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According to a modern reference book, ‘ Although in recent years, Maling has received more attention than [other north-east potteries], the highest quality ware was made by the St Peter’s and St Anthony’s potteries.’ Sewell and Donkin Pineapple inkwell, c 1920 in the Laing Art Gallery

It is impossible to remove creases altogether. You would have to not wear your shoes to keep them crease-free. Nor can you fix shoe creases once you have worn your shoes. As you walk, your shoes will bend and adapt to your natural foot bend, as leather is a natural material. There is no limit to how long you should leave shoe trees in your shoes as long as you wear your shoes frequently. Leave shoe trees inside overnight to help preserve their original shape and stretch out any creases. If they have got wet, leave them in for at least 24 hours. What happens if I don’t use shoe trees? Shoe trees also help to protect your shoes from damage when they’re not being worn. If you’re someone who likes to keep your shoes on display in our storage boxes, the tree will help to keep the shape of the shoe and prevent it from bending or warping over time.A shoe tree should be used once you take of your shoes. This should be done in a timely manner as the shoe tree will help the sneaker keep its shape as it dries. Many believe that once the shoe has absorbed the moisture, there is no use for a shoe tree. Often after 24 hours. And although a number of truly historic buildings, such as ‘King John’s Palace’ and Heaton Windmill, survive just metres away, it’s the Shoe Tree, which particularly seems to capture the imagination of local people. It’s that which has a Heaton Park Road cafe named in its honour and has inspired local designers and artists. Colin Hagan’s designs In 1851, the year in which Armorer Donkin died, the pottery name reverted and became Sewell and Company.

Yvonne Shannon’s dad, who is 85, remembers going to the refreshment rooms for ice cream but he can’t recall anything about the big house. Heaton History Group member, Ken Stainton, remembers it too. He told us that an elderly man ‘ quite a nice guy’ called Mr Salkeld ran the refreshment rooms when he was young. Ken remembers the name because he went to school with Norman Salkeld, one of the proprietor’s grandsons. But Ken’s memories are from the second world war: ‘S weets were rationed. I don’t think they had cake. I just remember orange juice.’ The identity of the writer of the letter accompanying the first photo below would seem to confirm Ken’s recollections. Armstrong Park tea rooms, early 20th century As well as in local collections, there seem to be particularly large numbers of Sewell pieces in museums in Denmark which suggests this was a big market for Sewell’s pottery. Joseph’s early life remain something of a mystery but we do know he was born c1777 in Northumberland. By 1804 he had become the owner of the already substantial St Anthony’s Pottery less than three miles from Heaton. The road now known as Pottery Bank led from the factory to the works’ own staithes on the River Tyne. At the time Sir William Armstrong gifted the land now known as Armstrong Park to the people of Newcastle in 1879, the tenant of the house was a Mr Glover. He may well have been the last occupant. Joseph Sewell’s house was soon used as a tearoom or refreshment rooms. Later, possibly about 1882, a kiosk seems to have been built onto the side.In August 2020 the Woodland Trust shortlisted a sycamore in Armstrong Park, known as the ‘Shoe Tree’, for its English ‘Tree of the Year’. Our representative in the competition certainly isn’t as ancient as many of the other contenders, although that didn’t stop an anonymous wit constructing a fictional history for it, as this panel, which mysteriously appeared one night in 2012, shows. But next time you pass, look up at the trainers and think about all the runners who set off from that spot, some of which were to lose their lives soon afterwards, and give a thought also to the entrepreneur, industrialist and philanthropist, Joseph Sewell, whose house footprint is beneath your feet. Ironically, the advent of the railways from the 1830s, pioneered in the north-east, made things more difficult for Tyneside potteries as they enabled fashionable Staffordshire names to access the local market directly rather than have to transport goods by road and sea via London. Consequently their ceramics became relatively cheaper and more popular in this part of England. Definitely not true but the tree is certainly growing in an area of the park with a very interesting actual history, some of which may provide an alternative narrative for why it now sprouts footwear. Shoe trees will protect your shoes. However, if you incorrectly use them or use a poor-quality one, they can damage your shoes. For example, using an incorrectly-shaped shoe tree will warp your shoe out of shape. That’s why we have a separate shoe tree for our Imperial shoe collection, as the last shape for these shoes is much narrower.