Titanic: End of an Era

Titanic: End of an EraThe twentieth century swept in on a tide of progress with great advances in communications and transport. Society was still class ridden and, at that time, Britain was still building 50% of the worlds merchant ships. In the quest for speed, Cunard had built the largest and fastest liners in Lusitania and Mauritania. But the White Star Company opted for safety and comfort. They planned a new breed of huge liners half as big again than anything built

few new cinemas were built but they would be the areas finest picture palaces

the green bio-fuels project at the strawberry farm

after the fall of Belgium

Legendary Lonnie

and here you can discover and visit many of the key and iconic buildings along our

In 1963 Barnes was named by Wisden in its hundredth edition as one of its "Six Giants of the Wisden Century"

A full-size torso bust was cold-cast from this mould - and this bust stands at the centre of the Arnold Bennett Exhibition in the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

This is a digitised version by Ray Johnson of Staffordshire Film Archive of the feature-length drama filmed and produced by Bill Townley in the 1960s

with commentary from Trevor Froggatt who was helping with police attendance at both the filming and this the prestigious event

we follow how “RJ” realised his “SPITFIRE DREAM”

His wife Mary gives insight into how he trained and other aspects of his professional life

and was popular with excursionists