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unusual facts about Stoke on Trent



British Rail Class 170

The Class 170 were refurbished in 2008 with the three-carriage units repainted at Marcroft Engineering, Stoke on Trent, the two-carriage units at EWS' Toton depot and the interiors done by Transys Projects, Clacton-on-Sea including the fitting of first class seating to the Class 170/5s and 170/6s.


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Anne Diamond

She has appeared in pantomimes such as Snow White playing the Wicked Queen at Stoke-on-Trent in 2005, alongside Ken Morley and Sooty, having said that she "thoroughly enjoyed the experience".

Boston Guildhall

In the Court Room are a set of ceramic tiles designed by John Moyr Smith depicting various scenes from Shakespearian plays; they date around 1878 and were made at the Minton China Works, Stoke-on-Trent.

Chatterley Whitfield

The Chatterley Whitfield Partnership was set up in 1999 between English Heritage, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Advantage West Midlands and Joan Walley MP to find a way to restore the derelict colliery.

Cobridge railway station

Cobridge railway station was located on the Potteries Loop Line and served the Cobridge area of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.

Ebbw Vale Garden Festival

Subsequent festivals were held in Stoke-on-Trent (1986) and Glasgow (1988) and Gateshead (1990) and Ebbw Vale Garden Festival (1992) which eventually won the competition.

Electric Telegraph Company

The Electric Telegraph Company was the world's first public telegraph company, founded in the United Kingdom in 1846 by Sir William Fothergill Cooke and John Lewis Ricardo, MP for Stoke-on-Trent.

Elisabeth Frink

Rosemary Barnett took over as principal of the Sir Henry Doulton School of Sculpture, Stoke-on-Trent, briefly before its closure.

Emma Bossons

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

First Potteries

The Staffordshire area operations are now part of First Midlands (which consists of First Leicester and First Wyvern) with its group office at Adderley Green, Stoke-on-Trent.

Harry Croxton

One of his daughters, Clara, won the Staffordshire ballroom dancing championship in 1937 with her partner, Basset Riseley, whose father was Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent.

Hugh Bourne

Bourne's conversion at the age of twenty seven led him to join the local Wesleyan society at Burslem, one of the historical six towns of the City of Stoke-on-Trent.

Hugh Bourne was born on 3 April 1772 at Ford Hayes Farm, Ford Hayes Lane, Bucknall, now within the present-day boundaries of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Jamie Shepherd

During his degree at Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, Jamie was freelancing at Dee 106.3 in Chester, Brmb in Birmingham, Heart 100.7 in Birmingham and Heart Radio in North Wales and Cheshire.

Jenny Barker

Jenny Barker (born December 29, 1974) was the drive time presenter on Cross Rhythms City Radio in Stoke-on-Trent in 2005.

Joanne Broadhurst

While playing for the all-conquering Belles, Broadhurst worked as a forklift truck driver for Royal Doulton in Stoke.

John Astbury

He discovered the secrets of their manufacture of red ware pottery, and set up a rival establishment at Shelton, also in The Potteries.

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.

Kevin Wilkinson

Born Kevin Michael Wilkinson in Stoke-on-Trent, he is credited as a former official member of several successful British pop groups, including The League of Gentlemen (1980), Holly Beth Vincent "Holly and the Italians" Virgin/Epic album (1981-82), The Waterboys (1983–84), China Crisis (1983–89) and Squeeze (1995–96).

M64 motorway

The United Kingdom's M64 motorway was planned during the 1970s to link the M6 at Stoke-on-Trent with the M1 near Castle Donington, by way of Uttoxeter and Derby.

Mabel Mary Spanton

Elsewhere her work was exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy; Royal Hibernian Academy; Royal Cambrian Academy; Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours; Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts; Abbey Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent; Royal Society of Artists Birmingham; Walker Art Gallery Liverpool; and at Bristol, Derby, Oldham, Hull, Newlyn, Southport, and Aberdeen.

Margarete Heymann

After she was forced by the Nazi government to sell her factory, she emigrated to England, initially settling in Stoke-on-Trent and later, after marrying the English educator Harold Marks, in London.

Mohammed Asha

In 2007, Asha lived in the village of Chesterton with his wife and young son Anas, and worked as a junior neurosurgeon at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire in Stoke-on-Trent.

Park and ride bus services in the United Kingdom

Smaller schemes may not necessarily employ specific marketing or dedicated all-over liveries where the passenger revenue does not justify this, such as in Stoke and Scarborough, although the term "park and ride" is a near-universally accepted term that is still applied to these smaller schemes on timetables and/or non-overall livery route branding.

Religious broadcasting

God TV is available on SKY Guide 580 Premier Radio is available on MW in the London area and also nationally on DAB United Christian Broadcasters is available via DAB in both the London and Stoke-on-Trent areas, and nationally as well on DAB

SATEB

SATEB organizes an annual residential weekend at The Wedgwood Memorial College, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent.

Stafford to Manchester Line

Virgin Trains operate inter-city services between London Euston via the Colwich spur to Stoke-on-Trent, Macclesfield, Stockport and Manchester Piccadilly.

Stoke Minster

Stoke Minster is the town centre and civic church in Stoke-upon-Trent, Stoke-on-Trent in England.

The Midnight Patrol

The Stoke-on-Trent Laurel & Hardy tent is named 'The Midnight Patrol Tent' in honour of this film as well as the San Jose, California tent.

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.

The Ultimate Fighter 3

This series of The Ultimate Fighter was also the first in which fighters who reside outside of North America had participated (Michael Bisping, Clitheroe, England; Ross Pointon, Stoke-on-Trent, England).

Titanic Brewery

The brewery was founded in Burslem Stoke-on-Trent in 1985 and takes its name from the ill-fated steam liner Titanic.

Tony Monopoly

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

Train reporting number

The china clay train from Cliff Vale (Stoke-on-Trent) – St Blazey (Cornwall) is limited to 60 mph, so it is a class 6 train.

Trentham Park Branch Line

The Trentham Park Branch Line was a 1¼-mile railway line that ran through the Trentham area of Stoke-on-Trent.

Wedgwood Memorial College

This came about partly through the influence of Horace Barks, the Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent, who was an advocate of Esperanto.

Wedgwood railway station

Nearby is Wedgwood Hall, and the station also serves the village of Trentham, near Stoke-on-Trent.