Stroud Local History

CANCELLED: The Stroud Local History Society meeting on March 19th 2020 evening (People of the Mill by Ian Mackintosh) You will not be surprised to hear that we have decided to cancel this meeting.

People of the Mill by Ian Mackintosh Thursday 19th March 2020 facebook.com/events/19692090… What was it like to work in the local mills? St Laurence Church Hall, The Shambles, High Street, Stroud GL5 1AP. Doors open and introductory slide-show from 7pm, talk 7.30pm £3.50 on the door

Stroud Local History Society talk 7pm 14th November 2019 St Laurence Church Hall, The Shambles Stroud. Paul Smith – another of Stroud's splendid Victorian photographers (1880s to around 1902) by Howard Beard facebook.com/events/21707606…

Heavens archaeology by Neil Baker. 17th October 2019. Doors open and introductory slide-show from 7pm, talk starts at 7.30pm. £3.50 on the door. St Laurence Church Hall, The Shambles facebook.com/events/38868492…

Stratford Park's History facebook.com/events/36405891… Marion Hearfield describes the delights of finding primary evidence when researching her book and shows some of them during her talk. £3.50 on the door - non-members welcome. 19th Sept 2019. Intro slide-show from 7pm, talk at 7.30

Stroud Local History Society Exhibition at the Museum in the Park. Sat 7th to Sun 15th Sept - 11am to 4.30pm (closed Mondays) facebook.com/events/23296751…

Does anyone know when the Hill Paul company closed? Was the building used for anything else afterwards? We have a newspaper cutting in 1995 that says it was closed for 8 years and another in 1997 says it was empty for 30 years.

Anyone remember this? Harvestex occupied a building called The Old Laundry at Ebley, alongside the pig slaughter house of Smith Rodgers. - What sort of business was it?

The Traditional Songs and Music of Gloucestershire with Gwilym Davies. Thursday 11th April 2019 St Laurence Church Hall is at 7.30pm. Gwilym Davies has carried out extensive research on the traditional... facebook.com/StroudLocalHist…

The Traditional Songs and Music of Gloucestershire with Gwilym and Carol Davies. 11th April 2019, 7.30pm, St Laurence Church Hall, The Shambles, Stroud. facebook.com/events/22941500…

Local bus services – four decades of recollections by Chris Blick Stroud Local History Society talk Thursday 21st March 2019 7.30pm St Laurence Church Hall, The Shambles, High Street, Stroud facebook.com/events/91030426…

''Same time next war''. Don’t miss this play! Ends Saturday. I received this review from a friend. We have just returned from an excellent production at the Cotswold Playhouse called 'Same Time Next War'. It has been written... cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/what…

Wanted - any very old photographs or paintings of the view from Swift's Hill towards the Severn estuary, to see what has changed. Can anyone help?

Anyone heard of ‘The Whiteshill Guts and Guzzel Band’ ? It appears they played mainly at Christenings, Weddings and Funerals, about or after 1915.

Can anyone help with this? 'I am researching a talk on Ivor Gurney and Will Harvey and I'm looking for information on, and a photo of the Sesame Bookshop, later a craft shop, that was open in London Road Stroud between 1913-1936 ish'

Oddington church, near Stow-on-the-Wold has not been modernised - no electric, so it was cold in November. There is a huge mediaeval painting, and you can sharpen your arrows in the porch. A visit with U3A. More pics on my website: hettyhikes.co.uk

We had a record number at our talk about Daniels last week - 106 were there! We have the book about Daniels for sate at £12 - to get a copy email: [email protected]

St Mary's church at Berkeley is unusual, as it has a separate tower and medieval wall paintings. More pics on my own website: hettyhikes.co.uk/

A talk about Daniels engineering company 15th November 7.30pm St Laurence church hall Stroud facebook.com/events/30453202…

WW1 Exhibition Museum in the Park Sat Nov 3 to Sun Nov 11 (closed Mon) facebook.com/events/22650184…