St Briavels
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St Briavels books (20 available)
Cheltenham Town Walk Guide
Paperback
Stroud Photographic Memories
Paperback
Gloucestershire Photographic Memories
Paperback
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The Book Shop
My family lived at the Book Shop in the middle of the photograph from 1961 to 1981, it was a shop that seemed to me to sell everything, newsagents, sweet shop, chemists, haberdasherers as well as selling books. I was 6 years old in 1965, I can remember looking up at the jars of sweets in awe, mouth watering at the thought of jelly babies and sherbet lemons. Harold and Nora lived in the Post Office next door and there were several more shops in the village that I can remember, two grocers shops, an ironmongers and a dairy, as well as a pub, rugby club, social club and two chapels. It was a busy place, although we ...read more here
A memory of Berry Hill contributed by Alison Jones
perigrine falcon
1985 to 2008,fantastic times for bird watchers,lots of friends made, bill williams,frank,clive, john gerwood, the boys from bristol,all the rspb wardens over the years, anne and all the staff at the log cabin,all the forestry commision men, and all the hundreds of visitors who have looked through my telescope, and several people who are no longer with us,22 years of magic may it long continue
A memory of Symonds Yat Rock contributed by Terry Arnold
Memory of Soudley
Steam to Stratford, in the early 20's James Joiner (a contractor from Soudley) assembled his convoy of Traction Engines en Route to Stratford Upon Avon to start the new Sewer Contract which was awarded to Joiners for £57,000.
He used Forest Coal miners who were unemployed, to tunnel under the Town Streets to engineer this prestigious contract. My late father, Roy James Bevan was a 15 year old traction engine Driver's mate, starting his own career as a transport pioneer buliding up a Transport business in Soudley with his brother. The photo shows the road to Sutton Vale towards Littledean. When I worked for my father we road tested vehicles on this stretch of road. On a more romantic note, it ...read more here
A memory of Soudley contributed by James Bevan
l remember it being dam cold
l came across the vindi site by accident,and was amazed to see the old ship again, l trained on her on the stewards side over the1965 xmas period and went on to travel the world on the m.v. huntsland, carrying cargo all around the world.
seeing the photo brougt back so many memories of many years ago, does anyone else remember the jam butties at the seamans mission or swopping our cap badges with the crews on the russian boats in the docks.
A memory of Sharpness contributed by ray webster
Extracts From St Briavels & Gloucestershire books
In the days when the
Forest of Dean was a
Royal hunting ground,
St Briavels was its
administrative center;
the legacy of this
former importance
continues to the
present time. Any man
born in the Hundred of
St Briavels who has
worked for a year and a
day in a mine within the
Hundred has the right
to apply to the Deputy
Gaveller for ‘gale’, or
mine working. If
permission is granted
he becomes a
Freeminer, and can
extract the mineral from
that mine in return for a
royalty payment to the
Crown. Iron, coal, ochre
and rock are worked by
Freeminers in the Forest
to this day.
An extract from from"Gloucestershire Living Memories".
Sidney B Park was a
successful businessman;
in Edwardian days he
owned two drapery shops
in Stroud. However, on
26 October 1917 his only
son, Herbert, was killed
in France, and in 1927 the
Park family gave land to
create a public garden in
his memory. Sidney and his
wife, Ellen, are buried in
Stroud Cemetery.
An extract from from"Stroud Photographic Memories".
When this picture was
taken, the canal had only
recently undergone a
restoration programme. Of
the two pubs shown here,
The New Red Lion (centre)
survives. The Bell Inn (left)
is now a private house.
The retaining wall on the
right was part of Chalford
Station yard. The careful
posing of the children adds
considerably to the appeal
of the photograph.
An extract from from"Stroud Photographic Memories".
Here we are looking down
the High Street, with Smith’s
chemist’s shop – still at
this period with only one
large window – on the right.
Below it is Withey’s grocery
store, long-established even
in 1910. When the building
changed hands a few years
ago, a large number of
early grocery orders was
discovered in an attic.
An extract from from"Stroud Photographic Memories".
Here we can see a portion
of the gardens of Bank
House in the days before
they became accessible
to the public. Note the
thatched summerhouse. A
photograph exists, taken
from the same position
in the 1870s, showing Mr
W Cheriton, a member
of the church choir,
balancing on one leg on
the very top of the spire,
during renovation work!
An extract from from"Stroud Photographic Memories".