Six Towns on Film - BURSLEM

Six Towns on Film - BURSLEMThis collection of archive films and interviews from Staffordshire Film Archive represents the best examples of Burslem captured on film from 1910 to the 1980s. We begin with the Citys Jubilee celebrations of 1960. Burslem introduces itself and how far it has come since Federation in 1910. We recall the Arnold Bennett Centenary in 1967, then see local scenes of housing and industry from the 1950s, featuring Prices Teapots. Arthur Berry poet and

and has become a legend throughout the kingdom – people will still say Shap oh yes

When both crews were put out of action by the advancing tanks

the maiden voyage of the Titanic - April 190th-15th

he had the highest ranking among bowlers in the ICC Best-Ever Test Championship Ratings and

World War 1 Project - Hartshill Community in Stoke-on-Trent and the personal stories of local men

The DVD tells the story of Salt in Stafford with the help of the memories of those who worked in the industry'

The build-up from 1900 to the outbreak of war in 1914 and the hopeful first months to Christmas

NEW VICTORIA THEATRE: Film of the development of the Stoneyfields site from 1984

The Diglake Pit disaster of January 1895 and Sneyd Pit disaster of January 1942 are also commemorated by Staffordshire Film Archive

Ken Cowan (at the hospital from 1952) and historian Dr

and the many developments since those times

circa 1947