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A photo of Gaudron's balloon at Kingsholm rugby ground, 1895

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Gaudron’s balloon at Kingsholm rugby ground, 1895 (SRPrints/GL55/158GS)

On the August bank-holiday in 1895, Professor Gaudron, a French aeronaut, brought his hot-air balloon to Kingsholm for a 2-day August bank-holiday extravaganza.  Though tethered to the ground, some 5000 citizens were able to make a captive ascent to around 700 feet (213m) and get a birds-eye view of the city and the surrounding countryside.  The following day Gaudron offered a free, untethered, flight, although poor weather meant only the event organiser, Mr Macrea, could go.  The balloon took off and eventually ended up near Chipping Norton! 

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