Memory Lane
1
Which sportsman was known as Gentleman John?
2
Where in Hanley could shoppers once buy day-old chicks, snakes, ferrets, rabbits or rats for a few pence?
3
What was the name of a Hanley theatre that was burned down in 1932 a few months after being converted into a cinema?
4
Which potbank did the author Arnold Bennett. pictured,
use as the model for his ‘Sytch Pottery’ in the novel Clayhanger?
5
Can you name the Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-trent whose name appeared in Who’s Who and Debrett’s Distinguished People of Today?
6
Which superstar officially opened The Mouse ride at Alton Towers in 1988?
7
Can you name the town in the Potteries that received food parcels from Australia in 1948 after being adopted by a place called Heidelberg?
8
Which former Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-trent was married to an internationally-known osteopath?
9
Who made a surprise visit to the Wedgwood bicentenary pageant in 1930?
10
Who was Port Vale’s captain during the 1953-54 season?
ANSWERS
1
North Staffordshire cricketer John Ikin was known as Gentleman John in tribute to his exemplary behaviour in all aspects of the game.
2
Shoppers could buy day-old chicks, ferrets, rats and other pets in the Cockloft at the old Hanley General Market.
3
The former Hanley theatre burned down in 1932 a few months after being converted into a cinema was The Grand, in Trinity Street.
4
Arnold Bennett used Hill Pottery, in Burslem, as the model for his ‘Sytch Pottery’ in the novel Clayhanger.
5
The Lord Mayor whose name appeared in Who’s Who and Debrett’s was Leslie Sillitoe.
6
Actress and singer Kylie Minogue officially opened The Mouse at Alton Towers in 1988.
7
The Potteries town that received food parcels from Australia in 1948 after being adopted by a place called Heidelberg was Tunstall.
8
The former Lord Mayor whose husband was an internationally-known osteopath was Annie Barker, of Tunstall.
9
The surprise visitor to the Wedgwood bicentenary pageant in 1930 was the celebrated playwright George Bernard Shaw.
10
Tom Cheadle was Port Vale’s captain during the 1953-54 season.