Nostalgic memories of Cannock's local history
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This range of buildings was the Co-op, part of Walsall and Districts group of stores. They sold virtually everything you needed or if they didn't, you'd get it from D.W.Clarke's across the way.
They always paid out a dividend to registered customers, possibly twice each year. Great queues of women would line up in a large entry just opposite the church. An office was located there to make a cash-back payment ...see more
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 actual total number of vehicles on the roads was very much lower than what we have at the present time.
The large building on the right is D.W. Clarke's emporium which sold nearly ...see more
Of course everybody know this building as Taylor's. However not everybody knows that there is another floor above the restaurant level. It can be clearly seen in the photo. This was the location of Cannock's Freemasons Temple for many years and may still be so for all I know.
Of course this is St.Luke's parish church in Cannock which stands on ground which has connections with worship going back for many centuries. There is a battered and worn ancient preaching cross in front of the building which has several stepped platforms leading up to the stone stump which must surely have been a complete cross before time and troubles took their toll. All the children would climb to the ...see more
Hi I lived in chadsmoor more moss street have great memories went to burns street school and then belt road girl's school and Blake lived there from 1967to1973 loved every minute remember teachers at Blake Mrs Richards games teacher Mrs Jones religious education and miss Wayne dance I remember school backed out infield and there were horses in there I would sneak out at lunch time and ride them and got cought. I ...see more
I am now 67 and live in Belgium and came across this terrific site of old Cannock.
The town I remember has a small boy growing up .
I attended Walsall road infant and junior school and Calving Hill Secondary School.
Great memories and in my opinion Cannock was a beautiful mining town and
very sad to see it today.
The town is full of charity shops abs estate agents and of course all the ...see more
All of the above comes to mind and stands out above all other memories for me. A weekend trip to Yates with my eldest sister to buy popular chart singles, hop scotching on the tiles of Woolworth whilst mum shopped, drinking dreadful warm milk out of triangle paper cartons at school, and last but not least, splashing in the paddling pool and playing (mini-golf) put - in at the park. Happy days!
Getting my haircut at Richards Gents hairdressers upstairs in the Coop Building - accessed via a winding staircase and once there a row of Barbers Chairs. The open space of nearby Queens Square with its Fire Station Health Office and the main stopping point for the blue Hednesford to Walsall No 1 Bus Service alonside the Church wall. The Swallow Raincoat factory in one corner..
I started school at The Croft in High Green next to WG Smiths. This was near to the Danilo - Queen of Cinemas of the time and fascinating to visit. Later from Walhouse School we spent lunchtimes playing cowboys and Lone Ranger chases on Shoal Hill listening out for the one oclock siren at the Colliery to tell us that it was time to make our way back to school for the afternoon lessons. The walk up New ...see more
I lived in Cannock from 1963 to 1970. We lived on the Longford Estate in Leamington Close, we were the first family to live in that house after it was built. I went to Bridgetown Primary School and started year 1 in Calving Hill Comprehensive but we moved back to Scotland before I completed my first year in high school. There was a grammar school next to Calving Hill. I remember there were two cinemas ...see more