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Admaston, Staffordshire

Admaston maps

Historic maps of Admaston and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Admaston maps

Admaston map

Historic map of Admaston

Staffordshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Staffordshire

Admaston map

Historic Map of any Admaston postcode

Admaston maps
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Admaston photos

We have no photos of Admaston, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Abbots Bromley, Colwich, Little Haywood, Hixon, Great Haywood, Rugeley, Hill Ridware

Admaston books

Displaying 2 of 2 books about Admaston and the local area.   View all Admaston books

Staffordshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14

Uttoxeter Living Memories
Paperback
£13

Admaston books
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Memories of Admaston

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Staffordshire memories

Colwich Football Team

My father, James E Bond, captained the Colwich Swifts for at least two seasons, and the team won the league in 1949. Jim played at Right Half. This memory was shared by Jim's friend Bill Fox.

Shared on 17 November 2007 by Margaret Curtis.

Our Childhood

My twin sister and me were brought up in Hixon from babies till we were about 10, we were known as the Taylor Twins. We first lived with our nan in the house that stands at the top of Smithie Lane and Featherbed Lane, we then moved into what was called The Baths, it was a 1 up 1 down house... [more]

Shared on 01 September 2009 by Trudy Allsop.

The photograph is of my mother.

I'm a little young to remember the post office as it is in the photograph, but I can say that the girl in the pushchair is my mother and the lady behind is one of my great aunts. Three of my great aunts built and ran the store and post office at the bottom of the village, i don't know exactly... [more]

Shared on 07 November 2007 by Danielle Lainton.

Wartime

Very sketchy memories - maybe someone will fill the blanks. My father was RAF at the Wellington bomber base. I lived for a short period in a single row of cottages, near the base and a railway line. I had to cross the line over a small bridge to go to a school just the other side. My parents were show-biz... [more]

Shared on 18 July 2007 by Benny Davis.

Extracts From Admaston & Staffordshire books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Admaston, 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

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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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