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BBC Radio Stoke, Albion Square, Hanley
BBC Radio Stoke, Albion Square, Hanley
originally the headquarters of the Hanley Economic Building Society
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Radio
Stoke-on-Trent went on air at 5pm on Thursday 14th March 1968.
Radio
Stoke has always had its base in Hanley town centre. Even when
the need for computerisation and a more sustainable office area
forced a move from the old Conway House building, the station only
moved 100 yards - to its present base at the BBC Centre at the other
end of Cheapside by Albion Square. The present BBC Centre used
to be the home of the Hanley Economic Building Society
BBC Radio Stoke
is the local radio service for Stoke, Staffordshire and South
Cheshire. It came to air on 14th March 1968 as BBC Radio
Stoke-On-Trent. In June 2002, the BBC moved its county HQ
into a brand spanking-new building in the centre of
Stoke-on-Trent's Cultural Quarter at Cheapside, Hanley,
Stoke-on-Trent. Formerly, this was the Hanley Economic
Building Society, and before that, the building is believed to
have been a school. The new building was opened by HRH
Princess Anne & the Director General of the BBC, Greg Dyke on
Tuesday 23rd July 2002.
The original Radio
Stoke building is still occupied by a local radio station - Cross
Rhythms City Radio
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BBC Radio Stoke on the
junction of Cheapside, Pall Mall and Albion Square
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picture taken
from the frontage of Hanley Town Hall Tsowering
above the Radio Stoke building is the Regent Theatre, to the
left is Pall Mall and the old Conservative Workingmans Club
and the telephone exchange. To the right is Cheapside and also
the statue of the female figure Victory - built to commemorate
the dead of World War I.
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the striking facade of the
Radio Stoke Building
the BBC Property division ranks the these premises as their most
prestigious site outside of London.
Hanley Town Hall reflects in
the entrance windows
on display are ceramics from the
local pottery industry
the old and new of the
building society headquaters
this staff entrance to the
HEBS is in Pall Mall
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The Hanley
Economic Building Society was founded on the 21st October 1854.
Originally Established as the Staffordshire
Potteries Economic Permanent Benefit Building Society in 1854. In 1930 the decision was made to shorten the
name to Hanley Economic Building Society.
The Hanley
Economic moved their headquarters to the nearby Festival Park
and in 2002 BBC Radio Stoke moved into the former building
society offices.
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looking up Pall Mall into
Albion Square
Hanley Town Hall occupies the main part of the picture and BBC Radio Stoke is
to the left
the banner outside Radio Stoke advertises the
Cities Cultural Quarter.
