Painsley Catholic College to receive UNICEF UK Award for promoting children's rights

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First of all, may I
take this opportunity
to thank all those
fantastic readers who
contacted me
regarding my article
in last month’s Voice.
I received lots of
comments saying how much they enjoyed
reading my words on my family and
especially my father’s ‘masterclass on life’
which he passed on to me in The Alton Castle
pub! Apparently my article made some
readers laugh out loud (in modern speak I
believe this is LOL!!) and some parts made
many readers shed a tear.....
Thank you, it means a lot to me when my
readers get in touch....
As many of you know, my passion in life
is sport which I have taken part in for most of
my life. I began my ‘sporting career’ with
football, playing over two thousand games
and starting off at Port Vale Football Club as
an apprentice.
I also played cricket at a lower level for
Tean CC 2nd team, always enjoying myself
with characters who were larger than life and
people who I really loved. Team-mates such
as Dave Brunt, Kenny Elliott, Basil Lomas,
Dennis Rowlinson, Brian Smith, Stuart Cox,
the magnificent Collett Brothers John and
Dave and my unforgettable opening batsman
partner Trott Brunt!
Trott was a dear friend to me when I was
a rampant teenager who always thought he
was right! He was in his 60’s and I believe
worked down the pits all his life which did
little for his breathing. It usually took us
around 10 minutes to walk to the crease to
open the batting as Trott had to take it
‘steady!’ We tried our hardest every match
and although we were no Ian Bothams we
stuck to our task and usually put on
partnerships which we were proud of – one
time I remember we put on 15 runs!!
Then the sight of Dave Brunt (who had
imbibed around 7 pints in The White Hart in
Tean prior to the match) snorting down The
Wentlows hill against the opposition batsmen
who were shaking in their boots.
Marvellous days and sometimes I bump
into the aforementioned people around town
and I feel privileged to exchange banter about
our good old cricketing days.
When my legs had cried enough, I took up
snooker and played in the North Staffs
Snooker League with my father Frank and
my two brothers John and Mark for a
Cheadle club. Again my team-mates were
magnificent human beings and great friends.
Eric Godwin, Alan Stokes, Johnny Jervis, Ken
‘Rocket’ Stevenson, Clem Whitehurst, Bert
Emery, Ivan ‘Lovejoy’ Cope, Pete Evans and
when we were desperate for players Philip
Cope! All wonderful local people.
I could go on for hours, alas time is short
but I would like to say a big thank you to all
colleagues who I have played with and
against in local sport. And of course
apologies for any players I have missed out
in this article – my memory is not what it
used to be fellas!
I hope you enjoy reading this issue.
I’ll speak to you next time
Nigel Titterton
Editor & Publisher
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Painsley Catholic College to
receive UNICEF UK Award
Painsley Catholic College
Specialist Science, Maths and Computing College
P
ainsley Catholic College in
Cheadle is to be awarded the
prestigious Rights Respecting
School Award by UNICEF, the
world’s leading organisation working
specifically for children.
UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting
School Award recognises schools
which show a high commitment to
promoting children’s rights and
encourage children and young people
to respect others. We are working
with over 3000 primary and
secondary schools in the UK who
have reported that the scheme has
had a positive impact on pupil
behaviour, relationships and well-
being by enhancing pupils’
self-esteem and leading to less
truancy and bullying, better learning
and improved academic standards.
Painsley Catholic College will be
awarded with the Level 1* certificate
to mark their achievement.
A UNICEF UK Professional
Adviser said “We are delighted that
Painsley has fully embraced the
UNCRC and is being accredited with
UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting
School Award. The school impressed
us as it clearly puts children’s rights
and related responsibilities at the
heart of the school’s overall vision.”
The school’s Principal, Mr
Stephen Bell, said “I was keen to
work with UNICEF UK on the
Rights Respecting School Initiative
and embed the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of the
Child into the school culture. Along
with an understanding of their rights,
the children also learn that with
rights comes responsibility. Respect
has played a major part of their
learning and is the main ethos of our
school.”
Presentation Evening At Painsley
P
ainsley Catholic College was proud to hold
its annual Presentation Evening on
Wednesday 29th April. Students received
awards that celebrated academic progress and
special endeavour, as well as sporting colours and
music awards. The prizes were presented to
students by Mr Michael Wheatley, Principal of St
Filumena’s Catholic Primary School, Caverswall.
Special subject awards were presented to Year 11
as well as many other awards. Parents packed the
school hall to see their children receive recognition
of their efforts and join in the celebrations. Of
special note were the awards to Isabel Wretham,
Citizenship Award; Hannah Kilford, Georgia
Pickford and Bryony Whittaker for PTA Award for
Charitable Works; Emily Hall for Contribution to
Life at Painsley; Jonah Smith, School Spirit Award,
and Anna Mansell, Faith in Action Award.
The Work in the Community Award, and the
Diana, Princess of Wales Award were both
awarded to Annie Bradbury. The Diana award is
a nationally recognised award given to young
people under a number of categories. Painsley
Catholic College nominated Annie as a champion
volunteer, which was not only acknowledged by
the Diana awards as being appropriate, but they
also praised the quality of the work Annie has been
undertaking. She was recognised for her
volunteering in and outside of school, which is
never ending. Annie is involved in the Rock
(Reaching Out with Care and Kindness) scheme,
the Lourdes group and the Year council. She is a
student leader and a member of a variety of
musical groups and ensembles . She works
tirelessly for the 1st Kingsley Holt brownies and
was Pack Leader at the age of 12. She recently
completed her Young Leadership Qualification
and is now working
towards her Adult
Leadership
Qualification. Annie
gives up her time to
attend various training
events, planning
meetings, brownie
holidays and trips. She
is also a young leader
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Ages” at St Werburgh’s
church. It was with
great delight that these
two awards were
presented to Annie.
Guests of honour at
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N Watson, President of
Cheadle Lions; Councillor Colin Pearce, Chair of
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council and Mrs
Pearce, Consort; Mr J Pennington, Chair of the
Board of Directors of Painsley Catholic Academy;
Councillor Andrew Riley, Deputy Mayor of
Uttoxeter; Mr Richard Gallagher and Mr Olvez
representing Cheadle Rotary Club, Mr A Gadsby,
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Uttoxeter Choral Society’s Spring Concert “In The
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Ain’t Misbehavin’and ‘S wonderful opened
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reading of “On a May Morning”imaginative
renderings by the choir of ‘I do like to be beside
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Sykes’reading ‘And Yet, I don’t know’had the
audience in stitches. The final fresh and lovely
selection of songs from West Side Story brought
the evening to an end.
Uttoxeter Choral Society, established more
than 125 years’ago, has an excellent reputation
for its choral singing including a much-celebrated
Faure’s Requiem in Manchester Cathedral
accompanied by the nationally-acclaimed Foden
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concert at Denstone College will feature the
works of Mendelssohn.
The Society is keen to welcome new members
particularly tenors. Rehearsals for the autumn
concert commence on 3rd September at 7.30pm
in Uttoxeter Guildhall, Balance Street.
Anthony T Rose and Katie Riddle A couple of members from the audience
The choir Carole Watkin and Judith Crosse
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Lank’s Lore
By Steve ‘Lank’Lavin
Golden Memories from one of Uttoxeter’s Favourite Characters
Nostalgia time again this month!
A
few weeks ago my wife who is obsessed
with the social media website ‘Facebook’
was ferreting about with it (I suppose it
keeps her happy and my phone bill down!) she
showed me a site called Memories of Uttoxeter
which is run by and old acquaintance of ours
Audrene Meadows of Uttoxeter. This site to me, is
absolutely fascinating and well worth joining for
free with Audrene’s acceptance. It contains
numerous photographs of Uttoxeter’s long gone
characters and buildings that I can remember from
past times.
After having a perusal I noticed a photograph
of the old Uttoxeter Engine Sheds. This
immediately brought back some fond memories of
when I was a lad. I contacted Audrene and was
accepted as a member of her group and asked her
permission if I could use the picture of the Engine
Sheds in one of my future columns in the Voice
magazine. Audrene duly obliged and I am very
grateful to her and the person who posted it there
for the use of to share these wonderful days with
you the readers.
In the early 60’s during the school holidays my
school mates and I used to go on daily expeditions.
One of our favourites was to go down Pinfold
Street in Uttoxeter and stand on the bridge over
the railway line and revel in the steam emitted from
the engines that passed below us. We would then
pass along the railway line through the Bamfords
& Railway Goods Yard where there was a hive of
activity going on. Bamfords were loading their
machines onto wagons for delivery to various
customers and British Rail had a parcel depot there
where they collected and delivered parcels in the
area. A lot of goods in those days were transported
by rail unlike today where the roads have taken
over this task with huge juggernauts thundering
about clogging up our motorways and arterial
routes. Driving on the roads today to me is a total
nightmare even though the infrastructure of the
road system has improved tremendously over the
years.
After passing through the goods yard we would
alight into Brookside Road and then along on to
the Railway Sheds. Of course these days we were in
the days of ‘Steam’.
The engine sheds were a fascinating place to
visit with numerous steam engines bombing about
everywhere and an assortment of railway workers
undergoing various tasks. On some occasions the
friendlier one’s of the railway workers would let us
watch them fill these huge engines (marvellous
feats of engineering) with water from a massive
tower at the side of the sheds and them shunt them
into position for their daily treck to various
locations in the area.
On seeing this old photo I decided to contact
an ex-employee of mine namely Richard Gosnell
of Uttoxeter for some info on the sheds. You do
not bother about these things when they are part of
everyday life at the time but later on when they are
gone you miss them and want to find out more
about them.
Richard had been employed there by British
Rail until they were closed in 1964 before he went
into the print trade, first working for E. G. Finney
& Son the printers in Bridge Street, Uttoxeter and
then coming to me when Finney’s closed in 1993
remaining with me until he retired in 2005.
On showing Richard the photo he immediately
flew into his reminiscing mode, those days he
informed me were some of the best days of his life.
He continued to fill me in on his time he
worked for British Rail as a fireman, stoking up
these huge beasts of engineering excellence even
naming their intriguing sounding makes, Stanier
264 & Hughes Crab 260 types rolled of his tongue
and I could see that he was tremendously excited
by even the mention of these steam engines.
The Railway sheds in Uttoxeter were the rail
hub for the town and district. From here he
travelled to destinations as far as Manchester
pulling freight and passengers alike also travelling
along long gone routes on the Churnet Valley line.
He mentioned the names of some of the workforce
who also worked there at that time, some of them
I can remember well, according to him in the
region of 40 mainly local people were employed
there in it’s heyday, drivers, firemen, fitters, guards,
cleaners were just some of the tasks that they used
to undertake.
Unfortunately Doctor Richard Beeching the
government adviser put an end to these services in
the mid 60’s with his savage cuts and coupled with
the advent of the diesel and electric trains the steam
era was about over in this area along with the rest
of the UK.
When I was a young apprentice I travelled to
Stoke everyday by train, not by steam but by the
new diesels and can remember the train stopping at
the Leigh, Cresswell and Meir stations from
Uttoxeter on the Derby - Crewe line to pick up
passengers en-route. Sadly now all gone along with
a lot of the passengers who tend now to travel in
their cars by road, sad really but you cannot stop
so called progress.
The age of the steam train though is not entirely
dead, it still continues to this day with many
dedicated enthusiasts throughout the country
running there own steam services on private track
along with specialist railway tour operators
offering rail trips by steam train.
The Severn Valley Railway, The Foxfield Light
Railway and of course The North Yorkshire Steam
Railway featured in the popular TV series
‘Hearbeat’ being typical examples.
Till next time, LANK
The signal box at the bottom of Pinfold Street along with the bridge in
Uttoxeter pictured before it was closed in 1981 and sold to the Foxfield
Light Railway at Dilhorne where it remains to this day.
The engine sheds at Uttoxeter showing 3 of the 8 steam engines that were
based there along with the huge water tower which was used to fill them
prior to it closing in 1964.
St Thomas’ Catholic Primary School, Tean, are
holding their 125th Year Anniversary Celebrations
which will take place on Friday, 19th June.
There will be a Victorian Day where the
children and staff will dress in Victorian Costume.
They will have a taste of what life was like in
school in the Victorian times, including drills on
the playground and writing on slates and a walk
around Tean village.
The popular school are in the process of
compiling a timeline showing important events
across the county and how these were marked in
school. If any Voice readers are ex-pupils of St
Thomas’ and they have any photographs or
memories they would like to share, please contact
the school - it will be much appreciated.
The day plans to be an enjoyable and
memorable day including Maypole dancing, a
Punch and Judy Show, traditional ice cream seller
and will end with a ‘Victorian Fair’.
St Thomas’ Catholic Primary School’s Victorian Day

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date, the summer solstice weekend on 19th -21st June. Uttoxeter racecourse will be
hosting the 10th anniversary of this prestigious festival of un-plugged music. On their
very first ‘ unplugged show Friday headliners, Big Country , the Scottish roots rockers
performance will be filmed for a future video. Early evening also has The Beautiful Sound of
the music and songs from 90’s popular band The Beautiful South plus American guitar genius
Rodney Branigan among the 20 acts with day ticket only £30 on the opening day.
A real delight for the classic roots n folk music lovers as this year sees a very full line up
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Cheadle woman has scooped
a top award in a national
competition which attracted
over 15,000 nominees!
Marcia Titterton, of Blue House
Veterinary Centre in Biddulph, has
been awarded the prestigious title of
Petplan Insurance Advisor of the
Year 2015 at the Petplan Veterinary
Awards.
The awards, which were hosted
by BBC TV star of ‘Pointless’
Alexander Armstrong, and held at
the iconic Birmingham Town Hall,
seek to shine a light on the UK’s
outstanding vets, vet nurses,
practices, practice managers and vet
support staff who are instrumental
in keeping the nation’s pets happy
and healthy.
Having worked at Blue House
for the past five years, Marcia originally joined
the team as maternity cover, but she fit in so well
that she became a long-term fixture. Marcia has
the well-earned title of ‘insurance guru’ at the
surgery, and handles all of the surgery’s insurance
claims with confidence and ease, ensuring clients
feel comfortable and well looked-after.
On receiving her award, Marcia stated that: “I
can’t even put into words how amazing it is to
have won this Petplan award! It’s so unexpected;
I’m only doing my job, so to receive this accolade
feels incredible. Having won this is
testament to my colleagues – they’re a
great team!
Blue House Veterinary Centre
also made history on the night by
being the first double winner at
the Petplan Veterinary Awards
evening as Victoria Smith
scooped the Veterinary Support
Worker of the Year 2015 prize.
On receiving her award
Victoria said: “I’m so
proud, amazed and
honoured to have won
this award. I’m hugely
grateful to the people
I’ve worked with, both
past and present, for
making my job an
absolute joy. I wish I
could thank all those who
nominated me – I’ve never
been in a position like this
before, and it means everything to me.”
Petplan’s Head of Marketing, Isabella Von
Mesterhazy, comments: “The Veterinary Awards
are Petplan’s way of saying a huge ‘thank you’ to
those members of the veterinary profession who
care for the nation’s pets with such dedication.
Whether it’s for a routine check-up, or to treat a
more unexpected illness, these committed
individuals and teams really are irreplaceable,
and it’s wonderful to be able to thank them in
such a public way through these awards. We’re
elated to be able to announce our deserving
winners, and congratulate them on their fantastic
achievement!” Understandably, the owners of the
Blue House Veterinary Centre Kay Abbott and
Neil Brogan were over the moon at winning
two out of the six categories at
the awards night.
Kay commented: “We were
happy to be nominated in all six
categories this year, but to also
be shortlisted in two categories
was really exciting. It’s lovely
to know that so many of our
clients appreciate the work
done by our practice team
here at Blue House. Both
Marcia and Victoria truly
deserved to be picked
out of the 15,000
nominations made
nationwide this year. We
were so proud of them on
the evening of the award
ceremony, and they were
so shocked when they found out they
had both won. I certainly had more
than a few tears in my eyes! For Blue
House to win not just one but two
out of six categories from the
thousands of veterinary practices
across the UK was one of the best
moments of my veterinary career. The
awards are in pride of place at the
practice.
Neil said: “I would certainly echo
the comments made by Kay. All our
staff are passionate about caring for
pets and making Blue House clients
to feel welcome, relaxed and well
looked after. Victoria and Marcia
certainly take this ideal to heart. They
do such a wonderful job and it is
great that it has been recognised.”
Watch Marcia and Victoria’s
Petplan Awards Presentations via
Blue House Veterinary Centre's facebook page.
Top: BBC TV Star Alexander Armstrong presents
Marcia Titterton (left photograph) and Victoria
Smith (right photograph) with their 2015 Petplan
Veterinary Awards.
Centre: Blue House Veterinary Centre owners
Kay Abbott (left) and Neil Brogan (right) are
pictured with winners Marcia Titterton and
Victoria Smith.
Left: Marcia pictured with a patient, ‘Bagpuss.’
Below: Victoria cuddles Bee.
Historic double success for
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Dad’s name: Benjamin Arthur Sunderland
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Baby’s name: Isabella Rose Sunderland
Grandparents: Wendy and Darren Bell, Tim
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We had been together for 5 years. We were engaged and had been living together for 4 years.
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How was your pregnancy mum?
My pregnancy went really well actually we didn’t have any problems at all. The feeling is
Magical nothing can quite describe the joy it brings knowing there was a little baby growing
inside of me, her constant kicks as she grew reminded me that she was always there and like
any expectant parents we couldn’t wait to meet her.
Did you find out the sex of the baby in advance?
Yes we did we were both quite impatient and wanted to know as soon as possible. To help with
names and decorating the nursery.
Ben wanted to call the baby Harold if it was a boy. I hated the name Harold I don’t know why
he was so insistent on it. For that reason I was so happy when the sonographer said we were
expecting a girl.
Did you have a birthing plan, and were you able to stick to it?
I did have a birthing plan we stuck to it as well as we could, but at the time I wasn’t that
bothered what they did as long as she came out ok. We had to be monitored throughout my
labour, so I wasn’t allowed a water birth like originally requested so I had to lie flat on my back
which isn’t very good as I just wanted to stand and walk about a bit and take my mind off the
contractions. I stuck to the pain relief I originally chose though I only had gas and air and a
shot off pethadine. Although I think at one point I did ask for an epidural it was too late!
What’s the craziest ‘old wives tale’ you’ve been told during your pregnancy?
I had a lot of heartburn during my pregnancy it was so painful and I got told by so many
people that she would be born with a lot of hair. Some days I was convinced I was going to
give birth to mini Chewbacca due to the amount of pain heartburn was causing me. As you
can still tell by looking at her 10 months later she wasn’t born with any hair!
Any weird cravings during the pregnancy?
Not really. The main things I craved were salad sticks (cucumber/carrot) and ice pops.
For the dad: Tell us all about your experience as an expectant dad?
It was exciting but scary, I wasn’t sure what to expect as I’d never even held a baby before.
Now me and Jess were about to have one of our own. Jess involved me as much as she could
in her pregnancy, shouting me if she kicked or wriggled so I could feel or by getting me up at
2am to go get her carrot sticks from Tesco!

Tell us all about your time so far with your baby.
Exciting, every day is different especially now as she’s getting bigger she’s learning new things
everyday. She really does make us both so happy and proud everyday. I really don’t know
what we’d do without her.
How has having a baby changed your life?
Yes it has, more than I could ever imagined really. I often think what did we do before we had
her because now our whole life revolves around her. Even if I’m not with her she’s on my mind
constantly and I know she’s always on her daddies too! She is by far the best thing ever, she’s
my best friend!
Would you have another baby?
Yes, we will in the future. I think we shall probably wait until Isabella is in school. She’s our
first and I don’t want to miss anything with her. I feel that could happen having a newborn
and a toddler.
Any advice for expectant parents of couples planning a family?
Treasure every single second! They grow so quick. I got 9 months maternity and that felt like
a lifetime before she was here. It soon went as Christmas approached, I knew I only had 2
months left yet she was only 6 months old. At 10 months she’s all ready crawling, standing,
attempting to walk, feeding herself. What happened to my teeny tiny baby?
Finding out we were pregnant:
We were living in Scotland when we found out that we were going to have a baby. We had
moved there with our jobs to open a pub in Glasgow. It was a Saturday when we found out
I’d been off sick with a ‘sickness bug’ for a week until Ben had suggested doing a test. I sent
him off to the shop to get me one whilst I got ready for work that morning, brushing off any
idea that we could be. When he bought it back I did it straight away nervously waiting what
the reading was going to say. It was POSITIVE!! I instantly cried I don’t know why. I think I
was quite overwhelmed more than anything.
We hugged, kissed and then rang our parents to break the news! We had just moved 300
miles away but they were all so happy and excited that a little baby was on the way. There are
a few babies on my side of the family but for Ben’s side it was the first grandchild for his
parents and first great grandchild for his grandparents.
We booked in to see the dr in Scotland before telling our work and they confirmed we
were 6 weeks. We decided to stay in Scotland for 2 more months before moving back to
Uttoxeter to be near our family again. In this time Ben went back to view our new house and
transfer our jobs back to our old pub.

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weeks had only left work a week or
so before, id spent all the day before
cleaning and shopping preparing for
our little one knowing it wouldn’t be
long until we met her. At 7.30pm
that evening my brother Kyle
popped in to see how I was (family
often popped in whilst Ben was
working so I wasn’t by myself and to
see how I was going on). I made a
drink and we both sat down to
watch Britain’s Got Talent.
15 minutes in to it I had a horrible pain in my belly. I thought id just pulled
myself cleaning earlier that afternoon but as I looked down I was soaked and
I realised my waters had just broken. I went and cleaned myself up and rang
the hospital, who asked me to go straight in. Isabella had poo’d when my
waters had broke and they needed to monitor us throughout to check she
didn’t swallow any of it and to prevent infection. I rang Ben and he left work
straight away to come and collect us. Kyle was a little scared I think kept
asking if I needed anything and was running around putting the last things in
my hospital bag for me. He came with us to the hospital but he wasn’t allowed
in the labour ward with us, only my mum and Ben were allowed in. He sat
outside all evening and morning waiting to see his baby niece.
After we were seen to our room it all became a bit of a blur and seemed to
go really quick, for me anyway (I kept falling asleep!). I had gas and air
throughout and a few shots of pethidine to help with the pain, because I was
being monitored. I wasn’t allowed a water birth as originally planned I had to
stay lay down on the bed so the monitors would stay in place. This was pure
hell - I had back contractions throughout, so all I wanted to do was stand up
and walk about but I wasn’t allowed. At 4:30am they told me I was fully
dilated and that we could start pushing. It took 34 minutes of pushing and
breathing till we finally met our little one. It was amazing to have her put
straight on me when she came out we all cried. The smiles on her daddies and
nannies face were unbelievable you could see already how much they loved
her. They took her to get weighed then passed her to her daddy. That was the
best moment of my life watching the two of them together. It still is whenever
Ben gets in from work or gets up in the morning Isabella wants him not me
he gets all the hugs and cheesy smiles. She’s such a daddy’s girl.

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Have I got news for you
by Uttoxeter’s Gary Hudson, Former BBC Chief News Reporter
Gary Hudson is a member of Uttoxeter Lions
Club, a former BBC Chief News Reporter and a
senior lecturer in Broadcast Journalism at
Staffordshire University.
Two days of beer, cider, music - and
saving lives
The tenth annual Uttoxeter Beer and Cider
festival promises to be the best yet. We have a
winning formula and I urge you to come along to
Oldfields Sports and Social Club on June 5th and
6th to enjoy yourself.
I have delivered many shameless plugs through
these pages for Uttoxeter Lions Club events. But
this one goes further and for reasons I’ll explain.
We – as members of the Lions Club – are proud
of the success of events like the beer festival,
because not only do people have a good time, but
we raise money for good causes, preferably local
ones.
But as I said, this time it’s different, because for
the last couple of years we have used profits from
the beer festival for a specific purpose. For the first
time, rather than just donating to a cause run by
others, we have run an event ourselves which has
had a dramatic event on the well-being of our
community.
In April we put on the second of our Prostate
Cancer Screening Events. The folks at Uttoxeter
Racecourse were brilliant, allowing the use of the
Hoops Bar free of charge. More than two hundred
men came for a blood test, which was nearly
double the number the previous year.
And based on the results of those blood tests,
and subsequent medical outcomes, we are now in
a position to say we have definitely saved a
significant number of lives.
According to David Baxter Smith, the
consultant urological surgeon who helps organise
the event, the number of lives saved is almost
certainly around fifteen.
That’s fifteen men who are surviving the cancer
that affects one in eight of us, and kills more than
10,000 men in the UK every year.
A rugby team of cancer survivors
Fifteen is an appropriate number because we
run the beer festival with Uttoxeter Rugby Club,
who always support the event in good numbers.
We now have our own first fifteen out there, made
up not of forwards and backs, hookers, props and
wingers, but of survivors.
The rules of medical confidentiality mean that
we do not know the names on that team sheet. But
a friend of mine, a clinical nurse specialist in
urology cancer at the University Hospital of the
North Midlands, confirms she’s met and dealt with
patients who came for treatment after the tests at
the racecourse.
Karen Moore sums up what’s best about the
beer festival - combining work for a good cause
with pleasure. She came along and helped out at
the racecourse, and she’ll also be among the
performers at our Open Mic night – the first event
of the beer festival - on Friday June 5th at
Oldfields.
She plays saxophone with her husband David,
who sings and plays guitar. They play for fun, and
have made a name for
themselves recently with
a few pub gigs.
What’s in a name?
Anyone for more
beer?
I hope they’ll team up
with another pal,
harmonica player John
Beer, from Mickleover,
because it’s fun to
introduce them as
‘Moore and Moore
Beer’. If it’s just David
and Karen, then it’s
Moore and Moore, or if
it’s David and John, then
I’ll be announcing
‘Moore Beer’. That
should pack ‘em in.
Of course, I’ll be inviting plenty of people on
the basis of more than just how their name sounds
over the PA. If you want to perform a song or two,
or can play any instrument, then come along and
bring a friend or three.
Admission is free to beer festival ticket holders
and to performers, with a nominal charge to
others. We have to charge for entry on the Friday
because of course the full range of beers and ciders
from the festival are also available to people at the
open mic night. Why not come both days for the
best value?
After Friday’s anything-goes approach, the
music on Saturday will quite simply be top quality.
Uttoxeter’s own Jason Callear has again
volunteered his considerable talents to entertaining
the afternoon crowds. A near-perfect setlist – with
everything from the Beatles to current chart hits -
means we’re all looking forward to welcoming him
back.
And on Saturday evening, the raucous and
riotous Upfront return to rock the house till going
home time. Join us. Have fun. And save a few lives.
Jason Callear and Sean Prior are back to play their popular set of acoustic
pop and rock at this year’s Uttoxeter Beer and Cider Festival.
Down on the Farm
by Angela Sargent
T
ime flies when you’re busy and although we
could do with a rest after lambing and
starting the spring field work- such as
ploughing and sowing, it’s time to get busy.
The constant hum of tractors busily fertilising,
rolling and mowing for silage too, fills the air.
Heading into calving, it’s also time to decide
which of our home bred heifers go into the herd as
replacements, instead of heading for market or our
direct beef sales.
We need to choose ones that are mature
enough, have good shape and come from blood
lines that are long lived, easy but prolific calving
and one of the most important factors is a friendly
temperament.
If their mothers have shown unpredictable
behaviour we don’t keep them- there are only the
two of us working with them generally and we
can’t take the risk of aggressive attitudes.
Our early season lambs will be getting ready for
market now- at about 4-5 months old. Weighing
around the 38kg weight, they have just the right
amount of fat and muscle, hopefully.
If we didn’t rear lambs (and calves) for eating,
why would we bother to have sheep (cattle), when
they require a lot of physical work?
And if we didn’t have sheep (cattle), why would
we bother to have grass fields and hedges (we’d
need other foods and hedges are only to keep
livestock in)?
The English landscape is formed on the sheep/
wool industry, which has now been superseded by
other industries
But there are benefits- other species appreciate
the berries/ habitat in the hedge, insects love the
manure left in the grass fields and different flowers
seed in different length vegetation
Dandelions in the fields are turning to face the
sun, providing food for Bees which may be
thinking about swarming.
Moths such as the Tiger Moth, are pupating
and emerging as adults, having hibernated over the
winter. These do not feed, instead relying on food
reserves stored as a caterpillar.
Whenever we walk in the early morning or
dusk in May, we get very wet boots as the dew is
heavy, weighing on each leaf heavily, glistening in
the sunshine or sparkling in the moonlight, each
droplet containing a myriad of microbes good and
bad, but beautiful nonetheless.
Sheepdog Ted has shown lots of potential with
the ewes, helping us move them around of his own
volition but he has lots to learn and shake off a few
bad habits.
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Ginny’s Community Corner
by Ginny Gibson of Uttoxeter
T
he railways have always fascinated me, as a
child I remember our village railway line
being closed in a government cost cutting
exercise, so my father would have to drive to the
nearest Station in East Grinstead, instead of getting
on the train in Forest Row. The whole village
campaigned to stop the closure, but to no avail and
instead, all the husbands who worked in London,
spent years driving from Forest Row to EG, as it
was fondly named. This meant the A22 road
became one long traffic jam. But we children put
the closed line to good use and played many happy
hours along the closed track, where dens and
camps were made instead – I am sure the
health and safety people would be
horrified!.
In this area, a group of people are
fascinated by the North
Staffordshire Railway (NSR) and
set up a group in 1995 called The
North Staffordshire Railway Study
Group. Their aim is to gather
together as much surviving
information as there is about the NSR,
to try to ensure that it is not lost and to
make such information is more widely
available to those who have an interest in the
railway. I spoke to David Moore the
Membership Secretary and Publications editor
about the Railway and the history.
The NSR was founded in 1845 with the first
lines being installed in 1846. It was given a
nickname early on, The Knotty, maybe that is
where the Staffordshire emblem of the knot comes
from, but I digress.
The initial lines ran from Norton Bridge to
Macclesfield and from Derby to Crewe, then in
1862 an Act of Parliament created the Stafford to
Uttoxeter line and this was bought by the Great
Northern Railway in 1881. It meant that a railway
ran from Uttoxeter to Grindley then to Chartley
on to Ingestre through to Salt, then Stafford
Common and finally Stafford, serving all the rural
community. Of course the other important line for
our area was Uttoxeter to Burton, calling at
Rolleston on Dove, Stretton and Clay Mills,
Horninglow then Burton. Apparently the track
from Uttoxeter to Burton was nicknamed the
Jinny. Wouldn’t it be nice to have that track back,
and then commuters wouldn’t have to create the
long traffic jam all the way along the A518 each
morning to Stafford or the A50 or B5017 to get to
Burton. My Auntie Angela told me recently, she
knew lots of children who play very happily on the
old Jinny line tracks near Rolleston, so as one use
of the track ends, another one begins. Isn’t that
evolution?
We take for granted the railway
lines, but to build these 4ft 8 ½ in
standard gauge tracks, a share scheme
was set up so that everyone could buy
a part of the next generation of
transport. Apparently 117,500 shares
were sold at £20 each (£2420 in today’s
money) to create the North Staffordshire
Railway, it shows the determination of the
pioneers to link up communities and spread the
wealth to rural towns.
During the 1st World War the tracks were
invaluable for transporting coal and all sorts of
other materials required for the War Effort. Many
of the employees went off to serve in the army,
never to return. Two memorial plaques are situated
in Stoke on Trent station with the names of all the
North Stafford railwaymen who lost their lives.
The study group have collected lots of photos of
these men and would dearly like any photos that
readers may have, so that they can continue to
build up the archives. To view a full list of the men
who were employed by the NSR who lost their
lives please visit www.nsrsg.org.uk/
remembrance.php
The rolling stock on the lines
were also fabulously designed and
eventually came with steam heating
for the passengers and the NSR
pioneered electric lighting which
meant no longer using oil lighting.
The coach colours initially were
claret, but in 1875 they changed to
Victoria Brown, with gold and blue
lining, then in 1882 waist panels
were added in white, however in
1903 a new Brown, the Victoria
Lake Brown was used with yellow
and red lining and the first class
carriage door had cream waist
panels. Of course the coat of arms
was displayed on both coach sides, making the
overall look of the trains extremely distinguished.
My thanks go to Dave Scragg of the Knotty
Heritage Trust who has kindly supplied the photos
of the restored carriages for this article. If you want
to make a model of the rolling stock, then the
North Staffordshire Railway Study group has
information about the NSR wagons on its site
www.nsrsg.org.uk/modelling.php
In this article I can only tell you a very short
amount about the NSRSG, but the Group meet
four times a year at the Gladstone Pottery
Museum. The meetings are a place to be able to
listen to informal discussions on lots of aspects of
the Railway with regular updates from the main
national railway archive at Kew in London. They
also have an on line discussion group called nsrail,
which can be found in Yahoo Groups. However if
you want to go and see a restored carriage and
travel on a steam or diesel train then a day out at
the Foxfield Station, Blythe Bridge, ST11 9BG is
well worth a visit.
Finally when researching this article I found a
great story about Peter Cheeseman, artistic director
of The Victoria Theatre in Stoke; in 1966 he wrote
a play about NSR called The Knotty, named after
the company nickname and it featured many of the
voices of old NSR staff, if you want to buy the
script then the ISBN is 9780416079708 or if you
are digitally minded, it can be downloaded from
Transacord Digital.
Better still why not join the group, for
membership details of The North Staffordshire
Railway Study Group please visit the web site:
www.nsrsg.org.uk and don’t forget if you have any
stories or photos of men or women who worked
on the railway during the wars, the group would
love to hear from you.

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Bath Male Choir to support Goldies,
as numbers grow in Staffordshire!
G
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uses the memory evoking popular music
of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, to bring together
older people and those with learning disabilities
or dementia or Alzheimer’s, has announced that
all those who attend their sessions in Uttoxeter
will receive free tickets to a Charity Concert to
be held in Abbots Bromley later this year.
Anne Griffiths, Project Leader for the Golden
Oldies Charity in Staffordshire said, “I am very
pleased to announce that the Bath Male Choir
from BBC TV’s ‘Last Choir Standing’ will be
giving one of their star performances at a Charity
Concert in support our work, and as a special
treat all the ‘Goldies’ who attend our sessions in
Uttoxeter will get free tickets, and transport will
be provided too.
Bath Male Choir is one of the UK’s best-loved
male choirs, they recently gave a memorable
performance at the ceremony in Bath Abbey
when TV cook Mary Berry received the Freedom
of the City of Bath. They also gave concerts last
year in Malmesbury Abbey and in a packed Bath
Abbey for a joint concert with the famous
Treorchy Welsh Male Voice Choir. Add to that a
tour of Japan in November when the Choir
receiving standing ovations at concerts in Itami,
Kyoto and Tokyo.”
She continued, “We are getting more and
more people attending our sessions locally and
this Charity Concert will help boost our funds so
that we can continue to grow our sessions in
Uttoxeter and the surrounding areas of
Staffordshire. People call us the smile charity
because we know that for many older people,
attending their Goldies session is one of the few
times that they are with others. Loneliness and
isolation is a growing concern in society and
Goldies reaches out to people through song. We
are NOT a choir but we use the memory-evoking
sing-along songs. They encourage people to clap
in rhythm to the music, tap their feet, smile.”
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month from 3.00-4.00pm, and at the Methodist
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last Tuesday of each month from 11.00-
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as well as those with learning difficulties,
dementia and Alzheimer’s.
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that everyone who comes along
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in the recent National Flower
Arranging Day. The theme was to
leave flowers, bouquets etc to
people to take home, a thing of joy
and friendship.
Diane Lucas left three
arrangements in Cheadle. Cheadle
Flower Club will be visiting the
gardens of Anita Wright in June.
Anita takes part in the ‘Open
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National Flower Arranging Day
Povey’s People
By Radio Stoke’s Owd Grandad Piggott
P
ension day was always a day of stress for
Owd Grandad Piggott. It was the only day of
the week that he was flush with cash and
from the instant that he counted it, his sole
objective was to turn it into ale before anybody
had chance to lay claim to any of it. He therefore
didn’t aim for any of his usual watering holes
where any of his creditors would expect to find
him. On pension day, he was in the habit of
spreading his wings and heading off to new
pastures. This still needed careful thought as to
which route to take. It was unwise to cover the
same ground two weeks running. He had many
different destinations that he could visit. On
pension day, the world was his oyster.
This particular day, he had successfully
negotiated the post office exit unobserved and had
decided to head east, so he proceeded to drink his
way out of Longton heading in the general
direction of Blythe Bridge. Today it was important
to put some distance between himself and Longton,
the reason being that he owed Billy Drummond
sixteen shillings. Drummer was a rat faced evil
tempered little man who had a thing about people
who owed him money and he harboured a deep
suspicion that Owd Grandad Piggott was trying his
best to avoid him.
As if!
Owd Grandad Piggott had managed to elude
him for several weeks, but Drummer was now
seriously on his case. By lunchtime, he had
doggedly tracked Owd Grandad Piggott via a Meir
bookmakers and several pubs to The White Cock
at Blythe Bridge and as he had entered that
establishment by the front door, Owd Grandad
had disappeared out the back and by the time
Drummer realised what had happened, his quarry
was three quarters of the way to The Smithfield.
As Owd Grandad Piggott’s pension was
decreasing, Drummer’s ire was mounting and he
was beginning to realise that unless he got a move
on, his sixteen shillings was liable to disappear
down the gents at the next pub. Owd Grandad
Piggott then had a bit of luck. Two trains were due
and Blythe Bridge crossing gates were closed which
allowed him to swallow another pint and throw
the remains of his pension at the landlord.
“Ere master! Stick this in thee till an’ tell me
when its gone!’ he said and as the landlord stood
there open mouthed, Owd Grandad Piggott sat
down and appeared thoroughly involved in
watching a game of darts. The landlord watched
as a rough looking little individual came into his
pub and proceeded to manhandle a fellow who
had just put into his trust a quantity of cash.
Things happened quickly. The landlord came
around the bar at a fast rate of knots and within
sixty seconds the aggressive little man who had
done the manhandling was sitting on the pavement
outside
‘Yooop!’, carolled Drummer as his coccyx
smote the unyielding paving slab. For the next
hour, Owd Grandad Piggott made more serious
inroads into his already ravaged pension and when
he was finally ejected from The Smithfield, he was
unable to drink another drop. The police found
him at Catchems Corner where he’d given out and
gone to sleep in a bus shelter. When the police car
delivered him to his house, Drummer was waiting
for him. Owd Grandad Piggott panicked and told
the policemen that Drummer was a local
psychopath who had threatened to kill him so he
was escorted in and Drummer was threatened with
arrest if he didn’t go home immediately.
Drummer did finally get paid. A fortnight later,
he got fourteen shillings with a promise to be paid
the rest at sixpence a week – but the final
installment wasn’t a sixpence. It was a silver
threepenny bit.
Each month Radio Stoke’s Owd Grandad Piggott (Alan Povey) will write a unique insight into our
local life and its many characters.
His infectious, humorous slant on people provides a different and unusual mix which hopefully will
bring a warm smile to the faces of our readers.
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T
wo intrepid JCB employees are
limbering up for a non-stop long
distance charity walk along the 92 mile
Staffordshire Way.
Jim Smith, of Uttoxeter, and Ben Murphy,
of Tean – who both work on JCB’s backhoe
loader production line at the company’s
World Headquarters in Rocester – are hoping
to complete the marathon trek in just 36
hours. In the process they will be raising
money for the mental health charity MIND.
The fundraising is in memory of Jim’s dad,
Bob Smith, who tragically took his own life in
2012.
Bob was a highly-respected and popular
figure at JCB where he worked for the
Backhoe Loader business unit in the
manufacturing department for over 30 years.
Jim said: “It’s a fitting walk because my
dad often discussed doing it with me when he
retired. We have decided to raise the money
for MIND because this is often a first port of
call for people suffering with mental health
issues. This includes suicide which is now
very close to my heart since my dad took his
own life.
“To make this walk a more personal
challenge I joked to friends that I would
undertake this trek with a mullet hairstyle as
a tribute to my dad, who, according to some
of the lads on the darts team we played for,
was trying to bring this hairstyle back into
fashion! Therefore, for the last 2 years I have
been growing my hair to make this possible.”
The Staffordshire Way spans the length of
the county, wending it’s way from Mow Cop
on the Cheshire border and finishing at
Kinver Edge on the border with
Worcestershire. Along the way it takes in
numerous public rights of way, canal
towpaths and stunning scenery.
Jim, 32, and Ben, 31, will start the trek at
Mow Cop at midday on May 28 and if all
goes to plan should be arriving at Kinver
Edge in the early hours on May 30. Neither
are strangers to long distance walking having
completed the 192-mile Coast to Coast route
across Cumbria and North Yorkshire three
years ago for Ben’s charity of choice, Queen
Elizabeth Hospital, in Birmingham. However,
this is the first time they have tried to
complete a long distance path in one go.
Jim added: “Doing the walk non-stop is
going to be challenging and tough. It means
part of the trek will be in the dark, but we
hope it will capture people’s imagination and
help us raise a lot of money for a good cause.
We have been doing training walks on parts
of the Staffordshire Way that we are not
familiar with, so we will be as prepared as
possible. But until you actually get into a
walk like this you never know quite what is
around the corner.”
To make a donation visit their just giving
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U13 Girls
National Finals
A
fter being crowned the Staffordshire Champions and
then the Regional Champions, Oldfields Hall U13 girls
rugby team travelled to London on Saturday 9th May
for the National Finals.
This was a fantastic achievement already and one the
school was proud of.
There were 12 teams in total from the different areas of
England and in the morning they were split into 2 groups of
6. The girls unfortunately lost their first game 1-0, however
picked themselves up from the defeat and went on to win the
next 2 games. They then fought hard for a draw and were
determined to go out and win their final game, which they
did, 2-0.
This meant they finished 2nd in the pool and they got the
chance to play on the pitch at Twickenham for the bronze
medal. This was an exciting time and the girls couldn’t wait
to get on the pitch.
They unfortunately conceded two tries in the first 5
minutes but with sheer grit and determination they pulled it
back to 2-2. In the dying seconds they scored the winning try.
Through hard work, commitment and determination the
girls had managed to finish 3rd in England. What an
outstanding achievement and one which teachers, parents and
the girls will never forget.
Left to right back row: Aelfthryth Cant, Sian Rendell, Sophie Howe, Freya Bussell, India
Edwards, Ellie Wilson.
Left to right on front row: Kim Burgess, Hannah Clarke, Carys Barker, Jasmine Sutton,
Gemma Tomlinson
JCB duo’s non-stop 92-mile charity
trek charity trek in memory of Bob
Ben Murphy (left) and Jim Smith limber up for their walk
Jim Smith pictured with his dad Bob who
died in 2012

Remembering Days gone by...
by Owd Ern
The Market Place
O
h dear, what can I say! Whatever has
happened to it? A market place to be proud
of! “Unbelievable” where ever do I start. It
all came home to me as I came down through it in
my Austin Seven, with my cousin from Australia
and she said “Oh dear, have you had a forest fire all
them black stumps” I said oh no, they are bollards.
I think someone on the council has shares in a
bollard factory (Ashbourne has traffic lights,
Uttoxeter has Bollards) in my far distant youth, on
a Wednesday, market day, both the upper and
lower market places would be packed with stalls
of every description. There were that many people
you had a job to get around, especially on Potters
Bank Holiday. If King Henry III were to comeback,
he would scratch his head in wonder as to why he
granted a market charter to the town in 1251. But
then I suppose he would be able to tie up his horse
to a bollard. Anyway enough of desolation and
misery, I must press on.
Before the cattle market was built, the market
place was used for the sale of cattle and fowl, the
lower, smaller market place for pigs and sheep
confined to Market Street. What a stinking lot it
must have been. There used to be a great
assortment of business there until they have all
been pushed out by the mighty Supermarkets
(Progress?!) often 3 or 4 of the same trade to
choose from, like J Cope & Son, Tommy Stewart,
British Argentine, all butchers and no doubt I have
missed some out. Wonderful groceries, like
Paceman’s, Hardy’s, plus Maypole and Hunters.
Old established saddlers like Carters, going since
1840 and finally having a shop selling high class
leather goods and toys. But I remember seeing
some fine riding saddles that they had made in the
workshop at the back.
Fellow writer Steve Lank Lavin recently wrote
about H Woolley & Son, remarkable Saddlers. I
remember as a youth (I was a youth once) lugging
big heavy Cart Horse Saddles in, they had a metal
bridge for the chain to go in to hold up all the
shafts, these wore away and had to be relined so
the big horse collars all came out looking like new.
Mrs Woolley ran the shop along with doing her
house work next door. A very pleasant lady, and a
very good sale’s person, usually reminding me that
I needed some leather boot laces or a tin of dubbin
to waterproof my boots. She was most proud if she
persuaded you to buy a tin of Everett’s polish,
always reminding me that it was by appointment
to His Majesty the King! Next door was Pratt’s Art
shop, now the Chinese takeaway. Whieldon’s
Green Bus depot complete with waiting room and
café was a bit lower down, now derelict, possibly
waiting for the “old cobbler” to come and cobble
it. I am sure the bollard man would find room for
some more bollards! (“Our Herbert” says, “stop
moaning and get on with it!”) Shoe shops Gallor,
Wyles, Trufit, Public Benefit, what a funny name
that was a posh shoe shop where John German has
set up office.
The mighty Ormes empire started in that era,
Furniture, baby wear, wool, clothes and the big
ladies fashion shop and even Undertakers... their
motto, from cradle to grave, their big men’s clothes
shop in the High Street has just closed down as of
late run by Buxton And Bonnet. Brisberns
Wadhams plus a few more ladies clothes shops and
of course the Wylke ladies fashion house. But to
me, the most interesting was Mr Shaw’s “tat tar”
Shaun men’s clothes shop about where the
Midland Bank rebuilt. It should have been taken
over by English Heritage as a tourist attraction. It
was one of the first ports of call for people from
The Potteries, his window display being better
entertainment than present day T.V. but then that
doesn’t take a lot of doing. A Mrs Shaw kept a very
small music shop, selling records, mouth organs
etc. so small and yet so full of musical
entertainment, now swallowed up by the big
derelict pub. Mellor’s Chemist, Allport jeweller, all
lovely private businesses, Phillips paint & plumber
shop, now housing the Co Op Bank. Mrs Phillip
was another fine sales lady; she referred to her
husband as ‘father’.“Father has cut your glass” but
then she would advise you that you needed some
putty and paint. In the back yard she kept a great
aviary of birds, budgies & canary’s all singing and
chattering. I seem to be going on for ever, and have
not even started on the pubs. The White Horse is
still there now The Steeplechase renamed after it
burnt down it was used on market days by posher
farmers, business men, corn merchants etc.
Whereas riff raff like me used the Wheatsheaf just
down Bridge Street. The Swan and Black Swan still
going, but a lot have gone. The Lion Hotel , the
Crown was next to NatWest Bank and my old
favourite, The Vine, you could go in the front door,
have a drink or two and then go out the back and
cross Queen St straight into the Old Star, a very old
pub, but not as ancient as the Old Talbot. The old
pub in the lower Market Place now demolished
along with a group of houses, to make way for the
War Memorial was the venue for Bear baiting and
Bull Baiting, both very cruel ‘sports’ banned in
1824, but cock fighting carried on up to the start
of the second world war. It was held behind closed
doors in the pub yards at the Lion’s head and
Wheatsheaf in particular.
I know our editor Nigel is hovering with his big
pair of scissors, so I have left out mentioning a lot
more important shops, Williamsons Bakers for one.
Me and my mates going in to get one of their
massive cream buns 1 Penny. What was in them
we’ll never know, as food was rationed…possibly
the cream was Brillcream left over by the Royal Air
Force. I have not taken any harm from them
though. Two big Iron mongers G&A. Harris
affectionately known as Gandie Harris and of
course the magnificent Bamfords, the stone front
still intact, good enough for a Cathedral. But the
only ‘Ray’ of hope is Sargy’s - T.G. Sargeants
Butchers just visible in the corner. As for the rest
of the Market Place, the only solution is to build it
all over with bungalows, because the tops of the
old shops are still as they were, before the vandals
on the council stepped in!
I’d better goo afore I’m put in the stocks.
So Bay good an Teck Care
Owd Ern
A
lthough local author Dave Cooper has
worked in construction management and
estimation for many years, he has had a life-
long interest in history, particularly in relation to
the English Civil War and the military history of
his home county of Staffordshire.
Dave has extensively researched these subjects
before, during and since his studies at Keele
University, with a number of books to his credit as
a result. Not only are his interests academic, but
practical as well, with memberships of several local
military history interest groups, a leading light in
the raising of several commemorative monuments
in Staffordshire, regular stalling out at military
interest collectors fairs in the Midlands and an
active membership of Sir John Gell’s Regiment of
the Sealed Knot English Civil War re-enactment
Society.
He is therefore ideally situated to write his new
book that will be of interest not only to the local
residents of Uttoxeter past and present, but also to
all those intrigued by what it would have been like
to have been a resident in a Midland’s market town
such as Uttoxeter during the turbulent English
Civil War years.
About the book
Initially conceived
as a Master’s Degree
research topic at Keele
University, Dave
Cooper’s interesting
and fact filled book is
the culmination of
many years of
research, entailing the
interpretation,
correlation and
coordination of
manuscripts, archival records, letters, pamphlets,
maps, photographs and other artefacts.
This is the first detailed book to be written
covering the impact of the traumatic and often
bewildering events of the English Civil War on the
population of a quiet rural market town such as
Uttoxeter, in Staffordshire.
On 22nd August 2015 it will be 368 years since
the Duke of Hamilton’s Scottish Royalist forces
surrendered to the Parliamentary forces
surrounding Uttoxeter, with the prisoners being
temporarily incarcerated in Uttoxeter and
Bramshall churches. With the approach of the
370th anniversary it seems fitting that such a study
should pave the way to a befitting annual
commemoration of this long overlooked event.
The author as a musketeer of Sir John Gell’s
Regiment of the Sealed Knot (Civil War
reenactment society)
Uttoxeter in the Civil War book is being published

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