The pot bank produce a large amount of the countries pottery.  To do this the factories have to do a lot of work which means there needs to be a lot of employees to make the pottery and all of the other jobs that have to be done.  The jobs in the factory consist of:

The factory workers worked very long hours on very little pay.  They worked under extreme heat and in cramped factories.  Some of the workers in the factories were very young and the smaller employees had the very dangerous job of climbing underneath machinery and making sure everything was working, as it should.  Their job also include picking up any rubbish and cleaning.

If the employees did something bad there would be harsh punishments, which could involve loss of wage for a short time or even the worker could get a beating. 

On the right is a picture of Longton, how it used to be.