When the Railway Came to Stroud
‘It was all carousing, huzzas and celebration, when the railway came to Stroud. No more unemployment! No more Miles Reports! No more emigration! No more poverty and riots and strikes and wage cuts and short time working! No more unemployment! No more Chartism! Cheap...
The Purton Hulks
The Purton Hulks Abbey, Ada, Alaska, Arkendale H, Barge Abbey, Barnwood, Barry, Britannia, Birdlip, Briton Ferry, Brockworth, Cam, Catherine Ellen, Cranham, Dispatch, Dursley, Edith, Envoy, FCB 51, FCB 52, FCB 67, FCB 68, FCB 75, FCB 76, FCB 77, FCB 78, Forty Ton...
Sapperton Tunnel
IN THE WAKE OF THE FLOWER OF GLOSTER A Reconstruction of Temple Thurston’s Historic Canal Journey of 1911 John Kemplay ‘It was just after the end of the American war, sir. Not so many red coats were needed, and so I turned my hand to working on the new navigation....
LTC Rolt Narrow Boat 1944
‘There is something indescribably forlorn about these abandoned waterways; like old ruined houses or silent mills, they are haunted by the bygone life and toil which has left its deathless, eloquent mark upon them. Just as in old houses the worn steps are the memorial...
I Was Baptized Josephine
I was baptized Josephine, but I call myself Joe now: I never felt comfortable in a woman’s clothes, I was as good at threshing the corn as any man, And those tales of Amazonian woman-pirates, And the construction of the Sapperton tunnel, Made me think of how I might...
Come Now, Begin Delving
Come now begin delving, the Bill is obtain’d The contest was hard, but a conquest is gain’d; Let no time be lost, and to get business done Set thousands to work, that work down the sun. With speed the desirable work to complete, The hope now alluring – the spirit how...