The People's Infirmary

The People's InfirmaryBi Centenary of the North Staffordshire Infirmary The is the story of North Staffordshires Infirmary, not of a building but an organisation which has, for over 200 years, provided the best service to the community that could be afforded at any one time. Until 1948, the people of North Staffordshire led the way in providing sources of funding for their Infirmary. Since 1948 many people have given their time to serve the Infirmary and generously answer

films of air shows – and a complete documentary of a day in the life of London Airport in the 1930s

There’s 1940s film of pottery processes at Shelleys and Crown Staffs

The Empire and Alhambra cinemas

but also of Edward John Smith a potter’s son who rose from the backstreets of Hanley

Nick Hancock and Mark Fisher MP

and growing and adding stations as suburbs of towns developed

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Vincent Riley

In Steerage

and the confrontations outside Stoke Town Hall

We also look at the Churnet Valley Railway - successfully running trains from Cheddleton to Froghall and recreating the atmosphere of a country branch line of the 50s and 60s

He was a truly memorable personality