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Underground Music back in the Forest sat 25th June
Colin Tully (who used to play in John Martyn’s band and who wrote the music for Gregory’s Girl) is playing at Clearwell Caves on Saturday night . His daughter Ailsa is also playing. Ailsa is a folk singer. Colin is more Celtic jazz.
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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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AWildflower Walk – Thursday 30th june
AWildflower Walk At The Angus Buchanan Recreation Ground Victoria Rd, Coleford Thursday June 30th 2016 from 2:00pm Dean Meadows Group www.deanmeadows.org.uk Come and see the wildflowers of the Angus Buchanan Recreation Ground. There are several fields that are cut for hay later in the year but in […]
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Last Thursday LOST IN BLUE Thurs 28th April
Last Thursday at the Evergreen Hall Broadwell (GL16 7BN) hosts a new show by storyteller extraordinaire Debs Newbold on thurs 28th April 7-30pm….. LOST IN BLUE By Debs Newbold Directed by John Wright When she was three years old, Annie’s life was suddenly skewed off-course. On her 18th birthday it threatens to happen again. What […]
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Create a Storywalk for Coleford Sat 2nd/ Wed 6th April
Adding words to a walk Saturday 2nd April 11am / Wednesday 6th April 11am Making a walk in Coleford with stories Where would you take a friend or a visitor? Meet at the library – All welcome This is part of the Wye Valley river festival […]
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MS- Getting help for you and your family- Wed 20th April
WHAT IS MS? Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a condition of the central nervous system. In MS, the coating around nerve fibres (called myelin) is damaged, causing a range of symptoms. More than 100,000 people in the UK have MS. Symptoms usually start in your 20s and 30s and it affects almost three times as many women […]
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Various Guises Live at Evergreen Hall Last Thursday 31st March
Various Guises exclusive Live Music show in the Forest of Dean Thursday 31st March 7-30pm- Evergreen Hall Broadwell GL16 7BN Coming soon….. Brilliant story teller Debs Newbold on a national tour with her new show ‘Lost in Blue’- Thurs 28th April Truly original Singer, songwriter, clown Rory Mcleod and his band ‘The Familiar Strangers Thurs […]
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Not in Our Name – Frack off Foresters in Gloucester
Yesterday at Shire Hall. For those who haven’t heard -the full county council will now debate fracking on February 17, so next trip up then! On wednesday 13th January Glos County Councillors were attending a briefing on the impact of fracking if they allow a licence to be granted to South west energy to drill […]