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Last Thurs Foodbank Benefit Custard Ceili 28th Dec
A cèilidh (if you visit.Wikipedia) is a traditional Scottish or Irish social gathering. In its most basic form, it simply means a social…. A Last Thurs Benefit for The Forest Foodbank The Custard Band Ceili Thursday 28th December announces the space heel to toe, finger turns and the inevitable inner fish dance that emerge […]
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Incomplete History Heritage Open Days 7th Broadwell 8th Sept Newham Bottom
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One Day In Broadwell exhibition at Coleford Library until 17th September
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One Day in Broadwell attracts 300 people
thanks to everybody that contributed their time and support and everybody who came along on 10th July- we will be having follow up meeting very soon. These are just a couple of the photographs loaned to the project, the stories behind them and many memories and diaries will be appearing on the Coleford Hub in […]
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One Day In Broadwell SUNDAY 10th July 11am-5pm Evergreen Hall GL16 7BN
Coleford Festival of Words 2016 An incomplete History of Broadwell- Exhibition of memories, photographs, films, stories, and items about Broadwell, things lost, things recalled,maps, shops; today and tomorrow…? Read the Diary “One Day in Broadwell” collection – 1st July 2016 – write about a day in your life 1868 Land Society, 1947 Women’s football team, […]
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Andrew Taylor in Broadwell Festival Sun 26th
This Sunday at the Broadwell Festival this years Coleford Festival of Words features a session by author Andrew Taylor. Andrew will be talking about a sense of place, he will talk about the clues, research and process of capturing history in your words. This project has been gathering stories, photographs and experiences from a whole […]
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One Day in Broadwell- Sun 19th June- Nicola Goff shares a childhood beside Jugs Hole
Coleford Festival of Words 2016 Broadwell an incomplete history continues…. Sunday next 19th June 11am -2pm Growing up In Broadwell- how different is it now? what has changed? what is the same OUR OLDEST MAP 1878 has JUGS HOLE in place any ideas where the name came from? see you at the Evergreen Hall GL16 […]
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Shopping in Broadwell- Who was your Milkman? Sunday 12th June 11am
Sunday 5th June warm sunny day and things begin to hot up in the Evergreen Hall when Ted Smith and his son arrive. As you can see from the photo above Ted who grew up in Campbell rd, (part of the Land Society Project- more of that elsewhere) ran his own dairy based in Foxes […]
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Drawing Maps in Broadwell this Sunday 5th June
Coleford Festival of Words 2016 is exploring a small community,gathering things toward a temporary museum with the support of the Foresters Forest Project to tell the story of the Forest of Dean This photograph is a landmark that becomes the starting place for making maps about the community of Broadwell, the School and Church were […]
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An Incomplete History of Broadwell- Open to all- Noon Sunday 22nd May
COLEFORD FESTIVAL of Words 2016 Broadwell Juniors 1949 -part of History of Broadwell AFC […]