Tag Archive: spode

Nov 09

Stoke-on-Trent £20m Civic Centre, Spode & Kings Hall to be demolished

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has admitted its current £20m Civic Centre, just 20 years old, and the Kings Hall in Stoke are likely to be demolished for development as it has failed to attract a buyer to take on the buildings The council now expects any developer to tear down buildings on the 150-acre site including …

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Jun 29

£530,000 is spent on vacant Spode site

A question sent to Stoke-on-Trent City Council by PotteriesEye has revealed that it has spent £530,000 of tax-payers money maintaining and clearing the former Spode site. Stoke-on-Trent City Council bought the former Spode Works site, in Stoke, for £3.5 million in July 2010. Mohammed Pervez, Leader of the Labour run council says: ‘The Former Spode Works is …

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Apr 17

Artists to turn Spode Site into Olympic workshop

Artists are set to turn an old pottery factory into a workshop where hundreds of flags and carnival costumes will be made for the city’s Olympic Torch parade. The Spode Factory will house the workshops from next Friday (April 20) and remain in operation until the eve of the parade (May 30). Artists will be …

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