Gitanas Public House, Hartshill
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Gitanas Public House, Hartshill
Image: © Steven Birks Taken: Unknown
'Gitanas' on Hartshill Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent The site of the former Union Inn was an original 1830's beerhouse. Gertrude Mary Astbury [her stage name was Gertie Gitana] .... the Staffordshire Cinderella was born at Shirley Street, Longport, Stoke-on-Trent on December 27th 1887. She was to become a firm favourite with British music hall audiences. She had a sweet, childlike voice that suited her famous signature tune 'Nellie Dean'.
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Latitude
53.012015
Longitude
-2.213094