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The following photos were provided at the Reunion - if you can provide further details - please send
them to the webmaster quoting the ref no (A1,B2
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Thanks to Judy Bishop for this photo of her grandmother Lilian Ethel Welch (2nd from right)
the first women to swim a mile in the old Royal Brine Baths. Lilian lived in Doxey (56,
123, 243 and 232) and was a staunch member of the church - her family raised money for the old
'Tin Hut' (St Andrews) church - sadly no longer there. Lilian's son Neville kept the Nesbit
Arms and the Vine Hotel and her daughter Brenda, who died earlier this year, was a great
authority on the development of Doxey. |
In the Easter Holiday breaks in 1975 and 1976 Children at Doxey School
went on trips to London and York.
Most of the photos below were supplied by Samantha (Northwood) Ralphs. [click to enlarge]
How many of the individuals can you identify ?
Doxey Garage
The building now occupied by 'Hair @ 108' has been used for many
purposes including
- Greengrocer (70s, 80s)
- General Store - Percy Palmer's (40s,50s)
- Doxey Garage (pre-war)
Owned by the Redfern family who have provided the following photos.
The family also ran the Sand and Gravel business from the area that became 'Durber's Yard'
now occupied by the school and the 'Manor Park' Estate. |
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 B4 1941
Jim/Janet Redfern |
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 B7 Pageant |
 B8 Pageant |
 B9 Petrol Pump mechanism (1933) |
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Rigby Family
| On 10th January 1872 Albert Rigby was born in
what (we believe) is now 144 or 145 Doxey (then in Seighford parish). His parents were
Henry (a railway 'pointsman') and Bertha (Bethiah) Rigby. In 1892 his father built Daisy
Bank on a plot 200-300 yards towards Stafford. Henry's grandson Ernest continued to live in Doxey
until his death in 2001. Henry's great-grandson Mike, lives in Crab Lane and provided the
following photo and documents. |
D1. Photo of Daisy Bank with (?) Henry, Daughter-in-law Emma and grandsons Frank
and Percy (c1908)
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D2. Copy of Albert's Birth Certificate
D3. Cover of William's (older brother ?) Text Book (1870)
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D4. Driving licences 1929/20
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Riverway School Photograph -
1964
Thanks to Mandy Robinson for this. The whole photo was split into four and then eight for detailed
viewing. There is a lot of overlap - many people are on two pictures - I hope none on three !.
The four small images cannot be enlarged but if you click on the larger ones you will get a full
screen image (depending on your browser) which can be saved and printed on your home computer (again
depending on your line speed and software)
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Gask Photos
The Gask family moved to Marsland Road (No. 32 later to No. 39) when the estate was built in 1949.
The following photos were provided by Rita Gask (click for full page)
Pageant 1950
Float for Stafford Pageant (The Crescent) - early
1950s.
Driver Harry Chambers with Mary Adams and her husband.
Photo provided by Maureen
Gore
253 Doxey
| These photos taken in 1979 by (?) Maslin show views from the front and
back of the house. |
M2 - View towards The Crescent |
M1 - 253 Doxey |
M3 - Looking West |
M4 - from garden looking South |
Doxey Cubs -
1984
| Doxey Cubs - 1984. - photos provided by Cilla Green - Any more names
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U1. Sugnall Challenge Trophy for Best Camp
at Sugnall.(Jeff Skelton, Wayne Butler,
Paul Bennet, Simon Green, Simon Taylor) |
U2. Doxey Cubs |
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