Your articles and photos are absolutely fabulous.. Better each time I visit. My only complaint is that my girlfriend now insists on going to Stoke as a result of viewing the pics... It'll cost a fortune :-)
Excellent!!!

Again many thanks for the magnificent photos. I've sent emails out to friends, and family. My sister called me after looking at the site, and said to tell you "That is really really really good stuff", and then proceeded to ramble on and on for almost an hour about Stoke.
It's amazing how powerful an image can be.

I am trying to get in touch with Ralph Orgill who has contributed to your page in the past. I have tried to leave a comment for him on your comments page but have been unable to. Is it possible that you have his email address or could you please put my comment on your page for him to contact me as I would like to get information about Orgills in Hammerwich, Staffordshire, UK. This is where my Orgill relations come from. Thankyou,

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I am researching my family tree. In about 1986 my grandfather who was a coal miner moved from Odd Rode in Cheshire to either Butt Lane or Audley with his wife Ann and family.I know he was still there in 1991 but after that I have no information. Is there anybody out there who knows anything about the Dale family? Thank you

Great site, i lived in Stone all 1952-1976 first in Hollands way then in old Town Lane. had a great time at school St Michaels then to the senior school in school lane and finished at the secondary just over the bridge towards Rushall. had many a good music morning with Ray & Roy Jones listening to Beatles, and great times with all at the Queens and the Royal Oak. Still visit there but have not yet met up with any of the old crowd.

This may be of interest to people living in Trevor Avenue off Love Lane, if they do not know already, I was born in Love Lane opposite that road and the builder Reg Hardy and my parents became good friends while he was building the houses in Love Lane and Trevor Avenue. He named the road after me, then a very young lad, and I was told although councillors at the time objected to it, and wanted it called Two Butts Close, they failed to change it.

Born in Church Rd just across the road from Biddulph History Centre then lived in Peolsford Rd until 1976, brother Michael and sister Glenda we're all still fit and healthly, our mother Mary Ellen (Nellie) just celebrated her 90th birthday

have enjoyed looking through the photographs on your history of Audley. I was pleased to see a photograph of my uncle Bernard Jones on the 7th group of pictures. He lived at number 18 Allens Lane, along with my nan and grandad, whom I visited many times during the 1940s and 50s. I can also remember Mrs Millard, who kept the shop at the end of the block of cottages. I wonder if anyone has any photos of these buildings. At the back were brewhouses, and the toilets were down the garden.

It is indeed a pleasure having the opportunity to see photographs from such a beautiful part of the world.
As I spent most of my childhood in Staffordshire around Blythe Bridge , Caverswall, leek etc.
I feel at home on your site.
Keep it updated and I'll keep viewing.
Good Luck.

Please add in more dates and details

Add 1992 years

Please help the tittensor historical society by adding more years to help with our request in family history research

Expand more on the current collection we need to resume exploring more editions to help with our historical society with requests

Thanks team

Yes please add this would provide the missing link for us ex pats trying to trace many family members is a hard job here in Australia as the Stoke Sentinel website goes back no further than a few months with no archived material

This is our only means of connecting with our past here in Australia we cannot simply pop into the local archives please post more

Parliamentarians and the King's Men met at Hankelow, and the place was ravaged.
In the centre of the village is Hankelow Green, where there is a good sized pond, on which swans are often to be seen. When there is a frost, this is the favourite place for children to slide and skate. The Cheshire Hounds used to meet on Hankelow Green twice a Season, but this part of the country has now been handed over to the North Staffordshire Hunt. The Meet is always a popular affair, people following on foot and on bicycles.
At the corner of the Green there stands a house that is said to have been built (that is to say, far enough to raise smoke up the chimney) in a single night, on stolen ground - the tradition being that in such circumstances the builder could claim the land on which the house was built. In those days the house had no deeds, but some have since been drawn up.
Close to Hankelow Green there is a very old house known as the Ball Farm, built in 1510. Richard Hassall occupied it, and he was made a Sergeant-in-Law in 1511, and Justice of Chester in 1540. It is probable that the Ball Farm was used as a Court of Justice for the district. There are two large balls on the front gate-posts, and these were a symbol of authority. Some parts of the old house still remain, but a new part has been added. There is some very old wood panelling, oak beams, and oak stairs, and all the floors in the old part are very uneven There is one very small room called the Powder Closet, where the ladies went to have their hair dusted when powdered hair was the fashion.
Hankelow Hall is a handsome 18th Century brick house situated in a park containing some very fine trees. It was at one time the home of the Wettenhalls, who disposed of it to the Richardsons; in 1817 it was sold to Thomas Cooper. Since then it has had various owners.
The lectern in the Church was Given in memory of George William Cooper, his wife, and all his children, except one, who were drowned in Lake Windermere 1873.
The estate passed to T.G.Bellyse Cooper , who accidentally shot himself just prior to his marriage.
Birchall Moss Farm is among the oldest houses in Cheshire. The hidden cupboard (most likely a priest-hole) which was discovered, reveals its antiquity,
When the present owner went to live in it in 1911, all the lovely oak beams and rafters, which are such a feature of the farmhouse, were covered with plaster and whitewash, and countless coats of paint had to be removed from the beautiful oak doors,

Roggin Row Chesterton and Ernest Jones b1874 Talke is Father born Roggin Row.

Hi I am researching my family tree. I'm looking for information on my grandfather James Butler I believe he may have lived in Tibbs street and was a miner at Diglake colliery

Does anyone know anything about a "shoe maker who took up the profession of doctor and bone setter..." in 18th century. I think his name was possibly Bebbington. May have lived in the Park Lane Area of Audley. Any help would be appreciated.

We used to live in a cottage at the end of Caverswall road and no-one seems to know that it was called Barn End and it was owned by Mr T C Wild, of Blythe House. My father had an allotment nearby for which he paid one shilling (5p) a year. We kids arranged that he would pay the rent for the allotment near to Christmas in the hope that Mr Wild would remember the season of goodwill! We all trooped off to pay the shilling and Mr Wild said, "Just thank your father for the rent money and for you four I think I ought to treat you!'. So he gave us back the shilling!.