Gnosall History

Pubs, village characters, life on boats, George Newton

Canal

Mr Youens - Choirmaster, pulled into canal by boat & horse (Stan Marshall)

Services, funerals, Methodists, Sunday School outings

Daughter of local Doctor (he ran cricket club with the curate)

Visit to Shugborough Museum - (Elsie Bratton) Knightley Grange - Washing

Visit to Shugborough Museum - Washday

Visit to Shugborough Museum - Old farm implements, tools, bridles, traps

Visit to Shugborough Museum - Old chaff cutter

Churches

Doctors

Domestic

Visit to Shugborough Museum - Making butter

Visit to Shugborough Museum - (George Green) Harvest lorry, spoked wheels

Harvesting Corn, rabbit trapping, wagons

Tramps, long hours

Dairy Farming

Steam Thrashing 1902

Farming

Visit to Shugborough Museum - Old fire pump, Joe Beech, Bert Morris, Billy Barber

1906, WW1, casualties (Mrs. Winfield) WW2

Fire brigade

Doll collection - Mrs. Bratton, Mrs. Friend, Mrs Winfield, Dr. & Mrs. Steele, Mr. Evans

Industries

Doll factory - Mrs. Winfield

Brickworks, Cement Works, Timber yard, Flour mill

Sinking wells Using explosives

House Building

Bakery, Flour Mill, Building costs - Mr. Walwyn

School desks, Milk & Cheese factory

Road mending

Location of where prisoners were held - Mrs. Winfield

Police

Miss Willders grocer, changed to Walwyns

Retail

Visit to Shugborough Museum - Use of the Poleaxe

Visit to Shugborough Museum - Price of beer and cigarettes

Bakery, bread, boat people, Italian warehouse man, Mr. Walwyn, Mr. Marshall

Butcher, Markets, meat prices

Boys from Doley, Soup from Mr Meadows on Monday, playtime games, private schools

Social

Location of where prisoners were held - Mrs. Winfield

Memorial Hall, Mr Friend, Jack Friend, Mr Meadows, Minstrels. functions, bowling green

Village Fete

Social functions, Minstrels

Flower show, Agricultural Show

Visit to Shugborough Museum - Discussion about the Railway (Jim Beech)

Transport

Location of where prisoners were held - Mrs. Winfield

Visit to Shugborough Museum - Rail return to Stafford, Mahogany counter tops

Visit to Shugborough Museum - (Mrs. Bratton) horse drawn carriage

Visit to Shugborough Museum - Bicycles, penny farthing

Steam Engine - 50 ton obstacle on Weston Bank

Early Transport

Interview with Reg Bentley - Old Motorbikes models, TT racing

Interview with Reg Bentley - Old cars, Model T Ford

Gordon Leese, a teacher at ‘Heron Brook School’ interviewed a number of Gnosall residents in the 1970s and recorded the numerous discussions. These have been divided into categories and can be played by clicking below. Some of the interviews were recorded during a visit by a number of villagers to Shugborough Museum. 1970s interviews

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