Visit Josiah Wedgwood Factory at Barlaston Stoke on Trent

NEW PHOTO from Lorna Bryce. This photo replaces the poor quality newspaper cutting.

BACK ROW: Neil Iliffe, dk,dk, Bill Pechey and John Lomas.
4thROW: dk girl, Dave? Underwood, David Janetta, David Wardell, Paul Orton (with glasses), dk.
3rd ROW: Wallis Bryce, Barbara Coates, Sue Cambell, Anne Gregory, Lorna Bryce, Stephen Ford, dk girl,Phillip Benham, Oscar Jenkins, dk girl.
2nd ROW: Michael?f Carter, Colin Archer, Wendy Newcombe , Ann Taylor, Jean Naylor, dk girl.
FRONT ROW: Mr Plampin, Kevin Palmer, Janet Williamson, Suzanne Eyre, Miss Sandra Hallam, Jennifer Hudson, Madeline Eyre, Gillian Gilbert and Mr Askew.

Originally sent in by John Lomas -as a cutting from The Long Eaton Advertiser dated Friday 29 July 1966. Pupils Visit Factory. (Barlaston Stoke on Trent factory of Josiah Wedgwood). Possibly a Scientific Society trip?

This caption from Jean Naylor: 'It was a great outing. In the morning we went to an iron foundry at Rotherham / Sheffield, very smokey, noisy and exciting (reminded me of little goblins working away in Wagner's Ring Cycle).
Later in the day, I remember watching a woman hand painting designs on a Wedgwood plate, asking us what we'd done in the morning.
For some reason, she felt we preferred the foundry to her place! Odd what we remember, n'est-ce pas?