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- 9 photos on Rugeley appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Rugeley
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Rugeley memories
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Jackhills Toyshop
I have great memories of Jackhills toyshop on the Horsefair in the seventies. I used to love going in there and it was the first stop to spend birthday or Christmas money, (usually some Sindy clothes or once - some roller skates!) I always remember looking longingly at the bikes and prams they had parked up in the covered entrance - I never had one of those though!
Contributed by Vicky Witton
Staffordshire memories
Jackhills Toyshop
I have great memories of Jackhills toyshop on the Horsefair in the seventies. I used to love going in there and it was the first stop to spend birthday or Christmas money, (usually some Sindy clothes or once - some roller skates!) I always remember looking longingly at the bikes and prams they had parked up in the covered entrance - I never had one of those though!
A memory of Rugeley contributed by Vicky Witton
Chadwick family
I am searching for a Charles & Hugo Mavesyn Chadwick.
Charles Chadwick died c1820 and Hugo Chadwick died in 1854.
I notice that the name of the public house in Hill Ridware is the Chadwick Arms.
Does anyone have any history of this pub and why it was given this name and of the Chadwicks of Mavesyn Ridware?
Betty Ashton (nee Chadwick)
A memory of Hill Ridware contributed by First name Last name
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.
A memory of Colwich contributed by Margaret Curtis
Extracts From Rugeley & Staffordshire books
For several days in June every year this street was thronged with horses
and dealers during the annual Horse Fair, when up to one thousand
animals were sold. The white building, housing a café and a confectioners,
was once a girl’s school, while Astbury’s was a butcher’s shop, which was
established in the 19th century. The whole row has now been replaced.
An extract from from"Stafford Living Memories Pocket Album".
The only mention that Rugeley gets in the 1920 Dunlop Book is for the twelve-bed Shrewsbury Arms, which could also provide garaging for eight automobiles.
An extract from from"Staffordshire Photographic Memories".
Industry came early to Rugeley. There was a
forge in the area by 1273, and glassmaking was
well established by the early 14th century. John
Glasman supplied stained glass for the East
Window of York Minster. The earliest slitting
mill in the Midlands is thought to have opened
at Rugeley in 1623.
An extract from from"Staffordshire Pocket Album".
Industry came early to Rugeley. There was a forge in the area by 1273, and glassmaking was well established by the early 14th century. John Glasman supplied stained glass for the East Window of York Minster. The earliest slitting mill in the midlands is thought to have opened at Rugeley in 1623.
An extract from from"Staffordshire Photographic Memories".
Industry came early to Rugeley. There was a
forge in the area by 1273, and glassmaking was
well established by the early 14th century. John
Glasman supplied stained glass for the East
Window of York Minster. The earliest slitting
mill in the Midlands is thought to have opened
at Rugeley in 1623.
An extract from from"Staffordshire Pocket Album".