Jeff Bromley A Place In History! 1944 1963 2013

A Memory of Normacot.

I hope this memory of Normacot is the first of many to be placed by me and then hopefully by others.

I was born in 1944 in Lower Spring Road, (opposite Garbetts Toffee Factory), one of a family of 5 children ... Len, me! (Jeff), Dave, Rob and little sister Dorothy (Dotty). We had a very active young life, school at Uttoxeter Primary and then Queensberry Secondary Modern, nd played games (now hardly ever played by current generations) on the Alhambra Banks for hours with an army of friends no matter what the weather! We were a handful as I remember, and I'm sure that our neighbours will confirm that we were never nasty or bad, just young people enjoying safe, memorable and helpful young lives. We also formed a group that practised in the chapel at the top of Chaplin Road and had fans that followed the group over the Potteries for many years. I remember the majority of our friends as we grew up and formed our personalities and characters to take us into adulthood.... Mum and Dad, the kids have done good, honest!

We live in Spain now but when we come over to England we always drive through Normacot but sadly it is now, in my opinion, a shadow of its former thriving self. Enough for now, I hope my memories prompt others to post theirs and hopefully they will have memories of us ... good ones of course and I and my brothers and sister have loads more of people and places possibly to add in the future.
NEWSFLASH..Since posting this memory we returned to the UK (circa 2013) from Spain after 10 fantastic years, this due to a downturn in health and we felt it was time to be close to our family.
Since our return my younger brother Dave and little sister Dotty have sadly passed away. We are both still trying to settle into the English way of life and get used to the weather!!!..but God bless the good old Stokies, they really have been great in helping us to get sorted but even they can't change the weather!!