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<p>[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 2207453, member: 85"]<font size="5"><b>Modern history</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>In the 20th century, Royal Worcester's most popular pattern has been "Evesham Gold", first offered in 1961, depicting the autumnal fruits of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vale_of_Evesham" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vale_of_Evesham" rel="nofollow">Vale of Evesham</a> with fine gold banding on an "oven to table" body.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Worcester#cite_note-11" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Worcester#cite_note-11" rel="nofollow">[11]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>After the 1976 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merger" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merger" rel="nofollow">merger</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spode" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spode" rel="nofollow">Spode</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Worcester#cite_note-AP1-12" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Worcester#cite_note-AP1-12" rel="nofollow">[12]</a> and due to heavy competition from overseas, the production was switched to factories in Stoke and abroad. 100 staff were made redundant in 2003, and another 100 went in 2005. Fifteen porcelain painters left the Severn Street factory on Friday 29 September 2006, together with 100 other workers.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Worcester#cite_note-13" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Worcester#cite_note-13" rel="nofollow">[13]</a> The last trading date for Royal Worcester was 14 June 2009.</p><p><br /></p><p>The company went into administration on 6 November 2008 and on 23 April 2009, the brand name and intellectual property were acquired by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmeirion_Pottery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmeirion_Pottery" rel="nofollow">Portmeirion Pottery</a> Group – a pottery and homewares company based in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" rel="nofollow">Stoke-on-Trent</a>. As Portmeirion Group has a factory in Stoke-on-Trent, the purchase did not include the Royal Worcester and Spode manufacturing facilities.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Worcester#cite_note-AP1-12" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Worcester#cite_note-AP1-12" rel="nofollow">[12]</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Worcester" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Worcester" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Worcester</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 2207453, member: 85"][SIZE=5][B]Modern history[/B][/SIZE] In the 20th century, Royal Worcester's most popular pattern has been "Evesham Gold", first offered in 1961, depicting the autumnal fruits of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vale_of_Evesham']Vale of Evesham[/URL] with fine gold banding on an "oven to table" body.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Worcester#cite_note-11'][11][/URL] After the 1976 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merger']merger[/URL] with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spode']Spode[/URL],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Worcester#cite_note-AP1-12'][12][/URL] and due to heavy competition from overseas, the production was switched to factories in Stoke and abroad. 100 staff were made redundant in 2003, and another 100 went in 2005. Fifteen porcelain painters left the Severn Street factory on Friday 29 September 2006, together with 100 other workers.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Worcester#cite_note-13'][13][/URL] The last trading date for Royal Worcester was 14 June 2009. The company went into administration on 6 November 2008 and on 23 April 2009, the brand name and intellectual property were acquired by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmeirion_Pottery']Portmeirion Pottery[/URL] Group – a pottery and homewares company based in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent']Stoke-on-Trent[/URL]. As Portmeirion Group has a factory in Stoke-on-Trent, the purchase did not include the Royal Worcester and Spode manufacturing facilities.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Worcester#cite_note-AP1-12'][12][/URL] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Worcester[/URL][/QUOTE]
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