John Marwood
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Sadly missed? Blasts from the past - A reminder of Stafford's past
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John Marwood
I ♥ cryptic crosswords
Simple as that
Gramaisc
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I am grateful for your ( misplaced? ) confidence. However, I lost a most coveted penknife in this very room about two years ago. I know it's here, but I can't find it. It's a Victorinox Mauser, if you happen to notice it..basil said:
It took me an hour yesterday to find my cheque-book, but then I last wrote a cheque over two years ago - and the date-line in this book still has the helpful 19__ to start you off.
benny upsetter
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i remember going on the opening night, if memory serves Emlyn Hughes was guest speaker.
zakkwylde87
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Haha... God Fatheresque!dirtybobby said:
cookie_monster
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oh yes....although i remember it more as the newt and cucumber.vodelia said:Anyone remember the Litten Tree when it was Faces? Lovely food, Mars Bar vodkas and happy underage drinking
i worked there every uni break for about 3 years and had a great time doing so.
x
gilbert grape
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Thing that sticks in my ming about Faces was the sizzling skilletts being carried around to the tables - the noise drowned a few voices out each time the kitchen door opened! Those kitchen doors are possibly the only thing unchanged about the place? Still in exactly the same location. Bar's been moved as have toilets and seating etc.
staffordjas
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Walking past Gaol Square with my son the other day I was telling him what was there in that area in my childhood years......
Anyone remember -
Roller Skating Rink , A cake shop (which used to decorate easter eggs with icing flowers and writing), A cobblers and a garage (Charles Clark??? )
Also spent some of my saturday mornings in a cafe at the end of tipping street (across the road from Shrewsbury Arms) where they had pin-ball machines and full of bikers.
Anyone remember -
Roller Skating Rink , A cake shop (which used to decorate easter eggs with icing flowers and writing), A cobblers and a garage (Charles Clark??? )
Also spent some of my saturday mornings in a cafe at the end of tipping street (across the road from Shrewsbury Arms) where they had pin-ball machines and full of bikers.
Gramaisc
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basil
don't mention the blinds
Indeed, rollerskating was in a building on the site where Wilkinsons is, Charles Clarke was on Gaol Sq (see G man link) cobblers was no doubt Bowens, i think they moved into the gardening business when they relocated to next to where the Espresso Cafe still is. Also on Gaol Sq was Stafford Refrigeration and a pet shop where i bought maggots for fishing.......staffordjas said:
John Marwood
I ♥ cryptic crosswords
I seem to remember The Elephant and Castle pub being around there ,but I can't remember where I put my glasses
age'd parent
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ah, mrs Birt and her daughter at the elephant and castle, I worked there as a callow youth laying lino behind the bar, I remember the bar was decorated a dark yellow brown all over the walls and ceiling (tobacco smoke that had accumulated for many years) and had bare wood floors, and even 2 brass spittoons in 1960.
And there was a roller skating ring in St Patrick st, where the car park is now at the back of the beer and wine shop, going further back in 1950 something there was a blacksmiths at the far end of the road from the greyhound pub.
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And there was a roller skating ring in St Patrick st, where the car park is now at the back of the beer and wine shop, going further back in 1950 something there was a blacksmiths at the far end of the road from the greyhound pub.
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