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 Ilam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ilam. Show all posts
Wednesday, 30 April 2014

The fugitive priest 1581

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I came across a reference in a history of Catholicism in Staffordshire to a clandestine visit made by St Edmund Campion to Throwley H...
Thursday, 6 February 2014

Youth Hostels

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My family rejoined the Youth Hostel Association last summer. I have been a member for many years and visited dozens of hostels around t...
Sunday, 26 January 2014

Battle of the Nile

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The sad  news that the closure of the Portsmouth Dockyards will end 500 years of naval ship building coincides as  a major exhibition on ...
Wednesday, 27 March 2013

St Bertram of Ilam

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It took 100 years for Christianity to establish itself in England after Augustine landed in Kent in 597. It seems that missionaries...
Wednesday, 6 March 2013

Do you remember March 1970?

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1970 saw the passage of the equal pay act a major step in women's rights . The legislation was the result of the pressure applied t...
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