Old Gloucester
The two photographs above were taken at Calton Road School in 1966 when the then headmistress, Miss Preen, retired.
The pictures show a few members of staff, children and parents.
Left: This picture was taken at Kingsholm Rugby
Ground in about 1960.
Standing at the back is Mr Fred Embling who
was a well known sweet manufacturer in
in Gloucester. He also had a stall in the old
Eastgate Market.
In front of him (holding the tray) is
Mr George Matthews whom, at that time, was
better know as ‘Mr Flag Day’ as he spent a
lot of his time collecting for local charities.
Right: This is a very odd picture and
probably the only one taken at the time.
Not only that, but we had to put a
border around it because it was
taken at night.
The photograph is of the ground
floor of the Eastgate Shopping
Precinct in 1969 before it had a
roof put on.
As you can see, there were already
some traders in business!
The camera is at the Brunswick Rd
end looking west.
Just out of shot to the left was the
Swinging Place nightclub. Now long
gone, but was the first Disco room
in the city.
Old Gloucester. The photographic nostalgia site.