Stoke on Film 1950s

Stoke on Film 1950sThis was a period of great change for the Potteries. The 1951 Festival of Britain heralded a new optimism following years of post war austerity. Finally freed from utility regulations, the pottery industry could now produce colourful ware in exciting new designs but faced the end of coal firing, new techniques and corporate mergers and the Burslem School of Art is seen training new designers. The Coronation of 1953 boosted the nations morale and the

followed by film of the campaign to save the Town Hall from demolition in the 1980s – led by future Lord Mayor Ellis Bevan

nurses and other workers past and present of how things had changed over the decades

Ernest Gray

Professionally produced

school trips

the fine quality sequences show fascinating detail

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and how it touched many people's lives

His wife Mary gives insight into how he trained and other aspects of his professional life

The state of the industry today is examined

Bi-Centenary of the North Staffordshire Infirmary

attend a memorial service and see the various memorials to the ship and her crew