The Angel on the Town Hall Clock

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A good story should have a happy ending. Real life, however, is filled with untoward events and refuses to follow the rules of Mozartian opera.Our characters will still be presented in theatrical style. Each will have a few moments of monologue or a chance to stand alone on stage. None speaks from a pulpit; they all act on stage. This is a puppet theatre of words, revealing only half the truth – but which half? Perhaps it is best not to believe a single word.Drawing of Burslem old town hall, based on original by Matthew Rice, author and illustrator of The Lost City of Stoke on Trent.

Born into a family of potters in Stoke on Trent, he served in an industrial sandwich course apprenticeship, followed by several years managing a factory. The Suez crisis forced it to close.

He took up medical studies in response to a challenge and to prove his own ability to make his way without his father’s help.

Edinburgh Medical School was the world’s best in 1957: if he made it there it would be a real triumph.