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Really? How did that come about?Mrs M said:My gt grandfather had a street named after him too, 'Coghlan Drive' he wa'nt no poet.
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Really? How did that come about?Mrs M said:My gt grandfather had a street named after him too, 'Coghlan Drive' he wa'nt no poet.
Due to your presence, no doubt!Gramaisc said:North Staffordshire Polytechnic, Stafford Site, had the highest alcohol intake of any UK third level education establishment in the 1970s, by a factor of two over second place.
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:Really? How did that come about?Mrs M said:My gt grandfather had a street named after him too, 'Coghlan Drive' he wa'nt no poet.
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:I have decided to restart this thread up again with fact about a Staffordshire man, who has a street named after him in Stafford.
Charles Cotton was a 17th Century Poet, who shared his fishing interests with Izaak Walton and contributed towards The Compleat Angler.
Walton used to use his fishing cottage on the banks of the River Dove situated just off the A50 roundabout outside of Uttoxeter (nearly opposite The Racecourse Pub)
Anyone else got any other Stafford facts, fascinating or not?
well, excellent skill awarded! i just assumed it was a variation of "complete" as well.. you live and learnSlainte said: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 find
Compleat: Being an outstanding example of a kind; quintessential; Of or characterized by a highly developed or wide-ranging skill or proficiency
lolMrs M said:Staffordshire is an anagram of 'I do fresh farts'.
Stafford forum is an anagram of 'Off daft rumors.'
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:Stafford Railway Station has no Platform 2.
The toilets are on Platform 2 but no one has asked me yet...Gramaisc said: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:Stafford Railway Station has no Platform 2.