track |
description |
time |
play |
1 |
Kenneth & Wendy courting in the days before mobile phones |
1:04 |
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2 |
Kenneth talking about the shops in the 50’s |
1:43 |
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3 |
Kenneth on the bus – train connection & conscription in the army |
1:08 |
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4 |
Kenneth & the eye specialist at Stroud Hospital. |
1:07 |
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5 |
Kenneth talks about the dairy – the Landsdown Creamery |
0:33 |
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6 |
Steve tells of the Lister’s Fire in Dursley |
1:37 |
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7 |
Wendy remembers the days of steam railways |
0:12 |
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Pete Cook |
track |
description |
time |
play |
1 |
Pete’s dad had a truckers B&B. he remembers pubs and shops in Stone on the A38. Plus the time it took to deliver goods from Cornwall. |
1:00 |
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2 |
Dursley Grammar School and discipline. He got the cane for playing the game of “splits”. |
1:46 |
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Dave Webb |
track |
description |
time |
play |
1 |
Dave goes to his first school, the church school Dursley . Vivid memories. |
2:01 |
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2 |
Remembering the Forge in Dursley, shops around the Market House & the local copper. |
1:08 |
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3 |
Dave’s grandfather was born in Dursley Workhouse and fought in WW1. |
0:39 |
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Bryan Harris |
track |
description |
time |
Play |
1 |
Uley community events, and how the playing fields came to be |
1:28 |
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2 |
Funfairs and celebrations in Uley for the end of WW2 with food & fireworks |
1:49 |
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3 |
Jack Meadows the Uley policeman, apprehends a murderer |
1:42 |
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4 |
Uley pubs Kings Head, Top Crown and Bottom Crown & landlords, and what was allowed on a Sunday |
1:31 |
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5 |
No bananas in WW2 and rationing after the war. Lemons auctioned off at 10 shillings a go |
0:48 |
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6 |
Bryans first school in Dursley & teachers |
0:33 |
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7 |
Soldiers in Dursley during WW2 and some shops that they occupied. Belgian and French troops all muddy from Dunkirk |
1:32 |
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8 |
Uley shops, greengrocers – Archie Philips, Jack Norris, Bill Smith, Bill Wood. Petrol at a shilling and tuppence a gallon! |
1:41 |
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9 |
their wanderings and games during school holidays in Uley |
1:13 |
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10 |
how they repaired roads before WW2 , and navvy’s dinner |
0:59 |
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11 |
there were 2 village bands – brass and silver . Bryan was assistant scoutmaster |
1:16 |
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12 |
the bus service from Uley was excellent when Bryan was a school kid |
1:03 |
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13 |
the village fish shop served fourpenny fish until the war . Then Mrs Jones sold wet fish in Dursley |
0:32 |
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14 |
Cadbury collected the local milk for chocolate |
0:35 |
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15 |
the people who delivered milk in Uley |
0:27 |
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16 |
water supplies came from wells and pumps in Uley . Then piped water from a standpipe needed hot water to thaw it in winter |
2:05 |
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17 |
bakers in Uley delivering on horse and cart . How the new cart came to the village . And ever heard of cabbage bread ? |
2:00 |
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18 |
September 3rd 1939 , the phoney war starter . But in Uley they still had a village fair with rides despite the storm |
2:09 |
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19 |
Bryan’s childhood in the 30s & 40s in Uley . They didn’t go short of food though |
1:52 |
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20 |
VE and VJ night was cause for a joyous fete . How Mr Gardner got his nick-name , but he made fireworks for the celebrations |
0:45 |
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21 |
the Uley saw mill and workers were recruited for the war effort during WW2 |
2:02 |
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22 |
Bryan lived in Marsh Mill and used unfinished rifle butts for firewood . All wood was called a “ stick ” |
1:42 |
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23 |
Farms around Uley . How Mr Walker died |
0:55 |
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24 |
Churches in Uley . Old fashioned pughs had doors |
1:07 |
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25 |
Sunday school in Uley , they had a summer party every year , with sandwiches and tug-of-war games . Or outings to Weston would take all day |
1:13 |
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26 |
Mr Bloodworth the Uley chapel organist plays “ on Ilkley Moor ba tat ” to fill up the time before the bride and groom arrive for Bryan’s wedding |
1:11 |
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27 |
How to get a coffin to the church during the snows of 1946 – 47 |
0:38 |
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28 |
The Uley undertaker , Pa Williams , makes a joke and looses a customer |
1:51 |
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29 |
colours of the local hunts in Uley , and the men who kept the hounds |
1:07 |
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30 |
weather in 1939 / 40 brought the telegraph poles and trees down . 1946 / 7 was also a bad winter |
1:11 |
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31 |
farming changed suddenly at the start of WW2 , and Bryan learned what to wear when stacking corn stoops . But the cider blunted the pain ! Do you know what double summer time was ? |
1:48 |
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32 |
is “ Sheep House ” in Uley or Dursley ? Farms did not use tractors before and during WW2 |
1:48 |
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33 |
Uley chapel had “ Bright Hour ” for mothers . There was a reading room for books and games . The Holloway club was a form of health insurance for villagers |
0:49 |
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34 |
Uley had 2 football teams , one dominated by one family . From Easter 1937 he remembers because the chocolate gift was different that year |
0:28 |
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35 |
several Uley shops and the characters running them . The coop came round selling everything including clothes |
1:33 |
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36 |
Jack Norris ran the family shop which became a butchers . Then Bryan lists shops in Dursley like Steels shoe shop and Robinsons for fruit and botting and Bloodworths undertakers |
1:31 |
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37 |
where Whittles kept their shop money after closing to hide it ! |
0:20 |
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38 |
characters in the village who lived the laissez-faire life style |
1:09 |
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39 |
Toby Dobear who worked for colonel Butler |
0:47 |
|
40 |
Bill Wood who sold vegetables in the area |
0:34 |
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41 |
Sammy Mills – hen pecked – wins at darts , possibly ! |
1:34 |
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Cynthia Jones |
track |
description |
time |
Play |
1 |
Rev Maynard was the vicar in Coaley, and the shops and pubs there |
0:56 |
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2 |
How Cynthia and her husband started the electrical shop in Dursley |
1:34 |
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3 |
Transport in Coaley in the 1930s |
0:19 |
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4 |
Her first school in the 1920s. Remembering teachers, and discipline |
0:49 |
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5 |
Thrupp church and the railcar |
0:51 |
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6 |
Her uncle was a wheelright in Coaley |
0:31 |
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7 |
How the beer & cider were kept. How cider was traditionally drunk |
2:04 |
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8 |
Facilities in the Swan in Coaley ! Pub games they played there but not on a Sunday |
2:02 |
|
9 |
Games in the schoolyard and at home |
0:53 |
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10 |
Ladies only allowed in the Snug of the Swan. Ladies wearing trousers were not welcome! |
0:55 |
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11 |
School was organised into “ houses ” , particularly for sports day |
0:31 |
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12 |
Village dances included a Whist Drive |
1:13 |
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13 |
the Home Guard in Coaley on Sunday exercises, ended up in the pub |
0:51 |
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14 |
ANZAC Day rememberence, and Church Parade Sunday |
0:45 |
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15 |
Coaley Feast, was the village fete and carnival. And judging the flower, vegetable and wine entries |
1:00 |
|
16 |
the first bus service in Coaley was more like a taxi with free rides for kids. Train excursions to further parts |
1:14 |
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17 |
Miss Taylor the Coaley teacher with a memorable hairstyle |
0:44 |
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18 |
Critch Pope the auctioneer sipping whisky while others did the acution |
0:55 |
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19 |
Tom Margesson, the local vet, drinks tea (?) for breakfast! |
0:47 |
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20 |
Uncle was a carpenter and also the local undertaker / coffin maker. He made the church bier |
0:41 |
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21 |
Fred Jackson had a very modest home but cider was more important |
0:55 |
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22 |
The summer skittle alley at the Swan in Coaley. The game of Farmer’s Nap was a closed shop |
1:23 |
|
23 |
spitoons were a reality in Coaley pubs in the 1930s. The inovation of Calor Gas smelled like rotten eggs |
0:43 |
|
24 |
Off-licence sales were conducted with a bell at the door |
0:39 |
|
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Doug Marshall |
track |
description |
time |
Play |
1 |
Dursley schools in the 1930s and teachers. The three “ houses ” at the Grammar School |
1:07 |
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2 |
Local football clubs, and his cricketing days |
0:42 |
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3 |
Music lessons didn’t last long |
0:52 |
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4 |
Dursley transport services |
1:13 |
|
5 |
It was hoped that the Severn rail bridge would be repaired |
0:56 |
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6 |
Swimming in the river Severn and the Sharpness canal |
1:03 |
|
7 |
the Severn Bore was an attraction |
0:17 |
|
8 |
Cinemas in Stroud, Gloucester but mostly Wotton |
0:18 |
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9 |
Meeting his wife |
0:12 |
|
10 |
Dursley policemen; Bill Turner is promoted to inspector. Plus the vicar & the Rag & Bone man |
1:13 |
|
11 |
Shops in Dursley and you never forget your army number – Doug didn’t. And he had to play cricket in the regiment’s team against his old club |
1:53 |
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12 |
Doug’s first job before his army call up |
0:44 |
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13 |
Doug’s father worked at Listers, and got promoted during WW2 |
1:59 |
|
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Robert Mcdowel |
track |
description |
time |
Play |
1 |
Cam school plus teachers, and the endless supply of canes! |
0:44 |
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2 |
Vicar of Upper Cam and the chapel, and a couple of policemen |
0:55 |
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3 |
Boys Brigade, Scouts and Cadet force |
0:54 |
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4 |
Meeting his wife at work. Night life in Dursley |
0:49 |
|
5 |
The pubs in Dursley, Cam and Coaley |
0:46 |
|
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Margaret
Carter |
track |
description |
time |
Play |
1 |
Early years in Dursley her first school in Knap Lane, but she soon moved back to South Wales. Volunteering in what would be called a charity shop now |
1:21 |
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2 |
Worked in Dursley Coop for 18 years, she remembers shops in town |
1:17 |
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3 |
Walking to Waterly Bottom with a wack of cake. remebering “ Make Do & Mend ” |
0:51 |
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4 |
Coal rationing. The Charity Shop at 15 May Lane |
0:45 |
|
5 |
Her car was an Austin 7 in the early 50s. Wouldn’t live anywhere but Dursley |
1:06 |
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Thomas
Nawrot |
track |
description |
time |
Play |
1 |
Thomas was taken from Poland as forced labour to Germany , delivering coal |
0:52 |
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2 |
Memories from when Thomas first came to Dursley |
1:32 |
|
3 |
Working at Listers , as a gantry crane driver , and at Hill Paul , tailoring |
1:59 |
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4 |
Social dances for the Polish people in Dursley , and the traditional dance troupe called Szarotka ( edelweiss ) |
1:55 |
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5 |
Thomas felt at home when he first came . And he could joke about becoming British |
1:36 |
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