Moorlands Old Times

I have a booklet which I acquired 40 years ago this week- 3 rd December 1973.  I was 18 and a member of Stoke Archaeological Society. ...

Earlier this year there was a news report that the body of a wolf was found beside a road in Holland .  It was the first time such an an...

November 23 rd  is St Cecilia’s Day, the patron saint of music, it will also mark the 100 th anniversary of the British composer Ben...

I was showing my daughter the prominent bands of Sandstone rock that lies at the bottom of Broad Street and on the road to Cheddleton....

A friend’s mother was wounded while serving on an anti aircraft battery near Hull during World War 2. This Remembrance week I would li...

A couple recounted to me a curious episode when they were driving on the A53 near Flash. It was early in the morning and on the road th...

Mr John Band of Leek has showed me a fascinating collection of documents dating from the 17 th century concerning Leek at a time when ...