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Etruria, Staffordshire
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Historic maps of Etruria and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Etruria maps
Etruria photos
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Staffordshire Photographic Memories
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Uttoxeter Living Memories
Paperback
£13
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Memories of Etruria
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Staffordshire memories
I went to that school. I went to the nursery and stayed there right up until the year 2000 and then moved away to Scotland. It was a great school.
Shared on 07 July 2009
I remember I was about 10 and Critchilows Corner was a derelict building at this point, probably in 2000, and we used to try get in to see what it was like inside. I moved away but do visit the area from time to time and it's a housing esate now, seems a shame.
Shared on 07 July 2009
The building in view was a Post Office and General Stores, the area was known as "Critchlows Corner" after the name of the family that owned the shop. The post office was the only one in the area. At the age of 10 I would cycle to the Post Office to collect our familys child benefit.
The bridge in the background... [more]
Shared on 07 July 2006
George Edward Ramsden, coopers and crate-makers
I have been told that my grandfather and great-grandfather had a business at Longton as coopers and crate-makers for the potteries. This business ceased I believe in the 1950s but would have been running from the late 1800s to that date.
I cannot find any details of this business and have only been told that it was run from Longton.
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Shared on 24 August 2009
Extracts From Etruria & Staffordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Etruria, inspired by Frith photos.
Stafford - A History & Celebration
Its surroundings are pleasant without being spectacular: 90% of Staffordshire is rural, and nowhere in the town, not even in the very centre, is one ever far from the countryside. One thing to be said for Stafford (as far as anywhere can make such a claim in these unsettled times) is that it is a town without a darker side. It is not big enough to contain 'inner city areas',... [more]
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Stafford - A History & Celebration
The town also has an association with Skarzysko/Kamienna in Poland. Like everywhere else, Stafford is changing. Until perhaps halfway through the last century the majority of people living in the town
This is an extract from Stafford - A History & Celebration.
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Stafford - A History & Celebration
School pupils, reached No 3 in the USA charts in 1973 (No 10 in the UK) with its single 'Couldn't Get it Right.' Fran Henley, the lead singer of Travis, is also a Staffordian. In the 1980s and 1990s Bingley Hall, part of the County Showground on Weston Road, hosted several groups such as Black Sabbath and the Electric Light Orchestra. The showground still stages national events in areas as... [more]
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