History

Parade and medieval knights return for St George’s Day celebrations

A St George's Day celebration will see medieval knights return to Stone High street, plus a competition for best child's…

• St George's Day
• Stone Town Council

Stone residents encouraged to host Platinum Jubilee events with funding availabel

People from across Stone & Staffordshire are being encouraged to host their own street parties and events to celebrate the…

• Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Communities urged to join Queen’s Jubilee celebrations

People from Stone & across Staffordshire are being invited to join in the celebrations and organise their own celebration events…

• Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Stone recipe book included in new archives project

A new on-line exhibition will showcase the stories behind people's most prize possessions, including an excerpt from a recipe book…

• Meaningful Mementos
• Staffordshire County Council

Star of Stone Spitfire gets recognition in the Star Inn’s New Spitfire Bar

New licensees Shaun and Vicki Moore have honoured the town's connections to the WW2 Spitfire the Star of Stone.

• Star of Stone Spitfire Group
• The Star of Stone

Get a unique perspective of Stone from the tower on St. Michael’s church!

St. Michael & St. Wulfad's church in Stone is holding a heritage open day on Saturday 2nd October, where visitors…

• heritage open day
• st. michael & st. wulfad's church

Staffordshire History Festival will explore the county’s past

People are being invited to join a two month celebration of the county’s history and take part in an exciting…

• staffordshire history festival

WWI medals found in Stone are to sell at an auction this June

With over 800,000 British soldiers losing their lives in the WWI conflict, pretty much every town and village in the…

Online programme announced for Staffordshire Day

Organisers have unveiled an exciting programme of events and activities, with less than a week to go before this year’s…

• Staffordshire Day

Stone Town Council agree new Stone Heritage Centre lease

At Tuesday's Stone Town Council meeting, the council approved plans to lease the former fire station on the new Crown…

• Crown Wharf Development
• Stone Heritage Centre
• Stone Town Council

Stone vintage motorcycle collection to go under the hammer

A collection of vintage motorbikes from Stone will go under local auctioneers, Cuttlestones, hammer next week.

• cuttlestones
• history

Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day – People urged to join online commemorations

A Little Bit of Stone will be joining the online celebrations to honour those who lost their lives during the…

• Online event
• remembrance sunday

Stone Radio to host special show for Remembrance Sunday

A special Remembrance Sunday show will be hosted by Stone Radio, the online community radio station for Stone, on Sunday 7…

• remembrance sunday
• Stone Radio

Staffordshire History Festival allows residents to explore the county’s past

Stone families are being invited to join others across the county as a two-month celebration into the county’s history and…

• Staffordshire County Council
• staffordshire history festival

Stonefield Park Ceremony marks VJ Day 75th Anniversary

The 75th anniversary of Japan surrendering in World War Two was marked with a small ceremony held at Stonefield Park…

• 75th Anniversary
• Stonefield Park
• VJ Day

New museum and archives project set to capture lockdown memories

Stone residents are being invited, along with others across the county, to share their stories and donate items to help…

• Covid-19
• Staffordshire Archive & Heritage Service