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The Way We Were
by Reach Podcasts
The Way We Were podcast is the companion to the @SOTLive print and online publication of the same name. The Way We Were looks to bring the history, heritage and memories of North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent to the people of the region, taking listeners on a nostalgic journey down memory lane.Cover work by Andrew Stoddard, Sounds by www.bensounds.com
Episodes
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From Pits to Pots and the link between Staffordshire's industrial past
In this episode I travel between the mines of the former working colliery at Apedale Heritage Centre and Middleport's Pottery museum, linking up with volunteers involved in proto-type project 'Pit to Pots' led by Middleport communications manager Sarah Nadin. The future hope of this venture is of...
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75-years on, friends reunite with memories of working at the Clearing Banks in Trentham
I catch up with Vera Grange and Ruth Shaw, two women who have been reunited after 75-year, listen to them tell their tale of life in the Clearing Banks in Trentham's Ballroom following the move from London of the nations finances.Sounds by www.bensounds.com For information regarding your data...
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The D-Road telling the story of a road that split a city...
I catch up with the cast of Claybody Theatre's latest local based production The D Road, and speak to its creator and writer Deb McAndrew, alongside director Conrad Nelson, about the inspiration which drove them to tackle such a divisive subject as the A500, which has continued to split a city...
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WW2 Royal Navy Medic Vincent Orton recalls his training and landing in Normandy
In this latest episode, hear veteran of the Second World War former Royal Navy Medic Vincent Orton talk about volunteering as an 18-year-old and touching down on Juno beach the day after D-DAY to tend to wounded troops as they made their way through France. For information regarding your data...
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RAF WW2 veteran Burt Turner recalls the Battle of Arnhem 75-years on
In this episode catch up with Burt Turner, 95, who from a Volunteer for the RAF carved out a career as an engineer on board Stirling Bombers during WW2, here he recalls his involvement in the Operation Market Garden and beingshot down at the Battle of Arnhem 75-years on.Conversation in this…
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Former MP Joan Walley recalls her journey to Kashmir 30-years ago
Former Stoke-on-Trent North Labour MP Joan Walley looks back on her journey to visit the region and people of Kashmir in 1991, following calls from her own local Kashmir community to help address the conflict and suffering of their families there.Backing music by www.bensounds.com For information...
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20-years of Nightclubs and DJing across North Staffordshire with Ben McManus
In this episode of The Way We Were podcast join me Adam Gratton as I chat to DJ, Musician and clubber Ben McManus about the lat two decades in clubland and his life behind the decks.Backing music by www.bensounds.com For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more...
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School children saving the memory of a WW2 hero
In this episode I hear from pupils at St Mary's school Tunstall, who in working on a WW2 project continued to dig deeper and in doing so learn about the heroics of Staffordshire's John BaskeyField. They have gone on to write letters in his memory thanking and hoping to track down members of his...
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A 'Night at the flicks' with Mervyn Edwards
Here me, Adam Gratton, talk to local North Staffordshire historian Mervyn Edwards about the picture houses and cinemas of the regions past as well as his own memorable encounters with the silver screens of the area. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more...
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WW2 veteran Daniel Harrison recalls the part he played in the Normandy landings of 1944
In the third and final part of our D-DAY commemorations, hear from WW2 veteran Daniel Harrison as he talks to Adam Gratton about his time in France following the Normandy landings For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
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WW2 RAF veteran Jim Wildes recalls the start of D-DAY
WW2 RAF veteran Jim Wildes recalls his time serving in the air force and seeing the sky blacked out with bombers over the Cornish coast on June 6, 1944. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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WW2 Veteran Norman Lewis tells his story
Hear WW2 veteran Norman Lewis tell his story of bridge bombings, spending five-years as a POW and making the 10,000 mile trip back home For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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70-years of the NHS in North Staffordshire
In this, the pilot episode of the The Way Were Podcast you can hear from those who have lived, breathed and worked in the NHS over the past decades. A health service like no other, which began life in 1948. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Way We Were podcast is the companion to the @SOTLive print and online publication of the same name. The Way We Were looks to bring the history, heritage and memories of North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent to the people of the region, taking listeners on a nostalgic journey down memory lane.Cover work by Andrew Stoddard, Sounds by www.bensounds.com
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The Way We Were podcast is the companion to the @SOTLive print and online publication of the same name. The Way We Were looks to bring the history, heritage and memories of North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent to the people of the region, taking listeners on a nostalgic journey down memory...
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The Way We Were is created and hosted by Reach Podcasts.
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