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Historic maps of Adbaston and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Adbaston maps
Adbaston photos
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Staffordshire Photographic Memories
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£14
Uttoxeter Living Memories
Paperback
£13
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Memories of Adbaston
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My Great Great Grandfather was a farmer and the owner of Leawood Pitts from around 1848 to 1892. His name was John Clemson and he farmed about 46 acres. He had a wife, Mary, and seven children. I have a photograph of the farmhouse taken sometime during that period, and also some historical information. I thought this might get the Memories... [more]
Shared on 27 January 2009
I remember the days when I lived on a farm that was owned by Mark Carter from Eccleshall Castle. I had so much fun living in Eccleshall that I didn't want to move when the farm was sold. I had loads of friends and good memories, I remember when all the children were given a Silver Jubilee coin at school, the... [more]
Shared on 07 May 2008
The Boat is the name of the Inn on the left of the picture. As children we used to walk across the top of bridge wall and, as a further dare, across the pipes which ran just below the parapet, above the water.
Once, when I was serenely paddling the canoe back from Cowley Tunnel, a loaded barge came... [more]
Shared on 07 April 2007
This is Norbury Junction, not far from but, definitely not Gnosall.
The boys in the woodwork class at school (Gnosall) built a canoe as a project which was afterwards stored in the old Mill on the opposite side of the canal to the Navigation Inn. (The Mill was the first in the area to be steam powered, I think). The canoe... [more]
Shared on 07 April 2007
Extracts From Adbaston & Staffordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Adbaston, inspired by Frith photos.
Stafford - A History & Celebration
Its surroundings are pleasant without being spectacular: 90% of Staffordshire is rural, and nowhere in the town, not even in the very centre, is one ever far from the countryside. One thing to be said for Stafford (as far as anywhere can make such a claim in these unsettled times) is that it is a town without a darker side. It is not big enough to contain 'inner city areas',... [more]
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Stafford - A History & Celebration
The town also has an association with Skarzysko/Kamienna in Poland. Like everywhere else, Stafford is changing. Until perhaps halfway through the last century the majority of people living in the town
This is an extract from Stafford - A History & Celebration.
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Stafford - A History & Celebration
School pupils, reached No 3 in the USA charts in 1973 (No 10 in the UK) with its single 'Couldn't Get it Right.' Fran Henley, the lead singer of Travis, is also a Staffordian. In the 1980s and 1990s Bingley Hall, part of the County Showground on Weston Road, hosted several groups such as Black Sabbath and the Electric Light Orchestra. The showground still stages national events in areas as... [more]
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