Dad3353 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 1 minute ago, TrevorR said: Must have been a bit before my time. Can’t ever recall a music shop in Staines itself… Yeah, but I'm old, innit. T'was definitely there, but had a far dingier look than the clean, white, sterile photo of the area since. High brick walls made it a rather insalubrious place to wander, and in the dark, even frightening, with a tunnel through under the railway line back towards Staines centre. How things change, eh..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 1 hour ago, Dad3353 said: . . . . High brick walls made it a rather insalubrious place to wander, and in the dark, even frightening, with a tunnel through under the railway line back towards Staines centre. How things change, eh..? Now rebranded as Staines on Thames!! That probably didn't change it much, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 1 hour ago, Dad3353 said: Yeah, but I'm old, innit. T'was definitely there, but had a far dingier look than the clean, white, sterile photo of the area since. High brick walls made it a rather insalubrious place to wander, and in the dark, even frightening, with a tunnel through under the railway line back towards Staines centre. How things change, eh..? Staines is an odd place. I'm an Egham kid, if that wasn't bad enough. We'd only venture into Staines to go Adam's and Record Scene (an old record shop that went under the ball and chain when they were building the new ring road by the Iron Bridge). I haven't been there in 25 years. Depressing. Like Bracknell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 30 minutes ago, chris_b said: Now rebranded as Staines on Thames!! That probably didn't change it much, though. Treachery, really, as there was less innuendo with simply 'Staines' (there are no stains on the Thames there...). The original name was fine, and had a history... '... It later appears as Stanis (1167), Stanys (1428), Steynys and Staynys (1535), before the modern spelling "Staines" is first used in 1578. The name derives from the Old English stān, meaning "stone", and may refer to a Roman milestone on the London to Silchester road that survived into the early Anglo-Saxon period....' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 1 minute ago, NancyJohnson said: Staines is an odd place... Well, at least it wasn't Hounslow (pronounced 'Arnsler'...), but admittedly less posh than Kingston. My upbringing was Bedfont-based; this explains a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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