ISSUE 123 Spring 2019

The “Friends” is Registered Charity No. 800282 The ‘Friends’ is Registered Charity No. 800282

Page 4 Museum Matters Page 16 538 miles, 256 locks Page 6 The Severn Bore Page 19 January Talk Report Page 8 Introducing the Page 20 February Talk Report Committee Page 10 1831 Joseph Priestly’ Page 21 Spring Season Talks account of navigable rivers etc. Page 12 Severn memories Page 22 Friends’ Activities Page 14 Victorian pollution Page 24 Contacts Stroudwater

Please send copy for the Spring edition of Llanthony Log before May 1st. Thank you

Editor Angela Marks 13 Six Acres, Upton-St. Leonards, GL4 8AY Email: [email protected]

The Friends’ website: www.friendsofgwm.co.uk

2 Already the first two months of 2019 have passed and the museum is preparing for an exciting season ahead. The main event of the year of course is the Tall Ships Festival held during the Spring Bank Holiday weekend of May. A busy weekend during which I hope to see the Friends helping to make it a great success. The Friends of course have events arranged throughout the season, the first is on 24th April when we have a talk about our very own Queen Boadicea II and her role in the evacuation of Dunkirk in May 1940. Recently I was invited to attend a staff meeting at the museum and came away feeling confident that plans were being made to make the museum one of Gloucester’s premier visitor attractions. Should permission be granted plans are in place to have outside seating in front of the museum entrance as somewhere for visitors to enjoy their drinks and nibbles, plus the area enhanced with a colourful display of flowers in containers. Many of you will wonder what your money has been spent on at the museum. Recently we purchased several fold up portable seating for use by visitors who are unable to stand for too long. These are strategically placed around the museum and can easily be used when watching, for example, one of the many videos on show. A while ago we donated a substantial sum of money to commission a condition survey for the Northwich. A hull survey and an assessment of the woodwork has been completed followed by a draft conversation plan. Both surveys raised complex issues and the authenticity of some of the previous work carried out on this craft. The reports are currently being studied to ascertain what happens next with Northwich. We have asked to be kept informed on this matter. All of this is the very reason why to maintain our planned recruitment of new Friends, for the raising of more funds through membership and fund- raising. Meanwhile I look forward to meeting as many of you as I can during this forthcoming year. 3 Now that we have completed the new exhibitions, new frontage and the conversion of our barge , the museum is looking forward to playing a more active role in the life of Gloucester’s heritage and culture. To this end we have planned a series of activities and events which will take the museum forward and ensure it has a greater profile in the city. As many of you may know the Canal and River Trust is now pursuing a Wellbeing Agenda, promoting the virtues of a life better by water to a wider public. This is a great opportunity for the museum to become a much more integral part of the Trust, as visitor engagement and wellbeing is something museums have been striving for for many years. So, what have we been up to? Strategic review of heritage boats in the Canal and River Trust’s Collection The collections team have been taking a good look at the future of our boats. Great advances have been made with the location to an interior store of some of the boats which were once in the barge arm, and we are currently looking at how we can best look after the Dredger, and . The review of these boats is part of a much wider review of all the boats in the Museum’s collection. Unlocking the Severn The museum is part of an exciting project called Unlocking the Severn, a fantastic project to create fish passes and encourage public engagement with how the River Severn has changed over the years, and how these changes have affected the flora, fauna and people who live with the river. Over the next two years we will be developing a new permanent exhibition reflecting these themes and messages. I’ll keep you informed of progress. Adopt an Object The volunteer adopt an object scheme, initiated by Jill Ruiz, has proved extremely popular. We have had groups and individuals regularly coming the museum to clean an object or objects and while doing so having a chat

4 with our visitors. We very happy with this scheme and are committed to carrying on with it, so if anyone else out here would like to give it a try please contact Jill or myself. Sabrina 5 We are now using our converted River Severn Barge for Friends evening talks and we will have a series of art shows on over the summer months. These include the Gloucester Society of Artists, Gloucester Camera Club, a photographic exhibition during the Tall Ships Festival, a national, waterways inspired, photographic exhibition called ‘Flow’, and the return of the artist Eric Gaskill with his fantastic lino cuts inspired by the inland waterways. For more details contact the museum. We will also have an exhibition of models created by the Gloucester Model Boat club in the museum during the Tall Ships Festival.

Museum 2nd Floor Currently we are working with our volunteers to reopen part of the 2nd Floor of the museum. We will be creating an open store and public library. We want to allow visitors access to the store to see some of the objects not currently on display. We will have small changing exhibitions where objects not seen for many years will be placed on temporary display, and provide space for more museum activities. I’ll keep you informed as the plans come to fruition later in the year. Two new members of staff Sarah Betts will be working with the marketing team to promote the museum, mainly on Social Media. Chris Voisey-Adams has been appointed as a museum assistant. We are hoping his interest in historical re-enactment will bring new life to the museum galleries.

Cheers

5 A four star bore viewed at Epney on February 21st 2019

Surfers attempted to ride the wave, but all had fallen down by the time that The Anchor was passed.

As the river widened the wave spread as it approached the horseshoe bend.

6 The tables indicate times for the bore in autumn 2019

7 My first visit to the National Waterways Museum at Gloucester was quite a while before it opened, in fact it was still very much a building site. I was a freelance press photographer for the local Source Newspapers, (a free newspaper for Gloucester and Cheltenham), and the editor had sent me to the Gloucester Docks to get some photographs of progress with the museum. I met Doreen Davies, (manager), who introduced me to Tony Conder, curator of the museum.

Tony gave me a detailed visit of Llanthony Warehouse, from top to bottom, which I found fascinating, especially high up in the roof space. I was hooked and couldn’t wait to find out more about future plans for the museum. Indeed, when I arrived back at the museum’s temporary office at the entrance to Southgate Street, I was also fascinated to see a few members of staff sitting in front of strange machines! I asked Doreen what they were doing and was told they are working with new computers. I soon realised the power of one of these machines and decided I wanted one to store my database of negatives.

I could only find one supplier of an Amstrad DOS computer in , at Staverton Business Park. After purchasing one it was a very steep learning curve, sometimes working through the night. By the time the museum opened I had cracked it, although compared to today it was basic!

Soon after the museum opened I met Hugh Conway-Jones who, when he discovered my computer skills, roped me into helping him on a Wednesday with keying in reams of detail about , their trips and crews. When Hugh formed the Friends of the Museum, I soon joined and have been a member ever since. During those early days I wasn’t much of an 8 active member, I simply enjoyed receiving Llanthony Log and taking my grandson each Sunday afternoon to the museum for him to play with the water and toy boats.

As I came to the end of my year as Mayor of Gloucester, I received a telephone call from the chairman of the Friends asking if I would consider taking over as Chair. To cut a long story short, I accepted, met the committee and at the AGM enrolled as the new Chairman. To be honest it was at a difficult time for many reasons, one being that were changing into a charitable trust and wanted to take museums on board. It was a hard time for all concerned and at the end of that period I felt it was time for me to stand down as Chair.

Several years later I now find myself Chairman of the Friends again. We are now in a very different era from that of the past and for me it’s a fresh challenge but I am surrounded by keen, friendly and willing people, so the role has become much easier.

9 31 George III, Cap. 69, Royal Assent 13th May, 1791 36 George III, Cap. 70, Royal Assent 26th April, 1796 43 George III, Cap. 141, Royal Assent 11th August, 1803 7 George IV, Cap. 94, Royal Assent 26th May, 1826 The , or as it has sometimes been called the Kington and , commences at the town of Kington, 505½ feet above the sea, where it meets the Kington Railway; from that place, pursuing an easterly direction, it passes by the seats of Eywood, Titley, Staunton Park and Shobdon Court to the aqueduct over the River Lugg at Kingsland, from which point it bends towards the south to near the town of Leominster; from Leominster it runs almost due north for a considerable distance past Berrington House, then making a detour to the east, it continues its course in that direction, with many windings, past Tenbury to an aqueduct over the Rea River, and the adjoining tunnel at Sousant; from the tunnels, which is 264½ feet above the level of the sea, it pursues and easterly direction to Stourport, where it unites with the Severn and the Stafford and Worcester Canal, having traversed a distance of forty-six miles. From Kington to Staunton Park it is level for four miles; from Staunton Park to Milton two miles and a half with a fall of 152 feet; from that place to Kingsland Aqueduct three miles and a

10 half with 37 feet fall; from the aqueduct to Leominster four miles and a half with 64 feet fall; in one mile and a half from Leominster there is a rise of 18 feet; the next five miles and a half to Wiston is level; from Wiston to Letwich Brook four miles and a half with a fall of 36 feet; from Letwich Brook to the Rea there is a level of seven miles; from this point to the Sousant Tunnel there is a rise of 35 feet in the length of a mile; from this tunnel to the east end of the Great Pensax Tunnel nine miles and level; from the east end of this tunnel to the junction of the Severn and the Stafford and Worcester Canal, being above three miles, there is a fall of 207 feet. The total length, therefore, as stated above is forty-six miles, and the lockage 544 feet, being 496 feet of fall and 48 of rise. In the line there are two considerable tunnels; the one near Sousant is twelve hundred and fifty yards long; the other at Pensax is three thousand eight hundred and fifty yards. There are also two collateral cuts near Tenbury for the use of mill there. [Details of acts and tonnage rates omitted.] They have also authority to make a railway from the canal at or near Stockton in the county of Worcester, to the basin at or near Stourport Bridge in the same county; and also one from Milton Cross to the town of Kington. And certain commissioners are appointed to superintend the works from Sousant Tunnel to the Severn. [Details of acts for raising new funds omitted.] Mr. Thomas Dadford, Jun. was the engineer, under whose able superintendence the work has been put into execution. The tunnel at Sousant was finished in 1796, and in November of the same year twenty miles of the canal, from Leominster to Mable Coal

11 Works, were opened; the consequence of which was an immediate reduction in the price of coal from 1 3 to 9 per cwt. In 1797 the entrance to the canal from the Severn was opened and work has gone on progressively from that time. The design for which it was projected was the transit of stone, lime and iron-ore, and the agricultural produce of the country on its line to , Liverpool, Hull and , and also the supply of Leominster and its vicinity with coal and coke. These purposes, it is hardly necessary to state, have been fully answered.

The following article was first published in the March 1989 edition of Llanthony Log.

Severn Memories by Norman Baldwin In my childhood and youth, I lived on the banks of the Severn at the tarworks, which was situated by the Upper Parting, Sandhurst. The tarworks were owned by Wm. Butler & Sons of Bristol, and they had their own boats that were kept moored alongside the works. There was a motor barge called Kathleen, which was later replaced by the larger Jolly. There were also two narrow boats, named Sarah and Marie. The two narrow boats were maintained and painted in the old traditional styles, both inside and out. Later when Butlers sold out to Bristol & West Tar Distilleries, they lost their colourful paintwork. They were eventually sunk to reinforce the banks, a sad end. During their working life the boats would travel upstream to Worcester, to collect crude tar from the gas works for distillation. As a young lad I travelled many times on this trip. Setting off early on Monday morning, the motor towing one, occasionally both, narrow boats. Late that day we would moor up outside in Worcester. The next day was spent towing the narrow boat, by horse, up and down the canal to the gas works, the motor barge being too big for the canal. Once loaded, it was back off to Sandhurst, sometimes mooring overnight at , just inside the Avon. If at any time Kathleen or the Jolly was not available, or out of commission, other barges, namely Carbolate or the Darby were sent up from Bristol. If none of Butler’s motor barges were available, the narrow boats hitched a tow from

12 one of the tugs previously mentioned. The Jolly and Darby were sister ships, of 50 tons capacity and were built in Appledore in 1903. I lived on the river bank with my family, my late father being works foreman, until I got married in 1958. I remember many petrol carrying barges travelled up and down. They belonged mostly to the Regent Oil Co. and to John Harker Ltd. The Harker barges were mostly named after Yorkshire dales, Wensleydale and Wharfdale etc. These were quite large boats and sometimes would run aground on the bend of the Upper Parting, especially during summer when water levels were low. I remember seeing the tug Progress and her sister tug Enterprise many times. They towed barges up and down the river to Worcester, Tewkesbury and Gloucester. Other tugs I also remember were Active and Victor. In those days they were steam driven, but they were later converted to diesel. Occasionally the Mayflower came up above Gloucester, as did the Speedwell and Stanegarth. As you can imagine, floods often affected our lives and cut us off at the tarworks, especially in 1947 and 1954, when boats were then the only way out for us. On one occasion we were evacuated to Gloucester on the tug Enterprise. We disembarked on the Quay, near Ship Inn. After the war saw the appearance of many hired cabin cruisers from Tewkesbury – from a firm name Bathurst’s I believe. I remember the Sunday afternoon pleasure trips on the Severn King and the Severn Queen that carried trippers up from Westgate Bridge. I also remember the rowing boats hired at Westgate Bridge that could make it as far as the tarworks in their allotted time, although in the summer months, their destination was the Globe Inn, which was half a mile downstream from us. Mentioning narrow boats reminds me of those that carried raw chocolate up river to Bournville. These boats, some belonging to Ballingers, were often motorised by little Petter engines that had a distinctive sound. Often these boats would stop at Sandhurst and give us a bag of raw chocolate – you can imagine how popular I was at school being able to give away chocolate during those lean years. From time to time parts of the river had to be dredged, the dredger was nearly always towed into position by a motor barge name the Jubilee. I seem to remember that it was steam driven in those days. The river had other uses apart from shipping. As a youngster swimming was a pleasant pastime, the water being clean enough in those days. Fishing was also very popular, not just coarse fishing but also salmon. The straight stretch of river just above the Parting was about a mile long and was used for salmon draught fishing. Nets were hauled down either bank, manually, and drawn into a little bay just above the tarworks.

13 Many Friends are now working at Gloucetershire Archives for the Archives Charity (SNAC) as part of the HLF-funded Stroudwater Reconnected project to provide electronic access to the books and other documents from the Company of Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation. Among the letters I have photographed and then added to the spreadsheet being created to provide a summary of the letters in book D1180.9.10 at the archives were three that related to recurring problems with pollution in the Ebley pound. The full text of these letters reads:

Messrs Harper & Co Sept 25th 1899 Cider Merchants Ebley Dear Sirs, Having been given to understand that the overflow from a Tank or Cistern in your yard, some time back, ran into the Canal and killed large numbers of Fish causing a great nuisance and also annoying holders of angling tickets. This having occurred three years in succession I should be glad if you would kindly adopt some method of disposing of the overflow and not allow the same to run into the Canal. I am Dear Sirs, Yours faithfully, Wm James Snape

Messrs Harper & Co July 21st 1900 Ebley Dear Sirs The fish in Ebley Pound are again, for the 4th year, rising to the surface in great numbers dead. I wrote to you last year and asked if anything ran from your works in the shape of chemical matter which will kill fish, your reply was that nothing came from your works except the overflow from the Tank which has been running for the last 25 years, but it is very strange that the last 4 years at this time of year the same thing should occur – perhaps your men pass something into the Tank unkown to you. I should be glad if you would again make enquiries and satisfy yourself that such is not the case. There being a doubt as to whether the nuisance arises from the flow from your tank perhaps it would be as well to discontinue the same, 14 you no doubt being aware that you have no right to discharge into the canal. I am Dear Sirs, Yours faithfully, Wm James Snape

Messrs Harper & Co July 26th 1899 Cider Merchants Ebley Dear Sirs, Thanks for yours to hand this morning. I am glad to hear that no chemical matter is drained into the Canal from your tank. Since the new wharf was made a drain has been put in emptying into the Canal. I should be glad to know – for the information of my Committee – what this drain brings into the Canal when it was put in and from whom you had the permission. I am Dear Sirs, Yours faithfully, Wm James Snape

As there are no letters of the same nature in 1901 or 1902, hopefully the problems caused by the drain were recognized and removed as a result of the last letter. If you can spare a few hours joining us at the Archives, or could summarise letters whose images we have put online, please contact Hugh Conway- Jones, who leads this project. You will be among Friends!

Martin Bryan

We require someone to seek out and book speakers for our Winter Evening talks. This involves booking a speaker for the seven meetings each year. Should you be interested in this rewarding role please email Martin Bryan at: [email protected]

15 In the summer of 2018, a decision was made to cruise to East Anglia with the goal of attending the Bedford Water festival. The journey entailed travelling from our mooring on the via the Trent & Mersey, Coventry and Grand Union to Gayton junction, where the boat would be left for a week and a visit home made by train. The departure was made in mid May, a delightful time to be cruising. Cygnets were taking a ride on their mothers’ backs, the yellow irises were budding and the hedges were frothy with hawthorn blossom. The boat was soon covered with confetti- like white petals.

On returning to Gayton, the Rothersthorpe flight of narrow locks would lead down to the . This flight has been adopted by volunteers who have created mosaic designs by each and have planted flowers. Beneath the motorway an impressive mural depicts the history of Northampton. The final stretch of this section is shallow as the canal winds towards Northampton.

Mooring on the river Nene has been much enhanced by the recently formed ‘Friends of the river Nene’. A good number of pleasant rural mooring sites have been created for members. The majority of the locks are operated electrically and have tall guillotine gates at the lower end.

16 Those that are unpowered are operated by a large wheel which has to be rotated for many revolutions.

After Peterborough is reached a booked passage admits boats to Stanground lock, giving access to the fenland waterways. A special windlass must be purchased here for operating Ashline lock. The waterways in this area vary from being narrow and winding to long wide stretches edged with high banks. Near Whittlesea at Briggate an extremely sharp corner must be negotiated with care. Good mooring is available at March where many boaters choose to stop overnight. The next lock at Marmont Priory is normally manned by the lady who occupies the nearby house. A tin box is displayed for contributions.

The waterway through Upwell and Outwell is narrow and crossed by low bridges. It is accompanied by a road and local houses. The last section through an agricultural area ends at Salters Lode lock. This is manned by a lock-keeper as it leads to a short section of tidal water. The is entered via Denver Sluice, where EA waters begin. The river is wide and leads to the interesting city of Ely which is crowned by its beautiful cathedral. This popular mooring is now limited to 48 hours, which does make it available to more boats.

After Ely at Popes Corner, the course of the Old River Ouse is followed. In the summer of 2018 the rapid growth of weed due to lack of flow was a problem for water cooled engines. At Hermitage lock a short tidal section is entered, fed by the New Bedford River. The attractive route then 17 passes through St. Ives and St. Neots. Moorings are provided by the EA and also GOBA, (the Great Ouse Boating Association) There are plenty of interesting places to visit en route, such as Houghton Mill, the guided bus trip from St. Ives to Cambridge, and the nature reserve at Paxton Arrangements for entering the site of the Water Festival at Bedford had been carefully planned as all boats had to pass through a small lock into the main river at Bedford. On arrival at the site it soon became obvious that the festival would be a major event. Villages of portaloos were lined up, traders were setting up and amusements for children were being made ready. On the following two days the festival was attended by 300,000 people! The bridges across the river were organised to be operated with a one way passage for pedestrians to ensure their safety. The festival was attended by both cruisers and narrowboats, many of which were decorated with flags and bunting. In the evening there was a splendid procession of lighted boats and on the Sunday raft races were watched by the huge crowds. Our own boat was moored three abreast with those belonging to friends. Many passers by were interested in the boats and stopped for a chat. What an amazing experience!

18 A new year and a new venue. We began 2019 with our evening talks held aboard the museum’s floating exhibit SABRINA 5. Our first speaker of this year was Roy Murphy, who had travelled down from Droitwich to present his talk about the spa town, the salt produced and its journey down the Severn. There are natural brine springs in Vines Park, believed to have been worked some 2,000 years ago. Within the brine is 25% salt and during the 19th century large pans of liquid brine would be heated from wood fires beneath to produce natural salt. This salt was then placed in wicker baskets to dry out. With the aid of old photographs Roy explained in some detail how the salt was extracted from the brine. The salt was loaded onto barges and taken along the 6-mile to the River Severn and on down to Gloucester Docks. In 1830 brine baths opened in Droitwich for people to bathe in. It was assumed that this aided people suffering from arthritis. Sadly, for Health & Safety reasons these bathes finally closed in 2008. The production of salt from brine in Droitwich on a large scale finished during the 1930s. However, in the centre of the town is an old building housing pipes and valves whereby brine is brought to the surface and salt extracted on a small scale.

19 For our February meeting we were pleased to have David Viner from the Canal & River Trust present his talk “Gloucester & Canal .. Facts, Figures and the Future”. He began with a brief history of and the first canal opened in in 1762. Work started in the construction of Gloucester Docks in 1794 and in 1812 Gloucester Lock had opened and the first 5 miles of the canal to Hardwicke opened with the canal completed in total in 1827.

During 1985 commercial freight into Gloucester Docks ceased and the warehouses became derelict. Fortunately, the Government stepped in and prevented demolition of the warehouses with Gloucester City Council purchasing North Warehouse for £1. This was the beginning of the restoration of Gloucester Docks.

Although we see today a thriving Sharpness Docks, that wasn’t how it was when the canal terminated here, at the old dock entrance where today SARA have their lifeboat station. Then ships would enter the canal and travel to Gloucester to unload their cargoes. As ships became larger and unable to navigate the canal it was decided to build Sharpness new docks. During 1875 to 1878 four large warehouses were built. Sadly, only one remains, North Warehouse, now mothballed awaiting a decision on its future use.

David finished his talk by highlighting major work that has been completed on the canal, including in 2016 the restoration of Saul Junction Lock. Finally discussing the current major problems of leaks in Gloucester Lock. In 1813 a serious leak beneath the cill at the outer gates into the Severn was discovered. Today the leak has reappeared with a worry that the lock closure will seriously affect the start of the boating season.

20 Dear Friend Our series of talks over the spring period continuing on the 26th March brings us Graham Hobbs, talking about The Golden Valley. Graham, who has spoken to us twice before, was a teacher who worked with the children from Sapperton Primary School on a project which involved the research and publishing of two books about the : The Story of Brimscombe Port and the Building of the Sapperton Tunnel. Finally for this series, on the 23rd April, after the AGM, we have a light- hearted talk on The History of Gloucester Pubs, which Colin Younger will expand on. Colin is an experienced guide with Gloucester Civic Trust.

All talks start at 7.30pm on Sabrina 5.

Please help us make your friends our Friends 21 Friends of Gloucester Waterways Museum Registered Charity No 800282 Llanthony Warehouse, Docks, Gloucester, GL1 2EH .

24th APRIL 2019 We are delighted to be able to offer you a talk on our Historic Dunkirk little ship, Queen Boadicea II, when we shall have a speaker from the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships talking to us about the evacuation of our troops from Dunkirk in World War 2, when Queen Boadicea II played her part on Friday 31st May 1940. 2020 will be the 80th commemoration of that historic event, so we thought we should get in first.

22 15th JUNE, 2019 Alney Island, surrounded by the Severn, is on our doorstep and yet so many local people know nothing about it and have never set foot on it. We shall be taking a gentle walk on the Island including a look at Llanthony Lock, where we hope to have someone available from the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust to talk about their future plans for this area.

7th JULY, 2019 Again, we are grateful that Chris Witts, through his contacts, has been able to arrange a visit to SARA’s new lifeboat and station at Sharpness. This date is a Sunday and we hope that Friends will be able to join us afterwards for Sunday lunch at a local hostelry.

21ST JULY, 2019 Sharpness is the subject of our next event, when we will have a tour around the Docks and the area, and again, if you enjoyed the Sunday lunch at the local hostelry on the 7th, enjoy another Sunday lunch after this tour!

14th AUGUST, 2019 Now for something completely different: we’re offering the Friends the opportunity of having an afternoon on the Stroudwater Navigation in one of 2 Katakanus, which are very stable catamaran canoes, plus a Wheelyboat is available for any of our Friends who are in wheelchairs. This will be for a limited number who want the opportunity to be really close to the water, close to the wildlife and to see our industrial heritage.

We hope you will find something in the above to interest you and, as usual, please help us make your friends our Friends.

23 Chairman Chris Witts 01452 526202 15 Riversley Road, Gloucester GL2 OQU Email: [email protected] Membership Hans Rackham 01452 528939 Secretary 12 Ryelands, Gloucester GL4 0QA [email protected] Treasurer Gill Bryan 01452 859991 29 Oldbury Orchard, Churchdown, Gloucester GL3 2PU Email: [email protected] Secretary Martin Bryan 01452 859991 29 Oldbury Orchard, Churchdown, Gloucester GL3 2PU Email: [email protected] Meetings Maurice Boye 01242 570457 17 Gordon Road, Cheltenham GL53 0ES Email: [email protected] Boaters’ Crafts Jill Ruiz 01452 418310 14 Althorpe Close, Tuffley, Glos. GL4 0XP Email: [email protected] Fielding Engine Trevor Hill

Press Officer Chris Witts 01452 526202 Mob. 0790 302 1835 15 Riversley Road, Gloucester GL2 0QU Email: [email protected] Research Hugh Conway- 01452 312667 Jones Flat 27, 51 Friars Orchard, Gloucester GL1 1GD Email: [email protected] Engineering Team Vacant

Education Patsy Williams 07932 687572 341 Westward Road, Ebley, , Glos. GL5 3T Email: [email protected] Front of House Nick Dutton

Events Pat Harper 01453 757412 44 Middle St. Stroud, Glos. GL5 1DZ Email: [email protected]

The archives have been moved to Ellesmere Port. Archive enquiries should be made to:- The Archive Assistant, Ellesmere Port, email address: [email protected]