Nostalgia

Your sayings

Saturday, February 06, 2010

"He puts in more hours than the works cat." J Eardley, Bucknall

"Pull the other one, it's got bells on." Mrs Williams, Newcastle

"He's eating me out of house and home." D Wilson, Longton

"I wouldn't swing a rope for that money." Mary,...

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Do you remember these folks?

Johnsons Factory, Lichfield Street, Hanley, in 1948.

Saturday, February 06, 2010

MADAM, – Looking through some old photographs I came across this from the time I worked in the decorating department at the Johnsons factory in...

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The Memory: Triggered by the campaign to stop the proposed closure of Tunstall swimming pool

Saturday, February 06, 2010

ANYONE who remembers the water polo matches between Tunstall and Burslem will tell you that the players had the air of gladiators intent on finishing...

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'Burglar' Ken got a shock after fitting ladies' locks

Saturday, February 06, 2010

K EN Buckley had no idea that a simple good deed during his 30 years' service as a policeman would make headlines in a national newspaper. And the...

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John Abberley's Nostalgia Quiz

Saturday, February 06, 2010

There's plenty of satisfaction in testing your knowledge of local history – and perhaps learning something you didn't know – with a weekly...

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Band noted need for name change

The Spirits, from left, Mick Morris, Gerald Brookes, Barry Cartledge and Brian Addlington. Below, The Tremeloes in 1964, and, below left, Gerald as he is today. Inset, the
<I>All Our Yesterdays</I>
</B> article on Alan Ibbs.

Saturday, February 06, 2010

A S A young musician in the 1960s, Gerald Brookes played guitar in the Tremeloes. But this wasn't the group of the same name who had a hit in 1967...

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Vale's vital away victory came with a few hitches

Pictured above are Bobby Gough, John James and Roy Sproson posing for a picture in the Port Vale dressing room.

Saturday, February 06, 2010

V ALE were forced to make the first change of the season in their defence as their skipper John King failed a fitness test. Gordon Logan came in to...

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