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Milford, Barley Mow c1955
Milford, Cannock Chase c1955
Milford, Sister Dora's Convalescent Hospital c1955
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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
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, during the Notting Hill riots. We would come on our own by train, { it was safe in the 50s} then a bus to Shugborough Park, and would walk across the park lugging a rather large suitcase, which my dad had put handles on each end to make it easier for us. I remember going to the pictures in the memorial hall, and a dance now and then. A few of us would play down by the canal, and across the Essex Bridge. Most of the Bailey family are in St Stephen's graveyard. I have very happy memories of Great Haywood, it was then a very pretty place.
Shared on 20 September 2008
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 was quite a reclusive lady. Her husband had died in 1952 and because her cottage was not in the village as such, she kept herself to herself.
The photo, I believe, is of the post office in the village which was kept by a Miss Yelland. My sister and I, and of course grandma, would walk down to the village probably a few times a week. We would buy ice cream and grandma would do her shopping.
The walk would take us perhaps half an hour or so and we would pass certain landmarks on the way. The by-pass was not built then and so the journey would have been quieter.
I think the first house we would come to would be the doctor's house on the left after walking from Tolldish Lane. There are so many new houses now but all we would pass would be cottages etc. The Fox and Hounds was also on the left and then there was the general shop. Lower down there was Trubshaws the butchers, the Catholic Church and then those cottages in one of the other photos that had steps up to the front doors with railings. We would jump onto the steps and swing on those railings.
Of course it seemed to be sunny all the time when I think back. I'm sure it probably wasn't. My sister and I spent most of the 1950s school holidays at grandma's cottage. She and other members of her family are buried in St Stephen's churchyard. My parents were married there and I was baptised there also.
I have never lived in the village but it holds a very special place in my heart. Thankyou Great Haywood.
Shared on 13 April 2008
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Milford, inspired by Frith photos.
Stafford - A History & Celebration
At the foot of the castle lay a village. Established at the time of the castle’s construction and finally abandoned early in the 15th century, it is believed to have been the lost Domesday village of Montville, or ‘Mount Village.’ Only about 1% of the earthworks have so far been investigated and there are undoubtedly further archaeological discoveries to be made. It is to be hoped that the necessary resources will be found. In the Middle Ages admission to the walled town was controlled by gates, known logically, if unimaginatively, as the North, South, East and West Gates. Only the East Gate has retained its original name. In the Broad Eye area to the west, the loop of the river and Doxey marshes probably made hostile access difficult, and the ‘gate’ seems to have been little more than a gap in the walls. The North Gate eventually housed the town gaol and became known as the Gaol Gate. The archaic spelling of ‘gaol’, incidentally, has been known to confuse outsiders. There can be few Staffordians who have not at some time been asked the way to ‘Goalgate Street,’ or ‘Goal Road.’ The South Gate formed the main entrance to the town, and was called the Green Gate after the Green Bridge crossing the river at this point. (Courtesy of Friends of Stafford Castle) An artist’s impression of Stafford Castle in Norman times, on display at the Castle Visitor Centre. The small courtyard nearest the castle is the inner bailey, the larger one in mid-picture the outer bailey. The castle village of Montville lies in the foreground.
Stafford - A History & Celebration
Stafford was next involved in national politics when William Howard, Viscount Stafford (1614-80), became one of the victims of the so-called ‘Popish Plot’ invented by the notorious Titus Oates. Arrested in October 1678, Howard finally faced trial by his peers in December 1680. He was found guilty of high treason by 55 votes to 31. He behaved with immense courage and dignity throughout the trial. Upon conviction he said, ‘My lords, I have very little to say. I confess I am surprised at it, for I did not expect it; but God’s will be done, and Your Lordships, I will not murmur at it. God forgive those that have sworn falsely against me.’ The king spared Howard the appalling penalty of hanging, drawing and quartering, and he was beheaded on Tower Hill on 29 December 1680. Howard was beatified as the Blessed William Howard by a decree of (Nick Thomas) Izaak Walton’s cottage at Shallowford is one of Stafford’s three heritage sites.
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 (Nick Thomas) A view of St Mary’s Grove, opposite the Church. The Georgian building on the left houses solicitors’ offices. (Nick Thomas) Church Lane, viewed from Water Street. This is one of the pleasantest parts of the town. A Television Regular The Stafford building most often shown on television is without doubt that of the Law Courts, frequently appearing on Midland news broadcasts at the time of major trials.
