Stafford Quiz

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Mrs M

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You ask a question, the person who gets the question right should be given a stafford point by whomever asked the question and then its their turn to set the next question and so on.

First Question. An easy one to start for the older Staffordians

Behind the Brine baths and the Sun inn used to be the main car park. (Before riverside was built). What non-permanent construction was there and who built it?
 
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The auction yard "evans and evans" my father in law used to hold up the sale items in the main yard, and there was a shed for the classy stuff like paintings and furniture, they actualy used part of the cattle sale yards for bikes etc, I bought 5 quids worth of bankcrupt stock from a sweet shop for my kids, put them right off sweets for life. lol
 
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Mrs M

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age'd parent said:
The auction yard "evans and evans" my father in law used to hold up the sale items in the main yard, and there was a shed for the classy stuff like paintings and furniture, they actualy used part of the cattle sale yards for bikes etc, I bought 5 quids worth of bankcrupt stock from a sweet shop for my kids, put them right off sweets for life. lol
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You sound like you have a few interesting stories, it's not exactly a construction though.

I think I'd better give a clue, someone should get it from this.

Two names of games of cards
 
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Sir BoD

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The only thing I can think of is the Bailey bridge that the Army/ RAF built in the '60s? Then, a permanent one was constructed and still joins the Borough Council with the old Tesco.
 
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neil

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Sir Buckingham of Doxey said:
The only thing I can think of is the Bailey bridge that the Army/ RAF built in the '60s? Then, a permanent one was constructed and still joins the Borough Council with the old Tesco.
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I think you're right! I vaguely remember another bridge down there, but can't recall what it actually looked like :)
 
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Mrs M

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Sir Buckingham of Doxey said:
The only thing I can think of is the Bailey bridge that the Army/ RAF built in the '60s? Then, a permanent one was constructed and still joins the Borough Council with the old Tesco.
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You are correct with Bailey Bridge, built by the royal engineers would have been roughly where the bridge is now give or take a few feet it was a grey metal bridge. I remember it as my dad told me about it every time we went near it as he was with the royal engineers. Sorry I mislead a little with the clue but I was thinking of pontoon bridge.

1 Stafford point to you, it's now your question.
 
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Sir BoD

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Er, ok...I don't like asking, I only like guessing!

Right, for all of us, The Grapes has always been a public house. However, what was it originally built for, and for an extra house point, what is the original name given to the building the pub still inhabits?
 
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Sir BoD

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labcm said:
1845 Hall and Halden Printers in 1870 it then became the Grapes Hotel.
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You are right to a point - But I want the name they gave the actual building itself, not the company name. Have a mint pacer and some parma violets while you get your thinking cap on.
 
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Sir BoD

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No, it's not Grape's Corner, although that has got me wondering.

I had my haircut the other day and the hairdresser asked me if Stafford had a red-light district. Now I'm not sure if I was proud to say that i didn't know or not, but I did tell her that Grape's Corner was 'meant' to have been known as a pick up point for ladies of of the night. Now I'm not too sure if that is apocryphal, to be honest. Also, considering Grapes hasn't got a corner per se, I do have to question this so called legendary myth.

Anyway, as anyone knows, you don't need to stand 'outside' of Grapes these days to pull a 'lady of the night.'
 
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