Moorlands Old Times

It has always occurred to me as odd that the war memorial in Rudyard should have the date August 31 st 1921 as the date signifying the...

The news in September 1936 was grim. In Spain the Civil War raged as the Battle for Madrid reached a crisis. Hitler was beginning on ...

In September 1973 JRR Tolkien died. The creator of the Lord of the Ring trilogy was well known in North Staffordshire. His eldest son J...

Mr Thomas Birch advertised his profession with the address of his establishment in Market Square Leek. He hoped to follow the late Jo...

A hundred years ago the adventurer  Sir Philip Brocklehurst married in the society wedding of the year at Swythamley. The guests includ...

We have recently acquired a kitten called Lola. She is a tabby cat and, as kittens do, spends her life in a flurry of activity. I...

Some time ago the BBC repeated Alan Bennett's 1972 play “ A Day Out”. It concerns a group going on a cycling trip to the Yorkshire ...