DIGLAKE PIT DISASTER 1895

DIGLAKE PIT DISASTER 1895The commemoration of the 125th Anniversary of this mining disaster was an opportunity to remember the devastating loss of the 77 men and boys who were killed in the Diglake Colliery Disaster of 14 January 1895. The event has never been fully remembered before and it was felt that this 125th Anniversary should be duly recognised. The DVD includes an introductory documentary on Coal Mining in North Staffordshire plus a detailed account of how and why

followed by film of the campaign to save the Town Hall from demolition in the 1980s – led by future Lord Mayor Ellis Bevan

This two-hour DVD is the official Video Record of the event

with fascinating facts

there is a close look at many items of Sir Stan’s personal memorabilia before they were auctioned off at the Britannia Stadium

Continuing from Pots and Potters – which charts developments in the potters art and industry from Roman times up to the end of the Victorian era

Other buildings were the usual classrooms

Clay Chorus

puts the new Leyland Beaver through its paces in 1961

Commentary and Soundtrack Composer: JEFF KENT

In June 1915 Arnold Bennett spent three weeks touring the Western Front in France and Belgium for propaganda purposes

Gordon Mitchell

and he went on to have a string of cinemas within and outside this area