Members of the Coleford Area MCTI Partnership are trying to find information regarding the Broadwell Memorial Hall. An article that was published in November 1989 informs us that a meeting was held on a hot summer day in 1919 when the decision was made to build the hall on land donated by Amos Brown, a local man, as a memorial to the 43 men who had given their lives in World War One.

There does not appear to be any information as to who actually built the hall, neither have we been able to find any drawings, but we do have information regarding the company that created the memorial panels.

Our researchers are also trying to put together information about those who are named on the memorial ready for an exhibition and open day that will take place on May Day Bank Holiday, Monday, May 5 from 10am to 4pm.

We would be most grateful for any information that anyone has about anything connected with the Broadwell area, including the local mines.

They may contact the partnership through our office at The Main Place, Old Station Way, Coleford, telephone number 01594 836469, or bring it along to the open day when we will have researchers present who can scan documents or photographs, returning them to their owners for keeping.

We are also anxious to trace the whereabouts of the old minute books in connection with the Hall.

– Janet Marrot, Coleford Area MCTI Partnership.