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 Manchester. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manchester. Show all posts
Thursday, 12 June 2014

Accidents

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I took part in a trade union health and safety course recently. The lecturer made the point about how many lives had been saved by the ...
Wednesday, 1 January 2014

Frank Randle

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Barney Smith, the landlord of the Black Swan in Leek, produced a series of articles reminiscing about his time as a theatrical agent in ...
Saturday, 20 April 2013

Being on Mastermind

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The BBC kindly arranged for me to stay in the Palace Hotel in Oxford Rd the night before my appearance as a semi-finalist on Maste...
Tuesday, 9 April 2013

19th century Jewish Settlement in North Staffordshire

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The  change of use of the Hanley Synagogue in Birch Terrace to a dance studio made me look into the archives to explore the early J...
Sunday, 3 March 2013

The strange death of Manuel de Silveria Leek 1836

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Manuel Egido da Silveria of Rio da Janeiro disembarked from the Manchester coach a matter of minutes before his death. Mr Brunt the s...
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