Cam, Gloucestershire

A gun Licence

While staying with my Uncle and Aunt in Uley during the school holidays, I bought an air-pistol.
To be on the safe side I bought a Gun Licence from the Post Office in Dursley.
Ken Cook

Dursley C of E School

I, along with many schoolchildren who attended Dursley Church of England school in 1955 entered the St. James churchyard through these gates on the way to school five days a week. My memories of the churchyard are of the rose trees that were on the grounds and the sheer beauty of the place on a spring and summer day, but... [more]

Uley, The Street

When I spent my holidays in Uley during the mid 1950s, open drains ran at the edge of the street, for dirty water (not sewage) draining from the houses adjoining the road!
I recall the Post Office, Mr Phillp's grocery store (by the bus stop) and Bruton's Garage, at the junction with South Street.

Ken Cook

My first fish!

With a borrowed rod, I caught my first fish in Stouts Hill Pond.
The fish took my hook quite deeply and after dis-gorging the hook, we assumed that the fish was dead and my friend Reg Thomas took the fish home to Dursley to feed it to the family cat!
On arriving home, Reg discovered that the fish was still alive... [more]

Tilley family in Uley

My great gran lived in Woodstock Cottage which was built by her husband. Her name was Emily Eliza Baker and she married a Albert John Tilley. They had 2 children, Edith Mary (my gran) and Daisy Helen. Edith married a Thomas Charles Yeomans and Daisy married a Samuel Workman. I am very interested in my family tree which goes back to... [more]

My Family from Uley, a long time ago

I visited Uley last year because I am finding out about my family history and I found out that my Gt Gt Grandmother was born in Uley in the year 1833 so it is a long time ago.
Her name was Hannah Heath and she worked in the cloth mill but I found that when the work ran out she moved... [more]

Holidays in Uley

My Uncle Gus and Aunt May lived in South Street and I spent a number of holidays with them at Easter and during  the Summer for 2 or 3 years in the early 50's.

I loved climbing up to the Bury , with my Aunt's nephews, Tony and Reg, where we spent many hours, often cutting sticks for bows and... [more]