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Current 'Did you Know?' |
 This
cyclecar was manufactured The Menley Motor Co. in Stoke-on-Trent in 1920
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| Previous 'Did you Know?' |
 John
Livesley - was a Potteries man who fought in the American Civil War.
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The
State of the North Staffordshire Potteries Towns in 1845 From: the Second Report of The Commissioners for inquiring into the State of Large Towns and Populous Districts. more 
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 The
famous writer H. G. Wells based a short story "The Cone" on Shelton
Iron Works which he saw when he stayed in Basford.more
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 Arnold Machin
(born in Stoke-on-Trent) is renowned
for the creation of the British postage stamp portrait of Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II. He made national news in 1956 when he chained himself to a gas lamp at the Villas. more
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 The
Potteries Loop Line was a railway line that served
several towns in Stoke-on-Trent. It ran from the main line at Stoke, through
Etruria, Hanley, Burslem, Tunstall and Goldenhill to re-join the main line at
Kidsgrove.more
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 Lane
End and Longton were two separate townships?Confusion often arises over the location and names of Lane End and Longton. Originally they were two separate and contiguous townships which were incorporated in the of Borough of Longton in 1865. more
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 Gertie Gitana - the famous 1st World War solidiers 'sweetheart' and music hall singer was born in Stoke-on-Trent
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Stoke-on-Trent is sinking - because of the coal and ironstone mining there have been incidents
of buildings sinking many feet and also holes opening up in the fields and
roads. By using satellite imaging it was showed that over a 2½ year period
between
a large portion of Stoke-on-Trent sank by up to 80mm.
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There were two "ETRURIA" potter
works - one in Staffordshire, England and one in Trenton, America.. more
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 Josiah WEDGWOOD was a keen advocate of the
slavery abolition movement. more
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| Thomas WEDGWOOD was a
pioneer in the field of photography more |
| The sky-line of Stoke-on-Trent
was once dominated by 1000's of smoky bottle kilns more |
| The famous writer, Rudyard
Kipling, was named after a lake near Stoke-on-Trent? more |
| Josiah Wedgwood
I had his right leg amputated because of smallpox? more |
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