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|text='''Tunstall''' is one of the six towns which make up [[Stoke-on-Trent]], [[Staffordshire]] and of these "the Six Towns", it is the northernmost. | |text='''Tunstall''' is one of the six towns which make up [[Stoke-on-Trent]], [[Staffordshire]] and of these, "the Six Towns", it is the northernmost. | ||
The homes of Tunstall sit largely in rows of terraced houses which were a common feature when the pottery industry was in its boom and they housed the factory workers. There are a number of new estates that have been built in the area. A recognisable Tunstall features in the novels of Arnold Bennett. | The homes of Tunstall sit largely in rows of terraced houses which were a common feature when the pottery industry was in its boom and they housed the factory workers. There are a number of new estates that have been built in the area. A recognisable Tunstall features in the novels of Arnold Bennett. | ||
Tunstall was the latter home to the independent Frink School of Figurative Sculpture, which occupied a fine old factory (and former Old Court) in Roundwell Street for a number of years until about 2004. The Frink School was named after Elisabeth Frink, British Sculptor, and was a small intimate academy with a specific discipline of study closer in spirit to a master and apprentice structure than an educational institution.}}<noinclude> | Tunstall was the latter home to the independent Frink School of Figurative Sculpture, which occupied a fine old factory (and former Old Court) in Roundwell Street for a number of years until about 2004. The Frink School was named after Elisabeth Frink, British Sculptor, and was a small intimate academy with a specific discipline of study closer in spirit to a master and apprentice structure than an educational institution.}}<noinclude>{{FP data}} | ||
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TunstallTunstall is one of the six towns which make up Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire and of these, "the Six Towns", it is the northernmost. The homes of Tunstall sit largely in rows of terraced houses which were a common feature when the pottery industry was in its boom and they housed the factory workers. There are a number of new estates that have been built in the area. A recognisable Tunstall features in the novels of Arnold Bennett. Tunstall was the latter home to the independent Frink School of Figurative Sculpture, which occupied a fine old factory (and former Old Court) in Roundwell Street for a number of years until about 2004. The Frink School was named after Elisabeth Frink, British Sculptor, and was a small intimate academy with a specific discipline of study closer in spirit to a master and apprentice structure than an educational institution. (Read more) |