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6 unusual facts about Hanley


A Chinese Honeymoon

The piece opened at the Theatre Royal in Hanley, England on 16 October 1899 and then toured extensively.

Christopher Dresser

If his ceramic work from the 1860s onwards (for firms such as Mintons, Wedgwood, Royal Worcester, Watcombe, Linthorpe, Old Hall at Hanley and Ault) is considered, he must be amongst the most influential ceramic designers of any period.

Hanley, Staffordshire

Hanley also offers several cultural facilities such as the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (a large ceramics collection, and restored Spitfire), the Victoria Hall, the Regent Theatre, BBC Radio Stoke's Open Centre and studios, while Piccadilly hosts the annual Sanity Fair and French Market events.

Human-baiting

The fight, watched by an audience of about 50, occurred at an old inn at Hanley, Staffordshire, in a large guest room, its windows closed and its floor covered in sawdust, with the ring cordoned off by a line.

The Old Recreation Ground

The Old Recreation Ground was a football stadium, located in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent and home to Port Vale for almost 40 years.

Tony Monopoly

He was headhunted for a musical while appearing in Cinderella at Hanley, near Stoke-on-Trent.


Bill Smitrovich

He also appeared as the head of the CIA, Hanley, in Pierce Brosnan's November Man.

Bob Willoughby

Robert Hanley "Bob" Willoughby (June 30, 1927, Los Angeles, California – 18 December 2009, Vence, France) was an American photographer.

Burslem railway station

It should have opened with the extension of the Potteries Loop Line from Hanley on 1 November 1873 but the Board of Trade inspector was not satisfied so there was a delay of a month before opening.

Chris Johanson

Chris Johanson: Please Listen I Have Something to Tell You About What Is by Aaron Rose, Sean Kennerly and Jack Hanley, Damiani, Bologna, 2007

Davidson Leader

The Davidson Leader is a weekly newspaper serving the communities of Davidson, Girvin, Bladworth, Kenaston, Hanley, Dundurn, Elbow, Loreburn, Imperial, and Craik in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Edward T. Hanley

Among the many notable individuals who Hanley counted among his friends were House Ways and Means Committee chairman Dan Rostenkowski, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, and former Illinois governor James R. Thompson.

They pointed to Hanley's lavish way of life, the union-owned $2.5 million jet maintained solely for his use, and the union office near his vacation home in Palm Springs, California.

Ellen Hanley

Their father, William Hanley, was the brother of British novelists James Hanley (1897–1985) and Gerald Hanley (1916–1992).

Ellen Hanley died on February 12, 2007, aged 80, in Norwalk, Connecticut of a stroke after a long battle with cancer.

Emma Bossons

Bossons’ career began as a painter or ceramic painter at Mason’s Ironstone (a subsidiary of Wedgwood) in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.

Grange, South Australia

Grange is part of Grange Ward in the City of Charles Sturt local government area, being represented in that council by Tom Scheffler and Raelene Hanley.

Hanley Funderburk

In 1980, Henry Hanley Funderburk became President of Auburn University after Governor Fob James recommended him.

Hanley Grange

Hanley Grange is the name given to an eco-town planned for land north of Hinxton in South Cambridgeshire.

Horace Austerberry

Austerberry was born in Hanley and worked at St. John's school as assistant schoolmaster to former Stoke manager Thomas Slaney.

James M. Hanley

During his Congressional career, Hanley was known as a liberal, and supported the Great Society program of Lyndon B. Johnson, expansion of Medicare and Head Start, and the Equal Rights Amendment.

Jeremy Hanley

Hanley was educated at Rugby School, and began his career with Peat Marwick Mitchell & Company (now KPMG) as an articled clerk in 1963.

Joe R. Hanley

After the death of Perley A. Pitcher, Hanley was elected Temporary President of the State Senate on February 27, 1939.

John Forrester

Forrester was born in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent and was educated at Eastwood (local authority run) School, the City School of Commerce in Stoke-on-Trent, and Alsager teacher training college in Cheshire.

John G. Sargent

John G. Sargent was born in Ludlow, Vermont on October 13, 1860, the son of John Henmon Sargent and Ann Eliza Hanley.

Keith Hanley

Keith Hanley (born August 15, 1993) is an Irish singer from Charleville, County Cork and the winner of The Voice of Ireland series 2 on April 28, 2013.

For the Top 10 live show Hanley sang "Get Here" and was sent through to the semi-final by public vote with a judges score of 23.

Me, You and Him

The other regular characters were Hanley's upstairs neighbours Helen and Todd (played by Harriet Thorpe and Ron Donachie), a reformed but still scary ex-convict and his wife, who was his probation officer.

Mount Hanley

The English-born singer and actor Noel Harrison lived in there in the 1970s and named his 1979 album Mount Hanley Song after the community.

Paul Macari

After leaving the game, Macari took up co-ownership of the Hanley branch of Domino's Pizza; in March 2012 he provided the Port Vale squad with free pizzas after the club hit financial difficulties.

Periscope Entertainment

To be directed by Michael Winterbottom, the screenplay was adapted by Martin Amis, Roberta Hanley, and David Cronenberg.

Rachell Sumpter

Her work has also been showcased in group exhibitions at Jack Hanley Gallery (S.F.), the Orange County Museum of Art and LACMA, among others.

T. gouldii

Tellina gouldii, Hanley, 1846, the cuneate tellin, a marine bivalve species in the genus Tellina

The Bridge at No Gun Ri

Published in 2001, it was written by Charles J. Hanley, Sang-hun Choe and Martha Mendoza, with researcher Randy Herschaft, the Associated Press (AP) journalists who wrote about the mass refugee killing in news reports that won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism and 10 other major national and international journalism awards.

Thoor Ballylee

A native of Carron, County Clare, Hanley founded the society in 1961 to foster interest in the literary history of the district, especially that of Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and W.B. Yeats.

Tom Dahlgren

In June 2000 Former Miss America Lee Meriwether starred with Bridget Hanley in the world premiere of Eugene Pack's "Elinor Adjusting" at Theatre West in L.A. The comedy ran for a four-week run at Theatre West where Hanley portrayed Elinor, a widow who finds herself without a home or a business after her husband dies.


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