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diners enjoying a monthly meal and natter. And reminiscing for Stroud Voices.
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		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
		Steve Philpot
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1	his first house was a caravan at Thrupp.	1:21

		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
		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
		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
		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
		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

		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
		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
		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
		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

		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
		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
		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

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