ARNOLD BENNETT - Arnold Bennett Bust

ARNOLD BENNETT - Arnold Bennett BustThis is a small torso bust based on the full size bust taken from the original mould for the new Arnold Bennett statue in the centre of Hanley Arnold Bennett's birthplace. The sculpting of the head of the new statue in the centre of Stoke on Trent's Cultural Quarter was completed in Paris in 2000 and approved by Bennetts own daughter Virginia Eldin as a true likeness of her father. A cast of the head was made at that time. The complete statue figure

The Gypsies

We chart the growth of local amenities and future possibilities are discussed by councillors

a plaque unveiling by Bennett’s grandson Denis Eldin and a personal tribute to camera by special guest Gyles Brandreth

We see before and after film of the museum and see Ralph Whieldon in action the last of the sagger-makers

illustrates each period of development with superb examples from the finest collection of Staffordshire pottery housed in the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery

Red Wednesdays

Edward Prince of Wales in Tunstall

Running Time: 60 Mins

500 Chorus

The A6 over Shap Fell was the most hazardous

STANDARD ATLAS VAN: A promotional film made in 1957 demonstrating the development of the Atlas

He looks back on his life and comments both on the changing times and his own career