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MUMS HOME VILLAGE
MY MEMORY IS OF MY FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND TO SEE MY MUMS' HOME VILLAGE.THE YEAR WAS 1967.SHE WAS BORN IN CAM IN 1923. SHE MET MY DAD DURING WW11, AND MARRIED IN HER FATHERS GARDEN .SHE THEN CAME TO THE USA WHERE I WAS BORN.
TODAY SHE IS 85 AND LIVING HERE IN EAST BRUNSWICK,NJ.USA.
CAM IS A LOVELY VILLAGE.I HAVE NOT BEEN BACK FOR YEARS AND NEITHER HAS MUM, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO VISIT AGAIN SOON.
MUMS MAIDEN NAME WAS SMITH.HER DAD WAS FREDERICK"MONTAGU" SMITH. HER MUM WAS KATHLEEN HILL.(OF WHOM I AM NAMED AFTER).
IF ANYONE READING THIS KNOWS OF THE SMITH /HILL FAMILY, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME.
SHE USED TO WORK FOR LISTERS.THANKS SO MUCH
KATHLEEN LAYENDECKER
Brush Factory in Cam
I'd like to ask if anyone knows of a brush factory in Cam which must date back about 100 years or more. I have a clothes brush which is in perfect condition and bears the title "WORKMAN Bros. Ltd. Cam. Glos." This brush was in my grandmother's possession and I have an idea that she was somehow connected or related to the maker. As I am now 83 years old, the brush is probably 100 years old or more. Can anyone kindly shed some light on who Workman Bros. were? Thanks. Dick Best. Fiji. S. Pacific
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 and while it swam around in a fish tank for a few days, it did eventually die. Sad.
Ken Cook
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
Raglan Way
I remember the houses being built in Raglan Way, during the 1950s. With some friends I recall that we walked along the soil pipes, which had been laid at the bottom of trenches, probably that morning. We obviously broke the cement joints, as when we looked into the trenches the following day, "blue" coloured water was everywhere! That was a bit naughty on our part and of course the drains had to be re-laid.
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 arrows.
We also played in the brook which ran at the bottom of the field at the back of my Uncle and Aunt's garden.
There was an earth closet at the end of the garden although this was later replaced with a flushing toilet, when a septic tank system was constructed.
Uncle Gus worked in the sawmill/woodyard at Lister's in Dursley, and was proud of the fact that he had retained all of his fingers! Health & Safety did not seem much of a priority in those days.
Mr Phillips ran the grocer's store in the High Street and the Brutons ran the garage on... Read 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 to Bristol, married and had 8 children among which was my Grandad.
I spent an enjoyable time going round St Giles' church and also the churchyard. I went across the road and drank a small glass of the beer and then came home to Bristol where all her family have lived ever since but while I was there I thought of her and what she did there - thanks for reading this.
