diners enjoying a monthly meal and natter. And reminiscing for Stroud Voices. | |||
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Ladies at The Ship Inn |
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1 | Sunday school. And the farming Uncle. | 1:05 | |
2 | the Prisoner of War camp on Minchinhampton common. | 0:32 | |
3 | early schooldays and miss Lilly who did not like girls with tooth trouble. | 0:38 | |
4 | milk deliveries in those days. Horse & cart and a milk churn. | 0:17 | |
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David Lane |
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1 | remembering George and Dorcas Juggins. Cheese sandwich anyone? | 0:33 | |
2 | David’s schools and the canal. He now works alongside the canal at Strachan’s Mill (now WSP formerly Milliken) and marvels at the canal restoration progress. | 1:29 | |
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Terry Beard |
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1 | Terry talking about Bowbridge where he was born and remembering the Brimscombe Banker | 0:44 | |
2 | Terry playing along the canal at Bowbridge and falling in. | 0:55 | |
3 | his schooldays and discipline! And games in the shoolyard. And do you know what a dap is? | 1:32 | |
4 | When the Rats came to say hello & play. | 1:21 | |
5 | Shops that we had in Stroud way back when. | 1:45 | |
6 | Cinemas. Saturday matinee at the Gaumont and meeting girls at the Ritz | 1:39 | |
7 | Audrey Butts, other local dances, when the Beatles came to town and being refused entry to the Flamingo. Terry as a Teddyboy. | 1:36 | |
8 | Working at the Piano Works and Ryeford sawmills. | 1:53 | |
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Graham Watts |
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1 | early life in Thrupp, his parents and what he remembers of the canal in 1955 | 1:01 | |
2 | schools Graham attended in Thrupp, and teachers in the primary school there. | 1:39 | |
3 | schoolyard games :- Plank Football, Shoulder Wrestling and British Bulldogs. | 2:04 | |
4 | cycling, moped to school and the unique badge of office as a prefect. | 1:38 | |
5 | some of the shops in Thrupp in the 1950’s | 1:50 | |
6 | milk and bread deliveries in those days, and helping the milkman. | 1:39 | |
7 | the Gaumont cinema and the films. | 0:46 | |
8 | Graham Watts meets his doppelganger on the first day of Stroud College! | 0:19 | |
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Anonymous 5 |
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1 | remembering the blacksmith’s forge at Miserden. | 1:21 | |
2 | remembering the Daneway pub and changes to the area. | 1:06 | |
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Anonymous 7 |
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1 | First School and teachers in the area known as the Bisley Hundred. | 0:42 | |
2 | the shops and pubs above and in Chalford | 1:56 | |
3 | fishing for sticklebacks in the canal at Chalford | 0:29 | |
4 | describing George & Dorcas Juggins and Dorcas’s mother riding down Gloucester St. | 1:36 | |
5 | the Wartime plane crash & when George tried to pose as the local Squire | 1:17 | |
6 | first job in in the foundary of Peter Hewins in Brimscombe | 0:43 | |
7 | remembering the Brewery and the smell of brewing | 0:18 | |
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Steve Philpot |
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1 | his first house was a caravan at Thrupp. | 1:21 | |
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John McCabe |
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1 | Swimming in the canal at Thrupp, and jumping the Frome. | 1:16 | |
2 | Remembering his school, shops and pubs around Thrupp & Brimscombe. | 0:59 | |
3 | Recalling George and Dorcas Juggins. | 0:52 | |
4 | Where John refereed football matches, and remembering international referee Dave Smith who lived in Stonehouse. | 0:46 | |
5 | more on the places & teams he refereed football. And his first car that took him to the matches. And refereeing at Layhill prison. | 1:29 | |
6 | John’s father came to Stroud to build aircraft hangers. And remebering his wife and their dancing lessons at Kay Virgo’s. | 1:05 | |
7 | Recalling priests at Beeches Green church, foreman & workmates at Wallers Engineering and rail workers like the Brimscombe banker driver. | 1:27 | |
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Tina Blackman |
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Tina has written a book on four members of the Cole family, who lived at Bourne House, & fought in WW1. Only 1 returned. | For the soldiers’ stories and pictures of them you can obtain her book “The Three Uncles” from Amazon and more information can be found on her website | ||
1 | William Cole snr & jnr and family of Bourne House, Brimscombe. | 1:47 | |
2 | Clifford Cole’s WW1 history. | 1:46 | |
3 | Maxwell Cole’s WW1 history. | 1:08 | |
4 | Cyril Cole’s WW1 history. | 1:01 | |
5 | Fritz – WW1 history. | 1:16 | |
6 | The three sisters. | 0:30 | |
7 | William & Fritz. | 1:48 | |
8 | William & Fritz as Masons & members of the “Froth Blowers Club” . | 0:49 | |
9 | The bacon & sausage firm Cole & Lewis during the depression. | 0:58 | |
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Richard Orchard |
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1 | Richard’s father ran the firm Orchard and Peer. They were supplied with timber by canal in the 30’s. | 0:58 | |
2 | His recollections of George & Dorcas Juggins. | 0:28 | |
3 | the local bobby in Brimscombe & Thrupp. | 0:25 | |
4 | His schools and teachers and Audry Butts taught him dances. | 1:37 | |
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Peter Evans |
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1 | His father studying at Brimscombe Polytechnic. And the family all worked at Abdela & Mitchel, boat builders, Brimscombe. | 1:06 | |
2 | How Brimscombe coped with the aftermath of WW1. | 1:57 | |
3 | German prisoners billeted with his family after WW2. | 0:35 | |
4 | What Brimscombe was like between WW1 & WW2. | 1:18 | |
5 | Australian airmen at Aston Down in 1918. And more of the Australian connection. | 2:10 | |
6 | Recounting a recorded interview with his mother, recalling Minchinhampton during WW1. | 2:56 | |
7 | More on the interview – post war unemployment. | 0:38 | |
8 | Flying in a Lancaster bomber, taking off from Aston Down. | 0:21 | |
9 | Lieutenant Arthur Peel prisoner during the Korean war. | 0:47 | |
10 | Haircuts – reading the newspaper about WW2. Plus the Dunkirk veteran. | 1:13 | |
11 | Wartime privations as a schoolboy at Marling. | 0:44 | |
12 | Foods available inf WW2. Learn what ” Snook ” is. How they had to make butter their own and cream. | 1:48 | |
13 | When the Gloster Meteor crashed and they had to pick up the pieces for the accident investigators. And describing a display of a flying Meteor close up. | 1:39 | |
14 | How to get a cream bun in WW2. Mr Beard’s sweet shop in Brimscombe. | 1:47 | |
15 | Photographic evidence that Hitler was going to bomb Stonehouse is found Lubek discovered by a Stroudie. | 1:42 | |
16 | Watching Bath burning during WW2. | 1:18 | |
17 | Two aircraft collide over Brimscombe. And a Typhoon airplane spotted. Plus a bit about Denmark. | 2:02 | |
18 | How Peter learned his trade as a cub reporter. And talking to Fred who made furniture for Sir Stafford Cripps. | 1:44 | |
19 | How he got the job on the Stroud News. And how Dr Browns Road got its name in Minch. | 0:42 | |
20 | More furniture makers in his family. And a few characters he worked with at the SNJ. | 0:00 | |
21 | Delivering the newspaper to the village shops in the Cotswolds in an old pre-war van, in the snow. | 1:01 | |
22 | The story of Britric and Matilda is re-created every year. (According to Wikipedia the love between them was the other way round). Matilda was eventually the Wife/Queen of William the Conquerer. | 1:12 | |
23 | Ernie Barratt, Lucy Pate & when Brismcombe church burn down. | 1:11 | |
24 | George Debenham – an early audio recording archivist. | 1:48 | |
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Steve Gardner |
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1 | His father was the author of history books with Lionel Painton and a director of Erinoid & BP. | 1:54 | |
2 | His mother was the first woman to drive a car (legally) in France Lynch. | 0:32 | |
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Ken 2 |
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1 | Swimming in the canal at Brimscombe and working in the factory that used to be Abdela & Mitchel – then Air Plant. | 1:22 | |
2 | 51 years working in the factory alongside some of the old boat builders. The noise you can hear is the dredger “Augustus Gloop” working at Hope Mill. | 1:21 | |
3 | Evacuated with his brother (also speaking) during WW2 to Amberley with the Bowles family. | 1:41 | |
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Pauline Hill |
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1 | Newly married & living in a caravan & working in Wilcox’s chemist shop in Stonehouse. | 1:02 | |
2 | Remembering shops & cinema in Stroud. | 0:39 | |
3 | Railcar and canal in Brimscombe. | 0:27 | |
4 | Shops & pubs on Brimscombe Hill. Recycling the stones from Hudson’s shop when the road was re-aligned. | 1:35 | |
5 | Mr Hill, Brimscombe vicars and George and Dorcas remembered. | 1:32 | |
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Bill Darby |
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1 | Bill fishing in the canal, he remembers the Bourne Pike, he was a bit afraid of it apparently. They had chickens that swam! | 1:13 | |
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Rich White |
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1 | Edited clips of Rich talking about his heirloom. A piece of hydrauilc pipe from a crashed German bomber of WW2. | 1:46 | |
2 | The story continues about the WW2 bomber, planes take off from Kemble in pursuit of the German bomber. | 1:53 | |
3 | More planes from Aston Down take off in pursuit of the bomber. | 2:08 | |
4 | The WW2 aerial dog-fight begins. | 1:49 | |
5 | The Hurricane rams the German bomber while another plane joins the fight. | 1:41 | |
6 | the German airmen bail out and France Lynch residents take charge and offer drinks. | 1:26 | |
7 | Another airman lands in a cornfield and is surrounded by land girls. | 1:09 | |
8 | The Hurricane pilot who rammed the bomber lost control. | 1:26 | |
9 | hints at more research about the British plane crashing onto the Hoffman ball bearing factory. | 0:18 | |
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Alan Merryweather |
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1 | Alan’s first impressions were not favourable , but he grew to love the area | 0:12 | |
2 | remembering Brownshill and the amenities , and thwarted developments in the area . Describing some history of Frithwood House | 2:12 | |
3 | Alan’s job working for the Commercial Union Assurance . One customer was Laurie Lee who was fearful of airplane hijacking | 1:13 | |
4 | Tales from observing Stroud from the office . Inspecting St Mary’s Mill , making walking sticks | 1:36 | |
5 | Alan’s cars . remembering Wycliffe Motors and Batemans & Hussle’s stores , and companies he insured in Stroud | 2:00 | |
6 | Odd happenings and customers of Alan’s insurance company | 2:10 | |
7 | Doctors’ handwriting ! Doctors Crouch and Newton . They named the roads after them | 1:05 | |
8 | Dennis Parsons Burkitt of “ Burkit’s lymphoma ” fame plus the newly annointed Lady Dorathy | 1:39 | |
9 | vicars of church and the Queen of Bussage . Cyril Pond of the TV shop and John Hemming of Chalford Chairs | 1:28 | |
10 | Jam making in Brownshill , and the rhubarb patch in the chapel | 1:48 | |
11 | France Lynch & the cencus . Bussage School and the headmistress . Events in the Village Hall | 1:14 | |
12 | Roads along the valley in Brimscombe , Toadsmore and the road shifted ! | 1:07 | |
13 | Buses into stroud from Brimscombe were plentiful , and well used when the snow was bad | 1:14 | |
14 | The day Alan found a handbag , and was rewarded with £5 . Stroud Show | 1:25 | |
15 | Tucks cafe and his name for the pies . Cake shops in George St . An insurance man’s take on shop window glass | 1:09 | |
16 | Describing the state of the canal above Brimscombe in the mid 60s | 0:51 | |
17 | The cake shop in George St was Browns | 0:17 | |
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Irene Bartlet |
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1 | the Fair on Minchinhampton common | 0:45 | |
2 | Irene and brother-in-law decorate a lorry to make a themed float to take to Stroud Show | 1:20 | |
3 | in the Gilrl Guides and religious segregation , but she enjoyed her days in the Guides | 1:33 | |
4 | talking about her father who drove for the military at Aston Down ferrying dignatories and prisoners | 1:43 | |
5 | Irene talking about the building with Bateman’s and the Flamingo cafe | 0:53 | |
6 | dancing at the Sub Rooms | 1:22 | |
7 | Irene’s husband was a policeman on point duty on the cross roads at the bottom of the High Street | 0:57 | |
8 | the kind of duties that local police had during the 50s . Plus merry japes | 2:17 | |
9 | cinemas and cafes in Stroud | 0:42 | |
10 | frequent buses to Chalford , Green & White and Red and White . And the railcar | 1:51 | |
11 | shops in Chalford and milk deliveries by horse & cart ladled out from the churn | 1:30 | |
12 | what got thrown in the canal above Brismcombe in the 50s | 0:51 | |
13 | living beside the canal during WW2 , her brother falling in at St Mary’s lock | 2:01 | |
14 | the Lancaster bomber crashing on a house . Irene helped clean up crockery that could be salvaged from the fire that ensued | 1:28 | |
15 | pubs in Chalford and fetching a jug of beer for her father . Cigarettes in packets of 5 . And scrumping peas | 1:42 | |
16 | the local policeman in Chalford , PC Bailey . Brother gets a rocket for acquiring a Christmas Tree ! | 1:06 | |
17 | remembering the priests and vicars . On being the angel Gabriel for the nativity | 1:56 | |
18 | memories of George and Dorcas , their lodger Duke , the chickens and the donkey | 1:07 | |
19 | George and Dorcas Juggins and their donkey and cart . How George got his bowler hat . And Dorcas’s vocabulary ! | 2:01 | |
20 | earning pocket money to spend at the Stroud cinema | 1:01 | |
21 | remembering games at school and after . The rhyme “ the Farmer wants a Wife ” | 1:38 | |
22 | Chalford school and the teachers near St Mary’s | 1:09 | |
23 | Finding a wallet and returning it to an ungrateful owner | 0:46 | |
24 | John Clark builds a house at Roborough | 0:30 | |
25 | Shops in Stroud like Granny Ball’s | 1:11 | |
26 | More shops in Stroud . Selling loose lard and butter , and how it was dispensed . When the mice got at the cheese | 1:37 | |
27 | Yet more shops in Stroud , Lewis and Godfrey , Clarks , Bells , Fowlers , Revels , Maypole , Strange’s Fruit | 1:08 | |
28 | working at the Stroud Brewery . The first Christmas and free drinks ! Irene remembers the smell of the hops | 0:52 | |
29 | the size of people in the 30s and 40s . The best shoeshop for samll feet was in Stonehouse , but getting there was unlucky for two people | 0:51 | |
30 | living at Puckshole Harbour | 0:56 | |
31 | her first day at work at school stuck in her memory . Son Chris with head stuck in the railings | 0:43 | |
32 | money was tight so they made their own cupboards out of wooden orange boxes . Son’s Red Indian outfit made out of a sugar sack | 1:47 | |
33 | collecting water from the Bisley spring by bucket . Father disappears down a hidden culvert while trying to pipe the water nearer to the house | 1:21 | |
34 | Irene’s mother-in-law lived next door to Laurie Lee , and was not entirely complimentary of him as a youth . And an insurance man’s take on the Bentley Piano libel action against Laurie ! | 1:50 | |
35 | Moseley’s ice cream van and the cornets were strictly rationed | 0:39 | |
36 | when Irene had polio , hospital rules were different . Rationed sweets came twice a week were kept in a tin and had to wait till after dinner | 1:15 | |
37 | lack of street lights and walking from Bowbridge to Chalford in the fog because the buses weren’t running . We don’t learn how much fudge made it back that day ! | 1:17 | |
38 | doctor Cohen from Austria lived in Painswick | 1:08 | |
39 | the summer in WW2 and how kids spent their time at play | 0:53 | |
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Alan Beale |
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1 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . Starting in the lab as an assistant . A bit of history | 1:15 | |
2 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . Describing the method of making paper | 2:04 | |
3 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . Different boards types | 0:48 | |
4 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . How the waste paper comes in , some of it from local children | 1:22 | |
5 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . Comparing the kinds of waste coming in . After crushing it goes for further beating . Some uses for the finished product | 1:56 | |
6 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . When the fibre was fine enough , it was collected by settling on mesh drums , transferred to a wool felt band then layered on a roll | 2:19 | |
7 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . Taking the sheet off and water squeezed out in a huge hydraulic press | 1:09 | |
8 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . The boards are dried . The heating boilers are changed when natural gas comes to town . Testing it was an experience ! | 2:14 | |
9 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . One product made here were insoles for army boots made by G B Britton of Bristol | 1:58 | |
10 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . Alan was on the committee of the works magazine , he lists some of his colleagues | 0:50 | |
11 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . More examples where product went – ladies shoes , luggage , stationary boxes , car consoles and linings | 2:13 | |
12 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . Alan cleans the managing director’s ties until the wrong one was made of nylon ! | 1:49 | |
13 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . Dealing with customer complaints , in Germany . He learns how to negotiate | 2:30 | |
14 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . Trying to devise a new fireproof product for Switzerland | 1:58 | |
15 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . Trying to get a contract in France for car roof linings | 1:17 | |
16 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . As a boy collecting waste cardboard to sell to Chanberlains . Dampening the waste to add weight ! | 1:39 | |
17 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . The Polish workers from Babdown were bussed in . A fatality one day | 1:59 | |
18 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . The waste water coloured the stream , until the water authority changed the rules . Alan goes before the judge ! | 1:30 | |
19 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . A big employer in the town until it closed . Teddy Chamberlain , the big boss , with two spaniels | 2:07 | |
20 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . Rocky Rhodes worked here then retired to run a hardware shop . His brother was Dusty Rhodes | 1:00 | |
21 | fibre board company Chamberlains , Nailsworth . Lesley Chamberlain ran the local Fire Brigade , staffed mostly from the company | 1:28 |