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• A wizard view for Hardwicke

  SOMEWHERE over the rainbow there's another Golden Valley village. read more

• Lecturers in one-day strike

  STROUD College lecturers yesterday downed tools and took part in a day-long picket protest over a 2.3 per cent pay offer. read more

• Nightclub on track

  PROBLEMS over when work can begin on a new nightclub for Stroud seem to be resolved and building work is now set to start. read more

• Village celebrates a very special day together

  IN BISLEY, flowers on Ascension Day are as important as eggs at Easter or presents at Christmas. read more

• A step forward

  A BLIND woman who had to fight to join her local gym has celebrated winning the battle by rowing, racing and cycling 6,000 metres for charity. read more

• Archery evening really hits the spot

  THE sight of a bunch of men running around in tights is really too good to miss - so when the staff from the Stroud News & Journal were invited to take part in an evening of archery, the answer, especially from the female staff, was a resounding yes. read more

• £7 million plan for cinema

  STROUD will have its long-awaited cinema within the next two years. A new scheme has been accepted by the council which will see £7.25 million invested in a five-screen cinema, leisure complex and refurbishing the Merrywalks shopping precinct. read more

• Celebrating a decade of song

  A CHOIR which has raised more than £75,000 for charitable causes is celebrating a decade of singing. read more

• Pest controller loves his rats

  TIM Powles is a man who is never going to be out of work. With the rat population on the increase all over the country, all he and other pest controllers can do is hope to keep a lid on the problem. read more

• Couple share artistic life

  STROUD has become known over the last few decades as the home of creative artists. The town and surrounding areas boast a rich talent of people. read more

• Rocket causes chaos

  A HORSLEY man is calling for fireworks to be banned after a rocket blew a great hole in his roof. read more

• Balloonist's daring leap

  A HOT air balloonist from Chalford made a daring leap to safety during a dramatic explosion in Japan on Monday. read more

• Silly name, good band

  IN the first of a series of occasional interviews with local bands, the SNJ this week talks to the bizarrely monikered kitsch cabaret band Shed Hunter and the Indigo Fish. read more

On this day: Stroud Archive