Nostalgic memories of Werrington's local history

Share your own memories of Werrington and read what others have said

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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I was born and bred in Werrington, Staffs. I wrote in 2010, that nine or ten of us still met up for a meal at the Ash Bank Hotel, in 2016 that number has grown to 20-23. Although most live away, they still come; we mostly all left school in 1945. That lovely little village we all knew has now grown in size, kids went Cellarhead School when they reached 11years old; there were many from Dilhorne, Weston ...see more
I remember going to school one morning, when a convoy of army lorries was going past, they were Americans, I did not realise it until several years later that I was witnessing the beginning of the invasion of Europe. To the shout of "Any gum, chum?"' to the passing lorries, I got loads of gum and I think there were also malted milk tablets. It never occurred to us that some of soldiers could be dead ...see more