European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The bedroom of one of the workers from the old Days of the Gladstone museum shows feat of Clay once upon a squat bottle shaped ovens brooded Over the the six towns that make up the last of these smoke belching kilns ceased working in 1955 and now fewer than 50 Are left standing in the area As relics of an Industrial Era that is no four of these ovens loom Over the cobbled Yard of the Gladstone pottery a living and working museum that is absolutely the Best place in the potteries for learning what pottery is All there is nothing Dull and Stuffy about this museum that was named Britain museum of the one year after its opening in should not be boxes containing Static exhibits they should be machines for learning about the the museums no Stuffy director Francis explained As he took a couple of visitors around the Celoria museum is a fun place to visit that said to have a Friendly cat and a harmless the museum is housed in a victorian pottery which was named Long after it had opened after the British statesman a Book published in 1878 said that the pottery made China services of the Ordinary this was a Cut above a place in nearby Chadwick Street that made Mere earthenware of the More Ordinary visitors can wander at a look into the color mixing process of an old pottery holds were stacked High in the old burning Leisure around the factors which once would have been wreathed in and follow the various stages in the making of the bottle Brick built and corseted in Metal belts to allow for heat can be entered to see How As Many As pots could be fired simultaneously in one of displays in converted warehouses and workshops Tell the Story of the Rise of the Staffordshire potteries and the history and techniques of applying color to there Are also exhibitions of Ceramic tiles and sanitary Ware from sir John Haring tons first proposal in 1596 for a Flushing toilet to More recent parties of fascinated schoolchildren were everywhere during our visit to the museum exploring galleries that explained the history of Brick watching a Young Potter show them the technique of throwing Clay and using the potters plus watching crafts people make Little China Flowers and Han paint delicate designs on the Kitchen and Back bedroom of a typical Potter at the turn of the Century have been reconstructed and sections on housing and health give insights into the lives and preoccupations of the potteries the Gladstone museum of operated by a charitable has been seen by More than a million visitors since it its open monday through saturday from until and on sundays and Bank holidays from 2 until 6 from october until its closed on allow at least 90 minutes to have a Good look admission is pounds about for adults and 70 Pence about 85 cents for the Best ticket buy is the family ticket that allows Entrance for two parents and up to four children you May borrow children to make up numbers for two How to get to the Gladstone the pottery museum is located on the a50 Highway at 26 Uttoxeter if you Are approaching from the m6 turn off at exit 15 or whichever is encountered and go along the a500 the d Road looking for the sign to Longton and then the signs for the King Cruger May stripes Magazine