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Councillor Jane Ashworth, leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, said: "The Lemmy statue has shown that our local culture isn ...
“Beauty was achieved, and none saw it,” wrote Arnold Bennett of the Burslem encapsulated in his classic novel Clayhanger. It’s fair to say the beauty which so enthralled the novelist when he walked ...
A town centre added to a national list of places at risk was worthy of being preserved and should be talked up more, a pottery firm director said. The conservation area in Burslem, one of the six ...
Everybody who lives in the north part of Stoke on Trent knows the legend of Molly Leigh (not Lee!). Her strangely-shaped grave and tombstone can still be seen to this day. Sue Lightwood has written an ...
Once a thriving potteries town, Burslem in Stoke-on-Trent has been decimated WELCOME to Britain’s emptiest high street, where nearly a THIRD of shops are vacant – as internet shopping continues to ...
"Burslem in Words and Pictures" by local historian Mervyn Edwards is a collection of reminiscences from "Boslemites". He describes how people worked, lived and played in the one corner of the ...
Since the statue of Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister was unveiled in his hometown in May, it has become a point of pilgrimage for fans from across the globe. On Sunday, rock fans gathered in Burslem ...
Drivers are being warned of likely queues around Burslem town centre this afternoon - as the Lemmy statue is unveiled. Part of Market Place, in Burslem has already been closed and parking bays ...
Radio star Johnny Vaughan has put the focus on Burslem as part of a popular feature on his show. The Mother Town has been named as the latest 'Pet Town' on Johnny's Radio X afternoon show, the 4til7 ...
Workers at Burslem delivery office, Stoke-on-Trent, are on wildcat strikes after twelve members of staff were suspended including all union reps. Royal Mail management suspended the workers for ...