Classic Bus Running Day
Gladstone Pottery Museum
The Longton museum is hosting a Classic Bus Running Day organised by local bus preservation societies and featuring many historic buses and coaches. Over 30 vehicles will date from the late 1940s right up to the 1990s. Details of Classic Bus Running Day
Mill in Steam (Season)
Etruria Industrial Museum
5 Jun 10 - 5 Dec 10
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Smallthorne in Pictures
Ford Green Hall
20 Jun 10 - 5 Sep 10
A fascinating photographic display looking at
100 years of Smallthorne.
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Peter Pan Trail
Gladstone Pottery Museum
26 Jul 10 - 31 Aug 10
Hunt for our Peter Pan clues hidden around the
museum. £1 plus admission, with free gift.
Details of Peter Pan Trail
Ripping Yarns
Etruria Industrial Museum
29 Jul 10 - 26 Aug 10
Learn to knit and crochet with our knitting group Ripping Yarns or just work on your own project in friendly company.
Thursdays 1.30-3.30
Free holiday activity for parents and children.
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Classic Bus Rides
Ford Green Hall
1 Aug 10
Schedule services of free bus rides across local
attractions including Gladstone Pottery Museum,
Ford Green Hall and The Potteries Museum & Art
Gallery.
11am - 4pm
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Window Dressing
Gladstone Pottery Museum
3 Aug 10
Make an Art Nouveau stained glass window.
Drop-in, 50p plus admission.
11am - 4pm
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Paper Puppets
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
3 Aug 10 - 5 Aug 10
Make a Punch or Judy puppet.
All activities 10.30am - 12.30pm, 1.15 - 4pm, £1.
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Under Water
Etruria Industrial Museum
4 Aug 10 - 1 Sep 10
What’s at the bottom of the canal? Create a 3D
underwater view. 50p plus admission.
Weds 4, 11, 18, 25 August and
Weds 1 September, 12 - 3pm
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Bamfords Valuation Day
Etruria Industrial Museum
6 Aug 10
Start digging out your antiques and valuables for a special Valuation Day at Etruria Industrial Museum Details of Bamfords Valuation Day
Steaming Oatcakes!
Etruria Industrial Museum
7 Aug 10 - 8 Aug 10
Celebrate National Oatcake Day at Etruria
Watch Jesse Shirley’s Bone & Flint Mill in action then enjoy a couple of traditional filled oatcakes in our tearoom.
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Life Surgery
Etruria Industrial Museum
8 Aug 10
An opportunity to see fascinating photographs and other material collected for the people’s history project If Wards Could Talk.
Details of Life Surgery
Beetle Bling
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
9 Aug 10
Beetle Bling. Drop-in. 9 August. 10am – 12noon & 1 – 3pm. Make jewellery inspired by the items in our decorative arts and natural history collections. Free.
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Up in Arms
Gladstone Pottery Museum
10 Aug 10
How would you design a coat of arms for a newly
united Stoke-on-Trent? Drop-in, 50p plus admission.
11am - 4pm
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Clay Hedgehogs
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
10 Aug 10 - 12 Aug 10
Model your own spiky hedgehog.
All activities 10.30am - 12.30pm, 1.15 - 4pm, £1.
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Plundering Pirates!
Ford Green Hall
11 Aug 10
A pirate family fun day. Dress up like a pirate and
win a small prize. Free outdoor event, normal
admission charges to the Hall apply.
1 - 4pm
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Peter Pan Day
Gladstone Pottery Museum
12 Aug 10
Meet well loved characters from
Peter Pan including
Captain Hook and
Tinkerbell. Dress up as
a pirate or fairy and
have your face painted.
Details of Peter Pan Day
Get Knotted
Ford Green Hall
12 Aug 10
Sow and grow a tiny Tudor knot garden. Drop-in,
50p plus admission.
1 - 4pm
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Hello Sailor
Gladstone Pottery Museum
17 Aug 10
A sailor collar will make any outfit the height of
Edwardian fashion. Drop-in, 50p plus admission.
11am - 4pm
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Water, Water Everywhere!
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
17 Aug 10 - 19 Aug 10
Celebrate World Water Week by making
our water mobile.
All activities 10.30am - 12.30pm, 1.15 - 4pm, £1.
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Dancing Partners
Ford Green Hall
19 Aug 10
Make a pair of Tudor dancers. Drop-in, 50p plus
admission.
1 - 4pm
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Beauty and the Beast (open air theatre)
Ford Green Hall
19 Aug 10
The magic of theatre is coming to Ford Green Hall with an open air production of Beauty and the Beast on Thursday 19 August.
Relax in the picturesque grounds of the seventeenth century hall
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Free Canal Craft Activities
Etruria Industrial Museum
20 Aug 10
Free Canal Craft Activities
With British Waterways
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Edwardian Fairies Hunt
Ford Green Hall
22 Aug 10
Join our intrepid explorers
Mr and Mrs Butterwick as they
lead an expedition to discover
if fairies truly exist! Details of Edwardian Fairies Hunt
Dolly Delights
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
23 Aug 10
Dolly Delights. Drop-in. 23 August. 10am – 12noon & 1 – 3pm. Make tiny treasures inspired by our doll’s house and the Like Love exhibition. Free.
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Framed
Gladstone Pottery Museum
24 Aug 10
Create an Art Nouveau frame for a special photo.
Drop-in, 50p plus admission.
11am - 4pm
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Saxon Soldiers
24 Aug 10 - 26 Aug 10
Make a Saxon peg doll.
All activities 10.30am - 12.30pm, 1.15 - 4pm, £1.
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Rose Ring
Ford Green Hall
26 Aug 10
Make a lady’s or gentleman’s Tudor thumb-ring
Drop-in, 50p plus admission.
1 - 4pm
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Under Cover
Gladstone Pottery Museum
31 Aug 10
Make an Edwardian book jacket for your favourite
book. Drop-in, 50p plus admission.
11am - 4pm
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Ozzie Owls
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
31 Aug 10 - 2 Sep 10
Make an Ozzie Owl with lapping wings.
All activities 10.30am - 12.30pm, 1.15 - 4pm, £1.
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Free Canal Craft Activities
Etruria Industrial Museum
3 Sep 10
Free Canal Craft Activities
with British Waterways
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