AMBURY of Longhope, English Bicknor and Peterstow (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Saturday, January 21, 2012, 21:41 (4763 days ago) @ Avril_Wood

Hi Avril,
fair enough and yes I guess it's wortha try. Last year we had a similar post against a "dead" thread. Using Google I found the same original poster of said thread was still active on a Herefordshire forum, so an active email adress was obtained that way. So clearly anything's worth a try as you say. It's JUST possible our excellent administrators MIGHT still have an email address for Caroline if you're really lucky.

Don't be ashamed re the TV, nowadays the majority of TV seems aimed at my wife and son, hence they watch while I do my online research upstairs. Thank heaven for Britains Got No Talent or whatever its called...! I haven't lived in the Forest since the mid 80s, although still have family there, so all my research has been done on line.

Re Churchdown yes it's twixt Gloster and Cheltenham, I strongly recommend this website when trying to place "new" placenames.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Churchdown/index.html

Hence yes it is beyond the Forest boundary and rather out of the scope of this site.
There are several excellent Dean maps on this site, see http://www.forest-of-dean.net/joomla/the-forest-of-dean/maps-of-the-forest
The first map listed gives an idea of the site coverage.

Oddly enough its being suggested recently that the Forest becomes part of Gloster from a local Government viewpoint, not a popular view in the Forest town. I recall "only" in the late 70s my sister getting a job in Gloster, only 15miles away, they thought she was from another planet !! (and no she had no Forest dialect, just...).

Yes I did read Ruth's story, very interesting and well written!. I hope you saw this old post ?
"I have just read Ruth's story by Avril Wood. I have both Elcoats and Gibbs in my family tree. If anyone knows Avril and could pass on my Email address I would be most grateful.
Keith Elcoat
Bolton Lancs England
Monday April 21 2003 "

Happy Hunting, Jeff.
A proud Dean ironworker now exiled in Middlesex.