North Staffordshire History
Tales from the Potteries, Newcastle and the Staffordshire Moorlands
11 March 2026
Lost with the Lusitania
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The sinking of the Lusitania by marine artist Norman Wilkinson Source: Wikimedia Commons On 7 May 1915, the Cunard liner Lusitania , en rout...
13 February 2026
Potters at Waterloo
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French cuirassiers charge a British square at Waterloo, painting by Felix Philippoteaux. Source: Wikimedia Commons After three days of fight...
07 January 2026
Into the Valley of Death
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Richard Caton Woodville's famous painting of the Charge of the Light Brigade. Lord Cardigan on the far left of picture is dressed as the...
21 December 2025
Camp Meetings at Mow Cop
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The stone commemorating the first meeting at Mow Cop with the 'castle' in the background Situated smack on the Staffordshire-Cheshir...
21 July 2025
A Tale of Trafalgar
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A Royal Marine private in 1815 Source: Wikimedia Commons In the pages of M. H. Miller’s interesting compilation, Leek: Fifty Years Ago , ca...
15 March 2025
His Superb Fighting Spirit
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Lance-Sergeant J. D. Baskeyfield VC Operation Market Garden, launched on 17 September 1944, was an Allied attempt to seize a series of strat...
14 January 2025
An Awful and Melancholy Accident
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An appalling family tragedy occurred in Hanley on Saturday 1 August 1807, when Robert, John and James Wilson, three sons of David Wilson, a ...
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