Cheadle Road, Forsbrook
A view looking south-west along Cheadle Road in Forsbrook, towards Blythe Bridge. This photograph was taken from a point close to the junction with Chapel Street. Most of the buildings are (in 2014) ...
Christmas Greetings Card. Longton Park. Photography and Design by William Blake.
Christmas Greetings Card with a view of Longton Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Blake produced many greetings cards, which were sold in his shop at Stafford Street, Longton. The street was renamed ...
Church Lane, Hanford
The photograph shows part of a 1905 postcard of Hanford. It was taken from Stone Road and shows the junction of Church Lane to the left and Mayne Street, then called High Street, to the right. The shop ...
Clock Tower and Building, Longton Park. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Clock Tower and park building at Longton Park, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The park's official name is Queen's Park and it was officially opened on July 25th 1888 by George ...
Coach Trip, Stoke-on-Trent
Coach trips were popular during the 1950's, and much quicker and more comfortable than the early charabancs.
Here is a company's staff outing, probably from Royal Doulton, about to depart for Blackpool ...
Coal Strike, Mar. 1912 "Gleaning coal From Old Pit Banks." Photographed by William Blake.
A picture taken in Stoke-on-Trent during the miner's strike of March 1912.
Men, women and children collect loose coal from the pit banks.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Digging Coal out of Old Pit Mounds". Photographed by William Blake.
"Digging Coal out of Old Pit Mounds". People forage for coal during the strike during March 1912.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Labour Works A Seam On Its Own Behalf." Photographed by William Blake.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Labour Works A Seam On Its Own Behalf." Taken at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Royalty - Free Coal Getting". Photographed by William Blake.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Royalty - Free Coal Getting". Taken at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Coal Strike, March 1912. Coal Pickers at Florence Colliery, Longton, Stoke-On-Trent. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Florence Colliery, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
People scavenge for bits of coal during the coal strike of 1912.
Named after the Duke of Sutherland's daughter, the pit was opened ...
Cobden Street, Dresden. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Cobden Street, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The church building on the right was the Methodist New Connexion Chapel. The Elim Chapel on the corner of Cobden Street ...
Colouring Doll's Heads In The Potteries. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with paintresses decorating doll's heads.
This images appears elsewhere in the collection and was used for a presentation by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder ...
Cookery Class, Sutherland Institute, Longton
A cookery class at the Sutherland Institute, Longton with the caption: "Who Cares for 1917 Weather with a Kitchen like this?" The girl in the centre is Olive Eardley (later Hill), who was the daughter ...
Cookery Class, Sutherland Institute, Longton
A cookery class at the Sutherland Institute, Longton with the caption: "The Cheerless Air of English Cooks Under the "U" Boat Menace. April 1917."
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Cottage and Family. Photographed by William Blake.
Group portrait of a family outside a cottage. Unknown location and subjects.
Cottage. Photographed by William Blake.
Two ladies at a cottage. Unknown location and subjects.
Cottage. Photographed by William Blake.
Village scene with a view of a lady outside a cottage. Unknown location and subject.
Cromartie Street, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Cromartie Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken in the Normacot and Dresden areas ...