Showing posts with label Hanley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hanley. Show all posts
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...
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 ...

The End of the Rough Fleet

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The Rough Fleet, an amorphous gang of street thugs under the leadership of John ‘Mad Jack’ Wilson were a terror to the locals, notably in an...
28 December 2024

Little Gypsy Girl

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Of all the famous names who have hailed from the Potteries, few in their lifetime gave more honest, unalloyed pleasure than Gertrude Astbury...
04 February 2024

A Swedish Spy in the Valley of Crockery

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A portrait of R. R. Angerstein in 1755. Source: Wikimedia Commons A visitor to the mid-18th century Potteries was Reinhold R ΓΌ cker Angerste...
22 September 2023

The Ballad of Stevo and One-Armed Jack

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On 26 January 1895, 27 year old George Stevenson, a habitual petty criminal and deserter from the British army was shot and mortally wounded...
18 August 2023

Hanley Goes to Hollywood

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Hanley Stafford, c.1945 Source: CBS Radio, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons Alfred John Austin had been born in Hanley on 22 September 18...
22 June 2023

Victim of a Mineshaft

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Thomas Holland's demise as depicted on the front of the Illustrated Police News At about 6.50 am on 12 December 1903, Thomas Holland, a ...