Stoke paper shares images from another time

  • 2021-04-20
Photos have surfaced in a local periodical showing scenes from Stoke-on-Trent’s past.

Stoke newspaper The Sentinel recently had the privilege of sharing a treasure trove of photos featuring how the area looked in yesteryears. The work belongs to an amateur photographer from Trentham, James Morgan, who travelled around the city by bicycle throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s.

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The vintage photographs shared with the paper number over 5,000 and came from Morgan’s family. The fascinating images expertly capture how the city and its surrounding areas have altered over the last decades. Iconic moments immortalised include the construction of the A500 and the popular Potteries shopping centre. The images also depict clearly what no longer stands today from factories and homes to much-loved public houses.

Stoke residents will recognise many of the locations in Morgan’s photography including the City General Hospital, Meaford Power Station, the Broad Street shops, Cobridge Station, and St Dominic’s school before it was demolished.

Cleaned-up prints of these local photographs taken by Morgan throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s will also be made available to purchase, with 20% of all sales donated to the Stoke-on-Trent charity retailer, the Douglas Macmillan Hospice (DMH).