Potteries in the 1960's 

Wow. The motorway looks so clean. I remember it being built. Such a shame Stoke is such a shit hole now.

When England was still England. Pretty much Every single car you see made in England . No litter , everyone smartly dressed , my how things have changed for the worse .

Stoke-on-Trent was a descent place at one time. Look at it now, a bloody great dump 😞

It looked nice back then. Everything did.

Back then it looked like the kind of place you’d want to pull off the motorway to visit and spend some time.

Thanks, happy days when the roads were less congested.

Great days

Times have changed! For the worse!!

Wow, normal people.

Must have been 1967 or later, the red VW van on the bridge is a T2, these were introduced in 1967. Nice to see PMT Atlantean double deck buses, new in 1959- 61 105 examples, much better than the ADL hybrids that PMT has now. Great to see the bustling market in Newcastle,all the way from the guildhall to the Grovesnor sunken roundabout. The whole of S O T is like many areas a shadow of what it was. The pits closed, the Michelin, Shelton bar steel works, the ceramic industry has disappeared, sad times. Thanks for very happy childhood memories.

Not a plastic bottle or can in sight....... Litter.

Everyone is thin!

Where do you start!!!

Mad to think you could drive all the way down Town Rd to Parliament Row back then. Or pretty much all through Hanley

An excellent compilation of Clayton road, Newcastle, Hanchurch end of Trentham estate motorway bridge, Hanley etc as I remembered it as being back in the late 60's and early 70's. Now I live 300 miles away having left in the 80's and the Potteries is but a memory of growing up. Thanks for rekindling the memories. 👍

Oh my life, this is amazing.Its so real.

The D Road, Hanley Market, went every week with my gran would be 11then.

I remember all this like it was yesterday, everyone had a job, there was such an abundance of shops in all the towns, you could get anything you needed. Although grimy through industry, everything was clean as a whistle.People were proud then. It's so tragic to see it in its steady decline and filth. Thank you for posting this film.

Now thats the city I grew up in a vibrant friendly place. Take a look a look at some of the videos of stoke today and see how multi cultural policies have improved it.

Clayton Road ! Wow !