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Sids, Gents Hairdresser, Leek Road, Joiners Square 


Sids hairdressers - newly opened in the old Botteslow Arms - Nov 2010
Sids hairdressers - newly opened in the old Botteslow Arms - Nov 2010

 

 The Botteslow Arms in 1999
 The Botteslow Arms in 1999
to the right behind the pub can be seen the sanitary ware
stock yard of the Johnson Brothers Trent Works

 

 


 The Botteslow Arms in Oct 2009
ten years later the Botteslow is still open as a pub but the
pottery works behind has been demolished and replaced 
with a housing development


 


 Botteslow Arms / Parkers Brewery windows
 Botteslow Arms / Parkers Brewery windows

The original windows, etched with the names of the Parkers Brewery and Botteslow Arms were removed and saved together with two hand-painted Botteslow Arms pub signs - which will be displayed in the toilets in the hairdressers.  

 

replaced by.....  Sids windows
replaced by.....  Sids windows

 

 

 

signs of the old and the new
signs of the old and the new

 

one of the hand-painted Botteslow Arms signs
one of the hand-painted Botteslow Arms signs 
Sid Cartlidge with the pub sign
photo: Sentinel Newspaper

Sids hairdressers is popular with Stoke City football supporters and Sid Cartlidge has cut the hair of every Stoke City manager since Tony Waddington was manager of the club at the old Victoria Ground in the 1970's.

 

the original Sids Hairdressers in Bucknall New Road
the original Sids Hairdressers in Bucknall New Road
photo: April 2010

Sids have been in business in Bucknall New Road for about 29 years - this building is being 
demolished as part of the Renew regeneration scheme.

 

the whole row of terrace houses being prepared for demolition
the whole row of terrace houses being prepared for demolition 

 

scaffolding around the houses stretching up the road to Hanley
scaffolding around the houses stretching up the road to Hanley 


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Related pages..


Parkers Brewery, Burslem

Johnson's Trent Pottery Works


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