Wheaton Aston
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Uttoxeter Living Memories
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Stafford - A History & Celebration
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So You Think You Know? Stafford
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The Forge
I lived at the Forge, Long Street, Wheaton Aston, between 1955 to 1959 when I moved to Wolverhampton. I would be very interested if anybody has any pictures of the Forge. The house stood opposite Whiteways the butchers and next to the car park for the Coach and Horses pub. There was a slaughter house down Frog Lane then. The side of the house was right onto the road and the blacksmiths was attached to the house. All the tools and bellows were still there then. The forge was demolished and three detached bungalows are on the site now. There was a cobblers down Frog Lane by the church, sometimes the cobbler, an old gentleman, would open the bottom of the ...read more here
Contributed by victor small
carnival
I lived and went school in wheaton aston, and once a year the village carnival was held. It had several floats that were themed and there was a MAYPOLE dance on the village green. It was also the home of the village bus stop. The building on the right of the picture was the primitive methodist chapel, (The PRIMS) I was a member for some years
Contributed by ROY DOWNTON
fishing
During the school holidays the canal and it's towpath became a playground for many of the village children. Several of us caught the fishing bug and used the canal many times throughout the holiday. We always looked out for a barge called the MENDIP. The bargee was a gentleman called Charlie Atkins. His route was from the CADBURY factory at Knighton to Bournville in Birmingham. This was the origin of his nickname (Chocolate Charlie). We always asked him for a bit of chocolate but it was the raw chocolate crumb before it had been milled and was all but uneatable. If he was in a good mood we were alowed a ride up the canal for about 2 bridges then ...read more here
Contributed by ROY DOWNTON
Staffordshire memories
The Forge
I lived at the Forge, Long Street, Wheaton Aston, between 1955 to 1959 when I moved to Wolverhampton. I would be very interested if anybody has any pictures of the Forge. The house stood opposite Whiteways the butchers and next to the car park for the Coach and Horses pub. There was a slaughter house down Frog Lane then. The side of the house was right onto the road and the blacksmiths was attached to the house. All the tools and bellows were still there then. The forge was demolished and three detached bungalows are on the site now. There was a cobblers down Frog Lane by the church, sometimes the cobbler, an old gentleman, would open the bottom of the ...read more here
A memory of Wheaton Aston contributed by victor small
Extracts From Wheaton Aston & Staffordshire books
From here the canal maintains a level for over twenty miles until it reaches Tyrley, where a flight of five locks alter the level by 33 ft. At Tyrley the lock keeper’s single storey cottage is situated between Locks 1 and 2. From Tyrley the canal crosses the Tern by a single-arched aqueduct and crosses the border into Shropshire.
An extract from from"Staffordshire Photographic Memories".
From here the canal maintains a level for over twenty
miles until it reaches Tyrley, where a flight of five locks
alter the level by 33 ft.At Tyrley the lock keeper’s single
storey cottage is situated between Locks 1 and 2. From
Tyrley the canal crosses the Tern by a single-arched aque-
duct and crosses the border into Shropshire.
An extract from from"Staffordshire Pocket Album".
Around this time Staffordshire dairy farms were producing nearly 80 million gallons of milk a year; by the 1960s it had risen to over 90 million gallons.
An extract from from"Staffordshire Photographic Memories".
Around this time Staffordshire dairy farms were producing nearly
80 million gallons of milk a year; by the 1960s it had risen to
over 90 million gallons.
An extract from from"Staffordshire Pocket Album".
The Shropshire Union canal was owned by a railway, the LMS, and was formed in 1864. It runs between Wolverhampton and Ellesmere Port. A narrow canal, it passes through delightful countryside, and maintains a level for twenty miles until it reaches Wheaton Aston. The lock keeper’s cottage (left) is now a private house, and the large building behind has gone.
An extract from from"Canals and Waterways".