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2005
Gawain and The Green Knight (audio documentary - you need Real Player to listen). As part of a project to gradually release onto the net some of its best archives, BBC Radio Stoke released this half-hour programme about the mysterious Anglo-Saxon saga/poem - written, it's said, by an anonymous monk from Leek, and featuring the landscape of the Staffordshire Peak - including "Lud's Church". Presented by Mark Stewart.
The story of Captain Perrin Read about the heroic tale of a USAAF fighter ace who died to save a Staffordshire town (in three parts)
When children worked Pottery factories in the 19th century relied on cheap labour - and the cheapest was that of children
Medieval graffiti The owners of a 14th Century Staffordshire house discover medieval inscriptions on the walls.
The legend of the Chained Oak The Alton Towers’ attraction HEX The Legend of the Towers is based on this story
Sound of Battle... A new book about a Staffordshire soldier who is caught between faith and duty while serving in WW2
The People's War The BBC is building a huge collection of Staffordshire World War Two stories. Can you help?
A lost family of World War Two Rachel James' American father had to leave his English family when the war ended. Can you find them?
'A Letter from Poitou' Staffordshire's own Michael J. Eardley has uncovered a mystery that took place in the 14th Century...
The Midlands Gunpowder Plot Find out more about the gunpowder plotters who went out with a bang in Staffordshire
2004
Are the Potteries the potteries any more? North Staffordshire has fewer and fewer potteries. However, the heritage is in good hands
Lud's Church the queer-shaped rock chasm in North Staffs was home to a religious sect
Staffordshire scholar cracks history mystery The 500 year old Voynich Manuscript is unintelligible - except to one man
Etruria chapel goes Terry Walsh takes a look at the history of this Methodist chapel - and wonders about its future
Fauld Explosion Now just a huge crater in the Staffordshire landscape, it is the site the world's biggest non-nuclear explosion.
The Hohenzollern Redoubt - the Staffordshire Regiment's worst day, when it lost 500 men in World War One
Staffordshire Regiment history Dave Cooper has put together a history of the Staffordshire Regiment 300 years after it was formed
Francis Barber A former man-servant of Samuel Johnson, the black slave eventually lived as a free man in Lichfield in the 1700s
Pottersville (audio documentary - you need Real Player to listen). As part of a project to gradually release onto the net some of its best archives, BBC Radio Stoke released this half-hour programme about the great Potteries Emigration Scheme of the 1840s, organised by the Potter's Union's William Evans. Presented by Lyndee Prickitt.
The Princess Susanna Hoax Poor girl Sarah Wilson was born in a Staffordshire village in 1754, and transformed herself - fraudulently! - into a princess in America. Told by Brian Naughton
100 Club - an audio archive of 100 stories - each one from a person born locally, in every year between 1904 and 2003
Miners Strike 1984 A time of great bitterness as brother fought brother. Now forgotten?
The Ancient High House The Elizabethan stunner on Greengate Street in Stafford
2003
Living History The largest gathering of historical re-enactment groups ever seen in the Midlands was in Lichfield in August 2003
Unknown Soldiers Mark Leech, from Newcastle, has published his first novel - dedicated to the millions of servicemen who died in WW1
Well Dressing A tradition that involves the decoration of springs and wells with pictures around the Staffordshire and Derbyshire border
So near - yet so far Hanley's Bethesda Chapel misses out on three million pounds
Bethesda through to "Restoration" final Now for four days of voting this week....
Burton upon Trent Fire Brigade A new book gives a fascinating insight into the history of the town's fire service - written by Rob Cox
Memorial for Sneyd Pit Disaster A permanent memorial is planned to mark the lives of 57 miners killed in 1942 in Stoke on Trent
The famous Staffordshire Horn Dance Abbots Bromley's September fest is quite a mystery - or is it?
2002
Wades Pottery Figurines and The Burslem Town Hall Clock The History Detective, Fred Hughes, delves into their history
Tracing Staffordshire's soldiers Historians Ken Wray and Gwilym Roberts are tracing 2,000 Staffs soldiers who died in the Zulu wars
Maggoty Johnson As some South Cheshire schoolchildren discovered, this local character was quite a sinister man - or was he?
Royal Ales 2002 sees the proud Staffordshire town of Burton upon Trent celebrate its ‘Millennium of Brewing’
Postcard Puzzle from the Past We're after your help in trying to identify the scenes on these old local photo-postcards
Weblinks
Weblinks and contactsA brief list of some of the links to history groups and websites relevant to Staffordshire
Other Sections
See Staffordshire's ancient buildings - lovingly photographed
See Historic Buildings information in our Days Out section
See Local Words - meaning and history
See Sense of Place with programmes on: bottle ovens; Arnold Bennett; Ipstones; Tamworth; Stoke's Footballing History - and more
Photos
Blake Collection of Old Photos at the Potteries Museum
Longton Marl Hole
Saggar Makers
Wharf Street in the 19th Century
Past Track Old Photos
South Staffords on the beaches at Dunkirk 1940
Tom Williams of Reliant 1962
Thor's Cave 1909
Tamworth Roast 1913
Weston Park c 1780
The Bethesda Chapel 1949
Walton's Cottage 1924
Milford Common 1947
Trentham Gardens Pool 1970s
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