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Blackshaw Moor maps

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

Blackshaw Moor photos

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Leek| Rudyard| Rushton Spencer| Cheddleton| Wincle| Wildboarclough| Endon| Bosley| Brown Edge| Stockton Brook

Blackshaw Moor area books

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Memories of Blackshaw Moor

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Staffordshire memories

St Lukes And Milner Girls

I was born in Leek and went to St lukes school and then onto Milner girls in Springfield road. Did anyone else out there go to either of these schools.

Evacuation

At the beginning of the war I was evacuated to Leek. I was only there until the Christmas but I remember going to school in a building called the Nicholson Institute and I stayed with some lovely people called Wagstaffe near Balls End Park. They had a shop where they sold and repaired watches. I remember that we used to go for walks on Sunday afternoons to Rudyard Lake.
Audrey Frost

Rudyard by Bike

Rudyard by bike from Hanley was no mean task on my bike made up of odd bits, but in those days you were lucky to have one. The reward of getting there was the penny slots, swings and the lake, calling in to ask someone for a drink of water on the way home, all simple stuff.

Living in The Fox Inn

The Fox Inn c1955
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My Mother, Annette Mercer, lived here with her parents Margaret and Harold Mercer and siblings Roger, Lynda, Bruce and Carolyn in 1953. From here they went to Denton, Lancashire. Annette worked in the office of Wood Treatment in Biddulph. She was age 16 at the time.

Christening

The Church c1955
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I have visited the church many times, I was christened there in 1943. My parents rented a weekend cottage situated down a lane opposite the Crown Inn. They rented it prior to the war and during. After they gave the cottage up we used to stay at the Fox Inn, which was then owned by the Ralphs family. I had some wonderful times there. I wondered if anyone else remembers Rushton round about that time.

My Maiden Name

The Church c1955
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I would like to add that at this time my name was Judy Thomas

I Used to Work in The Fox Inn

The Fox Inn c1955
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I used to work in the Fox Inn with Felix (the head waiter), Salvatore, myself, Barbara Lovatt, and others that I can't remember the names of. They were the best time of my life, at the time the owner was Mr Hancock.

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