Stroud Local History Society: Mills In Stroud and Nailsworth by Ray Wilson from Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology

MILLS In Stroud and Nailsworth by Ray Wilson from Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology.

This fully illustrated talk will look at the rich heritage of the former mills and other buildings that we have today as a consequence of the woollen cloth industry.

It will also look at the wide variety of uses many of the buildings have been put to following the demise of the cloth industry. Follows short AGM.

Thursday, November 17, 2016, 7.30pm St Laurence Church Hall, The Shambles, Stroud.

Non-members are welcome - £3.50 pay on the door

We are selling tickets for:

Chills and Spills – In a wintry Stroud.

Marion Hearfield has found local stories and pictures of Christmas past.

Please bring your own photos, memories or a story to tell, as we sit with our mince pies and mulled wine.

Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 2.30pm in The Old Town Hall - Booking essential by November 21, 2016 - email: contact@stroudlocalhistorysociety.org.uk or phone 01453 759641.

£5 members/£6 non-members

Next year's programme is now on our website - there are some rare opportunities to visit Brockworth Court, Hawkwood College, Bailey's paint factory, and Salmon Springs old buildings.

Talks include the first hot air balloon ascents from Stroud, local Edwardian transport, our visit to Snow Business, Old Stroud Brewery, recent acquisitions and some old local films.

Some of these need to be booked in advance - check on our website stroudlocalhistorysociety.org.uk