North Staffordshire History

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

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

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 ...