Minnie Pit Disaster - January 12th 1918 - DOWNLOAD Version

Minnie Pit Disaster - January 12th 1918 - DOWNLOAD VersionThis was the worst coal mining disaster in North Staffordshire's history. 155 men and boys died in the explosion on January 12th 1918 the death of the leader of the Rescue Team made the final total 156. Personal memories are captured on archive recordings of reminiscences of the explosion and surrounding events, photographs, newspaper reports and archive film combine plus expert insight by mining historians tell the fateful story of this tragedy. The

to visit every derelict site of a colliery that was once working in North Staffordshire 50 years ago

and growing and adding stations as suburbs of towns developed

where people could get away from a smoky working environment

We hear stories of George Barber

Ceramics expert Kathy Niblett outlines the developments in the pottery industry

There is an extra item on the DVD – a complete Spode film of 1954

Around half of the visual content is archive film footage stretching back over more than a century - this is complemented by many still photographs

Archive film footage and reminiscence chart the commercial developments of Trentham Gardens from the 1930s to today

We see the earliest film from 1901 railway workers and see the locomotive works and North Staffordshire Railway around 1910

together with some personal stores and anecdotes - some going back to pre NHS days

Moving Pictures first came to Stoke in 1896

Sewage Department