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Nostalgia - What are your memories of Stafford?
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FooFighter
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How could I forget.
I'm a married man with two kids.
Men don't forget anything.
Right then go to town and do ......
I'm a married man with two kids.
Men don't forget anything.
Right then go to town and do ......
FooFighter
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Been into Discs & Disks and spoke to one of the co-owners - Mark Bailey (hope I've spelt it right Mark)
Mark had Discs and Disks on the Lichfield Rd and Andy Rawlinson had AR Computers above the dentists (well done Beasties' boss)
The computer market fell through around 15 years ago so they join forces to be what it is now.
I did my best to pimp the StaffordForum, tho' I'll never live up to Sofa's achievements on Signal 1.
I suggested that D&D post on here to confirm what I've posted so hopefully hello Andy and Mark
Mark had Discs and Disks on the Lichfield Rd and Andy Rawlinson had AR Computers above the dentists (well done Beasties' boss)
The computer market fell through around 15 years ago so they join forces to be what it is now.
I did my best to pimp the StaffordForum, tho' I'll never live up to Sofa's achievements on Signal 1.
I suggested that D&D post on here to confirm what I've posted so hopefully hello Andy and Mark
age'd parent
50,000th poster!
Just realised this refers to a post on the 1st Dec, slow moi?
doug owen the brine baths teacher or may have been the life guard?
No bath at home so every friday down to the public baths to soak in a tub twice the size of nowadays, hire a towel and get a small bar of white soap and boiling hot water two foot deep, so that you could lie back and float in it, change into clean clothes and to finish off, a dab of brillcream from the penny dispenser on the wall, all ready for the first pint of the night at the baths hotel.
doug owen the brine baths teacher or may have been the life guard?
No bath at home so every friday down to the public baths to soak in a tub twice the size of nowadays, hire a towel and get a small bar of white soap and boiling hot water two foot deep, so that you could lie back and float in it, change into clean clothes and to finish off, a dab of brillcream from the penny dispenser on the wall, all ready for the first pint of the night at the baths hotel.
gon2seed
(and me! - Ed)
Thanks age'd parent, Mr Owen, I have been struggling to remember his name for ages, he must have taught half of Stafford to swim! Scared me into swimming!age'd parent said:Just realised this refers to a post on the 1st Dec, slow moi?
doug owen the brine baths teacher or may have been the life guard?
No bath at home so every friday down to the public baths to soak in a tub twice the size of nowadays, hire a towel and get a small bar of white soap and boiling hot water two foot deep, so that you could lie back and float in it, change into clean clothes and to finish off, a dab of brillcream from the penny dispenser on the wall, all ready for the first pint of the night at the baths hotel.
Disks & Discs
A few posts under my belt
Hi Theredirtybobby said:
Just to put the record straight.
The Shop was called AR Computers and started life in 1991 next to the dentist on the 1st floor at 150 Newport Road we then moved downstairs when the Estate Agents (Skelding & Boucher I Think) at 149 Newport Road closed. We also briefly had a shop next to Poundstretcher in Hanley which we closed after 11 break ins in 10 months. Then due to the changing market of the games industry I closed down in September 1993. The shop is now a loans shop next to the Barbers shop.
I then set up Disks & Discs in 1995 with Mark our 1st shop was on Lichfield Road and is now a Cafe then we moved into the then Sheridan Centre in 2000 and have been there ever since. We celebrated 12 years in business in April just gone.
Hope this helps
Andrew
If anyone wants to drop us posters or leaflets for the site to the shop we would be happy to display them
Andreas Rex
Banned for smiling
Welcome to the Forum D&D.....i'll drop some flyers off tomorrow afternoon. Thanks very much!Disks & Discs said:
FooFighter
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Duly skilled for making the effort and saving the sanity of some of us
I remember walking down the entire length of Thorneyfields Lane blackberry picking, Conker picking in Rowley Park, The little train plonked outside Victoria Park where the epitaph is now, the steam roller in the park, spending weekends sitting at the bus stop in the Market Square with mates, Riverside rollerskating, summer days down at Sandy Banks........ahhhh all the old memories come flooding back 
Gramaisc
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Have you read through this?Mr J C said:I remember walking down the entire length of Thorneyfields Lane blackberry picking, Conker picking in Rowley Park, The little train plonked outside Victoria Park where the epitaph is now, the steam roller in the park, spending weekends sitting at the bus stop in the Market Square with mates, Riverside rollerskating, summer days down at Sandy Banks........ahhhh all the old memories come flooding back
I had missed this thread - how it brings back those memories of my distant youth!!! No mean feat considering my alzheimer's ;pGramaisc said:Have you read through this?Mr J C said:I remember walking down the entire length of Thorneyfields Lane blackberry picking, Conker picking in Rowley Park, The little train plonked outside Victoria Park where the epitaph is now, the steam roller in the park, spending weekends sitting at the bus stop in the Market Square with mates, Riverside rollerskating, summer days down at Sandy Banks........ahhhh all the old memories come flooding back
basil
don't mention the blinds
......remember what existed?.........gon2seed said:Alzeimers? You want to dry a bang on the napper, and days in a coma with a brain injury! this place has been a godsend for me, trolling through my past post's/threads! & to think 2 years ago I didn't even remember it existed.
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