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Fenton was almost forgotten by Arnold Bennett when he was writing about the Stoke-on-Trent. He gave the following reasons
why... "The sound of the phase 'Six Towns' is not so good as the sound of the phrase 'Five Towns'. 'I' in 'Five' is an open vowel. 'I' in 'Six' is a
closed vowel, and not nearly so striking. To my mind a broad sounding phrase for the district was very important.It is also to be remembered that Fenton had not then the same status as it has now,
People ask me why, if I left out Fenton, should I put in Tunstall. The reason is, (1) that I did not like the sound of 'four' and (2) that Tunstall, although then not a borough, had a more separate entity than
Fenton. It also had a Chief Bailiff." |
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