Memory Lane
1
Where in North Staffordshire would you have found a small railway station called Beeston Tor until it was closed in 1934?
2
At which Olympic Games did Norman Wainwright make his debut?
3
Who created the Potteries dialect character Jabez?
4
In which year did Newcastle College open?
5
Cilla Black, pictured,
was the first big star to appear at which former Hanley nightspot?
6
Who and where were Stoke City playing in the sixth round of the FA Cup on March 9, 1946 when 33 people died in a crowd disaster?
7
Which England reserve footballer became a Port Vale trainer and physiotherapist?
8
How and when did a runner from Shelton named Joe Deakin win an honoured place in Potteries sporting history?
9
Which famous Austrian tenor starred in the musical Old Chelsea when it was performed in Stoke and Hanley in the 1940s?
10
What was built at Newcastle to celebrate the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887?
ANSWERS
1
A small station called Beeston Tor was a stoppingplace on the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway, which closed in 1934.
2
Norman Wainwright made his Olympic debut at Los Angeles in 1932.
3
Jabez was created by Scot Hay-born Wilf Bloor.
4
Newcastle College opened in 1966, in Liverpool Road. It has since moved to a new site in Knutton Lane.
5
Cilla Black was the first big star to appear at Hanley nightspot Mr Smith’s.
6
When 33 people died in a football disaster on March 9, 1946, Stoke City were playing Bolton Wanderers in the sixth round of the FA Cup at Burnden Park.
7
Mention the name Lol Hamlett and most football fans will remember him as Port Vale’s long-serving trainer and physiotherapist. But before that he had a long and successful playing career as a defender.
8
A runner from Shelton named Joe Deakin won a gold medal in the 1908 Olympics in London.
9
In the 1940s the Austrian tenor Richard Tauber sang at the Theatre Royal, Hanley, and the Hippodrome, Stoke, in the musical Old Chelsea.
10
To celebrate the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887, Newcastle built the former Municipal Hall.