OUR next meeting is on Sunday, January 18, 2015 at 2.30pm when John Loosley will talk about 'From Stroud to India – the Adventures of a Stroud Man'.

Hear about a young man born in Stroud who was apprenticed to the Stroud Journal back in 1872 and then applied for and got a job on the Ceylon Observer in 1878.

He moved to Madras, India to work on the Madras Mail and then bought a printing business in Madras which he expanded into fancy goods and later into bicycles and motor cars.

Tickets on the door - Members £2.50, Non-members welcome £3.50 - includes refreshments.

Now on sale: tickets for our Gala Afternoon on Sunday, February 15, 2015 at The Old Town Hall, Shambles at 2.30pm.

‘Was it really 30 years ago?’

Review of Stroud 1984 to 2014

Also WW1 Exhibition, local history book sale, photo quiz, sandwiches and cake.

£5 members/£6 non-members.

Phone 01453 759641 to book, by January 26, 2015

Both meetings are in the Old Town Hall in The Shambles, High Street, Stroud GL5 1AP (Nearest car park is Church St)

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