Hillstonia Pottery
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Moira Pottery
Here is a little history on MOIRA POTTERY:
In business for 50 years, the MOIRA POTTERY COMPANY was known for their popular HILLSTONIA.
A fellow who lives in England and had this to say... I quote in part: "...thought you might be interested in a bit of information on Moira Pottery.
The company started in 1922 making jam jars and progressed to making more specialist pottery such as Hillstonia mostly between the years of 1934 and 1972.
Hillstonia was decorative ware for bulbs & plants, mostly handmade and is glazed inside and unglazed outside. .....The company was situated approx 8kms from Burton on Trent - which is in the borough of Staffordshire in the Midlands, however Moira is just over the border in the adjacent borough of Leicestershire - approx 40kms from Leicester.
The pottery was closed in 1972, demolished and the ground it stood on excavated for the coal reserves underneath it.
After the coal was extracted the whole area was 'reclaimed' and is now part of an area known as the National Forest - parks and leisure complexes..."
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Upon trying to find photos of the original Moira Pottery building I've stumbled on this blog post.
It seems everyone gets their information from Wiki, which has it wrong.
Moira pottery was still prodicing until '93/4.
It was bought by a Mr.Budge around '89, a new factory-style pottery was built next door. Then the old building was demolished for private open-cast, not the NCB.
My husband & sister worked there until it closed completely.
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