Showing posts with label Stoke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stoke. 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...
10 November 2024

Dickens, the Dodo and the Dinner Plate

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On 1 April 1852, the writer Charles Dickens wrote a letter to his wife Kate informing her ‘We think of going on tonight from Birmingham to S...
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...
25 August 2023

The Lamppost of Beauty

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On 11 June 1956, 46 year old Arnold Machin and his 34 year old wife Pat of number 15 The Villas, Stoke, took a stand against the encroachmen...
28 June 2023

Buffalo Bill Rides in... and Bows Out

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Buffalo Bill and some of the Red Indians in 1890 Source: Wikimedia Commons On 17 August 1891, former hunter and US army scout turned impresa...
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 ...
31 May 2023

England Expects

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'The Battle of Trafalgar' by William Clarkson Stanfield Source: Wikimedia Commons On 21 October 1805, a British fleet of 27 ships co...