Merrie England

 Flatford Mill is a Grade I listed watermill built in 1733 on the River Stour at Flatford in East Bergholt, Suffolk, England. Attached to the mill is a 17th-century miller's cottage which is also Grade I listed. The property is in Dedham Vale, a typically English rural landscape.

J & G Meakin were earthenware manufacturers of domestic tableware at Hanley, Stoke on Trent. Before 1945 they made predominantly inexpensive export wares, particularly for the American market.
The firm J & G Meakin was founded in 1851 when James Meakin was joined by his two sons James and George. When the father died the business was moved to Market Street, Hanley.
The two brothers were quick to realise the potentials of the export market and the business grew rapidly. George went to America to set up the sales market. James remained in England and managed the pottery works and the shipping.