Do you remember the Corn Hall Hotel at the Shambles or the Chalford Auto rattling through Ham Hill. The photographs are all taken from the Facebook group Stroud Are Photographs and Cotswolds Picture Postcards and reproduced here with their kind permission. If you have any old photographs of Stroud or the surrounding district please email them to matthew.holmes@newsquest.co.uk
Why this abusive lout has been issued with court order
Jamie Powell, aged 33, from Gloucester, was served with the injunction on Friday 12 May following a hearing at Cheltenham and Gloucester County Court. The case was brought against Powell by Solace, a joint team of officers from Gloucestershire Constabulary, Cheltenham Borough Council and Gloucester City Council. It followed reports that Powell had been verbally abusive, drunk and disorderly and breaching the city’s No Alcohol Public Spaces Protection Order. The order imposed by the courts forbids him from: 1. Engaging in …
Family’s heartfelt tribute to teenage dad who died in motorbike crash
Tyler Durn, an 18-year-old from Brockworth and known to many as Ty, died on Friday, May 19 following a two-vehicle collision. The incident, which happened around 10.50pm on Ermin Street, involved a Suzuki motorcycle, being ridden by Ty, and a van. His family have now released the following statement: “On Friday, May 19 our very loved and gorgeous son Ty was tragically taken from us. “This has left a huge hole in our hearts. “Ty is the life and soul …
Man admits masturbating on canal path
Simon Clifford Jones, aged 41, of Nympsfield Road, Nailsworth, pleaded guilty to committing an act which outraged public decency on the canal path in Stroud on Monday, February 6. He admitted the offence when he appeared at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, May 23. Jones was fined £80 and must also pay a £32 victim services surcharge plus £85 costs – a total of £197. In March, a sexual harm prevention order was imposed against Jones for five years. Jones …
Man arrested following Yate crash in Badminton Road
The collision, involving a blue car and motorcycle, happened at about 4.50pm in Badminton Road, Yate on Monday, May 22. The motorcyclist was taken to hospital with serious leg injuries. His condition is not believed to be life-threatening. A 39-year-old man, who was arrested, has since been released under investigation. Anyone who can help their enquiries is asked to call 101, giving reference number 5223119312.
Rockhampton Cricket Club to celebrate 150 years this weekend
The Voneus Village Cup Lord’s finalists of 2013 reached the superb landmark last season only for the start of the party to be delayed by a covid hangover. But Rockhampton have made up for lost time this year by already holding a quiz night and a race evening, while four more major social events are on the summer calendar along with a gala dinner taking place at the Seat Unique Stadium towards the end of September. Chairman Ian Williams said: …
Gloucestershire man sentenced for possessing horse sex videos
David Sutton, aged 59, of Melody Way, Longlevens, Gloucester, pleaded guilty to the offences at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court on Friday, April 21. The court heard that Sutton had two videos of extreme pornography which showed a person engaged in an act of intercourse with a horse. According to the court register, the videos ‘portrayed, in an explicit and realistic way, a person performing an act of intercourse with a live animal, namely a horse, and which was grossly offensive, disgusting …
Plans for new retirement homes at Brabazon at Filton Airfield
YTL Developments has submitted a planning application for 239 one and two-bedroom properties. Residents will be able to relax in the landscaped grounds, take a walk around a meadow designed to encourage wildlife and enjoy the sunshine from a roof garden. Sebastian Loyn, YTL planning and development director, said: “Internally, the carefully considered communal spaces will include a comfortable lounge in which to play games or to gather with friends, a restaurant and bar to act as a social hub, …