The Sad Wedgwood Story
January 6, 2009
The English pottery industry has been in a poor state for some time now. Though, now it seems that the last stand has finely fallen and the heart of the Stoke-on-Trent pottery industry is set to die.
Stoke-on-Trent was built around the pot kilns and smoky sky’s many years ago. The culture, economy and people have had pottery in their blood for 250 years and now sadly it looks to be coming to an end.
The loss of jobs shouldn’t be forgotten but I think the whole of Britain should morn in the loss of the great manufacturing giant of years gone past. A truly global dominator from what now seems history. I doubt very much that the Chinese or whichever newly industrialised country takes over the production will do the goods justice. It does beg the question as to whether people will buy Wedgewood if it is not produced in the UK as surely that was the whole point?!







