The smell of damp, dust and old food is one I’ll never forget. As I walked around Gloucester Prison, the odour followed me. The cells were old and smelled like mildew and mould. The kitchens like month-old cabbage. The chapel like old dusty books. You could even smell body odour in one of the wings. […]
A fire was reported at Kemble Drive in Cirencester this morning. At 7:04am, a fire engine arrived on the scene just three minutes after the the incident had been reported. Three more fire engines from nearby towns, Tetbury and Fairford, and another from Cirencester also attended to tackle the blaze with one water jet and […]
50 years ago today, an avalanche of coal waste plummeted towards a private school in the quiet village of Aberfan. This tragedy killed 144 people, including 116 children. Amongst the losses, was little Edwin Davies. Edwin, who was left orphaned after his mother died of cancer, moved from Cheltenham to the welsh village to live […]
