Memory Lane
1
What was the name of Alton Towers’s first rollercoaster, which opened in 1980?
2
When was the Potteries and District Sunday League formed?
3
Jodrell Bank radio telescope first achieved international fame in the 1950s when tracking which artificial satellite?
4
Where in North Staffordshire could you once have taken a pleasure trip in a former lifeboat?
5
In the 19th century, the Roebuck Inn stood on a site in Hanley later occupied by which large department store?
6
Which musical instrument brought fame and fortune for Longton-born Eric Spruce from the 1930s to the 1950s?
7
Why did President Benes, leader of the Czech government-in-exile, come to Hanley in 1942?
8
Who performed the official opening of the Central Library, in Bethesda Street, Hanley, in 1970.
9
Robbie Williams became a member of what following a poll?
10
What was the original name of the Trent and Mersey Canal, below, when it opened in the 18th century?
ANSWERS
1
The Corkscrew was built in 1979 and opened in 1980.
2
The Potteries and District Sunday League was formed in 1964.
3
Jodrell Bank radio telescope, near Congleton, first achieved international fame in the 1950s when tracking the Soviet satellite Sputnik.
4
A former lifeboat was converted for use as a pleasure craft on Rudyard Lake.
5
The Roebuck Inn stood on the site in Hanley later occupied by Bratt and Dyke’s.
6
Longton-born Eric Spruce was a BBC organist who played at the Regent Cinema in Hanley in the 1930s and the Empire in Leicester Square in the 1940s and 1950s.
7
President Benes, leader of the Czech government-inexile, came to Hanley in 1942 for the opening of the Lidice Shall Live campaign to rebuild a Czech village wiped out by the Nazis.
8
Former Arts Minister Baroness Lee officially opened the Central Library.
9
Robbie Williams became a member of the UK Music Hall of Fame following a poll.
10
The original name of James Brindley’s Trent and Mersey Canal was the Grand Trunk.