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Gloucestershire Resources / Re: Link: Dursley town website
« on: Thursday 10 March 11 12:24 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for the replies. It looks like things have certainly moved on since your time in the town Lizzie as I've never had any experiences like you described. Either that or you were particularly unlucky. I'm sure you're right in saying that the trend for people around more in the intervening years has changed things but that's in common with many other places I imagine. From my own perspective I know many, many people who've lived in the town all their lives and they've been some of the most welcoming.

Anyway, back to the resources topic, if anyone wants any help with some aspect of history from the town I'd be happy to help if I can. Andy

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Gloucestershire Resources / Re: Link: Dursley town website
« on: Thursday 10 March 11 10:15 GMT (UK)  »
This is an old topic but I wanted to add my comments anyway as I was surprised at the somewhat negative tone from LizzieW. I made a conscious decision to come to Dursley 12 years ago and it's one of the best moves I've done. I've met unfriendly people across the whole country, I think you make of something as you want. I've also lived all over the country and have found the community here has been great and I've been welcomed into everything I've shown an interest in. I would suggest things are very different now from your experiences in the 1970s - that was 35+ years ago after all.

It still does have some very picturesque places within the town and you're right, the scenery around here is fantastic.

In answer to the question posed here, the Union Workhouse was actually demolished in the 1950s. It opened circa 1838 and replaced an earlier town workhouse, part of which is still here.

By the way Arranroots, the Dursley website referred to in the post, (www.dursleyglos.org.uk) is my site and is being continually expanded to include more local history content about the area.

Andy

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