Final part of Alfred's notes, 8.8.1921. Walter PEART, 30 years, was killed at Prin ? Royal College. 1877. New school built at Pillowell. 20.11.1875. ? COLLINS, Lydney, was killed by coal trucks. 20.11.1875. George WORGAN, (Myah?) Whitecroft, died. 20.11.1875. Jackey TIRE, Breams Eaves, died. 21.11.1875. Enoch MORGAN, Yorkley, was buried. 10.2.1876. Malloy T/FOSSEY, Pillowell, died. 12.2.1876. Mrs. GOLLOP died. 7.1.1875. Tom BANK, Pillowell, died. 23.4.1876. John BUDGE, 70 years, Whitecroft, died. 30.4.1876. Rebecca POPE'S child was buried. 20.10.1883. The Parkend and New Fancy Collieries were sold by auction at Bell Inn, Glos., to Robert TOOMER for £6,500. 23.10.1883. Ben WINTLE, George SAUNDERS, Richard DUFTY and George JENKINS, all boys, were fined for trespass on Severn and Wey line. Aug 1870. Mr.WALDEN, travelling preacher for the Primitive Methodists, was married at Elwood Chapel. Aug 1870. Dan NELMS, Whitecroft, on trial for stealing sharfis ? from John WYATT, Whitecroft. (What is sharfis ?? ) Could be shafts? Aug 1840. Coleford had gas lights. Feb 1866. Forester News first published. April 1866. Clearwell church opened. 12.7.1881. Sam BULL left for America. 25.6.1881. A comet appeared in the North - visible for over 3 weeks. 18.9.1870. Maria CRADDOCK, Whitecroft, was buried. 16.9.1870. Police took a hogshead of cider from the wife of Bibey VIRGOE ! 21.9.1867. Richard PHILLIPS was killed. 28.9.1867. Elizabeth WINTLE died. 10.8.1865. Lilley HILL had a child in Australia. 9.4.1867. Lilley HILL had child No. 2 in NEW ZEALAND. Nov 1867. Joseph SHOULE, was killed at Fancy Branch. Feb 1882. Sharpnes Docks - arrival of a fine 4 masted ship bringing wheat from San Francisco. A slave made good his escape from the ship. 22.1.1883. Tom JARRETT's wife, Bream, died. 5.2.1883. Joe PUSH and Will SHINK went to Lancs. Oct 1881. Joseph SMITH, Constable Parkend Police, resigned due to illness after 25 years. Last 16 years at Whitecroft and Lydney. 17.10.1881. Will Lark DAVIS, Pillowell, was killed at Holmes Level, Mauple Hill. 23.10.1881. Granny VAUGHAN was buried. 23.1.1883. Eliyd HOWELL, Coleford, Milkwell, swore her child on Tom Vatcher KEAR, to pay 2 shillings per week. 6.12.1868. Jacob HOOK and James BEACH, Whitecroft, were buried. 1861. Sergeant BEART was killed at the Speech-house. 6.3.1883. Neap RUDGE, Whitecroft, was sent to prison for 14 days for beating his wife. 31.3.1883. Martha HAMPTON, Whitecroft, and John JENKINS, Bream, were married at Elwood Chapel. 18.3.1883. David GRETHIN, 65 years, manager at Parkend Coal Co., died. 27.3.1883. Richard SCOTT, 55 years, Fountain Inn, Parkend, died. 25.3.1883. Thomas KEAR ENGLAND, 73 years, Bream, died. 25.3.1883. Harry HAWKIN's wife, Pillowell, died at 25 years of age. 26.12.1868. Tom LIPPER, Whitecroft, married. 10.1.1862. Daniel HIATT was buried. 7.1.1869. William ELSMORE, Mosley, broke a leg at Fancy. 15.2.1869. Thomas BRICE, Lydney, died. 30.1.1869. John HOPPEY was shot !! 26.1.1869. Mrs. PRITCHARD, Whitecroft, died. 9.5.1869. Cock ROBINS and Haggie HALFORD were married. 6.5.1869. John SHINK married Mary RIGHT. 23.5.1869. Sarah WOOD, Pillowell, was married. 25.5.1869. Henry HULET, Bream, died. 26.5.1869. James THOMAS was killed at Hopewell Pit. 27.5.1869. William HEATH, Bream, died. 27.5.1869. William DUFTY went to America. 3.33.1881. Will SAUNDERS, Whitecroft, broke a leg at Lightmore. 23.1.1883. At Coleford, Harriet BAKER, Whitecroft, swore her child on Jack PARTRIDGE, Lydney, to pay half a crown weekly. 27.8.1869. William WINTLE, Breams Eaves, broke a leg. 1.1. 1871. Jane WYATT, Whitecroft, was confined. July 1870. Mary JAMES, Parkend, died. 13.2.1871. George BROOKS married Charlot BEACH, Whitecroft. 8..3.1871. Dick REECEY, Whitecroft, died. 27. ?. 1871. Susanah PEARCE, Whitecroft, died. 1870. Moseley Green railroad started. 3.4.1871. Jack LOCKER, Pillowell, was buried. 8.6.1871. George WINTOUR, Bream, was killed at Parkend. 6.7.1871. Hannah Wilden CROCKET, Whitecroft, died. 17.12.1907. Enoch HOOK, Whitecroft, was buried. 14.3.1908. Tom GUEST, died. 26.9.1908. Fanny BUERRY, Whitecroft, died. Easter Mon 1876. Speech House - For the first time after Severn & Wey rail opened for passengers, there were train excursions to the Speech-house. There were pony rides, donkey, dog and man racing, greasy pole climbing. A regular day's spree. 6.12.1899. Mrs. WEBB of Yorkley died in a pony and trap accident near the Speech-house. 25.1.1879. Charles PACE was executed for the murder of John DYSON at Banner Cross. 18.11.1878. Joseph GARCIA was executed at Usk Jail for the murders of William and Elizabeth WATKINS and their three children at Llangibby, Nr.Newport on the 16th July, 1878. 12.7.1899. Tom RUCK was thrown out of the cage at Fancy Pit and killed. 23.7.1899. Fred PEARCE, Parkhill, married Bertha WINTLE. 10.10.1883. Rev. Thomas NICHOLSON, Baptist Minister, late of Yorkley Baptists Chapel, died aged 87 years. Was born at Whitecroft. 16.7.1866. Bailey WINTLE, Parkend, died. As I've said before, my great great grandfather, Alfred HARRIS, had a lovely writing hand but his spelling was a little amiss. I don't know if any of the above entries are wrongly spelled - I copied them down as read. In any case, I hope these notes have helped someone to locate an ancestor ot two. Jocelyn. Jocelyn GRIFFITHS nee HARRIS, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.