Transport, Infrastructure and Services

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Transport, Infrastructure and Services

Description

Canals, Railways, Water, the Telephone, Electricity, Roads and more ...

Source

Oakridge History Society

Collection Items

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…

Postal ServiceIn 1852 & 1868 Richard Holland ran a PO at Sisley and Joseph Workman ran one in Chalford. Post OfficeInformation from "Home Words",…

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…

Reminiscences Regarding Heating, Lighting, Cooking and Refuse CollectionLanterns"I can remember these (hurricane) lanterns being hung in the milking…

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…

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…

Some records pertaining to road Maintenance and those involved.Gloucestershire Archives have some limited records of road maintenance from 1895 (ref.…

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…

Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   TheCheltenham and Great Western Union Railway was a 7 ft…

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