Beeston Tor, Leek & Manifold Light Railway
A packed passenger train with two locomotives has halted at Beeston Tor Station on its way north along the Leek and Manifold Light Railway . The line, which opened in 1904, closed in 1934, and the track ...
Thor's Cave, Leek & Manifold Light Railway
Thor's Cave looms over the Manifold Valley in this view. Also pictured is Thor's Cave Station on the Leek & Manifold Light Railway, which served the village of Wetton and had a waiting and refreshment ...
Trent Vale Brick and Tile Company marl hole, Stoke-on-Trent
The abandoned pit once belonging to the Trent Vale Brick and Tile Company was just off Rookery Lane. The camera is looking east over the Trent Valley, with Primrose Hill, Hanford to the right and Longton ...
Bidston Windmill, near Birkenhead
This view is of Bidston windmill near Birkenhead on the Wirral penininsula, shortly before its restoration in the 1890s.
A photograph taken by Longton photographer William Blake.
Jane Amelia Merriman
Outdoor portrait of a lady in formal dress posing amongst blossom.
The woman is named Jeannie. She is the subject of other photographs in the collection. Jeannie is Jane Amelia Merriman who was born ...
Charles Augustus Leach
Portrait of Charles Augustus Leach, one of William Blake's friends. It is captioned "Chas. Leach (Bentley's Copy), Xmas 1908."
Charles Augustus ‘Gus’ Leach was born on 13 October 1883 in Chorley, Lancashire ...
Gus and Dot, Darlaston, near Stone
Outdoor portrait of a man and a girl in formal dress. Their names are Gus and Dot respectively and the picture was taken in Darlaston, near Stone, Staffordshire. It appears to be one of a group of images ...
Woman in woods
Outdoor portrait of a woman in formal dress. No name is given but it appears to be a woman named Jeannie who features elsewhere in the collection. Jeannie is Jane Leach (nee Merriman) who died 2 September ...
Two women in woods
Outdoor portrait of two ladies in formal dress posing amongst blossom. The woman on the left is named Jeannie but the one on the right remains unidentified. Jeannie is Jane Leach (nee Merriman) who died ...
Mrs Walter and Jeannie at Stanley
Portrait of two women named Mrs Walter and Jeannie sitting in front of buildings and a chimney stack at Stanley, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. They are dressed formally, as if on a special day ...
Fairy Glen, Darlaston, near Stone
Outdoor portrait of a woman in formal dress sitting on a stile and holding flowers. The location is referred to as Fairy Glen and the woman's name is Jeannie. It appears to be one of a group of images ...
Group of people in woods
Outdoor group portrait of four people in formal dress. The identity of the lady on the left is unknown. The other three people, from right to left, are Jeannie, Gus and W.S. Leach, who all appear, and ...
Group of people in woods
Outdoor group portrait of four people in formal dress. The identity of the lady on the left is unknown. The other three people, from right to left, are Jeannie, Gus and W.S. Leach, who all appear, and ...
Fairy Glen, Darlaston, near Stone
Landscape taken at Fairy Glen including a country lane, a woman and a girl. The women in the picture are named Dot and Jeannie. Jeannie is Jane Leach (nee Merriman) who died 2 September 1940.
It appears ...
Jeannie at Blackpool
Outdoor portrait of a woman on the beach holding a starfish. The location is Blackpool and the woman's name is Jeannie. There are other portraits of her in the collection. Jeannie is Jane Leach (nee Merriman) ...
Women at Darlaston, Stone
Outdoor portrait of a woman and girl in formal dress. Their names are Jeannie and Dot respectively and the picture was taken in Darlaston, near Stone, Staffordshire. Jeannie is Jane Leach (nee Merriman) ...
Fegg Hayes House, Stoke-on-Trent
Fegg Hayes House stood off Fegg Hayes Road. Bert Bentley recorded it as the one time home of "a Mrs Beswick (potter)".
Fegg Hayes House was two houses at one time, to the left lived Horace Francis ...
Acme Marls works, Burslem
Acme Marls occupied a site on the corner of Bournes Bank and Enoch Street (now Woodbank Street) in Burslem. The company made kiln furniture (refractory supports on which pottery is stacked during firing ...