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Do you have a list of local bands of the sixties in Gloucester?
Dave & Martin@
Apart from groups featured on this site which are The Rebounds, Rhythm Rockers and Thirst, the
only other group I can think of are The Blackjacks. Does anyone else know of some more?
Hi
I thoroughly enjoyed this site; it is full of nostalgia for me as I was born in Gloucester in 1940 in the old Infirmary and lived there --no not in the infirmary,! Until I was 9 and can trace my family back there to about 1633.
I live in Bidford on Avon but come back to “Dear Old Gloucester” quite often.I have a quite a few pictures of old Gloucester which I will find for you in the New Year. Wendy@
Sandy, like you I lived in Victoria st, and went to Widden st school, it seems quite possible there is not much of an age difference between us. I still live and work in Gloucester and would like to exchange memories of times gone by with you. Perhaps the person who is monitoring this web site could put us in touch so we can exchange E Mails and I could send you some photographs via the web. Best wishes for your visit Phil@
Both parties have now been put in touch with each other.
Lovely site!
Any pictures or info on the Fielding & Platt ironworks? My grandfather worked there in the late 1920s.
Thanks! Elaine@
I’m sorry to tell you, but I don’t have any old pictures of Fielding and Platt at the moment.
Samuel Fielding and James Platt founded the company in 1866. In 1871 they produced the first portable hydraulic riveter.
In 1847 Samuel Fielding died however, the family name continued through his two sons, James and John Fielding. In1878 they worked with the Heenan and Froude Group in the construction of Blackpool Tower. By 1892 the company had registered 23 successful inventions.
In 1902 they manufactured the first vacuum cleaner from a design by Hugh Cecil Booth. During the 1914/18 war they were manufacturing extrusion presses.
Today they are known as Fielding and Platt International Ltd and serve Aerospace, Auto and construction industries worldwide.
Seeing the shot of the old Brunswick Road Baptist Church brought back many memories.
It was where Tommy Rich’s boys went for a weekly service (I used to be in the choir). It was where my brother was baptised.
And where I stopped the sale of the “unknown” man’s plaque to America: the full story is in the The Citizen archives, but basically I kicked up about it, ran a story in the paper and the planning department stepped in (The “unknown” was the founder of the Gloucester Co-operative movement, and has been restored on the wall close to the same spot, following the reconstruction).
Alan@
We’re all indebted to you for kicking up about the plaque, Alan.