Six Towns on Film - STOKE

Six Towns on Film - STOKEThis collection of archive films and interviews from Staffordshire Film Archive represents the best examples of Stoke captured on film from 1900 to the 1970s. We begin with the Citys Jubilee celebrations of 1960 and see film of the town centre. We see the earliest film from 1901 railway workers hear and see the locomotive works and North Staffordshire Railway around 1910. Stoke station is seen in the days of steam, and Santa arrives on a train in

With a history of accidents and fires

County Show 1925

BBC Radio Stoke was launched promising Your Own Folk on Radio Stoke

Donations from proceeds on  these documentaries are forwarded to the local communities involved

All the importantsteps forward are illustrated with film and new scans of original visual material - sketches

Modifications gave her a greater tonnage than her sister

Ashley Thompson & Chris Dean

restored by Ray Johnson - with its original titles throughout

he crawled to the unmanned gun and - single handedly - held the German advance at bay until he was killed by a direct hit on the gun he was manning

Robert Powell and Ben Kingsley talk about the old and new theatres

John Shapcott and Fred Hughes

There are special features on the visits by the Queen in 1955