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• Wotton-under-Edge 750 Charter Celebrations

  1Isaac Hull tries on one of Matthew Bayley's knight's helmets GSR811H03 read more

• Fountains pool of festive lights

  FOUNTAIN CRESCENT in Wotton-under-Edge is gearing up for a Christmas spectacular this weekend. read more

• 'Gagging order' is criticised

  STROUD District Council's Labour group strongly opposed the transfer from the outset and one Dursley councillor now faces up to a three-month suspension for not adhering to what she claims was "an attempt to gag any opposition to the transfer". read more

• Old house remains childhood mystery

  SIR - I have followed the correspondence about the whereabouts of Dursley Castle in your newspaper with interest since a visit in October to my parents, who live in Cam. read more

• The changes that shaped Yate

  SINCE the Gazette was first published in 1878, the town of Yate has developed from a farming and mining community to an urban town with factory production still at the centre. read more

• Weekend Picture

  Picture by Steve Richards GSR734H03 read more

• R A Lister fire remembered

  TIME flies by or so it seems. It is now 20 years since a major fire devastated part of the R A Lister factory on Wednesday, July 27 1983. read more

• Appeal for witnesses in shop raid

  AFTERSHAVE and perfumes were the target of thieves who raided a store in Wotton-under-Edge. read more

• Rail crash remembered

  THIS week has seen the 75th anniversary of the Charfield rail disaster. In the early hours of October 13, 1928, the Leeds-to-Bristol mail train collided with another at Charfield station and in the ensuing fire 14 people lost their lives. read more

• Romans knew the area well

  PEOPLE have lived in this area from the times of prehistory, shown by the find of a 5,000 year old flint axe on Stinchcombe Hill, the presence of round and long barrows and Uley Bury, which was used by iron-age families in our valley as a place pf protection in times of danger. read more

• Ring out our anniversary

  BELLRINGERS in Dursley will celebrate the Gazette's 125th anniversary with a special quarter-peal. read more

• Aerial view of Wickwar

  Copies of this aerial view of the northern part of Wickwar may be purchased from the Gazette reception at Reliance House, Long Street, Dursley (tel 01453 544000), quoting reference number CP9/02/24. Prices are 14in by 11in framed £20, unframed £16; framed 12in by 8in £15; unframed £11. The frame is in a light rich mahogany. read more

• It's not where you go, it's how

  TRANSPORT, in its many guises, is the stuff of dreams for many a schoolboy - and a newly formed group intends to capture the essence of that enthusiasm. From railway locomotives to fighter jets, from classic cars to rockets, Wings and Wheels aims to cover the whole range of transport. KIRSTY RAMSDEN spoke to its founders Richard Kelsey and Dave Lamb, both of Cam, to find out about their fascination for planes, trains and automobiles. read more

• Berkeley, Cam, Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge

  Friday, December 12 read more

• Town fall out of the cup after a true thriller at Lydney

  Lydney 6 Dursley Town 4 aet read more

• More complain about travellers

  DURSLEY Town Council is continuing its efforts to have the travellers on Golf Course Road removed. read more

• Book completes trilogy at last

  A TRILOGY by Reginald Perry has now been completed posthumously. read more

• A newspaper people trust

  I WOULD like to congratulate the Gazette on this very important anniversary and milestone. read more

• Making headlines 75 years on

  1953 read more

• Walking into a village's past

  ONE of the more surprising things about the formation of North Nibley Historic Group was the fact the village did not already have a history society. The village is, explained group member and life-long North Nibley resident John Eley, steeped in history. The village played host to reputedly the last private battle fought on English soil - just one of North Nibley's claims for a place in the history books. Feature writer KIRSTY RAMSDEN met Mr Eley to find out about the launch of the group...and its aims. read more

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