Know any unusual facts about Stafford?..

[db]

post your unusual facts about staffordshire in here

for instance - did you know that patrick fyffe, aka dame hilda bracket, was born in stafford? oh, you did? well you post a better fact then, numpty

 

[Andreas Rex]

it's a bit of a cop out...but get your facts about the mighty County Town HERE

ever wondered where the Staffordshire Knot originates from? check it out...Staffordshire Knot

 

[db]

it's a bit of a cop out...but get your facts about the mighty County Town HERE

that's interesting an' all, but i mean more unusual facts.. like for instance, did you know there are more miles of canals in staffordshire than any other county in England??

 

[Andreas Rex]

sorry mate..that was my lazy attempt at appearing knowledgeable. i knew it wouldn't work...

 

[BBC]

Stafford is universally recognised as the centre of the known universe.....

don't belive me then check out thie following website...

www.staffordisthecentreoftheuniverse.com

 

[db]

Unable to resolve name: www.staffordisthecentreoftheuniverse.com

i can't believe i actually fell for that

 

[BBC]

haha

 

[UltraSBM]

Unable to resolve name: www.staffordisthecentreoftheuniverse.com

i can't believe i actually fell for that

*shakes head in disbelief*

 

[TENSHON]

Day the railway came to Stafford, July 4th 1837. The momentous event, somewhat muted owing to the death of King William IV only days earlier, was to herald the rapid development of the town and the expansion of the shoe industry with the opening of new markets abroad.

 

[db]

herald the rapid development of the town and the expansion of the shoe industry with the opening of new markets abroad.

which is the reason i am a staffordian.. my family is from northern ireland, and i was born there, but we moved over here when i was less than a year old as my dad got transferred to Lotus shoe factory, where he worked until it closed down a few years ago..

 

[Sofa]

There is a very odd spoon which shares it's name with the 'Ford - see it here!

 

[gon2seed]

Salt Marshes!

Usually found near the sea, but can be found in the area: Chartley, Astonfields, and just off the A51 near Weston, all have localised salt water bubbling to the surface, which of course provides a very unusual balance of Flora usually associated with the seaside. This brine used to be harvested up by the Tip, a DVD of the industry's history can be purchased locally. The Dad of one of my colleagues can be seen slaving away in the intense heat of the evaporation rooms!

Ice cream, deckchair and a stick of rock anyone?

 

[TENSHON]

I went for a stroll down there over crimbo. not quite the same as the seaside izit.

 

[TENSHON]

Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned at Chartley Castle (near Amerton Farm). During the investigation of her involvement in the Babington Plot she was briefly transferred to Tixall Lodge before being returned to Chartley. From there she was dispatched on 21 September 1586 to Fotheringhay Castle and she was executed the following year.

source: book upsetter bought me for crimbo!

 

[MISS T]

Statistics from 1897 show that in a period of eleven months no less than 232,224 pairs of shoes were exported from Stafford to South Africa alone.

Source: Stafford book Upsetter gave me for Xmas.

 

[db]

source: book upsetter bought me for crimbo!

Source: Stafford book Upsetter gave me for Xmas.

was it a joint present, or did he just buy the same book twice? lol.. what is it? sounds "reight good," as the northern fools i have to put up with would say..

 

[TENSHON]

miss t gets the first half of the book and i get the other.

it's called 'stafford; a history & celebration'. ain't much celebrating going on but there's some ace ye olde pics i'm gonna scan tomorrow to share with you all.

 

[Slainte]

I have decided to restart this thread up again with fact about a Staffordshire man, who has a street named after him in Stafford.

Charles Cotton was a 17th Century Poet, who shared his fishing interests with Izaak Walton and contributed towards The Compleat Angler.

Walton used to use his fishing cottage on the banks of the River Dove situated just off the A50 roundabout outside of Uttoxeter (nearly opposite The Racecourse Pub)

Anyone else got any other Stafford facts, fascinating or not?

 

[Mrs M]

My gt grandfather had a street named after him too, 'Coghlan Drive' he wa'nt no poet.

 

[Mrs M]

Corporation Street, when built, was nicknamed 'clem belly st' it was reckoned that by the time it's occupants had paid for the mortgage, they couldn't afford to feed their families, hence the name 'clem belly'.