I AM working on a project for Stonehouse History Group, and am looking for information/photographs/interviews with people who worked on, or relations or anyone who had relations that worked on, local railways in Stonehouse area.

People who used them for work, holidays, sending goods etc.

1. Midland Region, Bristol Road Station, signal box, goods yard, sidings etc, branch line into Hoffmans.

2. Midland Region, Bristol Road Branch line to Stroud and Nailsworth via Ryeford, Duddridge, Woodchester.

Also information and photographs of the walkway/tunnel between the two stations.

3. Great Western, Burdette Road Station, signal box, goods yard, sidings etc.

Please contact me Bob Lusty on 01453 824403 or email bob.lusty@yahoo.co.uk Bob Lusty Stonehouse Response to point about democracy BRIAN Oosthuysen states in his letter that gaining a majority at the last election with 24 per cent of votes available to all registered voters – including those who did not vote – was hardly a democratic result for the Conservatives.

Actually, they gained 36.7 per cent of all votes cast.

Perhaps even more to the point, the Labour Party won re-election in 2005 with the support of 21 per cent of all registered voters.

Ralph Kenber

Painswick