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 |  |  | The Falcon Works, Hanley Jan 2014 UK
< on 1/23/2014 8:08 PM >
|  | | | Sitting at home bored one day i get a call from goldie ( not the drum and bass Dj ) asking if id like to go to stoke on trent,
i instantly said yes hoping to see robbie williams so i grabbed my top hat & pimp cane and my best pair of tights..
The Falcon Works Hanley, was owned by J. H. Weatherby & Sons Ltd who established a works on site in 1891. The works originally specialised in earthenware but later went on to produce fine porcelain. The former extant hovel kiln most likely dates from the 1890s, although the inner kiln has undoubtedly been replaced many times since this date and is most likely mid 20th Century.
Originally the works had 5 kilns, but 3 where relocated to the south of the site in 1906 when the firm expanded. During this expansion the front range was added providing a new façade to the main street. Before the construction of the Potteries Way, the street was the main road north out of Hanely and was lined with many small potteries.
The firm continued to grow slowly between and after the wars, first branching into hotelwares, then later collectables. By the 1970s the firm’s expansion was hindered by planning control and by 2000 the works finally closed. At its height the works employed 200, by 2000 it employed 10.
visited with Goldie and JacsJ
more on flickr if your intrested 
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| | Re: The Falcon Works, Hanley Jan 2014 UK
<Reply # 1 on 1/24/2014 3:46 AM >
| | | | You caught some very nice details. Lovely find.
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