Normacot Road, Longton
The new Longton Spiritualist
Church building in Normacot Road replaced the old one which was in
Lightwood Road.
the old building in Lightwood Road - it was
demolished to make way for the A50 road
Gordon Higginson, the
president of the Spiritualist National Union for 23 years, was a member of
this church, he died in 1993
Longton spiritualist Church on the corner of Chadwick Street
and Normacot Road
the Sealion Pub once stood on this location - the new church
opened in 1995
Gladstone Pottery Museum
- a listed building
can be seen at the end of
Chadwick Street
Two companies merged in 1952
to be called Thomas Poole and Gladstone China. It was in March 1960 that
the ovens last fired; but decorating and then only despatch departments
were active until May 1970 when Thomas Poole and Gladstone China put the
works up for sale - the works fell into dereliction but were saved from
demolitions and became the Gladstone Pottery Museum -
Looking along Normacot Road
St. James church on the left and the old
Shaw and Copestake Sylvac works on the right
  
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Copestake Works
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