Kidsgrove & Butt Lane Through Time

Kidsgrove & Butt Lane Through Time

Author: Tony Lancaster

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2016-11-15

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 144565427X

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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Kidsgrove has changed and developed over the last century.


North Staffordshire Through Time

North Staffordshire Through Time

Author: Mervyn Edwards

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2024-04-15

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1398113727

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This fascinating set of photographs shows how North Staffordshire has changed and developed over the last century.


A History of the County of Stafford

A History of the County of Stafford

Author: Nigel J. Tringham

Publisher: Victoria County History

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9781904356417

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Comprehensive and authoritative history of north-west Staffordshire, including Keele, Trentham and Audley. Covering the hilly north-west part of the county from the Cheshire border to the valley of the river Trent south of Newcastle-under-Lyme, this volume treats parishes that lie mostly on the North Staffordshire coalfield and where both coal and ironstone mining and iron-making became important, especially in the nineteenth century. A rich archive has been used to illustrate the origins of this industrial activity in the Middle Ages, when the area was characterised by scattered settlements, with an important manorial complex and a grand fourteenth-century church at Audley, a hunting lodge for the Stafford lords at Madeley, a small borough at Betley, and at Keele and Trentham religioushouses which became landed estates with mansion houses after the Dissolution. In the nineteenth century Trentham gained fame for its spectacular gardens created by the immensely rich dukes of Sutherland, and Keele rose to prominence in 1950 as the site of Britain's first campus university. After coalmining ceased in the twentieth century several villages and mining hamlets acquired large housing estates, which in Trentham parish were absorbed into Stoke-on-Trent. Nigel Tringham is a Senior Lecturer in History at Keele University, with special responsibility for researching and writing the volumes of the Staffordshire Victoria County History.


Potteries Motor Traction

Potteries Motor Traction

Author: Cliff Beeton

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2021-12-15

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1398108677

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A photographic celebration of this popular local bus operator. This book aims to show the variety of vehicles and liveries from 1980 until 2020.


Insight into Piece

Insight into Piece

Author: Kevin Raftery

Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd

Published: 2018-12-04

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1789016290

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Crafted entirely by the author (not a ghost writer), Insight into Piece by Kevin Raftery is an interesting, original and sharp-witted collection of articles, with a few unusual short stories thrown in for good measure. Comprising a variety of styles and genres encompassing local, national and international themes, the pieces appeal to all age groups and range from the factual, the psychological, the political, the insightful, the social and the critical. Written over a seven-year period (2011-2018) barring one or two exceptions, Kevin expertly focuses the critical spotlight on the institutions that govern us, simultaneously recording important socio-historical facts of the time, sometimes controversially. All the events catalogued proffer an entertaining twist to reading proceedings. This includes the fascinating fly on wall Inside O’Connor series which documents real life in rehab for those predisposed to addiction problems. Covering topics including human nature, disability, travel, addiction and mental health, Insight into Piece contains over 140 articles each written in Kevin’s ‘unheard’ but distinct narrative voice.


From Nighthawk to Spitfire

From Nighthawk to Spitfire

Author: John K. Shelton

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2015-07-06

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0750965509

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R.J. Mitchell was virtually self-taught and almost all his aircraft were slow-flying seaplanes. The story of how this man from the land-locked Midlands, apprenticed to a locomotive works, became responsible for the Spitfire is a great tale in itself. This detailed book tells us how Mitchell learned his trade – contributing to the production of the cumbersome Nighthawk (designed to combat the German Zeppelin threat) and gradually coming to produce record-breaking racing floatplanes that won outright the prestigious international Schneider Trophy. Mitchell was thus well placed to design a high-speed aircraft when war was imminent; however, as John K. Shelton reveals, the production of the famous fighter was by no means a certainty and its vital contribution to winning the Battle of Britain was 'a very close run thing'.


A Sense of Belonging

A Sense of Belonging

Author: Hector Emanuelli

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2010-04-06

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 1445728745

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The son of Italian immigrants to South Wales, the author recounts his childhood in the Rhondda Valley in the 1920s, the family's move to the Potteries in the 1930s, his internment during WWII and his search for a sense of belonging as a 'Welsh-Italian Englishman.'