Wednesday 29 June 2011

Gertie Gitana - in Stoke


Talking of Gertie Gitana (see posting a few days ago), I realised that - apart from the spot in the photo above - I couldn't think of anywhere in Staffordshire that our local superstar of the past is remembered.

This poster is found in Gitana Street in Hanley near the Stage Door pub, though, curiously, it is unlabelled (with only the name of the Theakston beer company over it) so, if you weren't aware, you'd never know that it was Gertie. It's fading too.
The council renamed the street as Gitana Street because her family once lived in it.

There used also to be a pub in Hartshill called 'Gitana's' but I think it is now an Indian restaurant.

Link: Life of Gertie Gitana

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