100 YEARS 100 FACES

The huge mural on a gable end in Hanley, celebrating people who have shaped the city's cultural identity


In 2025, Terry was surprised and delighted to learn that he had been nominated and then selected for inclusion on the huge mural '100 Years 100 Faces'. The mural features 100 portraits to honour the people who have shaped the city's cultural identity of the last 100 years. 

The mural was painted on the gable end of a building which, at one time, was a pub called the Star Inn, in Marsh Street, Hanley.


'100 Years 100 Faces'

By Rob Fenton and Alastair Barnett

The mural - '100 Years 100 Faces'
TW in real life - bottom right of the pic
Photo: Pam Woolliscroft Collection  Date: 18 Sept 2025


Deeply rooted in the city's heritage
The artwork was commissioned by the Stoke-on-Trent City Centre BID (Business Improvement District - an organisation supporting and promoting the city centre) and created by local artists Rob Fenton @thisisrobfenton and Alastair Barnett @abarnett.artist. They painted a mural that 'feels contemporary but is deeply rooted in the city's heritage'. It was unveiled to the public on Saturday 13th September 2025.

The unpainted gable end of a property in
Marsh Street, Hanley. Waiting for its mural.


Proper chuffed
Yours truly was proper chuffed to be included in the mural. I can be seen top right and just left of the flame of the Olympic torch.  The depictions of the bottle ovens were based on my paintings. On the far top left is the Conway Pottery in Fenton (now demolished). On the far top right is the award winning Gladstone Pottery Museum in Longton.

Part of the completed mural - far right
TW just left of the Olympic flame


Terry Woolliscroft with the artists,  
Rob Fenton and Alastair Barnett 
Photo: Pam Woolliscroft Collection  Date: 18 Sept 2025

 

KEY to the MURAL
Click on image to enlarge 
 
HiRes pdf downloadable here >
Courtesy: Alastair Barnett @abarnett.artist and Rob Fenton @thisisrobfenton


All 100 faces featured: (alphabetical list at bottom of this page) 
Commander Nathan Gray, Reginald Mitchell CBE, Rita Baines MBE, George Bennions, Andy Edwards, Arnold Machin, Phil Hardaker, Arnold Bennett, Lemmy, John Baskeyfield, Gertie Gitana, Kirsty Bertarelli, Havergal Brian, Jackie Trent, Chris Burton, Mike Lloyd, Slash, Robbie Williams, Bruno Brookes, Sam Plank, Eric Newton, Don Shelley, Jazmin Sawyers, Nathan Heaney, Tut Whalley, Kendo Nagasaki, Eddie Hall, Sir David Lee Pearson, Imran Sherwani, Angela Smith, Neil 'Nello' Baldwin, Luigi 'Lou' Macari, Keith Brymer Jones, Emma Bailey, Jessie Tait, Lorna Bailey, Susie Cooper, Emma Bridgewater, Clarice Cliff, William Moorcroft, Roger Bairstow, Maureen Flowers

Phil the Power' Taylor, Eric Bristow, Carol Shanahan, John Rudge, Daniel Flynn, Fred Hughes, Ray Johnson, June Cartwright, Angela Glendenning, Jane Sawyers, Levison Wood, Joe Monks-Neil, Eustace Lycett Luke Hamnett, Anthea Turner, Jonathan Wilkes, Freddie Jones, Neil Morrisey, Deborah McAndrew, Nicholas Hancock, Rachel Shenton, Nick Degg, Martin Tideswell, Peter Cheeseman, Arthur Berry, John Wain, Sir Brian Fender, Terry Woolliscroft, Cllr Doug Brown, Lillian Dodd, Lyn Sharpe Majid Khan, Tristram Hunt, Mike Wolfe, Jack Ashley, Florence Jessie MacWilliams, Liz Barnes, Bob Taylor, Danni, Wyatt-Hodge, Brian Barber, Dawnie Reynolds, Sydney Morris, Lloyd Cooke, John Caudwell

Mo Chaudry, Denise Coates, Peter Coates, Ian Dudson, Gareth Higgins, John James Wright, Terry Holdcroft, Ralph Goodwin, Sir Barnett Stross, William Thomas Astbury, Dorothy Griffiths, Millicent Duchess of Sutherland, John Grocott, Stanley Matthews, Gordon Banks.


Links to the local newspaper coverage 

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Stoke-on-Trent City Centre BID - Business Improvement District https://www.stokeontrentcitycentre.co.uk/stoke100




Full List in alphabetical order

Arthur Berry
Jack Ashley
William Thomas Astbury
Emma Bailey
Lorna Bailey
Roger Bairstow
Rita Baines MBE
Neil “Nello” Baldwin
Gordon Banks
Liz Barnes
Brian Barber
John Baskeyfield
Arnold Bennett
George Bennions
Kirsty Bertarelli
Havergal Brian
Emma Bridgewater
Eric Bristow
Bruno Brookes
Cllr Doug Brown
Chris Burton
John Caudwell
June Cartwright
Mo Chaudry
Peter Cheeseman
Clarice Cliff
Denise Coates
Peter Coates
Susie Cooper
Lloyd Cooke
Danni
Nick Degg
Lillian Dodd
Ian Dudson
Andy Edwards
Sir Brian Fender
Maureen Flowers
Daniel Flynn
Angela Glendenning
Gertie Gitana
Ralph Goodwin
John Grocott
Commander Nathan Gray
Dorothy Griffiths
Eddie Hall
Nicholas Hancock
Luke Hamnett
Phil Hardaker
Nathan Heaney
Gareth Higgins
Terry Holdcroft
Tristram Hunt
Fred Hughes
Ray Johnson
Keith Brymer Jones
Lemmy
Eustace Lycett
Arnold Machin
Luigi “Lou” Macari
Florence Jessie MacWilliams
Deborah McAndrew
Stanley Matthews
Reginald Mitchell CBE
Joe Monks-Neil
Sydney Morris
Neil Morrisey
William Moorcroft
Kendo Nagasaki
Eric Newton
Sir David Lee Pearson
Sam Plank
Dawnie Reynolds
John Rudge
Jane Sawyers
Jazmin Sawyers
Carol Shanahan
Rachel Shenton
Don Shelley
Imran Sherwani
Angela Smith
Slash
Sir Barnett Stross
Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland
Jessie Tait
Bob Taylor
Phil “the Power” Taylor
Martin Tideswell
Jackie Trent
Anthea Turner
John Wain
Tut Whalley
Jonathan Wilkes
Robbie Williams
John James Wright
Mike Wolfe
Levison Wood
Terry Woolliscroft
Wyatt-Hodge