Historic Buildings in Stoke-on-Trent - 2

For those not familiar with Stoke-on-Trent, the City is made up of six towns (Arnold Bennett made a mistake when naming one of his famous novels "Anna of the Five Towns" - I believe he missed off Fenton, which is easy to do.....), and Burslem has the most beautiful architecture of all the towns with over 40 listed structures throughout & around the small centre. 

This shot is of the Old Town Hall which is a stunning sandstone mountain of a structure dominating the heart of the town centre - for some other shots & background, look at this excellent site run by a local historian http://www.thepotteries.org/listed/14a.html -

The building is now the home of the Ceramica visitor attraction, a celebration of the past & future of the ceramics industry in Stoke-on-Trent which is well worth a visit, and is excellent for children as a lot of it is interactive- although I apologise for the website, but if you're interested - http://www.ceramicauk.com/index.asp 

And to finish, I don't know how I got here but this is my 100th SC photo, so in case nobody notices,  well done me.  Looking back over my archive, I would drop a few shots, although I am generally quite pleased with the majority.  I chose this photo as my 100th because of the beautiful Angel which sits on top of the town hall - this gold statue is about 4-feet tall and, apart from a short period for restoration, she has been looking over Burslem town centre & the local community for over a hundred years.  The Angel is held with incredible fondness in the hearts of local Burslem people, and I really did see people shed tears of joy the day she was put back up after being restored a few years ago.