An August Sunday at Rodborough Fields
Sunday August 10th 2025 You know that picture of Stroud scarlet cloth Stretched out on tenterhooks in Rodborough Fields, The one in the museum, The one on the information board at the canal at Wallbridge, The one on the information leaflets used in this campaign by...
Epistle to a Goods Shed
~ epistle to a goods shed ~ I would notice you barely in passing you were merely a shell from the past you stood empty like mills but now you are filled with an energy longing to last you were built and designed in those pioneer times by Isambard Kingdom Brunel you...
A People’s History Chapter Eight
A MISCELLANY OF HISTORY A TEXTUAL WEAVING OF A CABINET OF CURIOSITIES A TEXTUAL SAMPLER Chapter Eight The last chapter looked at the 1825 Riots and emigration with a particular focus upon Clay Sinclair of A People’s Republic of Stroud and coincidences worthy of...
Friday 19th September 7.30pm THE FASCINATION OF RAILWAYS
Friday 19th September 7.30pm THE FASCINATION OF RAILWAYS A nostalgic evening in memories, stories, poems music & song featuring a host of local writers, artists and performers with Stuart Butler, John Bassett, Crispin Thomas, Katie McCue, Andrew Budd, Mike...
The Fascination of Railways
The Fascination of Railways Rodborough Church Performance A friend at Stroud Walking Football lent me his boyhood collection of 17 Awdry stories, given to him at Christmas and birthdays in the early 1960s. I emailed him with a few questions and observations,...
Stations like Stroud (and Macbeth)
Stations like Stroud (and Macbeth) They’re great theatre, railway stations, don’t you think? The platform as the stage with Life and Existence itself in the limelight. For it’s almost as if a state of beatitude is attained whilst sitting on that platform, regarding...