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.
