The Sentinel (Staffordshire) - Arnold Bennett

Arnold Bennett

In Arnold Bennett's "The Card", a comedic story about a local go-getter, Denry Machin, The Sentinel is portrayed as The Signal. Much later, Stoke's first commercial radio station was called Signal Radio, possibly in a nod to "The Card".

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