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Prestige and Progress
- A Survey of Industrial North Staffordshire
1955 publication of North Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce
| page | contents |
| 1 | blank |
| 2 3 | Title pages, publisher, picture (applying decoration to bowl) |
| 4 | blank |
| 5 | Adv. Ridgway & Adderley Ltd. Booths & Colcloughs Ltd. (potters) (colour picture of Ash Hall) |
| 6 | Adv. Wengers Ltd (Etruria) (colours, glazes, minerals, raw materials etc.) |
| 7 | Adv. British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Co. Ltd. (Stafford) |
| 8 | Adv. Akron Standard (Engineers) Ltd. (Newstead, Trentham) (Tyre building equipment) |
| 9 | Adv. R. Goodwin and Sons (Engineers) Ltd. (Hanley) (Engineers and Ironfounders) |
| 10 | Adv. J Gimson & Co (1919) Ltd (Fenton) (ceramic holders/placers for pottery when firing) |
| 11 | Adv. Royal Doulton (Burslem) (potter) |
| 12 13 | Adv. The Glazed and Floor Tile Manufacturers' Association (pictures plus list of members) |
| 14 | Adv. John Maddock & Sons Ltd (Burslem) (Hotel ware) |
| 15 | Adv. Service (Engineers) Ltd (Burslem) (Pottery machinery manufacturers) |
| 16 | Adv. William Boulton Ltd. (Burslem) (Pottery machinery manufacturers) |
| 17 | Adv. Spode - W. T. Copeland & Sons Ltd. (Stoke) (potter) |
| 18 | Adv. Harrison & Son (Hanley) Ltd. (Seger Cones, raw materials etc.) |
| 19 | Adv. Cotton Bros Ltd
(Longton) (colours, glazes, minerals,
raw materials etc.) Adv. Midlands Electricity (advert for electric firing kilns) |
| 20 | Adv. Acme Marls Ltd. (Hanley) (kiln furniture) |
| 21 | Adv. Keeling &
Walker Ltd (Stoke-on-Trent) (mould
natches - to align the moulds to ensure accuracy) Adv. Victoria Heating & Ventilating Co. Ltd (Cobridge) (pottery drying units) |
| 22 | Adv.
E W T Mayer Ltd (Longport) (colours,
glazes, minerals, raw materials etc.) Adv. A G Hackney & Co Ltd (Hanley) (Industrial Ceramics) |
| 23 | Adv. English Electric (Stafford) (Electric generator plant and equipment) |
| 24 | Adv. J Hewitt & Son (Fenton) Ltd (ceramic holders/placers for pottery when firing) |
| 25 | Adv. Wood & Sons (Burslem) (potters) |
| 26 | Index of feature articles |
| 27 | Introduction to brochure. H. Francis Wood (President of North Staffs Chamber of Commerce) & Robert Menzies (Prime Minister of Australia) |
| 28 | Facts and figures about North Staffordshire |
| 29 | What is made where? |
| 30 | Picture "That inherited skill of the pottery workers..." - potter & apprentice at work |
| 31 32 | Art. "Trends and Economics" |
| 33 34 | Art. "New Horizons in Ceramic Research" - by the Director of British Ceramic Research Association |
| 35 | Adv. Blyth Colour Works Ltd. (Creswell) (colours, glazes, minerals, raw materials etc.) |
| 36 37 | Art. "Men of Rubber" article on two 'rubber' companies - neither are named (but one is Michelin) |
| 38 | Adv. Johnson Bros (Hanley) Ltd. (potters) |
| 39 40 | Art. "The Potteries - here we come!" - 'lightweight guide for visitors from overseas' |
| 41 | "The Seasons Round..." two photographs of rural Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| 42 44 | Art. "Engineering Unlimited" |
| 43 | Adv. Geo. L. Ashworth & Bros Ltd. (Hanley) Masons Patent Ironstone China |
| 45 | Art. "The science of Insulation" |
| 46 47 | Art. "Stafford - Town of Contrasts" |
| 48 49 | Art. "The call for coal" |
| 50 | Art. "A look at Leek" |
| 51 52 53 | Art. "The story of Toby and character jugs" |
| 54 55 | Art. "Some of Britain's finest acres" The problems and progress of agriculture, amid the industrial complex of North Staffordshire |
| 56 | Adv. West Midlands Gas Board |
| 57 58 59 | Art. "Venture in Education" Article on the University College of North Staffordshire (Now Keele University) |
| 60 | Art. "Ceramic Colours" |
| 61 62 | Art. "The power behind Industry" Article on electricity |
| 63 | Art. "Success
Story of Stone" Adv. J & G Meakin (potter) |
| 64 65 | Art. "Arnold Bennett came from Burslem" article by Bennett's nephew |
| 66 67 | Art. "The new college of Ceramics" article on North Staffordshire Technical College |
| 68 69 | Art. "An
unparalleled call for gas" Photos: "Five distinguished Visitors to North Staffordshire" Art. "Newcastle-under-Lyme a key town" |
| 70 | Adv. Taylor Tunnicliff & Co Ltd (Eastwood, Hanley) (porcelain insulation) |
| 71 | Art. "World trade in tiles" |
| 72 | "A guide to
some of the leading firms of North Staffordshire" Acme Marls Limited, Akron Standard (Engineers) Ltd, Geo. L. Ashworth & Bros. Ltd, C. J. Bains & Co. Ltd. |
| 73 | "A guide to
some of the leading firms of North Staffordshire" Blythe Colour Works, William Boulton Ltd, E. Brain & Co. Ltd, "BRICESCO", The British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Co. Ltd, The British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd. |
| 74 | Photos: "Yesterday and today" Hanley old Town Hall & Wood & Sons new factory. |
| 75 | "A guide to
some of the leading firms of North Staffordshire" Brittains Limited, The Diamond Clay Co. Ltd, Royal Doulton, English Electric, The Gibbons Group. |
| 76 | "A guide to
some of the leading firms of North Staffordshire" The glazed and Floor Tile Manufacturers' Association, R. Goodwin & Sons (Engineers) Ltd., Harrison & Son (Hanley) Ltd, J. Hewitt & Son (Fenton) Ltd, Johnson Brothers (Hanley) Ltd, John Maddock & Sons Ltd. |
| 77 | "A guide to
some of the leading firms of North Staffordshire" Minton, Ridgway, Adderley Booths & Colcloughs Limited, Service (Engineers) Ltd, Spode, Taylor Tunnicliff & Co. Ltd. |
| 78 | "A guide to
some of the leading firms of North Staffordshire" The Wade group, Wengers Ltd, West Midlands Gas Board, Wood & Sons. |
| 79 | Adv. Keeling &
Walker Ltd (Stoke-on-Trent) (colours,
glazes, minerals) Adv. Runcorn Docks The "Potteries Port" - Manchester Ship Canal Co |
| 80 | Adv. Wade, Wade Heath & Co Ltd, Geo. Wade & Son Ltd, (Burslem) (potters) |
| 81 | Adv. The Diamond
Clay Co. Ltd (Kiln Ware) Adv. John Taylor (Buyer - Confirmer - Shipper) |
| 82 | C.J. Baines & Co Ltd. (colours, glazes, minerals) |
| 83 | Adv. J. W. Ratcliffe
& Sons (Shelton) (Pottery tools and
equipment suppliers) Adv. Alfred Meakin (Tunstall) Ltd (potters) |
| 84 | Adv. E. Brain & Co Ltd, Foley English Bone China |
| 85 | Adv. Clemesha Bros
& Birch Ltd. (Leek) Textile
manufacturer Adv. Weetman Giftware (Tunstall) Toby Jugs, Toy Ware, Novelties. |
| 86 | Adv. BRICESCO, British Ceramic Service Co. Ltd. Tunnel Kiln builders |
| 87 | Adv. Job White &
Sons Ltd (Leek) knitwear manufacturer Adv. Burgess & Leigh Ltd (Burslem) (potter) |
| 88 | Adv. Brittains Limited (Cheddleton & Hanley) Paper manufacturer |
| 89 | Adv. British Thomson-Houston (Trent Vale) Electrical Equipment |
| 90 | Adv. Minton (Stoke) (potters) |
| 91 | Adv. Edwards &
Jones (Longton) (manufacturer of
pottery machinery) Adv. Wagstaff & Brunt Ltd (Longton) (potters) |
| 92 | Adv. Bullers Ltd. (Hanley) (Firing trial rings and kiln ware) |
| 93 | Adv. Simpsons
(Potters) Ltd. (Cobridge) Adv. Martin Colour Company Ltd. (Hanley) (colours, glazes, minerals) |
| 94 | Index to advertisers |
| 95 | Adv. Myott, Son
& Co. Ltd (Hanley) (Potters) Adv. F. Malkin & Co Ltd. (Longton) (manufacturers of pottery decorating machines) |
| 96 | Adv. Gibbons Brothers Ltd. (Dudley) (Tunnel Kiln manufacturers) |
