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• Hurrah for the transfer no vote

  SIR - First of all, I and many others I know cannot be more pleased with the result of the recent election with regard to council housing transfer. read more

• Come to a boxing day hunt

  SIR - The hunts in this area will be holding their traditional Boxing Day meet on December 26 at the following locations and times. read more

• Let your fingers do the walking

  WITH 1,500 pages and numerous images, a newly launched website on the history of Dursley is certainly packed with information. It includes a virtual tour of the town featuring each and every street and highlights Dursley's industrial heritage. KIRSTY RAMSDEN met the site's creator, Andy Barton, to find out more. read more

• Swede smell of success?

  A GREENGROCER'S is coming to Wotton-under-Edge, with Harvest Store opening in Long Street in the former Red Cross charity shop, in the third week of January. read more

• County's pupils are performing well

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE pupils have again gained excellent results in national tests for 11-year-olds in the 2003 primary school performance tables. read more

• Crash injures man

  A MAN was seriously injured after his car overturned into a ditch near Frampton-on-Severn on Sunday. read more

• Housing vote is a victory

  SIR - May I, in your newspaper, thank Mrs Vera Subow and her small band of volunteer helpers in securing a no vote to Stroud District Council's attempted housing transfer to a new landlord, the Hill and Vale Housing Association Ltd. They all deserve medals. read more

• Plan mock-up proves point

  PLANS to convert The Malthouse, off Bear Street, Wotton-under-Edge, into dwellings were due to be considered by Stroud District Council planners last week. read more

• Weekend Picture, December 19, 2003

  Framed by winter trees in the late afternoon sunlight is part of Uley with St Giles' Church prominent Picture by John Anyon GJA1162H03 read more

• Patients benefit from legacy

  THANKS to the last wishes of a Wickwar man, patients at Frenchay Hospital can now benefit from £1 million worth of brand-new equipment. read more

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

  Friday, December 19 read more

• New speed limits are excessive

  SIR - The timely Comment (Gazette, December 5) not only highlighted the excess of highway signage but also the rash of new, lower speed limits in South Gloucestershire, of which Tortworth is the latest. read more

• Street party goes with a real swing

  A NEW tradition looks set to become a firm favourite in Wotton-under-Edge's calendar - the Christmas street party in Fountain Crescent. read more

• 'No one can take away memories'

  THE VILLAGE of Charfield stopped to remember Natalie Dibden at a memorial service last Thursday. read more

• Cushley makes comeback

  Charfield 4 Staunton & Corse 2 read more

• GL11 group on deadline

  CAM Parish Council has set a mid-February deadline for community group GL11 to come up with a concrete plan for involvement in the Chapel Street development. read more

• Residents greet plan panel

  Residents of Kingshill Park, Dursley, were out in force again on Tuesday to greet members of the Stroud District Council development control committee sites panel. They were there to inspect the site prior next month's vote on whether to allow a 16-home development on land behind the street. read more

• Tragic car crash for fish-seller

  A FISH merchant who supplied fresh Grimsby fish to towns and villages in the Dursley district has been seriously injured in a head-on smash in which his son, and partner in the business, was killed. read more

• Memories of the tower

  SIR - I read with interest Ian R Johnson's letter in last week's Gazette. I, too, remember the tower on the edge of Major Haigh's garden at the Norman Hill estate, Cam. read more

• Bring on Bream boys

  Thornbury 2nds 20, Dursley 1st XV 24 read more

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