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The bandstand was the benefaction of George
Howson (1818-96).
A Chartist
sympathiser. Methodist and a pottery manufacturer at the Eastwood Works,
Hanley. He was associated (along with J W Powell) in the development of
music in the area. He founded a scholarship for North Staffordshire
students in the Tonic Sol-Fa College, London
A view of the bandstand and pavilion from
the
bridge over the Cauldon Canal.
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