Arnold Bennett's Watering Holes
Heritage Open Day: A History Walk with Local Historian Mervyn Edwards, of Burslem History Club.
In life and in fiction, the public house has been dominant in Burslem. Describing the scene on the day of Daniel Povey’s funeral, Five Towns novelist Arnold Bennett wrote:
“At the same time one o’clock struck, and the public-houses opened with their customary admirable promptitude. Respectable persons, of course, ignored the public-houses and hastened homewards to a delayed dinner. But in a town of
Fri 8 Sep:1000-1700, Tour 1100-1200. Free Entry.
Barewall Gallery, 2-4 Market Place, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST6 4AT
Fri 8 Sep 2017