Stoke-on-Trent City Council has asked residents to share their memories of the city ahead of next year’s centenary celebrations.
On Monday (15 July), an event was held at the Gladstone Pottery Museum to launch the centenary logo and announce plans for next year.
The year-long centenary program will feature ballet and poetry competitions and classical concerts.
The newly-appointed Lord Mayor Lyn Sharpe stated that the events will aim to acknowledge the city’s “working class routes” and feature such themes as community, heritage, culture, environment, young people, and the future.
Lyn Sharpe stated: “As a city we’re built on the coal and clay deposits under our feet but also on our strength in diversity.”
She continued: “Whether you’ve lived here all your life, were born here and moved away, or came to live here recently, our centenary celebrations are for you.”
The council has called upon local residents to come forward with their memories so that they can be incorporated into next year’s program.
Stoke-on-Trent was first granted city status on 5 June 1925 by King George V. The original city status application of 1910 was rejected on the grounds that Stoke was too small. At the time, the city only had a population of 300,000 inhabitants.
King George V rectified this in acknowledgement of Stoke’s contributions to the pottery industry.
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