Thornbury Voice Features
Thornbury and District Museum: The early history of Thornbury's fire service
THE first problem Thornbury's early firefighters had to deal with was the water supply. There was very little in the way of natural water available in the town and the first solution was to get water from the tank at the railway station, which had limitations. .. Read More
BMW 2 Series coupe
Second-hand Style, with Richard Cooke.. Read More
Community power defeats housing plans
Thornbury & Yate MP Luke Hall writes for the Thornbury Voice.. Read More
Thornbury and District Museum: Thornbury’s publicly-funded schools
THORNBURY has several good schools. But of these, only two – St Mary’s School and Gillingstool – have a history going back before the 1950’s. .. Read More
Le Mans special: Part 2
Second-hand Style, with Richard Cooke.. Read More
Broadband: Fighting for the remaining 4%
Thornbury & Yate MP Luke Hall writes for the Voice.. Read More
Thornbury and District Museum: Tragic story behind the Maclaine Fountain
ON February 3 1882, William Osborne Maclaine signed an agreement with the Guardians of the Poor of the Union of Thornbury in their capacity as the rural sanitary authority for the town. .. Read More
Le Mans special: Part 1
Second-hand Style, with Richard Cooke .. Read More
We must do more to end Christian persecution
Thornbury & Yate MP Luke Hall writes for the Voice.. Read More
Thornbury and District Museum: The early years of electricity
THORNBURY Rural District Council first announced that it would apply for the necessary powers to generate and supply electricity to Thornbury in 1903. But the ambitious decision does not seem to have brought about any immediate action and it appears to have been left to private enterprise to bring electricity to the town... Read More