THESE dramatic pictures show a devastating fire ripping through Listers factory in Dursley in 1983.

The images were shared by Kim Wilkins and shared on the Facebook group Old Dursley. They are reproduced here with the kind permission of Kim Wilkins.

It is described here by the dursleyglos.org website: "The fire on July 27, 1983 during the main factory shutdown, the largest fire in R.A.lister's history occurred at the Dursley works. It started at lunch time in the main office block and burned down the Commercial, Financial and Parts and Services Offices together with the pipe shop and the Applications workshops.

"The Sales and Marketing departments were also badly damaged. The fire was attended by Lister's own Dennis fire engine and others from local brigades, all of them doing a sterling job to contain the blaze. However all-in-all 75,000 sq.ft. of workshops and 50,000 of office buildings were lost requiring temporary replacements or use of alternative space in other existing buildings."

If you have any old photographs of Stroud or the surrounding district please email them to matthew.holmes@newsquest.co.uk