Stoke celebrates a Century of city status
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One of the few cities in Britain to have been formed as a ‘Federation’, Stoke-on-Trent is set to celebrate a major 100th anniversary in 2010.
Known affectionately world-wide as “The Potteries”, The City of Stoke-on-Trent is equally famous for actually being comprised of six towns:
Stoke, Hanley, Longton, Fenton, Burslem and Tunstall.
They finally came together in 1910 as a “Federated County Borough” and after
15 years of being a single-managed authority, King George V made it all official by conferring upon them the official status of a “City of the Realm”.
Timing-wise The Potteries industry was in its prime at the turn of the century; and the City of Stoke-on-Trent subsequently became one of the most important manufacturing centres in the world. The city’s motto reflects the mood of the time: Vis Unita Fortior (United Strength is Stronger).
Like many other parts of Britain Stoke-on-Trent really only started to take shape during the Industrial Revolution, and the six towns were able to pool their mineral assets, manual resources, and local pottery manufacturing skills to become the world capital of ceramics which
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