| the local history of Stoke-on-Trent, England |
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Current 'Focus on...' |
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Stoke-on-Trent
provided Australia with crockery, convicts, political deportees,
emigrants and a Prime Minister! |
Previous "Focus on...."
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Charles Shaw (b.1832 d.1906) was born in Tunstall and worked in the North Staffordshire Potteries - he started work at about the age of 7. His autobiography is a facinating insight into life in the Potteries in the mid 19th Century.
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Focus on Wedgwood / Wood bible - containing historical accounts by Enoch Wood |
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Focus on the Wedgwood Institute - one the 10 most threatened buildings in England & Wales |
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Focus on Arnold Bennett and his 'Five towns' sort stories and novels |
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Focus on the birth of Primitive Methodism - June 27 1808 |
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Focus on brickmaking in Stoke-on-Trent |
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Focus on Poverty among the people and potters of Stoke-on-Trent |
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Focus on Pawnbrokers in Stoke-on-Trent |
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Focus on Sir Oliver Lodge, inventor of the spark plug and first man to send a message by radio telegraphy. |
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Focus on the streets of Stoke-on-Trent. |
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Focus on the history of education in the Potteries |
[ Questions / Comments / Contributions ? email: Steven Birks ]
