There's a fascinating history of wrestling in Hanley developing in the Galleries. Ron Historyo has uncovered the wrestling bills of the hall from the 1930s and 1940s. Incredible stuff going back to the earliest outings of Count Bartelli, and even earlier.
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I also find that strange although some Boroughs are very odd in Manchester,
Bolton , Wigan , Rochdale , Bury , Salford , Oldham , Stockport , Manchester are all council Boroughs with those names as the main town.
But we also have Trafford and Tameside Boroughs , but they are not names of towns and it would be hard to pick the main town of those Boroughs.
For some reason Hanley got a lot of investment and the main shopping centre.