Stories Archives - Page 5 of 6 - Te Toi Uku, Crown Lynn Museum

Vince Keene

In 1939 Tom Clark offered Vince’s father Ron Keene a full time position as an electrician with the Amalgamated Brick and Pipe Company.

Tony Goodwin worked at Crown Lynn Potteries from 1963 to 1966.

It was Easter in London, 1939. Johnny was nine years old and his mother gave him a small egg cup filled with chocolate.

The Brick-Makers Memorial in New Lynn was laid by local bricklayer Alf Way in 1984.

A couple of years ago Te Toi Uku had the pleasure of a visit from Ian Crum, who brought with him these miniature treasures.

The first items AMBRICO (Crown Lynn) made were a creamy yellow colour because of the local New Lynn clay they were using. Crown Lynn…

This tea set was a gift from Santa, given to Marion Potbury around 1946.

When Murray Taylor was about 13 years old he would make ashtrays for Crum in the school holidays.

When Annette Tuck came into Te Toi Uku, she held out her hands and showed me two Spartan Father Christmas Figures.

Joan’s husband Otway Josling designed the pattern ‘Reflections’, which was the winning entry in the 1959 Crown Lynn Design Awards