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Post by lordb on Aug 28, 2020 11:50:10 GMT
Trentham is, Trentham Gardens isn't Trentham Gardens, Stone Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8JG. That's the Royal Mail for you. They have Alsager as Stoke on Trent too, and other places, when they aren't. Trentham Gardens is licensed by Stafford BC. They could only do that if it was in their boundaries,which it is. Suspect the retail development would never have happened had SoT or NuL councils been in charge
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Post by SydenhamStokie on Aug 28, 2020 14:47:01 GMT
I haven't lived in the Five (or Six) Towns for over 40 years so please take this with a huge pinch of salt, but I am pretty sure that the Bennett Precinct in Longton was named after a local Councillor, Albert Bennett, not Arnold. Albert (I may have his name wrong) wanted his full name attached to the precinct, not just his surname, so that people would not associate it with Arnold.
Football doesn't feature much in Bennett's novels, but in the final chapter of 'The Card' Denry Machin, the hero, attends a public meeting of Bursley Football Club and introduces Callear, a native of The Potteries and the 'Greatest centre forward in England' who he has just signed (and paid the transfer fee for) for the club.
Burnley are clearly Port Vale and their fortunes are contrasted with those of Knype, who are in the division above. The meeting had been called because 'the Bursley club had come to the end of its resources' as their supporters had deserted them ('Bursley had been losing too many matches') and until Denry's intervention were in danger of being wound up.
I have recently reread the Clayhanger trilogy and warmly recommend Arnold Bennett's books to anyone who hasn't read them.
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Post by somersetstokie on Aug 28, 2020 15:03:06 GMT
So this Albert Bennett was possibly a worthy burgess of the district, appropriately recognized and commemorated for his contribution to society, or on the other hand an egotistical pretentious twat.
I would have attributed the honour to Enoch Arnold myself.
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Post by cerebralstokie on Aug 28, 2020 15:12:33 GMT
Arnold Bennett's best books by far were Clayhanger and The Old Wives Tale. The latter is partly set in Paris during the siege of Paris in the Franco Prussian War of 1870/71. Of interest to locals, as well as The Card, I would recommend Anna of the Five Towns. It is a pity that Bennett has gone completely out of fashion now but he became very rich and has a dish named after him.
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Post by somersetstokie on Aug 28, 2020 15:25:35 GMT
Arnold Bennett's best books by far were Clayhanger and The Old Wives Tale. The latter is partly set in Paris during the siege of Paris in the Franco Prussian War of 1870/71. Of interest to locals, as well as The Card, I would recommend Anna of the Five Towns. It is a pity that Bennett has gone completely out of fashion now but he became very rich and has a dish named after him. I have not read the Old Wives Tale, but the Franco Prussian War was quite significant for the pottery industry in Stoke, as many french artists and craftsman of the time, particularly those based in Paris, fled the Capital in 1870 to escape the war, and most of these skilled workers found their way to success in England. For example, the french potter Marc Louis Solon, came to Minton, and became an influential player in the successful development of red high fired flambe' glazes.
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Post by thevoid on Aug 28, 2020 15:45:13 GMT
Trentham Gardens, Stone Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8JG. That's the Royal Mail for you. They have Alsager as Stoke on Trent too, and other places, when they aren't. Trentham Gardens is licensed by Stafford BC. They could only do that if it was in their boundaries,which it is. Suspect the retail development would never have happened had SoT or NuL councils been in charge They have Kidsgrove in Stoke and Rotherham in Sheffield. I think it's based in how they arrange the postcodes
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