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![Dist:0.5km<br/>'Gitanas' on Hartshill Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent
The site of the former Union Inn was an original 1830's beerhouse.
Gertrude Mary Astbury [her stage name was Gertie Gitana] ....
the Staffordshire Cinderella was born at Shirley Street, Longport, Stoke-on-Trent on December 27th 1887.
She was to become a firm favourite with British music hall audiences. She had a sweet, childlike voice that suited her famous signature tune 'Nellie Dean'.](http://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/34/38/343827_d5b03dde_120x120.jpg "SJ8546 : Gitanas Public House, Hartshill")
![Dist:0.5km<br/>A view looking in the opposite direction to [[2101483]]. In the distance, in [[SJ8446]], the path reaches Hempstalls Lane.](http://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/10/14/2101491_1e997083_120x120.jpg "SJ8546 : Station Walks, Newcastle-Under-Lyme")
![Dist:0.6km<br/>Tucked away in a corner of the [[2477290]] is this simple memorial to a gallant soldier. The inscription reads:
In Memory of a Brave Soldier
Sergeant William Frederick Kite
4858212 W/Sgt
Military Medal and Two Bars
1939-1945
Fred 'Buck' Kite was born in Newcastle-Under-Lyme in 1921, at the age of 17 he enlisted in the Royal Armoured Corps and was posted to the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment. During the Second World War he was awarded the Military Medal three times for courage under fire in North Africa and France, the third medal was awarded for great personal courage before being seriously wounded at Le Grand Bonfait, Normandy in 1944. Each citation (viewable here- http://www.greenflash.org.uk/bravery/kite.html ) was signed by Montgomery, firstly as General Officer Commanding the 8th Army, then as Commander in Chief of the 21st Army Group, and finally as Field Marshall. His medals were presented to him at Buckingham Palace by King George VI. Fred Kite survived the war with the unique distinction of being the only British soldier to have won the Military Medal three times, he died in 1993 at the age of 72. In 2004, youngsters at his former Primary School helped to design this permanent memorial to the former pupil who became a war hero.](http://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/47/73/2477349_f11307f6_120x120.jpg "SJ8546 : Memorial to Sergeant Fred Kite MM")
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