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Great Britain TG green pottery (cornishware) Swadlincote June 2017

Lavino

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Visited with @GK_WAX another early morning start to the first location that we wanted to do but didn't turn out as planned. Due to security and a rather large German Shepard dog chasing us back over the fence. A close call but we will leave that place for another time. The back to the car and of to TG green pottery.quite a large site in a bit of a mess but still some nice features. There was also a couple of barn owls but didn't manage to get a photo of them so here's a few photos I got and a bit of history..

A proud history

T.G. Green was founded by Thomas Goodwin Green back in 1864. Rumour has it that he bought up an existing pottery factory while he was on his honeymoon with his new wife, Mary Tenniel, the sister of Punch and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland illustrator Sir John Tenniel.

One of the companies most popular lines has always been Cornishware which was first produced in 1924. It was created using a nifty lathe-turning technique that scraped blue slip away from its beautiful ceramics to reveal white bands of clay beneath. Those stripes reminded an employee of the blue skies and white-crested waves of Cornwall, which is how Cornishware got its name.

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DirtyJigsaw

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Nice, not seen this pop up for some time. Was one of my first explores about 3 years ago tbh.

 

hamtagger

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Still looks worth a mooch this place with some nice bits dotted around. I'm amazed there is still pottery in here that hasn't been localised :eek: . Liking some of the signage and the circular kiln (y)  

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coolboyslim

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Nice that m8ty. I was also surprised pottery was still intact.. Good stuff.

 

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Good to see this pop up again, amazed it still looks untouched 

 

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Nice set that mate. Good wander this one  (y)

 
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