MOTÖRHEAD Shares Official Video Recap Of LEMMY Statue Unveiling In His English Birth Town

MOTÖRHEAD has shared an official video recap of the unveiling of the statue of the band's founder and bassist/vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, which was held on Friday, May 9 during the "Lemmy Forever" ceremony in Burslem, Stoke on Trent, England. Check it out below. With MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell...

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Watch: LEMMY Statue Unveiled In His English Birth Town

On Friday, May 9, 2025, MOTÖRHEAD founder and bassist/vocalist Lemmy Kilmister was honored and further immortalized during the "Lemmy Forever" ceremony in Burslem, Stoke on Trent, England. With MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell attending to place Lemmy's ashes in a magnificent statue created by loca...

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#Burslem#StokeOnTrent
Mother of the Potteries.
“On a little hill in the vast valley, was spread out the Indian-red architecture of Bursley.”
#England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #Britain🇬🇧
#OnThisDay—27 Jan in 1896—Public Baths, with a #TurkishBath department, were opened by #Burslem Corporation. 'Elegant Moorish doorways' separated the 2 hot rms, cooling & shampooing rms, Russian vapour bath—all wall tiled & with encaustic tiled floor—& plunge. A Turkish bath attendant was paid 27/- per wk, & a women's shampooer 5/- per day. A Turkish bath cost 1/-, or 6d. after 4.00 p.m.
Turkish baths appear in wks by T bather #arnoldbennett, gt chronicler of the Five Towns.
#histodons #bathing

I fell down a rabbit hole. I love looking at old #maps but this one... wow

1879, Port Vale House, the likely birthplace of #PVFC, on the Trent and Mersey Canal, Longport (near #Burslem, #StokeOnTrent city not formed yet) opposite Port Vale Street, with Port Vale Mills just down the canal.

Port Hill, about half a mile away, remains today but the name #PortVale, apart from the street and the #football club, has all but disappeared

Up The Vale! #UTV 💓

Original: https://maps.nls.uk/view/115470423

View map: Staffordshire XI.12 (Newcastle Under Lyme; Stoke On Trent) - Ordnance Survey 25 inch England and Wales, 1841-1952