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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.
Contributed by Alan Vosper
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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
Park Hill Farm, Stramshall Parish
My grandfather was enlightened in many ways. He permitted the children from the western side of the town, to bathe and swim, at The Pipe, boundary with campbells, The Basin, near to stramshall footpath, subject to no litter, and interference with animals. This was permitted long after his death by my family, until 1972, when the farm was sold, due to the deaths of my aunts.
A memory of contributed by john mellor
Growing up with all my relatives living in Stramshall Parish
I was born in 1928, to John James and Olive Mellor, my grandfather was Percival Jackson Mellor, my grandmother Mary Ellen Mellor. They built with help Park Hill Farm, New Road, Uttoxeter, paying tithes to Stramshall Parish. All the family went to Stramshall Church, all my parents, uncles, and grandparents are buried in Stramshall Church. The first Vicar I remember was the Rev Charlon, an Anglican churchman of the old school. My great uncle, Thomas, lives with his wife Selina at Hill top Farm(Cottages). I spent my youth between the two farms and the surrounding fields. With the River Tean running between, it was an exciting place to grow up.
A memory of contributed by john mellor
Extracts From Uttoxeter & Staffordshire books
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".
This scene shows a traffic-free view along the High Street. Once known as Old Street, this
has been the main road through the town for centuries. Carnival parades were annual
events until recently, and visiting circus entertainers along with their animals used to
parade the length of the street advertising their shows. The building on the corner with
the clock showing 2.20 (right) is Williams Deacon’s Bank. This was the name the Royal
Bank of Scotland were trading under from 1920; it became Williams & Glyns Bank before
returning to its original name in 1985. The bank itself was founded in 1727. Thomas Hart
established the first bank in Uttoxeter in the 18th century at the Bank House;
the original safe can still be seen in situ today. The Bank House was designed by
Thomas Gardner of Uttoxeter, and is in fact a simpler copy of Joseph Pickford’s house
(now a museum) in Derby.
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 the late 17th century the town had an established, high-quality cheese and butter market, with buyers coming from as far as London to do business. One of the ways farmers cheated their customers was to fill only the top portion of the 14lb butter jars and leave the remainder empty. Counter-measures included an instrument rather like an overgrown cheese taster, long enough to reach the bottom of the jar and take a core sample.
An extract from from"Staffordshire Photographic Memories".
It is said that no other town has such a choice in the way
its name is pronounced: ‘Ucheter’, ‘Uxeter’, ‘Toxeter’,
‘Itcheter’, to name but four. In the Domesday Book
Uttoxeter appears as Wotocheshede; by 1175 it was
being called Uttokishedere, by 1242 Uittokesather, and
by 1251 Huttokesather.Within a few more years it had
been changed again, this time to Huttokeshagh.
An extract from from"Staffordshire Pocket Album".