The Way We Were Podcast
1) 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 ...Show More
2) 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 L...Show More
3) 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...Show More
4) 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...Show More
WW2 Royal Navy Medic Vincent Orton recalls his training and landing in Normandy
18:33 | Oct 1st, 2019
5) 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 Operatio...Show More
6) 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 ...Show More
7) 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 w...Show More
20-years of Nightclubs and DJing across North Staffordshire with Ben McManus
15:06 | Aug 21st, 2019
8) 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. Th...Show More
9) 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 scree...Show More
10) 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 re...Show More