The Stokes Standard

by Sharon Ubank.

 

The Stokes Standard is a valuable local history resource as it has interviews with some of the older residents of Stoke Gifford. I am indebted to Sharon for her permission to reproduce them here.

Index

Issue 1 March 1993
Webbs Farm Remembered
Bird Life In Sherbourne Brake
Snakes, Kangaroos And Newts
Local Tree Log Book

Issue 2 May 1993
The Beautifuls Of Summer
Stoke Gifford Snippets
In Search Of Ancient Kings
In Memory Of The Totem Tree

Issue 3 July 1993
Memories Of Wallscourt Farm
The Wheelwright Of Stoke Gifford
Summertime Blues
Tall Dark Strangers In Sherbourne Brake

Issue 4 September 1993
Early Patchway Memories
Suburban Garden Secrets
Romanies In Little Stoke
A Dangerous Beauty

Issue 5 November 1993
Windmills And Whist Drives
Hawthorns, Hazels And History
The Battle Of Dyram
The Guardian Oak

Issue 6 January 1994
Jack Neate Recalls Stoke Gifford
Winter Migrants
Settling In Stoke Lodge
Pen Park Hole
Scented Trees

Issue 7 March 1994
A Country Childhood In Little Stoke
Oldown, A Place For All Seasons
A Tale Of Hempton Gables
Mad March Hares

Issue 8 May 1994
A Little Stoke Childhood
The Galleon Club At Filton
May Fair At Winterbourne Down
Hedge-May

Issue 9 July 1994
Local Hero At Over Court
Stoke Lodge Remembered
The Old Stoke Gifford Parsonage
Liz Royle - Garden Designer

Issue 10 September 1994
Summers Past – Memories Of Joyce Orton
A Landscape Of The Past
Along The Gloucester Road Of The ‘40s
King Alfred's Cakes And Candle Snuffs

Issue 11 November 1994
Childhood Adventures Around Hempton Lane
Saints And Places
A Journey To Patchway Station
Tales From A Bird Lovers Garden

Issue 12 January 1995
Sheep On The Gloucester Road
Highwood Lane Remembered
Stoke Gifford Priory
Charlton Village
Wartime Memories
Patchway Church Life
“Dapper” Jenkins

Issue 13 March 1995
A Twin For Stoke Gifford
Memories Of Old Little Stoke
Stoke Park History
The Hungry Horse

Issue 12 January 1995
Sheep On The Gloucester Road
Highwood Lane Remembered
Stoke Gifford Priory
Charlton Village
Wartime Memories
Patchway Church Life
“Dapper” Jenkins

Issue 13 March 1995
A Twin For Stoke Gifford
Memories Of Old Little Stoke
Stoke Park History
The Hungry Horse

Issue 14 May 1995
Patchway C Of E Primary School
Watchelm Farm
A Life On The Railways
A Calendar Of Trees

Issue 15 July 1995
More On Patchway C Of E Primary School
Stoke Gifford In The ‘40s And ‘50s
Monks Pool, Winterbourne

Issue 16 September 1995
British Summertime On Bury Hill
Wallscourt Farm
A Trip To Winterbourne Down