
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
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 13 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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| Categories | HistoryEducation | ||||

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 Sar... more
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.
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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 t... more
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 ... more
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 o... more
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.
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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.
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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 tha... more
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