Longton in the 1950's

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Longton in the 1950's

Longton was the most industrial of the Potteries’ six towns - there were more pottery kilns in Longton town centre compared with the other five towns.
The writer Arnold Bennett compared Longton's conurbation as being akin to Hell.
Pictures of the area during its industrial growth defy belief with smoke pouring from a multitude of chimneys in amongst bottle ovens of various shapes and sizes.
The great concentration of these ovens and the situation of Longton being in a slight hollow, made it the most polluted of all the pottery towns.

Longton in the mid 1950's - to the left is High Street (now Uttoxeter Road), bottom right is Stafford Street (now The Strand)

Longton in the mid 1950's - to the left is High Street (now Uttoxeter Road), bottom right is Stafford Street (now The Strand)

photo: Lee J Haywood Creative Commons Licence

the dark blue oval is the Gladstone, Roslyn and Park Works

the dark blue oval is the Gladstone, Roslyn and Park Works
the red oval is the John Tams Crown Pottery on the corner of Commerce Street and Stafford Street (now The Strand)
the light blue oval was the Empire Theatre which burnt down in 1993, the frontage was demolished in 1997

the same area in 2010, the theatre has been demolished - the Park Works was demolished and is now the
car park of the Gladstone Pottery Museum - which incorportates the Gladstone & Roslyn works

map from 1947 Pottery Gazette & Glass Trade Review

44 Doric China Co.

45 Gladstone China (Longton), Ltd.

46 Roslyn China

47 New Park Potteries, Ltd.

48 Shaw & Copestake, Ltd.

49 H. Aynsley & Co., Ltd.

50 Cartwright & Edwards,Ltd.

51 Adderleys, Ltd.

52 Holdcrofts, Ltd.

53 John Tams, Ltd.

54 James H. Cope & Co., Ltd.

55 Palissy Pottery, Ltd.

56 J. Lockett & Co.

57 J.T.Fell & Co. (Longton), Ltd.

58 Mayer & Sherratt

59 Collingwood Bros., Ltd.

60 Salisbury Crown China Co.

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Longton - Longton was at the end of a lane which ran from Tunstall to a village at the end of the lane, hence Longton was known as Lane End, and colloquially as 'Neck End'.

Empire Theatre

Gladstone Pottery Museum

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