Journal 23 (2007)

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CONTENTS
Aylwin Sampson – artist and writer Sally Self
Peter and Judy Smith – young at heart
Sue Robotham
Under water: flooding in Cheltenham 1731-1985 Mick Kippin
The early history of cinema in Cheltenham Part 1 – 1896-1899 John Elliott
‘Audacious and inexplicable robbery’ – February 1824 Mike Grindley
Eminent Cheltonians commemorated at Leckhampton Eric Miller
An unusual view of Cheltenham Jill Waller
A police court sketch – 1885 Vic Cole
Jane and Cassandra Austen in Cheltenham 1816 Carolyn Greet
Cheltenham ‘s Parks and Gardens ‘ – ‘in the news’ 1887 and 2007 Elaine Heasman
The Coliseum: Part 2 Roger Beacham
‘This diabolical act’ – the presentation of a dead baby to Francis Close Alan Munden
Percy Braisby and the pottery figures Leslie Burgess
Cheltenham ‘s other hospitals 1918 – 48 Heather Atkinson
Victorian Tivoli Road Jill Barlow
The case of Jean Jacques Le Roi and Rachel Wolff Mike Grindley
Mayors of Cheltenham Borough Council 1876 – 2007 Peter Smith
Some milliners and dressmakers in Cheltenham 1851 Anthea Jones
Glimpses of Cheltenham in 1806 Russell Self
Recent books and articles on the history of Cheltenham Steven Blake
Gloucestershire Archives: Cheltenham area accessions, 2006 Julie Courtenay
Railway excavator passes through Cheltenham: 1839 Mike Grindley