I went to a museam a while back in Stoke on Trent and had a quick 'nose' around - after all it was free and there is nothing better to be heard or saw by a student than the word 'Free'... accept 'Free alchol!' (crowd boo's)
Uhum... well I better get back to the museum story I guess. There where some really interesting artifacts dated back to when Stoke-on-Trent was actually a thriving city, mostly specialising in decorated ceramics (some really expensive stuff like Spode for instance) - however it was soon cheaper to import ceramics from China and thus it became almost non profictable for Stoke-on-Trent to continue producing thier fine wares... quite a pity.
However that is a bit of a letdown to Stoke-on-Trent's past, two of the other things I found out was that the Captain of the Titanic (E.J Smith) was Born here and so was the famous inventor(R J Mitchell) of the 'Spitfire' fighter plane which they have on display at the museum, it is the Mk XVI Spitfire (type 361) which was designed to be a low altitude fighter
it was an interesting visit and I reccomend that if you are even in Stoke-on-Trent (Hopefully you never have to) you should visit the museum and also possibly the scate park.
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Oi! Stoke is still thriving baby! We're in the business of metal trees now; it is the future.
Its also home to many more celebrities than you listed, my favorite being Murdoc Niccals (Wikipedia him).
The Potteries Mueseum is considered one of the best in the country by the way (seriously.) Which I'm inclined to agree with just for the evil stuffed cat they have in the nature section.
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