Stoke on Film 1960s - Download version

Stoke on Film 1960s - Download versionThe Sixties saw continued change in the Potteries. We lost the smoke as the Clean Air Act took hold. We lost the Loop Line and steam trains. Stoke City regained Stanley Matthews and he helped the team back into the First Division. The Place, the Golden Torch and other nightspots opened and the City's nightlife boomed. The Victoria Theatre arrived to put Stoke on the international theatre map. BBC Radio Stoke was launched promising Your Own Folk on

In his book about his visit to the USA - Your United States - he details the workings of the ship and life on board

She had an affair with Ralton

a memorial walk

original maps and memorabilia

and growing and adding stations as suburbs of towns developed

This is a newly digitised version of the feature-length drama filmed and produced by Bill Townley in the 1960s

The works on the Common and at Baswich have been demolished and a modern council building stands on the site of the Royal Brine Baths

the School

60 minutes - £12

Walyter Lord - author of the book A Night to Remember - recalls some of the many stories which survivors related to him personally

There are many interviews and supporting commentary gives insight into these fascinating films

We also look at the Churnet Valley Railway - successfully running trains from Cheddleton to Froghall and recreating the atmosphere of a country branch line of the 50s and 60s