It is a museum of social history housed in 500 year old buildings. I was lucky that the day I chose to go was the annual day for free entry and cider pressing by Fergus the horse. The exhibits were varied. Click on the photo if you want to read the writing. The museum […]
My initial thoughts on the first day after walking through Gloucester’s main streets was that few old buildings remained apart from a couple of very distinctive ones. Once I’d learnt to look up I realised many were partly camouflaged by modern shopfronts or hidden down small alleys. There are so many old buildings of interest that […]
I spent 2 days in the archives during my time in Gloucester. On the first day I read some letters to a journalist by a descendant of the Vick family about a branch of his family. Some months previously I had read the article about which the information related. The people mentioned in the letters and […]
I hadn’t had time to make plans prior to arriving in Gloucester. I had little more than an intention to visit the archives and Elmore, a neighbouring village which was steeped in ancestors and relatives. Many relatives had also lived in Gloucester but mostly I was unaware of the locations beyond an occasional street name. I […]
After leaving Brecon we headed north towards the city of Gloucester where we were to spend the night before parting company. On the way we diverted to an old harbour on the Severn Estuary. It was tucked behind a semi industrial area and apparently its importance extends from Roman times http://www.wyedeantourism.co.uk/discover/all/i-4388-Lydney_Harbour. This site has more […]