GLOUCESTERSHIRE TRANSPORT HISTORY
Celebrating everything connected with
transport and Gloucestershire
THE ART OF GLOUCESTER
This beautiful atmospheric oil painting of a wet day at Barton Street Junction in the days of the old swinging gates and LMR "Black Fives" is from the brush of Gloucester artist Rob Rowland, who has also depicted former Great Western 2-8-0 3864 hauling a fast freight towards Central station. Further south ex LMS 3F 0-6-0 43645 runs light past Eastgate's Passenger Station Box.
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DAN DARE HAD SIR HUBERT GUEST
PAGE THREE HAD JO GUEST
NOW GLOUCESTERSHIRE TRANSPORT HISTORY
IS PROUD TO PRESENT
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEN GUEST
If you like high quality card mounted photographs of interesting aircraft - and more - then why not call Gloucester photographer Ken Guest on +44 (0)1452 413511 or email ken.guest@tiscali.co.uk? Prices start from just £5.00 for a 7" x 5" print and for a further selection of images click on the picture of Swiss marked Hawker Hunter F6 J-4015 at Kemble above.
CARD MOUNTED 7" X 5" KEN GUEST PRINTS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT A SPECIAL PRICE OF £3.00 EACH OR £ 5.00 FOR TWO AT SELECTED VENUES THIS SUMMER. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
ALTERNATIVELY, WHY NOT BROWSE KEN GUEST'S PRINTS IN PERSON AT THE AVIATOR RESTAURANT AT GLOUCESTERSHIRE AIRPORT?
FROM WHEELS TO WATERWAYS
Many Churchdonians will know Dennis Morgan as the founder of Den's Bikes, but while the popular cycle firm continues under new ownership Den's new enterprise is making model boats from balsa wood. Commissions are welcome for powered vessels in a range of scales from battleships and ocean liners to 4mm canal barges like the trip boat illustrated above. With its detachable cabin superstructure and wealth of detailed parts - including engine, rudder and propeller - this would grace any display cabinet, diorama or model railway layout and can be yours for just £40.00 by telephoning 0755064396. Den would also be interested in building structures for your N or 00 gauge model railway layout.
RED NOTICE CASE
THE LEIGH VALLEY LIGHT RAILWAY OPEN WEEKEND IN AID OF CROHNS IN CHILDHOOD AND THE MILESTONE SCHOOL WILL BE HELD FROM 1000 TO 1800 ON SATURDAY 4 AND SUNDAY 5 JULY 2009 AT 19 GRAFTON ROAD, GLOUCESTER.
FOLLOWING THE SCREENING OF TELSTAR (15) AT 19.45 ON 17 AUGUST 2009 AT GLOUCESTER GUILDHALL THERE WILL BE A TALK BY THE JOE MEEK APPRECIATION SOCIETY.
THE SEVERNSIDE AREA MILITARY VEHICLE TRUST NATIONAL SHOW WILL BE HELD AT KEMBLE AIRPORT GL7 6BA ON 29, 30 AND 31 AUGUST 2009. FOR DETAILS VISIT www.mvt.org.uk
CIRENCESTER MODEL RAILWAY SHOW WILL BE HELD AT DEER PARK SCHOOL ON 5 AND 6 SPETEMBER 2009 AND FEATURE 12 WORKING LAYOUTS, CRAFT DEMONSTRATIONS, TRADE STANDS AND REFRESHMENTS. STAR ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE EAST LYNN (GER, S GAUGE), OAKINGHAM (SR / GWR 0 GAUGE), ST PANTAELON (FRENCH 0-16.5 GAUGE) AND BROCKLEY ACRES (00 GAUGE) FEATURING LMS 10000 (PICTURED ABOVE) AND A 2-8-0+0-8-2 LNER GARRATT
ON SATURDAY 10 AND SUNDAY 11 OCTOBER 2009 CHELTENHAM STEAM SOCIETY PRESENTS ITS STEAM AND VINTAGE RALLY AT CHELTENHAM RACECOURSE, PRESTBURY. LOOK OUT FOR CAPITAL WORKS AND FLIGHTLINE IN THE MODEL TENT.
AT 7.30PM ON MONDAY 19 OCTOBER 2009 GLOUCESTER CINE AND VIDEO CLUB PRESENTS " MEMORIES OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND BEYOND" AT ST GEORGE'S CHURCH CENTRE, COURT ROAD, BROCKWORTH. TRANSPORT FOOTAGE INCLUDES THE GRAND NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE SCRAMBLE, MIDGET SUBMARINE "SHRIMP" AT GLOUCESTER DOCKS, GLOUCESTER RAILWAY CROSSINGS, 1968 END OF STEAM SPECIALS IN THE NORTH WEST, 1950S TT RACES AND AN ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH ARGOSY AS PICTURED ABOVE BY KEN GUEST
FROM 1000 TO 1700 ON SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER 2009 AND FROM 1000 TO 1600 ON SUNDAY 25 OCTOBER 2009 THE CHELTENHAM GWR MODELLERS EXHIBITION IN AID OF CLIC SARGEANT CANCER CHARITY WILL BE HELD AT ST MARGARET'S HALL, CONISTON ROAD GL51 3NX. N GAUGE LAYOUTS WILL INCLUDE TERMINAL 1, SEEN HOSTING MK3 DVT 82132 ABOVE.
FROM 1000 TO 1700 ON SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER 2009 AND FROM 1000 TO 1600 ON SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2009 THE COTSWOLD MODEL RAILWAY SHOW WILL BE HELD AT THOMAS KEBLE SCHOOL, EASTCOMBE, GL6 7DY. OVER 12 LAYOUTS ARE EXPECTED AS WELL AS TRADE STANDS, REFRESHMENTS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND DISPLAYS - LIKE THIS FINE MODEL OF ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO-CO DP2 SEEN AT THE 2008 EVENT. VISIT www.seligsoft.net/cmrs FOR DETAILS
Set at the lowest natural crossing point on the River Severn, Gloucester has always been a focus for travellers and as a result both the City and County have a rich transport heritage.
First came the Romans with their roads, which evolved from the pathways of the Ancient Britons and grew into the complex of trunk roads and Motorways that we enjoy today. These roads not only allowed Welsh livestock to be driven to London but also accessed the coal, iron and timber of the nearby Forest of Dean
As the centuries passed too, the Severn was also exploited for the movement of goods, leading Queen Elizabeth I to grant the Letters Patent that made Gloucester a Port in 1580. Indeed, the trade on the Severn was so busy by the reign of Charles I that his imposition of Ship Tax helped the citizens of Gloucester decide to stand against him in the English Civil War.
After decades of manual labour, the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal also opened in 1827, allowing the dangerous sandbanks of the river to be bypassed by ocean going vessels. The longest, widest and deepest ship canal in the World – as it was when new – also brought an abundance of timber to the Cathedral City.
This in turn laid the foundation for such firms as Morelands – the "England’s Glory" match manufacturers – the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Limited and H.H. Martyn's of Cheltenham.
From Gloucester's tradition of blacksmithery and pin making too, sprang Cotton Motorcycles and – ultimately – the Gloster Aircraft Company. Among this company's illustrious products were the Gloster E28/39. In 1941 this became the first Allied jet aircraft to fly and led directly to the development of the Meteor and Javelin fighters.
Indeed, prior to the creation of the new counties of Avon and South Gloucestershire in 1973, Gloucestershire also embraced Parnall's of Yate and the Bristol Aeroplane Company with its omnibus building ancestry.
From the latter's base at Filton, the British prototype Anglo - French Concorde first flew on 9 April 1969. With Brian Trubshaw at the controls, G-BSST landed at RAF Fairford - still a part of the transport infrastructure of Gloucestershire today and host to the annual Royal International Air Tattoo.
Gloucestershire also boasts a rich heritage of railway operations, having been the Nineteenth Century battleground of the gauges between the factions of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and George and Robert Stephenson. As a result, the county still has direct links with Cardiff, Bristol, Swindon and Birmingham.
Indeed, Gloucestershire can also lay claim to preserved railways,horse drawn tramways, narrow gauge and miniature railways as well as a thriving model transport enthusiast community. This includes the Gloucester branch of the International Plastic Modelling Society which meets at Churchdown Community Centre on the first Tuesday of every month. For further information please contact Mr Barnfield on 01242 862826.