PeterD
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To the west of the line, between the tunnel and the junction with the existing track to Stoke, is an evenly spaced scattering of sheds, served by a track over the line from the A518. These used to seem more visible from the road than they do now. I've always wondered if they are a repurposed wartime relic - @Fonzie-NL may be along with some information one day.
The scattering of the sheds has a hint of 'damage limitation in the event of a mishap', or just unobtrusiveness.
My 'reply' ^above was meant tongue-in-cheek, in retrospect it comes across as unnecessarily aggressive, sorry.And all that deduction 'work' was done well before lock down.
Scanned in from my old Stafford Handbook published in 1906. I'm sure this building will be familiar to some. Learned to swim there from countless school visits, and was also taught how to 'drown' by Duggy Owen.
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He couldn't be fooled by a one legged hop across the pool , pretending to be swimming either .Mr Owen! Terrorised every kid in Stafford at the time I think. I met him a couple of years after leaving school, what an absolutely lovely bloke. A real gent.
Wow ! Great song - just don’t quite get the ‘Dougie Owen’ connection - unless it’s ‘anger’ (?) and Dougie did always seem to be angry.
You've won a cannonball in to the deep end.Verruca SALT / BRINE Baths ? Catching a VERRUCA at the baths ?
Turning it into McDs doesn't seem like a great leap forwardCantors was a bit of a monstrosity as a building wasn't it ? What were they thinking back then putting that pile of bricks next to the AHH ?