The Leek Post and Times served the whole of the Staffordshire Moorlands area, much of which was not served by the Stoke Sentinel. This is long overdue for inclusion, especially the First World War period when so many local men died for their country.

Another important paper

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Could we possibly conceive more years please ?

Leek Times files go back to 1870, overdue to go on line

The Leek papers are excellent for reporting mainly on a set page local news items which in a larger circulation paper would never get a mention.

This paper like the Leek Times is a small newspaper but with an emphasis on local news providing otherwise unavailable information on ordinary people in the North staffs Moors

This is a small newspaper but with a decided local emphasis invaluable to those researching the North Staffs Moors

Another early paper from this old mill and market town.

Leek was another important silk town with a huge number of Mills and an early trade union movement.