Re: that previous photo, The #ForestofDean in #Gloucestershire is one of my major #FamilyHistory and #genealogy sites - my grandma grew up in the evocatively named #HangHillRoad in #Bream near #Lydney and her #ancestors were #IronMiners #CoalMiners #Woodmen with a #sailmaker and the odd #labourer . Almost all of them were from West Dean - Bream, Newland, Parkend, Pillowell, Whitecroft. Nanny always called the Forest “Home” and that is how it feels to me, although I have never lived there.
#forestofdean #gloucestershire #familyhistory #genealogy #HangHillRoad #Bream #Lydney #ancestors #IronMiners #coalminers #Woodmen #sailmaker #labourer