Baking History
In 2014 we carried out a six-month project researching the history of bread and baking in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire. We recruited a team of volunteer bread champions to go out into their communities and record the stories, recipes and life experiences of all sorts of people, from those who remember grandma’s fruit loaf to those who worked at Allied Bakeries.
On this page you will find interviews illustrating Stoke’s rich baking heritage. This project was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
If you would like to contribute to our Baking History archive please get in touch
Crown Bakery, Stones Brothers
An interview with John Stones
Working at Sandersons Bakery
An interview with Brian Sanderson
Working at Stones Brothers bakery
An interview with Frank Hughes
Delivering bread as a boy
An interview with Craig Bounford
Snape’s Stores
An interview with Martin Snape
Aural histories of Baking in North Staffordshire
85 interviews with North Staffordshire residents about memories of bread and baking
Access the entire collection of interviews here
Access each interview based on its location below:
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Chesterton
7
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Sarah Aldridge
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Margery Cooper
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Mandy Leyton
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Elaine Williams
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Dorothy - Woman at Salvation Army Diner Club
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Brenda Farrington
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Agnus Billinge
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Hanley
8
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Stuart MacIntosh
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Russell Phillips
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Paul Pursglove - Wayside Ovens
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Paul Pursglove about War Bread
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Paul Aspley
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Jo Corney
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Howson Forrester
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Howard Jones
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Mow Cop
1
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Frank Bibby
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Newcastle under Lyme
46
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Woman 3 N-u-L market
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Woman 1 N-u-L Library reminiscence project
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Woman 1 – Market stall
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Woman 1 – Nimble Fingers knitting group
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Woman (in passing at Newcastle Museum)
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Susan Davies
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Sue – Market stall
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Shaun Smith
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Sharon – Keele University
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Robert N-u-L Market
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Ray Burke
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Phil Morris
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Penny Copestake
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Michelle Swift
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Michael Griffin
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Marie - N-u-L market
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Marian Evans
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Margaret Salt
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Mandy Ancas
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Man 5 N-u-L market
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Man 4 N-u-L market
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Man 3 N-u-L Market
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Man 2 - N-u-L museum
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Man 2 N-u-L Market
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Man at N-u-L museum
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Man 1 at N-u-L Market stall
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Man & Woman N-u-L Market
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Lizzie - N-u-L Market
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Karen Snape
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: June - N-u-L Market
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: John Poole
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Jenny (in passing at Newcastle Museum)
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Jack Beckett
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Harold Smith
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Gene Edwards
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Gene Charnock
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Gavin Bailey
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Ethel - N-u-L Library reminiscence project
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Elizabeth Redhead
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Dawn – Nimble Fingers knitting group
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: David Mollart
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Clare Stevens
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Christine Burton
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Anne Young Helen Goodwin
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Anne Thornley
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Anne (in passing at Newcastle Museum)
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Shelton
5
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Miriam - OCIS cafe
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Man in OCIS cafe
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Ethel - OCIS cafe
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Derek Wallace
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: David
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Silverdale
1
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Reginald Durbert
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Stoke
11
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Wendy Greatbatch
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Pauline Bell
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Maureen Williams
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Louise Cambell
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Glenys Rutter
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Gena Bullock
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Freda Wallace
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Bez Cary
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Betty Howlett
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Beryl Jones
- Feb 26, 2019 Interview with: Elain Hughes & Karen Beardmore (sisters)
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Tunstall
6
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Sarah Ocknell
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Mary Taylor
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Malcolm Barber
- Mar 4, 2019 Interview with: Joan Barber
- Mar 3, 2019 Interview with: Lady 2 from Age UK knitting group
- Feb 26, 2019 Interview with: Woman 1 from Age UK knitting group