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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…
The Thames and Severn Canal
Since the 1730s, when the first Act of Parliament to authorize a canal from the River Severn to Stroud had been passed, the Stroudwater Navigation had been seen as part of a larger plan to link London and Bristol by waterway. No work took place…
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…
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,…
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,…
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…
Oakridge's Water Supply
Reminiscences regarding local water supplyTony Partridge remembered his family firm putting in concrete liners to form wells in 1930s. They would have been commissioned when new house built or for animals.
People got water diviners to locate position…
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.…