Moorlands Old Times

A regular blog that uses the history of the communities of the Staffordshire Moorlands to illustrate the new

Showing posts with label Hanley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hanley. Show all posts
Tuesday, 2 April 2013

1960s and North Staffs

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The mood at the beginning of the decade was cautiously optimistic. A Sentinel editorial ran; “The Nation depends on food we import a...
Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Atos hearings- a cruel charade

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An acquaintance asked me to accompany him to a hearing as he was turned down for the disability benefit had been on for a numb...
Monday, 11 February 2013

Minstrels

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One entertainment that Hanley audience responded to warmly over a spring fortnight in 1879 was the Hague Minstrel Show which played...
Sunday, 3 February 2013

1930s- the Gathering Storm

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In 1934 the Bradford born writer and play write JB Priestley came to Stoke as he journeyed around researching a book that described Br...
Wednesday, 2 January 2013

On stress-past and present

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During the Christmas period I over heard two young women complaining on how hard life was compared with the past. It is a source of puzz...
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