Have been trying to find out about Sue Pardoe who lived at Woodmancote, Dursley. Last known a few years ago when her husband Dave sadly passed away. Sue worked at the National Trust (Chedworth Roman Villa) - have heard recently on the 'grapevine' that she has also passed away? Could anyone please find out or give me details on how to find out? Much appreciated.

Left Dursley Modern in 1968. Am I the last one left?

Well done your site is very informative.
I have never left Australia, but reseaching Dursley, after finding my Great-great grandparents (Woodwards and Downs) came from here. It looks like a beautiful area I wonder why they would have left such a pretty and historical area.

What a great quality site. Having lived in Dursley for eight years I have found the town and some of its people mourn the days gone by & don't have as much hope for its imminent regenerating future as they should. So good to see positive promotion and comments about this easy going town.

I lived in Dursley in 1989 with the Waterson Family for six months. Went to Rednock school and also spent some time with friends at the Happy Pig pub.
Today I decided to see if I could find something on the web about Dursley. Amazing, I almost cry to see photos of this beautiful town since all the good memories came back to my mind.
Thank you! Ana

Having lived and worked in Dursley in the 1970s, I used to drink in one or two pubs in Dursley town centre, but I can't remember the names. Can anyone help? I believe the landlord's surname in one was a Mr Jones.

I was brought up in Dursley, but left at the age of 21 in 1967. In my dotage I've taken up model trains again and am trying to do the Dursley branch line. Your photo collections have been a joy and helped tremendously!

It was a great place to be brought up and the photos bring back so many memories. Trainspotting at Coaley and the sun always shined.......Haha!

These pages made me cry a little... how I yearn for the days again... anyone remember Tina Nolder, Diane Holder, Jon Beard, Colin, Chris Szkalo and Angela Blick???
Dursley Grammar was so cool..cider on the field, hahahah, with a Miss Trunchball for a dinner lady... it was truly the place that dreams are made in...
Miss it so much
xx

Very interesting site. I came to it as I was checking out some references from my father's war memoirs - he was in Dursley in about 1942 for a drill and duty course (preparatory to officer training) which was run in the town. He and the other 18 course participants were billeted in a large attic above a pub - as I can see that there are rather a lot of pubs in Dursley I guess it will be hard to identify which, but if anyone has any more information on this that would be interesting. Several of the other participants were German and Austrian refugee.

I was so pleased to find your informative page on the Lister works. At an auction here in Ontario I acquired a Victorian cast-iron machine made by Lister, and no one was quite sure what it was. I was doing some research, and right there on your page was a picture of it, from an 1878 advertisement: a chaff cutter!

Very impressive website. Well done. I was searching for pictures of the inside of Lister's old factory for a backdrop to a painting I have been commissioned to do of an Autotruck, and found the material I wanted. Thankyou.

Thank you for a trip down memory lane of my birth place.

Has anyone any information on William Trotman (Bill) who was killed in a car crash on Spring Hill in the mid 70's; or any of the Trotmans who were related to him.

I am wanting information on any surviving relatives of James Wood born in Dursley in 1839. He is my Great-Grandfather and his father's name was Joseph Wood. I will be in Dursley on the 16th June 2008 looking to find out more about the Wood family history.
Would you please email me if you have any infomation.
Many Thanks.

Does anyone remember a farm owner by the name of 'Reynolds' circa 1968 in the Cam area? He had a daughter whose christian name escapes me, who I am trying to trace.

I wondered what my great-great grandfather's birthplace looked like today. He left there to move to London in the early 1840s. As far as I know there may be distant relatives still living in the town. So if your great-great great uncle was Adrian Newth Thornhill or know of the Newths and Thornhills in Dursley, I would be very interested to hear from you.

Great job on the site! I was nosing around because my mother was born there (Yoland Cross) and I still have family in Dursley. I have been in Dursley several times and always find it a very nice place.

I’ve just come across your excellent website while researching the early life of my grandmother (Gladys Maud Kent) who originally lived in Cirencester.

It seems that she married a Joseph Charles Ball in Dursley about 1915.
He was born in Cam about 1887.

This marriage had never been mentioned in the family and it came as a surprise when I came across it in the records.
Everyone, including my mother (daughter of Gladys), assumed that her only husband was Percy Charles Colegate (my grandfather).

So what happened to Charles Ball from Dursley?
Had he died? Perhaps he’d been killed in WW1.
Were they divorced? Maybe someone can help me find the answer.

I have no more information about him, but when I found this website I thought that perhaps I might now be able to find out a bit more about my grandmother’s first husband.
Hope you can help, but if not, can anyone suggest what might be the best way to proceed with my search?

Regards
Les Humphreys

Just trying to find some information about a Lister motor we have for Disposal. HP6 , 650 RPM.
Serial number:215751R5.

Nice web site for the place I was born in 1940 - my father was in the army and I believe he was attending Listers for a diesel fitter? course at the time. The Web site fills in a lot of the background of that time. Keep up the good work and best regards.