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Alrewas, the Trent and Mersey Canal c1955

Alrewas, the Trent and Mersey Canal c1955
 
 

Alrewas, the Trent and Mersey Canal c1955 Ref: a318001

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The Tranter family

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 Friday, October 30, 2009 by Tiffany Potter.

Photo of Alrewas, the Church c1965

Alrewas, the Church c1965
Ref: a318006

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My Fond Memories of Alrewas

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 Stagecoach Inn, next to the Barkery at Church Road (by the enterance to the Mill). My bedroom was about 100 yards from the peal of bells, very nice ( but not so, if you had spend Saturday night at the Crown or the George)...Fondest wishes to anyone who lives in Alrewas or who was around and like me had the pleasure of knowing my Adopted parents Irene and Bill...... from Joe

Shared on Thursday, October 29, 2009 by Joseph Humpage.

My Memories

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Shared on Thursday, October 29, 2009 by Joseph Humpage.

The Kent Family

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 Wednesday, September 02, 2009 by Helen Clark.

childhood

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 memories of the village as it was in the 1940's and early 1950's, ranging from place names , shops, farms, business premises, and people. I can still recall most of my pals who grew up with me during this austere period during , and immediately after the War, and have many happy memories, and understandably a few unhappy ones. It would be wonderful to get in touch with anyone who remembers me from this perod to chat over old times, and to make comparisons with village life today.
So come on you Old Codgers get in touch.

Shared on Thursday, November 16, 2006 by Anthony Venables.

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