View from Plump Hill showing part of Plump Hill, Jubilee Road and Shapridge

Peggy Ryland added (September 2013): "... This picture conjures up many happy memories of looking over the Severn Vale. Ar the bottom of the picture is Plump Hill school. From the school can be seen a small road which leads to a farm which was owned by Mr and Mrs Birt Stidder. On Jubilee road in the middle of the picture is the dairy where Mr Stidder had his milking facilities. In the afternoons after school, us children used to see Mrs Stidder bringing the cows up the road to be milked. Many a Summer afternoon my cousin and I would sit on top of Plump Hill after Sunday school. Sunday was a day when families went walking, no house work would be done, except for lunch and baking scones for tea. The best thing of all I personally think, was the changing of the seasons. The new leaves in Spring, the Autumnal colours of the trees. Then in Winter the starkness of the scene. Empty bird nests swaying in the wind, animal tracks in the snow. The river winding round far beyond the naked eye. There are many beautiful view points throughout the Forest. However, this picture depicts everything from where the houses nestle in the hillside to the panoramic view behind. Thank you Mrs Roberts for sending in this picture which has allowed me to revisit my life growing up in the Forest of Dean".

Left: Gavin 'Spadge' Evans added: "... pic of a bottle I found burried at Pump Hill today (June 2014) ... found in the edge of the wood shown in your pic"

Pete Davenport added (August 2014): "... In the 1950's, I was apprenticed with British Acoustic Films, in London. They had a factory in Mitcheldean/Cinderford that I visited. During my stay, I boarded at a Mrs. Chun's, who ran a store and Post Office in, I think, Ruspidge Rd. I am interested to know if the store is still there, and if so, what is it's address. From a historical point of view, during my stay at the factory, I was told that during WWII, the factory made bomb sight computers for the RAF. After the war ended, they continued to make these devices, but did not know where to send them. They contacted the Ministry, who told them to stop making the devices, and to destroy the finished ones they had made. Meetings were held between the Company and the Ministry as to how to destroy these top secret devices and eventually it was agreed that they would be dropped down disused mine shafts in the Forest of Dean and then have concrete poured down the shaft to cover them".

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