There was much controversy in Dursley this month when, unannounced, the developers of the Littlecombe site, chopped down all the trees on the green open area at the bottom end of Long Street which has now taken on a very sad look. It's accentuated by further clearance work which is proceeding on land beyond the adjoining temporary fencing. Yet more work is heppening at the other end of the site in Cam which is now totally cleared of buildings.

Another event that occurred was the very brief temporary opening up of the old Tabernacle graveyard which stands opposite the present chapel in Parsonage Street. The gravestones which lay flat, were once on the floor inside the building itself and are open to the elements. Some of the inscriptions are obviously fading into obscurity but luckily they have all been recorded.