Shelton and the Ridgway Family
Stoke-on-Trent (Cauldon) College on Stoke Road
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Stoke-on-Trent College, Stoke Road
Ridgway's Cauldon Place works was
built on this site, by the side of the Caldon Canal.
By 1906 the firm was called 'Cauldon Ltd' and then from 1920 'Cauldon
Potteries Ltd'.
The pottery factory buildings were vacated in 1936 and were largely devastated by fire in 1938. During the war the derelict buildings were used for the training of Civil Defence Workers. The use of the site for further education originated in 1946 when the newly created Building Department of the technical college was created here.
This is now part of the Stoke-on-Trent College.
Stoke Road, looking towards Howard Place
Taken outside the college main entrance in Stoke Road.
Photos: 2000
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