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Alrewas, Staffordshire
Alrewas maps
Historic maps of Alrewas and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Alrewas maps
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Alrewas books
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Staffordshire Photographic Memories
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Uttoxeter Living Memories
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1 Alrewas photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Alrewas
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My dad was evacuated to Alrewas and stayed with the Tranter family in Fox Lane. He would dearly love any information about the family. He knows they had a son called Ted.
Shared on 30 October 2009
During the 1970s when I was a teenager, I drove my grandmother to Alrewas, Staffs as her family were from this village. We walked around the old church graveyard and found many stones with the name Kent. Inside the church there are two plaques dedicated to my great-grandmother. It was truley a wonderful experience.
Shared on 02 September 2009
Having just stumbled across this website and viewed the photographs, I immediately went into nostalgia mode. I was born in Alrewas in 1938 in one of the small cottages in Main Street just down from Mansell's bridge, and then moved to The Old School House in Park Road the following year, where I spent the next 12 years. I have many... [more]
Shared on 16 November 2006
It was always a real pleasure to pop into this old fashioned shop for any supplies and talk to Mrs D!
Shared on 02 September 2006
Hiya, I live in Alrewas with my parents, Mr Bill Williams, and Irene, from 1965 till they both passed away and are at rest in Alrewas Church. They both had a great number of friends in the village from Amateur Dramatics to Bill being the lay-peacher. Many fond memories flood back. Our last house, of 3 in Alrewas was the Old... [more]
Shared on 29 October 2009
Staffordshire memories
Myself and my brother (Simon) moved here with our parents around 1989-90. We both attended Mary Howard School and made quite a few friends, and sadly after just one year we moved away again. It was a beautiful part of the countryside and I would like to get in contact with a few old school mates if they manage to read... [more]
Shared on 31 October 2009
I also remember a foggy Beacon Park, probably 1954. I used to live in the Close, my father being a minor canon, and went to a nursery school (Mrs Allen's) on the other side of the park. I think that one of my parents would bring me to the park gates near the Close and then I would walk... [more]
Shared on 08 November 2008
Extracts From Alrewas & Staffordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Alrewas, inspired by Frith photos.
This pleasant village on the Trent & Mersey Canal was a popular stop-off point for old boatmen: the pubs in the village were the main attraction. The church is mainly 13th- and 14th-century. The Austin A40 and Standard 10 cars on the left are a reminder of a more gentle motoring age.
This is an extract from Canals and Waterways.
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Down the Trent Photographic Memories
Here we see the black and white cottages of 'Churchside' with their thatched roofs, and the tower of All Saints', dating from the 14th century. The lych gate is still there today, although trees have now obscured this view of the cottages.
This is an extract from Down the Trent Photographic Memories.
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Gazing up the street past Wilks Teenage Fashions (left) with the Elkes Cafe above, we can see Barclays Bank. This was built in 1921 on the site of Huggins & Chambers, an ironmonger's. The ironmonger's sold Witchem's firelighters among other products - these must have contributed to the conflagration when the building was burned to the ground in 1920.
This is an extract from Uttoxeter Living Memories.
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