Statue of arnold bennett in hanley stoke on trent.

Arnold bennett statue hanley pictures. He was an outstandingly successful writer in his day and yet it is now hard to find his works in a library or bookshop. Mr talbot from leek said. I the copyright holder of this work hereby publish it under the following license. This file is licensed under the creative commons attribution share alike 4 0 international license.

Our works were carefully programmed with the artist to ensure there was sufficient time to install his sculpture before the opening. The wild fire was caused by 2 young people having a fire to cook their lunch they realised the fire needed putting out and went to the nearest house and asked for some water. Statue of the author arnold bennett outside the potteries museum and art gallery bethesda street hanley stoke on trent id. R8bckc rf enoch arnold bennett british novelist 1911.

The statue was commissioned by the arnold bennett society funded by the denise coates foundation and. When novelist arnold bennett died aged only 64 in 1931 his memorial service was attended by all the leading politicians men of literature journalists and actors of the day. Literature has its fashions as well as other things but i find it sad that his books have faded. The arnold bennett society was founded in 1954 to promote the study and appreciation of the life works and times not only of arnold bennett himself but also of other provincial writers with particular relationship to north staffordshire.

We ve placed it at. To share to copy distribute and transmit the work. 30 june 2017 13 29 38. Statue of the author arnold bennett outside the potteries museum and art gallery bethesda street.

Statue of arnold bennett outside the potteries museum art gallery in hanley stoke on trent. Festive story trail launched in hanley and it features artwork by stoke on trent schoolchildren the story quest adventure is aimed at getting families physically active and enjoying reading seren. The author arnold bennett was born in hanley in what is now stoke on trent in 1867. The arnold bennett society worked with local sculptors michael talbot and carl payne to create the statue and horticon ltd were engaged by stoke city council to construct the accessible plinth for the statue.

Hanley stoke newcastle buxton fire stations. A host of guests and civic dignitaries including bennett s grandson denis eldin attended the unveiling outside the potteries museum and art gallery in hanley. His reputation as one of england s greatest realist writers was firmly established by his death in 1931 but it is especially for his depictions of the potteries that he is best known. Books like anna of the five towns and clayhanger mean that he is the most famous of all the area s literary heroes.

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