Phoenix Works, 500 King Street was built in 1881 by Thomas Forester ( see Wikipedia ) to satisfy the tremendous demand for Majolica both at home and abroad. If you want to see the history and the pottery produced by Thomas Forester go to our sister website thomasforester.com. Thomas died in 1907 but the business was successfully carried on by his descendants until the clean air act of 1956 which prevented the use of the enormous coal fired bottle ovens (two of which still remain on the site to this day). Fo
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A selection of images through the history of the site, right up to current day development and future plans