Moorland Memories

Moorland MemoriesA nostalgic look at Leek and the Moorlands, featuring the villages of Cheddleton, Endon and Rudyard Lake, from 1925 to 1988. Featured items are: Horses working on the farm. The railway in the days of steam. Armistice Sunday at the outbreak of World War II. The restoration of the Caldon Canal The annual events of Club Day, Endon Well Dressing and Cheddleton Carnival. Leek's last working silk mill captured on film in 1988. The Century of Motoring event

There are many films and interviews to give insight to this decade of winning and losing

Fire Department

These are the actual locations of stories in Bennett’s 'Five Towns'

scenes from the 1946 film Five Towns

Digging for Victory shows Queens Park and local allotments in 1941

this video tells the story of the British lorry

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The Century of Motoring event held at Brough Park in 1966

MINERS' STRIKE 1984: Arthur Scargill talks about the strike

In Test Cricket

The Titanic is still news nearly a century after the world’s finest and largest ship struck an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage in April

This cameo of moving images takes a fascinating look at life and times in the Staffordshire Moorlands town of Leek - filmed by various people over the decades who never thought that their capturing of the local scene would provide