Burslem

Are you sitting comfortably?

Arnold Bennett relaxing in his seat, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, April 2021 Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) was born in Hanley and educated at the Wedgwood Institute in neighbouring Burslem, in the Staffordshire Potteries. […]

-Staffordshire

Book Binders in Burslem

A former site of Warwick Savage Printers and Book Binders, Burslem, February 2021 Warwick Savage was a wholesale stationer, printer and bookseller in Burslem, founded in the mid-18th century. His […]

-Staffordshire

Old and new

Old and new in Burslem, Staffordshire, March 2021 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 10 March 2021 Posted as part of Wordless on Tuesday …

-Staffordshire

Angel in contemplation at the Red Lion

Red Lion, Burslem, Staffordshire, March 2021 This pub has closed down, and its frontage is boarded and embellished with a depiction of the gilded angel from the top of Burslem’s […]

-Staffordshire

History of secrets, tunnels and ghosts

The Leopard, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, March 2021 Now over to all of you. Do come and join us in our Saturday six-word musings. I’ll admit that many of us openly break […]

-Staffordshire

Old Town Hall

Old Town Hall, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, March 2021 This baroque-style “Old Town Hall” was built between 1854 and 1857. This is the portico ate west end of the building, adorned with Corinthian columns and caryatids, […]

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Burslem

Are you sitting comfortably?

Book Binders in Burslem

Old and new

Angel in contemplation at the Red Lion

History of secrets, tunnels and ghosts

Old Town Hall