Category: Heritage

The Kitchener Institute: a centre for technical education in Stone
By Philip Leason MBE This article is as a result of an enquiry I received from a...

Walls come tumbling down: the demolition of Meaford Power Station
by Senior Museums Officer, Chris Copp at Staffordshire Past Track Recently added to the Staffordshire Past Track...

Rememebrance 2018 – We will remember them…
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them,...

Faces named in Rose Queen challenge
The Rose Queen appeal, we carried in last months Gazette was once again very popular, and sparked...

Sandon war memorial restored
As shown by these ‘before’ and ‘after’ photos, Sandon and Burston Parish Council has given Sandon’s war...

Oulton Couple celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary
In 1956, two young people from two different counties, met and became engaged. Two years later they were...

RAF to mark Battle of Britain with Freedom Parade – Sunday 16th September
A Stafford based unit of the Royal Air Force will be on parade in the town this...

Oulton Heath WW1 Gunner Ace Hero’s items go to auction – 13th September
Seven lots, attributed to WW1 Gunner Ace Lieutenant Anthony Joseph Hill Thornton, are to go on sale...

New action adventure novel explores the Pottery Riots of 1842
Margaret Moxom announces publication of ‘Footsteps in the Past’ Stoke -on-Trent, England – In Margaret Moxom’s new...

Eccleshall War Memorial Unveiling
The Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire unveiled a new memorial to 17 Eccleshall soldiers killed in the Great...

The many guises of Drake Hall
The many guises of Drake Hall by Senior Museums Officer, Chris Copp at Staffordshire Past Track You...

‘Living History’ By Jim Davies
‘Living history’ is certainly a term to describe John Holtham, Life Vice-President of the Stone & District...

JULY MEETING OF ASTON-BY-STONE W.I. – A trip to Middleport Pottery
Middleport Pottery We in Staffordshire, whether natives or incomers, are proud of the fine Pottery industry in...

Rural scenes of Eccleshall
Rural scenes of Eccleshall by Senior Museums Officer, Chris Copp at Staffordshire Past Track Here’s a selection...

A modest man of courage
This year is not only the centenary of the end of the First World War but also...

A Father’s Vantage Point
This year marks a shift in the life of Ken Durham, former owner of Stone-based Abbey Picture...

Alleyne’s Grammar School Reunion
Front row:- Barbara (née Boulton) Oakley; Mary (Woodman) Chicken; Ethne (Rochelle) Jeffs; Sylvia (Thompson) Hughes; Geoff Oakley....

Sandon Hall to host exclusive first showing of WWI documentary
History fans can be among the first to see a fascinating new World War One documentary in...