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Stoke-on-Trent - Potworks of the week
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Blyth Works,
Uttoxeter Road (was High Street) between Longton and Normacot
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The Blyth Works (originally known as the Newtown Works until around 1903) was located on High Street (later Uttoxeter Road), Longton. Production at the works ceased in 2006 when the Tams Group closed down. The
date of the demolition of the works is uncertain - Google Street View shows
that the building was still standing in April 2009 but had been
demolished by October 2012. |
| From | To | Occupier | Comments |
| c.1892 | 1903 | Dresden Porcelain Co | Originally named the Newtown Works - the business was established for the manufacture of China by Thomas Forester & Sons Ltd. |
| 1903 | 1939 | Blyth Porcelain Co Ltd | Around 1903 the Dresden Porcelain Co. was renamed Blyth Porcelain Co.
and the factory renamed to the Blyth Works. The business continued to be owned by the Forester family - In June 1938 a resolution was passed that the company be voluntarily wound up and it closed in 1939. |
| 1939 | c.1960 | A T Finney & Sons Ltd | In 1939, The
works were purchased by A T Finney & Sons in order to further expand
their production. Finney already owned the nearby Duchess China Works |
| c.1960 | 2000 | John Tams & Son Ltd | Tams acquired the Blyth Works around 1960 andperated it as a subsidiary production unit (The Blyth Pottery) for tablewares and hotelware. |
| 2000 | 2006 | Tams Group Ltd | Tams Group Ltd
was formed in April 2000. It was a management buyout of part of
the former John Tams Group PLC, which went into receivership in
February 2000. The business closed in 2006. |
Tams Blyth Works,
Uttoxeter Road (was High Street) between Longton and Normacot
photo: Nov 2006
Tams Blyth Works c.1960's
photo: © Lovatt Collection
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On the left is the tower of St. James
Church
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contents: 2009 photos
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Page created 10 December 2011 Last updated 14 November 2025: Table of the occupiers of the works added.
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