Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK) back issues from November 2008:
My memories ; John Abberley recalls how theatre-goers had to act quickly to get the hottest tickets in town...
Nov 01, 2008 ... John Abberley recalls how theatre-goers had to act quickly to get the hottest tickets in town ... Freddie Jones clearly remembers his big moment during the scoutshow Screamline at the old Theatre Royal 60 years ago. The celebrated actor, then a Longton rover scout called ...
Your memories ; William Meredith, of Coolidge Street, Tunstall, shares his memories of working in the meat trade...
Nov 01, 2008 ... William Meredith, of Coolidge Street, Tunstall, shares hismemories of working in the meat trade ... William Meredith remembers the days when shoppers had a plentifulsupply of butchers shops right on their doorstep. The 62-year-old, of Coolidge Street, Tunstall, started working ...
My memories ; John Abberley looks back to the wartime romances between American soldiers and North Staffordshire women...
Nov 01, 2008 ... John Abberley looks back to the wartime romances between Americansoldiers and North Staffordshire women ... It can create a delicate situation when a sentimental old fooltries to find a former girlfriend from his long-lost youth. Aclassic example was the search by former American GI ...
Your memories ; Kevin Raftery, of Epworth Street, Stoke, remembers the Potteries dance club where young music fans strutted their stuff in the 1970s...
Nov 01, 2008 ... Kevin Raftery, of Epworth Street, Stoke, remembers the Potteriesdance club where young music fans strutted their stuff in the1970s ... Glam rock swept the nation in the early 1970s and fans regularlyflocked to the Top Rank, in Albion Square, Hanley, to dance thenight, or day, away ...
My memories ; John Abberley shares some of his early canal experiences...
Nov 01, 2008 ... John Abberley shares some of his early canal experiences ... My First experience of cruising on the canal was enough to putanybody off for life. Someone talked me into joining members ofStoke-on-Trent Boat Club in a flotilla of small vessels on theCaldon Canal one wet Sunday in ...
Your memories ; Peter Berks, of Ainsworth Avenue, in Kingsley, near Cheadle, remembers mixing with Joan Collins at Hanley's Grand Hotel...
Nov 01, 2008 ... Peter Berks, of Ainsworth Avenue, in Kingsley, near Cheadle,remembers mixing with Joan Collins at Hanley's Grand Hotel ... Most of us only see celebrities from afar, through a televisionor cinema screen. But Peter Berks found himself mixing with thestars thanks to his job at a ...
My memories ; Big stars attracted the crowds to Trentham Gardens Ballroom, but they weren't the only talent with a loyal following, as John Abberley reveals...
Nov 01, 2008 ... Big stars attracted the crowds to Trentham Gardens Ballroom, butthey weren't the only talent with a loyal following, as John Abberley reveals ... When Trentham Gardens Ballroom was at its post-war height, NormanJones led a resident orchestra which was favourably compared withthe ...
Your memories ; Jean Manning, of Franklin Road, Penkhull, remembers what it was like to have a popular clubland comic as an uncle...
Nov 01, 2008 ... Jean Manning, of Franklin Road, Penkhull, remembers what it waslike to have a popular clubland comic as an uncle ... Stand-up comedian Jack 'Simmo' Simms wasn't just funny on thestage, he could also raise plenty of laughs within his own family. "My Uncle Jack was a brilliant ...
Church had leaking roof and woodworm ; Mervyn Edwards
Nov 01, 2008 ... Mervyn Edwards Looks back at some of the lost churches of Stoke, including onein Boothen for which a plaque still stands W HEN we consider that no less than 13 public houses weredemolished in the town of Stoke-upon-Trent in the early 1970s it iseasy to overlook the fact that ...
Services against a backdrop of undies ; Mervyn Edwards
Nov 01, 2008 ... Mervyn Edwards Looks back at a Hanley church which held services in a departmentstore, and another with close links to a local pub. A trawl through Sentinel back issues from the past 20 yearsillustrates just how difficult it is to find a feasible alternativeuse for a ...
Great men of the cloth ; John Abberley
Nov 01, 2008 ... John Abberley Looks back at the many characters he recalls from the days whenreligious faith was a central tenet of life in the Potteries. I T came as a pleasant surprise to everybody when the Bishop ofStafford opened his after-dinner speech with a good joke. Richard ...
My memories ; John Abberley looks back to a campaign which kept out the bulldozers...
Nov 01, 2008 ... John Abberley looks back to a campaign which kept out thebulldozers ... Most residents seemed prepared to accept the inevitable when thecity council decided to demolish hundreds of terrace houses inTunstall. Many of the 19th Century properties were in a dilapidated stateat ...
Your memories ; Iris Casey, of Elgar Crescent, Birches Head, remembers her first job...
Nov 01, 2008 ... Iris Casey, of Elgar Crescent, Birches Head, remembers her firstjob ... Iris Casey's first experience of the world of work was at atextile factory in Hanley. The 78-year-old, of Elgar Crescent, Birches Head, whose husbandGeorge died in April this year, has four children and ...
My memories ; John Abberley shares Staffordshire Regiment memories...
Nov 01, 2008 ... John Abberley shares Staffordshire Regiment memories ... I Could hardly believe my ears when soldiers of the StaffordshireRegiment won loud applause from a crowd in Germany. They had justcompleted a marching display at Osnabruck in 1975. Thirty years earlier Hitler's troops had ...
Your memories ; Millicent Turner, of Laburnum Grove, Hollybush, remembers spitting feathers when her hens ended up in the pot...
Nov 01, 2008 ... Millicent Turner, of Laburnum Grove, Hollybush, remembersspitting feathers when her hens ended up in the pot ... Millicent Turner was devoted to the feathered companions shenurtured as a girl. But her joy turned to horror when her well-meaning dad found an alternative use for his ...
My memories ; John Abberley looks back to when the Morris Mini was king of the road...
Nov 01, 2008 ... John Abberley looks back to when the Morris Mini was king of the road ... Four out of five cars were British-made, you could park in thestreets in Hanley for nothing and four gallons of petrol costpounds1. That was motoring in the 1960s, when a young man's fancyturned to sports ...
Your memories ; Eveline Shore, of William Fiske Court, Trent Vale, remembers her wages being served up on a saucer...
Nov 01, 2008 ... Eveline Shore, of William Fiske Court, Trent Vale, remembers herwages being served up on a saucer ... After enjoying another reader's memories about Hanley's VulcanPottery, in Clough Street, Eveline Shore was inspired to contact TheWay We Were. The former pottery worker, who ...
My memories ; John Abberley shares his fond memories of nights spent at the Trentham Gardens ballroom...
Nov 01, 2008 ... John Abberley shares his fond memories of nights spent at the Trentham Gardens ballroom ... Like many men of a certain age, I think of Trentham Gardensballroom as the place where I really felt grown up for the firsttime. In the 1950s it was the only place for an unattached ...
Your memories ; Former evacuee Margaret Hancock, of Quarry Close, Stockton Brook, explains why she chose to stay in North Staffordshire after the Second World War ended...
Nov 01, 2008 ... Former evacuee Margaret Hancock, of Quarry Close, Stockton Brook,explains why she chose to stay in North Staffordshire after theSecond World War ended ... Evacuation was traumatic for children and their parents. But whenthe Second World War broke out, cities like London came under ...
My memories ; John Abberley remembers the old Hanley Museum and the man who made its replacement such a success...
Nov 01, 2008 ... John Abberley remembers the old Hanley Museum and the man whomade its replacement such a success ... When I try to remember the old Hanley Museum of 50 years ago, Iget a mental picture of dusty shelves, faded labels and the grim-faced attendants. That peculiar smell of ...
Your memories ; Derek Cooper, of Acacia Gardens, Kidsgrove, explains why he was briefly excused from National Service to play in a special football match...
Nov 01, 2008 ... Derek Cooper, of Acacia Gardens, Kidsgrove, explains why he wasbriefly excused from National Service to play in a special footballmatch ... Derek Cooper was delighted when his team reached the final of theSentinel Cup in the 1950s. But there was one snag - Derek had beencalled up ...
My memories ; John Abberley remembers a visit by Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon to celebrate Keele's University Challenge win...
Nov 01, 2008 ... John Abberley remembers a visit by Princess Margaret and LordSnowdon to celebrate Keele's University Challenge win ... It Was a long wait, but at last Princess Margaret and LordSnowdon arrived at the ceremony to celebrate Keele's historicvictory in the final of University ...
Your memories ; Historian Fred Hughes talks politics in times past with a former city councillor...
Nov 01, 2008 ... Historian Fred Hughes talks politics in times past with a formercity councillor ... Until 1974 one of the most influential figures in local politicswas the alderman. 1974 was the year Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle'sindependent powers were transferred to the county council and ...
My memories ; John Abberley looks back on the lives of the Italian families who brought tasty ice-cream to the area...
Nov 01, 2008 ... John Abberley looks back on the lives of the Italian families whobrought tasty ice-cream to the area ... If You bought an ice-cream 50 years ago, there's a good chance itwas made by one of North Staffordshire's many families of Italianorigin. The names are still familiar - ...
Your memories ; Roy Harrison, of Sneyd Street, Burslem, recalls playing alongside some North Staffordshire-born sporting greats in the rugby matches of his youth...
Nov 01, 2008 ... Roy Harrison, of Sneyd Street, Burslem, recalls playing alongsidesome North Staffordshire-born sporting greats in the rugby matchesof his youth ... Roy Harrison, an 81-year-old retired scientist with the CeramicResearch Association, who lives in Sneyd Street, Burslem, ...
Aussie PM was a Silverdale minister ; Mervyn Edwards
Nov 01, 2008 ... Mervyn Edwards Looks back at the strong tradition of Methodism across Newcastle,and the Australian Prime Minister it inspired. T HE former Ebenezer Chapel, near the foot of The Brampton, inNewcastle, still stands as a reminder of the-old time prosperityenjoyed by the ...
Grimly beautiful church demolished ; Mervyn Edwards
Nov 01, 2008 ... Mervyn Edwards Looks back at the imposing churches of Burslem, including onewhich was immortalised by Arnold Bennett. I N the days when the potbanks, the pits and the pubs seemed likea universal constant to Burslem people, there were also majesticchurch buildings in the town ...
Subsidence damaged St John's church ; Mervyn Edwards
Nov 01, 2008 ... Mervyn Edwards Looks at churches to the south of the city, including one whichwas admired by passengers travelling through Longton by steam train. P ASSENGERS riding on the old steam trains which chuffed acrossLongton railway bridge were afforded a grand view of two of ...
Church and chapel were centre of life ; Mervyn Edwards
Nov 01, 2008 ... Mervyn Edwards Meets a woman who remembers the days when chapel and church werethe social hub for the people of Tunstall. I N recent years, some of the biggest names in retail havesashayed into Tunstall, fluttering their skirt tails and setting uphome in the most northerly of ...
My memories ; John Abberley recalls a formidable police chief...
Nov 01, 2008 ... John Abberley recalls a formidable police chief ... My first close encounter with Chief Constable Frank Bunn camewhile he was guarding the Windmill Girls at the old NorthStaffordshire Press Ball. I pressed forward too far to see as muchas possible of this daring cabaret ...
Your memories ; Historian Fred Hughes uncovers stories of keeping a pub...
Nov 01, 2008 ... Historian Fred Hughes uncovers stories of keeping a pub ... The Victorians liked to put detail on gravestones. They wantedthe living to know how high they'd climbed the ladder as aldermen,commercial icons and pillars of society. And-no one held a higherposition in the community than ...
My memories ; John Abberley remembers welcoming Australian cricketers to the Potteries...
Nov 01, 2008 ... John Abberley remembers welcoming Australian cricketers to thePotteries ... We could hardly wait for the arrival of the mighty Australiantourists when they came to the old Michelin sports ground in Stokeover the Whit weekend in 1953. The Aussies hadn't played in Stokesince ...
Your memories ; Historian Fred Hughes looks at Etruria's pub heritage...
Nov 01, 2008 ... Historian Fred Hughes looks at Etruria's pub heritage ... An 1898 map of Etruria clearly shows the village Josiah Wedgwoodbuilt. Lord Street was the original settlement. Later streets wereHumbert Street, Cavour Street, Salem Street and Etruscan Street. Thelast was an important ...
My memories ; John Abberley remembers the most painful walk of his life...
Nov 01, 2008 ... John Abberley remembers the most painful walk of his life ... It Was undoubtedly the most painful walk of my life. We weremiles behind everybody else and my feet had blisters which felt thesize of dustbin lids. In the summer of 1969 all sorts of people were doing ...
Your memories ; Historian Fred Hughes meets a woman who made merry music in the pottery industry's good old days...
Nov 01, 2008 ... Historian Fred Hughes meets a woman who made merry music in thepottery industry's good old days ... The two great things in the life of 96-year-old Hilda Ridge havebeen her marriage to late husband Frank and her job as a Beswickmatt-glaze lady. Hilda was born in Frank Street, ...
My memories ; John Abberley shares some of his national service memories...
Nov 01, 2008 ... John Abberley shares some of his national service memories ... We never found out how my old mate Geoff managed to get his riflebayonet stuck in the roof of the sentry box. That sort of thing happened to National Servicemen. I was nearly court martialled myself for ...
Your memories ; Historian Fred Hughes meets a former Port Vale legend...
Nov 01, 2008 ... Historian Fred Hughes meets a former Port Vale legend ... Ask a Vale supporter to name their greatest season and they'llsay 1953/54. Vale lost just three league matches to win the ThirdDivision North, with a defence known as Steele's Iron Curtain. Three years later the club was ...
My memories ; John Abberley remembers some of his most harrowing moments as a cub reporter, and one with a happy ending...
Nov 01, 2008 ... John Abberley remembers some of his most harrowing moments as acub reporter, and one with a happy ending ... When a police diver came up from the depths of a marlhole withthe body of a young boy, I happened to be standing alongside thelad's distraught father. That was one ...
Wartime for an 'ordinary' schoolboy ; In the second of a series of articles about his Potteries childhood
Nov 01, 2008 ... In the second of a series of articles about his Potterieschildhood Peter Bruce, I N September, 1942, I left Sneyd Green Junior School and startedat Park Road Secondary Modern School, in Burslem. This involved me travelling some two and a half miles to schooleach day, ...
Trentham in 1919
Nov 01, 2008 ... L Ast month we took you on a journey back to the Trentham of 1919by looking at a programme for a sale of Trentham Estate properties. Here we look at more of the intriguing buildings included in thedocument, illustrated with photographs which provide an insight intothe Trentham life ...
Hanley's modern market comes of age ; Rob Nixon,
Nov 01, 2008 ... Rob Nixon, The Markets Manager at Stoke-on-Trent City Council, looks backover the history of Hanley Market. S TOKE-ON-TRENT no doubt had markets from as early as Anglo-Saxon times, but it was not until the start of the industrialrevolution, and the establishment of the coal ...
Letters sent home from the great war ; New books charting the effects of the First and Second World Wars on a cluster of villages in north Staffordshire have been published by
Nov 01, 2008 ... New books charting the effects of the First and Second World Warson a cluster of villages in north Staffordshire have been publishedby Audley Family History Society. A UDLEY Family History Society has put together two new booksrelating mainly to the First World War, but also ...
Brightwell just happy to be back in game
Nov 01, 2008 ... Coach Ian Brightwell says he is overjoyed to reignite his life-long passion for football after landing a coaching role with PortVale on a short-term basis. Without an assistant, boss Dean Glover last week recruited the 40-year-old former Valiants defender to boost his backroom ...
Coach feels heat of Alex form slump
Nov 01, 2008 ... Steve Holland says he is keenly aware Crewe's board may have atime-line in mind for his occupancy of the manager's seat. The pressure has cranked up on the Alex coach as his side's lastwin against Colchester (on September 13) now seems an age away. A nine-game winless run, ...
It's time to wake up and smell the coffee
Nov 01, 2008 ... It has been yet another disappointing week for all connected withthe club and, although Steve Holland is adamant that his side willswim rather than sink, it appears at the moment we are just treadingwater. With each passing week, the situation becomes more and morecritical and ...
Dates fixed for youth cup tie
Nov 01, 2008 ... Vale have announced fixture details for the following games. Vale's FA Youth Cup game at Leicester City will take place onMonday at the Walkers Stadium (7pm). The club's home reserves' match against Mansfield Town was due tobe played at Vale Park on Monday. It has now been ...
Former hero mark lends a helping hand
Nov 01, 2008 ... Former Vale keeper Mark Goodlad is playing a leading role indeveloping Staffordshire and South Cheshire's next crop of talentbetween the sticks. The 29-year-old was forced to retire from the game last seasondue to a long-standing Achilles tendon injury, having made 247appearances ...
Radio man becomes target of fans' unrest
Nov 01, 2008 ... Local radio stalwart Graham McGarry is the latest to feel thewrath of Crewe's protesting fans. The long-serving Alex reporter and BBC Radio Stoke sports editoris under fire, ironically, after offering a soap box organised sothat the club's discontented support could air their ...
Talbot will be late for battle of former clubs
Nov 01, 2008 ... Brian Talbot's timing was usually spot on in the tackle during adistinguished career for club and country, but he'll be two days toolate to personally witness events between his two old clubs at theBritannia Stadium this weekend. The former Stoke and Arsenal midfielder is ...
City mid-table in Barnes shirt auction for charity
Nov 01, 2008 ... Former England winger John Barnes has thanked Premier Leaguefootball fans for their generosity after raising just overpounds3,000 for an overseas charity. Each Premier League club auctioned off a signed shirt to raisefunds for footballing, educational and water amenities in ...
Pumas are pressed all way to claim back-to-back victories
Nov 01, 2008 ... Potteries Mini League Under-11 Division One ASHCOMBE Pumas were made to work hard for 2-0 and 2-1 victoriesagainst Stoke Allstars. The Pumas went in front in the first game through Charlie Cooke,who headed home a Tom Cashmore free-kick. Pumas got a second after the ...
United's perfect 10 win
Nov 01, 2008 ... County Minor Youth League NORTON United Red romped to a 10-1 victory against Red Street tomaintain their interest in the Sentinel Cup. Blythe Bridge Youth finished 6-4 winners against Stafford TownU17s. Mathew O'Connell (2) netted a brace with Liam Wood and ...
Delap goal completed full circle
Nov 01, 2008 ... When Rory Delap side-footed home from a couple of yards againstSpurs a fortnight ago, it signalled not only the last Premier Leaguerites of Juande Ramos, but also the full footballing rehabilitationof our ever-reliable midfielder. Last Friday, I extolled the virtues of our ...
Big bren leaves it so late to grab win
Nov 01, 2008 ... A Brendan O'Callaghan header three minutes from the end wasenough to earn Stoke the three points in a fiery encounter atSunderland. Roker Park's biggest crowd of the season saw the home team startwell. Stoke goalkeeper Roger Jones had to be on his toes as he tippedMichael ...
Crucial victory for loco
Nov 01, 2008 ... Locomotive grabbed a crucial victory to avoid the drop fromDivision One in the AFFORD POOL LEAGUE. They beat main rivals Players 6-3 at home, and 5-4 away, to makesure it was Players who fell through the trap door. Champions Park Inn finished their league campaign with a 11-7 ...
Setters bounce back with a formidable display
Nov 01, 2008 ... Leaders Festival Park Trendsetters bounced back from anembarrassing defeat with a comprehensive victory in the MONDAY TRIOSLEAGUE. The team, which last week lost to a 'ghost' side, found theirform to record a 6-2 win against third-placed Vine-Burslem. Vine edged a close first ...
Two-goal Vale salvo breaks the home duck
Nov 01, 2008 ... Port Vale finally clinched their long-awaited first home win witha 2-0 victory against Hartlepool. Goals from Neville Chamberlain and Kenny Beech sealed the vitalresult for Vale. The Valiants forced the early pace with Kevin Tully crossing forBernie Wright, who mistimed his ...
Nosworthy's big debt to former mentor Pulis
Nov 01, 2008 ... Sunderland defender Nyron Nosworthy has revealed how he has beena Tony Pulis supporter from afar for the past decade. For it was Pulis who gave Nosworthy his first leg up on theladder towards his own appearance in the Premier League. Nosworthy, who was in town for Sunderland's ...
Slack Alex let it slip after double blow
Nov 01, 2008 ... Crewe Alexandra let a 1-0 half-time lead slip as they lost out totwo late Rochdale goals. Crewe started brightly and created some good early chances. But it was Rochdale who went close to opening the scoring in the20th minute when Esser's volley was deflected ...
Merlins hit six
Nov 01, 2008 ... Asda Lymedale N Staffs Youth League MILTON Merlins hit Chesterton for six with an impressiveperformance in the under-16s section. Keiron Walton and Jarad Rushton both struck twice and there wereothers from Jake Topper and Lance Evans. Mow Cop Hornets enjoyed their trip ...
Holders stay on course
Nov 01, 2008 ... Schools football ISA U11 Championship STAFFORD Preparatory School's five-a-side team are a step closerto defending their national under-11 title after lifting a regionalcrown for the second year running. The side remained unbeaten on their way to glory in theIndependent ...
Edgerton on track in merits
Nov 01, 2008 ... Holder Rob Edgerton, of Kidsgrove Labour A, is still on course toretain his ALSAGER POOL LEAGUE Singles Merits title, but had tocome from 2-0 down to beat Lea James, of Division Two Royal Oak ina decider. He then produced a mercurial performance in the quarter-finals,allowing ...
Potters suffer Oxford Blues
Nov 01, 2008 ... Stoke's immediate post-war fortunes on November 1 were prettymiserable after a 1-0 loss at Sunderland in 1947 was followed by a 4-1 trouncing at Aston Villa five years later, in which Sammy Smythgrabbed their only consolation. That wretched sequence continued with a 1-0 defeat at ...
Stafford pay the price for missing their opportunities
Nov 01, 2008 ... Stafford Town mislaid their shooting boots as their recent goodrun of form ended with a 1-0 defeat to Bilbrook. After an even start to the game, Town - who had won four of thelast five games - took control and put their hosts under earlypressure. Rhys Baker, starting his ...
Stalwart Dave proves a man for all seasons
Nov 01, 2008 ... Dave Wilson's 41-year association with Cheadle United is a labourof love he has no plans to end. He was there in 1967, in a friend's kitchen, where the seeds weresown for one of Staffordshire's most successful Sunday clubs. And he's been there ever since, for many seasons as ...