| Description | Tracks 1 - 3: Actuality with a group of men and Charles Parker. The discussion centres around hard times for workers in the mining industry, including strikes and the community support for the striking miners. The men discuss the links between the mine workers and the pottery workers. The men talk about whether they have any emotional attachment to the city of Stoke on Trent where they work, with reference to regeneration in the town and the near-by town of Tunstall.
Tracks 4 - 5: Sound of men and women singing in a pub environment.
Tracks 6 - 7: Actuality with a worker for the Wedgewood pottery firm, and Charles Parker. The man speaks about the knowledge required to design pottery, and describes a particular glaze used by Wedgewood. The man talks about his design process, and how the ethos of Wedgewood as a company influences his design work. He talks about his relationship with the potters themselves. The volume of this recording is very low.
Track 8: Noises of smashing. 3.03 mins
Track 9 - 10: A very low volume recording of an actuality with Parker and an unidentified man. Almost impossible to hear for the first 3 minutes of track 9. The volume then improves. A man speaks about the history of designs in Wedgewood pottery with reference to nature designs in the eighteenth century. He describes different glaze effects and decorative touches.
Total: 1.16.08 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0262480 |