various enthusiasts encountered along the canal or at the Cotswold Canal Trust centre at Wallbridge.
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Mike Tomkins |
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| track | description | time | Play |
| 1 | Cinemas of Stroud and……. he witnessed that Ritz fire | 3:09 | |
| 2 | Shops & milk delivery in Rodborough in the early 50’s | 2:14 | |
| 3 | Schools in Rodborough and Church St – early 50’s | 1:27 | |
| 4 | A strange character – The Mayor of Gloucester Street. | 0:37 | |
| 5 | Audrey Butts, Dance School & coffee at the Flamingo afterwards. | 1:01 | |
| 6 | Mike’s apprenticeship involved taking pub signs for painting to the brewery at Wallbridge. | 1:15 | |
| 7 | Mike working as a brickie for Lusty’s the builders. | 1:36 | |
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Julian Peacey |
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| 1 | unofficial inspection of the Sapperton Rail Tunnels on the day of a Rail strike. | 1:16 | |
| 2 | Brewery smells that pervaded the air as you stepped off the train. | 0:29 | |
| 3 | The Banker loco in Stroud station that was used as a pusher to help the train get up to Sapperton. | 1:05 | |
| 4 | unofficial car trials up the dirt track past the W in Amberley. | 0:44 | |
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Martin Hyde |
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| 1 | official dumping rubble in the canal and the joy when he was told to stop doing it. | 1:38 | |
| 2 | mending all the pot-holes in the roads – history repeats itself! | 1:00 | |
| 3 | living in a wooden house at Whiteway. The housename was changed to Tin Penny Cottage. | 0:21 | |
| 4 | Spooky tale- it just Ghosts to Show!. His wife remembers only the sound of horse’s hooves in the dead of night, and a child’s cry the next night. Near the Ryeford double lock. | 1:59 | |
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Anonymous No.1 |
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| 1 | Dorcas Juggins – her donkey & cart, baker Prothero from Miserden and the Sunshine Health Shop. | 0:58 | |
| 2 | George Juggins the fireman on his bike, wearing a bowler. | 0:16 | |
| 3 | Schooldays; junior in Chalford and senior high plus teachers remembered. | 1:08 | |
| 4 | Scottish schools and discipline. And what she did to avoid the ” strap”. | 0:57 | |
| 5 | The local policeman and what was done to get food in the post war austerity. Plus making a bit of money from the excess production. | 1:25 | |
| 6 | Her uncle was a farmer which brought a few benefits to a young girl. | 1:07 | |
| 7 | Aunty Marion runs the local Chalford shop and – well health & safety was not what it is now! | 1:22 | |
| 8 | The vicar doubles as a chemistry teacher. He had a certain chemistry it would appear. | 0:52 | |
| 9 | Working as a lab technician at Marling School. | 0:28 | |
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John Clissold |
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| track | description | time | Play |
| 1 | John, as a small boy, is intrigued by the Dam Busters and tries a re-enactment! | 1:56 | |
| 2 | Ringing the Angelus Bell at school | 1:03 | |
| 3 | John’s mother pumping the church organ, or not as the case may be. | 1:46 | |
| 4 | John explains what a “snob” is …… | 0:48 | |
| 5 | The Bourne Pike, a fishy tail, a long one. | 2:02 | |
| 6 | Ozzie Clark and the bargee | 0:42 | |
| 7 | John remembers seeing the nameplate on Bridgend swing bridge bearing the name of Daniels. | 0:08 | |
| 8 | explaining – “thee be mixing sugar with sand” | 1:45 | |
| 8 | throwing stones at swans on the canal and being told-off by train drivers | 0:56 | |
| 10 | Archie the banker engine driver and the sound of the loco reversing. | 1:58 | |
| 11 | the railcar | 1:05 | |
| 12 | John, as a choir boy in Bussage church | 1:22 | |
| 13 | how he prepared the incense burner for Bussage church | 1:13 | |
| 14 | territorial disputes with young boys along the canal | 1:13 | |
| 15 | what is Ag Pag Pie? | 0:42 | |
| 16 | Pig Face Sandwich Day in Avening. | 1:42 | |
| 17 | John remembers Hill Paul – or the girls therein more accurately! | 0:21 | |
| 18 | lodging with Miss Hawkins & Miss Hawkins, spinsters of this parish | 2:00 | |
| 19 | what they told him about Standish Hospital & wounded soldiers | 0:25 | |
| 20 | the Sperry toilet rat and the shock of finding it at the wrong moment | 0:55 | |
| 21 | apprentices at Wallers and the tricks they played. You can’t do this at home! | 1:01 | |
| 22 | carol singing as a lad in Brownshill and Chalford. | 1:36 | |
| 23 | George and Dorcas Juggins, a sad tale. | 1:44 | |
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Anonymous 2 (narrated by the webmeister) |
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| track | description | time | Play |
| 1 | as a young boy playing in the derelict Stonehouse brickworks | 0:32 | |
| 2 | remembering Kings Stanley even as an younger boy | 0:33 | |
| 3 | his relatives and their trades. | 0:33 | |
| 4 | his father was a carpenter repairing mills & swing bridges. | 0:31 | |
| 5 | various transport memories and the aroma of the Brewery on brewing day. | 0:38 | |
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Christine Mauler | ||
| track | description | time | Play |
| 1 | living in the Ship Inn and what Brimscombe Port was like in the 50’s | 1:37 | |
| 2 | remembering Brownshill School & Stroud Girls School | 0:27 | |
| 3 | job in Cheltenham & the railway stations on the Cotswold line | 1:26 | |
| 4 | the Ship Inn and one of its regulars with an odd lunch combination. | 2:00 | |
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George Mills’ son | ||
| track | description | time | Play |
| 1 | George Mills, proprietor of Central Garage, Chalford. & George & Dorcas – vague memories. | 1:21 | |
| 2 | George Mills’ son, school days at Sibley & Wycliffe. | 1:17 | |
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Rob Ely | ||
| track | description | time | Play |
| 1 | Rob talking about his schools plus Stroud brewery. | 0:52 | |
| 2 | collecting elderberries along the canal at Capel’s Mill. | 0:30 | |
| 3 | George Juggins with two push-bikes. | 1:18 | |
| 4 | the Dudbridge Donkey & the Brimscombe Banker, the train drivers & signalmen. | 2:03 | |
| Bob is a keen Video Documenter of Stroud events and townscape, and was member 57 of the Cotswold Canal Trust | |||
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Bob Paget | ||
| track | description | time | Play |
| 1 | update coming soon. | 0:00 | |
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Tony Jones | ||
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| 1 | on his home-made punt on the Stroudwater with his mates and their boats. Tony remembers the lengthsman – Admiral Pocket. | 1:23 | |
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Anonymous 4 |
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| 1 | the Dudbridge Donkey meets the wrong kind of frost. & the last steam train delivering coal to the gas works. | 0:00 | |
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Anonymous 6 |
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| track | description | time | Play |
| 1 | when her great Uncle realised there was a grounded boat in Sapperton Tunnel. | 1:32 | |
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Martin Danks |
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| track | description | time | Play |
| 1 | Martin’s ancestors were canal carriers, maybe to Brimscombe. | 2:11 | |
| 2 | more recent ancestors part of the Severn and Canal Company, some their boats ended their days as Purton Hulks. Uncle lived in Michinhampton | 0:48 | |
| 3 | recent ancestors with an office in Gloucester Docks. | 1:31 | |
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David Kibble |
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| track | description | time | Play |
| 1 | David & brother Tony remember family day trips here, and Stroud beer. | 1:40 | |
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Anonymous 10 |
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| track | description | time | Play |
| 1 | First impressions when arriving to live in the area. | 1:17 | |
| 2 | Schools he went to and teachers. | 1:15 | |
| 3 | The Dudbridge Donkey & Brimscombe Banker locos. | 1:31 | |
| 4 | The shop in Dudbridge and the canal in the 1960s . | 1:15 | |
| 5 | “Scouting for Boys” – or not in this case.. | 1:04 | |
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John Buckle |
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| track | description | time | Play |
| 1 | As a retained fireman he attended to the Ritz fire, Bailey’s transport fire and Holloways too. He could tell a few stories! | 1:29 | |
| 2 | Lewis’s van with an owl above the windscreen and the legend “I scream for Ice Cream”. | 0:51 | |
| 3 | Remembering the New Inn in Selsley. | 0:38 | |