A Story of friendship and adversity set in pre-war Stoke-On-Trent
Jean Hayward

Published: May 2018
Paperback: 424 pages
Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9-7819142-419180
Available from Amazon

A Potteries Boy in Wales
by Jean Hayward


Set between the wars and touched by both of them, this is a story about the transformative power of creativity… and the jealousy that it can arouse.

Whilst being true to the spirit of her late father, the Royal Doulton Art Director and designer Walter Hayward, the author has spun an exciting tale of loss and restoration, friendship and bullying, in which a close-knit community comes together to help Walter achieve his dream of creating a great Dragon Vase… with surprising results!

And not everyone is friendly… The lamplit streets and smoky bottle ovens harbour an evil presence.

This is a cosy story – with a dark edge.



Jean Hayward was born, grew up, and worked in the Potteries before leaving for university and a career as an English Lecturer in the English Midlands. Jean is now retired and writes and illustrates nostalgic novels inspired by her hometown and by her father, Walter Hayward, whose fictional childhood adventures form the basis for themes dealing with love and loss, the supernatural, transformation, restoration, and the triumph of kindness and love over frailty or even downright evil. Jean has a horse, a Shetland pony and a cat and enjoys bringing animals and humour into her writing.



Books by Jean Hayward...

A Potteries Boy

A Potteries Boy in Wales