Slater's Brickworks and Sanitary Ware, Stoke-on-Trent
Johnson and Slater was formed in 1935 to operate the Berry Hill brickworks and Slater's sanitary ware works (Berry Hill Potteries). The works were to the south and west of the fireclay pit. On the right ...
Slip House
Lantern slide showing a pottery factory slip house and workers. Photographed by William Blake.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled ...
Slip House
Factory interior showing pottery workers in a slip house. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Photographed by William Blake.
Slip House.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a slip house and workers using a filter press.
The man in the centre of the picture can be seen rolling prepared clay out of the press.
Taken from the Gladstone ...
Slip House.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a slip house.
The slip house was the area where the clay was prepared.
The man in the picture is inspecting 'blungers' on a mixing machine. This is where ...
Slip House. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a pottery factory slip house.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder ...
Slippery Lane from Clough Street, Hanley
Slippery Lane ran south from Clough Street to Robson Street and onto Sun Street. This photograph was taken from Clough Street with the Ascot and Vulcan potworks of Alcock, Lindley and Bloore each side ...
Smithy Lane, Longton
Photograph taken from Market Street. The Market Street works were believed to be the oldest potbank in Longton and were founded by the Cyples family in about 1784. Cyples were succeeded by Thomas Barlow ...
Smokey Longton - From East Vale. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide with a view of Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Taken from East Vale.
Smoking bottle oven, Hudson & Middleton Ltd, Longton
Pottery factory exterior with a view of a smoking bottle oven. Taken at Hudson and Middleton Ltd, Sutherland Works, Normacot Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, this was the last ever firing at the factory. ...
Sneyd Colliery tip from Jug Bank, Cobridge
This is the view north east from near The Jug Inn on Sneyd Street in Cobridge. Sneyd Colliery spoil tip is on the right with the winding gear, chimneys and aerial cableway to the left. Just in front of ...
Sneyd Cricket, Football and Sports Club ground, Burslem
The camera is looking north westerly over Sandbach Road towards Burslem. the square clock tower on Burslem Town Hall is just visible towards the right hand edge of the photograph. The cricket ground is ...
Sneyd Pipe Works, Burslem
Beehive kilns at Sneyd pipe works as seen from the Potteries Loop Line, just north of Hot Lane. The works lay to the west of the line, behind the camera would have been Sneyd Colliery and Brickworks. ...
Sorting, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior showing a woman sorting china tea cups. Sorting is a quality check on the ware. The woman is checking for any marks left on the ware from the firing process. She knocks the marks ...
Spencer Stevenson Pottery, Short Street, Longton
This photograph was taken looking north up Short Street from Normacot Road. On the left are the four bottle ovens of the Enson Works. This mid 19th Century pottery had a variety of operators, latterly ...
Spencer Stevenson's Enson works, Longton
This photograph was taken at the top of Short Street, just off Uttoxeter Road. The bottle ovens are part of Spencer Stevenson's Enson Pottery between Short Street and neighbouring Chelson Street (formerly ...
Spode pottery factory, Stoke-on-Trent
The Spode company was established by Josiah Spode I in the 1760's and in 2002 is still producing ceramic products at the site shown in the picture.
Whilst the company has modernised the site since this ...
Sponging. Miss Maud Hancock.
Pottery factory interior depicting a female worker in the process of sponging ware.
The photograph was taken at Booth's pottery factory in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
The worker in the picture is ...