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On another site, there are a lot of comments from folks claiming to be direct descendants of Molly Leigh. They are mistaken, because she had no children, hence, no direct descendants. This includes Sybil Leek.

It should be renovated for use in filming & historical education.

Continue the great work RHS for showing of Stokes history and culture.

It’s disgusting. Offering shelter to an animal so you can kill it.

Loving your history analysis of staffs as I’ve grown up Stafford,Cheadle,eccleshall,stoke. Born in longton now living in birches head thank you for all the nostalgia you provide me and many interesting facts I never knew of. Great videos 👍👀

Thank-you for sharing this video, so interesting.

Looks like what’s remaining is in very good condition

I’m enjoying your stuff….many thanks for showing .

You have to give credit to the workers who built this. What did they do for the foundation? How deep is it? The walls don’t seem to be sinking. Quite amazing.

What a gem! And I bet wild deer still use it to sleep in and around, and perhaps even to rear their fawns. Beautiful.

I'm in the Southwest of the U.S., so this sort of folly/ruin is especially fascinating. Thank you for going into the history and sharing the old paintings and photos. We have 1800s ghost towns and mines, and abandoned early 20th Century gas stations and roadside diners here in the deserts and mountains. And much less green. :)

It would make a lovely walled garden.

Very interesting information and enjoyable drone shots. Thankyou for this gem

From the narration it seems that it should have been completely enclosed to perform it's function. So was there a wall on the east side and if so at what point was it lost?

How interesting !!! Who did that amazing drone footage ? Many Thanks

This rest of this old world structure is buried, red brick depicts energy plant and storage. May be part of a starfort.

I’m so happy I live a small walk from this

Live middle of this it can be seen out of our window

WHY IS THE QUESTION !!!!!!!!!!!!Its not just the Stoke area where this IS happening ! We live in South Cambridgeshire where the roads ARE JUST AS BAD if not worse than in the Stoke area. Our SCD council is the ONLY council in the UK to have approved ITS OWN 4 day so called 'working week' for its council 'employees'...........it gets better !!!!!!!!!! for this 4 day week, THEY WILL ALL BE PAID THEIR USUAL 5 DAY WEEK SALARY!!!!!! SO, IN OUR CASE ITS' REASONABLE TO STATE THAT MONEY FOR ROAD REPAIRS IS BEING SIPHONED OFF TO PAY FOR VERY LAZY council 'workers'. Try getting ANY any damage repairs paid for by the same council !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IMPOSSIBLE .

Hanley is a Dump

Wow that take me back to the mid 60's 70's and early 80's when I used to visit my untie Mary and uncle Herbert Riva who lived in Maccelsfield. As my untie was a local cub leader, and I used to go on walks with them as a child and later on with my wife and children where we enjoying camping at Barnside Camping ground with her and her group were we walking around Rudyard Lake and the local area. Past the hall many a time, such a shame it's like it is now though. Good informative video though, well done.

So happy this is reopened has a lot of great childhood memories

Goodbye 😢 we are fcuked , we need to take it all back duck❤❤

As an ex pilot I love this even though I never knew it existed. Seems to me Stoke on Trent council haven’t changed since not realising potential in local things 😂😂 keep up your amazing vids

Thanks

Great video

My parents moved to meir park in 1978 and I remember playing on the fields and then working at staffs pots before it all got redeveloped in the 2000s

Brilliant! Thank you.

Interesting stuff, I'd never heard of that before

Excellent !

Great vid. Thankyou. My mum used to tell us she put windscreens in Bristol Beaufighters and Mosquitos but I didnt realise it would of been in the old Creda factory. Very interesting, thankyou for sharing your findings.👍

Thats very interesting thanks 👍

Great video, something i never knew, i will have to ask my grandparents.

Really interesting. Thank you

I seem to remember that the (now) BP Garage, used to be locally known as "Airport". Not sure if that's right.

Thanks Jenna. I live literally, a stone's throw from the old factory. Nice to see more info about the area. It was Creda when I was a lad, making washing machines and cookers. Also, where Tesco is, used to be Staffs Pots, and my father-in-law worked there when he was 16. He used to cycle there and back from Kingsley Holt, every day. I wouldn't want to do that!! We don't know we're born today. 🤣

I never knew this 😮had absolutely no idea. Oh wow, it’s crazy to think we had this, like everything they built houses on it , I know there’s always a need for homes but it’s such a shame when they build in some places that once had all this history to it. I have noticed the plane on Tesco to be honest and always thought it very random 😂 now I know why. Thank you so much for this, I absolutely love history as I’ve gotten older, this was fantastic. I don’t know anybody that’s ever mentioned about this before either. I absolutely loved this. ❤

As someone who is into flight simulation and aviation , it is amazing the photos you have, I always knew we had an airport, but not exactly where it was, thanks for this ❤ Awesome video ❤

Knew a lot about Stoke but i didnt know this, thanks duck!

My old man used to ride motorbikes on the aerodrome site in the 70s! And ive defo never noticed the windvein on top of tesco before. Another mega video 👍

I'm a bit young to remember it as an Aerodrome, but we still called it the Aerodrome in the late 70s/80s, when we used to play youth football on it. We used the garage behind the Saracen's Head pub to get changed.

Super video. Remember the aerodrome well as my brother worked at Harrison-Mayer on the estate. Shame there is nothing really to show of the remnants. Really enjoyed this one

Wow, got quite emotional watching this. I remember as a 12 year old being allowed to ride my bike to Meir Aerodrome with a group of friends which would have been around 1972. Thank you so much for another wonderful video.

We went to this a few times before Covid, was excellent !

Omg we had an airport ! ❤

The house with the blue front door at 2.39- am sure we had an emergency call to a burst pipe there a few years back- had never been up that street before - they are beautiful inside

Love your videos and also your blog posts I did send you a message on Facebook as an email

Love your videos and Facebook. I’m born and bread stoke. Meir to be exact. My family have always been this end of the city, with my Nan and Grandad coming from Dresden along with their Nans and Grandads. Both great grandads fought for our country out of the Norths Staff Regiment in WW2 and both survived. My family and I have and will always be working class. You want it, you work for it. It’s as simple as that. Old Stoke values will never be beaten. I love this city and have great pride in saying that I’m from here.

High, I've just seen that thread on your FB, the prat cannot even spell Abbey Hulton.

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