18th Century Gloucestershire
Local Government in Gloucestershire 1775-1800 A Study of the Justices of the Peace Esther Moir 1969 Sometimes we can let the text and the...
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Ridge and Furrow
It’s true to say that on the Cotswold Way, We walked through a great deal of ridge and furrow, And traversed a great deal of common land,...
Stratford Park Theatre of Dreams
Stratford Park Theatre of Dreams I love Wednesday night’s walking football: The gathering dusk of late October: Floodlights lighting the...
Football Specials
Football Specials There was, of course, a close association Between late Victorian railways And the formation of football clubs:...
Cotswold Way Part Two
Day 6 Monday October 9 Painswick to Birdlip 10 miles Sunrise 7.13 Sunset 18.20 Carbon Count 418.19 Pre-industrial base 280 Safe level 350...
Cotswold Way
COTSWOLD WAY RANDOM TRAVELOGUE Day 1 Wednesday October 4 Bath to Cold Ashton 10 miles Sunrise 7.05 Sunset18.32 Carbon Count 418.37...
Commons
Commoners: Common Right, Enclosure and Social Change in England, 1700-1820 J.M. Neeson Some gleaning made from this uncommon text, So as...
Rough Musick
ROUGH MUSICK Ye Prologue: There’s an old radical tradition Of beating pots and pans in the street, Making a public din (Rather than a...
Tudor and Stuart Gloucestershire Riots
Tudor and Stuart Gloucestershire Riots Written after reading In Contempt of All Authority Rural Artisans and Riot in the West of England,...
Stroud Railway Station
Yes. I remember Stroud Station – The name, because one afternoon Of heat, the express-train broke down there Unwontedly. It was late...
Stroudwater Navigation and Enslavement
Interesting to see about Peter Hawker, son of George who was a clerk to the Navigation company, who married into slave ownership. I have...
Blackbeard
Did the infamous Blackbeard hail from Stonehouse? Edward Thache aka Blackbeard Was the Revd Thomas Thache, rector at St Cyr’s,...
The King's Shilling
The King’s Shilling I wasn’t quite two, when draped as Cupid, I went down with old-school pneumonia, In the rain-swept fancy dress...
Soldiers of Gloucestershire & Transportation
Soldiers of Gloucestershire & Transportation It may not have meant a black cap, At those Quarter Sessions, Epiphany, Easter, Trinity and...
The Gloucestershire Yoemanry Cavalry
The Gloucestershire Yoemanry Cavalry Prologue Men of means with the wherewithal To pay for horse, uniform and accoutrements; Not...
The Tracks of my Tears
My daughter saw Khadija Saye’s prints At the British Library exhibition, And when I told her that I broke down in tears, At the...
The Clarion Club
The Clarion Club Oh! Who rides by day and night, roundabout, Tinkling their bicycle bell? Hark how they near us with cheering shout,...
You have Nothing to lose but your Chains
Cyclists of the World Unite You have Nothing to lose but your Chains ... The 1890s saw the development Of the bicycle as we now know it,...
Why am I striking?
Why am I striking? Because we are being exploited. Because our care is being exploited. Those daily moments of care: that chat after...
Rodborough Walking Football
Rodborough Walking Football: The Sun Shines on the Righteous When I was a kid, I lived for football. Kicking a ball against a wall,...
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