Memory Lane
1
What is the title of Charles Shaw’s book about working as a child in the pottery industry in the 1840s?
2
Let Me Call You Sweetheart was a hit song of the 1920s linked with which famous entertainer from the Potteries?
3
When did the Potters run out as Stoke City for the first time?
4
Which pottery designer perfected a decorating method called tube lining?
5
When Stoke-on-trent Operatic Society presented shows in the 1930s, the cast regularly included which famous radio actor?
6
Which part of Stone was once called Pump Square?
7
Which two actors, who both became stars, appeared together in plays at the old Victoria Theatre, pictured? 8
Why did people who were short of money regularly visit Spurgeon Tildsley at his shop in Hanley up to 1975?
9
Which former Port Vale player became a Methodist minister?
10
Can you name the father of a famous Potteries sportsman who was a local champion in a different sport?
ANSWERS
1
Charles Shaw’s book is When I Was A Child.
2
Let Me Call You Sweetheart brought international fame for the Potteries-born music hall artist Gertie Gitana.
3
It was August 29, 1925 when the Potters, previously just Stoke, ran out as Stoke City for the first time.
4
The pottery decorating method called tube lining was perfected in the 1930s by the Burslem designer Charlotte Rhead.
5
Burslem-born Harry Oakes, who played Dan Archer in radio show The Archers, took part in shows by Stoke-on-trent Amateur Operatic Society in the 1930s.
6
Pump Square was the former name of Granville Square, Stone.
7
Sir Ben Kingsley and Robert Powell appeared together in plays at the old Victoria Theatre, Hartshill, in the 1960s.
8
The family of Spurgeon Tildsley ran a pawnshop business in Hanley, for 70 years until it closed in 1975.
9
Norman Hallam joined Port Vale in 1946 and remained at the club for seven years. He balanced his playing career with his ecclesiastical training.
10
Jack Matthews, father of Sir Stanley Matthews, was a local boxing champion known as the Fighting Barber.