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Memory Lane the 1950s special edition - on sale now
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Revisit some of the highlights and nostalgic aspects of the decade with our Memory Lane special edition
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18 photographs which captured the last days of Stoke City's Victoria Ground
Stoke City FC
From marriages and kickabouts in the ruins, to treasure hunting beneath the stands
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29 photos of one Newcastle street in 1975 - how many shops do you remember?
Newcastle-under-Lyme
In June 1975, Paul Sherratt took his camera out to capture all the shops in the Ironmarket
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Memory Lane - The War Years - on sale now
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This Memory Lane special edition, packed with stunning archive images and content, looks back at the 1940s
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D-Day 80th Anniversary Commemorative Special - on sale now
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"We understood the importance of what we were doing and why we had to do it. But it didn’t make it any better.”
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59 amazing unseen photographs of 1970s Newcastle
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Several of the pictured businesses still survive in the town to this day.
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Memory Lane - Rewinding the years to the 90s - on sale now
Margaret Thatcher
Revisit some of the highlights and nostalgic aspects of the decade
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'When Hanley was a great place to shop' - Your memories of the old Meat Market
Hanley
The Grade II listed building on Tontine Street was built in 1831 and housed the market until 1987
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106 years ago this week: We remember North Staffordshire’s worst pit disaster
Way We Were
The late mining historian Fred Leigh wrote a piece looking back at North Staffordshire’s worst pit disaster, on January 12, 1918. Here, we reprint his article from 1997
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'Devastating' closure of Silverdale Colliery 25 years ago today as our last pit shut
Silverdale
North Staffordshire's last remaining deep pit closed in December 1998 with the loss of more than 330 jobs
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13 amazing photographs of a 1970s afternoon in the George and Dragon in Longton
Way We Were
Paul Sherratt captured the images as regulars gathered in the Heathcote Road pub one Saturday afternoon.
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In pictures: Iconic Stoke-on-Trent cabaret venue Jollees founded 50 years ago
Longton
We remember the legendary Longton nightspot which attracted huge names from the world of showbiz to the city
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Black Country Bugle Annual 2024 - Britain's only local history paper is back and now on sale now
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The 96-page edition is available at high-street retailers and supermarkets
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Stoke-on-Trent institution launched from top of Ford car celebrates centenary
Smallthorne
The Salvation Army church, in Camp Road, Smallthorne, was founded in 1923
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24 pictures of the pubs we've loved and lost in North Staffordshire
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How many of these do you remember?
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21 brilliant images of Hanley in the 1980s
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Ah, how we loved the 80s!
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42 pictures showing Heritage Open Days in the Potteries
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There's plenty of history right here in Stoke-on-Trent
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I joined the Middleport dig and it was an honour to get so close to our history
Middleport
StokeOnTrentLive's Hannah Hiles joined the search for two lost bottle ovens.
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In pictures: Heritage Open Days in Stoke
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There's plenty of history in Stoke-on-Trent
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In pictures: Heritage Open Days in the Potteries - A 'hidden gem' and a tour of Burslem
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The event was co-ordinated by Andy Perkin of the Potteries Heritage Society
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The demise of Chatterley Whitfield mining museum
Way We Were
We all have our own memories of the museum
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How much do you know about Stoke-on-Trent? Take our nostalgia picture quiz
Way We Were
Here in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire we have a long and interesting history - but how much do you know about it? We have devised a nostalgia picture quiz to allow you to take a trip down Memory Lane and test your local knowledge.
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Put your knowledge of the past to the test and take our nostalgia quiz
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Each week we will be celebrating 'Throwback Thursday' with a picture quiz
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Flashback to the 80s and the building of the Potteries Centre
Hanley
Contract workers laboured through the night to make sure the centre was ready for opening day
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Staffordshire PoliceTragedy as man, 40, found dead in Stoke-on-Trent homeAn appeal has been launched to trace his family
Driver in trouble after smash on this busy Stoke-on-Trent road
Staffordshire Police
Police and paramedics were called
M6 van driver suffers 'serious head injuries' in lorry crash
M6
He'd broken down and was standing 'near' the vehicle when the collision occurred
Live M6 updates as 'serious collision' shuts motorway for 11 hours
M6
We will bring you all the latest as it happens
Driver in £105k Audi hit 100mph before A500 slip-road smash left man dead
Courts
The Burslem man has now been jailed for more than 11 years after his driving led to the death of a dad-of-four
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue ServiceLive updates as car fire 'shuts' North Staffordshire roadFirefighters and police are reportedly at the scene
New police powers to seize cars and motorbikes on these four Stoke-on-Trent streets
Staffordshire Police
Signs have been installed
'Wez' drugs line smashed as gang boss and street dealer jailed
Courts
Crack cocaine and heroin were brought over the county border to sell in the town
Investigation into 'large' 2.20am Stoke-on-Trent blaze
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service
Two fire engines and a water carrier were sent to the street
CCTV appeal to identify 'potential witnesses' after voyeurism incident
Staffordshire Police
Officers are 'keen to speak to them'
Staffordshire PoliceTragedy as man, 40, found dead in Stoke-on-Trent homeAn appeal has been launched to trace his family
Driver in trouble after smash on this busy Stoke-on-Trent road
Staffordshire Police
Police and paramedics were called
M6 van driver suffers 'serious head injuries' in lorry crash
M6
He'd broken down and was standing 'near' the vehicle when the collision occurred
Driver in £105k Audi hit 100mph before A500 slip-road smash left man dead
Courts
The Burslem man has now been jailed for more than 11 years after his driving led to the death of a dad-of-four
Elderly shopper banned from Aldi 'after comment to staff at checkout'
Aldi
The couple claim they did nothing wrong
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue ServiceLive updates as car fire 'shuts' North Staffordshire roadFirefighters and police are reportedly at the scene
New police powers to seize cars and motorbikes on these four Stoke-on-Trent streets
Staffordshire Police
Signs have been installed
'Wez' drugs line smashed as gang boss and street dealer jailed
Courts
Crack cocaine and heroin were brought over the county border to sell in the town
Investigation into 'large' 2.20am Stoke-on-Trent blaze
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service
Two fire engines and a water carrier were sent to the street
CCTV appeal to identify 'potential witnesses' after voyeurism incident
Staffordshire Police
Officers are 'keen to speak to them'