Description:This two storey public house was built between 1832 and 1878. It has a rear yard with old stables attached.
Remembering the Jolly Potters
Bernard remembers visiting The Jolly Potters pub:
"That was one of my favourites. If I was going dancing to the King's Hall, I would walk along Queen's Road, there was the Jolly Potters, and I'd go to the smoking room. There I'd have one and a half pints, waiter-served, and then walk to the King's Hall at Stoke, where the dance started at 8 and finished at 11pm - unless there was a big band, then they'd apply for an extension.
"I went to the pub first because it was much cheaper. A friend of mine used to go to a horrible place where they sold rough cider at 6d a pint and he'd come rolling in, flop in his seat, and I'd say what have you been drinking. And he would say, "I've only spent 1'6d."
"The landlord was a very nice chap with an RAF moustache. And the waiter, who only worked the Saturday night, he got quite well tipped in terms of drink."
About this photograph
This photograph is now among the collections at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.