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Funky Facts about Longton...

It's well known as "Neck End".

It's also famous as the home of Owd Grandad Piggot. Of 'real' people born there, one of the most famous is the composer Havergal Brian.

One of the greatest of the country's cabaret/supper clubs of the 1970s was based here - Jollees.

As well as the smell of the slip from pottery factories, you will also get a whiff of toffee-making. Walkers Nonsuch has been based here since it started.

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What do you think about Longton?

Best Place in Longton according to George is the Gladstone Pottery Museum, "a fantastic example of the areas industrial heritage, fun for all the family" he says, and loads of people agree by the sounds of it! Ben suggests "Maybe Longton park in the summer".

B says the worst thing about Longton is "the pigeons in Longton Town Centre!" Whereas Rose dislikes the "tiny dirty railway station, very unpleasant to wait for trains..."