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  • Tributes paid to much-loved RSPCA volunteer Marion

    TRIBUTES have been paid to a Stroud resident who spent the last 21 years of her life working for the RSPCA. Marion Williams, who was 88 and lived in Bisley Road, died suddenly in hospital. She had worked in the RSPCA charity shop in Lansdown

  • Nailsworth WI

    MARCH is the month we celebrate the founding of Nailsworth WI so at our meeting on the March 9 we enjoyed a curry evening and tested our memory and sanity with some very entertaining games.On the March 16 we held a social skittles evening to practice

  • Parcels of happiness from SWR students

    SHOEBOXES filled with toys, educational items and household goods by pupils at Sir William Romney’s School in Tetbury, are on their way to Eastern Europe – just in time for Easter.A total of 47 shoeboxes have been assembled at the school in recent months

  • Review: A Room With A Stew

    STEWART Lee teeters on the edge of Cheltenham Town Hall stage, screwing up his eyes in the bright lights, glaring at the audience. “Who are you?” he asks, incredulously. Who are we? Good question. We, en masse, appear to be delightedly hoovering up

  • New monthly jazz club opens its doors

    AFTER Eight is a new monthly jazz club in the Lansdown Hall, hosted by the members of Gypsy Fire. Easter Sunday sees the starter performance from Holder and Smith, a dynamic hot club jazz duo playing classic gypsy jazz and songs from the American song

  • Stroud Local History Society

    OUR next meeting is on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 7.30pm when Bill Treen will talk about Fairgrounds – Deakins Fair, Barton Street, Tewkesbury, where Bill used to live, was the traditional site of the annual Mop Fair.Bill would always be a ‘Deakin’s

  • Randwick Gardening Club

    THE next meeting will be on Tuesday, April 14, in Randwick Village Hall at 7.30 pm. The guest speaker will be Ms G Hazell.Her subject will be “So you think you know Gladiolus”. Non members welcome at the door, £2-50 per person, to include refreshments

  • Severn View Primary pupils get a Kwik start on motors

    PUPILS of the Beech class at Severn View Primary Academy had a lesson with a difference last week, when they visited the Kwik Fit centre on Bath Road.The Years 1 and 2 children have been learning about vehicles in class, testing different types of vehicles

  • Stonehouse WI

    THIS time last year our group attended the BBC studios in Bristol where we were given a tour of the studios.Whilst there we came across another group of ladies from Gloucestershire, namely Hardwicke WI.We exchanged group details and lo and behold we have

  • Appeal for stolen black bike

    A BLACK pedego electric bike was stolen from outside the Space Lansdown Hall & Gallery in the evening on Monday, March 30. Owner, Alexandra Jamieson, is offering a reward for the bike which also had a black basket and panniers. She said

  • Planning Department Weekly List

    Planning Applications registered between 23.03.15 and 29.03.15.The under mentioned applications have been received since the publication of the previous list dated 22.03.15 may be inspected at Planning Dept, Council Offices, Ebley Mill, Stroud, Glos Tel

  • Leonard Stanley WI baton changeover

    THE baton arrived from Frocester WI to Leonard Stanley WI on a bright orange vintage tractor and trailer, decorated with banners, balloons, and various items appertaining to the woollen industry for which the Weavers Group relate to.The baton was handed

  • Leonard Stanley Wine Circle

    IN THE absence of both Chairman and Vice Chairman who were on holiday (not together I hasten to add), the Treasurer Tim Vale hosted the meeting and welcomed members.Details of the menu were given out for the Summer Outing in July to Westons Cider. Without

  • Stonehouse WRBL

    THE monthly meeting of the Stonehouse Women`s Royal British Legion took place at the Community Centre on Thursday, March 26.The chairman Janet Walsh led the exhortation and silent tribute.There were 27 members present.Our speaker was Jim Turpy.He gave

  • Owner of Stroud's Sunshine Health Shop dies aged 78

    A WOMAN who spent over 27 years at the heart of a family business in Stroud has died at the age of 78. Valerie Joan Hill, who was known to many for her work in the Sunshine Health Shop in Stroud, died on March 23 at her home at the Whiteway Colony

  • Southfield raise funds for the Guild Dogs for the Blind

    SOUTHFIELD Care Home, The Order of Saint John Trust, residents held a raffle and afternoon tea for the Guild Dogs for the Blind on Saturday, March 21.Howard Powell and his dog Hero spent the afternoon with the residents and helped to raise £60 and Donald

  • The Get Grubby Gang get building

    JANE Bolton, one of the leaders of a children's wildlife group called The Get Grubby Gang, recently decided to build a 1/5th scale representation of the proposed incinerator at Haresfield, as an activity.The leaders wanted to demonstrate to the children

  • Castle Combe season opens

    THE Castle Combe circuit’s hugely successful ‘Saloon Car Championship’ celebrates its 20th anniversary this year with a capacity grid for the 2015 season opening ‘Howards Day’ on Easter Monday, April 6. After an eventful winter at the circuit,

  • Gloucester News: Motorcyclist hit by lorry in Gloucester

    GLOUCESTERSHIRE police have launched an appeal for information following a traffic accident involving a lorry and a motorcyclist. At around 4.20pm on Monday March 30 in Sandhurst Lane a collision occurred between a motorcyclist and a white, open

  • Police car hit by stolen vehicle near Stroud

    A STOLEN Renault crashed into a police vehicle near Stroud, before making off. The incident took place night of March 26-27 near Stroud when a stolen blue and white Renault hatchback travelling along the A46 from the Cainscross Roundabout collided

  • Dominic Dyer to host Stroud Wildlife Election Forum

    NATIONALLY recognised wildlife expert, Dominic Dyer of the Born Free Foundation and the Badger Trust, is chairing a special Stroud Wildlife Election Forum for all the Stroud parliamentary candidates on Tuesday, April 7 at 7.30pm in the Old Town Hall