Angel, Hanley

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The Angel, Hanley
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The Angel at the top of Market Square - 1912

The busy streets in the Potteries town of Hanley hears the newsvendor's cry - "Final, City Final" - trade is brisk with dramatic headlines repeated in every conversation. Titanic sunk two miles deep!
1912 Hanley news vendor's cry "The Titanic has Sunk" The Staffordshire town where captain Smith was born.

This picture (by Anthony Forster) is painted with Pidduck's Jewellers behind. On the left is Swinertons Cafe and the indoor market. At the top of the picture are two public houses The Angel and The Grapes in Town Road. (was High Street)

Market Square 1960-61

Market day in Hanley's Market Square.
The large building (indoor market) on the left housed Swynerton's Café and Sherwin's music store was demolished to make way for the Potteries Shopping Centre in 1980.
The buildings in the background are The Angel Hotel and the Grapes, advertising 'Bass only'.

the left hand part of the Angel Vaults is still standing today and is used by The Abbey Building Society.
after the grapes was demolished it became Halfords and then The Co-operative Bank

13, Market Street, Hanley
Angel Restaurant & Wine Stores 1893

Alfred Chew and Co was founded in Hanley in 1887. The Head office was at the Angel, Market Street, Hanley.
By 1893 they had branches in Burslem, Fenton, Longton, Birmingham (three branches), Aston, Nottingham, Derby and Coventry.

Scotch whisky was 21shilings per gallon and Kineraig cigars at 42shilings per dozen. In the 1890's the Angel Restaurant was "a handsomely fitted up establishment, where luncheons, dinners, suppers and all refreshments are served in first-class style."

on the corner the Grapes is being demolished

The Angel in the 1970's

On the left was the Hanley indoor market with the well known names of Sherwins the music shop and Goodwins the bakers on the corner. The left hand part of the Angel Hotel became Redmans ' Food Fair' shop, while the remainder stayed as a public house - still with the original name.