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Rocester is a village and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. Its name is spelt Rowcestre in the Domesday Book of 1086. It is located on the Derbyshire border.
St Michael's Church, Rocester
JCB site at Rocester
The Fossor, at the JCB headquarters
The Moody Blues
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The Moody Blues were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in May 1964. The group initially consisted of Graeme Edge, Denny Laine, Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas and Clint Warwick. Originally part of the
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…who also played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1902. Graeme Edge (1941–2021), musician, songwriter, poet, drummer and one of the songwriters for the Moody Blues John Hall (born 1941), Vicar of Rocester 1988–1998, Archdeacon of Salop 1998-2011…
The Moody Blues at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in 1970. From left to right: Mike Pinder, Graeme Edge, Justin Hayward, Ray Thomas, John Lodge.
A Mitchells & Butlers brewery pub in Birmingham, pictured in 2005. A hoped-for sponsorship from the brewery never materialised.
Billboard advertisement, 30 January 1965
Billboard advertisement, 17 February 1968