Meir remembered

[@BloodMoonASMR]

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

[@MrBagend100]

Just brilliant. I was a Meir lad from the early 40's until about 1960, and remembered all your old stills. Thank you.

[@danival20]

Brilliant. I was born in Meir in 1941 and lived there till 8 years ago. It brought lots of great memories back. Thank you. Valerie Edwards was Whittaker.

[@Informational_Comparisons]

Was it just as racist?

[@Ashley203]

I'm 16 and born in Meir its nice to see what it was like before my time

[@StaffsTransport]

I have a complete car journey filmed by me sitting in the passenger seat of my late father's car as he drove from Blythe Bridge via Meir and Normacot to Longton and back via Dresden and Meir Heath, in September 1989. I will try to transfer it from my original vhs and post it on youtube soon. Really enjoyed this :-)

[@Informational_Comparisons]

The way back must have been B5038 (or B5037 or whatever it was back then), A5005 and B5029.

[@BuckToothCharlie]

Great job in putting together all footage old and new!! Mike and Jan.

[@PurityVendetta]

Can anyone remind me what the name of the large motorcycle shop on the Broadway was? I seem to think it was Fred Holcroft?

[@GJChurchward]

What a surprise seeing ths here. I lived at Boundary (near Cheadle) as a kid, and each Saturday saw a bus ride to Longton (what a hole) and back, for the weekly shopping. Passing through Meir, of course. It's changed a lot. We moved away in '65.

[@Informational_Comparisons]

Was village life different then?

[@Informational_Comparisons]

You had the Cheadle-Cresswell line connecting to the Crew-Derby line. It’s now turned into a greenway.

[@GJChurchward]

@@Informational_Comparisons We moved to Birmingham, and life certainly was different.

[@Informational_Comparisons]

@@GJChurchward Should have moved to Stoke-on-Trent.

[@GJChurchward]

@@Informational_Comparisons I was 5, so I didn't have much say in the matter!

[@pauldavis353]

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

[@leepeach8456]

I also live in the Meir we had a tough time while the a50 was being built , great little town

[@Informational_Comparisons]

What was it like before that? Congestion was probably just as bad as today, if not worse. Plus, what was the road layout like?

[@StaffsTransport]

my old vhs tape of my late dad's car journey through Meir, Normacot etc is now on KZbin :-)

[@hazelcrawford12]

give us the url then duck

[@leigit]

My home✊

[@gsi2000stokie]

that brought back a few memories

[@john111257]

Mum and stepdad live at the back of catchems,built in 1965,called cloverfields

[@dsgbmatt]

Staffs Tableware great place and great people

[@margaretbarlow3372]

happy memories of Meir in the 50sand 60s ,

[@aaronrichards1029]

I live in meir right now wow its so much different

[@ericclews210]

shocking what they've done knocked all the history down .cinema/ kings arms ta centre .😪

[@sunisar9396]

I actually live in Mier in Stoke on trent.

[@john111257]

MEIR ..i believe

[@chloe-louise_xo38]

Same

[@gazmach1685]

But can’t spell it

[@sunisar9396]

Gaz Mach1 right lad calm down, it was 5 years ago.

[@qarishahg]

look forward to that :)

[@CoreRTV]

We live Meir

[@maggieadams8600]

I do hate roads, traffic and the fact that they're ever increasing. I haven't been to Meir since the redevelopment, but it doesn't look improved.

[@MyYT62]

Remember watching battle of Britain at the Broadway and my parents pet shop and off licence needn't have been knocked down as the D road never ended up that far across...its just a car park now 😩

[@Informational_Comparisons]

For the railway station?

[@julian61270]

Meir was a village way bk when

[@gazmach1685]

And what a dump it is now

[@steveeyre6975]

Shit hole then -shit hole now