TREADING CLAY AT VERWOOD CROSSROADS POTTERY

IN PREPARATION FOR THE POTTER

MASTER POTTER, MESHECH SIMS, THROWS A POT

WHILST HIS ASSISTANT TURNS THE WHEEL WITH A ROD

HANDLES BEING FIXED TO JUGS

A PARTY OF VISITING LADIES ENJOYS A DEMONSTRATION

POTS LAID OUT TO DRY IN THE OPEN AIR IN THE CROSSROADS POTTERY YARD

MASTER POTTERS, BERT BAILEY AND MESHECH SIMS, TO THE RIGHT

THIS IS NOW THE REAR VIEW OF VERWOOD HEATHLAND HERITAGE CENTRE

WORKING IN THE POTTERY YARD

SHOWING ONE OF THE LONG DISAPPEARED THATCHED OUTBUILDINGS

AND WOOD STACKED FOR FIRING THE KILN

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