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I have many happy memories of Broom Green. My grandfather and uncle were tenant farmers there and our very large family would descend on the farm for the occasional holiday. I can’t remember the name of the farm but it ...Read more

A memory of Broom Green by Douglas Smuth

We played tic off ground all over the school and grounds. The tree named the ship was a fallen beech tree on the right of the left hand path round the arbouretum. It was ideal for chasing and leaping. Not so ideal was the dormitory ...Read more

A memory of Upper Arley in 1940 by Janette M Rangeley

So many years ago but I can remember everything like it was yesterday. Mrs Truman's cafe near the church, just a shed really, the sweet shops, hairdressers, bike shop, cafe, pie and mash shop, my mum ran that pawn ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1960 by Dawn Shiston(Liddall)

This was once the main route through Cannock, namely the A34. I can't ever recall it being congested in the post war years and even into the 1960's though long distance lorries often passed through this way. Of course at that time the ...Read more

A memory of Cannock by brucehaycock

I was born in 1944 and in July 1945 my father, Roland Broome (Roly) took over the tenancy of the Cannon Inn. I remember a very happy childhood with lots of friends. We spent a lot of time outdoors in all weathers.I especially ...Read more

A memory of Earsdon by irene

My family moved to Broom because we had family there. We lived at the Camp for a while and my mum made a home out of two of the buildings. My dad worked for Mr Ted Atkins, running the farm side of the Mill. I was very happy in ...Read more

A memory of Broom in 1955 by Hazel Roberts

My uncle John Cossey was the Blacksmith from the 1930s to the 1980s. When he retired nobody else took over the shop. It has stood empty ever since. When I came out from the primary school, which is on the opposite side of the road, ...Read more

A memory of Brooke by Terry Cossey

My wife, family and I jumped at the chance of moving to Roxwell in 1982 for me to take over the position of resident Police Officer for Roxwell and its surrounding area.  It transpired to be the best move we ...Read more

A memory of Roxwell in 1998 by keithmbrookes

Has anyone got a photograph of Stone Road before the flats were built in the 1970s?  My grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Foster lived at 21 Stone Road from about 1910 until they were demolished in the late 1970s and she watched them ...Read more

A memory of Uttoxeter in 1960

It must have been in the late 1960s, I was on duty in the old watch house and, as was my habit, I was hooking out whiting out of the Harbour, fish that at the time had no commercial value at market and the fishermen threw them ...Read more

A memory of Newhaven by Tony Baitup