Museums- Hornsea Pottery Museum.
This was to be a very special moment in both Sarah’s life and mine. We needed to calm down and take a deep breath as the anticipation of seeing over 2000 items of Hornsea pottery was just too emotional.
Hornsea pottery was a staple in the 70's and 80's minds of many people. My parents had a whole dinner service, biscuit barrels, egg cups, vases and the special stuff which was placed on the welsh dresser for best.
Straight away you are in a pottery wonderland with so many cabinets and colours and shapes. I carefully ate my secret pocket snacks and tried to take it all in. Look at those spice pots!
The history of the pottery is really interesting and my older sister remembers adverts being on the TV about it. I have looked and looked and I found these BEAUTIES on the Yorkshire Film Archive website, which is just amazing in itself. Look at the pottery shop and the garden centre!
Marion Campbells cats. The V&A website shows her Arctic Fox piece and other pieces of Hornsea pottery in their collection. I think my sister has one of these cats on her special shelf and I think it is now time for me to mind it nice.
I did a gasp when I saw these cruet sets as I remember them so well. One day I will own all of the cruets and they will live on the 'very important cruet shelf'.
These are all designed by John Clappison. I have since read that he worked for Ravenhead Glass and that is near me, well was as it closed down but I am now going to hunt out any designs of his that St.Helens has on show.
Smartie egg cups! I have one of those little clown cups but it is in a top secret cupboard.
The Potters Ball. I would have liked to have gone to that and talked business and pots. Behind this ticket is something much more important though, a What-a-Mess cup!
We had a quiet moment when we saw this.
