World War II had a huge effect on Middleport Pottery, from the ceramics made, to what staff ate in the canteen. Even the bottle ovens did their bit by acting as air raid shelters!
Loving cup featuring relief cameos of Winston Churchill and Theodore Roosevelt.
c. 1940s
T2960
List from the Fuel Efficiency Committee of the Pottery Industry.
30th July 1943
T3929.8
Page from Canteen Feeding in War Time.
March 1940
T4061.55
Battle of Britain plaque.
Modelled by Ernest Bailey in 1940, first issued by Burgess, Dorling & Leigh in 2000
T4302.1
City of Stoke-on-Trent Air Raid Precautions document.
10th March 1939
T4664.13
Newspaper clipping of the article Air Raid Shelters at Burslem Pottery.
29th June 1939
T4664.15
Handwritten list of proposed air raid shelters around Middleport Pottery.
Late 1930s- early 1940s
T4664.20
List of names, address and blood group from the Blood Transfusion Service to Mr Lowe c/o Burgess & Leigh.
18th September 1939
T4664.31.2
Notice on Phosphorus and other bombs now being used by the enemy: How to deal with Incendiary Bombs and other Devices containing Phosphorus, issued by the Ministry of Home Security and the Scottish Home Department.
1st August 1942
T4664.38
Document giving information on ‘National Savings Certificates’.
c.1940s
T4664.43
Handwritten notes about ‘The Nature and Properties of War Gases’ and ‘Technical Terms’.
c.1939
T4664.44.3
Handwritten list of ‘Volunteers for Blood Transfusion Service’
12th and 14th September 1939
T4664.44.5
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