Great info here really enjoyed that. Just for the record from a person born looking up at Mow cop castle (26:17) Mow is pronounced "Mao" as in Mao Tse Tung.
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lovely to see the places where i grew up, i used to live in great haywood until i married and emigrated to New Zealand i used to walk over the essex bridge to the "main road" to catch the midland red bus to Rugeley
As an old canal boat man I get fed up hearing the wrong statement that the railways killed the canals ….check the tonnage carried on the BCN alone for 1950 you will be surprised. The motorways and container ships killed our trade …..true end 1970.
I suspect many people will not be aware of just how large and how diverse a county Staffordshire was, before the 1974 Boundary Changes, that created the former West Midlands County.
Staffordshire is the home roots of my immediate maternal family, the Dardens. I hope to travel there someday and meet my English cuzes and invite them to my home in Monroe and Lamar Counties in Georgia USA.
I'm not sure what instance you are referring to; obviously that is incorrect. If the error is mine and you can highlight I will correct it, if it is from the original documentary then it was likely an oversight and will have to remain.
Originally the wakes were held in the graveyards themselves, when they were simple observances, as they involved more entertainment and became more extravagant they were moved out to the fields and town centres because it became disrespectful to hold them on church grounds.
A very interesting piece of work. Really enjoyed it. There must be loads more stories and traditions hiding in the vaults.
Great info here really enjoyed that. Just for the record from a person born looking up at Mow cop castle (26:17) Mow is pronounced "Mao" as in Mao Tse Tung.
Fantastic video, thanks for sharing 🙏🏻
You & and The Jolly Reiver are 2 of my favour channels. Keep it up, boys 😊😊
Quite comprehensive tour--seriously, I feel as though I'd had the grand tour. Thank you for this!
Really enjoyed this video. Very interesting. Thankyou 👍
Fantastic find !!
Thanks! I have one more I want to upload when I find time, but I'm always on the look out for more content so if you know of anything please let me know and I'll try to acquire it.
Like the first commentator i too enjoyed the history and traditions of Staffordshire and hopefully will see many other cities of Britain
lovely to see the places where i grew up, i used to live in great haywood until i married and emigrated to New Zealand i used to walk over the essex bridge to the "main road" to catch the midland red bus to Rugeley
As an old canal boat man I get fed up hearing the wrong statement that the railways killed the canals ….check the tonnage carried on the BCN alone for 1950 you will be surprised. The motorways and container ships killed our trade …..true end 1970.
I suspect many people will not be aware of just how large and how diverse a county Staffordshire was, before the 1974 Boundary Changes, that created the former West Midlands County.
This was a lovely video. It's Mow, as in Cow. Narrator sounds slightly like Rodney Bewes! No Molly Leigh tho.
Staffordshire is the home roots of my immediate maternal family, the Dardens. I hope to travel there someday and meet my English cuzes and invite them to my home in Monroe and Lamar Counties in Georgia USA.
And in the 21st century all this will vanish forever.
Why add a T in to Lichfield
I'm not sure what instance you are referring to; obviously that is incorrect. If the error is mine and you can highlight I will correct it, if it is from the original documentary then it was likely an oversight and will have to remain.
The wakes were held in fields, that's where the surname Wakefield comes from
Originally the wakes were held in the graveyards themselves, when they were simple observances, as they involved more entertainment and became more extravagant they were moved out to the fields and town centres because it became disrespectful to hold them on church grounds.
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