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Category Archives: Staffordshire
northernvicarwalks August 2020
I’ve already blogged the National Memorial Arboretum and my 5 mile walk there on the 1st of the month. We opened St Edmund’s in Allestree on 2 August – so both my churches were open within three weeks of it … Continue reading
National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire – the Army
Let’s start this final section with one amazing memorial, then we’ll end our visit with another. We should mention we enjoyed the gardens and the café – and look forward to coming back when the Remembrance section is open, an … Continue reading
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National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire – beside the river
Our next amble was from the Naval area up beside the River Tame to the railway, then back in the direction of the ‘Shot at Dawn’ memorial, which we’ll do in the next blog. Here are a selection of the … Continue reading
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National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire – RAF, Far East, Land Girls and Navy
Having visited the Millennium Chapel, we started to explore the grounds. There is no way I will do all the memorials, so we will have a selection of them. The gardens are lovely, and there is a good variety of … Continue reading
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National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire – Millennium Chapel
We haven’t be able to visit churches for the last few months, and I am aware that I have still not blogged my two or Derby Cathedral. On Saturday 1 August we went to the National Memorial Arboretum. Our friends … Continue reading
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northernvicarwalks – Etwall to Burton (William Stanley Way 2)
Tuesday 4 February. I have a free day, so I’ll leave Caroline to run the office and Julie to go to the Old People’s Lunch. I drove to Etwall, parked by the church and started walking. I have decided to … Continue reading
Moseley Old Hall, Staffordshire
The nice thing about being on holiday not too far from home, is you have time to visit other places on the way home. My plan was the NT property at Wightwick Manor, but when we got there the car … Continue reading
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Alstonefield, Staffordshire – St Peter
This year our MA course has more mature students, and one of them, Carrie, was handing out flyers for “A Visual and audio exhibition to Commemorate the Centenary of the end of WW1” in Alstonefield – their local history group … Continue reading
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Wall, Staffordshire – St John
I had been to Kidderminster on Monday 20 August to talk trams with an expert. On the way home I stopped at the village of Wall in Staffordshire and picked up a walk leaflet in their car park. The Romans … Continue reading
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Apedale Light Railway, Staffordshire – Tracks to the Trenches 3
Sunday 15 July was a Sunday off! Julie went shopping with Sue and Ella, I chased trains with Jeremy and Alex. I apologise we are so predictable. The Apedale Light Railway – website – is based in Newcastle-under-Lyme, grid reference … Continue reading
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