A The explanation given by Viv Edwards is not quite correct (July 30). My father was one of the last sagger-makers in the 50s. He made the sagger - a container used in the process of making pottery.

The nation's most famous comedienne is booked to present her annual TV show from Bottom Knocker Street. Councillor Cowdrey thinks that anyone can be funny.

Sonia has to make an audition tape to enter a competition to be a children's TV presenter. Straightforward? Not in Bottom Knocker Street!

12. People Titter At "Saggar Maker's Bottom Knocker" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5jYFzUBRHw Stop laughing. As the above video shows, there's nothing funny about ...

A pots about to be fired were put in a case - or sagger - to stop them being scorched and ruined. As saggers were used often they were checked for damage by "knocking" the bottom of the sagger with a ...