Thread: The Royal Infirmary in Stoke-on-Trent

Originally Posted by mikejee

Albert Chew and Co were wine and spirit merchants and also dealt in cigars. Imagine if Threshers offered to sponsor a hospital building today. Wouldn't be allowed because of the connotations
mike

You should be our resident historian!! where do you come up with all this stuff??

Originally Posted by BereniceUK

As the Royal Infirmary will gradually be knocked down I've started looking for photos. Here's one I pass every day - not much of a memorial now! What was originally a doorway was closed off in the past and the area is now a backwater. Who Alfred Chew was has been lost in the mists of time.

I've moved this, hope thats ok?? Great Pictures by-the-way!

Originally Posted by mikejee

In answer to your question Paul, I'm just reasonably good at searching and ignoring the rubbish to get to what I want.

Well I take my hat off to you as you come up with some great info!

Originally Posted by BereniceUK

Absolutely! My fault for jumping in with photos before looking at all the categories.

No problems at all