❤️Loving the Pottery of Stoke-on-Trent❤️

@flowerboxorguk @oldtrotter @Farnsworth100 @Regenerate_SOT @fslconsult @SOTCouncil I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it 😜

Another piece of industrial heritage in decay. Stoke means nothing to Westminster? First question from Westminster: where is Stoke? @Regenerate_SOT @fslconsult @LovingStokePots @flowerboxorguk @oldtrotter @SOTCouncil

At the turn of the 20th century this was one of many firms in the Potteries using the theme of bees on its backstamp. It has a Mason's Ironstone feel and that Imari design, called Rosette here. Indeed, it was produced not too far from Charles Mason's factory. But who made this?

@mikeriddell62 There are examples such as independently run town and parish councils, check out Frome @FromeTown @johnharris1969

There are those in the local economic development community that think politics is the only way to solve our problems and there are others who think that business is the fix. What if the community turned itself into a business and fixed its own problems? #communitywealthbuilding

There are lots of reasons why people become homeless. Thank you to @Sotlive for sharing the stories of four of our residents.

Shelton Bar c1970 photo Ken Davis.

Proudly listened to my dad announce his planned retirement from @BBCRadioStoke at the end of this football season. 54 years - mainly commentating on #StokeCity. He’s never had a contract. Not bad for a (now retired) teacher doing a bit of weekend freelancing.

@LovingStokePots Jackson and Gosling LTD?

Another ceramic conundrum. The maker of this beautiful hand painted bud vase was prolific in the south of the city during the turn of the 19th century.

@burge2u I see why you might say that, but it's not unfortunately 😐

@LovingStokePots Jackson & Gosling ? 🤔

Our @PlacesOfWelcome Community Cafe and @OnFoodbank is open tomorrow morning 10.00am until 12.00pm. Our free food table from @Tesco @FareShareUK is available for all the community. Our Chat and Natter @chattycafe table is available during the morning.

👨‍👨‍👦Some people think Stoke-on-Trent's place is with the North.⬆️ 👨‍👨‍👦Some people think Stoke-on-Trent's place is with the South.⬇️ Well here's a case for the Midlands.☑️ 📢An inspirational message for all this Christmas time 🎄🎁🎅☃️ amzn.eu/d/508UVdz @SoTCityCouncil

Sunday 13th December 1942 was a "good cause night" at the school room of the Cross Street, Methodist Church in Stoke as Czech artists presented the play "Lidice", with lantern slides and lighting effects @SoTCityCouncil @LidiceLives @CzechCentreLnd @Pamatnik_Lidice @UKinCR

Whirring Winter Warmers

It looks like a still from the #WickerMan but it was taken on the 14th April 1924, during a break from the rain at the inauguration of Fenton Park. In opening the park, with a gold key, Mayor Frank Collis said "It looks like someone has made the desert smile." @SoTCityCouncil

ippr.org/blog/levelling… If we're starting from the bottom up let's sort out governance. Stoke-on-Trent is too big for the council to handle on its own. Let's see some governance reviews & re-establishment of town councils to boost growth & civic pride @SoTCityCouncil @AbiBrown1

On 12th June 1949 the first completed Lidice house was opened up to the public. By Christmas the first of the surviving women were handed over the keys to their new homes. 2 years later 50 homes were inhabited & another 25 were near completion. Find out more in #ThePathtoLidice

Evening Sentinel report from 14th July 1908 about Fenton's #HospitalSaturday, shows an urban district council working successfully to bring a polycentric town together to raise funds for the North Staffs Royal Infirmary, long before the birth of the NHS @SoTCityCouncil @NALC

12 years today we found out that Stoke-on-Trent Magistrates would definitely be closing and going up for sale in all likelihood; we decided to campaign to save it for the community @cheryl_gerrard @SoTCityCouncil @FentonTownHall @AlanB143 @dec_brennan @fslconsult @FentonGlennLP

Lovers Don't Feel the Cold