Nostalgia - What are your memories of Stafford?

[Doctor]

The cycle track from Castletown through Doxey Marshes, past the Common and out to Beaconside is named Isabel trail after the Stafford's little locomotive - although it never went along that old railway.

 

[Biggin]

Last time I was on the cycle track i was walking my dog up to the castle and a terrier, off it's leash run at me and bit my leg and bum, my dog was crap and tried to run away.
Bizarre that isabel trail is an anagram of 'is anal biter'

 

[gon2seed]

The cycle track from Castletown through Doxey Marshes, past the Common and out to Beaconside is named Isabel trail after the Stafford's little locomotive - although it never went along that old railway.

Yep! and the line used to go from beyond Hopton, and I believe and as far as Newport. The path is certainly navigable on a bike from Beaconside all the way to Gnosall if you are prepared to carry it occaisionally.

 

[Doctor]

The track out towards Gnosall is the Greenway and the word is that the County Council will be making the track fully open up to Gnosall this Summer. What it really needs though is for the Stafford end to start somewhere sensible rather than at the end of a farm track off Martin Drive!

If anyone is interested in cycle tracks and Sustrans and keeping them usable there is a group of local cyclists who go out once a month and do stuff. They next meet up this Sunday at 10am at the County Council's Riverway site car park to do stuff along the route out to Baswich. more here...
http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/live/welcome.asp?id=5911

 

[BBC]

Last time I was on the cycle track i was walking my dog up to the castle and a terrier, off it's leash run at me and bit my leg and bum, my dog was crap and tried to run away.
Bizarre that isabel trail is an anagram of 'is anal biter'

Was it Gullit?? Gullit (mourihno's dog) has rabies so you may wanna get checked out!

 

[Scuttlingb]

What it really needs though is for the Stafford end to start somewhere sensible rather than at the end of a farm track off Martin Drive!

Where would you suggest it starts then Doc?

 

[Scuttlingb]

They next meet up this Sunday at 10am at the County Council's Riverway site car park to do stuff along the route out to Baswich. more here...
http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/live/welcome.asp?id=5911

Sorry, we won't be able to help this weekend as we're going to woolly Wales to see the folks!

The June one is looking fine though.

 

[Jo41546]

I used to love going to the key market?? don`t know why,just happy memories.

diving pool at riverside-remember sh*****g myself stood on the board -top board as well!!! then do a brilliant bomb..awesome

I used to love the cinema ads for the sun inn,curry kuteer etc..

stafford has its problems like lads that like to look hard??? and some really bad planning ideas in the 70`s I`m sure one of the planners had shares in ....BRC? ahhh...

I used to moan about stafford but went away with the forces and hey guess what??

can`t wait to get back!

Mr Sandy - Local hero,Lotus records...

as a child stood on the bridge at stafford station looking at the trains...sad...but you know you love it!!

 

[Toble]

Remember the 1993 crop circles?

 

[MISS T]

No.
Are you serious, there were crop circles in the Boro'? Shirley knot!

 

[Toble]

Yup, on the field where the Kensington Drive estate is now.

http://www.tonyblews.co.uk/archives/1993/07/entry_31.htm

(edit: by the magic of my scanner actually working for once, i've put the original newspaper image on there too)

 

[MISS T]

Yup, on the field where the Kensington Drive estate is now.

http://www.tonyblews.co.uk/archives/1993/07/entry_31.htm

(edit: by the magic of my scanner actually working for once, i've put the original newspaper image on there too)

Way, no way! My boss lives on Kensington Drive now, always thought she'd been taken by aliens and subjected to interesting mind altering experiments. I'm going to skill you for bringing this wealth of new information into our lives.

Nice Work, Coobeastie, and welcome to the Forum.
"nee nee na noo" as Mork once said to Mindy.

 

[MISS T]

The article states; Sometime back in '93, a load of crop circles appeared in a field very near to my house. Neither myself, nor my cronies at the time, have any idea how they got there. Aliens? That's the most likely thing.

 

[Toble]

Way, no way! My boss lives on Kensington Drive now, always thought she'd been taken by aliens and subjected to interesting mind altering experiments. I'm going to skill you for bringing this wealth of new information into our lives.

Nice Work, Coobeastie, and welcome to the Forum.
"nee nee na noo" as Mork once said to Mindy.

I only remembered this when i saw the newspaper hoax thread. I shall have to find me other newspaper realated stuff and scan those in too.

 

[age'd parent]

I stumbled across this pic and thought it was Wayne Manor for a minute.. It was to be known as The institution for the Insane of Staffordshire and the Adjacent Counties. The hospital was built in a Tudor style and features included its own chapel, cinema and dance hall, sports facilities, gardens, orchards for growing fruit and vegetables and farm. The building remained until 1976 when, apart from the chapel and the lodges, it was demolished and the new District General Hospital was built on the site.
[url]http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/7304/cotonhillasylumul0.jpg[/url]

age'd parent, going by your personal details, do you remember this place?

It was only on researching the old archives that I found the building once existed.

yes, I lived on coton hill from the age of 5 to 16 and many a happy hour sneaking up there to look at the nutters.
then while still a child, I had the dubius pleasure of visiting my father in there when he was sectioned for alcoholism, in the days when a doctor could lock you up

 

[MISS T]

The 'First Album' thread got me thinking and this came back to me http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/once_upon_a_time_the_end.html

Do you remember The Adventure Babies? A mix of Stafford and Manchester guys, they were going well and about to 'make it big' when the record company went bust. Played loads around Stafford back in the early 90s. Gon2seed will know the wife of Rich Hall the electric and double bass player, as she's a fellow firefighter.

Memories. . . .

 

[Jheych]

Cor blimey yes .. actually was just tlking about them the other day with regards to the nelson pub . You have to wonder what might have happened had factory records not gone bust .. I think they might have made it ..time to dig up the old travis and perkind building supplies and give it a spin.. all very fond memories

 

[gon2seed]

The 'First Album' thread got me thinking and this came back to me http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/once_upon_a_time_the_end.html

Do you remember The Adventure Babies? A mix of Stafford and Manchester guys, they were going well and about to 'make it big' when the record company went bust. Played loads around Stafford back in the early 90s. Gon2seed will know the wife of Rich Hall the electric and double bass player, as she's a fellow firefighter.

Memories. . . .

OOOOO! Yes Miss T, The Venearable Mrs Seed and I had a sabatical of 12 months, (less said the better) during the early 80's and the lass I was seeing at the time had a room in Richard Hall's House, and I saw a lot of him. Smashing Fella, and we all thought they had made it big when they signed to factory. Shame factory folded and the dream disappeared.

Mrs Hall is indeed a firefighter at Stafford, and unfortunately not on my watch as she is pretty handy with the clippers, and I am due a trim.

 

[Doctor]

I gave away my copy of teh Campervan EP cos I didn't have a CD player at the time and never been able to replace it. It had my fav song on it 'Chained to the Kitchen Sink'. Still got the Laugh album on my playlist for happy summery music.

 

[Mrs M]

Can anyone remember Terry Bloods in the Sheridan Centre and what it was called before it was Terry Blood (Record shop). Everyone used to meet there on a Saturday afternoon and listen to all the latest chart toppin' pop pickin disco sounds lol.