Stafford, Market Square c.1965

Photo ref: S411094

It’s a rather sad fact that you only come to appreciate a town several years after you have left it. At the age of 19 I was sent to live and work in Stafford between 1964 and 1979, before the Main Street was fully pedestrianised and it’s much maligned traffic relief ‘ring road’ scheme was devised and tortuously introduced. It was a time when Stafford still strove to be a ...see more

Hi, I was born 43 Tixall road and my Grandmother was at No. 45 we would walk into town via the River Sow to the baths with towel under our arms. Or into town to Woodalls for material or wool and on market day there would be flags for your donations and into the old market with the smells of fruit and veg . Around the back was the gas works with the constant smell of the gas and a visit to the park to feed the ducks ...see more

I have no memories of Derrington unless they are deeply rooted epigenetically. My great grandmother is named Derrington and I write to learn if the town, or some other source, has records of emigrants.

I was born in Wales but moved to Stafford with my parents and brother when I was 3. We lived on Sabine Street and I went to St. Paul's school and then to Riverway. We moved to Exeter Street when I was about 11. I got married in 1978 and moved to Canada in 1981. Looking at these pictures, I feel very homesick. I remember swimming at the baths with my school but did not remember about the very cold smaller ...see more