About the Site
Welcome to our site celebrating the life and work of Brian Torode, a man who was much loved, and is greatly missed, following his unexpected short illness and subsequent death in … Continue reading
Let’s have your memories!
Brian’s former friends and colleagues are invited to leave comments about their memories of him. If you wish to, please also email any photographs or video that we can include on … Continue reading
Eulogy
This is the text of the Eulogy given by Brian’s great friend, Richard Barton, at Brian’s funeral on Wednesday 19th March 2014 at Saint Stephen’s Church, Cheltenham: Banjour, (banzhoor) (Good Day) … Continue reading
Celebrating John Middleton – a chance to explore Clearwell Village
Explore Clearwell – 15th September 2018 Clearwell Church, Clearwell, Gloucestershire, GL16 8LY Guided tour of the delights of Clearwell Meet at the church in Clearwell and join Isabel … Continue reading
Elizabeth Carpenter of North Nibley, wife of Maurice Organ II
Carpenter Family of North Nibley Richard Carpenter and Agnes Baker (1580-) Of North Nibley | John Carpenter (1611-) and Margaret Hayward | Jonah Carpenter (1640-1719) and Grace Andrewes … Continue reading
Sarah Long of North Nibley, wife of Morrice Organ I
Long Family of North Nibley (?) Robert Long I of North Nibley | (?) Adrian Long (1572/3-) and Elizabeth Turner Labourer of North Nibley … Continue reading
St Gregory’s Cheltenham – David Burke remembers…
David Burke has kindly allowed me to reproduce these fascinating articles: From ‘Days gone by in Cheltenham’ – Memories of David Burke I. Christmas 1945 During the war there was … Continue reading
Organ Family History of Berkeley & North Nibley
Back in 2010 Andrew Plaster of Bristol produced a fascinating study, ‘Organ family history of Berkeley and North Nibley’. Richard Organ was Andrew’s 13th Great Grandfather and he was … Continue reading
Our Lady and St Alphege, Bath
OUR LADY AND ST ALPHEGE, BATH Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s “Little Gem of a Church” A HISTORY BY CAROLINE SHAW With a foreward by the Late Gavin Stamp Former … Continue reading
Holyoake’s Journey of 1842
George Jacob Holyoake’s Journey of 1842 by Catherine Howe (2012) Here is an easy to read and interesting book which follows the connection between early nineteenth century socialism and the … Continue reading
My Humanism
Chair of Gloucestershire Humanists 2017-2018 As you may already have read on our home page, Gloucestershire Humanists have a long history. In contrast, I am a relative newcomer. Our group … Continue reading
