Talke Pitts

[admin]

Evening everyone

For those who don't know, Talke Pitts is a village that stands on the top of the hill on the most northern point of Staffordshire right next to the Cheshire border.

The views from Talke Pitts are astounding and breathtakling and the history of the village is fascinating.

Talke Pitts has a celtic cross monument on the hill known as Coalpit Hill which is a very steep incline. Opposite is St Martins Church which dates back quite some years.

Talke Pitts has changed considerably within living memory of many of us. From the coal mines to the Normid Hypermarket, then to the present Freeport Outlet Mall, Talke Pitts has seen much change over the years.

There's a very, very brief outline of Talke Pitts. Can you add to it? I would certainly be interested to hear more if you can add to this.

Best wishes,

[Phoenix]

A new group, the Friends of Talke is holding a Public Meeting at Talke Pits Village Hall on Friday, October 14th 7.00 pm to discuss building a memorial to those who lost their lives working in the village’s coal mines. The last colliery in the area closed many years ago. All traces of Talke’s mining industry are rapidly disappearing and the names of the men and boys who died in pit disasters there have been forgotten. The Friends of Talke want to create a memorial to them. The group needs your help to achieve its objective. Please attend the meeting, if you want to be part of the project or would like to know more about it.