Free admission to Members.     Visitors are most welcome.        We ask £1 per visitor to help with the costs.

Wednesday 3 October 2007         The Mills of the Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge Area
Venue: Rodborough Community Hall, Butterow West at 7-30 p.m. (directions) Our speaker is Dr Ray Wilson, Honorary Secretary of GSIA.

Wednesday 7 November 2007        Canal Realignment at Two Mile Bend
Venue: Gala Club, Fairmile Gardens, Longford, Gloucester at 7.30 p.m. (directions). Our speaker is Paul Coupe.

Thursday 29 November 2007         A Digital Walk around the St Lukes Area of Cheltenham
Venue: The Society of Friends Meeting House, Warwick Place, off Portland Street, Cheltenham at 7.30 p.m. (directions). Our speaker is Geoff North of the Cheltenham Local History Society.

Wednesday 12 December 2007         Annual General Meeting
Venue: Rodborough Community Hall, Butterow West at 7.30 p.m. (directions). Following the close of the formal business of the AGM we have a talk entitled World War 2 Sites in Gloucestershire by GSIA member Alan Strickland. Alan presented a similar talk on behalf of GSIA at the Regional IA Conference in Somerset in May 2007.


Wednesday 6 February 2008         Aerial Survey of Gloucestershire
Venue: Gala Club, Fairmile Gardens, Longford, Gloucester, at 7-30 p.m. (directions). Our speaker is Helen Winter of English Heritage.


Wednesday 27 February 2008         The Brunel Legacy
Venue: The Society of Friends Meeting House, Warwick Place, off Portland Street, Cheltenham at 7-30 p.m. (directions). Our speaker is Keith Hickman who is an authority on Brunel.


Wednesday 2 April 2008         William Murdoch and The Intelligent Pig (The History of Gas)
Venue: Rodborough Community Hall, Butterow West at 7.30 p.m. (directions). Our speaker is Glyn Thomas of the Worcestershire Local History and Industrial Archaeological Society.

All meetings are from 7.30 To 9.00pm.  For further details (or advice on directions) contact: Derrick Hall (01452 855750 / 07812 419238)
or Ray Wilson (01453 860595)

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Directions to Venues

Gala Club, Fairmile Gardens, Longford, Gloucester (GL2 9EB)    SO 838200       (Map)

At the roundabout at the junction of Estcourt Road, St Ostwolds Road and Tewkwsbury Road (A38) take the Tewkwsbury RoadA38 north towards Longford. After about 400 yard turn right into Fairmile Gardens. Follow signs to the Gala club which is at the end of the cul-de-sac and has its own free parking on site.

The Society of Friends Meeting House, Warwick Place, off Portland Street, Cheltenham, GL52 2NP.     SO 951226      (Map)

The Cheltenham Friends Meeting House is on the north side of the dual-carriageway Fairview Road / St Margaret's Road. The Meeting House entrance is in Warwick Place (east off Portland Street), a small cul-de-sac. Please note the Portland Street and North Place car parks are pay-and-display until 8pm (£1-50).

Rodborough Community Hall, Butterow West, Rodborough, Stroud  GL5 3TZ,       SO 847044     (Map)

To reach the Rodborough Community Hall from Stroud (the bus station at Merrywalks on the A46 road) take the A46 south towards Nailsworth. After about a third of a mile (and after passing over two roundabouts) turn left up Rodborough Hill. This is immediately before the Clothiers Arms pub which lies on the left hand side of the A46. After climbing a third of a mile turn left at the crossroads into Butterow West leaving the Prince Albert pub on your right. Continue for about 150 yards and keep a sharp lookout on the left for the entrance to the Rodborough Community Hall car park (Note there is small sign at ground level). The hall has free parking on site.

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