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Colwich photos

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Colwich maps

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

Colwich map

Historic map of Colwich

Staffordshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Staffordshire

Colwich map

Historic Map of any Colwich postcode

Colwich maps
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Colwich books

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Staffordshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Uttoxeter Living Memories
Paperback
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Colwich books
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Memories of Colwich

Colwich memories
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Colwich Football Team

My father, James E Bond, captained the Colwich Swifts for at least two seasons, and the team won the league in 1949. Jim played at Right Half. This memory was shared by Jim's friend Bill Fox.

Shared on 17 November 2007 by Margaret Curtis.

Staffordshire memories

Summer Holidays

I was born in Brewery Yard, Great Haywood. After the war my mum moved to Notting Hill, London, so in the summer holidays my sister and I would stay at Nan & Grandads in the village. Mum {Eileen Bailey} played the piano in the Fox & Hounds, Stubbs's were the local butchers. I spent a few months at the local school,... [more]

Shared on 20 September 2008 by Christine Pitcher.

A 1950s childhood memory

I have very fond memories of Great Haywood during the 50s as my sister and I went to stay with our grandmother during the school holidays. We lived near to the centre of Manchester and so to visit this village in the 50s was like entering another world.
Grandma lived on the outskirts of the village in Tolldish Lane and she... [more]

Shared on 13 April 2008 by Anne Forster.

The Clifford Arms

Ahh, The Drinking Hole!

Shared on 30 October 2007 by Simon Allen Bmus. (hons).

Bailey Bridge Pontoon - Canal Cruisers.

I built the boat shown on the right hand side of the photograph.   Bailey Bridge pontoon MKVI N0.19053 was manufactured by Gee Walker & Slater Ltd, Uttoxeter Road, Derby and sent to Engineers Stores, US Army Depot, Newbury, Berkshire on 29/9/1944.  At post-war WD surplus sales, a considerable number of these Bailey Bridge pontoons were bought by Levesley's International and stored... [more]

Shared on 06 April 2006 by Alwyn Davies.

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.

Shared on 05 July 2007 by Mervyn Jones.

Our Childhood

My twin sister and me were brought up in Hixon from babies till we were about 10, we were known as the Taylor Twins. We first lived with our nan in the house that stands at the top of Smithie Lane and Featherbed Lane, we then moved into what was called The Baths, it was a 1 up 1 down house... [more]

Shared on 01 September 2009 by Trudy Allsop.

The photograph is of my mother.

I'm a little young to remember the post office as it is in the photograph, but I can say that the girl in the pushchair is my mother and the lady behind is one of my great aunts. Three of my great aunts built and ran the store and post office at the bottom of the village, i don't know exactly... [more]

Shared on 07 November 2007 by Danielle Lainton.

Extracts From Colwich & Staffordshire books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Colwich, inspired by Frith photos.

Stafford Living Memories Pocket Album

Originally built as a private house called Mount Pleasant in 1730, it was later enlarged and renamed Mount Pavilion. In 1836 it became home to a group of Benedictine nuns. Their community had fled the French Revolution in Paris in 1795 and had settled first in Dorset and then Somerset, before moving to Staffordshire.

This is an extract from Stafford Living Memories Pocket Album.
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Stafford Living Memories Pocket Album

It was near here in June 1839 that a passenger on a boat to London, Mrs Christina Collins, was brutally beaten, raped and murdered. Her body was dragged out of the canal two days later at the Bloody Steps in Rugeley, where her grave can be seen in the churchyard. Two of the crew were hanged and another transported.

This is an extract from Stafford Living Memories Pocket Album.
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Stafford Living Memories Pocket Album

According to tradition, the church of St Michael and All Angels is said to stand on the site of a 7th-century wooden chapel dedicated to St Chad. Most of the present church dates from the 19th century, although the tower was built in 1640. There is a memorial inside to Admiral George Anson, who is buried here. Note the St George's flag on the tall flagpole. ... [more]

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