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• The Gazette in Thornbury continued

  SO 125 years have flashed by in Thornbury since the Gazette first dropped off the press 12 miles "up the road" in Dursley. read more

• Cup delight

  Stroud Combination Junior Cup Final Dursley 49 Cirencester II 17 read more

• Stinchcombe Hill Recreation Trust tells the story of 'The Hill'

  STINCHCOMBE HILL is special - and special in a number of ways. read more

• Police station is to re-open

  POLICE have moved to strengthen their community links in Wotton-under-Edge by announcing a re-opening of the police station for surgery hours. read more

• Weekend Picture June 20, 2003

  A bird's eye view of the Lister Tyndale Steam Rally that took place in the fields of Nibley House Farm in North Nibley. The picture was taken on Friday morning. For the first time in the rally's 12-year history the event was held over a three-day period read more

• Reader's road woes

  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR read more

• Weekend Picture

  A view of the former Lister Petter site, Rednock School and Kingshill seen this week from the top of Cam Peak read more

• Lister leads in shearing game

  LISTER Shearing Equipment is aiming to establish itself as one of the world's leading manufacturers of sheep-shearing and animal-clipping equipment. read more

• Stories from the early days (continued)

  March 22 read more

• Road blunder costs tax-payer

  A GLOUCESTERSHIRE County Council blunder has resulted in the same Kingswood road markings being repainted twice within a few hours. read more

• Weekend Picture March 28, 2003

  Sign of the change of seasons . . . lambs in the spring sunshine in fields at Coombe, near 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

• Weekend Picture - Friday, December 20, 2002

  A view from Cam Peak of Cam looking across the Severn Vale . . . in the centre stands St Bartholomew's Church, with Cam Co-op to the right read more

• Weekend Picture, March 14, 2003

  Town below the woods . . . A view of Dursley taken from Drake Lane showing St James the Great Parish Church to the right and Boulton Lane in the centre read more

• Bailey legacy still lives on

  CONGRATULATIONS to the Gazette on achieving 125 years of publication in Dursley: the first edition appeared on October 19, 1878, under the direction of my great- grandfather, Frederick Bailey, and my grandfather, Albert who, at the time, was only 18 years old. read more

• Times change, those remains

  A HUNDRED and twenty-five years ago life was very different for the average person living in Gloucestershire. Most workers earned their living on the land and children only had to go to school up until the age of 12. 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

• A delightful dawn chorus

  COPPICED hazel sticks have long been favoured by gardeners for the growing of peas and beans due to their flexibility, unique shape and environment-friendly nature. read more

• Enjoy a walk in the woodlands

  COALEY WI and the Woodland Trust are running a bluebell walk in Coaley Wood on Wednesday (3pm). read more

• Half a century and there is front page news . . .

  1928 read more

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