; My ancestors came from Mow Cop -&- Biddulph,My Grandparents are
listed in the census which is on this site.My uncle Ernest Evansis
mentioned in the St.Thomas Log Book , Feb 29 1980. Now Ernest was what
you might call a premature baby. He was born in 1911,-&- his parents were
married in 1979.Because of this situation, Ernest was raised by his
maternal Grandparents, Enoch -&- Hannah Shallcross. Ernast never came to
Canada when his parents did in 1982.About 1991his father William Evans
sent him money to come to Canada. He didn't. He used the money to get
married. In 1891 he was working in a local mine.
I would like to know, who he married, -&- who his descendants, if any
are:Oh yes he may have used the surname of Shallcross.
CAN ANYONE OUT THERE HELP ME??? Evan Evans

Interested in the history of James Hitchings printers of Hanley. He was my great grandfather and the founder of the business which lasted until the 1960s I think it was in Glass Street until the 1980s but then moved toPicadilly. James lived to a great age in Basford.The business was eventally soldv to Atkinsons I think and Percy Hitchings and his on Alfred moved to Rhodesia as it then was.Any information would be most welcome.

It’s nice to know you have fond memories of the area and that you come back to Stoke from time to time.
I don’t know if you have noticed but when you enter Sandyford you see the sign “Pottery Village of Sandyford” the reason for that is to highlight the area, and to let people know about our pottery heritage.
It was the residents association who pushed to have the 4 signs erected, along with the “Historic Mining Village of Goldenhill” which is on both sides of the High Street when entering the area.
If you have any more stories about Sandyford/Goldenhill then please forward them onto us

How lovely to find this on the Internet and to have the opportunity to
trace old friends.

Fascinating to see some familiar names etc and also how differently
people remember things.
I am interested in hearing from any of the old crowd who lived on Mow
Cop during the wonderful 60's when the Beatles, youth clubs and
transistor radios were all the rage.

These are my memories of my days of childhood on Mow Cop:

I used to haymake on Jack Bloods farm, deliver milk on the back of the
tractor (before Blood's moved to Primitive Street), long to go 'potato
picking' in the summer down 'the bank' with the older kids (but never
could) and spent freezing snowy days sledging in the bottom field in
the winter. Bonfire nights in 'fir close' and camp meeting Sunday
along with Anniversary Sunday, Harvest Sunday and Good Friday Services.

Local rivalry between the Wesleyan Chapel and the Primitive Chapel.
Whose choir was best on their Anniversary Sundays (of course it was my

Hi ThereI'm trying to find out any information regarding a busines run by a great aunt of mine. The bussiness was called Fanny's Bar, her name was Fanny Ogden. I have a feeling that is was based around the Wolstanton area but I can't be sure. Time period would be mid to late 1980s

Please post 1985 -1986 many thanks

I keep coming back to see who's been in the guest book lately, I find
it really fascinating, thought I ought to sign in myself as an old
resident. I was remembering Our time up there in the 'seventies'
walking up to the 'view for a pint of 'brown and mild' from Ray's
wonderful cellar. I remember the man who took care of the roads, Eddy,
can't remember if his surname was Thacker? Can anyone let me know? He
was absolutely wonderful, great knowledge about the place.
Keep up the good work, best regards from Gloucestershire.
PS the rest of the site is brilliant, especially if you get a bit home
sick now looking for the 1970s to be added!!

I used to live in scholar green and kent green and used to be in daylight
band at methodist church with joe agnew as manager .got any photos?
lost touch with everybody from the area.i would to here from any old
pals.i beleive john holland still lives in the cheshire view most
nights.
heres living in hope
best regards and hope to see more of the archives soon

Just surfing and came upon your site.great site!i am trying to find
anybody who has knowledge of heriot family history,or herrett.the
spelling has changed over the years.my ancestor,george heriot started
the heriot school which is now called heriot/watt university in
scotland.there is some interestin history,and if anyone has any info,it from the Stoke Sentinel 1981-1986 era
would be greatly appreciated!i love your site.i,ll be
back....thanks,dianne

Hi there
just want to say how nice this web page is, and how easy the pages
load up, and they are really clear, I was not far , born at mow cop, a
place called Strupshire Farm, I was there when I was two, and reasantly
returned to Rookery which is not far from Mow cop love to see more of the 1980s

very nice
Linda

Your site is excellent and has brought back many memories.
I have spent a good deal of time during my childhood at Mow Cop. I had
an uncle and aunt and cousins who had moved there from yorkshire during
the 50's. My uncle's old cottage is the one which appears to sit in the
tower of the castle on your old aerial photo, the view of which is over
Cheshire. Having lost touch with my cousins, I was surprised to find
that one of them still lives on the same site in a new bungalow. I must
visit one day soon.
Many thanks for your site

o, I am searching for information on my Great Grandfather Enoch Emery who, as far as I am aware, worked in the ceramic Industry in Stoke-On-Trent. I think he married a lady called Agnes. I have photographs of them, but I am trying to find out more about them and their parents. They had a child William Walter, my Grandfather, who in turn became a well know architect in the local area, and was an artist, designer, potter and printmaker among other artistic talents. He married my Grandmother, Janet Purdie, a wonderful Scottish woman from Glasgow and they lived in Stockton-Brook and then Endon in Staffordshire. I would love to find anything out about Enoch and Agnes (?) or also my Grandmother Janet Purdie as she and her sister Rhona became orphans after their mother's death and were placed in an orphanage in Glasgow. Please get in touch if you have any information or clues about these people, I will appreciate it emormously.. thank you.

Please prolong our records by bringing this to life

Does anyone know where I might be able to find a book called "At Loggerheads With Enemy" It's a book about the TB sanatorium that used to be located in Loggerheads.Failing that, any information on the sanatorium would be greatly appreciated.

Is nice to know you have fond memories of the area and that you come back to Stoke from time to time.
I don’t know if you have noticed but when you enter Sandyford you see the sign “Pottery Village of Sandyford” the reason for that is to highlight the area, and to let people know about our pottery heritage.
It was the residents association who pushed to have the 4 signs erected, along with the “Historic Mining Village of Goldenhill” which is on both sides of the High Street when entering the area.
If you have any more stories about Sandyford/Goldenhill then please forward them onto us.
Speak soon,

at Linehouses, I remember doing a LOT of walking to and from Goldenhill! Skylarks in the fields in summer and digging a way, sometimes shoulder deep, through snowdrifts up the lane in winter. However, none of us missed a day from school because we weren’t relying on cars to get us there.
Earliest memory of Goldenhill is my first day at school at St Joseph’s on a snowy day in January 1963. Lovely Miss Loftus – our Reception Class teacher – and the smell of hyacinth bulbs coming into flower in her classroom. All these years later, the perfume from hyacinths takes me right back to that classroom.
I remember the hardware shop – buying paraffin with my dad for the Aladdin heater at home. Across the way was a proper Chemist (I remember the assistant was called Judith) but I can’t remember the name of the shopkeeper.
The chip shop – was it Lane’s? As a child I was fascinated by the hand operated chipping machine and watching the chips fall into a big bucket ready to go into the fryer.
I also remember two sweet shops – one on the crossings which we used to visit each day either on the way or coming back from school (I wish I had a pound for every time I have used that crossing) and another one further along on the other side of the road. I think this is a recycled clothes shop now. This sweet shop used to sell boxes of chocolates and was a bit more ‘upmarket’. Possibly because it was close to the cinema. A box of chocolates for a special date at the pictures perhaps?! I remember the lady who kept this shop used to clear out the glass display case and fill it with fireworks (bunters as we called them.) My older brother would buy a huge brown paper bag full of these fireworks and then we would take them home and lay them out on the floor and look at each one in turn. Simple souls!
Around the corner was the ‘dinner centre’ at the Secondary School. Fish pie on Friday – yuk!
Two lovely crossing wardens – Mr Gratton and further up the road, Mrs Embury.
Going with my mum to pay the papers at (?) Mr Scott’s paper shop. Those wonderful comics – Dandy and Beezer on Monday and Beano and Topper on Wednesdays!
Goldenhill – a nice village. Busy, self-contained and friendly.

Well this all strikes a chord as I was brought up at in Brakespeare St. in the sixties/seventies, though I left the Potteries thirty years ago. We relied on Jeffreys buses to go on holiday every year to Blackpool. The “banks” and the fields beyond the allotments made an idyllic childhood playground as they continued uninterrupted all the way to Newchapel in those days (the open-cast mine brought a stop to all that). Simon Finney, whose parents owned the newsagents during the 70’s was a mate, as was Robert Jones, who’s mum owned the High St. Sweet shop IIRC. My family were big church-goers and thanks to Paul for reminding me of Mr Hancock, Mr Beech and may I add Mr Wakefield. I laugh when people go on about mod-cons etc and wonder how they would have coped with our tin-baths, outdoor loos, open-fires and hot water-bottle amenities, lol! SkyTv may have its place, but watching Neil Armstrong on an old B&W set, with a rack full of washing suspended from the ceiling above your head is hard to beat!

I can remembver Finney’s newsagents on the High Street, there were also 2 greengrocers close together, Hulson’s on one corner and Marsh’s on the other.
My best ever friend married at the new Methodist Church in 1981 (it is now called The Gateway Methodist Community Church) and emigrated to Auckland in New Zealand and she and her family have been settled there for over 30 years! I have only seen her about 3 times since she emigrated, we sometimes e-mail each other.
Happy Ti

I too grew up in Charlotte Street Goldenhill, and remember clearly Jeffreys bus garage – these clearly marked brown and yellow buses took workers to the ROF Factory at Radway Green, all the home matches at Stoke City when they played at The Victoria Ground and to Blackpool at 6pm every Friday evening that Blackpool Illuminations were on returning on Sunday without fail.
I even remember going on a bus trip on Jeffreys to Tatton Park in Knutsford with my local school.
Happy memories, I could never remember whose chips I liked most, either Lanes, Chadwicks

Please post 1986 years