Transport, Infrastructure and Services
Title
Transport, Infrastructure and Services
Description
Canals, Railways, Water, the Telephone, Electricity, Roads and more ...
Source
Oakridge History Society
Collection Items
Ultra-fast Internet Comes to Oakridge
Since the advent of the Internet age Oakridge residents had had to put up with very slow speed connections either via their old fashioned phone lines or by using a “dongle” and renting a specific data limit monthly. Big companies like Virginmedia were…
Postal Services
Postal ServiceIn 1852 & 1868 Richard Holland ran a PO at Sisley and Joseph Workman ran one in Chalford.
Post OfficeInformation from "Home Words", a parish magazine copies of which were read by Paddy Farroll and notes made:
November 1887 "The…
The Telephone comes to Oakridge
From the First PhoneThe first telephone in the village was that of the Le Bailleys. In the 1924 telephone directory it is listed as Bisley 14 and is the only one in Oakridge.
The first excitement was when we got the telephone. Until then the nearest…
Heating, Lighting, Cooking and Refuse
Reminiscences Regarding Heating, Lighting, Cooking and Refuse CollectionLanterns"I can remember these (hurricane) lanterns being hung in the milking shed. This helped to create a cosy atmosphere and it was pleasant to hear the cows chewing the hay.…
Electricity Comes to Oakridge
Information available on coming of domestic electricity to Stroud.The UDC was empowered to supply electricity in 1903 but it was not until c. 1916 that a supply was laid to the town and it was carried out by a private company. The Stroud Electricity…
Bus Services
Outline History of Bus Services to OakridgeStroud's Buses by N.P. Daniels 1923 National Buses No 55 from Stroud to Bisley1924 Service extended to Oakridge1931 The Western National Service No 226 Stroud to Oakridge or Bussage 1946 Late buses for…
Road Maintenance
Some records pertaining to road Maintenance and those involved.Gloucestershire Archives have some limited records of road maintenance from 1895 (ref. DA 35 B33/1):January, John Partridge - Breaking stone Waterlane Lane February,…
The Road Network
A Series of Maps showing the development of the local road network from 1777 - 1924.It is interesting to note that the two maps published in 1824 show very different road networks!
The GWR Comes to Stroud
Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TheCheltenham and Great Western Union Railway was a 7 ft (2,134 mm) broad gauge railway that linked the Great Western Railway at Swindon, Wiltshire, with Cheltenham,…
