Decades ago my family got a visit from a young man from Stoke-on-Trent in England. He had met my sister some months earlier in Bulgaria where they both traveled around for some weeks. I still remember his visit, after all this years: a lean and very polite guy. I will never forget him being very British, very reserved, and speaking very accentuated English.
In a monthly newsletter from a little enterprise in England I just read: „We´re keen supporters of UK manufacturing and our mugs continue to be 100% made in the UK by a family firm in Stoke-on-Trent.“ Immediately I think of this man – not remembering his name, but his very britishness.