Out & About

A lesson in pottery making from the modern masters

Louise Walker visited Emma Bridgewater with her daughter Kaitlin, below, and saw how they make the products by hand. Right, a mug made by the Walker family.

Friday, February 05, 2010

IF YOU'VE already sampled the delights of Alton Towers and taken a stroll around the city museum then a look inside the Emma Bridgewater factory in Hanley offers a day out with a difference.

On a free factory tour, which is held every week, you can get the opportunity...

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Friday, February 05, 2010

Prices: The factory tour is free. Entry fee for pottery painting: £2.95 (Plus the price of pottery you want to paint with prices starting at...

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Staffordshire walk: Hanchurch

Friday, January 29, 2010

THIS is a fairly easy walk. There is a 10 foot section of deep mud, but apart from that the route is good and easy to follow. The journey: From the...

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Walking

Friday, January 29, 2010

THIS is an interesting walk, typical of rural Staffordshire. Starting in a small Nature Reserve the walk takes us through a small wood to the canal....

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Vital Info

Friday, January 22, 2010

Prices: Adults £13; children, aged five to 16 £11; concessions £11; free entry for under-fives; family of four £41. Tickets...

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Out of this world day offered at space centre

Friday, January 22, 2010

AT SOME point surely every child has expressed an ambition to one day become an astronaut. And at the National Space Centre in Leicester, both kids...

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Walking

Friday, January 22, 2010

This is an easy walk along good paths. The journey: FROM the car park walk up the road towards Wedgwood's. At the canal, turn right before crossing...

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Crafty way to take refuge and find an interesting gift

Pam Sinclair and her husband Robert, from Oulton, paid a visit to Slater's Craft Village in Baldwin's Gate

Friday, January 15, 2010

ALTHOUGH the weather conditions were difficult when Pam Sinclair and her husband Robert set out for Slater's Craft Village last weekend, it wasn't...

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Staffordshire Walk: Hanging Stone

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Although not a long walk, it is a tough one with two big climbs and an undulating ridge. It offers a mountain experience with lower levels as well....

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