{"id":5522,"date":"2021-11-27T12:30:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T12:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stroudcivicsociety.co.uk\/home\/?p=5522"},"modified":"2022-03-08T21:14:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T21:14:50","slug":"gloucestershire-comes-to-the-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stroudcivicsociety.co.uk\/home\/2021\/11\/27\/gloucestershire-comes-to-the-light\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGloucestershire comes to the light\u201d \u2013 Thursday 3 March 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The story of how and when Gloucestershire got electricity &#8211; and why Stroud was late to the party!<\/p>\n<p>Stroud gas<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5545 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stroudcivicsociety.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/29AC3A011B1F4E9EB6DECCD2477FDAC5.png?resize=300%2C178&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stroudcivicsociety.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/29AC3A011B1F4E9EB6DECCD2477FDAC5.png?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stroudcivicsociety.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/29AC3A011B1F4E9EB6DECCD2477FDAC5.png?resize=768%2C455&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stroudcivicsociety.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/29AC3A011B1F4E9EB6DECCD2477FDAC5.png?w=918&amp;ssl=1 918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> works, like many gas works, was in the way of building a power station because of threats to local shareholders<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gloucestershire comes to the light&#8221; is the story of how the county got electric power. 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