They say you can tell if some-one’s from the Staffordshire pottery area as soon as they walk into a café or restaurant. They immediately turn the tableware over to see who produced it.

As an adopted “almost Potter” – living for several years in Staffordshire - I was really pleased to hear that two Wedgwood family members are possible contenders in taking over the Wedgwood pottery business. Tom R and Tom D Wedgwood are leading a team of investors in a bid for Waterford Wedgwood, who have been in administration since early last month.

Design and production will be coming back to the Potteries if their bid is successful – back to where the company started back in 1759.

The best of luck to them, they deserve it, and to the workers who make the people of the Potteries so proud.

Some more news for the people who were so sad to see the name of Woolworth’s disappearing from the High Street. They’re not gone altogether. They’re making a comeback as an on-line business, after being bought by the owners of the Daily Telegraph.

That’s the wonder of Woolworth’s.