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Learn history firsthand in Gloucester!

Gloucester has many wonderful attractions and activities to choose from today, and many of these are built around its fascinating history. When you are in the area, it would be a shame to miss out on a visit to this interesting city. You can choose to see heritage sites which are centuries old or take [...]

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Gloucester post 13th Century

As discussed in the previous article, the history of Gloucester can be traced to the period when it was a Roman town. It lies around the first point where it became possible to cross the River Severn. This made the place a natural location for building a town. This article is going to look at [...]

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Gloucestershire on Country Tracks

Yesterday’s Country Tracks with Liz Bonnin on BBC One was the second episode in the series and it took her through our beautiful county of Gloucestershire. Did you see it?!

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Cheltenham Literature festival and the history of Cooks Green Cottage

So, it’s that time of year again and crowds are flocking from all corners of the globe to our little Cheltenham for the literary festival. I have been to a couple of events so far and one in particular raised interesting points about buildings and got me thinking about our own cottage and its personality…

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A wonderful week at your lovely green cottage

Dear Su & Len We’ve spent a wonderful week at your lovely green cottage! Thank you very much for inviting us to your great barbecue on Sunday. We love your black cat that visited us. It is a nice place from which to explore. We’ve visited Gloucester Cathedral, Oxford Christ Church College and Stratford-on-Avon. We [...]

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