Moorlands Old Times

Ludschurch is a fascinating if somewhat forbidding place. Some months ago I revisited the place and even in bright sunlight it still h...

Any violent death has an impact upon a community even, it seems, after the passage of time. When I chatted to a person from Grindon so...

2014 is the 800 th anniversary of the founding of Dieulacres Abbey near Leek. How the Abbey was established in Leek is a fascinating s...

I have always had an interest in canal boats and boatmen. It probably derives from a childhood spent living near the Trent and Mersey ca...

What is the oldest pub in Leek? There are a number of candidates including the Green Dragon, the Roebuck and the Wilkes Head. It is of...

It was a glorious summer, that summer of 1914. The people of the Staffordshire Moorlands were determined to enjoy the season in time h...

I was ticked off by my daughter one fine day earlier this year, I saluted Councillor Cowie in the centre of Leek with a “What a gorgeous...