A History of Dursley | Exploring the Cotswolds
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- Опубликовано: 25 фев 2023
- Dursley is a wonderful market town near Stroud, on the western escarpment on the Cotswolds. Despite its busy appearance, the church is full of gems and there are a number of wonderful other old buildings in the town.
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My heart soars when I see and hear the introduction.Thank-you Ross and Robin.
Helen you are kindness itself. I am so glad you enjoy watching and thanks for sticking with us. Robin
Thank you for another beautiful video.
Thanks David and thanks for watching. Robin
Dursley is lovely… especially the church with its wonderful stain glass windows❤️
It is indeed, and a very exciting feel to the place. I have yet to hear from anyone who doeasn't enjoy this place if they live there. Thanks for watching. Robin
Absolutely THRILLED by today's epidode and thank you, Robin, for the special mention and kind assessment of my home town. It was refreshing to learn some things I did not know about Dursley too! I no longer live there, but my family does, and it really is a beautiful part of the country. It has certainly come on leaps and bounds in the last couple of decades. Love your channel and could listen to you talk all day! Thanks again.
Hi Mark. I can only thank you for your recommendation. I think it was good for us to expand our view a bit. Whilst we know people who live very nearby and have visited several villages in the neighbourhood we may well have missed Dursley if it were not for you. Take care and thanks for watching. Robin
Mookiebrown79 - thanks for bringing this location to my attention. I must visit, it looks scexy!
Personally I was a little disappointed that there was no mention of Fosters closing down. A turning point in the history of my home town.
Thank you Ross and Robin.
Long live our old churches and villages.
Thank you for showing us all.
John.🙂
hear hear. Robin
I agree with you Robin about modern buildings.
Hi Helen. It's a pity isn't it? I am sure those architects of the 1960s really thought they were producing masterpieces. Perhaps, occasionally, they were. Thanks for watching. Robin
Dursley, and just around the hill from it, around from the north, is Stinchcombe. Of course, the hill is Stinchcombe hill. J K Rowling used the two towns in Harry Potter, where Dursley was his uncle's surname, and Stinchcombe was where Linfred of Stinchcombe supposed to live, who was the start of the Potter family. I thought I'd throw that little tidbit of modern history in there.
You won't be surprised that I very quickly discovered the Potter connection. I am delighted to hear it. Rowling's Harry Potter stories gave my children more pleasure than any other author; and I doubt it will surprise you to know I read to them a great deal. Thanks for watching. Robin
Been here a few times ..great place .church is gorgeous
Great video. I have traveled the world but lived here all my life. There is nowhere else for me!
Enjoyable! That church certainly is spectacular!!
Hi Ruth. It was a lovely surprise. So glad you enjoyed it. Robin
You're absolutely right the views are stunning. On the other hand, the church with a dead body and a missing head is weird; at least he's quiet.
Silent as the grave!! Thanks for watching. Robin
Dead quiet🤭🤭
Marvelous video. I grew up in Dursley my Father had a drapery shop called Wilkes was next to the council office and Lloyd's bank. I now live in Cambridge New Zealand left Dursley in 1966.
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Another lovely and interesting episode which we always enjoy 😉 Our thanks from Andrew, Grant, Brae the Westie, Xena the Dalmatian and Maggie the calico cat ❤from Albany. Western Australia 😊
Thanks Andrew for your kind words and for watching all the way from Western Australia. It remains a complete fascination to me that this medium spreads SO wide and far. We, meanwhile, are continuing to have fun over here and hope you enjoy what we get up to in the future. All the best Robin
Disdain for history is blasphemy. I true tragedy. The Cotswold are such a beautiful place steeped in history and to “bulldoze” those gorgeous cottages is a very real to even an American like me who’s own history lays in the UK places such as the one you speak of. I am truly saddened when the history I have yet had the pleasure to visit “but will soon” is taken away.
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Although I don't (yet!) live in the Dursley area, I have twice been to St James' for recitals by the now famous Gesualdo Six choral group, the town being the home location of one of the singers. The town is also one area I have been looking at moving to, it being much closer to my younger daughter. 😀
Margaret there are very few areas of the world I can recommend more wholeheartedly than the Western escarpment of the Cotswolds. I hope your plans materialise. There is a lot of local music making and quite a few local annual opera events. Who could ask for more? Thanks for watching. Robin
I see this city in Harry Potter film. Thank you for your explanation. It's wonderful.
H Sylvia. Good to hear from you. It was more exciting than I had expected. Take good care. Robin
Hello. Another gem, indeed. Especially the church! I don't seem to be able to access the website ...
That tomb in the church with the skeletal stone carved remains…were…I think…an expression of mortality and the final fate of our bodies after death…some Bishops even..have the same on their grave…to show…that also…the high and mighty…must recognize with the same end and cannot escape the bodily corruption…of the last resting place.
Thanks for your learned comment. I can't help but have a slightly childish happy reaction to these goulish works of art. Sorry and thanks for watching. Robin
It makes sense.
@@TheCotswoldExplorer I totally agree…it scares me too! 😄😄😁😉
It still looks good and has some nice views but 30 yrs ago it had bymacks, listers, mawdsleys and listers etc and had a heart. The factories closed or moved on and were replaced by housing estates. Its a commuter town with no real employment. Many grand buildings were pulled down for new roads. The castle (more likely a fortified manor) was prob situated close to the swimming pool as geophysics found foundations some years back.
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“ the ugliness and banality of the cult of utility.” Can’t remember who said it, but we live amongst it.
I suppose I should admit that several of my relations were architects in this era. Hey Ho. Robin
@@TheCotswoldExplorer when I’m swept into power, the architects will be the first to go. Pretty much anything post 1930 is poison to me. We love your show btw.
Keep a sharp eye out for Dudley and his gang. They can be a ruff bunch. Just sayin.
Too much traffic in Dursley now.
Waiting.
Worth the wait.
Stroud Unfortunately received the same sledge hammer redevelopment with 1960s 70s brutalist architecture replacing the 18th century mill buildings. I hope some day the favor can be returned to them and the brick and metal monstrosities are razed to the ground
Shame this wasn't made in the 80s
Always a pleasure to watch, thanks again to Robin and the gang.
Thanks a lot for your kind words. I hesitate to call you Grumpy Scotsman. Always love your comments and thanks for watching. Robin