Stoke-on Trent

Ocean City MD, Hollywood CA, Orlando FL, Gatlinburg TN, Niagara Falls, New York City, and STOKE on TRENT! EVENT:International Sword Swallower's Day LOCATIONThe Circus of Horrors, Victoria Theatre. Hanley. Stoke on Trent. Saturday 27th February at 3pm. At 3pm on February 27 2010, Sword Swallowers around the world will attempt to swallow over 480 inches of steel swords at various locations worldwide for International Sword Swallowers Awareness Day.

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service’s Annual Day School next month will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the joining of the six pottery towns of Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent, Fenton and Longton to form the new borough of Stoke-on-Trent. The popular Day School, now in its 12th year will take place on Saturday March 6 at Staffordshire University’s Stoke Campus from 10am to 4pm. A fascinating programme has been planned with a range of popular speakers.

British Waterways, Rudyard Lake Limited and Rudyard Sailability are pleased to announce that, following a mediation process, all parties have agreed to work together to deliver a new facility for the disabled sailing charity at the lake. Although the exact details of the agreement will remain confidential all parties are now keen to move forward and to work together on the agreed solution.

Stoke-on-Trent’s world class ceramic brands are to be celebrated in a scheme to promote the city.  As part of the city’s World Capital of Ceramics status scores of colourful ceramic based designs are being put up on lighting columns along the Potteries Way. The designs use images of some of the city’s 350 ceramic based companies including world famous brands such as Wades, Wedgwood and Steelite International. 

Here is the latest offering in our 'In Conversation' pieces. Today we managed to catch half an hour out of a very busy day in the life of Stoke-on-Trent's new Chief Executive John Van de Laarschott. As you will be aware if you read this site, I have been very impressed with John.

Three schools and a nursery in Stoke-on-Trent will be honoured next month when they receive a special communication award.   The “Communication Friendly Award” has been given by “Stoke Speaks Out”, the organisation that helps younger children tackle speech and language problems, whether it’s at home or at school.   This latest group brings to ten the number of sc

After Operation Chime scaled down as demonstrators left Hanley Operation Clean Up began. Council workers moved in to Hanley after the police had re opened roads and moved most of the demonstrators back to their trains. A team of 15 council workers worked in to the night in to Sunday morning to clean the areas from the Town Hall through to Wetherspoons up to remove any debris and rubbish left by the demonstrators so that Sunday morning shoppers would not be greeted by discarded banners and poster