Ben and Ray Reardon found work at the Florence Colliery in 1956 and in the following year disaster almost struck. The future world-beating cueman was developing a pit roadway when a “trickle of ...

Between 1977 and 1979, Janine Wiedel photographed miners at Florence Colliery, potters at Spode and Aynsley China, and steel workers at Shelton Bar. Many of the photographs she took are on display ...

Family and friends are today preparing to pay their final respects to a North Staffordshire sporting champion. The Coors ...

Snooker legend Ray Reardon has passed away at the age of 91. The former Florence Colliery miner, who lived in Stoke-on-Trent for several years is rightly considered one of the sport's true icons ...

The former electrical engineer worked at Florence Colliery and Shelton Bar before starting his own business, Safeway Electrics. In his spare time, Mick was devoted to refereeing, spending time ...