Pauline Thompson first saw the derelict East Hendred Mill in 1951 and decided (madly) that it would make a lovely pottery.  At that time, the building had mud downstairs, brambles everywhere and two huge holes in the end roof.  After 5 years of hard work by Pauline and her friends it was made habitable.

No longer able to throw on the wheel, Pauline now concentrates on hand-building ceramics, water colour painting and (a new venture) making moving toys from drift wood.