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Branston memories
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Staffordshire memories
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
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
Childhood playground
I was lucky enough to live in the High Street in Tutbury in the 1960s and Tutbury Castle was my playground - we used to spend hours up there climbing on the walls and up the twisting stairs of the towers. One fond memory is one of my friends being dared to walk across the grille covering the well (quite deep, but almost empty) and getting her foot stuck. We had to take her shoe off and almost dropped it down the well! I also remember buying dandelion and burdock pop from the little shop, and making sure we returned the empty bottles to collect our deposits! And I remember the stories about the castle being haunted but never saw anything ...read more here
A memory of Tutbury contributed by Cherry-Ann Dowling
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 Branston & Staffordshire books
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".
In 1642 Charles I was confronted on the approach to
the bridge by a contingent of Staffordshire residents
asking him to come to terms with Parliament. He
ignored their pleas. The new A50 bypass has meant
that the bridge is now an attractive stop on the
Staffordshire Way.
An extract from from"Uttoxeter Living Memories".
Here we see the kiosk
being used as a traffic
roundabout. The lantern
atop the building has
now gone. Here the
view of the kiosk is all
but obliterated by a
telephone exchange box,
a police telephone box
and the large road sign
which gives directions to
Stoke, Stafford, Rugeley
and the Uttoxeter Lido.
These have all since
been removed.
An extract from from"Uttoxeter Living Memories".
The original White Horse
pub can be seen behind
the war memorial; it was
demolished to make way for
the incongruous new 1960s
town planning building. The
new White Horse was itself
seriously damaged by fire
in 2004, when the roof and
much of the upper floor
were badly affected. The
original White Horse Inn was
built in 1830 and owned by
John Twigg; there were 24
pubs in Uttoxeter at that
time. An ancient market
cross with 24 steps once
stood at this site.
An extract from from"Uttoxeter Living Memories".