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Bednall Head maps
Historic maps of Bednall Head and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Bednall Head maps
Bednall Head photos
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Milford| Penkridge| Tixall| Hednesford| Little Haywood| Colwich| Great Haywood| Stafford| Cannock| Rugeley| Hixon| Aston| Cannock Wood| Gentleshaw| Brewood| Chasewater
Bednall Head area books
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Staffordshire memories
Evacuee
I was evacuated to Milford in 1942 and lived with my parents at a bungalow called KENCOT. Father was a teacher at Stafford secondary school.
Sunday Outings
I was born in Stafford to parents who settled there after the war and came from Aberdeen and Newcastle-up-on-Tyne. My family often went to Milford and flew kites that we made or just explored and played hide and seek with each other, with an ice cream from the shop across the road. We emigrated to Australia in 1958.
Ice Cream Shop
All I remember when I was a child was going for Saturday ice cream at Mr Spinelli's shop. Oooh those were the days!
Uncle Frank's Cinema - The Tivoli
I believe the Tivoli was owned by my Uncle Frank Williams, who lived in the 40s at Tree Tops, a modern (then) bungalow in the vicinity of Rugeley. He was my father's brother and I think he also owned the cinema at the other end of the main road (was it the Empire?) Previously he either owned or leased Cannock Picture House. He had a poster business (mainly cinema posters) where my father Erskine Williams latterly worked - first situated in Cannock and then around 1942 at the Red House (now replaced by a large industrial estate) on the East Cannock Rd, opposite the Globe Inn. I lived there in 1942 with my parents and younger brother.
I have only today (April 11 2007) discovered that the Red House was at one time an important horse racing establishment owned by a Mr Rooney. I remember during WW2 that there were a number of stables in the courtyard.
I recall around the time I lived there taking part in... Read more
Hednesford
I remember Kings fish and chip shop in Uxbridge Street, it's now a Chinese takeaway, also Trabulis Cafe, soup and exra bread for 8d (old money). In the 60s we used to go for our dinner when I was at Littleworth Boys School (now Kingsmead Tech College), also the Anbatina Cafe in Market Street next to the Lichfield Laundry, all knocked down now and replaced by a bookies, an off license and bank. Also the indoor market. Hednesford was sadly left behind by the renovation of Cannock but in those days Hednesford people were so friendly, lived their till I was 22, now in Norton Canes though my family are still there. Saturday night at the Civic saw some great bands, we would go for a drink in the Anglesey Hotel then across the road to the Civic, 4/6d in old money, great days.
Hednesford
The picture of the Van in the main street of Hednesford is I think the Co-op grocery delivery van. Just below the woman was then a Co-op grocery store. The van was driven by a man by the name of Tommy; I unfortunately can't remember his surname.
I worked at the Rawnsley Co-op branch in the 60s when I was 17, the Manager was Ron Berks. It was my job to walk to all the outlying areas to collect customer’s orders namely, Wimblebury, Hazel Slade, Cannock Wood, Rawnsley New Village and Gentalshaw... The orders would then be put up and packed in boxes and I would go out on delivery with Tommy on Fridays and Saturdays in this van.
The Tivoli in Wartime
I remember the Sunday concerts at the Tivoli during wartime. These were produced in a very professional manner and were a wonderful morale booster for the local people during some very dark days. One Sunday the same concert was being performed at the Tivoli and The Empire on the same night and the artists were running between the two cinemas all evening. A trip to the cinema followed by a cup of tea and a bun at Sally Lowe's Cafe under the clock was quite a night out, how times have changed!
