tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post2316504627037063616..comments2024-03-29T07:51:08.192+00:00Comments on Corners of my Mind: Five on FridayRosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-67288911490097852442015-03-12T19:17:58.473+00:002015-03-12T19:17:58.473+00:00It's well worth a visit, Suzy, there's so...It's well worth a visit, Suzy, there's so much of interest there:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-61358227251551502772015-03-12T19:12:28.366+00:002015-03-12T19:12:28.366+00:00I love the look of that museum too, must try and g...I love the look of that museum too, must try and go one day. xRustic Vintage Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17707515487917612909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-56306253820055784932015-03-08T18:25:51.581+00:002015-03-08T18:25:51.581+00:00Tour Guide ready and available for duty when you v...Tour Guide ready and available for duty when you visit the Potteries:)xxxRosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-72271051355023100772015-03-08T15:27:51.391+00:002015-03-08T15:27:51.391+00:00My favourite building is the museum - so distincti...My favourite building is the museum - so distinctive. I still need to do a tour of Stoke xxxxDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269721218424514656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-26921715467492307772015-03-08T09:01:36.320+00:002015-03-08T09:01:36.320+00:00Thanks, Jan - glad you enjoyed the photos:)Thanks, Jan - glad you enjoyed the photos:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-12794955143906573872015-03-07T18:28:07.251+00:002015-03-07T18:28:07.251+00:00It's lovely to see photos of an area of the co...It's lovely to see photos of an area of the country that I don't know very well. JxJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07341377291617694838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-64620576662290050312015-03-07T14:10:18.571+00:002015-03-07T14:10:18.571+00:00Yes, they still have oatcakes and oatcake shops. ...Yes, they still have oatcakes and oatcake shops. The old 'hole-in-the-wall' oatcake shop closed a few years ago there was a great debate about trying to save it but it didn't work out. I think there is a national oatcake day for Staffordshire Oatcakes. A lot of the buildings you remember have probably been cleaned up or are no longer there. Etruria where the Wedgwood factory and model village used to be before moving to Barlaston became the site of the Garden Festival in the 1980s and it is now a retail and leisure park also a marina for the canal boats as the Trent & Mersey canal runs through there:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-2805438738516365912015-03-07T14:05:35.134+00:002015-03-07T14:05:35.134+00:00Thanks, Chel - the pottery museum is wonderful - h...Thanks, Chel - the pottery museum is wonderful - happy weekend to you too:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-64108584169281474552015-03-07T14:04:49.048+00:002015-03-07T14:04:49.048+00:00Thanks, Amy - the Gladstone Museum is fascinating ...Thanks, Amy - the Gladstone Museum is fascinating to visit - they also have a history of toilets gallery and a tile one too as well as the old factory buildings and hand-on on the potter's wheel:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-51187576315681081832015-03-07T14:03:19.244+00:002015-03-07T14:03:19.244+00:00Ah, yes returning books before they get overdue ca...Ah, yes returning books before they get overdue can sometimes be a pain - I can renew on-line as long as no one else has requested the book:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-34840091588985086392015-03-07T10:14:22.320+00:002015-03-07T10:14:22.320+00:00Ah, yes it is best to look up when walking in some...Ah, yes it is best to look up when walking in some places in the town as I get so sad to see the still empty shop fronts especially along Market street and in the precinct. I don't really know how things could be altered - it would be lovely to see a thriving town buzzing with locals and visitors:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-75499536802901374012015-03-07T10:10:58.809+00:002015-03-07T10:10:58.809+00:00Oh, Elaine sorry to confuse you - you'd think ...Oh, Elaine sorry to confuse you - you'd think it would be the supermarket but I have to say we don't visit the town supermarket that often because it is always so busy and such a hassle - so we drive a little way to the next town to the one we prefer hence not visiting the local one as often as the library:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-69027589466619243112015-03-07T10:07:43.287+00:002015-03-07T10:07:43.287+00:00Thanks, Wendy - although much of Stoke's indus...Thanks, Wendy - although much of Stoke's industry has been lost over the years and therefore many buildings too there are certain buildings that have been saved by locals and also recently places like Middleport pottery and the Wedgwood Institute by the Princes Trust:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-6170747919835704582015-03-07T10:05:32.519+00:002015-03-07T10:05:32.519+00:00I'll try to do a bit about each town you menti...I'll try to do a bit about each town you mention over the next few months, Katherine. Newcastle isn't part of the unitary authority of the City of Stoke -on-Trent. The Newcastle-under-Lyme council covers the area west and North of the city so also covers Keele and Kidsgrove. Newcastle does have a very lively open air market and also a bric a brac and artisans farmers market too. The little museum there is a treasure. I think I have written a post about that somewhere on here but I will get around to writing another soon:)<br />Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-78592805958922042182015-03-06T23:28:18.846+00:002015-03-06T23:28:18.846+00:00I lived in the Potteries when I was young. What I ...I lived in the Potteries when I was young. What I remember is how black the buildings were, particularly in Etruria where they were literally black almost as if they had been painted. A few bottle kilns were still standing in ruins (they were pretty black too) I think the wonderful oatcake shops had gone when I revisited many years later. Do they still have oatcakes? they were really nice, like pancakes. We used to eat them toasted. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-91922516837695533752015-03-06T21:36:33.061+00:002015-03-06T21:36:33.061+00:00Oh those buildings! All so different and all fant...Oh those buildings! All so different and all fantastic. My favourite has to be the pottery museum. Have a wonderful weekend xxsweetbriardreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03036932595395191529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-78440758352904500982015-03-06T16:31:03.409+00:002015-03-06T16:31:03.409+00:00Fabulous idea for a post!!! It was great to see t...Fabulous idea for a post!!! It was great to see the different buildings and to learn some more about them. The pottery museum must be a really interesting place to visit. This is a good reminder to look around us at the different buildings! Thank you so much for joining in. I hope that you have a great weekend!! xxAmy at love made my homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111180584250029433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-45906393621249821732015-03-06T16:01:33.410+00:002015-03-06T16:01:33.410+00:00Glad they were able to preserve so many of the bui...Glad they were able to preserve so many of the buildings instead of tearing them down. I only visit my library online, I'm terrible about turning books in on time, so much easier when I can do it electronicallyMac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-25619394084587191812015-03-06T15:44:45.955+00:002015-03-06T15:44:45.955+00:00I see the library the most as I drive past it! Liv...I see the library the most as I drive past it! Live on the same road lol We do have some wonderful buildings. Longton town centre might not be the best design/place, but I tend to look upwards and the original architecture is still there above the shops. Great post Rosie.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023925707643985411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-71641987581374788742015-03-06T14:21:16.479+00:002015-03-06T14:21:16.479+00:00I don't know your part of the world very well ...I don't know your part of the world very well so it was interesting to see what it has to offer in the form of some fine buildings. I thought you were going to say that the supermarket was the place you visited most often - silly me.elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-36965025068609178522015-03-06T13:47:44.549+00:002015-03-06T13:47:44.549+00:00How wonderful that your Dad had the vision and for...How wonderful that your Dad had the vision and foresight to take all those photos of buildings that have been lost. For every building saved in this area many more have been lost I'm afraid including many terraced houses formerly lived in by the pottery workers which if they had been refurbished could have offered good solid accommodation for many people. Happy weekend to you too:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-13811999673276137512015-03-06T13:44:48.086+00:002015-03-06T13:44:48.086+00:00Thank you Michelle - as with Lisa - above - I'...Thank you Michelle - as with Lisa - above - I'm having problems leaving a comment on your blog because when I try to publish a comment google want me to join google plus which I don't want to do. I hope you pop back sometime and read this and understand why I haven't been able to leave a coment with you:) Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-61211186799593257282015-03-06T13:38:22.130+00:002015-03-06T13:38:22.130+00:00Hello Lisa and thank you for your comment. I'...Hello Lisa and thank you for your comment. I've just visited your blog and tried to leave a comment but it keeps asking me to 'log in' so I'm afraid I can't leave you a message to say how delicious your lemon cake looks. I hope you pop back sometime and read this so you can see why I haven't returned your comment. RosiexRosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-85909548348733207622015-03-06T12:29:03.111+00:002015-03-06T12:29:03.111+00:00It was nice to read that your towns people's e...It was nice to read that your towns people's efforts to save these historical sites succeeded more than once! It's always such a shame to demolition beautiful old buildings. Love the shape of the pottery ovens. I'd be at the library every day if it was housed in such an elegant home ;) (ours is quite modern, but still nice!)<br />WendySeptember Violetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10931133319044031928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11621908.post-47567224751167886962015-03-06T12:01:23.791+00:002015-03-06T12:01:23.791+00:00Thank you. I can't get to the Potteries in per...Thank you. I can't get to the Potteries in person, so am enjoying your tour. Please do one for Hanley & Stoke, see if I recognise anything from time as a kid up there with my Grandparents. Where does Newcastle fit with all these? We used to go to Newcastle market quite a bit. Still remember buying maroon moccasin slippers. I loved them (aged 12/13). Katharine x Katharine Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12272802201564787548noreply@blogger.com