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Moorcroft Pottery firm goes bust in Burslem after more than 100 years

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Moorcroft Pottery has stopped trading after more than 100 years in Stoke-on-Trent.

The GMB Union says the firm's closure means the loss of 57 jobs.

Moorcroft 's collapse is the latest blow to the pottery industry in the city affectionately known as The Potteries.

In February , Royal Stafford , also based in Burslem , called in administrators.