Thanks Steve. By the way, when I said it was good news, I meant about the Chartists being active in Hanley, not the loss of the records! I hope some of my ancestors were at the riotous meeting. Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 10:49 AM Subject: Re: Re: [Pots] St Johns Church Hanley > Fascinating ... so what actually happened during the Chartist riots in > Hanley? This is (good) news to me! > The records were being held away from the church at the time at a place just opposite the current Hanley Town Hall. The chartists were having a riotous assembly in Albion Square, broke in and wrecked the place. I will look up in my History of Hanley for a more full account when I get out of Stockton Steve __________________________________________________________________________ Freeserve AnyTime - Go online whenever you want for just £6.99 a month for your first 3 months, that's HALF PRICE! And then it's just £13.99 a month after that. For more information visit http://www.freeserve.com/time/ or call free on 0800 970 8890 ==== ENG-STS-THE-POTTERIES Mailing List ==== The List for the Pottery Towns of the Ancient County of Staffordshire