Author: David Martin

Hanley Park Wins Green Flag Award for the Fifth Year Running

Once again, Hanley Park has won the prestigious Green Flag Award. The park has received the award for five consecutive years. This confirms its status as one of the best parks in the UK.

Councillor Amjid Wazir OBE, the city council’s cabinet member for city pride, enforcement and sustainability, said:

“This is a fantastic achievement and a massive credit to the team who care for Hanley Park all year round. They always keep the highest standards. The Green Flag award is a clear sign of their dedication.

“Parks like Hanley are vital places where communities can come together. Congratulations to everyone involved. Your pride in our city can be seen by everyone.”

Llandudno

Llandudno is a popular seaside resort on the North Wales Coast. In the 20th century, many Potters and their families went to Llandudno during Wakes Week for their annual summer holiday. If you went to Llandudno for your summer holiday, please use the Comments Section to tell us about your holiday.

Daydreaming at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

Daydreaming is Stoke-on-Trent College’s 2025 end of year art exhibition at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. A vibrant mixture of students’ work will take you into a world of surrealism, imagination and different perspectives.

Short films created by students will be shown. A presentation, “The Plastic Ocean”, will raise your awareness of plastic pollution and highlight its impact on marine ecosystems.

The exhibition runs until Sunday, 31st August.

OatcakeWorld: Anglo-Saxon Oatcakes

North Staffordshire Heritage is starting the week with a lighthearted and amusing video. It tells you how to make Anglo-Saxon Oatcakes. We hope our ancestors who lived in medieval Tunstall enjoyed eating these oatcakes with their breakfast on Sundays. What do you think?

It’s Friday Again

It’s Friday again. How quickly time flies.

We have had a busy week planning a series of talks and posts about Tunstall’s history. Our plans include talks about Tower Square, the Jubilee Buildings and the Memorial Gardens.

Have a good weekend. Relax and keep safe. We’ll see you again on Monday.

Post Industrial Picturesque at the Brampton Museum

A Post Industrial Picturesque, an exhibition at Newcastle’s Brampton Museum, runs until Sunday 7th September. The exhibition highlights the artist’s response to the fascination of derelict industrial buildings in the urban landscape.

Free Admission. The exhibition is open 10am to 5pm (Tuesday to Saturday), and from 1.30 to 5pm on Sunday.

Arthur Berry: The man who was Stoke-on-Trent’s Poet Laureate

Arthur Berry, who has been called Stoke-on-Trent’s Poet Laureate and the Potteries’ Lowry, was an artist, author, playwright and poet. In this video, he shares his unique and sometimes controversial views about the people he painted and wrote about. Use our Comments section to share your memories of Arthur.

Aerial Views of Longton’s Architectural Heritage

This aerial view of Longton showcases its distinctive industrial landscape and rich architectural heritage. How many buildings and places featured in this video do you recognize? If you live or work in Longton, please use the Comments section below to share your memories with us. Let us know about your family and friends, the schools you went to, the games you played and your hobbies. Tell us about your first job and your working life.

Longton’s Architectural Heritage will help to make North Staffordshire’s Industrial Landscape a World Heritage Site.

Pop-up exhibition to celebrate Arthur Berry’s life and work

Appetite has organised an open-air pop-up exhibition to celebrate the life of Arthur Berry.

Berry was a playwright, poet and painter. The exhibition explores his life and the impact he had on art and culture in the Potteries.

The exhibition opens in the City Centre on August 4th. It runs there until September 14th. Then it moves to Newcastle-under-Lyme. It reopens there on September 20th and runs until October 1st.

For the Love of Stoke – an exhibition of Donald Morris’s photographs

For the Love of Stoke is an exhibition of Donald Morris’s photographs of the Potteries at the Spode Museum

Taken in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, Donald’s photographs capture the atmosphere and character of Stoke-on-Trent as it was. His pictures show us a way of life that no longer exists. They record a cityscape that has undergone dramatic changes over the years.

Factories and canals, bottle ovens and gas lamps, corner shops and public houses were included in his comprehensive photographic survey.

Admission Free. Open from 10:00 to 16:00. Contact the Museum for more details