Ebley The War Years

I have many very happy memories of Ebley and the local towns and villages that I explored with my best friend Jimmy Stratford (now passed on). We traveled far and wide on our cycles, even though we were then not teenagers. We had no fear then. There were village shops, Mr Cordwell's shop, the Post Office shop, plus two others. We could get our sweets (with our ration book coupons of course ) at the pub. There were two there that time. The village had a train halt where we could go to Stroud. Everyone seemed so kind then. Oh yes, we had an air raid shelter too, built on part of the pub's car park area. I have many memories of this charming village, and the school.