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Post by Gods on Feb 7, 2008 12:08:40 GMT
Anyone see this? I think its get to the heart of what the Potteries is all about as much as anything I've read. Link will probably go wrong so if someone can fix it for me it would be appreciated otherwise you'll have to paste it in to your browser! Cheers. arts.guardian.co.uk/art/visualart/story/0,,2247077,00.html |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Feb 7, 2008 12:22:15 GMT
It's a good read is that! Thank You! Have some karma.
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Post by Not_Nick_H on Feb 7, 2008 12:27:40 GMT
Anyone see this? I think its get to the heart of what the Potteries is all about as much as anything I've read. Link will probably go wrong so if someone can fix it for me it would be appreciated otherwise you'll have to paste it in to your browser! Cheers. arts.guardian.co.uk/art/visualart/story/0,,2247077,00.html Good article - everyone should read it. The problem is, those two sixth-formers (and many more, no doubt) will probably go on to Uni somewhere and never return to the area unless there's some proper jobs/industry attracted. >> Yes, consider thyself exalted for bringing that to our attention.  |
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Post by Gods on Feb 7, 2008 12:48:37 GMT
Thanks fellas, it kind of warms your heart doesn't it?!
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Post by JoeStoke on Feb 7, 2008 13:08:41 GMT
good read
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2008 13:35:34 GMT
Made an appearance on the other board a while back ... Via the Religiously-Musical-One ... You know, the board that isn't football related.  Well written article, but doesn't say much. And I agree with the comment above on the 6th formers ... The author didn't understand that they will leave, for education/jobs, and probably won't come back - And that that is most of "the problem" Not Football Relatedah |
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Post by OldStokie on Feb 7, 2008 14:21:49 GMT
I thought it was perfect. Nostalgic; sentimental; and to borrow a word from Priestly; quirky even. The sentence which summed up our plight was this.... And that's why we're in the dumps....if we are. OS. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2008 18:33:42 GMT
I doubt one more attraction added to the museum of PlateLand is going to keep the two A-Level students in SOT, OS?
That is the type of work Stoke can already bring in; selling T-Shirts, running a kiosk, visitor-information-provision (handing out leaflets). Though I agree the city's attitude to its past is odd - an embarrassment to those in charge - relying on it to sort out the modern day won't work. Room for you in the museum fella, but not for Dan and Sara.
Stoke needs to bring in industries that require high-skilled labour. And the education facilities to train people for those jobs. Then Dan and Sara wouldn't leave (or come back after education if they did). The average salary needs to be £10,000 plus higher, or Stoke/Crewe is destined to stay the transport and distribution hub of the north-west.
If the author was writing an "honest" article, packing and distributing is what she should have gone to see; not the museum, and not the kids doing A-Levels.
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