National Brewery Centre New Display
Have you thought about the impact that World War 1 had on the brewing industry in Burton ? In the Joiner’s Shop building you can see a small display reflecting the role of the brewery
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Stoke Minster Memorial Window
Visit Stoke Minster and view its newly restored memorial window. With the aid of a Heritage Lottery Fund award of £9400 granted to The Friends of Stoke Minster the Memorial Stained Glass W
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The Story of Ellastone Hospital
This is a commemorative booklet explaining how a little village was able to become one of only 17 “Auxiliary” hospitals in the whole of Staffordshire during WW1. Learn about the importan
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Brampton Park First World War Sculpture
On November 11 2014 a First World War memorial sculpture was unveiled on Brampton Park in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Artist Andrew Edwards worked with the Borough Museum and Art Gallery and its F
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We Will Remember Them – Colton’s Men who Gave Their Lives
The Colton Historical Society have published a booklet based on research about the soldiers who appear on the Colton War Memorial. It was researched and written by the late Squadron Leader R
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Tracks to the Trenches – Centenary event success
Local schools and the public (from across the UK and Europe) turned out in their droves on 12-14th September 2014, to witness the culmination of years of dedicated work and preparation by me
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Heritage Lottery Fund awards £10,000 to Ingestre with Tixall Parish Council, Ingestre Hall and Anson Primary School to mark First World War Centenary
Ingestre with Tixall Parish Council, Ingestre Hall and Anson Primary School has received £10,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a project on the “Affects of World War I on the p
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Stoke on Trent in the Great War
For more information on the commemorations in Stoke on Trent please see http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/content/community/community/armed-forces/world-war-i-commemorations-wwi.en
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Not Just Names
Paul Bedford is currently working on a new book “Not Just Names” which will be published in the spring of 2015. The book is focused on those who fell in the First World War and whose n
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Volunteers wanted for Four Winters at War
Four Winters at War – a musical play to commemorate World War 1 – will be staged during 2015 at Birches Valley Forest Centre on Cannock Chase. Cannock Chase Arts Council are look
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- National Brewery Centre New Display
- Stoke Minster Memorial Window
- The Story of Ellastone Hospital
- Brampton Park First World War Sculpture
- We Will Remember Them – Colton’s Men who Gave Their Lives
- Tracks to the Trenches – Centenary event success
- Heritage Lottery Fund awards £10,000 to Ingestre with Tixall Parish Council, Ingestre Hall and Anson Primary School to mark First World War Centenary
- Stoke on Trent in the Great War
- Not Just Names
- Volunteers wanted for Four Winters at War