Here's another chance to test your knowledge of local history by tackling our weekly quiz compiled by John Abberley

1. Which former copper mines in North Staffordshire owned by the Duke of Devonshire made sufficient profits in 12 months to build the famous Crescent at Buxton?

2. Can you name the Anglican priest who took charge of a large working-class parish in Shelton when he was over 60 and remained in his post until he was 88?

3. Why was it claimed that a large clock which hung outside a jewellers' shop in Lamb Street, Hanley, until 1963 kept perfect time?

4. Former Lord Mayor Tom Beddow, who died in 1996 aged 93, was one of the last surviving employees of a railway company which disappeared in 1923. What were its two names?

5. What was historic about the visit of a clergyman named Geoffrey Fisher who preached at a service at Stoke Parish Church in 1947?

6. Hanley's former Essoldo Cinema, which closed in 1962, had three previous names during its 60 years as a place of entertainment. What were they?

7. What was the first name which the Five Towns novelist Arnold Bennett never used?

8. In May 1944, soldiers of the North Staffordshire Regiment were the first British troops to enter which European capital?

9. Where did birds of a feather once flock together in the tower of a long-gone building in Trinity Street, Hanley, after returning there with important messages?

10. What happened in 1952 to force Port Vale to make big changes in their travelling plans for the following season?

Answers to last week's quiz

1. The pottery firm which supplied millions of tiles during the construction of the London Underground was A and J Wade, of Burslem.

2. King Henry II granted a charter giving borough status to Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1173.

3. At the opening of Hanley's Regent Cinema in 1929, the live entertainment comprised a full-scale orchestra, a team of female dancers and an organist playing a Wurlitzer.

4. A decorating method called tube lining was perfected in the pre-war era by the pottery designer Charlotte Rhead when working at Burslem.

5. The stage company which set up the Victoria Theatre at Hartshill in 1962 was the Studio Theatre Company, based at Scarborough.

6. According to legend, a Rolls-Royce car is buried beneath the pitch at Crewe Alexandra's football ground.

7. In 1946 the LMS Railway changed the name of Trentham Park Station to Trentham Gardens.

8. A military unit called the Moorlands Dragoons was raised at Leek to fight in the English Civil War (1642-1649).

9. A banner advertisement for Parkers' Celebrated Ales was carried on a railway bridge spanning Scotia Road, Burslem, until the bridge was demolished in the 1970s.

10. Besides playing for Staffordshire in the Minor Counties championship, legendary cricketer Sydney Barnes played for Warwickshire and Lancashire.