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I used to live in Meir... in the 2000/2010s 😂 Was already in tatters by that point. Crazy to think it was once a nice place

Took my girlfriend to see confessions of a window cleaner , then my aunt and uncle sat next to us .We'll at least we got a lift home 😂

Clockwork Orange 1974.Memories of a great Cinema.

I used to ride past on my way to work at a motorcycle dealership every day. Some of our customers were Creda people. I never understood, why the move to Poland?

I remember going on Saturday mornings. We used to sit on the front row upstairs flicking peanuts at the people below until the usherette made us all move back a row.

Flew over Blythe Bridge many times in my T45 Swallow and T49 Capstan gliders 1967 to 1971. A young member of Staffordshire Gliding Club based at nearby Meir aerodrome. Left the area in 1971 for work in Yorkshire , Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol then London and Essex. Still miss the old place. John . FAI /BGA 51417 25/08/1968. Still flying and gliding 57 years later.

Fantastic to see some old faces , Brian Sellars RIP who was a driver and also Phil Bull .

My great grandfather was the manager at the Broadway cinema

Back when the word Meir didn't strike fear into the heart of man and make him shudder uncontrollably.

What a poignant video as 55 yr t remember growing up in Blythe Bridge in the 70s . Twas a lovely village back in those days , i remember the jubilee garden by the train station , playing in the brook . How it has sadly changed it feels .

my grandfather Harry Mountford retired at Creda and they bought him a spaniel puppy, and the dog was named Creda

WATCHED JUNGLE BOOK HERE, FIRST TRIP OUT ON MY OWN BEFORE IT SHUT DOWN......SAD....

i wonder if the war bunkers have gone ?

used to get my motorcycle posters from the corner motorcycle shop, lived at meir square

I remember me mum taking me and my sister here when were little. Must of been a few months before it closed. We went see bambi. Me mum got me a small box the size of a fag packet full of miniture cadburys dairy milk bars. They were gone before the film started and then i fell asleep. Then we had to walk back home up sandon road and it was freezing so it must of been about february/ march 1977

MY DAD ROY BRUNT LOVE YOU ROCKER 👍

Big name back in the day

The station pub - my parents ran that in the late 60’s early 70’s

I worked in the jig &tool office until 1977. Great times, lots of laughs,,

I used to do repairs.who remembers the creda corvette?!

What's missing is the schools. Longton High and Sandon High. All those years you were following us around with a camera . We never saw you =)

they wanted too high wages, and the market was lost to harder working chinese communists.

Where are the photos of Roots Air Craft factory which became Creda works lots of history there.

Another time another place

My mum grew up in Meir many years ago and seeing the steam engine reminded me that of my Great grandad who was a train driver and he actually drove The City of Stoke-on-Trent train on its maiden journey. This city could have been so much better, that aerodrome could have been expanded but as always seems to be the case around here we end up at the bottom of the list with any investment or project. The only good thing left is the people. Some great photos though, thank you.

Used to have a great high street with everything you wanted for variety. Fishmongers, butchers, greengrocers,men and women’s clothes, shoe shop, electrical, bike shop, pet shop, fishing tackle, bread and cake shop, newsagents, tobacconist, banks galore, great DIY shop under the archway for wood, glass, paraffin….anything you needed, a sports shop…….just so much. Now it’s just vape, shops, charity shops and solicitors and any number of “barbers” and “fast food” places fronting goodness knows what. Sad to see what it now is.

I was born and bred in meir brought up on brownfield road

Fantastic video - well done.

I learned to fly there 1967 to 1971. Still flying and gliding but in East Anglia now. Left the area in 1971 to move to Yorkshire, Manchester and Bristol. Sad to see so much decline in any area .

I remember the Broadway cinema. Saw films in there in 1967. Three years later it stood derelict in 1970. It was flattened and is now a car park. More recently the old Kings Arms pub which I often frequented was demolished.

Just like Fred👍👍

Fred lives on, Brilliant, Marvellous to see.

What happened to susie

Salt of the Earth.

I've lived around Blythe my whole life. Not a huge fan of how it has changed. That's progress, I suppose...

My dad, Harold Copeland 8.23 right 13.00 @65 Always behind the camera and a good chess player. RIP: 3 June 2022 nearly 99.

Nice video 👌👍👍👍

I worked with a bloke from the pits here ed winstow irc worked at clipper logistics at Newcastle top fella 👌

Absolute rubbish, where was the BLACK BULL [Victoria] from Biddulph!!!

So glad to see Fred’s boys carry on and hope too they succeed in all they do thanks for this ……. Enjoyed very much.

no pics of Johnny minor doing his elvis?? lol 🤣😁

Put Darts on the map - great venue 👍

Remember this place, but more so as it stood derelict for several years. I think I only went see two films there, Snow White and Jaws…bit of a difference between the two 😂

Ahh to return to those gentler times, we are pensioners and are so glad we have lived at this time, heaven help this country and the world in the future , so sad 😔!!!

@8:58 Happy to report Ray is still alive and kicking. Well into his 80's, he's not aged a day but not so steady on his feet any more. I still see him and will be showing his moment of fame next time I get the chance 👍 My connection to Creada... I was a 13 weeker in 1986 and stopped on for a year as last man on the Europa Oven line fitting top, side panels and door. Dad, Colin ended his tour of duty in Electrical Inspection but started off an a Maintenance Electrician many, many years before.

Much happier times

The last time that I visited The Alhambra was in the early 70’s when I took my young son to see The Jungle Book. I loved the Alhambra 😢

It was making a loss when they shut it down so they did the right thing,

Bloody Hell Fire, Jacky's his old man in look, word, taste and deed. I bet our Fred's laughing himself silly into his pint of bitter Up There: "D'you like that?". Yes, old mate-we love it, and always will. Cheers, ruziggy.

Wish oneday those lads buy freds home. What 2 better people to be in that house?