Lydney

During the 19th century Lydney was very much an industrial area and in 1810 a small dock and short canal was constructed close to the River Severn by the Severn & Wye Railway Company. A few miles away in the Forest of Dean there were numerous coal mines from which the coal was brought to Lydney Harbour for export.
Sadly, two centuries later the docks have gone into decline and today purely used by leisure craft. Indeed, much of the industrial units nearby have closed and remain in a derelict state.
Even those living in Lydney will admit that it is not the prettiest of towns. The one main street is lined with small independent shops and at either end a modern supermarket. There is a railway station out of town close to Lydney Harbour. In the town though and crossing the main road is the preserved line of the Dean Forest Railway which operates throughout the year.

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I moved to Lydney in 1967 buying a house on Woodlands Rise built in the orchard of Doctor Bramble the towns priceable doctor at the surgery on the High St. You had to allow extra time as Doc Bramble would start off the telling jokes, some so good once I forgot what I went in for, one Christmas I was introduced to his actor brother Wilfred Bramble before they went to cheer up patients at the old Lydney hospital.
I moved down from London along with my parents and younger brother, to work on the construction of the Severn Wye CEGB cable tunnel. We all worked on the Beachley site and I'd often see the tug towing barges filled with lumber for Pine End, the last barge of the string would often be in front of the tug as the tide was so strong.
So, thank you for posting and jogging my brain, stay safe.
My dentist was a member of the Dean Valley Railway, and he would update me on the state of the engines. I could not reply as my mouth was full of fingers.