History

Westcountry ghost stories you might not have heard before

Six short rockets from the crypt that have almost been forgotten

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Forgotten nightclubs you'd love to revisit for just one more night

Looking back at the long lost venues around the county

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The Cheltenham Noddy Train: The free public transport service that was a liability

The pioneering flagship town centre Spa Shuttle became a controversial and expensive burden on council budget

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Gloucester Goes Retro returns this August Bank Holiday

Don’t forget to dig out your best retro and vintage outfit and take part in the Best Dressed competition

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When elephants roamed the streets of Gloucester

A dozen strong cavalcade of elephants trudged trunk to tail from the central railway station, up Eastgate Street, over the Cross and down Westgate Street to perform at the big top on the Oxleaze.

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The beautiful corner of Gloucestershire where poets who found fame gathered

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Between 1911 and 1915 a group of poets, some celebrated at the time, some who found fame later, gathered in the delightful corner of Gloucestershire that abuts Herefordshire.

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Snapshot of small Gloucestershire town from the 1960s captured

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Dursley Rural District Council (DRDC) paid for and published the official guide with its smart burgundy cover you see reproduced here in 1966.

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Gloucestershire's lovely lidos which made a splash on so many lives

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Cheltenham’s Lido dates from the 1930s, as does Stroud’s in Stratford Park. But the oldest open air pool in the country is Cirencester’s and opened in 1869.

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Cheese rolling chaos captured in serene old-timey paintings

Nobody sponsors the cheese roll. You don’t need a ticket to take part or watch. There’s not an advertising hoarding in sight. It’s not commercialised in any way.

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D-Day 80th Anniversary Commemorative Special - on sale now

"We understood the importance of what we were doing and why we had to do it. But it didn’t make it any better.”

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Beautiful Cotswolds twin villages loved by Poet Laureate

If you venture to the tucked away corner of Gloucestershire that’s home to the twin villages of Eastleach Turville and Eastleach Martin it may become a favourite of yours too.

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When a child was killed in Gloucester by a lion

He was part of a lion taming act

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The car bomb and shotgun murder mystery that rocked a sleepy hamlet

The tranquillity of a sleepy hamlet in South Gloucestershire was shattered one morning 40 years ago when a bomb exploded. What unfolded in the following weeks was a plot worthy of any detective novel

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The M4 Prince of Wales Bridge pictured 30 years ago during construction

Archive images document the extraordinary engineering that spanned the river and mudflats between Bristol and South Wales

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Quiz: How well do you know Gloucestershire history?

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Whether you consider yourself a local history buff or just a trivia fan, we think you'll find this quiz a fun challenge

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Nostalgia: Cheltenham Lido when it opened in May 1935

The design was by Gilbert Marsland, who served as the borough surveyor from 1933 to 1960

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RAF Fairford and the B-52's role in Operation Iraqi Freedom 20 years on

The Gloucestershire airbase played a pivotal role in the invasion of Iraq

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Ten things from 00s Cheltenham that you can’t do any more

The town has changed in many ways over the years

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Why there is a cordon around St Michael's Tower in Gloucester City Centre

Deteriorating weather conditions have caused the issue

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Remembering the Big Freeze of 1963 when Gloucestershire had a mini ice age

If you think it's cold today, it's nothing like what it was way back when

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Time travel to Gloucester and Cheltenham in 1923

Taking a look at the pages of the Citizen and the Gloucestershire Echo to see what life was like

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Lost Gloucestershire castles you may not have heard of

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We've all heard of Sudeley Castle and Berkeley Castle - but what about the others?

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Take a trip through Cadbury's Christmas past with rare unearthed photos of treats through the decades

Recognise any of these old favourites?

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The adorable letters children wrote to Santa at Christmas decades ago

From socks without holes to Tom Jones - wonderful messages kids sent Father Christmas have been unearthed from the archives

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Jeremy Clarkson Jeremy Clarkson welcomes Kemi Badenoch to his Cotswolds pub over 'cruel' change The Conservatives' leader warned family farms are "at risk because of Labour's budget" and met with the former Top Gear presenter and local farmers

ITV chef James Martin's cancer battle and the first symptom he spotted

James Martin was diagnosed with facial skin cancer in 2018 after spotting the first signs of the disease on his face

Expert says 'burn fat quickly' by having three-ingredient drink before meals

Dr Mindy Pelz, D.C a nutrition and functional health expert, explained the three-ingredient drink you should have before meals to help "burn fat quickly"

Christmas gifts handed out to refugee and asylum-seeking children in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Council

There are more than 400 children who have had to flee their homes due to tragic circumstances

Christmas vegetable packed with vitamin C that will 'keep you healthy' this winter

Vitamin C isn't stored in the body so it's important to eat the right fruit and vegetables to get the correct recommended daily amount, especially to ward off illnesses and bugs this winter

Forest Green Rovers FC “It'll be a completely different environment that he's walked into” – Forest Green Rovers boss Steve Cotterill on Jordon Garrick return and Aldershot Town at home Rovers re-sign a familiar face in Jordon Garrick, but have important task ahead this weekend against a struggling Aldershot Town

Jeremy Clarkson welcomes Kemi Badenoch to his Cotswolds pub over 'cruel' change

Jeremy Clarkson

The Conservatives' leader warned family farms are "at risk because of Labour's budget" and met with the former Top Gear presenter and local farmers

ITV chef James Martin's cancer battle and the first symptom he spotted

James Martin was diagnosed with facial skin cancer in 2018 after spotting the first signs of the disease on his face

Expert says 'burn fat quickly' by having three-ingredient drink before meals

Dr Mindy Pelz, D.C a nutrition and functional health expert, explained the three-ingredient drink you should have before meals to help "burn fat quickly"

Christmas gifts handed out to refugee and asylum-seeking children in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Council

There are more than 400 children who have had to flee their homes due to tragic circumstances