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Historic maps of Bridgtown and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Bridgtown maps
Bridgtown photos
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Great Wyrley| Cannock| Hednesford| Essington| Chasewater| Brownhills| Penkridge| Cannock Wood| Gentleshaw| Wednesfield| Willenhall| Walsall| Brewood| Rugeley| Wolverhampton| Tettenhall
Bridgtown area books
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Staffordshire memories
Journals in The College
My grandfather, W. W. Share, was a mining engineer who worked at Walsall Wood Colliery. After he died, his mining engineering journals were transferred to the college.
A Fifties Lad in Cannock
The Crown Hotel dating back to the reign of Queen Anne circa 1702. Demolished to make way for hideous 1960s architecture, Dickie Wright's butchers shop and cottage on the corner of Church Street, the bandstand where Bob Simmons stood selling the Express & Star evening newspaper, Watkiss's seed and corn shop, later to become Yates Radio & Television where we bought singles for six and eightpence, and Beasleys Grocery and provisions where as children we were fascinated by the overhead cash system where the takings and change were taken via a container running along cables. Rosa's Ice Cream which was truly delicious and they came around the streets in their Ford E83 delivery vans. Further along we came to Linfords hardware shop where the aroma of the pink parrafin stove greeted you in the winter months, you wouldn't find a wick for the stove in Wilko's today. The New Hall was a place of public entertainment where Amateur Dramatics, Pantomimes and Christmas Bazaars took place, the lucky dip off Father Christmas was... Read more
Wartime Cannock
As a 9-year-old I remember after being bombed out from Birmingham and going to stay with a great-aunt in Heath Hayes (Aunt Polly Ingram) and going to a hall in Cannock and being kitted out with a set of clothes, and being given a doll. I am 78 now.
Childhood in Chadsmoor
I lived at no 134 Cannock Road oposite the Baptist Chapel. The first memories was of playing in the school band, I was on the triangle and we were took to the hall in Cannock to play for some soldiers, I don't if they enjoyed it as we were no Joe Loss band. The most that comes to mind was the shops in Chadsmoor, there was a lot of them including Bertha Smith's and Bianci's for sweets and homemade pop. My mother made me an RAF uniform and we stood on the corner in Cannock centre and watched as hundreds of American sodiers marched past from the railway station, I still wonder today how many made it back home. I am trying to put together the story of Chadsmoor in the war years, if anyone can help I would be grateful for the input. I have the names of all the people that lived there in 1945. The one thing i would like to know is when the wooden boys'... Read more
The Blake
The following information relates to the opening of the Blake school in Hednesford.
The Blake school was built to replace the Central Secondary school for boys which was in Burns Street Chadsmoor (where Chadsmoor junior school is now sited)
The building of the school commenced in March 1961 and was taken over in December 1962. The cost was £157,000. The school then consisted of a large and small hall, a library, 7classrooms, a music room, 5 practical rooms and a kitchen which could serve up to 200 meals a day. A caretaker’s house was also provided.
The information given at the time of opening stated that the school was of traditional construction but very adverse site conditions necessitated the use of heavily reinforced foundations and restricted the height of the building. Praise was given to both the architect and the playing fields department on the transfiguration of a derelict site.
The school was built on land formerly owned by West Cannock Colliery Company. It is... Read more
Cannock Road Chadsmoor
The row of houses mentioned earlier were re numbered in the early 1950s. Our row started at 206- 214. The row of houses we lived in were actually owned by my grandmother Minnie Garbett. She bought them sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s. I remember being told that she caused chaos by fencing off her property and making the people next door at 204 use the next entry by number 202 instead of taking a short cut across our garden. The well at the top of no 208 was also filled in. My parents Mr and Mrs Bill Bridges, lived in 206 (next to the entry). Mr and Mrs Alf Carter lived at 208. Next to them was Gwen Groves. The next was someone called Brown and Mr and Mrs Hollingshead lived in the last of the 5 houses. I can remember Harvey’s shoe shop on the corner of Burns Street. Other shops down from there were Goodwins butchers and a greengrocer owned by various families - Richards, Smart and... Read more
Norton East Road
I was born in Norton East Road and left Staffordshire in 1969 to live with my family in Cambridgeshire. I visit Norton often to see aunts and uncles living in Norton Canes and Heath Hayes. I am in contact with Ann Jones (now Ann Armishaw) and June Anderson (now June Smith) who were my friends from school.
I have photos in my home of St James Church where my great grandfather sang in the choir and the Methodist Chapel at the top of Norton East Road. SUCH HAPPY MEMORIES.
