Stoke Stories

Before he commanded RMS Titanic, Edward John Smith was a Potteries lad from Hanley. This is the story of his journey from Etruria Forge to the Atlantic.

Explore Secret Stoke-on-Trent by local historian Mervyn Edwards—an illustrated collection of unusual stories, forgotten incidents and Potteries folklore.

Bottle ovens, famous factories and generations of skilled workers made Stoke-on-Trent the World Capital of Ceramics. Here is where to begin exploring that history.

Understand how Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke, Fenton and Longton came together in 1910—and why each town still keeps its own identity.

A respectful guide to Potteries dialect, explaining ‘Ay up duck’, ‘cost kick a bo agen a wo’, ‘nesh’ and other words heard around Stoke-on-Trent.