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Local archive • Undated • Kidsgrove
Kidsgrove local archive
Kidsgrove has its own LimePin Time Capsule for photographs, places, businesses, people and local memories connected with this community.
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Kidsgrove
Newcastle-under-Lyme · Staffordshire
Photographs, stories, businesses, people and places from Kidsgrove, preserved by the community.
Nearby archives: Hardings Wood · Church Lawton · Goldenhill · Newchapel · Odd Rode · Chell · Alsager · Moreton cum Alcumlow
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THE LOCAL STORY OF KIDSGROVE
2 community contributions • archive growingStories through time
1827
Transport • 1827 • Kidsgrove
The Harecastle Tunnels and canal age
Kidsgrove grew alongside coal mining and the Trent and Mersey Canal. The Harecastle tunnels, including Thomas Telford’s later tunnel opened in 1827, became a major feature of the local transport landscape.
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Photo memory • 1980
The high street as people remember it
What shops, signs, characters and meeting places do you remember? Add a memory and help build this part of the archive.
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Local story • 1950
Everyday life in the community
Schools, workplaces, journeys, celebrations and ordinary days all belong in local history. This timeline grows with community contributions.
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Place history • 1920
Businesses that came before us
Help record what used to occupy today's shops, homes, workshops and landmarks.
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