North Staffordshire History

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 ...

Thomas Cooper, the Chartist whose fiery speeches sparked the riots. In 1842, a prolonged miner's strike had crippled the Staffordshire P...

'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...

The memorial to the men lost in the disaster. At 7.50 am, on 1 January 1942,  a devastating explosion took place 800 yards below ground at...

One of the least known literary associations with Staffordshire, is that of Charles Kingsley's novel Alton Locke. Tailor and Poet , ...

During the First World War, the action for the most part took place along a line of trenches stretching from the. Belgian coast, down to th...

On the afternoon of Sunday 9 May 1943, 40 year old colliery maintenance worker Joseph Boulton of 12 Blake Street, Burslem, was engaged with...