YORKSHIRE TELEVISION (Independent TV) - promotional mug (1980's)
An interesting promotional mug produced by Coloroll for YORKSHIRE TELEVISION (YTV). This mug features a contemporary 'trendy' design along with the Yorkshire Television chevron logo, this logo continued in use up to 2004. YTV was launched in 1968 and in 2002 the station was rebranded as ITV1 Yorkshire, now known as ITV Yorkshire.
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Outline of Staffordshire potteries history (including Coloroll):
* Staffordshire Potteries Ltd grew out of the Keele Street Pottery Group and through the acquisition of smaller local pottery companies.
* By 1963, most of their operations were located on the 38 acre Meir site, formerly Meir Airport.
* 1972 Staffordshire Potteries Ltd assumed the KilnCraft name.
* 1979 Company bought by Royal Winton as a going concern, company's name remained unchanged.
* 1985 Company bought by the Coloroll Group of Manchester as well as Bilton tableware of Stoke-on-Trent. The company became the Ceramics Division of the Coloroll Group and the KilnCraft brandname was retained.
* 1990 The Coloroll Group went into receivership and there was a management buy-out of the Ceramic Division (Staffordshire Potteries Ltd/KilnCraft) to form a new company called Staffordshire Tableware Ltd (STL). STL included Biltons.
* 1994 Biltons sold amid a continuing decline in business for the company.
* 1999 A third of the Meir site was sold to Sainbsury for a new Homebase store.
* 2000 STL went into receivership when Bank of Scotland refused to extend its loan facility.
From 1972 through to 2000, the above companies made a major contribution to the British potteries industry. They were renowned for their ranges of mugs, tableware and dinnerware through the brandnames of KilnCraft, Biltons and Medici.
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www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/286a.htm
www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/950b.htm
www.thepotteries.org/advert_wk/049.htm
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DESCRIPTION:
Size: 3 5/8" high x 3 1/8" O.D., excluding the handle (91mm x 79mm).
Finish: screen printed in 4 colours with an overall clear glaze.
Material(s): white china clay.
Imprint: COLOROLL KILNCRAFT ENGLAND
Weight: about 280g
Approximate age: c.1985 to c.1990
YORKSHIRE TELEVISION (Independent TV) - promotional mug (1980's)
An interesting promotional mug produced by Coloroll for YORKSHIRE TELEVISION (YTV). This mug features a contemporary 'trendy' design along with the Yorkshire Television chevron logo, this logo continued in use up to 2004. YTV was launched in 1968 and in 2002 the station was rebranded as ITV1 Yorkshire, now known as ITV Yorkshire.
.
Outline of Staffordshire potteries history (including Coloroll):
* Staffordshire Potteries Ltd grew out of the Keele Street Pottery Group and through the acquisition of smaller local pottery companies.
* By 1963, most of their operations were located on the 38 acre Meir site, formerly Meir Airport.
* 1972 Staffordshire Potteries Ltd assumed the KilnCraft name.
* 1979 Company bought by Royal Winton as a going concern, company's name remained unchanged.
* 1985 Company bought by the Coloroll Group of Manchester as well as Bilton tableware of Stoke-on-Trent. The company became the Ceramics Division of the Coloroll Group and the KilnCraft brandname was retained.
* 1990 The Coloroll Group went into receivership and there was a management buy-out of the Ceramic Division (Staffordshire Potteries Ltd/KilnCraft) to form a new company called Staffordshire Tableware Ltd (STL). STL included Biltons.
* 1994 Biltons sold amid a continuing decline in business for the company.
* 1999 A third of the Meir site was sold to Sainbsury for a new Homebase store.
* 2000 STL went into receivership when Bank of Scotland refused to extend its loan facility.
From 1972 through to 2000, the above companies made a major contribution to the British potteries industry. They were renowned for their ranges of mugs, tableware and dinnerware through the brandnames of KilnCraft, Biltons and Medici.
.
.
www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/286a.htm
www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/950b.htm
www.thepotteries.org/advert_wk/049.htm
.
DESCRIPTION:
Size: 3 5/8" high x 3 1/8" O.D., excluding the handle (91mm x 79mm).
Finish: screen printed in 4 colours with an overall clear glaze.
Material(s): white china clay.
Imprint: COLOROLL KILNCRAFT ENGLAND
Weight: about 280g
Approximate age: c.1985 to c.1990