Is anyone able to tell me where I might find the above information regarding Gloucester. I am trying to find out the definition of the word "ines/inds" (from a...
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averil kear
averil.akear@...
Mar 2, 2002 1:00 pm
... From: Nick Peters <nick@...> To: glos history e group <gloshistory@yahoogroups.com> Sent: 26 February 2002 20:45 PM Subject: [gloshistory]...
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bimini2104@...
Mar 5, 2002 5:37 pm
I am interested in producing an account of the development of bus operation in Glos, initially in the Stroud and Nailsworth areas. Can anyone point me in the...
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Robert MacConnell
r_macconnell@...
Mar 5, 2002 7:59 pm
Hello fellow group members, I am new to the group and i am searching for information on whether there are any Wages Books from the Postlip Mill at Winchcombe? ...
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John Loosley
johnloosley
Mar 5, 2002 9:47 pm
Tony, Only suggestion I have had so far is "ends". If I get anything further from my textile colleagues will let you know. John ... From: Tony Hodson To:...
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Chas Townley
chastownley
Mar 6, 2002 12:49 am
Some ideas Firstly try the County Council for records about public transport issues. There may be officer files which are now open under the 30 year rule as...
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Rosemary Parker
winchcombe@...
Mar 6, 2002 7:26 am
Hello Robert Yes, Gloucestershire Record Office has various Postlip Mills records including wages paid, under reference D1005, but I cannot recall the dates ...
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bimini2104@...
Mar 6, 2002 9:24 am
John - Not sure what aspect of textile history interests you, having missed your earlier exchanges, owing to having joined only three days ago, but there is a...
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bimini2104@...
Mar 6, 2002 9:52 am
Charles - Thanks very much for your helpful reply re history of public transport. The period that interests me is 1930 to the advent of the NBC. Red and...
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Robert MacConnell
r_macconnell@...
Mar 6, 2002 4:02 pm
Dear Rosemary, Thanks for the information, i found the history of Postlip Mill really fascinating. It gave a wonderful insight into"Life at that time". Any...
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John Loosley
johnloosley
Mar 6, 2002 5:36 pm
Mike, As a member of the Stroudwater Textile Trust and living in the Stroud area I am immersed in textile history. What is your interest? Would be great to...
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John Loosley
johnloosley
Mar 6, 2002 5:47 pm
Tony, Have looked into the possibilities and could be either "Ends" meaning half lengths or half pieces of cloth or "Inde" being an abbreviation for indigo ...
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Nick Peters
nick_in_pink
Mar 6, 2002 10:59 pm
... From: Nick Peters <nick@...> Is the following common knowledge ? Reference photographs of Monks Mill on the Ozleworth trbutary of the...
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Tony Hodson
th@...
Mar 7, 2002 7:18 pm
Mike, Are you able to tell me the correct definition of a Gloucestershire broadweaver - I am sure that I have read somewhere, that peculiar to Gloucester, a...
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bimini2104@...
Mar 7, 2002 7:54 pm
Jane - A broad-weaver is probably someone who was involved in the weaving of broad-cloth, which is defined in the 1964 edition of the Oxford Concise as...
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bimini2104@...
Mar 7, 2002 8:38 pm
John (Loosley) Thanks for your reply. What is my interest in the former Glos textile industry, and how can I help the Stroudwater Trust? The first question...
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Tony Hodson
th@...
Mar 7, 2002 9:27 pm
John, Thanks for your help, at least I have a rough idea now. Jane. Jane@... ... From: "John Loosley" <john@...> To:...
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Tony Hodson
th@...
Mar 8, 2002 10:46 pm
Mike, My interest in the weaving history goes back to when I was child, brought up in Witney, and being shown the old weaving looms for the blankets, and using...
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bimini2104@...
Mar 9, 2002 8:02 am
Jane, I am interested to know what it is about the (former) textile industry in Nailsworth and Horsley that concerns you. I can put you in touch with someone...
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Tony Hodson
th@...
Mar 9, 2002 3:28 pm
Mike, Were most of the weavers attached to a guild. What happened to the broadcloth, was there a local retail situation, were the weavers contracted to the...
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John Loosley
johnloosley
Mar 9, 2002 7:54 pm
Mike and Jane, Will answer some of Jane's queries off-list tomorrow. John ... From: bimini2104@... To: gloshistory@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March...
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Peter Hewitt
phewitt@...
Mar 9, 2002 11:56 pm
Looking for any local knowledge and history of the firm of estate agents and brokers called Pearce Pope & Sons. Who was the founder-assumedly a John Pearce...
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hlss1999
Mar 15, 2002 8:12 am
The monthly meeting of HLHS will take place in the Village Hall Hawkesbury Upton at 8.00 pm tonight. The speaker will be Michael Oakley, on the subject of...
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bimini2104@...
Mar 15, 2002 8:27 am
Thanks for message about meeting tonight. Railways of South Glos. a subject which has a lot of interest, but I cannot be present. Mike Mason [Non-text portions...
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Nick Peters
nick_in_pink
Mar 17, 2002 3:14 pm
Hi Sue I remember the company Pearce Pope & Sons from some time ago.The company's business must have been taken over by another some years ago, their address...
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Nick Peters
nick_in_pink
Mar 17, 2002 4:12 pm
... From: Nick Peters <nick@...> To: glos history e group <gloshistory@yahoogroups.com> Date: 15 March 2002 21:08 Subject: Pearce Pope & Sons ...
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Peter Hewitt
phewitt@...
Mar 18, 2002 8:00 am
Hello Nick Thanks for your suggestion. In GLS RO online catalogue I found some references to deeds concerning other people which PP&Sons had been the author...
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TURTLE, James
jturtle@...
Mar 21, 2002 4:12 pm
A Closer Look at Church Records A series of five two-hour workshops are being held at Gloucestershire Record Office on Monday afternoons fortnightly from 29...
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averil kear
averil.akear@...
Mar 22, 2002 8:51 pm
The Forest Examiner OUTRAGE IN FOREST SIX FOREST OF DEAN MEN TRANSPORTED TO BERMUDA For their full story read: BERMUDA DICK by local author and historian ...
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Ray Wilson
ray.wilson@...
Apr 5, 2002 12:12 am
The latest update of the A2A website at http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk took place on Wednesday 3 April. The electronic equivalent of over 129,000 original ...