Pottery Industry - 20th Century to Today

Pottery Industry - 20th Century to TodayThis is a two DVD set, the first being a complete documentary. Continuing from Pots and Potters which charts developments in the potters art and industry from Roman times up to the end of the Victorian era, this documentary looks at the milestones in the development of the pottery industry over the past century. There are interviews with pottery managers, workers and ceramic historians. The documentary is illustrated with many film sequence of all the

church parades

ADDED EXTRA: a filmed visit to the very house where he wrote The Old Wives’ Tale

Archive film footage helps tell her story

In October 1911 Arnold Bennett set sail for New York on the Lusitania

These are two complete films by Ray Johnson made in the 1970s

Anna Shannon

and went on his South Africa tour of 1926-7

reclamation schemes (1970-75)

Kibblestone Scout Camp in colour

Here we see unique film of the "toy train" going through the valleys

Dorling & Leigh

then a visit home and a night at the Grand Theatre