Where I Grew Up

A Memory of Glascote.

Not many people have heard of Glascote, it's not even on the map. A lot of people get it confused with another area called Glascote Heath, but they are not the same at all. I have lived in Glascote all my life. At one time it was a lovely little village with shops dotted here and there, a grocers shop and convenience stores, and everyone knew each others families and asked about them. But now with changing times, there are fast food shops, hairdressers and a betting shop.

Glascote did used to have a pit, along with many other places in the Tamworth area, and my mum was telling me only yesterday, that when she used to sit in the living room of her house on the Main Road (also known as the B5000), with her ear to the floor and she could hear the miners working below. That was probably the major job for men in Glascote, and they also used to use pit ponies. My own grandad had a pit pony and it was called Turpin.

The houses are of all different time periods, and one house in particular is quite outstanding. It is a large white house that is on the left hand side as you drive down the B5000, it is a lovely building that is now an icecream factory, but many years ago, it was actually painted black, I'm sure that scared many people, I know it scared my mum!!!