Delve into the fascinating stories that made Congleton the town it is today!
Pam Lomas worked as a telephonist at the Congleton Telephone Exchange, located above the Post Office in Mill Street, between 1954 and 1961. Click to find out more about Pam’s life as a GPO telephonist during this time.
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Congleton War Memorial History celebrates 100 years in 2024
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How a determined band of volunteers created and now runs an accredited museum to illustrate the story of Congleton.
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Congleton’s clockmakers were the town’s precision engineers of the 18th and early 19th centuries...
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What links a war memorial in St Martin’s Church, Ashton on Mersey, a shop window at 7 Swan Bank, the library fittings in Gawsworth Hall, the screen and roof of Astbury Church and the font cover of St James Church, Congleton?
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The story of a Congleton-born Land Army girl.
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George Wright of Thomas Street Congleton was a fustian cutter who enlisted in 1914....
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Why did electricity come to Congleton so late?
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How Mow Cop became the Aspirin to cure a wartime RAF Headache...
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A decorated Congleton soldier, who went missing in action in 1918
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