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Holiday in Rolleston
My mother was taken from Tamworth to Rolleston by her Grannie (nee Maria Pegg) for a holiday in a cottage. My mother remembers that the man in the cottage was a brewery worker. He used to bring black stuff like sweets for them to eat. Mum would have been 7 or 8 as she wrote a letter to her mum. We don't know who this man was but could have been a brother.
A memory of Rolleston-On-Dove contributed by Ann Ball
Walking with my Dad
I was 5 years old when I remembered my Dad taking me for a walk through Stapehill Gardens. I always remember the large swan with the flowers around it. I often go back and have a photo taken of the swan, it's a beautiful scene and I shall visit the swan again this year.
A memory of Burton-On-Trent contributed by JOSEPH HALYCKYJ
Pitts Place Garage
The gap between Woolworth's and the next building was known as Pitts Place where Bert Mellor (my grandfather) ran a garage workshop where he maintained the vans for Devilles, the butchers, and the Uttoxeter racecource ambulance, which was an old WWII canvas sided vehicle.
A memory of Uttoxeter contributed by Alan Vosper
childhood
Having just stumbled across this website and viewed the photographs, I immediately went into nostalgia mode. I was born in Alrewas in 1938 in one of the small cottages in Main Street just down from Mansell's bridge, and then moved to The Old School House in Park Road the following year, where I spent the next 12 years. I have many memories of the village as it was in the 1940's and early 1950's, ranging from place names , shops, farms, business premises, and people. I can still recall most of my pals who grew up with me during this austere period during , and immediately after the War, and have many happy memories, and understandably a few unhappy ones. It ...read more here
A memory of Alrewas contributed by anthony venables
Extracts From Tutbury & Staffordshire books
Built on a natural defensive site that had been used since the Bronze Age, Tutbury was garrisoned by Royalist troops during the Civil War. On 6 July 1644, Sir John Gell led his Parliamentarian force on a lightning raid, but was unable to take the fortress. Tutbury held out until April 1646, when it was forced to surrender due to an outbreak of the plague.
An extract from from"Staffordshire Photographic Memories".
Built on a natural defensive site that had been used since the Bronze Age, Tutbury was garrisoned by Royalist troops during the Civil War. On 6 July 1644, Sir John Gell led his Parliamentarian force on a lightning raid, but was unable to take the fortress. Tutbury held out until April 1646, when it was forced to surrender due to an outbreak of the plague.
An extract from from"English Castles".
Built on a natural defensive site that had been used since
the Bronze Age, Tutbury was garrisoned by Royalist
troops during the Civil War. On 6 July 1644, Sir John
Gell led his Parliamentarian force on a lightning raid, but
was unable to take the fortress. Tutbury held out until
April 1646, when it was forced to surrender due to an
outbreak of the plague.
An extract from from"Staffordshire Pocket Album".
Gazing up the street
past Wilks Teenage
Fashions (left) with
the Elkes Cafe above,
we can see Barclays
Bank. This was built
in 1921 on the site of
Huggins & Chambers,
an ironmonger’s. The
ironmonger’s sold
Witchem’s firelighters
among other products
- these must have
contributed to the
conflagration when
the building was
burned to the ground
in 1920.
An extract from from"Uttoxeter Living Memories".
The Old Talbot was built in 1527,
and is reputed to be the oldest
building in Uttoxeter. It survived
two fires which badly damaged the
town in 1596 and 1672. The coat
of arms on the inn sign depicts
its name: a talbot, or hound, was
the crest of the Talbots, Earls of
Shrewsbury. Recent renovations
have revealed more of the timber-
framed structure.
An extract from from"Uttoxeter Living Memories".