This was a period of great change in the Potteries - as elsewhere. The 1951 Festival of Britain heralded a new optimism following years of post-war austerity. Freed finally from utility regulations the pottery industry could now produce colourful ware in exciting new designs - but faced the end of coal - firing new techniques ans corporate mergers - and the Burslem School of Art was training the new designers. The Coronation of 1953 boosted the nation's morale and the sale of T.V sets. Rationing was finishing there was a housing boom and more people had cars and... a better standard of living. Rock'n'Roll arrived and the decade ended with the City's Jubilee - 50 years since Federation. People looked forward to the ""You've never had it so good"" Sixties. [show more]
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