After 1840, F. & R. Pratt of Fenton in Staffordshire, became the leading (but not the only) manufacturer of multicoloured transfer printed pot lids and a huge range of related wares. Long admired for ...

In the 1950s, meals on The Commons (Hill Street) sometimes included dishes with intriguing names, among them Apple Pan Dowdy, Sour Cream Pie, and Prune Whip. My grandmother, who was a “from scratch” ...