Mitcheldean
Mitcheldean is a town in the east of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The town is one of the most heavily populated area of 'Mitcheldean and Drybrook' electoral ward. This ward begins in the north east at Mitcheldean as well as stretches southern western to Drybrook. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 4,607. Mitcheldean was a successful area for numerous centuries because of the community's distance to iron ore deposits. Throughout the 19th century, the community grew because of revenues created by the regional brewing industry. Like several of the Forest of Dean towns, Mitcheldean was a dense neighborhood with private practices. Among these was the in your area famous (or well known) Mitcheldean Prize Brass Band. It is strongly thought of and also explained in a memoir by Arthur Bullock, a homeowner of neighboring Longhope, whose father as well as siblings were in it. Recounting the band's exploits, he comments, 'I just want I could have been blessed to hear the Mitcheldean Prize Brass Band play when all of the players were completely sober at the same time'. However, it is undoubtedly sobering to read his more reflection that the band must have been 'exterminated by the 1914-18 war'. In the 20th century the town grew better because of the Rank Xerox photocopier factory. Although this market considerably decreased throughout the latter half of the 20th century, much of the former Rank Xerox site (currently Vantage Point Business Village is now inhabited by small businesses, new production as well as circulation services.