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Stafford, former Library, Grapes Corner 2005
Stafford, former Library, Grapes Corner 2005 Ref: s411715k
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Stafford, Market Square c1965
Ref: s411094
My memories of Stafford relate to my younger childhood. My grandparents lived in Bedford Avenue and as youngsters my sister and I would go and stay with my nana and grandad in the school holidays. We used to go shopping and visted the market over the years where we would spend our pennies. After trawling round the various stalls my nana would stop at the cake shop next door, before heading home. I can also remember waiting for the bus opposite the market when we lived at Farmdown Road and went to Stafford with my mother.
Shared on 22 December 2009
Hi, I was born in Stafford and emigrated to Australia in 1975 and I have not revisited England since. Me and my older sister remember vividly exploring 2 old houses (Im unsure of how old they were) which were demolished in the early to mid 1970s. One was a white brick what seemed like a mansion to us at the time and the other was a dark old house which was right next to now Barnfields Primary School.(the white house was also in same vicinity). We used to visit Fourboys shop regularly with friends 'The Dodds' - Mark, Steven and Jackie, also a Jane Miller (only child). I am almost obsessed with finding out re: these houses and their history / photos. Can anyone shine a light? It's pretty hard when you are on the other side of the world. Regards, Lisa Upton Victoria, Australia
Shared on 08 October 2009
I was born in Doxey, about one mile from Stafford town centre. My forebears lived in and around what was then called Castletown, that is the area on the left of Doxey Road. My maternal grandmother Alice Parsons was the keeper, with her husband Harry, of the Castle Tavern which has a prominent position on the corner of Castle Street. They took the inn in about 1902 and continued until Harry's death in 1910. Alice kept the inn going by herself for a few years. The inn is a very different place now from what it must have been in Alice's time. It was then an inn which served mainly the needs of the workforce of the railway. Castle Street led at that time to Bagnall's railway engine works. Whilst at the inn Alice fell down the cellar steps and broke both her wrists. On a recent visit I was taken down into the cellar by the landlord and one can easily see how tha accident happened. She was a very tough lady and lived on in Doxey until she was 99 years old.
Shared on 30 June 2009
Stafford, Royal Brine Baths c1950
Ref: S411003
I remember visiting the Brine Baths from our Junior School - there was a small pool (quite chilly) where we were all taught to swim. We then graduated to the large pool, where we still used to go from the High School.
My brother learnt to swim when he was thrown in at the deep end of the large pool (not so much Health and Safety around in those days). It was literally a case of sink or swim.
It was a lovely building, which we probably didn't appreciate at the time, but obviously in need of updating internally. Has it now been demolished on the altar of modernity?
Shared on 09 April 2009
Stafford, Royal Brine Baths c1950
Ref: S411003
I remember as a child and teenager going to the Brine Baths with my brother and friends, what a wonderful building it was, swimming was never the same after the new baths were built, another fine old building was lost.
Shared on 30 April 2008
