Saturday 11 October

YHA Coalport  Museum TF8 7HT
and
Jackfield Museum TF8 7LJ

Morning tea/coffee at Coalport café; light lunches available at Coalport or Jackfield. Please pre-book
lunches when you register for the meeting. All refreshments at your own cost. Your own transport
between venues is required. TACS members are also invited to attend this meeting.

AM
at YHA, Coalport

Salopian Art Pottery

Presented  by John Malam 

PM:
View collections on display and in store at the Jackfield Tile Museum
with a guided look at Charles Lynam’s ‘model’ tile factory.

Hosted by CuratorKate Cadman and assisted by Museum volunteers.

Thursday 6 November

Keele University,
Raven Mason Collection, Keele Hall ST5 5BG

From 11.00am tea/coffee available by cash donation
or pre-book all refreshments and sandwich lunch at £10.00pp.

AM

Blue V

Presentation by Ian Harvey on The Blue V Factory,
subject of his recent NCS Journal article and website gallery

PM

Recording Stoke-on-Trent’s Bottle Ovens

Presentation by Zoe Sutherland, former Heritage Action Zone Project
Officer for SoT City Council and Historic England, Recording Stoke-on-
Trent’s bottle ovens. Zoe managed the bottle oven survey of the City and
shares important information that came out of the project.

Tuesday 2 December

V&A Wedgwood Collection
World of Wedgwood, Barlaston ST12 9ER

AM

The Designs of Keith Murray

Presented  by
Kate Turner , Curator, V&A Wedgwood Collection

NCS Winter Weekend 2026
Residential Seminar

Timeless Impressions
The Art of British Printed Ceramics

 January 23-25,  2026