MEETINGS

We look forward to seeing you at our monthly meetings see the programme below

 We would appreciate it if members would register for
any meetings they wish to attend using the button below 

 

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Saturday, 30 May 2026

11.00-4.00pm

AGM and Meeting
Spode Museum, Elenora Street, Stoke ST4 1QD 

Please support the NCS by participating in our annual AGM on Saturday 30 May.

Programe

11.00am         
Coffee/tea & biscuits

11.30am         
Presentation

Lecture dedicated to the late Eileen Hampson:

English China Comes of Age, 1782-1810

Robin Emmerson

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The years around 1800 saw the end of the mass import of Chinese porcelain dinner ware and its replacement by a variety of English substitutes, which came to compete and occupy different places in the market, from blue-printed earthenware, hybrid hard-paste porcelain, ‘Stoke China’ and bone china to Turner’s Patent.

 

12.45am         
Lunch (can be pre-booked)

2.00pm
AGM (Agenda and annual report in the Newsletter; please bring your copy)

3.00pm
Show and tell members’ pots session with our expert panel

4.00pm
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Please use the registration button at the top of this page to contact Deb Skinner, NCS Programme Secretary
to book your place and recieve details of catering options.