Penkhull in the 1960s: A Decade of Change

Penkhull in the 1960s: A Decade of ChangePenkhull is a picturesque hilltop village within the City of Stoke on Trent. Fifty years ago it underwent great changes when the majority of housing and buildings around the village green were brutally demolished at a time just before conservation and reclamation became such important issues to the City. The old village centre was all caught on cin film by David Dodd, who also filmed the demolitions and subsequent new building. Now these valuable

Longton Park and a Blurton carnival of queens during wartime

Now with an extra feature - a simulated diesel ride in real time from Kidsgrove to Normacot via the Potteries Loop Line - created by Bob Pegg

Ernest Gray

we are taken on a guided tour of the hospital site in 1988 charting its growth in buildings and services from the mediaeval hospital of St

and has contributions from the great circus showman Philip Gandey and others

Stafford Aero Club

London Airport was at Croydon – Heathrow and other airports were many years away

We see Digging for Victory in 1941 in Fenton Park and local allotments

The video brings alive the changing face of canals and the boats that worked them

Here we tell the story of the NSR with interviews with old Knotty men and with historians

Now they offer thousands a break from everyday life as a much loved leisure activity

Thrillingly filmed in locations in North Staffordshire