A Write Card: Greetings card shop A Write Card, which has been a staple of Coopers Square shopping centre in Burton town centre, for many years, closed down in January this year with immediate effect. It came as the chain closed shops up and down the country as the Walsall-based firm went into liquidation. BHS was given the green light and officially opening on April 7, 1998 and became a favourite among shoppers. But the company hit bad times was wound down in April 2016 resulting in the closure of all high street stores. The Burton store closed on November 9 that year.

Many of the changes often go unnoticed, that is until you take look at photographs from 10, 20, 30 or even 40 years ago and appreciate the progress and changes which have taken place.With 700th anniversary of the first battle approaching next month, Mr Adkins is drawing interest in commemorating the event.

This average grew during the summer months but that alone was not enough to warrant saving the line. But if you hanker for the days when the high street was the only place to shop, we have taken a look at some of the shops we have loved and sadly lost over the years - see if you recognise any of them. These fresh-faced pupils are hard at work in our pictures - whether that be representing the school in sports, on the stage and in the classroom. Or it may have come from the old English "cricc" or "cryce", meaning a crutch or staff, or the French word "criquet", meaning a wooden post.At a meeting in November 1959, George Dow, the British Transport Commission representative and division traffic manager at Birmingham said that British Railways were “under Government instruction” to pay their way and “sentiment cannot enter into it”. We have football, table tennis and basketball all covered in these pictures, so there are plenty to take a look at. Her husband was a teacher at William Allitt School and shared the same opinions. He said: "The whole character of the place has changed. It's become de-personalised. Mr Bailey said at the time: “The railways are to blame for driving people away from the trains. They cut and chop services to such an extent that they make them unattractive to the travelling public.” Read More Related Articles

Burton was the first town in the Midlands to use natural gas, instead of coal gas, which had been used in homes and businesses throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. The two foes met at Burton Bridge where Queen Henrietta Maria's convoy was heading from Yorkshire with supplies destined for her husband King Charles I in Oxford.My contention is that those outside the 12 who would like to use the train service but do not, are those who think the fare is too high and the trains do not run at convenient times.” The 1643 Battle of Burton Bridge was fought between Royalists and Parliamentarians during the first English Civil War. By the time of the battle the town was under Parliamentarian command.