By December 1819 Thomas was free from bankruptcy and could restart a business. The pottery was now being run by Bridgwood & Co and as the pottery buildings included the malting operation, he couldn’t operate that, so he moved to Handsacre where he could run both a malting business and a brickyard. Within just a… Continue reading Thomas Bond Part 3 – brickmaker
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The founding of Armitage potbank
When Bill Wright wrote ‘Notes for a history of Armitage’ in 1950 he included a chapter entitled ‘The Armitage Sanitary Pottery’. He had joined the pottery in 1918 as an office boy and by 1950 he had become Sales Manager of what was then called Edward Johns Co. Ltd., (and later Armitage Ware and Armitage… Continue reading The founding of Armitage potbank
Thomas Bond Part 1 – maltster, brickmaker, potter and gaolbird
Thomas Bond is generally credited with building the first pottery in Armitage. Largely based on a set of papers held at Stafford Record Office, entitled Armitage Brickworks, this is the first of three stories about Thomas Bond. This set of events happens before the founding of the Armitage pottery as detailed in Book One History… Continue reading Thomas Bond Part 1 – maltster, brickmaker, potter and gaolbird