The Gloucester Journal reported that Mrs Blocksum of Prestbury near Cheltenham passed away aged 103! Mrs Blocksum had earlier predicted that after she died she would rise from the dead. As she requested the coffin was interred with the lid left open. The Gloucester Journal ended the article saying that ” If the old women should be…
Continue ReadingThe siege of Gloucester. The Royalist fired a cannon at the city. The red hot cannon ball smashed through 3 houses in Westgate Street & came to a holt in the bedroom of number 30. Mr commeline lived at number 30, he had only moved to Gloucester before the siege from Holland. He had moved…
Continue ReadingPenelope Noel of Chipping Campden died of blood poisoning. She had pricked her finger while embroidering. A marble & alabaster monument to her is on the wall of St James church, Chipping campden.
Continue ReadingFrom the 10th of August until the 5th of September, the city of Gloucester was under siege by the Royalist forces. Colonel Edward Massey was the military governor for the city, which had all through the Civil war been a Parliamentary stronghold. Massy was only in his twenties & had offered his military services to…
Continue ReadingSarah Humphries of Swindon Village near Cheltenham, committed suicide by drinking vitriol. As was the custom years ago, condemned & suicides could not be buried in consecrated ground. So they were buried where two roads or tracks formed a cross. Sarah was buried at the crossroads just outside the village she lived. This was the…
Continue ReadingMinchinhampton man, Joseph Stevens was sentenced to be hanged from the neck until dead. For stealing some cloth!
Continue ReadingThis Saturday from 2pm until Sunday 2pm, DJ Richard Whincup is doing a 24 hour, non stop radio show on N.C.C.R. Its to raise money for Kate’s Nursing Home & Acorn. Tune in to give him support & im sure you can phone in to chat & keep him awake, I plan to at some…
Continue ReadingFilm & TV actress Carolyn Jones died. She made her 1st film in 1952, “The Turning Point” & in 1953 she married film maker Aaron Spelling. Also in 1953 she made many movies, among then,”The War of the Worlds” & “House of Wax” with Vincent Price. Other movies she appeared in include; “Invasion of the…
Continue ReadingJoe Thompson a local farmer went to Gloucester market with two items to sell, his Newfoundland dog & his wife. They had been married for three years. I think his sales pitch should have been better, he told the market day crowd; “She has been a born serpent, I took her for the good of…
Continue ReadingKing William II (Rufus) was killed while hunting in the New Forest. William was the third son of William the conqueror & ruled England from 1087 until his death. William was known as Rufus (Latin for red) because of his red hair & red faced appearance. He was unpopular with everyone; The Bishops didn’t like…
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