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• Weekend Picture April 25, 2003

  A sea of yellow floods fields next to the road going from Stancombe to Stinchcombe with rape seed in full bloom read more

• Back to Romania

  Gazette feature December, 2002 by Matthew Bigwood read more

• Weekend Picture january 31, 2003

  Snowdrop Weekends are taking place at National Trust-owned Newark Park, Ozleworth, for the next three weekends, with the house and grounds open from 11am to 5pm each Saturday and Sunday and last entry at 4.30pm. Entry costs £4 for adults, £2 for children and a family ticket is £10. Picture by Steve Richards GSR38H03 read more

• Four Pillars - a tightly run ship

  AS you turn into the leafy drive of Tortworth Court Four Pillars Hotel you immediately begin to get a sense of grandeur. The imposing grade two listed building has nearly 200 bedrooms, three restaurants, numerous conference and banqueting facilities and a fully equipped leisure club. Clearly a hotel like this has to be run as a tight ship. Gazette reporter Julia Causton visited the hotel to explore a typical day in the life of one of the hotel's managers. 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

• No stone unturned

  Stone-carvers Richard Bossons and James Armstrong, from Centerline Architectural Sculpture, based in Miserden, place the bud stone on top of the refurbished south-east pinnacle on the tower of St George's Church in Upper Cam on Thursday. 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• No talks over charity collection incident

  WOTTON Town Council has said it will not discuss the incident involving Wotton Animal Rescue Centre and owner Veronica Bruce because licensing for charity collections is not within their remit. read more

• Beginnings and endings mark period of massive evolution (continued)

  1A yesteryear view of St Mary's Church, Wotton. 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

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

  1928 read more

• Best person for the job

  SIR - I write in response to the unfair criticism in Mrs S Alvis' letter (Can't they pick a local candidate? Gazette, December 24) on the selection of Dr Peter Hirst as the Liberal Democrat prospective Parliamentary candidate to fight the Stroud constituency at the next General Election. read more

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