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North Staffordshire Coalfield Through Time
The North Staffordshire Coalfield is concentrated around the Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-Under-Lyme areas, with a small outlying area around Leek and Cheadle. During the Industrial Revolution coal from the area fired the Potteries ceramics and iron industries. At its peak, 50 pits were working in the area but as the coal industry declined nationally, pits gradually merged or closed in the postwar years. Closures accelerated following the Miners' Strike in the 1980s and the last deep mine, Silverdale, closed in 1998. Today, most of the sites have been reclaimed, including a nature reserve at Chatterley Whifield. This fascinating selection of old and new images of the North Staffordshire Coalfield will be essential reading for all those who know the area or have family members who worked in the local coal mining industry.
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North Staffordshire Through Time
The area of North Staffordshire combines urban and rural areas, from Stoke-on-Trent and the Potteries, the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, the moorland and Peak District towns and villages to the border with Cheshire and Derbyshire. In spite of the many changes that have occurred in North Staffordshire, its towns, cities and villages have retained their identity, with historical buildings alongside the new. This fascinating selection of old and new images of North Staffordshire will be essential reading for all those who know the area.
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The Potteries Through Time
Renowned for their illustrious ceramic manufacturing heritage, the Staffordshire Potteries originally centred upon the six towns: Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent, Fenton and Longton. The modern city of Stoke-on-Trent was created from these six towns and around fifty villages. In 'The Potteries Through Time', author Mervyn Edwards presents a nostalgic visual chronicle of the towns and villages in the Potteries across the decades.In his previous 'Through Time' books, Mervyn Edwards focused upon each of the six towns individually, this latest volume explores the hills and hollows between the centres whilst also offering new archive photographs of the main towns We find shabby back streets cowering in the shadow of enormous coal tips - the Potteries' own 'black hills', there are industrial hotspots and busy suburbs. Then there are the proud old chapels and pubs and the even prouder people that patronised them. Stoke-on-Trent was not a pretty place, but as the proverb tells us 'where there is muck there is brass', and the fascinating six towns landscape came to be captured by all manner of writers, artists and photographers.This collection of archive photographs is an engaging book that charts changing times and the shifting identity of the Potteries. It will be of immense interest to local residents, visitors and all those with links to the area.
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Fenton Through Time
Fenton is the 'forgotten town' in the novels of Hanley-born author Arnold Bennett. He chose to write of the Five Towns, deliberately omitting Fenton, which at the time of his writing was only an urban district. He argued that 'five' - with its open vowel - suited the broad tongue of the Potteries people better than 'six'. Fenton has never really forgiven him - but in truth, its battle to forge an identity of its own has been ongoing. Historically, it consisted of a number of scattered settlements radiating from that section of the old turnpike road between Stoke and Longton. Most people passed straight through it. However, the enterprise of pottery manufacturers and the prevalence of local collieries established Fenton as a town of grit and graft. Though not always a pretty place, there is no better town than Fenton to study the history of the potteries.
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Hanley Through Time
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Hanley has changed and developed over the last century
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Burslem Through Time
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Burslem has changed and developed over the last century
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Longton Through Time
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Longton has changed and developed over the last century.
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Tunstall Through Time
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Tunstall has changed and developed over the last century.
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Stoke-On-Trent in 50 Buildings
Under-valued, under-listed and under-threat, the buildings of Stoke-on-Trent stand defiant, reminders of the area's glorious economic heyday and its unique, almost perverse municipal growth. The city's building stock often holds a mirror up its people: pragmatic rather than flamboyant, humble rather than flaunting. Not for nothing did architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner describe Stoke's towns as an "urban tragedy" yet their buildings reflect the innate qualities of local inhabitants. Their creativity and nose-to-the-grindstone graft produced handsome yet functional buildings such as Tunstall Town Hall, Etruria Methodist chapel and the Twyford's factory at Cliffe Vale. Yet here and there, we find extravagance and even eccentricity in the way of polychromatic facades, ceramic fascias, baroque detail and eye-catching relief pub signs. Stoke-on-Trent in 50 Buildings examines the thought processes that created the city's notable architecture and offers original comment on how it compares with buildings and structures in other locations. Local historian and author Mervyn Edwards has spent nearly thirty years describing - and often drawing - the buildings of Stoke-on-Trent and has seen many of them fall to the wrecking ball. This book offers his insights on some of those that stand today as cultural anchors in the city.
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Secret Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Uncover the hidden stories of Newcastle-under-Lyme, from curious events to forgotten landmarks. Delve into the past of Newcastle-under-Lyme with local author Mervyn Edwards as he reveals the town's best-kept secrets. From its origins in the twelfth century to the transformations of the twentieth, discover the events, people, and places that shaped this North Staffordshire town. Explore local traditions, industries, and communities through engaging anecdotes and historical insights. Perfect for history enthusiasts and local residents, this unique approach blends serious research with lighthearted tales, offering a fresh perspective on Newcastle-under-Lyme's rich heritage. Unearth the hidden history and see the town in a new light.
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Secret Stoke-On-Trent
Why did the young girls of Longton rush to touch lamp posts, iron pillars or railings whenever they saw the local rector? Who were the Potteries 'resurrectionists' involved in body-snatching from St John's churchyard, Burslem, in 1831? Why did some Hanley people fear that the world was about to end in 1835? In which Potteries town did rat-baiting take place in 1867? And which fine vocalist was banned from singing at Goldenhill church on account of his being a boxer?This is no pub quiz, nor is it a book of tall stories, but a unique insight into the city of Stoke-on-Trent. Here is a feast of little-known facts relating to the city's history 'below the surface'. By turns quirky, shocking, investigative and always original, it reveals much about the Potteries of the past and proves the old adage that fact is far stranger than fiction. Local historian Mervyn Edwards has been collecting ephemera on Stoke for twenty-five years. Now he shares it with the public.
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Stoke-On-Trent Pubs
This fascinating selection of photographs and informative text charts the history of pubs in Stoke
€ 23,00