Church Eaton: Portrait of a Village

Church Eaton: Portrait of a VillageChurch Eaton is a typical rural community of about 750 people about seven miles from Stafford. This video looks at the archaeology and history of the village, its cattle, pigs and sheep farming, the green bio fuels project at the strawberry farm, the artisan craftspeople with studios in the village, the woodsman and other individuals. There is a feature on the Church and the choir, the School, the Village Institute, the village owned pub, societies

give an engaging insight into his writing and how his plays were realised for the stage

Manifold Valley

George VI and Queen Elizabeth in wartime

We look at further ideas for a Bennett grouping

Gertie was one of our greatest Music Hall artists

Professionally produced

The route of the line is now a popular walking and cycling trail through the Manifold Valley

The Centenary commemorations at Halmer End in 2018 are included here - including the walk through the village by 500 people to the site of the pithead - acting as a fitting tribute to the men and boys lost at Minnie Pit and to all coal mining communities in North Staffordshire

and we conclude with a photo-montage of the work done to regenerate the building into The Mitchell Arts Centre

THE STORY OF SHAP

The Minnie Pit disaster of January 1918 and Sneyd Pit disaster of January 1942 are also commemorated by Staffordshire Film Archive

The school was a cluster of wooden huts housing 240 pupils