Here you will find links to short articles from various sources, particularly those sent out to members via the GSIA mailing list. At present they are listed chronologically as there are too few to separate into meaningful categories.
Similar articles relating to Gloucestershire’s Industrial Heritage are warmly invited. Please send them (or suggestions for articles) to nq@gsia.org.uk.
Visit Report: Horsley and Newmarket Valleys walk – Sunday 12 October 2025 by Stephen Mills
This was a 3.5 mile circular walk which included a number of former textile mills, the remains of an early fish farm, a former food factory and engineering all featured. [December 2025]
The Black Shed, Slimbridge by Stephen Mills
This is a brief history of the building erected in 1910 by the Birmingham Navigation Company for a local mill to store grain coming from Sharpness docks. Since then it has had various uses and it currently a cafe and a venue for community events. [November 2025]
Clearing Leckhampton Hill by Stephen Mills
GSIA is grateful to volunteers from the Friends of Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common (FOLK) who regularly clear scrub from industrial archaeological features on Leckhampton Hill. This is an account of work carried out in Autumn 2025. [November 2025]
Gloucester railways and the great freeze of 1963 by Stephen Mills
This short article has photographs and stories about the effect on Gloucestershire’s railways of what is still the most severve winter weather in living memory. [November 2025]
Proposed Passenger Service on the Gloucester & Cheltenham Tramway by Mike Smith
The Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramroad (1811-1860) was built primarliy to carry freight, particularly coal. However, in the early 1830s it is apparent that there were plans to carry passengers and copper tickets (or best described as tokens) were produced in readiness. However these plans did not materialise. [October 2025]
Visit Report: Dursley walk on Sunday 7 September 2025 by Ray Wilson
This was a slow amble around Dursley’s streets in the company of GSIA Member, Andy Barton with frequent stops to look at and talk about some of the town’s places of interest with a focus on their heritage. [October 2025]
The mystery of the Crickley Hill lime kilns by Stephen Mills
This article was prompted by an equiry regarding the possibilty of one or more lime kilns existing on Crickly Hill and reviews the evidence. [October 2025]
National historic ships register by Chas Townley
This article draws attention to the National Historic Ships Register and highlights some entries relating to vessels that were built in Gloucestershire. [October 2025]
Met Office Instruments Division wartime relocation by Chas Townley
This article describes how during World War II the Instrument Division of the Meteorological Office was relocated to Wycliffe College in Stonehouse. [September 2025]
Visit Report: Wimberley Slade – 27 July 2025 by Chas Townley
This was a visit to an area with a rich industrial history, similar to its neighour, Bixslade, to the south, but much less visited. The line of the former tramroad was followed with plenty of stone sleeper blocks visible. The extensive Wimberry Quarries and various coal mining sites including the remains of Wimberry Colliery and some former free mines were visited. [September 2025]
Trams built by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company for the Cheltenham & District Light Railway by Mike Smith
This article describes and includes photographs of Cheltenham’s four trams (numbers 9-12) that were built in Gloucester. [August 2025]
South Wales and West of England Regional IA Conference (SW&WRIAC) Report: 26th April 2025 Walton Village Hall, Somerset by John Berry
A report on the second regional IA conference to be held post the Covid pandemic. [August 2025]
Cheltenham’s last surviving tram by Stephen Mills
This is a short note on the possibily of restoring Cheltenham’s last surviving tram, built in 1921. [July 2025]
Visit Report: Gloucester Docks, 8th June 2025 by John Berry
This was a return visit to a site GSIA has visited many times in the past, but it was interesting to see recent changes. [July 2025]
Framilode Lock, Stroudwater Canalby Stephen Mills
Two photographs of the lock and basin on the Stroudwater canal which have recently come to light are the subject of this short note. [June 2025]
Roman lime kiln at Barnwood, Gloucester by Stephen Mills
This article describes uncovering of a well-preserved Roman lime kiln by archaeologists at Barnwood, Gloucester a few years ago. [June 2025]
Funding for ‘Sheriff’s Mill’, Gloucester site by Stephen Mills
This article describes a project that has recently attracted grant funding to restore/retain the remains of a Gloucester water mill once powered by River Twyver. [June 2025]
John Stephens, Son & Co Ltd. Gloucester Vinegar Works Jam and Pickle Factory by Stephen Mills
An account of the Gloucester-based firm was set up in 1870 in St Catherine’s Street and Hare Lane in buildings previously used as a tannery/parchment works. [May 2025]
Cheltenham & District Light Railway Tram By Mike Smith
A brief history of of the overhead electric tramway system that once operated routes from Cheltenham Spa railway station to Cleeve Hill, Prestbury, Charlton Kings, and Leckhampton (1901-1930). [April 2025]
Fingerpost at Toddington, North Gloucestershire by Alex Gay
This short article notes that this fingerposthas just been listed Grade II by Historic England. [April 2025]
H W Stephens Incubator Works, Gloucester by Stephen Mills
This is an account of a substantial Gloucester firm who from the early part of the 20th century until the late 1970s were manufacturing ‘poultry rearing equipment’, particularly egg incubators. [March 2025]
Hobbs Nature Reserve lime kiln project, Longhope by Stephen Mills
The Hobbs Nature Reserve Trust at Longhope have ‘inherited’ a notable industrial archaeological feature, namely a 19th century lime kiln. This article describes the kilm and the restoration programme that is currently underway. [February 2025]
Visit Report: Danters’ fun fair compound: 22 January 2025 by Stephen Mills
A first for the GSIA was this Winter visit to Danters’ at their nine acre base at Haresfield, just off the A38 south of Gloucester. A highlight of the visit was a close-up view of the rides which were undergoing their Winter overhaul. [February 2025]
Cadbury’s Factory, Frampton-on-Severn – Gloucestershire’s chocolate capital by Stephen Mills
Cadbury Brothers Ltd built their a milk processing factory alongside the Gloucester-Sharpness Canal, just north of Fretherne bridge in 1915-16. It was used for the production of “chocolate crumb” which was taken by canal to the main factory at Bournville, Birmingham for refining to make the final product. The factory closed in 1982 and is now an industrial estate. [January 2025]
‘Ford motor charges a steam roller’ by Mike Smith
This is an account of a dramatic road traffic accident in 1917 when a Ford Model T collided head on with a Gloucestershire County Council steam roller. The graphic pictures of the incident show just how lucky the two occupants of the car were to have survived. [January 2025]
Stroudwater Canal Company’s 250th Anniversary by Hugh Conway-Jones
An account of the establishment of The Company of Proprietors of the Stroudwater Navigation in 1774 [January 2025]
Made in Gloucestershire – A miscellany of items – Series 1 (2025)
Included are items manufactured by Listers of Dursley, Wallers of Stroud together with Stroud cloth seen in a museum in Banff, Alberta, Canada. [2024-25]
Early local examples of ferro-concrete bridges by Stephen Mills
An account of the Meadow and Churchend bridges in the village of Eastington, near Stonehouse that were built in 1908 by Gloucestershire County Council in 1908. [November 2024]
Visit Report: Sharpness docks: 13 October 2024 by Stephen Mills
Another site that GSIA regularly visits, but this time the focus was entirely on the New Docks. This was an approriate choice as 2024 was the 150th anniversary of the opening of the New Docks. [November 2024]
Copper smelting and milling in the old county of Gloucestershire by Amber Patrick
A brief history of Swineford Copper Mill, near Bitton in South Gloucestershire, compiled when commenting on a planning/listed building application for alterations to its Wharf Building. [November 2024]
Visit Report: Tetbury: 15 September 2024 by Stephen Mills
This was a most intersting walk round a town whose prosperity was originally rooted in wool stapling and the wool trade in general, later replaced mainly by a focus on agriculture, malting, and brewing. [October 2024]
Cheltenham and District Light Railway by Stephen Mills
Three photographs of the overhead electric tramway system that once operated routes from Cheltenham Spa railway station to Cleeve Hill, Prestbury, Charlton Kings, and Leckhampton. The first section was opened in August 1901 and the system finally went out of use in December 1930. [October 2024]
Tytherington lime kiln by Stephen Mills
The lime kiln at Tytherington, dating from 1845, is a rare survivor and was restored in 1988 and cleaned up and overgrowth removed in 2017. [October 2024]
Visit Report: Gunns Mill, Littledean on 18 August 2024 by John Beard
Gunns Mill holds major historical significance as one of the most complete surviving early blast furnaces in Britain and potentially the world. It was built around 1625 and has had various uses including a paper mill. [September 2024]
The ‘Great Bristol Road Lock Disaster’ of January 1923 by Stephen Mills
This is a detailed account of a incident involving two canal boats that damaged the lock and the subsequent legal wrangles. [September 2024]
GSIA 60th anniversary celebration by Stephen Mills
A brief report on a most enjoyable afternoon which gave Members the opportunity to meet up, enjoy the refreshments and hear three talks. [August 2024]
Visit Report: Spirax Sarco, Cheltenham, 3 July 2024 by Stephen Mills
An account of a very interesting and informative tour of the extensive Spirax Sarco site just outside Cheltenham. The company was founded in 1888 and is now a leading global provider of engineered steam management, thermal energy, and fluid technology applications. [August 2024]
A recently discovered Budding lawn mower by Stephen Mills
This is an account of a new addition to the collection of The Hall & Duck Trust. This houses the largest collection of lawn mowers in the world and has many noted examples of historic lawn mowers which stretch from the 1850s up to the second world war. [July 2024]
Days Mill, Nailsworth by Stephen Mills
A brief history of this substantial former textile and corn mill situated in the centre of Nailsworth. [July 2024]
Lister Generator Makers Plate: Interesting World War II discovery at Birdlip by Stephen Mills
The plate from a generator set built in 1939 for the War Department and has been recently recovered from a trench close to the location of an anti-aircraft battery. [July 2024]
Coaley Junction Goods Shed by Stephen Mills
A brief account of the branch line from the Bristol and Gloucester line which served Dursley until 1970. It feaures the sole remaining building at the junction station which has been recently converted into residental accommodation. [June 2024]
Banbury & Cheltenham Direct Railway (B&CDR) – Hatherley Triangle to Andoversford by John Berry
A brief history of the line together with a gazetteer of features along this particular section. [June 2024]
Gloucester’s Trolleybus by Mike Smith
This is an account of the sole trolleybus built by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company in 1933. [May 2024]
Weedon Bec and Stroudwater Scarlet by Stephen Mills
On a visit to the former Royal Ordnance Depot at Weedon Bec in Northamptonshire it was discovered that Lister Auto Trucks manufactured in their Dursley factory had been used to tow light loads around the site. One display featured the scarlet soldier uniforms which was a reminder of the ‘Stroud Scarlets’, one of the most famous products of the Gloucestershire wollen cloth industry. [August 2024]
The South Wales and West of England Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference 2024 – personal view by Amber Patrick
A report on the first conference regional IA conference to be held since the Covid pandemic. [June 2024]
Visit Report: Nailsworth – Part 2 Sunday 19th May 2024 by Stephen Mills
A brief report on a further exploration of this interesting town and its rich industrial heritage. [June 2024]
Visit Report: Jet Age Museum 20 April 2024 by Stephen Mills
A report on a very successful and interesting visit to Gloucestershire’s aviation museum. [May 2024]
A visit to Blists Hill, Ironbridge by Stephen Mills
This article relates to articles manufactured in Gloucestershire that were seen during a private visit to the Ironbridge Gorge Museum at Blists Hill. [May 2024]
GSIA Grant: Restoration of Gunns Mill by Stephen Mills
A brief history of Gunns Mill, Shapridge, Littledean in the Forest of Dean to accompany the annoucment of a grant by GSIA. [April 2024]
A W Hawksley – Swords to ploughshares – Aircraft to Aluminium Prefabs by Chas Townley
This is a detailed account of the Hucclecote firm that was established in 1940 to assemble aircraft but after the war produced a large number of pre-fabricated buildings to ease the housing shortage. [April 2024]
The end of the Hoffmann ball bearing factory at Stonehouse by Stephen Mills
This large factory has been a local landmark since the 1930s and for much of that time has been involved in the manufacture of bearings. This account gives a brief history of the site and records it demolition in 2023-24 for redevelopment. [March 2024]
Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Works Plate by Mike Smith
This article describes a Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company’s builder’s plate that that had been purchased by the Author in 2020. It has been established that the plate was fixed to a carriage supplied to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) Railways in 1930. [January 2024]
The Westgate Street Bridge by Derrick Hall
A miscellany of items relating to Westgate Bridge, Gloucester. [December 2023]
Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Token by Mike Smith
A detailed description of this particular “trade token” that was issued in 1797. [November 2023]
The millowner and the doctor: Henry Hicks and Edward Jenner – an unlikely pairing by Stephen Mills
An account of the friendship between Hicks, the mill owner and Jenner, the pioneer of vaccination. [October 2023]
The Fire At Purton Mill, Saturday 11 th August 1883 by Mike Smith
This article is based on two contemporary newspaper reports, one on the fire itself and the other on the auction that followed. [September 2023]
Gloucestershire engineering in Snowdonia by Stephen Mills
On show in the industrial railway museum at Penrhyn castle in North Wales is a beautifully restored salon coach built by the Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Ltd. in around 1896. [September 2023]
Steam Passenger Boat at Purton on the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal by Mike Smith
This article recalls the times between 1852 and the early 1930’s when the steam packets, the Wave and the Lapwing, ran a regular service along the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. [July 2023]
What are ‘composition’ millstones? – millstone manufacture in Gloucester by Stephen Mills
This article looks at the various Gloucester firms that were making millstones, and in particular, Barrons, who made very effective millstones by embedding ground up abrasive materials, such as emery, in a matrix of strong cement. [June 2023]
Visit Report: Eastington, Sunday 14 May 2023 by Stephen Mills
Starting at Bonds Mill Stonehouse,the party walked westward along the Stroudwater Canal to Westfield Bridge and on the retuen loop visited a number of sites including Churchend and Millend Mills. [May 2023]
Steam Boat Service from Westgate Bridge, Gloucester to Lower Lode, Tewkesbury by Mike Smith
An account of Gloucester’s tramway system is also included [May 2023]
The Inchbrook Works/Crystal Fountain Mills by Stephen Mills
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This article explores one of the more unusual uses that a redundant Stroud valleys cloth mills was used for – the production of borax and boracic acid.
[April 2023]
Showrooms of the Gloucester Carriage & Wagon Company Limited by Mike Smith
A lesser known aspect of one of Gloucester’s most important engineering companies is that the company built a limited number of road vehicles in addition to their core business of railway carriages and wagons. This article gives an account of the company’s showrooms near the Great Western Railway Station for carriages and “trade vehicles”. [April 2023]
AI and IA [Artificial Intelligence and Industrial Archaeology] by Ray Wilson
There has been considerable interest in Artificial intelligence (AI – the science of making machines that can think like humans) following the launch of “Chatbots” such as ChatGPT and Bard. This article provides a very basic introduction to AI and gives the results when these two Chatbots were asked to “Write a 1000 word article on the most important sites of industrial archaeological interest in Gloucestershire UK”. Unfortunately, both responses were stilted and contained serious errors and demonstrated that this technology still has a long way to go before it can be used reliably. [April 2023]
Frocester to Frampton-on-Severn Mineral Railway by Stephen Mills
A short article exploring the background of a small largely forgotten mineral railway that once ran between Frocester and Frampton-on-Severn. [March 2023]
Somerset Industrial Archaeology Society, 50th Anniversary Celebration, 3 September 2023 by John Berry
GSIA were represented at SIAS’s 50th anniversary celebration by John Berry who has provided this report. [February 2023]
Leatherboard Production by Stephen Mills
Visit Report – Gloucester Incinerator – Wed 16 November 2022 by Stephen Mills
Twenty members enjoyed a very interesting and informative talk followed by a tour of the plant. [December 2022]
Gloucester engineering and the first vacuum cleaner (Hubert Cecil Booth Inventor) by Stephen Mills
Hubert Cecil Booth, was the Gloucester born inventor of the vacuum cleaner. Early versions were powered bty a petrol engines and the whole assembly mounted on a horse drawn cart and manufactured by Fielding and Platt at Gloucester. [November 2022]
Visit Report – Bixlade area, Forest of Dean – Sun 23 October 2022 by Stephen Mills
The visit included Cannop Ponds, the tramroad that ran up the Bixlade valley to the quarries at Bixhead, along with various former quarries and mines along its route. [October 2022]
The Harold Wingham Collection of Aerial Photographs by Ray Wilson
Some 2000 photographs were taken by Harold between April 1951 and July 1963 and what is so remarkable is that it was all self-funded. Harold spent most of his life in Gloucestershire and this is reflected in the 748 images for the modern county. There images are all available online on the Historic England website. [October 2022]
Visit report – Three Stroudwater Canal Crossings – Sun 9 October 2022 by Stephen Mills
The three crossings were The Ocean Jubilee Bridge (the new rail bridge), at Stonehouse, the two new bridges were incorporated into the roundabout on the A38 at Whitminster in 2020, and the existing underpass for the River Frome, where is it proposed to take the canal under the M5. [October 2022]
An ancient pump of unknown origin by Stephen Mills
A query from New York, USA, regarding Newman Hender, a long-established engineering firm at Woodchester, Gloucestershire. [September 2022]
Useful Ephemera! by Stephen Mills
The story of how the discovery of an old invoice prompted an investigation into a trio of large mills working together in South Gloucestershire. [July 2022]
The Ron Cook and Alfred Compton Photographic Collections by Ray Wilson
Ron Cook’s collection of 233 colour slides includes a lot of local railway images and Alfred Compton’s 53 colour slides show “The Mills of the Leadon Valley” [June 2022].
A short history of Lydney Products by Stuart R Thomas
While he was working in Gloucestershire 25 years ago, the author became involved with the firm of Lydney Products who were manufacturers of timber products especially high grade plywood. Their factory which was situated near Lydney Docks had been built during World War II to manufacture plywood for aircraft manufacture, especially for the De Havilland Mosquito. [April 2022]
William ‘Shiner’ Price – a Gloucester boat builder and man of the river by Stephen Mills
The story of the author’s great grandfather William ‘Shiner’ Price, who is described as a man of many parts – shipwright, hunter, fisherman, swimmer, poacher, [April 2022]
George Waller and Sons by Peter Powis
A brief history of George Waller and Sons, engineers, of Thrupp near Stroud together with illustrations of some of the very wide range of products the company manufactured. [March 2022]
Charles Hooper 1810-1869: A mill owner’s sad and untimely end by Stephen Mills
This article reveals the sad ending to the life of one of the Stroud area’s most prominent and successful cloth mill owners, Charles Hooper of Eastington.
Leckhampton Hill: Scrub Clearance on Industrial Archaeology Sites by Ray Wilson
The article describes the essential scrub clearance required on key IA sites on the hill to to ensure they remain visible to the public. This was carried out during 2002 to 2005 by GSIA working parties but is now carried out by other organisations. [November 2021]
The mystery of the cast iron wheels found at Thrupp – solved! by Stephen Mills
A pair of large cast iron wheels were found in 2021 on waste ground at Thrupp. Their unusual features meant that initilly their function was a mystery. Various theories were put forward but as described in this article it has now been determined that they were tappet wheels as used to raise the hammers in a set of fulling stocks and that the wheels had come from Cam Mills in about 1970. [August 2021]
Berkeley Station – The Bricks by Derek Hore and Andrew Perrin
The co-authors of this article are volunteer members of the Vale of Berkeley Railway (VoBR) based at Sharpness Docks. It is an account of research into the various types of brick found when the site of the former Berkeley Station was excavated.
The station is on the former railway line between Sharpness and Berkeley Road which the VoBR are working towards reopening as a Hertage Railway. [August 2021]
Lovedays Mill – the Old House? by Jeremy Tyson
An account by the owner of some excellent detective work which shows that what is referred to as the old house at the mill is in fact a rebuild from between 1829 and 1856 of an earlier house on the same site. [July 2021]
A Lister engine in North Wales by Stephen Mills
An account of a small diesel engine made by R A Lister & Co of Dursley which powered a locomotive that operated in various slate quarries in North Wales from 1936 and then latterly at two heritage railways. It arrived at National Slate Museum at Llanberis in North Wales in 1993 where it can be seen today. [June 2021]
Redevelopment at Dudbridge Stroud by Stephen Mills
Dudbridge, Stroud was an area that was once rich in industrial history. Much of this changed in the 1990 when teh Lweis and Hole foundary closed as the site redeveloped as a Sainsburys supermarket. Now much of the remaining industrial area is being developed for a Lidl supermarket and housing as outlined in this article. [May 2021]
The Stroudwater Canal Swing Bridge at Saul Junction Restored by Ray Wilson
The small swing bridge across the start of the Stroudwater Canal to RW Davis & Son Ltd’s boatyard has been locked open for several years. However aided by a grant from the Association for Industrial Archaeology (AIA) the bridge has undergone a full restoration and is operational again. This article includes an image from the GSIA Archives of the bridge in 1964. [March 2021]
The Castle Meads Fireless Loco by Stephen Mills
This article traces the history of the so-called fireless loco that was built by Andrew Barclay and used at Cartle Meads Power Station, Gloucester from its opening in 1942. Following the closure of the power station in 1973 it has been in the hands of various railway preservation societies. It is currently with the Vale of Berkeley Railway based at Sharpness Docks. [March 2021]
Comments on Fireless Locos including one at Heysham Nuclear Power Station, Lancashire by Neil Howarth [March 2021]
Can You Identify This Piece of Specialist Equipment Please? by Robin Townsend
The exact use of this tool remains a mystery despite a number of suggestions by members. [March 2021]
Castle Meads Power Station by Stephen Mills
This was a small Second World War coal-fired power station situated on Alney Island in the River Severn at Gloucester. Opened in 1942 it closed in 1973. [February 2021]
Suspension water wheels and rim gearing by Stephen Mills
This article discusses two very important technical advances, developed during the 19th century relating to water power, namely the suspension design, and rim gearing. Suspension wheels were usually stronger, lighter
and able to handle greater amounts of torque than their predesessors while rim gearing reduced stresses in the axle which could thus be lighter. [January 2021]
Query About Rock Mill House, Stroud by Stephen Mills
Information, especially photographs would be welcomed by the owner. [October 2020]
Waller & Son gas exhausters, a long way from home by Stephen Mills
George Waller & Sons Ltd of the Phoenix Ironworks, Thrupp for many years, produced a range of engines, pumps, and hydraulic equipment. They also came to specialise in the manufacture of machinery for gas works which was supplied both in the UK and overseas. This article describes Waller equipment that survives in the gasworks at Dunedin on South Island, New Zealand, which is now a gasworks museum. [October 2020]
The Pin Mill at Bodnant Garden by Stephen Mills
In 1938 a fine former gazebo or summer house referred to as the Pin Mill was removed from Frogmarsh Mill, Woodchester and re-ercted in the garden at Bodnant, the home of Lord Aberconway, in North Wales. This article gives a brief history of Frogmarsh Mill and the story behind the transfer of the Pin Mill to Bodnant which is now owned by the National Trust and the garden is open to the public. [September 2020]
GSIA and Newent Glassworks by Stephen Mills
This is an account of assistence provided by GSIA in finding a secure home for artefacts discovered several years ago on the site by field walking. [September 2020]
Cotswold Canals Restoration video: New Bridge at A38 Whitminster Roundabout by Ray WilsonIn 2020 two new bridges were constructed to carry the A38 main road over the Stroudwater Canal at Whitminster, Gloucestershire, UK. This item shows an image of one of the massive concrete sections that will form the new western bridge being craned into position and has a link to a video of the operation. [September 2020]
Pine End Works, Lydney Docks by Stephen Mills
The works were built as a shadow factory during the Second World War to produce specialist grades of plywood for military and other uses. The 14 acre site operated for more than 60 years until it finally closed around 15 years ago and the whole site has been recently cleared. [July 2020]
Workman & Sons, Engineers of Slimbridge, Gloucestershire by Stephen Mills
This small engineering company was set up around 1861 and like many other similar enterprises would undertake a wide range of related work. However, they were most famous for their cider mills and presses, winning awards at a number of major agricultural shows. [June 2020]
Gloucestershire’s Industrial Heritage Picture Quiz by Ray Wilson
Members were asked to identify six sites from deliberately very obscure images. In most cases the best anyone could do was identify one! As intended this increased the interest answers which were subseqently published in the form of a short articles on each one.
Item 1: Nailsworth Railway Station [August 2020]
Item 2: Llanthony Swing Bridge [September 2020]
Item 3: Detail of Upper Siddington bridge over the Thames and Severn Canal [October 2020]
A Lister Engine in Guatemala by Stephen Mills
A posting on social media from a former Stroud resident now living in Guatemala included a photograph of a small Lister diesel engine driving a coffee mill on a smallholding at Verapaz, Guatemala. The image is reproduced in this article by kind permission and there is also a brief review of the work carried out by GSIA on the documents, including minute books, rescued from the factory when it closed in May 2014 [May 2020]
Some curious industrial remains [Coal Tippler at Stroud Gasworks] by Ray Wilson
After 1924 coal for Stroud Gasworks was delivered in railway wagons to the siding on the Stroud branch of the Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway. Wagons were up-ended and the coal sent down to the works below using a facility called a coal tippler. Some remnants of the siding have survived which prompted a query from a member of the public which in turn led to this file note about the coal tippler. [April 2020]
More on Sroud Gas Works – I by a Non-member [April 2020]
More on Sroud Gas Works – II by Lionel Jones
(includes a photograph of Dursley gas works) [April 2020]
Query: Who supplied the Coal Handling Plant at Stroud Gas works? by Ray Wilson
An image from te Compamy’s history refers to the supplier as “West” [June 2020]