 Rugeley A Power Station main control room, 1960s (Image courtesy of the Landor Local History Society)
Did you work at Rugeley Power Station?
Talk to us! Staffordshire County Council are searching for former employees of Rugeley Power Station who would be interested in being interviewed for the Rugeley Power Station Project. We are looking for a broad range of people who worked in different job roles at both ‘A’ and/or ‘B’ stations. Women’s and LGBTQ+ voices, as well as those from ethnic minorities and those with disabilities, are currently underrepresented in research of the electrical industry.
If you are interested or know someone who might be, please get in touch with Alex Chong, Project Researcher for the project: alex.chong@staffordshire.gov.uk, with information about your name, years you worked at either ‘A’ and/or ‘B’ station and what your role was. We will collate all received details and may get back in touch with you to arrange an interview.
Events
 Discover the Secrets of Number 19!
We’re very excited to be offering a unique – and time-limited – tour this coming October. As you might have seen in our newsletter, the entire collection at the William Salt Library has been moved into temporary storage in preparation for the next phase of our Staffordshire History Centre project. This means that, for the first time in over century, many of the fascinating architectural features in the library’s old home (Number 19, Eastgate Street) have been revealed.
Before the next stage of work begins at Number 19, we are offering the chance to take a guided tour around the building, exploring its long-hidden features and the intriguing history of a site that stretches back to medieval times. Along the way, we’ll discover stories of leisured gentlemen and live-in servants, lawyers and librarians, teachers and tobacconists, ghosts and grannies…not to mention a couple of murders!
There are two tours available on Monday, 17 October 2022 at 11.30am and 2.00pm. Each tour last for one hour and will commence at our temporary offices at Eastgate House, just down the road from Number 19.
Please note: There will be lengthy periods of standing (as the building is empty) and the tour will involve moving through a building with uneven floors and steps of varying heights. Part of the tour will visit the middle floor of the building and will involve climbing the main staircase.
Places are limited to 10 visitors per tour, so book early to avoid disappointment. Tours are free
 Our county, our climate: Exploring the historical impact of climate change
Saturday 1 October, Oddfellows Hall, Stafford
10am - 1.30pm
Places still available
Join Staffordshire Archives & Heritage Service & Liverpool University for this free event to discover the impact of weather on the lives of Staffordshire people.
Historically, landscapes, communities and people have coped with, and adapted to, environmental change and extreme weather events. This study day will explore how Staffordshire's communities have adapted, and continue to adapt, to changing circumstances and how this might inform how we manage and respond to challenges and changes in the future, building on two collaborative projects between the Staffordshire Archives and Heritage Service and the University of Liverpool.
The Service has continued to work in partnership with the University of Liverpool as part of the AHRC/UK Climate Resilience project ‘CLANDAGE’ (Building Climate Resilience through Community, Landscape and Cultural Heritage). This study day will look at some of the historic impact of extreme weather events and reflect on the work of the CLANDAGE project with responses from Staffordshire's communities today.
The event will include speakers from the projects together with Staffordshire Poet Laureate Mel Wardle-Woodend and storyteller Maria Whatton who have worked with groups across the county to explore stories and responses to our changing weather. There will also be an exhibition of archive documents and of work produced as part of the projects.
Eastgate House 'shorts'
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Our team of staff and volunteers continue to enjoy exploring our new temporary lodgings at Eastgate House whilst the Staffordshire History Centre is under construction.
Rear Yard – Sarah Peake, licensee of the Goat’s Head Inn on this site, married blacksmith John Matthews in 1799. He added a shoeing forge to the enclosed yard at the back of the inn, alongside existing ‘stabling for near 20 horses’
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