A Grim Almanac of Gloucestershire Author:Robin Brooks A day-by-day journey through the grim underbelly of the county's history looking at crimes and misdemeanors, strange natural phenomena, folk tales and curious customs. Stories include the explosion that wrecked a taxidermy and carpet-cleaning business in Cheltenham, spreading a selection of stuffed and part-stuffed animals along the street, the ... more »tale of Tom, Dick and Harry - three brothers with the surname Dunston - who were Gloucestershire's most notorious highwaymen, and a curious natural disaster that befell Mr and Mrs Taylor on the evening of 13 July 1852. when a fire ball shot through the open window of their house, collided with the wall and made the roof fall in. With a story for every day of the year, this is an alternative look at Gloucestershire's past.« less