BBC Radio Stoke
Places around Stoke that tell a story of World War One
Butterton in the Peak, Staffordshire: Where Everyone Returned Home
The ‘Thankful Village’ that suffered no military fatalities
Brindley Heath, Staffordshire: Mental Health Treatments
Treating a condition that was in its prime of being acknowledged
Hixon, Staffordshire: A Farmer’s Fundraising Efforts
The farmer who dressed as an impersonator for charity
Bethesda Methodist Chapel, Stoke-on-Trent: Supporting Troops
Comfort parcels for lads at war
Nantwich, Cheshire: Belgium House
Where Belgian refugees were housed
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire: Baking for War
The strain on food suppliers to feed the nation
Trinity Street, Stoke-on-Trent: War in the News
When local newspapers were the ‘heart beat’ of the community
Sandbach School, Cheshire: Educating Wartime Children
How staff, pupils and school campuses contributed to the war effort
County Buildings, Stafford: Deciding the Fates of Men
Appealing against military call ups
Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent: North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary Hospital
Treating wounds that had never been seen before
Northesk Street, Stone: Letters for the Front Line
The importance of wartime letters for national morale
Gitana Street, Stoke: Home of Entertainer Gertie Gitana
The “Forces' Sweetheart” who entertained wounded soldiers
Burslem, Stoke: Remembering the Fallen
How Stoke funded its own memorials: ‘Penny Clubs’
Barlaston, Staffordshire: Home of the Wedgwoods
One of the most powerful families in Staffordshire during WW1
Great Haywood, Staffordshire: Where Tolkien’s Wife Stayed to Support Her Husband
How the famous writer’s wife coped when her husband was conscripted
Halmer End, Staffordshire: Fatal Explosion at the Minnie Pit
Where 155 wartime miners died digging coal for the war effort
Crewe Railway Station, Cheshire: Engineering Innovation
Where the locomotive works produced armoured trains, shell casings and artificial limbs
Brocton, Staffordshire: German Prisoners of War
Held in British prisons and buried on British soil
Keele Street Pottery, Stoke: Propaganda Through Pottery
Home to the pottery that saved Britain from a national egg cup shortage
Blythe Bridge, Stoke: Village Hero Decorated for 'Reckless Bravery'
Staffordshire man who won the military's highest award for bravery
