One of the most profiled living people in the Potteries is Neil Baldwin ('Nello') - yet most have never heard of him.
His was an unpredicted life. Best described as 'neuro-diverse' he has no particular skill, except the marvellous one of making people like him, and somehow that has been enough. Many, many people have liked him enough to want to have him around - from circus owners to students at Keele (the local university) to the manager at Stoke City Football Club.
And then, somehow, this local unassuming figure got 'found' by writers and TV dramatists... and this month there is to be a play perfomed all about him and his life. It's on at the local professional theatre, the New Vic. The phenomenon is all quite astonishing, not the least to Neil himself.
In Longton Market (see pic above), they've even named one of the aisles after him. Amazing.
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