NEIGHBOURS (Australian TV soap opera) - merchandise/promotional mug (1989)
An official promotional or merchandise ceramic mug featuring the NEIGHBOURS logo and names of the main cast members. Neighbours is a long-running TV soap opera series first broadcast in 1985.
Cast members names on this mug are: Mrs. Nangel (Vivean Gray), Mike (Guy Pearce), Scott (Jason Donovan), Paul (Stefan Dennis), Madge (Anne Charleston) and Charlene (Kylie Minogue). The series is set in the fictional Ramsay Street.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbours
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Outline 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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DESCRIPTION:
Size: 3 9/16" height x 3 1/8” O.D. excluding the handle (90mm x 79mm).
Finish: screen printed in 2 colours over a clear vitreous glaze.
Material(s): china clay.
Backstamp: COLOROLL ENGLAND
Imprint: 1989 GRUNDY TELEVISION PTY LTD
Weight: about 275g
NEIGHBOURS (Australian TV soap opera) - merchandise/promotional mug (1989)
An official promotional or merchandise ceramic mug featuring the NEIGHBOURS logo and names of the main cast members. Neighbours is a long-running TV soap opera series first broadcast in 1985.
Cast members names on this mug are: Mrs. Nangel (Vivean Gray), Mike (Guy Pearce), Scott (Jason Donovan), Paul (Stefan Dennis), Madge (Anne Charleston) and Charlene (Kylie Minogue). The series is set in the fictional Ramsay Street.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbours
.
Outline 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.
.
DESCRIPTION:
Size: 3 9/16" height x 3 1/8” O.D. excluding the handle (90mm x 79mm).
Finish: screen printed in 2 colours over a clear vitreous glaze.
Material(s): china clay.
Backstamp: COLOROLL ENGLAND
Imprint: 1989 GRUNDY TELEVISION PTY LTD
Weight: about 275g