"There is more to life than shopping. And that fact saved the Coachmakers"

'Revival' #TheHighClearing

#Hanley #ThePotteries #StokeonTrent

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"While my musical journey began in Llandudno and continued in Tunstall, Mike Lloyd Music in Hanley opened my mind"

'The Other Record Shops' #TheHighClearing

#Hanley #ThePotteries #StokeonTrent

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"The Victoria Hall....well, there's no better venue and it has given me treasured memories...."

'Victoria' #TheHighClearing

#Hanley #ThePotteries #StokeonTrent

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"Paul Oakenfold went from remixing U2 to Glass Street"

'Clubbing (Part II)' #TheHighClearing

#Hanley #ThePotteries #StokeonTrent

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📸 the Sentinel

"Webberley's....from bookshop to bookie...."

'Lament for the Book Shops' #TheHighClearing

#Hanley #ThePotteries #StokeonTrent

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"Art Deco is everywhere in Hanley, it's just such a shame that so much is in ruins"

'Art Deco Town' #TheHighClearing

#Hanley #ThePotteries #StokeonTrent

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"Only in the Potteries could the Spirit of Fire be christened Jack Frost'

'Man of Fire/Jack Frost' #TheHighClearing

#Hanley #ThePotteries #StokeonTrent

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"Legendary names filled the Place long before I crossed the threshold"

'Clubbing (Part I)' #TheHighClearing

#Hanley #ThePotteries #StokeonTrent

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📸 the Sentinel

"I remember Bratt & Dyke and Lewis's. And then along came this monolith they called the Potteries Shopping Centre"

'Shopping' #TheHighClearing

#Hanley #ThePotteries #StokeonTrent

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📸 Sentinel

"They paved footballing paradise, put up a parking lot"

'The Lost Football Ground' #TheHighClearing

#Hanley #ThePotteries #StokeonTrent

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📸 Historic England

"J.H. Weatherby's vanquished Falcon Pottery is the Potteries Heritage Emergency writ large"

'The Falcon Will Not Soar Again' #TheHighClearing

#Hanley #ThePotteries #StokeonTrent

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"Some people bitch about preservation and conservation, and suggest heritage holds us back. Well, if you want the perfect case study in the positives, visit the Golden Cup in Hanley"

'Loving Cup' #TheHighClearing

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And so it begins....

#TheHighClearing

Birches Head #TheHighClearing
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