Memory Lane

1

Which large Potteries church was built in the 1920s by unemployed men recruited by a determined parish priest?

2

Haddon Hall was the title of the most famous pattern to be produced by which pottery company?

3

Which Uttoxeter-born poet wrote The Spider And The Fly? 4

Where was the thatched cottage of Molly Leigh, above, the so-called Burslem witch, who died in 1748?

5

Which major institution in the Potteries can trace its roots back to a place called the House of Recovery, which opened at Etruria in 1804?

6

Which two future England footballers both played rugby for Hanley High School’s first XV in the 1940s?

7

Who was the teenage fullback described as ‘the new John Charles’ when he signed for Stoke City in the 1960s?

8

Which three Soviet leaders were entertained at the Crown Hotel, Stone, in the 1950s?

9

Who was Alfred Francis Wenger?

10

Which mansion is said to be haunted by a ghost called ‘Silkie’?

ANSWERS

1

In the 1920s Father Patrick Ryan recruited unemployed men to help build the Sacred Heart RC Church at Tunstall.

2

The Haddon Hall pattern was produced by the former Minton’s pottery in Stoke.

3

Mary Howitt (née Botham) wrote the poem The Spider And The Fly.

4

The thatched cottage of Molly Leigh, the alleged Burslem witch, stood on land in Hamil Road, opposite Vale Park football ground.

5

The House of Recovery was the forerunner of the North Staffordshire Infirmary, which moved to Hartshill in the 1860s.

6

The two future England footballers who both played rugby for Hanley High School during the 1940s were Ronnie Allen and Dennis Wilshaw.

7

Bill Bentley was the teenage full-back described as “the new John Charles”.

8

The three Soviet leaders entertained at the Crown Hotel, Stone, in the 1950s were Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev and, on a separate occasion, Georgi Malenkov.

9

Alfred Francis Wenger came to England from Switzerland in the 19th century and built Wenger’s colour works at Etruria in 1900.

10

A ghost called ‘Silkie’ is said to haunt Charnes Hall, near Eccleshall, looking for a ring stolen from her tomb.