Emailing The Potteries Website

We are always pleased to receive your questions, comments, memories, photographs, and contributions relating to Stoke-on-Trent and the North Staffordshire Potteries.

Whether you are researching local history, identifying pottery, tracing family connections, or simply sharing your own memories of the area, please feel free to get in touch by email:

Before You Email

To help us respond as efficiently as possible, please note the following:

Sending photographs

Photographs are always very welcome, particularly where they may help with identification or add to the historical record of the website.

If you are enquiring about a piece of pottery, please include:

a clear photograph of the item
a close-up image of the mark or backstamp on the base
any pattern names, numbers, or inscriptions
In many cases, the mark on the base is more useful for identification than the piece itself.

 

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We also welcome photographs of:

• people and families from Stoke-on-Trent

• streets, buildings, and places

• former pottery works and industrial sites

• local documents, advertisements, and ephemera

If You Have Not Received a Reply

Every effort is made to reply to all emails, but due to the number of enquiries received, occasional delays can occur.

If you have not heard back within two weeks, please feel free to send a polite reminder.

Before doing so, please check:

• your return email address is correct

• your mailbox is not full

• your message (or our reply) has not been blocked by spam or virus filters

Family History Enquiries

While it is not always possible to undertake in-depth research, help will be given where time allows.

For family history enquiries, please include as much information as possible, such as:

• names

• dates

• addresses

• pottery works or streets connected with the family

Where possible, photographs of houses, streets, or relevant locations may also be provided.