History

Walton Priory Middle School on the hunt for old school photos

Stone's Walton Priory Middle School will be celebrating their 50th Anniversary later this year, and they're looking for old photos…

• walton priory middle school

Discover hidden canal artefacts at Stone Library

Dive into history at Stone Library until Saturday, the 27th of April, with a special exhibit of artefacts from the…

• Stafford Riverway Link
• Stone library

£40,000 funding bid for Stone’s new heritage centre

Work to create a new centre celebrating Stone’s heritage is almost finished – and a bid for extra cash is…

• Stone Heritage Centre
• Stone Town Council

Stone Heritage Centre building work nears completion

The transformation of Stone's future heritage centre is nearing completion, with major refurbishment work on track to finish by the…

• Stone Heritage Centre
• Stone Town Council

Commemoration of Stone World War 2 hero Richard Stubbs

The Royal Air Forces Association Stone and District Branch, in conjunction with Christ Church, Stone, has arranged a Service of…

• christ church
• Richard Stubbs
• Royal Air Forces Association Stone and District Branch

Not time to call it a day on High Street clock urges local councillor

Time stands still on Joule's Clock as councillors assess repair options for the historic High Street timepiece.

• Jill Hood
• Joule's Clock
• Rob Kenney
• Stone High Street
• Stone Town Council

Support group wins funding for Stone Jubilee art project

Sunflower Family Support Group have successfully bid for funding to run Jubilee art workshops in Stone.

• Jubilee
• mental health
• Sunflower Family Support Group

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