City Road, Stoke upon Trent
A view from the corner of Oldmill Street east towards the railway bridge over City Road. The corner shop was an off licence and tobacconist. When City Road was widened, all the shops and terraced houses ...
Coach service at Alton Towers
The 20th Earl of Shrewsbury in the driving seat of his 'Greyhound' coach, in front of Alton Towers, one of his family homes.
During 1892 and 1893 the Earl ran a daily coach service between Alton Towers ...
Coal train at Cobridge station
A coal train passes through Cobridge station during 1932.
The bottle ovens in the background now belong to Moorcroft Pottery, but are no longer used for firing.
Cobridge was connected to the railway ...
Coal Truck. Photographed by William Blake.
This wagon belonged to and was built by Edward Eastwood of Chesterfield , hence the "E E" on the wagon side and on the axleboxes ("EEC").
Additionally it it is known from records at the National Archives ...
Coal Trucks & Steam Engine. Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph of coal trucks and a steam engine.
Unknown location.
Cobridge Station and Moorcroft's Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent
A photograph looking northwards along Sandbach Road in Cobridge taken from the junction with Leek New Road. Moorcoft's pottery factory is in the centre, the home of the company since 1913.
On the ...
Cobridge Tunnel, Potteries Loop Line, Stoke-on-Trent
The south end of the tunnel on the Potteries Loop Line between Waterloo Road and Cobridge stations. The photograph was taken looking north from the short tunnel at Astbury Street (formerly Copeland Street) ...
Cresswell Station. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Cresswell Station, Cresswell Lane, Staffordshire.
Delivering wares
Crates of wares, packed with straw, are unloaded from a North Staffordshire Railway truck.
Crate-making was an auxilliary trade that served the pottery industry. Fragile finished wares needed protection ...
Down platform, Stoke-on-Trent Railway Station
A view from the down (northbound) platform of Stoke Station. The photographer noted that "smoke from (steam) engines makes it dull". Soon after the photograph was taken, the lines were electrified (1967) ...
Duke Street, Fenton
This photograph was taken east of Duke Street alongside the railway line to Longton and Stoke. Longton is towards the top. The building on the right stands on the site of Oldfield's old colliery, brick ...
East Vale, Longton
Looking west towards the East Vale area of Longton. The railway line is the Stoke to Derby branch. St John's Church in Longton is close to the railway in the distance.
The line of coal wagons are on ...
Entrance and ticket office, Milton Railway Station, Stoke-on-Trent
The entrance to Milton Station was on Maunders Road (previously Station Road) on the north western edge of the village. The line was in a cutting and the platforns were below and behind the station building. ...
Entrance to Newchapel & Goldenhill Station, Stoke-on-Trent
The entrance to Newchapel & Goldenhill Station from Colclough Lane with the station nameboard visible just visible. The camera is looking north east and the houses beyond the station are on Birchenwood ...
Erecting a railway bridge, Stoke-on-Trent
This picture was taken during the erection of a railway bridge in the north of Stoke-on-Trent on the 21st April 1929. As you can see a crowd of people gathered to watch the construction.
Despite our ...
Etruria junction, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken looking north from the Etruria Road bridge just north of Etruria Station. It shows the junction of the Potteries Loop Line (to the right) with the main line to Manchester (straight ...
Etruria Station, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera is looking south from the down side platform along the down line towards Stoke Station. Etruria Station was opened in 1848, extended with the coming of the Loop Line in the 1870s and finally ...