Verwood Potteries : The Exhibition

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The Exhibition

Pots, brooms & hurdles from the heathland

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The exhibition Pots, brooms & hurdles from the heathland explored the huge network of industries on the East Dorset heathlands, industries which used the coppiced and heathland trees not only to make besom brooms, hurdles, rakes and so on but also as fuel for the local earthenware kilns. The last of the kilns, Cross Roads, closed in 1952 and the exhibition commemmorated this fiftieth anniversary.

More pictures of the exhibition are on-line.

The exhibition opened at the Dorset County Musem on 1^st June 2002. Since then it has visited:

2002

Dorchester
Verwood
Taunton

2003

Christchurch
Wimborne
Salisbury
Ringwood

2004

Southampton
Devizes

The exhibition has now closed.

View

Although the exhibition is over You may view the collection by arrangement.

Help

Can you help or have you some interest arising out of the project?
We are looking for information, memories, photographs, pots and everything to do with Verwood, Alderholt and the surrounding heathlands before about 1950.

If you are interested there are more details here.

Verwood Potteries : The Exhibition

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