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staffordjas · Nov 19, 2012

BigD said:
Remember when it was the Top of the World and people would travel in on coaches from Wolverhampton

That's how I met hubby .......... he travelled in on a coach from West Bromwich . (Then pretended he'd missed the coach back and slept on our settee.

When my parents discovered him next morning I had to say I'd known him about 6 weeks. They'd have had a fit if they found out I'd only met him a few hours earlier

)

Those were the days when I 'lived' in The Grapes. Liked it much better than the current Grapes.

Gramaisc · Nov 19, 2012

staffordjas said:
he travelled in on a coach from West Bromwich . (Then pretended he'd missed the coach back and slept on our settee. When my parents discovered him next morning I had to say I'd known him about 6 weeks. They'd have had a fit if they found out I'd only met him a few hours earlier )

Straight out of Mills & Boon. :hug:

littleme · Nov 19, 2012

BigD said:
Originally it was the Labour Club.

Hmm, no that doesnt ring a bell

Gramaisc · Nov 19, 2012

littleme said:
Hmm, no that doesnt ring a bell

It was that once and ended up as Riley's - if it still isn't..

But, in between...?

Wasn't the old KFC called Reagan's once?

littleme · Nov 19, 2012

Gramaisc said:
It was that once and ended up as Riley's - if it still isn't..

But, in between...?

Its the inbetween bit that I cant remember. Maybe it only lasted a few weeks, I remember the walls inside were painted a light blue colour, wooden floor, lots of dry ice and a stage type thing at one end that we all nearly fell off...It looked more like a school hall inside than a club... Eclipse possibly?

Withnail · Nov 19, 2012

There is evidence of a place called 'Charisma' at that address, but i can't say i remember it.

Jonah · Nov 19, 2012

There was a club before Rileys, can't remember the name but seem to remember that someone got stabbed very badly (possibly fatally?) and that was one of the reasons why it got closed down.

Gramaisc · Nov 19, 2012

bigbluewolf said:
There was a club before Rileys, can't remember the name but seem to remember that someone got stabbed very badly (possibly fatally?) and that was one of the reasons why it got closed down.

Charisma is referred to here - http://www.knowhere.co.uk/Stafford/Staffordshire/Midlands/info/clubs

The Knowhere Guide said:
update... Charisma, opened, closed, opened, and then closed and is being sold!! (mainly due to some idiot getting stabbed in the back one night - I say idiot because he did it himself trying to smuggle a weapon into the club in his arse-cheeks..)

Last updated: 2011-05-27

I make no claim to the veracity or otherwise of the statement above.

darts22 · Nov 19, 2012

Gramaisc said:
Zanzibar - and something to do with Cinderella, I believe, also.

Cottage by the Brook - Tap and Spile.
Joiners' Arms - Mutant Turtle - and back.
King William - Dirty Duck - Malt and Hops.
Bath Hotel - Pitchers - Tavern.
Noah's Ark - Surgery - Palmer's - Pie and Ale House - Stafford Ale House.
Spittal Brook - Crown - and back.
Trumpet - Radford.
Crossbow - Lynton Tavern.
Sun - O'Neill's - some Mexican thing - and back.
Gate - Metropolitan Bar.
Apres - Butler's Bell.
Sheridan -Pen and Wig - Forester and Firkin.
Chains - Joxer Brady's.
Yeoman - Westway.
Nag's Head - Watermill.
Hogshead - Chambers.
Star and Garter was something else for a while, but that eludes my memory for the moment.

There will be others - Darts 22 will be along in a bit....

Yep
I have the full list now, which will hopefully be published in two volumes next year
I will have to let you carry on or else there will be nothing left new to read about
You could always try and locate the DUKES HEAD in the town, if you've got a spare 100 hours or so

Gramaisc · Nov 19, 2012

darts22 said:
You could always try and locate the DUKES HEAD in the town, if you've got a spare 100 hours or so

Mmm, there was a Duke's Head in Gnosall...?

John Marwood · Nov 20, 2012

Mottrams? Or was that one of the 88 Gin shops?

Trumpet · Nov 20, 2012

Gramaisc said:
Should we not call you 'Radford' now..?

??

Jonah · Nov 20, 2012

Trumpet said:
??

The Radford Inn used to be called The Trumpet...

Trumpet · Nov 20, 2012

Early morning brainfade is my excuse, and I'm sticking to it!

littleme · Nov 20, 2012

Withnail said:
There is evidence of a place called 'Charisma' at that address, but i can't say i remember it.

That must of been it. It was terrible, probably why nobody else remembers it. Thanks for finding out tho folks

Noah · Nov 20, 2012

darts22 said:
Yep
I have the full list now, which will hopefully be published in two volumes next year
I will have to let you carry on or else there will be nothing left new to read about
You could always try and locate the DUKES HEAD in the town, if you've got a spare 100 hours or so

Thought the Dukes Head was a myth derived from someone's misreading of an old trade directory, or was that another non-existant pub?

industryarch · Nov 21, 2012

sure you don't mean duke of York

darts22 · Nov 22, 2012

industryarch said:
sure you don't mean duke of York

I am 100% sure

darts22 · Nov 22, 2012

industryarch said:
greyhound was T J Sargeant for awhile

Where can this be verified?

Gramaisc · Nov 22, 2012

darts22 said:
Where can this be verified?

This - http://en.parkopedia.co.uk/parking/near/t-j-sargeant-1/ - shows the address as 12 County Road - same as the Greyhound..

And this - http://www.thetimenow.com/united_kingdom/stafford/pubs_bars_and_inns-1407/t_j_sargeant-1305568 .

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