UP AND Down Lansdown, the community play about the Stroud street being written especially for Flies on the Wall youth theatre, is now coming to the end of the research stage and the writers are looking to fill in a few gaps in their knowledge of the street.

"Now that Steven Deproost, the writer, and I have a picture of Lansdown's history we have found a few holes in our knowledge that we thought the good readers of the SNJ might be able to help us with," said researcher Lucy Heywood,

"A few Lansdown Local History Mysteries.

"Does anyone have any information about Alfred Luke Randell?

"In researching the history of Lansdown in Stroud, we have come across a diary of Alfred Luke Randell who was born in 1854 and lived in Lansdown from 1868. His father, Geoffrey Randell (1806-1872) was a High Bailiff of Stroud County Court and a Methodist preacher.

"Does anyone know of a Dr Harrison from World War Two? In his book A Stroud Valley Childhood, Terry Jones tells a story about a doctor called Harrison who used to cycle along Lansdown from his home surgery in Stroud to one in Cainscross around 1940. Can anyone identify this doctor?

"Also, does anyone know if Graham Stagg, who worked for Baughan Engineers, is still around?

"Finally, four houses were demolished in Lansdown in 1975 to make way for the proposed inner ring road. We would like to know when they were last lived in and more about what happened to the owners at the time."

Contact Lucy on 07951 032954 or via email at lucyheywood@hotmail.com