The Staffordshire Marquetry Group are your hosts for the 2008 National Marquetry Exhibition.
Brian and all the members of his Staffordshire Marquetry Group are ready and waiting to make your visit to the
2008 National Marquetry Exhibition a most enjoyable and enlightening marquetry experience.
Brian, the Staffs Group Chairman, welcomes you to the 2008 National Exhibition
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The exhibition is on from: Saturday 3rd May 2008 until Friday 9th May 2008
at the opening times of 10. 00am to 4. 00pm.
Saturday 10th May 2008 will see the exhibition open from 10. 00am until 1. 00pm.
The Marquetry Society AGM will be held on Saturday 10th May 2008 directly after the exhibition closes.
The 2008 National Exhibition Catalogue
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The Exhibition will be held at:
Gladstone Pottery Museum
Uttoxeter Road
Longton
Stoke-on-Trent
ST3 1PQ
The entrance to the museum
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A view of the Bottle Ovens from the Courtyard
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A view of the Courtyard from the Bottle Ovens
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A view of the Bottle Ovens from across the road
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The main Courtyard including a "small quantity" of barrels!
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The Staffs Group celebrating a group anniversary
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Travelling to the 2008 National Marquetry Exhibition
By Road:
From M6 exit 15 or 16 take the A500 towards Stoke-on-Trent, then the A50 to Longton. The Museum is well signposted with brown tourist attraction signs.
Parking:
Free car and coach parking
(exit from the carpark by token from the Gift Shop)
By Bus:
There are frequent bus services to Longton from Stoke-on-Trent City Centre.
By Rail:
The nearest main-line station is Stoke-on-Trent. Longton railway station is situated close to the museum.
Coaches welcome:
Coach park and driver hospitality are available (you are advised to contact the Museum directly if bringing a coach).
Museum Telephone number: 01782 237777
Entry to the Marquetry Exhibition and the Museum Gift Shop is free.
Admission charges to the Museum are (currently) :
Adults: £5. 95
Children: £4. 50 : 4-16 year olds inclusive (All children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult).
Concessions: £4. 95
Family Ticket: £18. 00 - two adults plus two children.
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Attractions near to the 2008 National Marquetry Exhibition
By Quentin Smith
With the National coming to Staffordshire in 2008 some of you may be considering an expedition
into the Potteries and surrounding areas. Though some older maps may well describe the area as “Here be dragons”, in fact the locals are friendly and there are many interesting attractions within a reasonable range.
For those who like stately homes and gardens, the National Trust has quite a few properties in the area, including Biddulph Grange, Moseley Old Hall and the Shugborough Estate in Staffordshire, Attingham Park in Shropshire, Little Moreton Hall, Quarry Bank Mill and Tatton Park in Cheshire and Calke Abbey, Hardwicke Hall and Sudbury Hall in Derbyshire.
Keen gardeners are further served by the
National Arboretum and National War
Memorial at Airewas, Bridgemere Garden
Centre, Trentham Gardens and Garden
Centre, the Dorothy Clive Garden,
Fletcher’s Garden Centre, Johnson Hall
Nursery, the National Sports Centre at
Lilleshall and Hodnet Gardens.
Quite a few of the museums in the area understandably feature pottery, including Gladstone
Pottery
Museum (where the
Exhibition is
being held), the
Potteries
Museum & Art
Gallery,
Ceramica and
the display
areas at
Wedgwood,
Spode and
Portmeirion.
Other museums include the Borough Museum & Art Gallery, Newcastle-under-Lyme and RAF Cosford, which includes the National Cold War Exhibition. Those with a love of history may well wish to visit Ironbridge Gorge or Boscobel House.
Those seeking real excitement can head for Alton Towers and steam fans will appreciate the Churnet Valley Railway and the Foxfield Railway, or the small gauge railways at Fletcher’s Garden Centre and Amerton Farm. Of course if you want to top up your veneer or tool supplies ready for your assault on the 2009 National you can visit Craft Supplies at their new premises in the Peak District or Kraft Kabin in Stoke.
Almost all these attractions have websites which can be found with a simple search, but if anyone requires any further information about the area please contact the Staffordshire Group Secretary, Quentin Smith (details can be found by clicking the Staffs Group web site link below).
We do hope you will visit the exhibition, and look forward to giving you a warm, Staffordshire welcome
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To learn more about the 2008 National Marquetry Exhibition from the Host Group itself,
why not visit their web site and meet some of the group's members?
Here is a link to their web site, just click the link to visit their site:
"Staffs Marquetry Group"
Click here for a link to a road map of the location: "Road Map"
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