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Please Note: Our offices and factory are now closed until Monday 5th January when we will be pleased to deal with any queries that have arisen during the holiday period.

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Rodborough, Bear Hotel 1901
Photo ref: 47360
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More about this scene

This was a very welcome staging post for travellers and horses making the strenuous journey between Cirencester and Stroud by way of Minchinhampton Common. The Bear is recorded as an inn back in 1751.

A Selection of Memories from Rodborough

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Rodborough

Sparked a Memory for you?

If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

I was born in Stroud and lived in Cashesgreen and Paganhill until I was 11 when the family moved to Hertfordshire. My aunt lived at Minchinhampton in a house my sister now owns. As children we remember making the then very slow journey from Cashedgreen up Rodborough Hill past the Fort and along the common, waving at the big bear outside the pub and then onto our aunt's house for a very merry Christmas Eve ...see more