North Staffordshire History

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

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...

Probably at some point in early to mid July 1934, Burslem hosted the world premier of the first film of an up-and-coming star, when, accordi...

In the early to mid 1920s, a pioneering film maker Claude Friese-Greene and his assistant, drove a car from Land's End to John O'Gr...

Balloonist Charles Green later in life. Charles Green was quite a celebrity when he arrived in the Potteries in early October 1826. A p...

'If only to hear the remarkable singing by Lily Lonsdale, the entertainments given by the Royal Gipsy Children are well worth atten...

The Queens Palace, Rhyl In the first few years on the road Lily and Ernie appeared in numerous venues up and down the country, includin...

Bill Cooper (third from left) in his early days as a Ted. 'When I was 14 and still living in Nelson Place with my sister Mi...

'The first time we went to Manchester was after we’d talked with a bloke named Danny. I remember him saying he’d been in Manchester o...

Despite all the dancing there was still plenty of time for drinking. 'We'd dance all night. That was the one thing we wanted ...