Leisure and culture
From libraries to events in your local area, we are committed to sharing the best that Staffordshire has to offer.
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- People interested in learning more about Cannock Chase's history including its role during the Great War can now do so in an exhibition touring the county's libraries.
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- 13 November 2018
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- Second Lieutenant J.R.R. Tolkien trained for the Great War in Staffordshire, spending time at Whittington Heath near Lichfield, at a musketry camp in Newcastle-under-Lyme and then at the WWI training camps on Cannock Chase.
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- 11 November 2018
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- A display of over 1,000 hand-made poppies is on display at Staffordshire Place as part of the county's plans to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War.
- Date:
- 09 November 2018
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- Urging women to 'make' their men enlist, the rising price of food and teaching children to milk cows to replace farmhands were all concerns in Staffordshire during the Great War.
- Date:
- 09 November 2018
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- A former leisure centre building owned by Staffordshire County Council will be transferred to Newcastle Borough Council for a nominal fee.
- Date:
- 08 November 2018
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- Created in 1856 by Queen Victoria and reputed to be cast from bronze cannon captured in the Crimea, the Victoria Cross is Britain's highest recognition for bravery in the face of the enemy.
- Date:
- 07 November 2018
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- Bells ringing, fog horns going off on the railway, flags hoisted, and people dancing about were the scenes in Stone on Armistice Day described in a letter written by Lois Turner.
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- 05 November 2018
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- Twenty one years after the first trees were planted at a reclaimed quarry, Staffordshire's National Memorial Arboretum will take centre stage for this year's 100th anniversary commemorations to mark the end of the Great War.
- Date:
- 05 November 2018