21stcenturystaffordgirl
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Really? How did that come about?Mrs M said:
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Know any unusual facts about Stafford?..
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basil
don't mention the blinds
Dave .. i forget his surname who was the manager of the grot (top of the world) in the mid 70s later went on to be the manager of the trocadero in brum by the early 80s. I know this as i had a chat with him on going to see joe jackson a la jumpin' jive phase in 82 i think.....
He was a councillor and did a lot of work for poor and elderly, was voted Mayor but died in harness (before he was officially invested). His name was Henry (Harry) Coghlan. Many think it was named after my Grandfather Horace Coghlan who also became Mayor, but this is not so.21stcenturystaffordgirl said:
Slainte
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Have just looked up what Compleat actually means, as I always assumed it was an alternative spelling of complete or indeed a wrong spelling by Mr Walton.. here's what I managed to findSlainte said:
Compleat: Being an outstanding example of a kind; quintessential; Of or characterized by a highly developed or wide-ranging skill or proficiency
lol
Gramaisc
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What is now Platform 1 used to be Platform 2. Platform 1 was the short, dead-end platform at the south end which I've never seen used for a passenger service. It's still there but they don't 'waste' a number on it now and I suppose it was not thought worthwhile to renumber the other platforms in sequence. It's been like that for a good ten years, I'ld say.highguyuk said:
Lunar Scorpion
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The toilets are on Platform 2 but no one has asked me yet...Gramaisc said:
Scoot Doggy Dogg
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Stafford Castle was besieged by "Brown Bess", the parlimentarian siege gun, during the Civil War. Sneaked in via Doxey Marshes apparentley. Not sure of the year but would imagine somwhere between 1642 and 1649- the "Civil War Years" like.
MarkHeenan
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A few civic facts:
Stafford Borough's gold mace is one of only two which are laid to rest vertically, because King James said so.
The two (older) silver maces have been held by both Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II
Within the Borough the Mayor of Stafford is, in ceremonial terms, superior to all but the Monarch and the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire. Even Barack Obama would, technically, have to cede precedence within the Borough boundaries. (I don't think this is unique to Stafford, but it's interesting)
Stafford Borough's gold mace is one of only two which are laid to rest vertically, because King James said so.
The two (older) silver maces have been held by both Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II
Within the Borough the Mayor of Stafford is, in ceremonial terms, superior to all but the Monarch and the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire. Even Barack Obama would, technically, have to cede precedence within the Borough boundaries. (I don't think this is unique to Stafford, but it's interesting)
Gramaisc
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I believe that Stafford is unusual in having two motorway junctions for a town of its size. This is not due to any perceived level of importance, but was rather for practical reasons as the M6 ended at Junction 13 for some years before the more southerly portion was constructed and so a Stafford North junction was necessary as well. If the section from Wolverhampton to Stoke had been built in one go it seems likely that we would have had only one junction and that would probably have been on the Newport Road - imagine the fun we would be having these days!...