 The first prototype was a single plate displayed on the Ridgway stand at the 1956 Blackpool trade fair where it attracted little interest.A prototype coffee set was then produced which was noticed by a buyer from Woolworths who placed an order in 1957 for tea sets to be sold in five London stores.Seeney left Ridgway soon after and did not know that the range was being sold throughout Britain until she later spotted it for sale in a branch of Woolworths in Plymouth.