By 1849 the pottery was shut. The pits were really struggling and there were no jobs down the pits for any miners in either Armitage or Handsacre. But you could always go foraging for wild fruit and roots, like your distant ancestors. Or go hunting for food, like your distant ancestors. Only they had brought in the hated Game Laws so now it was called poaching.
Category: Miscellaneous
Assault and battery in the church
On 20th August 1837 Mrs Mary Short was assaulted in St. John the Baptist church, Armitage
The Silver Fork Society
Thomas Henry Lister wrote three novels in the Silver Fork genre depicting the real life of High Society in the 1820s and 1830s.
The Croft School, Armitage
Centenary of Armitage Croft school
Armitage – birthplace of science fiction?
Was Armitage the true birthplace of science fiction or even steampunk?
My disappearing landmark
Rugeley B Power Station is being demolished