Fireclay pit off Waterloo Road, Cobridge

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Date:October 1963

Description:A typical North Staffordshire "heaps 'n holes" photograph from the 1960s. The pit belonged to the Brookfield Brick and Saggar Works, dating from the 1870s, and behind is a spoil tip from Hanley Deep Pit Colliery. The marl pit and tip now form part of Central Forest Park.

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Creators: Mr Bert Bentley - Creator

Image courtesy of: Stoke on Trent City Archives.

Donor ref:SD1480/124-09 (204/35730)

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