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The Owd Grandad Piggott stories are best known in Povey's home town of <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a> where they have often been heard on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Stoke" title="BBC Radio Stoke">BBC Radio Stoke</a>, read by the author. Owd Grandad Piggott is noted for having a broad <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a> accent and speaks in an old <a href="/wiki/Potteries_dialect" title="Potteries dialect">Potteries dialect</a>. The stories are mostly set in the 1950s when the <a href="/wiki/Pottery" title="Pottery">pottery</a> industry was still at large. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owd_Grandad_Piggott&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owd Grandad Piggott was born and bred in <a href="/wiki/Longton,_Staffordshire" title="Longton, Staffordshire">Longton</a>, one of the six towns of Stoke-on-Trent famous for its many <a href="/wiki/Pottery" title="Pottery">pot banks</a> but also considerable poverty. </p><p>In the Owd Grandad Piggott stories he lives in a terraced house in Longton with his long suffering wife and is the next door neighbour of the author. His neighbours on the other side are Percy and Lizzy Lockett. Most of his days are spent in his local pub owned by Tommy Dawkins or, on the many occasions that he is ejected from here, the many pubs and bookmakers in and around the Longton area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Character">Character</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owd_Grandad_Piggott&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Character"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owd Grandad is hardly a savoury character. By appearance he is scruffy and unkempt, often wearing a tatty trenchcoat and has little pride in his general appearance and manners. In one story he appears in the pub with a large blob of lard on his shirt but refuses to wipe it off preferring to leave it "until it goes hard then it will chip off". He is rather crafty in nature; always up for trying easier ways to make money. His skills in talking himself out of situations usually involving the police leave a lot to be desired. He uses phrases such as "it might have looked like me but it wasn't, I've got 6 brothers and they all look like me" or tries to warn off police officers by saying "ay up, I've got a disease!". </p><p>Despite his many brushes with the law Owd Grandad can hardly be called a hardened criminal. His arrests and fines are always for minor breaches of the law such as <a href="/wiki/Breach_of_the_peace" title="Breach of the peace">breaching the peace</a> or being <a href="/wiki/Drunk_and_disorderly" class="mw-redirect" title="Drunk and disorderly">drunk and disorderly</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relationship_with_his_wife">Relationship with his wife</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owd_Grandad_Piggott&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Relationship with his wife"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owd Grandad Piggott's relationship with his wife is hardly peaceful with their many arguments and rows being somewhat of a trademark for many of the stories. Though they have been married for over 30 years, over that time Grandma Piggott (as his wife is known) has had to suffer almost constant physical and verbal abuse from her husband. Often this is a result of Owd Grandad's alcoholism. However, she often gives as good as she gets with instances of her throwing a carving knife at her husband and has allegedly, according to Owd Grandad, tried to poison him in the past. Despite all of this there is only one instance in all of the stories of Grandma Piggott actually walking out on him. That coming after a row involving a sledgehammer shaft. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Friends_of_Owd_Grandad">Friends of Owd Grandad</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owd_Grandad_Piggott&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Friends of Owd Grandad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Club-Paper Jack</b> </p><p>An old friend of Owd Grandad Piggot who is described as a man who would "do anything for money but work". The nickname "Club-Paper" refers to papers which medically exempt a person from work. Presumably Jack uses these as a means to avoid work. He appears rather notorious wearing an eyepatch and a filthy <a href="/wiki/Tam_o%27shanter_(hat)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tam o'shanter (hat)">Tam</a> and has a cunning nature always being able to find ways to capitalise on situations to his benefit if not always being able to bring his plans to fruition. He is the mastermind behind the "great chewing gum robbery". He is an animal enthusiast and owns racing pigeons, whippets and ferrets. </p><p><b>Billy Drummund</b> </p><p>Billy is another of the group of friends from Tommy Dawkins's pub. He is described as being "as honest as Legs Diamond" and has a particular talent for being able to acquire lead for sale by fair means or foul. He is another dog enthusiast owning a dog described as "a cross between a boxer and a carthorse". </p><p><b>The Author</b> </p><p>The Author of the stories is not necessarily a friend of Owd Grandad but is his next door neighbour and often steps in to make Owd Grandad see sense in his misadventures. He does not particularly like Owd Grandad as a person but generally gets along with him despite him stealing money from his house. On one such occasion, the author is anxious to catch up with Owd Grandad before he can get to the pub, as 'Owd Grandad could turn money into liquid faster than a petrol pump.' </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_adventures">Notable adventures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owd_Grandad_Piggott&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable adventures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The stories focus mainly on Owd Grandad's life as an old age pensioner and include him and his many friends. </p><p><b>The Great Chewing Gum Robbery</b> </p><p>Owd Grandad and Club-Paper Jack (Owd Grandad's friend who has never done an honest day's work in his life) plan what they call a "big job" after being inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Great_Train_Robbery_(1963)" title="Great Train Robbery (1963)">Great Train Robbery</a>. After careful thought and planning, Jack and Owd Grandad plan to break into a chewing gum machine on the wall of a tobacconist's warehouse. Jack had seen many children purchasing chewing gum drawing the conclusion that the machine must be full of money. They discover that the machine in fact contains only 7 pence and are arrested following an alarm being triggered overhead. It is revealed, however, that the alarm was not in fact triggered by them but by burglars in the warehouse itself who got away with over £1000 worth of cigars. </p><p><b>The excursion to London</b> </p><p>Owd Grandad goes on a trip to London organised by Tommy Dawkins for his regulars. While on the trip he upsets another man by spitting a cherry stone in his ear upsetting his hearing-aid. On the coach home, after Owd Grandad had been drinking excessively, he falls asleep without going to the toilet before the 200-mile journey. After waking up while the coach was on the <a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1 motorway</a> he realises that he needs to urinate and hassles the driver to leave the motorway. The driver eventually stops the coach by a wall on a country road and Owd Grandad runs up and jumps over it only to discover that it was, in fact, a canal bridge and plunges into the water below. He is, however, okay and gets back on the bus after a verbal assault directed at the driver. Despite his clothes being soaked in mud he decides not to take a bath until he notices that nobody will stand near him at the bar. </p><p><b>Owd Grandad and Club-Paper Jack Brew Ale</b> </p><p>Owd Grandad discovers, to his horror, that the price of beer has been raised from 1 shilling to 1 and a <a href="/wiki/Old_penny_sterling" class="mw-redirect" title="Old penny sterling">penny</a>. Outraged, he decides to contact Club-Paper Jack to borrow his book about brewing. 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Buildings and structures in Stoke-on-Trent">Buildings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Listed buildings in Stoke-on-Trent">Listed buildings</a> (<a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Stoke-on-Trent">Grade II*</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bottle_oven" title="Bottle oven">Bottle ovens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burslem_Market_Hall" title="Burslem Market Hall">Burslem Market Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruria_Hall" title="Etruria Hall">Etruria Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Green_Hall" title="Ford Green Hall">Ford Green Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Town_Hall,_Burslem" title="Old Town Hall, Burslem">Old Town Hall, Burslem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trentham_Mausoleum" title="Trentham Mausoleum">Trentham Mausoleum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Villas" title="The Villas">The Villas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedgwood_Institute" title="Wedgwood Institute">Wedgwood Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterworld,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Waterworld, Stoke-on-Trent">Water World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winton_Square" title="Winton Square">Winton Square</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Stafford_Hotel" title="North Stafford Hotel">North Stafford Hotel</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Theatres</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Arts_Centre" title="Mitchell Arts Centre">Mitchell Arts Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Theatre,_Burslem" title="Queen's Theatre, Burslem">Queen's Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regent_Theatre,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent">Regent Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_Repertory_Theatre" title="Stoke-on-Trent Repertory Theatre">Stoke Rep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Hanley" title="Theatre Royal, Hanley">Theatre Royal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Hall,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent">Victoria Hall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Museums_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Museums in Stoke-on-Trent">Museums</a><br />and libraries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burslem_School_of_Art" title="Burslem School of Art">Burslem School of Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatterley_Whitfield" title="Chatterley Whitfield">Chatterley Whitfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruria_Industrial_Museum" title="Etruria Industrial Museum">Etruria Industrial Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladstone_Pottery_Museum" title="Gladstone Pottery Museum">Gladstone Pottery Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montagu_C._Butler_Library" title="Montagu C. Butler Library">Montagu C. Butler Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potteries_Museum_%26_Art_Gallery" title="Potteries Museum & Art Gallery">Potteries Museum & Art Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spode_Museum" title="Spode Museum">Spode Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shopping</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_Sentral" title="City Sentral">City Sentral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potteries_Shopping_Centre" title="Potteries Shopping Centre">Potteries Shopping Centre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parks and<br />countryside</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bagnall_Road_Wood" title="Bagnall Road Wood">Bagnall Road Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berryhill_Fields" title="Berryhill Fields">Berryhill Fields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burslem_Park" title="Burslem Park">Burslem Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanley_Park" title="Hanley Park">Hanley Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartshill_Park" title="Hartshill Park">Hartshill Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hem_Heath_Woods" title="Hem Heath Woods">Hem Heath Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_Garden_Festival" title="Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival">Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trentham_Estate" title="Trentham Estate">Trentham Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Tunstall" title="Victoria Park, Tunstall">Victoria Park, Tunstall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westport_Lake,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Westport Lake, Stoke-on-Trent">Westport Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitfield_Valley" title="Whitfield Valley">Whitfield Valley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sport and<br />music venues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bet365_Stadium" title="Bet365 Stadium">Bet365 Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Torch" title="Golden Torch">Golden Torch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jollees" title="Jollees">Jollees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longton_Cricket_Club_Ground" title="Longton Cricket Club Ground">Longton Cricket Club Ground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meir_Heath_Cricket_Club" title="Meir Heath Cricket Club">Meir Heath Cricket Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelley%27s_Laserdome" title="Shelley's Laserdome">Shelley's Laserdome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sugarmill" title="The Sugarmill">The Sugarmill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Underground_(Stoke_concert_venue)" title="The Underground (Stoke concert venue)">The Underground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vale_Park" title="Vale Park">Vale Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Mass media in Stoke-on-Trent">Mass media</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Publishing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Rhythms" title="Cross Rhythms">Cross Rhythms</a></li> <li>Pits n Pots</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Oatcake" title="The Oatcake">The Oatcake</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sentinel_(Staffordshire)" title="The Sentinel (Staffordshire)">The Sentinel</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Radio</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Stoke" title="BBC Radio Stoke">BBC Radio Stoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Rhythms_City_Radio" title="Cross Rhythms City Radio">Cross Rhythms City Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_Staffordshire_%26_Cheshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire">Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hits_Radio_Staffordshire_%26_Cheshire" title="Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire">Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Christian_Broadcasters#UCB_United_Kingdom" title="United Christian Broadcasters">UCB UK</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Education_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Education in Stoke-on-Trent">Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="List of schools in Stoke-on-Trent">List of schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_College" title="Stoke-on-Trent College">Stoke-on-Trent College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Stoke-on-Trent_Sixth_Form_College" title="City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College">City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Staffordshire University">Staffordshire University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Stoke_University_Hospital" title="Royal Stoke University Hospital">Royal Stoke University Hospital</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Companies_based_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Companies based in Stoke-on-Trent">Companies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pottery</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aynsley_China" title="Aynsley China">Aynsley China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beswick_Pottery" title="Beswick Pottery">Beswick Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burleigh_Pottery" title="Burleigh Pottery">Burleigh Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Ware" title="Carlton Ware">Carlton Ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churchill_China" title="Churchill China">Churchill China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayburn_Pottery" title="Clayburn Pottery">Clayburn Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudson" title="Dudson">Dudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Bridgewater" title="Emma Bridgewater">Emma Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruria_Works" title="Etruria Works">Etruria Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gray%27s_Pottery" title="Gray's Pottery">Gray's Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Sadler_and_Sons_Ltd" title="James Sadler and Sons Ltd">James Sadler and Sons Ltd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucideon" title="Lucideon">Lucideon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._%26_G._Meakin" title="J. & G. Meakin">J. & G. Meakin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midwinter_Pottery" title="Midwinter Pottery">Midwinter Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mintons" title="Mintons">Mintons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorcroft" title="Moorcroft">Moorcroft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palissy" title="Palissy">Palissy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paragon_China" title="Paragon China">Paragon China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portmeirion_Pottery" title="Portmeirion Pottery">Portmeirion Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Doulton" title="Royal Doulton">Royal Doulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Winton" title="Royal Winton">Royal Winton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelley_Potteries" title="Shelley Potteries">Shelley Potteries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spode" title="Spode">Spode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steelite" title="Steelite">Steelite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedgwood" title="Wedgwood">Wedgwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W_H_Grindley" title="W H Grindley">W H Grindley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armitage_Shanks" title="Armitage Shanks">Armitage Shanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bet365" title="Bet365">Bet365</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_Records" title="Clay Records">Clay Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodwin_plc" title="Goodwin plc">Goodwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanley_Economic_Building_Society" title="Hanley Economic Building Society">Hanley Economic Building Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelton_Bar" title="Shelton Bar">Shelton Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SONS_Records" title="SONS Records">SONS Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titanic_Brewery" title="Titanic Brewery">Titanic Brewery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twyford_Bathrooms" title="Twyford Bathrooms">Twyford Bathrooms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrights_Pies" title="Wrights Pies">Wrights Pies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Sport_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Sport in Stoke-on-Trent">Sport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Association football teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbey_Hulton_United_F.C." title="Abbey Hulton United F.C.">Abbey Hulton United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dresden_United_F.C." title="Dresden United F.C.">Dresden United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastwood_Hanley_F.C." title="Eastwood Hanley F.C.">Eastwood Hanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanley_Town_F.C." title="Hanley Town F.C.">Hanley Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meir_K.A._F.C." title="Meir K.A. 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