook
I Stayed at St Briavels Castle Youth Hostel
In the early 1970's I was a Scout Leader in Riverhead - near Sevenoaks in Kent - and we decided to spend our 1974 summer camp in the West Country or South Wales. I remember my fellow leader, Squadron Leader Mick Ryan, suggesting that we take the patrol leaders to "recce" the area at half term that Spring. And so we finished up staying in the splendid youth hostel within St Briavels Castle on 15th February 1974.
It was fantastic - a moated Norman Castle - and a great experience for our Scouts.
We went on to stay at two other hostels that week: Capel-Y-Ffin and Crickhowell. The whole trip was a memorable one and I enjoy looking at my photographs to remind me of the great time we had all those years ago.
In the following summer we took our Troop, the 3rd Sevenoaks, for a most enjoyable summer camp in the area which included a tour of the RAF's engineering base at RAF... Read more
Terrett Taylor, Ironmongers
This photograph brings back many memories of the Coleford of my childhood. The area round the Town Clock has changed a few times over the years mainly to accomodate the increase in traffic. The building on the far side of the clock in the High Street was a huge ironmongers called Terrett Taylor & Co. It was owned in the 1950s by Mr H. J. Walker and my father Fred Fowler was the Manager, having worked there from the age of fourteen in 1924. It was also a Builders Merchants with an extensive yard stretching back to the railway station. Once a year my father would enlist our help with the stocktaking which was a massive task and many hours were spent counting screws and weighing nails. The shop itself had many rooms which were a joy to explore. In the main selling area were two long wooden counters with drawers both underneath and behind. Further up the High Street on the left was the Post Office, and opposite a Cinema owned at... Read more
Chas Kay
Chas Kay was my Great Grandfather and he owned the Grocers store in Coleford for several years.
Growing up
In the 1950s Lensbrook Tea Gardens became the site of Billy Thomas's scrap yard. I was born and brought up at Lensbrook and my mother used to work at the tea gardens. I was born in 1942 and I can never remember it being tea gardens. I used to play in the scrap yard with Billy Thomas's daughter Diane.
