I haven't heard it called
that by anyone else either.
Actually the Mayor of Stoke on Trent, the city wants to change it's name. It is too confusing with Stoke upon Trent, which is a town but not actually Stoke city center. Which is in Hanley, where I live.
One of my suggestions to him was to take the first letter from each of the 5 main pottery towns and arrange them in a random or, lets say, for example:
Burslem
Longton
Stoke
Hanley
Tunstall
Which would make Blsht. Pronounce that any way you can. The mayor was actually amused.
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Thu 3 Apr 2003, 21:53,
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Actually the Mayor of Stoke on Trent, the city wants to change it's name. It is too confusing with Stoke upon Trent, which is a town but not actually Stoke city center. Which is in Hanley, where I live.
One of my suggestions to him was to take the first letter from each of the 5 main pottery towns and arrange them in a random or, lets say, for example:
Burslem
Longton
Stoke
Hanley
Tunstall
Which would make Blsht. Pronounce that any way you can. The mayor was actually amused.
Hanley eh?
I used to frequent The Potteries Centre. My ex works in Adams there. But it's still a shit hole. Newcastle-under-lyme's not bad though!
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Thu 3 Apr 2003, 21:55,
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I've lived in Hanley
for two months now and I've still not been into the Potteries shopping centre, though it is about 200 yards from where I work. I have a phobia of big shopping arcades.
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