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• Timing is everything

  SIR - I have been a resident of Wotton-under-Edge for sometime now. My girlfriend and I live above the shops on Long Street. read more

• Weekend Picture April 4, 2003

  Colour beneath the trees . . Another sign of spring with a bed of white flowers carpeting the ground in the woods above Woodmancote, Dursley read more

• Aviation heritage is preserved

  A BAND of dedicated enthusiasts is hard at work treasuring the area's aviation heritage. The volunteers spend hours each week in a draughty hangar preserving a collection which includes everything from a helicopter to a bus, from missiles to spacecraft. As preparations are underway to open to the public for the new season, Gazette feature writer KIRSTY RAMSDEN met enthusiasts at Bristol Aero Collection to find out about their passion for planes. read more

• Country house is very much home

  NEWARK PARK in the Ozleworth Valley, near Wotton-under-Edge, is looking for volunteer room stewards. read more

• It's terrible to see our history decay

  SIR - I have just returned from a walk down Dursley's Long Street, feeling sad and angry at the state in which the offices of the old R A Lister company have been allowed to fall. read more

• Audience loves slapstick panto

  AUDIENCE participation was a major feature of Wotton Dramatic Society's pantomime this year - and the audience loved it. read more

• Pleasures of a Sunday drive

  CONGRATULATIONS to the Gazette on its 125th anniversary. read more

• Weekend Picture - January 10 2003

  Snow and frost remained on the walls at Blacksmith Hill in Ozleworth for several days this week as temperatures stayed below freezing read more

• Family poet is an inspiration

  HAWKESBURY UPTON pensioner Ronald Cook had always known he had a published poet for a relative. But when Mr Cook while going through his father's belongings following his death he found a book of Eliza Cook's poems. This discovery ignited an interest which has become a passion for the poetry of his great-great-great-aunt. Gazette feature writer KIRSTY RAMSDEN met Mr Cook and found out more about his much-admired ancestor. read more

• In brief

  SEVERE STORM: A severe thunderstorm, accompanied by very heavy rain, passed over this neighbourhood in the early hours of Saturday morning (May 28). Predicted in Eddington's Almanac. (The publication in which this item appeared was edited by a Mr. Eddington!) (1892) read more

• Stories from the early days

  The Dursley, Berkeley and Sharpness Gazette and West Gloucestershire Advertiser 1878. Cost one penny. Some issues included Wotton-under-Edge Advertiser on mast head. read more

• Weekend Picture

  St Giles' Church in Uley is captured in the autumn sunshine beyond plenty of leaves remaining even after the recent stormy weather Picture by Steve Richards November 8, 2002 GSR813H02 read more

• Bugs are key to success

  IT IS well known that industrial and residential sites do not always live side by side in harmony. The CPC Stroud Flexibles factory, in Wotton-under-Edge, has had its fair share of accusations surrounding pollution and harmful emissions. The company has recently spent a substantial amount of money to make the factory more environmentally friendly. Reporter JULIA CAUSTON visited the factory to see how it is using friendly bugs to become a better neighbour. read more

• Take a walk on the wildside

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE Wildlife Trust is bidding to reveal the magic of watching wildlife. read more

• Infertile women get a chance at being a mum

  ALL young women assume they are able to have children. Even those who don't want to have babies think that they would have no problem producing a child if they changed their minds. read more

• Chipping Sodbury - the past 125 years (continued)

  1Picture of around 1900 when the remains (shaft and base) of the 16th century cross stood in the grounds of the Roman Catholic Church read more

• Weekend Picture May 9, 2003

  Across the rooftops . . . another view of Wotton-under-Edge seen from the Old London Road read more

• Cricket and the Grace phenomena

  CRICKET was a very popular game in the district in late Victorian times. Thornbury was fortunate in being able to call on the talents of the famous Grace family. Details from just two of Thornbury's matches will serve to illustrate the formidable powers of the Grace brothers. read more

• TETRA trials spark new health fear

  THERE is disquiet and concern, not to mention controversy, in parts of central Dursley about possible health risks arising from the new police communications mast on the British Telecom building. Here Lynne Edmunds, TETRA co-ordinator for Mast Action and TETRA consultant for Mast Sanity, from Amberley, states her case. read more

• Weekend Picture

  A view of the village of Coaley, dominated by St Bartholomew's Church, taken from the top of Cam Peak read more

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