Nostalgia

Girl spent time in home after dad died at colliery

Saturday, March 13, 2010

P ATRICIA Brown was just a toddler when her father, Harold Grocott, was killed in an accident at Sneyd Colliery.

It did not happen during the disaster in 1942, in which 57 men and boys died, but it was devastating for Harold's young widow Joyce.

He and a...

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Big Band Night winner

Organisers of the VE Day Big Band Night, Norman and Barbara Maddox.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

CONGRATULATIONS to Gary and Patricia Fallows, of Abbey Hulton, who correctly answered that Trentham Gardens was home to the first VE Day Big Band...

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Then & Now: Waterloo Road, Burslem

Saturday, March 13, 2010

MOCK castle archways were erected across Waterloo Road and Nile Street during the 1908 Agricultural Show in Burslem. Agricultural scenes are depicted...

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Friends took trip before their work on the buses

Pictured on their 1939 holiday to the Isle of Man are, from left, Vera Davies, Eileen Rushton, Mabel Smith and Doris Lawton. Below, Vera, Doris and Mabel as they are today.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

W AR was only weeks away when Vera Davies and her friends sailed to the Isle of Man. It was their first holiday, but there would be no more for many...

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The Memory: Youth clubs were founded on high ideals

Saturday, March 13, 2010

IT WAS never a problem for me to fill one of those large pages in the old Evening Sentinel with a week's news from the youth clubs. You could find...

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Memory Match: Stoke City 3, Wolves 0

Graham Kavanagh shoots at goal during Stoke's 3-0 win over Wolves in 1997. Inset, Paul Stewart in the thick of the action.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

T WO goals from Graham Kavanagh, plus a sublime strike by Richard Forsyth, earned manager Chic Bates a temporary reprieve as Stoke produced one of...

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Nostalgia Letter

Hanley firefighters at an incident in the early 1980s. Right, Hanley fire station today.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

MADAM, – Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service is encouraging former staff to join them in waving a fond farewell to Hanley Fire Station on...

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Nostalgia Letter

Saturday, March 13, 2010

MADAM, – I am writing with reference to Irene Whitehead's photos and letter on February 20 regarding Bullers in Milton. I was thrilled to see my...

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Nostalgia Letter: Help find cousin

Saturday, March 13, 2010

COUSIN SEARCH : During the war my cousin Vida Harvey, of Kingsley, married Bill Adams, of Blythe Bridge. They emigrated to Australia but are now...

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Trying to trace boy soldiers

Saturday, March 13, 2010

BOY SOLDIERS: I am trying to find four lads who were with my brother and myself in the Boys Battery/Regiment Royal Artillery at Rhyl, then Bradbury...

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