Wedgwood Memorial College, closed in 2012 to save £28,000, has costs Stoke-on-Trent council tax payers £158,000 in last 12 months figures recently released have revealed
Category Archive: History
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Feb 22
Stoke: Spode visitors centre closed for two weeks
Just as the Spode Works visitor centre opened its doors to the public for the 2013 visitor season, it has unfortunately had to close temporarily because of emergency building works on Elenora Street, Stoke. Project Coordinator Susan Coates said “We had just got underway, so it is really disappointing but it’s just one of those …
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Feb 22
Event: History – Longton – pubs, past and present
A project celebrating Longton’s pubs, both past and present, is being launched in the run up to the opening of the revamped American Hotel. The initiative is being launched at 7.45pm in Stoke Film Theatre, College Road in Stoke, on Wednesday, February 27. It is a partnership project between Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Staffordshire University and …
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Feb 13
Staffordshire Hoard: Heart-shaped romance found in ancient gold
These two lovebirds know the true spirit of Valentine’s romance, having been locked in a heart-shaped embrace for more than a thousand years. Crafted by Anglo-Saxon goldsmiths in the seventh century, the delicate gold filigree creatures have this week been revealed for the first time, as part of the Staffordshire Hoard. Conservators discovered the love-struck creatures …
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Feb 06
Stoke-on-Trent: Burslem Victorian vicarage demolition plans backed
Vicarage demolition plans backedStoke-on-Trent councillors have backed plans to demolish a Victorian vicarage which once received lottery funding. Ceramics firm Steelite International said it needed to knock down the Heaths building in Burslem, as part of plans for a £12m expansion of the factory. More than 330 people had signed a petition calling for the …
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Jan 17
Stoke-on-Trent: Council steps in to save historical photos for public at auction
Old photographs of Stoke-on-Trent will be staying in the city after they were bought at an auction. The collection of prints and negatives were snapped up by Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Services. They had previously belonged to lifelong professional photographer Tony Bailey, who decided to sell them following his retirement. Mr Bailey was well-known as the …
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Jan 17
How it was. Some interesting pictures rarely seen from my collection
How it was. Some interesting pictures rarely seen from my collectionSomeone has asked me how retail looked in the ‘old days’. I don’t know how old they think I am, but retail has certainly changed in my time from Coop emporiums to early supermarkets such as Swettenhams and Victor Value. Anyway, here’s a few pictures …
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Stoke Live
- Keele Honorary Degrees Summer 2013
- Stoke on Trent man jailed for life for murder
- Ford Green Hall Half Term activities
- ”Silo working” undermined council’s child protection work
- Staffordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner to create single gateway to put county’s crime victims first
- Vale book goes to the top of the charts
- Actor Freddie Jones talks about life in Emmerdale
- Mid Staffs administrators announce date for draft proposals publication
- Coronation Street star Kym Lomas to play Celebrity Catchphrase in memory of Kidsgrove youngster Ruby Owen
- Michael Baggaley: Advice for Tony Pulis’s replacement at the Britannia Stadium
Entertainment
- 6 Towns Radio holds a 24/7 FM Party! May 22, 2013
- Martin Tideswell: Pets' Corner, a railway and a shire horse... May 12, 2013
- REVIEW - Matthew Clewley gives his verdict on metalcore band... May 6, 2013
- Tickets on sale for new Battle of the Bands contest at Keele... May 6, 2013
- Pub Landlord Al Murray stops off at the Victoria Hall May 6, 2013
- Coronation Street's Beverley Callard stars in The Rise And Fall... May 6, 2013
Theatre News
- REVIEW - Columnist Daniel Keen's verdict on New Jersey Nights
- Film star Tara Fitzgerald comes to Stoke-on-Trent (video)
- We've had the best show of our lives: Dirty Dancing is The Regent...
- New Vic Theatre announces Christmas 2013 show
- Singers compete for chance to win prestigious opera prize in...
- Cinderella Christmas panto: 'It's the best show in years in...
- Review: Eric in Wonderland, at the New Vic
