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Way We Were

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The Way We Were is The Sentinel's popular nostalgia section offering a look back at times gone by in Stoke-on-Trent, North Staffordshire and South Cheshire, from the 1890s to the 1990s and beyond. It includes local places and faces, lost buildings and industries, military history and a nod to our proud past.

18:09, 19 MAY 2026
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Potteries heritage trail launched showcasing Stoke-on-Trent's 'historical depth'
Way We Were
The event was attended by city leaders and ceramic lovers
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Memories of 'knockers up', clocking cards and Gibbs the jeweller with one leg
Way We Were
And don't forget Freddie Tick Tock!
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Inside World War 2 'treasure trove' hidden under Hanley
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The former air raid shelter is filled with original items - and
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Sea Lion, Globe, Pig Pen and New Inn: The lost pubs of Hanley
Hanley
Mervyn Edwards explores Hanley pubs of yesteryear
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The 149 Stoke-on-Trent soldiers honoured in new memorial - full list
WW2
These brave men laid down their lives in some of history's darkest days
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18 photographs which captured the last days of Stoke City's Victoria Ground
Stoke City FC
From marriages and kickabouts in the ruins, to treasure hunting beneath the stands
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Stokie OAP's 1945 VE Day memories: 'We all had a shared joy as war ended'
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Norma Sherratt has recalled how a bomb dropped near her farmhouse and the joy of VE day
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25 years ago: When Shelton Bar shut for good after 160 years
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We look back at the history of Shelton Bar
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Landmark Stoke-on-Trent building empty for years to become shops and takeaway
Burslem
Plans to convert the old printworks into shops, a takeaway and living space have been rubber-stamped
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29 photos of one Newcastle street in 1975 - how many shops do you remember?
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In June 1975, Paul Sherratt took his camera out to capture all the shops in the Ironmarket
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Remembering the North Staffordshire icons we lost in 2024
The Sentinel
Sentinel columnist Mervyn Edwards remembers North Staffordshire stalwarts we've loved and lost in 2024
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The pretty Staffordshire town that was England's capital 300 years before London
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It was the country's power centre for nearly two centuries
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Brassingtons to join Huntbach and Bratt and Dyke as Hanley shops loved and lost
Hanley
And don't forget Pidduck, Goodson, Sherwin, Boyce Adams, J Leonard Evans, Carhart, and Gipsy Ball
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Life in 1980s Stoke-on-Trent from campaigns to the emergence of icons
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From The Potteries Marathon, to the National Garden Festival, and the fight to save Longton Town Hall
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The Stoke-on-Trent district once home to giant marlhole that became ravers' hub
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We look back at this almost forgotten community
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Thirteen North Staffordshire landmarks that are no more
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Some have been sorely missed and were only demolished after hard-fought campaigns to save them but others we were glad to see the back of
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51 words and phrases you only know if you are from Stoke-on-Trent
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If you are from Stoke-on-Trent and count yourself as a true Potter, then you should be able to understand these sayings, phrases and words
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Giant teapot and glass lifts - looking back at 36 years of the Potteries Centre
Shopping
And you have been sharing your memories
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RIP Dracula! The Stoke-on-Trent policeman who ruled snooker
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Ray Reardon has passed away
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How Stoke-on-Trent's six towns got their names with one deemed 'offensive'
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The six towns of Stoke-on-Trent have a history that dates back centuries - and the place names offer a glimpse into the past, where farmsteads and woodland dotted the landscape
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Theatre Royal, Liquid, Jumpin Jaks and Fiction: Life and times of iconic venue
Hanley
The old Theatre Royal is empty once again in Hanley - after Electrik closed last weekend
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Long-lost theme park near Alton Towers that some say was even better
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The American Adventure was a popular theme park that opened in the 80s but it was eventually demolished and now a housing estate will be built on the site
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Fourteen iconic sights in Stoke-on-Trent that are long gone but never forgotten
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Businesses close, buildings are knocked down and we must move on - but that doesn't mean we can't cast an eye back to those sights we'll probably never see again in Stoke-on-Trent
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Famous and forgotten sights from Hanley in the 1990s
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Do you remember all of these places from 25-plus years ago? Check out our pictures of Woolworths, Lewis's and many more
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