Programme of events
March 2023
5 March
Burgess church service
St Giles Church, Church Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1QS
Sunday 5 March 2023 - 3pm
A special 850 church service for the burgesses.
Cost: free entry, with refreshments served afterwards
How to book: just turn up
11 March
Celebration of Women in the Potteries: Makers Market
Brampton Museum, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 0QP
Saturday 11 March 2023 - 12noon - 4pm
As part of Newcastle 850 celebrations Grow North Staffs are celebrating women ceramics makers of the potteries. There will be an open market of talented local makers in the Brampton Museum event space, and a series of artist talks in the drawing room. Please pre-book onto the talks below.
Talk by Emma Bailey 1pm
Talk by Cath Ralph 2pm
Talk by Angel Martin 3pm
Book tickets
16 March
Fascinating folk of Newcastle film show: Women of the Potteries
Brampton Museum, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 0QP
Thursday 16 March 2023 - 2:00pm to 3:15pm
A special archive film show from Ray Johnson looking back at the women of the Potteries as part of business and enterprise month.
Book tickets
20 March
Illustrated history talk entitled A History of the Municipal Hall, Newcastle
The Victoria Lounge Bar, Adventure Place, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
Monday 20 March 2023 - 11 am prompt start
An hour long PowerPoint presentation tracing the origins of Newcastle's finest Victorian building and the reasons for its controversial demolition in the 1960s.
Cost: £3, pay on the day
How to book: admission on the door, no need to pre-book. All welcome
23 March
Women's history month talk: Ellen Tollet and Annabel Crewe
Brampton Museum, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 0QP
Thursday 23 March 2023 - 2:00pm to 3:15pm
A special talk for women's history month by authors Mavis Smith and Peter Smith about Ellen Tollet of Betley Hall and Annabel Crewe of Madeley.
Ellen Tollet and Annabel Crewe wrote to each other between the 1830s and 1850s covering a range of personal, local and national events. The letters present the role of these privileged women in society and reference many of their famous friends including the Wedgwoods, Darwins, Clives and Nightingales. Mavis and Peter Smith will give a fascinating insight into these Victorian women and reflect on how they edited these letters into their book.
Book tickets
30 March
Fascinating folk of Newcastle talk: James Brindley
Brampton Museum, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 0QP
Thursday 30 March 2023 - 2:00pm to 3:15pm
A special talk by Bernard Lovatt from Etruria industrial museum about James Brindley and his transformation of the business and industry of Newcastle and the Potteries.