Royal Visits and Coronations 1913-2010

Royal Visits and Coronations 1913-2010This is a collection of film records of royal visits to the Potteries and Newcastle over the past century. It concentrates on visits of ruling monarchs or future monarchs, and is therefore not exhaustive. The visits were captured by both professional and amateur cameramen. The main items oin the collections are; King George and Queen Mary in Burslem, 1913, Edward Prince of Wales in Tunstall, 1924, George V and Queen Mary in Stoke, 1925, the Princess

taking 189 wickets at 16

former mineral lines turned into a network of walkways

Gordon Banks and actor James Nesbitt

give an engaging insight into his writing and how his plays were realised for the stage

We see before and after film of the museum and see Ralph Whieldon in action the last of the sagger-makers

Rare archive films of long-gone Knotty lines

DAVID MALKIN on how the site was saved from demolition in the nick of time in 1973

and went on his South Africa tour of 1926-7

"It is such a privilege to be part of this sporting celebration and to visit the home of Josiah Wedgwood and Sir Stanley Matthews" Archbishop Desmond Tutu

This collection of archive films and interviews from Staffordshire Film Archive represents Stoke at work and play during the 1930s

plus doctors and other hospital personnel

Stafford Laundry